Songs of the Year
Songs of the Year: 1990
1990 is here. Grunge is coming. But for now, here’s MC Hammer!
The year is 1990. A new decade is here. And all of us agree, it’s one of the weakest years in the history of popular music, at least for albums. Sandwiched between the indie/alternative paradise that was 1989–not to mention a great year for older artists making a comeback–and grunge’s ascent in 1991. 1990 did have a strong metal contingent thanks to Megadeth, Trouble, Judas Priest and company, but on the charts it was soft adult contemporary pop and MC Hammer.
The top five songs of the year were Hold On by Wilson Phillips, It Must Have Been Love by Roxette, Nothing Compares 2 U from Sinéad O’Connor, Poison from Bel Bid Devoe and Madonna’s Vogue.
Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em spent 21 non-consecutive weeks as the top selling album, which is just insane, eventually selling over 18,000,000 copies. Replacing it at the top, To the Extreme from Vanilla Ice.
1991 can’t come soon enough.
THE RULES: It’s a simple concept. We pick five of our favorite songs that made the Billboard Top 100 (established in 1958) during any time that year. We also select five “wildcards” that can be any songs released as a single or on an album or EP that year. Finally, we also pick our “worst” song of the year, just for fun.
We started in 1958 and we’re going until we run out of years.
Standings So Far …
I Wanna Be Adored by the Stone Roses beat out Bobby Dylan and the Pixies in a tough three-way battle for the top song of 1989. 1990 pits two hard rock/metal/pre-grunge classics from Kramzer and Joe going up against a sort of novelty pick from Jason.
Joe: 16
Jason: 12.5
Kramzer: 9.5
Vote
Which Was the Best Song of 1990?
- Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants (47%, 101 Votes)
- Man in the Box by Alice in Chains (27%, 57 Votes)
- Epic by Faith No More (26%, 55 Votes)
Total Voters: 213
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