Css - Ul Background Not Working

For some reason when I try to set a UL background the background doesn't work. It works on my body background but it isn't working for the UL. I know my image is named correctly. I

Solution 1:

http://jsfiddle.net/Z7MzE/2/

Looks like it's working to me.

Quintuple check that image for me.

Solution 2:

I found a solution. Note that in my case, even placing a background image on a wrapper element was being hidden by the ul for some inexplicable reason.

SOLUTION:

ul{}
ul{background:url('image.jpg');}

Don't ask me why it works, but it does. And it works for ANY element you have this problem with, because it cropped up a few times for me.