It’s over. For the second time in 35 years of life I have said “so long” to the year 1996. I have learned a lot over the last 28 days. 1996 was chocked full of exceptional movies and music, was in the jagged, foggy in-between period of 3D-puberty for video games, and was a year mostly void of terrible breaking news tragedies compared to every year since.

Now there is no sound
If we all live underground
And now it's virtual insanity - Jamiroquai, 1996

Doing it and doing it and doing it well
Doing it and doing it and doing it well - LL Cool J, 1996

I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter - The Prodigy, 1996

(You lied to me) Yes I cried, yes I cried

It is
(Return of the Mack) Come on
(Return of the Mack) Oh my God
(You know that I'll be back) Here I am - Mark Morrison, 1996

I'm head of the class
I'm popular
I'm a quarter back
I'm popular
My mom says I'm a catch
I'm popular - Nada Surf, 1996

Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again - Toni Braxton, 1996

In the game we take you to war
You ain't seen nothin' like this before
If I hit 'em high, hit 'em high, hit 'em high
And you hit 'em low, hit 'em low, hit 'em low - Busta Rhymes, 1996

Me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight - The Wallflowers, 1996

It's so hard to resist
And it's all coming back to me
I can barely recall
But it's all coming back to me now - Celine Dion

What's it gonna be 'cause I can't pretend?
Don't you wanna be more than friends?
Hold me tight and don't let go (don't let go)
You have the right to lose control (don't let go) - En Vogue, 1996

I wanna push you around
Well, I will, well, I will
I wanna push you down
Well, I will, well, I will
I wanna take you for granted - Matchbox 20, 1996

I got that head nod shit make you break your neck
Woo hah, I got you all in check - Busta Rhymes, 1996

Baby if I could
Change the world
If I could be king
Even for a day - Eric Clapton, 1996

Common ruse, dirty face
Pretty noose is pretty hate
And I don't like what you got me hanging from - Soundgarden, 1996

I don't mind the sun sometimes, the images it shows
I can taste you on my lips and smell you in my clothes
Cinnamon and sugary and softly spoken lies
You never know just how you look through other people's eyes - Butthole Surfers, 1996

And buy a one way ticket on a west bound train
See how far I can go - Leann Rimes, 1996

Nothing seems to satisfy
I don't want it
I just need it
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive - Tool, 1996

Everybody knows
That the world is full of stupid people
So meet me at the mission at midnight
We'll divvy up there - The Refreshments, 1996

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad - Sheryl Crow, 1996