1998 Unreleased Pop Hit Songs |
Between 1994 and 1999, pop radio began playing many unreleased songs. Some of these songs made it all the way to number one. Here are all the songs not released as singles that made the pop chart in 1998. |
| 1960-1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| red # = rock chartblue # = pop chart |
| 1 | Back To You | 10 | Jan 1998 |
| Bryan Adams |
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| 2 | Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) | 1 | 2 | Feb 1998 |
| Green Day |
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| 3 | Breakdown | 28 | Mar 1998 |
| Mariah Carey Featuring Krayzie Bone And Wish Bone |
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| 4 | Southampton | 11 | Mar 1998 |
| James Horner |
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| 5 | Brick | 3 | 3 | Mar 1998 |
| Ben Folds Five |
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| 6 | Turn Back Time | 20 | Apr 1998 |
| Aqua |
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| 7 | Amnesia | 28 | Apr 1998 |
| Chumbawamba |
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| 8 | My Father's Eyes | 8 | Apr 1998 |
| Eric Clapton |
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| 9 | Anytime | 1 | Apr 1998 |
| Brian McKnight |
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| 10 | Weird | 6 | Apr 1998 |
| Hanson |
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| 11 | Do You Really Want Me | 15 | Apr 1998 |
| Robyn |
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| 12 | Me | 14 | Apr 1998 |
| Paula Cole |
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| 13 | The Way | 1 | 2 | May 1998 |
| Fastball |
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| 14 | Heroes | 3 | 22 | May 1998 |
| The Wallflowers |
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| 15 | Uninvited | 22 | 1 | May 1998 |
| Alanis Morissette |
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| 16 | Searchin' My Soul | 11 | Jun 1998 |
| Vonda Shepard |
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| 17 | Iris | 1 | 1 | Jun 1998 |
| Goo Goo Dolls |
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| 18 | Real World | 10 | 2 | Jun 1998 |
| Matchbox 20 |
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| 19 | Kind & Generous | 30 | 9 | Jun 1998 |
| Natalie Merchant |
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| 20 | I'll Never Break Your Heart | 1 | Aug 1998 |
| Backstreet Boys |
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| 21 | Closing Time | 1 | 2 | Aug 1998 |
| Semisonic |
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| 22 | To Love You More | 4 | Aug 1998 |
| Celine Dion |
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| 23 | Can't Get Enough Of You Baby | 25 | 8 | Aug 1998 |
| Smash Mouth |
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| 24 | Flagpole Sitta | 1 | 4 | Aug 1998 |
| Harvey Danger |
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| 25 | Tearin' Up My Heart | 4 | Aug 1998 |
| 'NSYNC |
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| 26 | Are You That Somebody? | 1 | Sep 1998 |
| Aaliyah |
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| 27 | I Will Wait | 8 | Sep 1998 |
| Hootie & The Blowfish |
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| 28 | Go Deep | 6 | Sep 1998 |
| Janet Jackson |
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| 29 | Jump Jive An' Wail | 8 | 17 | Sep 1998 |
| The Brian Setzer Orchestra |
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| 30 | Top Of The World | 29 | Oct 1998 |
| Brandy Featuring Mase |
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| 31 | My Favorite Mistake | 25 | 8 | Oct 1998 |
| Sheryl Crow |
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| 32 | Thank U | 16 | 1 | Oct 1998 |
| Alanis Morissette |
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| 33 | Jumper | 1 | 2 | Oct 1998 |
| Third Eye Blind |
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| 34 | Hooch | 9 | 20 | Oct 1998 |
| Everything |
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| 35 | From This Moment On | 1 | Oct 1998 |
| Shania Twain |
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| 36 | Fire Escape | 10 | 21 | Oct 1998 |
| Fastball |
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| 37 | Save Tonight | 13 | 1 | Nov 1998 |
| Eagle-Eye Cherry |
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| 38 | Inside Out | 1 | 14 | Nov 1998 |
| Eve 6 |
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| 39 | Lullaby | 11 | 1 | Nov 1998 |
| Shawn Mullins |
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| 40 | Slide | 2 | 3 | Nov 1998 |
| Goo Goo Dolls |
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| 41 | Hands | 1 | Nov 1998 |
| Jewel |
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| 42 | Fly Away | 1 | 10 | Nov 1998 |
| Lenny Kravitz |
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| 43 | Father Of Mine | 1 | 19 | Nov 1998 |
| Everclear |
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| 44 | True Colors | 30 | Nov 1998 |
| Phil Collins |
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| 45 | When You Believe | 30 | Nov 1998 |
| Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston |
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| 46 | Sweetest Thing | 2 | 14 | Dec 1998 |
| U2 |
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| 47 | Have You Ever? | 1 | Dec 1998 |
| Brandy |
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| 48 | (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You | 3 | Dec 1998 |
| 'NSYNC |
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