So there's a contest.
Every album he's released since 1984 has contained a Polka Medley of some of the most popular songs of the 2-3 years since his last album. The last medley had about 15 songs. I want you to find 15 songs that are going to be in the next medley. The songs must have been released from 1999 to 2001 (seeing as there are no lists from 2002 yet available, you'll have to figure those out yourself). I'll give you a list of the top singles singe 1999 (i.e., a compilation of top-100-singles-of-the-year lists according to billboard) and you write the song. The winner is who correctly guesses the most number of songs. In the case of a tie, I'm going to figure in how popular the songs were. For example, someone who had "Differences" by Ginuwine is more likely to win than someone who picked "Believe" by Cher because the latter is more popular. Get it? If you're head on with the songs that are less likely to be shoo-ins, then you have a larger chance to win. Email it to me: jjkaiser@telocity.com.
Just to make things fun, see if you can beat me. Here's my list of songs:
NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye
Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle
Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
Santana - Smooth
Vertical Horizon - Everything you Want
Britney Spears - Oops, I Did It Again
Creed - Higher
Sisqo - Thong Song
Eminem - The Real Slim Shady
Lifehouse - Hangin' By a Moment
Alicia Keys - Fallin'
Macy Gray - I Try
Destiny's Child - Survivor
Avril Lavigne - Complicated
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
The Compilation of Songs:
1999:
Believe - Cher
No Scrubs - TLC
Angel Of Mine - Monica
Heartbreak Hotel - Whitney Houston
...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
Genie In A Bottle - Christina Aguilera
Every Morning - Sugar Ray
Nobody's Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox
Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
Where My Girls At? - 702
If You Had My Love - Jennifer Lopez
Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
Have You Ever? - Brandy
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
I'm Your Angel - R. Kelly & Celine Dion
All Star - Smash Mouth
Angel - Sarah McLachlan
Smooth - Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
Unpretty - TLC
Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny's Child
Save Tonight - Eagle-Eye Cherry
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
Fortunate - Maxwell
All I Have To Give - Backstreet Boys
Bailamos - Enrique Iglesias
What's It Gonna Be?! - Busta Rhymes Featuring Janet
What It's Like - Everlast
Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
Someday - Sugar Ray
Lately - Divine
That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain
Wild Wild West - Will Smith Featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee
Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Heartbreaker - Mariah Carey Featuring Jay-Z
I Still Believe - Mariah Carey
The Hardest Thing - 98 Degrees
Summer Girls - LFO
Can I Get A... - Jay-Z Featuring Amil (Of Major Coinz) & Ja
Jumper - Third Eye Blind
Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...) - Lou Bega
Sweet Lady - Tyrese
It's Not Right But It's Okay - Whitney Houston
(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You - 'N Sync
Lullaby - Shawn Mullins
Anywhere - 112 Featuring Lil'Z
Tell Me It's Real - K-Ci & JoJo
Back 2 Good - Matchbox 20
808 - Blaque
She's So High - Tal Bachman
She's All I Ever Had - Ricky Martin
Miami - Will Smith
Hands - Jewel
Who Dat - JT Money Featuring Sole
Please Remember Me - Tim McGraw
From This Moment On - Shania Twain
Love Like This - Faith Evans
You - Jesse Powell
Trippin' - Total Featuring Missy Elliott
If You (Lovin' Me) - Silk
Ex-Factor - Lauryn Hill
Give It To You - Jordan Knight
Black Balloon - Goo Goo Dolls
Spend My Life With You - Eric Benet Featuring Tamia
These Are The Times - Dru Hill
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Mark Chesnutt
I Do (Cherish You) - 98 Degrees
Because Of You - 98 Degrees
I Will Remember You (Live) - Sarah McLachlan
Chante's Got A Man - Chante Moore
Happily Ever After - Case
My Love Is Your Love - Whitney Houston
All Night Long - Faith Evans Featuring Puff Daddy
Back That Thang Up - Juvenile Featuring Mannie Fresh & Lil' Wayne
Almost Doesn't Count - Brandy
Man! I Feel Like A Woman! - Shania Twain
Steal My Sunshine - Len
I Need To Know - Marc Anthony
So Anxious - Ginuwine
Faded Pictures - Case & Joe
Back At One - Brian McKnight
When A Woman's Fed Up - R. Kelly
How Forever Feels - Kenny Chesney
Amazed - Lonestar
Sometimes - Britney Spears
Ghetto Cowboy - Mo Thugs Family Featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Out Of My Head - Fastball
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) - Jay-Z
Jamboree - Naughty By Nature Featuring Zhane
Take Me There - BLACKstreet & Mya Featuring Mase & Blinky Blink
Stay The Same - Joey McIntyre
Lesson In Leavin' - Jo Dee Messina
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Satisfy You - Puff Daddy Featuring R. Kelly
Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out) - Citizen King
Music Of My Heart - 'N Sync & Gloria Estefan
Write This Down - George Strait
When You Believe - Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey
God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You - Alabama Featuring 'N Sync
2000:
BREATHE Faith Hill
SMOOTH Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
MARIA MARIA Santana Featuring The Product G&B
I WANNA KNOW Joe
EVERYTHING YOU WANT Vertical Horizon
SAY MY NAME Destiny's Child
I KNEW I LOVED YOU Savage Garden
AMAZED Lonestar
BENT matchbox twenty
HE WASN'T MAN ENOUGH Toni Braxton
HIGHER Creed
TRY AGAIN Aaliyah
JUMPIN', JUMPIN' Destiny's Child
THONG SONG Sisqo
KRYPTONITE 3 Doors Down
THERE YOU GO Pink
MUSIC Madonna
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER Janet
WHAT A GIRL WANTS Christina Aguilera
BACK AT ONE Brian McKnight
BYE BYE BYE 'N Sync
YOU SANG TO ME Marc Anthony
I NEED TO KNOW Marc Anthony
GET IT ON TONITE Montell Jordan
INCOMPLETE Sisqo
I TRY Macy Gray
IT'S GONNA BE ME 'N Sync
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Celine Dion
(HOT S**T) COUNTRY GRAMMAR Nelly
BRING IT ALL TO ME Blaque
SHOW ME THE MEANING OF BEING LONELY Backstreet Boys
HOT BOYZ Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Featuring NAS, EVE & Q-Tip
BACK HERE BBMak
IT FEELS SO GOOD Sonique
ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL) Nine Days
WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN Creed
BE WITH YOU Enrique Iglesias
COME ON OVER BABY (ALL I WANT IS YOU) Christina Aguilera
NO MORE Ruff Endz
ALL THE SMALL THINGS Blink-182
THE WAY YOU LOVE ME Faith Hill
I TURN TO YOU Christina Aguilera
NEVER LET YOU GO Third Eye Blind
I NEED YOU LeAnn Rimes
THANK GOD I FOUND YOU Mariah Carey Featuring Joe & 98 Degrees
LET'S GET MARRIED Jagged Edge
MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE Whitney Houston
THEN THE MORNING COMES Smash Mouth
BLUE (DA BA DEE) Eiffel 65
DESERT ROSE Sting Featuring Cheb Mami
2001:
HANGING BY A MOMENT Lifehouse
FALLIN' Alicia Keys
ALL FOR YOU Janet
DROPS OF JUPITER (TELL ME) Train
I'M REAL Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule
IF YOU'RE GONE matchbox twenty
LET ME BLOW YA MIND Eve Featuring Gwen Stefani
THANK YOU Dido
AGAIN Lenny Kravitz
INDEPENDENT WOMEN PART I Destiny's Child
HIT 'EM UP STYLE (OOPS!) Blu Cantrell
IT WASN'T ME Shaggy Featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent
STUTTER Joe Featuring Mystikal
IT'S BEEN AWHILE Staind
U REMIND ME Usher
WHERE THE PARTY AT Jagged Edge With Nelly
ANGEL Shaggy Featuring Rayvon
RIDE WIT ME Nelly Featuring City Spud
FOLLOW ME Uncle Kracker
PEACHES & CREAM 112
DRIVE Incubus
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? City High
SURVIVOR Destiny's Child
LADY MARMALADE Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink
MS. JACKSON OutKast
LOVE DON'T COST A THING Jennifer Lopez
THE WAY YOU LOVE ME Faith Hill
HE LOVES U NOT Dream
BUTTERFLY Crazy Town
PUT IT ON ME Ja Rule Featuring Lil' Mo & Vita
FAMILY AFFAIR Mary J. Blige
I HOPE YOU DANCE Lee Ann Womack
SOUTH SIDE Moby Featuring Gwen Stefani
DON'T TELL ME Madonna
GET UR FREAK ON Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
CRAZY K-Ci & JoJo
FILL ME IN Craig David
SOMEONE TO CALL MY LOVER Janet
WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN Creed
CASE OF THE EX (WHATCHA GONNA DO) Mya
ALL OR NOTHING O-Town
BOOTYLICIOUS Destiny's Child
I'M LIKE A BIRD Nelly Furtado
KRYPTONITE 3 Doors Down
FIESTA R. Kelly Featuring Jay-Z
WHEN IT'S OVER Sugar Ray
JADED Aerosmith
PROMISE Jagged Edge
MISSING YOU Case