I normally enjoy Sean Ross’s articles on the goings on in US radio but today he made me feel old. The 90s were only a decade ago, right?

The below are several US Classic Hits stations, and their new (old) additions:

KJEB (The Jet) Seattle

• Aerosmith, “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”
• Will 2 Power, “Baby I Love Your Way/Free Bird”
• Extreme, “More Than Words”
• Jimmy Cliff, “I Can See Clearly Now”
• Alanis Morissette, “Hand in My Pocket”
• Green Day, “Time of Your Life”
• No Doubt, “It’s My Life”

KOLA San Bernardino

• Meat Loaf, “I’d Do Anything for Love”
• Roxette, “Listen to Your Heart”
• Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
• Montell Jordan, “This Is How We Do It”
• 2pac, “California Love”
• Ke$ha, “Tik Tok”

KONO San Antonio

• Christina Aguilera, “Genie in a Bottle”
• Enrique Iglesias, “Hero”

KQQL (Kool 108) Minneapolis

• Haddaway, “What Is Love”
• Melissa Etheridge, “I’m the Only One”
• Stone Temple Pilots, “Interstate Love Song”
• TLC, “Waterfalls”
• Eminem, “Lose Yourself”

KRTH (K-Earth 101) Los Angeles 

• Queen, “Don’t Stop Me Now”
• Bob Marley & Wailers, “Is This Love”
• Mark Morrison, “Return of the Mack”
• Shaggy, “It Wasn’t Me”
• Incubus, “Drive”
• Linkin Park, “In the End”
• Outkast, “The Way You Move”
• Killers, “Somebody Told Me”

KXKL (Kool 105) Denver

• Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill” — Ross says it is one of the few Classic Hits stations still embracing the song after its initial comeback. Australian classic hits stations are loving the Kate Bush revival.
• Verve, “Bittersweet Symphony”
• Shaggy, “Angel”
• Evanescence, “Bring Me to Life”
• Nickelback, “Photograph”
• Jet, “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
• Gwen Stefani, “Hollaback Girl”
• Jason Mraz, “I’m Yours”
• Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”

WCBS-FM New York

• Coolio, “Gangsta’s Paradise”
• En Vogue, “Don’t Let Go (Love)”
• Puff Daddy, “I’ll Be Missing You”
• Enrique Iglesias, “Be With You”
• K-Ci & Jojo, “All My Life”
• Britney Spears, “(You Drive Me) Crazy”
• Usher, “You Make Me Wanna”
• Destiny’s Child, “Say My Name”
• Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”

WROR Boston

• Van Halen, “Right Now”
• Collective Soul, “Shine”
• Alanis Morissette, “Hand in My Pocket”
• New Radicals, “You Get What You Give”
• Semisonic, “Closing Time”
• Goo Goo Dolls, “Slide”
• Jimmy Eat World, “The Middle”
• Maroon 5, “This Love”
• Kid Rock, “All Summer Long”
• Train, “Hey! Soul Sister”

What are Australian classic hits radio stations adding into their rotation? Let me know what you’ve heard.

Meanwhile I’m going to have a cup of tea, a Bex and a little lie down.