Hootie & the Blowfish "I Go Blind"

Some popular '90s phenomenons that I somehow avoided:

• AOL Chat Rooms
• Overalls and flannel shirts
• Melrose Place, Seinfeld & Friends
• Hootie & the Blowfish, Nirvana & the Grunge movement

I hopped on the Seinfeld wagon in the 2000s but never really embraced anything else on this list especially Friends. Someone once described the show as a bunch of wimpy dudes who managed to date hot girls in an over-sized New York apartment. No arguments here. 

John Mellencamp - "Just Another Day"

A DJ rarely gets 27 seconds to talk over a song these days, but things were different twenty years ago.  John Mellencamp's "Just Another Day" afforded radio DJ's ample opportunities to talk about Melrose Place, Bill Clinton, or whatever else was topical back in 1996 and 27 seconds is a long time by today's standards.

Jack Wagner - "All I Need"

Think of a television soap opera star who also has a #1 song.  Give up?  Meet Jack Wagner: veteran of General Hospital and Melrose Place who also found success with the song "All I Need".    Granted that with a name like Jack Wagner, you're destined to be a soap star...but the music thing is just icing on the cake.