Ranking #2 singles, U.S. edition: 1995-1997 (opens in new tab)

You’d think the era of British one-off oddities folded in 1992, but here were Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, shimmying gracefully into the top two thanks to Todd Terry’s remix of a ballad of unusual desolation. Boy, did it work: “Missing” camped out in the Hot 100 more weeks than any single since Soft Cell’s […]