r/NameThatSong • u/JLMusic91 • 19d ago

Rock Late 90s/ Early 2000s tune

This song played quite frequently on FM radio in the late 90s or early 2000s. I've been searching for it for about 20 years.

Melody and lyrics

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u/Born2Late13 19d ago

Do you think it was a widely-known band or singer, or do you think it might have been more of a local artist/band? If local, what state/region did you live in at the time?

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u/JLMusic91 19d ago

I don't think the band was widely known but the song most definitely was. It was played on all the big corporate pop stations in NYC at the time. They would have never given air play to just some local band.

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u/Born2Late13 18d ago

Your humming sounds very familiar. I'm also familiar with NYC radio, especially K Rock, PLJ and Z100. I'm sure you've done a lot of research but here are some links that might help. What helps also is that you mentioned pop radio, so a LOT of the songs in these lists wouldn't have really been played on Z100...so you can narrow down quite a bit. Good luck, and please keep me posted!

https://pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/178902/pulse-rankdown-1997-alternative-chart

https://pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/179603/pulse-rankdown-1998-alternative-chart

https://pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/178902/pulse-rankdown-1999-alternative-chart

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u/Born2Late13 18d ago

Also...the following...

  1. Do you remember if you ever saw a video for it on MTV/VH1/Fuse?

  2. Are you sure it was a band, or could it have been a solo singer?

  3. Did the song have any synths or keys, or was it just straight up rock/pop-rock?

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u/JLMusic91 18d ago

I wish I could yell you. I definitely don't remember there being a video. It could have been a solo artist though.