Flashback - Billboard Top 10 Songs of the Summer of 1999

Original vs Remake #10

Well we have reached the 10th edition of this little show, and we will mark it with a Pop vs country remake of recent vintage.

A song written by Diane Warren for the 1998 movie "Armageddon" and help get Aerosmith their first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 (after 28 years of record making).

"I Dont Want To Miss A Thing" debuted at the Top of the Billboard Hot 100 September 5th and remained in place for 4 consecutive weeks.  A #4 in the UK it was their highest charting song on that Top 100.

In late 1998 country singer Mark Chestnutt released his version of this song from the album of the same title.  In February of 1999 he topped the Billboard Hot Country singles chart for 2 weeks and #17 on the Hot 100.

Original vs Remake

Today's original vs remake is the song "Tragedy". A #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit that spent 2 weeks at the end of March 1979 as the top song in the US.



The remake by the group Steps was a #1 song in January of 1999 for one week.

1999 Grammy for Song of the Year

Rob Thomas and Santana with "Smooth". They also took Record of the year for 1999 with this being the biggest charting single for Santana in his long and storied career. This song hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 October 12th and stayed their for 10 consecutive weeks. According to the Billboard Book of #1 Hits, this is the #1 song of the 1990s. This was also the last #1 song of the 1990s and the last of the 20th century.