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1998

The year in music, movies, TV, fads & memories

In 1998, “Too Close” by Next topped the Billboard year-end Hot 100 and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill and Hello Nasty by Beastie Boys were on every turntable. Saving Private Ryan, The Big Lebowski and There's Something About Mary were in theaters, and SpongeBob test pilot, That '70s Show and Will & Grace were on TV.

The headlines: Clinton impeachment / Lewinsky scandal. New that year: Apple iMac G3 debuts. Fads of the year: Furby frenzy and Beanie Babies. Gas was about $1.06 a gallon, a stamp was 32¢ and a movie ticket ran ~$4.69. On the shelf: a box of SnackWell's, an All Sport and a Nintendo 64, with Ren & Stimpy on Saturday morning.

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🎂 What music raised you?

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🔙 Backtrack — 1998

The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.

🎬 Set the scene

1998 smelled like screen static, warm sidewalks, a Wonder Ball, and a Clearly Canadian.

Now play “Too Close”

🎬 At the movies

📺 On TV

📼 Saturday cartoons

The Retro Graveyard — the places that are goneVisit →

Billboard Year-End Hot 100

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More from 1998

Closing Time by Semisonic — cover art

Closing Time

You Get What You Give by New Radicals — cover art

You Get What You Give

New Radicals 1998

All My Life by K-Ci & JoJo — cover art

All My Life

K-Ci & JoJo 1998

The Dope ShowMarilyn Manson

The Dope Show

Marilyn Manson 1998

May 16 by Lagwagon — cover art

May 16

Music Sounds Better with You by Stardust — cover art

Music Sounds Better with You

Too Close by Next — cover art

Too Close

Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65 — cover art

Blue (Da Ba Dee)

Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger — cover art

Flagpole Sitta

Harvey Danger 1998

Closing Time by Semisonic — cover art

Closing Time

You Get What You Give by New Radicals — cover art

You Get What You Give

New Radicals 1998

The Way by Fastball — cover art

The Way

Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls — cover art

Iris

The Goo Goo Dolls 1998

You're Still the One by Shania Twain — cover art

You're Still the One

Shania Twain 1998

The Boy Is Mine by Brandy & Monica — cover art

The Boy Is Mine

Brandy & Monica 1998

Nice & Slow by USHER — cover art

Nice & Slow

How's It Going to Be by Third Eye Blind — cover art

How's It Going to Be

Third Eye Blind 1998

Gettin' Jiggy Wit It by Will Smith — cover art

Gettin' Jiggy Wit It

Will Smith 1998

The First Night by Monica — cover art

The First Night

Been Around the World (feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase) by Puff Daddy & The Family — cover art

Been Around the World (feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase)

Puff Daddy & The Family 1998

🎤 Big in 1998

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Busta Rhymes Dave Matthews Band Fatboy Slim Galactic Gov't Mule Hole INOJ Korn Less Than Jake Madonna Mase New Radicals Phish

🎚️ 1998 genres

R&B/Soul Rock Pop Hip-Hop/Rap Alternative Country Dance Hard Rock

🎛️ Behind the boards & the pen — 1998

The hands behind 1998 — the producers and songwriters who actually shaped that year's records. Jermaine Dupri was on 3 of them.

🎛️ Producers

Jermaine Dupri3 Michael Beinhorn3 Denniz Pop2 Poke2 Steve Thompson2 Tone2 Fatboy Slim2 Gregg Alexander2

✍️ Songwriters

Madonna2 Jr2 Trey Anastasio2 Tom Marshall2 Dave Matthews2 Max Martin2 Denniz PoP2 Kurtis Blow2

🎬 Movies of 1998

All soundtracks →

The soundtracks that scored 1998 — every song and where it played.

Armageddon

1998 · 8 tracks

♪ I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

The Wedding Singer

1998 · 5 tracks

♪ Blue Monday

The Big Lebowski

1998 · 3 tracks

♪ Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

🎚️ Related vibes

Themed rooms that lean on the sound of 1998.

Flava In Ya Ear

From boy bands to G-funk.1990–1999

Press play →Flava In Ya Ear — Craig Mack

Never Make a Promise

Hip-Hop & Rap Hits

The crossover bangers.1979–1999

Press play →Never Make a Promise — Dru Hill

Follow the band. Trade the tape.1969–1999

Press play →Crash Into Me — Dave Matthews Band

I Will Always Love You

Movie Soundtracks

The song from THAT scene.1968–1997

Press play →I Will Always Love You — Whitney Houston

Lights low, candles lit.1990–1996

Press play →Hero — Mariah Carey

Grip tape and three chords.1994–1999

Press play →Santeria — Sublime

🌀 Things 1998 remembers wrong

All Glitch Files →

Mandela-effect cases that were on the shelf, the screen or the radio in 1998. Which do you remember?

Was there a cornucopia in the Fruit of the Loom logo?Did Sinbad ever star in a genie movie called Shazaam?Does Darth Vader ever say "Luke, I am your father"?Does the Monopoly Man wear a monocle?Is it Fruit Loops or Froot Loops?Was Jif ever called Jiffy?

What does 1998 remind you of?

The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of 1998.

Community Memories

How well do you remember 1998?

7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏

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🎵 1998 albums on vinyl

🎵 Lauryn Hill — The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 🎵 Beastie Boys — Hello Nasty 🎵 Madonna — Ray of Light 🎵 Vinyl 🎵 Browse The Record Rack →

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📻 90s gear

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🕳️ Down the rabbit hole

🎮 Play Pin the Year — think you'd nail 1998?📋 Rank a year's tracklist 📺 Retro TV — the video channel 📻 GZR-FM — the station

Keep the dial spinning

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