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“Sadness Part Ii” by Enigma

“Sadness Part Ii” by Enigma appears on 24 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1991 and 2006. Its best result is #53 on the CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #81 alternative song of 1991 and #1,438 alternative song of all time.

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Enigma - Sadeness - Part i (Official Video)

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"Sadeness (Part I)" came out on Virgin in 1990 as the first single from MCMXC a.D., the opening album from the German musical project Enigma. Michael Cretu wrote it with Fabrice Cuitad and Frank Peterson, and the French words murmured in your ear come from Sandra, then Cretu's wife. Hushed and sensual, it made new age music feel like a late-night confession, and it went global, topping the charts in 14 countries. In America it got to five on the Hot 100 and went all the way on Billboard's Dance Club Play and 12-inch Singles Sales charts, and SNEP certified it gold.

Michel Guimbard's video follows a scribe who dreams he has strayed into the Gates of Hell. The countdowns list the song as "Part II", but the sequel by that name, with Anggun, didn't arrive until 2016.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 55 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991 105
1991 53 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 343 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 656 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1994 437 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 411 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 477 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 444 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 850 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 460 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 438 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 747 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 445 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 798 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 443 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 800 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 469 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 800 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1780 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 800 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 800 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 360 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 800 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 446 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499

Also listed as: Sadeness (Part 1); Sadeness Part 1; Sadeness (Pt. 1); Sadeness; Sadeness Pt. 1; Sadness.

Charting alongside it in 1991

Best songs of 1991 →
  1. 1Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
  2. 2Losing My ReligionR.E.M.
  3. 3UnbelievableEMF
  4. 4Kiss Them for MeSiouxsie and the Banshees
  5. 5RushBig Audio Dynamite
  6. 6Give It AwayRed Hot Chili Peppers

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