January-December year ends (1959-2023)

[Gary]

Reading the writeups in the year end magazines (most are available online) can help some figure out what songs defined the year as the year concluded.  Should give a better picture of how the year was perceived at the time

[mikerivera]

As someone who wasn’t alive at the time, I feel like the legacy of 1990 is that we finally had a rap song hit #1, and that song was f**king Ice Ice Baby. Let’s see all of the boxes that song checks off

-was by a white person getting more success than any of the black artists who pioneered the genre✅
-stole, not sampled, the entire beat from a classic rock song, and then tried to pass it off as his own✅
-tried to be “cool,” but was stiff and lame in every way imaginable✅
-fails to even meet the bass line of competence in either his flow, word play or subject matter✅
-was a very sterilized, “clean” version of the genre✅

1990 proved that the spirit of Pat Boone was alive and well. We could have had Wild Thing, Bust a Move, Just a Friend or U Can’t Touch This be the first rap #1, all of which would have been perfectly fitting, all of which were hits before Ice Ice Baby, but no, we had to give Vanilla Ice that honor. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, he put two strikes on any white rapper who would come after him for the next 20 years.

[gikem]

Yeah, along with a weird year for rock in between the demise of hair metal and the rise of grunge and the stronghold adult contemporary had on pop, Ice Ice Baby achieving that honor is probably one of the biggest reasons 1990 is so reviled by music critics in hindsight.

[urtarreviews]

I did Complete Chart Run YE lists based on the Crownnote system and I started a thread for them if you guys wanna check it out: pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/206689/complete-chart-lists-based-crownnote

[inverse]

It's probably not but an interesting thought is whether under this format "Poison" is the lowest peaking song to ever make the top 10 up until this point. It certainly beats anything from the 80's or 60's and so it is possible

I think overall it's a couple #8's like Before He Cheats, Congratulations, Run-Around & Over My Head (Cable Car) unless I'm forgetting something or unless "Why Me" holds its position in the top 10

[inverse]

And for completionism's sake here's the inaugural year end hot 100, the 1959 list! Not a bad year (no Pat Boone or Anita Bryant at least!) but probably the one where the songs blend together the most and it really does feel like digging up a relic, seriously there's a choir's performance of a Civil War era battle anthem on here and TWO SONGS by Alvin and the freaking Chipmunks. But it would feel wrong to skip this year entirely so here we go!

1	Bobby Darin	Mack The Knife	766799	1 (x9)	19	16
2	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	703380	1 (x6)	21	13
3	The Fleetwoods	Mr. Blue	567178	1	17	11
4	Frankie Avalon	Venus	538410	1 (x5)	17	10
5	Paul Anka	Lonely Boy	520604	1 (x4)	15	10
6	The Browns	The Three Bells	498501	1 (x4)	17	10
7	Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	490522	1 (x4)	17	10
8	Paul Anka	Put Your Head On My Shoulder	489346	2	18	11
9	The Fleetwoods	Come Softly To Me	475422	1 (x4)	16	8
10	Ritchie Valens	Donna	474548	2	17	10
11	Lloyd Price	Personality	472346	2	19	10
12	Santo & Johnny	Sleep Walk	469217	1 (x2)	18	9
13	Bobby Darin	Dream Lover	435489	2	17	10
14	Carl Dobkins Jr.	My Heart Is An Open Book	429526	3	24	7
15	The Platters	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	406450	1 (x3)	12	7
16	Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City	402331	1 (x2)	16	8
17	The Crests	16 Candles	397931	2	15	8
18	Della Reese	Don't You Know?	394674	2	15	8
19	The Coasters	Charlie Brown	394281	2	15	8
20	Dodie Stevens	Pink Shoe Laces	393875	3	19	8
21	Phil Phillips	Sea Of Love	389591	2	18	6
22	Dave "Baby" Cortez	The Happy Organ	378486	1	17	7
23	Guy Mitchell	Heartaches By The Number	376489	1 (x2)	13	8
24	The Impalas	Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)	365744	2	18	7
25	The Everly Brothers	(Till) I Kissed You	364638	4	16	7
26	Elvis Presley	A Big Hunk O' Love	360387	1 (x2)	14	7
27	Brook Benton	Just A Matter Of Time	359800	3	18	7
28	The Drifters	There Goes My Baby	354150	2	19	6
29	Sammy Turner	Lavender Blue	345944	3	18	6
30	Sandy Nelson	Teen Beat	336707	4	16	8
31	Connie Francis	My Happiness	336684	2	14	7
32	Jerry Wallace	Primrose Lane	331796	8	20	5
33	Lloyd Price	I'm Gonna Get Married	328442	3	14	6
34	Thomas Wayne	Tragedy	324291	5	19	6
35	Connie Francis	Lipstick On Your Collar	316918	5	17	6
36	Martin Denny	Quiet Village	315782	4	16	7
37	Johnny & The Hurricanes	Red River Rock	313325	5	17	6
38	Stonewall Jackson	Waterloo	308684	4	16	6
39	Elvis Presley	(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I	302877	2	15	5
40	Andy Williams	Lonely Street	301980	5	16	6
41	Bill Parsons	The All American Boy	300688	2	14	5
42	Andy Williams	Hawaiian Wedding Song	299900	11	19
43	Dion & The Belmonts	A Teenager In Love	299349	5	15	7
44	The Virtues	Guitar Boogie Shuffle	298976	5	16	6
45	Dinah Washington	What A Diff'rence A Day Makes	294614	8	20	3
46	Ernie Fields	In The Mood	289101	4	15	5
47	Fabian	Tiger	284159	3	13	6
48	LaVern Baker	I Cried A Tear	283099	6	17	3
49	Ricky Nelson	Never Be Anyone Else But You	282700	6	16	6
50	Wink Martindale	Deck Of Cards	278187	7	16	5
51	Billy Grammer	Gotta Travel On	275155	4	14	7
52	Sarah Vaughn	Broken Hearted Melody	274931	7	19	4
53	Edd Byrnes & Connie Stevens	Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)	269026	4	13	6
54	The Coasters	Poison Ivy	268219	7	16	5
55	Jackie Wilson	Lonely Teardrops	266842	7	15	5
56	Freddy Cannon	Tallahassee Lassie	266567	6	15	6
57	Ray Anthony	Peter Gunn	264171	8	17	3
58	The Bell Notes	I've Had It	260348	6	16	4
59	Ray Charles	What'd I Say	257918	6	15	5
60	Alvin & The Chipmunks	Alvin's Harmonica	252879	3	12	6
61	Frankie Avalon	Just Ask Your Heart	251952	7	16	4
62	Tony Bellus	Robbin' The Cradle	245772	25	26
63	Elvis Presley	I Need Your Love Tonight	240913	4	13	5
64	Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles	Only You (And You Alone)	240526	9	16	4
65	Duane Eddy	Forty Miles Of Bad Road	239112	9	15	3
66	Chris Barber's Jazz Band	Petite Fleur	237849	5	15	3
67	Paul Evans	Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat	235534	9	16	2
68	The Skyliners	Since I Don't Have You	234446	12	19
69	Alvin & The Chipmunks	The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)	234151	1 (x2)	11	3
70	Brook Benton	So Many Ways	234009	6	11	5
71	Bobby Rydell	We Got Love	232943	6	12	5
72	Connie Francis	Frankie	229198	9	15	1
73	Annette	Tall Paul	227877	7	15	1
74	Clyde McPhatter	A Lover's Question	225556	6	12	5
75	Fabian	Turn Me Loose	224450	9	13	4
76	The Fiestas	So Fine	223352	11	16
77	Jack Scott	Goodbye Baby	222219	8	13	4
78	The Falcons	You're So Fine	221176	17	20
79	Fats Domino	I Want To Walk You Home	220243	8	13	5
80	Conway Twitty	Danny Boy	213357	10	14	1
81	The McGuire Sisters	May You Always	212609	11	16
82	The Platters	Enchanted	210633	12	15
83	Frankie Ford	Sea Cruise	210085	14	17
84	Floyd Robinson	Makin' Love	209794	20	18
85	Ivo Robić	Morgen	209697	13	17
86	Frankie Avalon	Bobby Sox To Stockings	208892	8	13	1
87	Skip & Flip	It Was I	203487	11	16
88	Mormon Tabernacle Choir	Battle Hymn Of The Republic	203033	13	16
89	Travis & Bob	Tell Him No	201245	8	13	2
90	Reg Owen Orchestra	Manhattan Spiritual	201012	10	12	2
91	Ricky Nelson	It's Late	200283	9	13	3
92	Bobby Rydell	Kissin' Time	200243	11	17
93	The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes For You	198027	11	13
94	Paul Anka	(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings	195334	15	15
95	Johnny Mathis	Misty	193916	12	13
96	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	192772	9	12	1
97	Ricky Nelson	Just A Little Too Much	190419	9	13	1
98	Frankie Avalon	A Boy Without A Girl	186655	10	14	1
99	The Fireflies	You Were Mine	184207	21	16
100	Bob Beckham	Just As Much As Ever	184000	32	20

[inverse]

Songs from the original that missed:

#77 - The Tijuana Jail
#80 - Along Came Jones
#81 - Three Stars
#83 - Sweeter Than You
#85 - Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye
#87 - Endlessly
#90 - That's Why (I Love You So)
#93 - My Wish Came True
#95 - Baby Talk
#96 - Take A Message To Mary
#98 - Bongo Rock

Next closest 10. Yes there's two different versions of some children's song we can just thank god they kinda cannibalized each others points & both missed the top 100.

101	Dee Clark	Just Keep It Up	180176
102	Kathy Linden	Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye	179700
103	The Coasters	Along Came Jones	179585
104	Brook Benton	Thank You, Pretty Baby	178450
105	Nina Simone	I Loves You, Porgy	178383
106	The Kingston Trio	The Tijuana Jail	177477
107	Jan & Dean	Baby Talk	177098
108	Mitch Miller	The Children's Marching Song	175694
109	Brook Benton	Endlessly	175168
110	Cyril Stapleton	The Children's Marching Song	174494

[inverse]

Random bit of chart history, "Robbin' The Cradle" by Tony Bellus was the longest chart run on hot 100 at the time by being the first song to make it to half a year, surpassing "Chantilly Lace" which had a 25 week run that began on the hot 100's first week. The 26-week mark was tied at least three times but not surpassed until The Twist hit 39 weeks on its second run. However sadly the song is absolutely terrible and it's about exactly what it sounds like so honestly we're better off just pretending that Mack The Knife was the first to half a year & erasing Robbin' The Cradle from the collective memory.

[gikem]

Finally updated the playlist tonight with the 1959 songs. Note that two songs, So Many Ways and Just as Much as Ever, are not available on Spotify (at least the specific versions that are on the YE).

[mikerivera]

The 1991 list. My final list for the year until the 2021 list in December

Rank	Song	Artist	Peak	Top 10	Hot 100	Points
1	(Everything I Do) I Do it For You	Bryan Adams	#1 (7 weeks)	10	22	597,640
2	Rush Rush	Paula Abdul	#1 (5 weeks)	9	19	491,680
3	I Wanna Sex You Up	Color Me Badd	#2	10	23	433,870
4	One More Try	Timmy T	#1	9	23	428,970
5	Emotions	Mariah Carey	#1 (3 weeks)	7	18	418,590
6	Unbelievable	EMF	#1	9	23	415,640
7	More Than Words	Extreme	#1	9	24	406,950
8	I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)	Hi-Five	#1	9	23	399,810
9	Baby Baby	Amy Grant	#1 (2 weeks)	7	21	397,540
10	Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)	C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams	#1 (2 weeks)	9	18	394,010
11	Romantic	Karyn White	#1	7	20	391,480
12	Do Anything	Natural Selection	#2	8	21	388,500
13	I Adore Mi Amor	Color Me Badd	#1 (2 weeks)	7	20	382,160
14	Someday	Mariah Carey	#1 (2 weeks)	7	19	379,650
15	Motownphilly	Boyz II Men	#3	7	24	371,510
16	All the Man That I Need	Whitney Houston	#1 (2 weeks)	7	21	367,970
17	Cream	Prince & The New Power Generation	#1 (2 weeks)	7	14	364,910
18	Good Vibrations	Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch ft. Loleatta Holloway	#1	7	20	363,760
19	Right Here, Right Now	Jesus Jones	#2	8	25	351,160
20	I Don't Wanna Cry	Mariah Carey	#1 (2 weeks)	8	19	339,490
21	The First Time	Surface	#1 (2 weeks)	8	16	338,790
22	Joyride	Roxette	#1	6	19	334,090
23	You're in Love	Wilson Phillips	#1	7	19	329,610
24	It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday	Boyz II Men	#2	8	15	327,920
25	When a Man Loves a Woman	Michael Bolton	#1	8	12	324,500
26	I've Been Thinking About You	Londonbeat	#1	6	19	323,200
27	Coming Out of the Dark	Gloria Estefan	#1 (2 weeks)	7	19	320,270
28	Hold You Tight	Tara Kemp	#3	7	22	319,110
29	Every Heartbeat	Amy Grant	#2	6	19	315,820
30	Touch Me (All Night Long)	Cathy Dennis	#2	7	20	315,080
31	Can't Stop This Thing We Started	Bryan Adams	#2	7	16	297,810
32	It Ain't Over 'Til it's Over	Lenny Kravitz	#2	6	19	296,720
33	Losing My Religion	R.E.M.	#4	6	21	295,500
34	Here We Go	C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams & Zelma Davis	#3	6	20	292,550
35	Hole Hearted	Extreme	#4	5	20	291,590
36	Set Adrift on Memory Bliss	PM Dawn	#1	7	11	290,280
37	Wind of Change	Scorpions	#4	5	25	289,460
38	The Promise of a New Day	Paula Abdul	#1	5	16	284,990
39	Summertime	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	#4	6	18	283,580
40	O.P.P.	Naughty by Nature	#6	6	17	281,210
41	P.A.S.S.I.O.N.	Rhythm Syndicate	#2	6	17	279,910
42	Where Does My Heart Beat Now	Celine Dion	#4	5	20	279,370
43	Love Will Never Do (Without You)	Janet Jackson	#1	7	15	273,450
44	Black or White	Michael Jackson	#1 (4 weeks)	5	6	272,100
45	Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)	Roxette	#2	5	18	270,110
46	Love of a Lifetime	Firehouse	#5	4	22	267,590
47	This House	Tracie Spencer	#3	5	21	264,000
48	Power of Love/Love Power	Luther Vandross	#4	6	18	258,310
49	Rhythm of My Heart	Rod Stewart	#5	5	18	256,540
50	Love is a Wonderful Thing	Michael Bolton	#4	6	17	255,500
51	Iesha	Another Bad Creation	#9	2	23	254,430
52	Things That Make You Go Hmmm...	C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams	#4	5	16	254,310
53	Something to Talk About	Bonnie Raitt	#5	5	20	253,910
54	I Touch Myself	Divinyls	#4	5	18	252,060
55	I Can't Wait Another Minute	Hi-Five	#8	3	21	248,100
56	Temptation	Corina	#6	5	21	241,800
57	3 A.M. Eternal	The KLF	#5	5	19	234,390
58	Time, Love and Tenderness	Michael Bolton	#7	4	18	231,610
59	Now That We Found Love	Heavy D & The Boyz	#11		22	230,950
60	I'll Be There	The Escape Club	#8	3	25	230,810
61	Sadeness	Enigma	#5	5	18	230,140
62	Here I Am (Come and Take Me)	UB40	#7	3	25	227,870
63	Cry For Help	Rick Astley	#7	4	20	225,740
64	Signs	Tesla	#8	3	22	224,160
65	That's What Love is For	Amy Grant	#7	4	14	223,660
66	Show Me the Way	Styx	#3	3	19	222,680
67	Too Many Walls	Cathy Dennis	#8	2	20	222,120
68	Don't Cry	Guns N' Roses	#10	2	15	221,720
69	Crazy	Seal	#7	2	19	217,370
70	High Enough*	Damn Yankees	#3	5	14	216,490
71	Blowing Kisses in the Wind	Paula Abdul	#6	6	11	214,250
72	Around the Way Girl	LL Cool J	#9	1	18	213,730
73	Set the Night to Music	Roberta Flack & Maxi Priest	#6	3	15	213,300
74	Place in This World	Michael W. Smith	#6	3	21	212,700
75	The One and Only	Chesney Hawkes	#10	1	20	210,290
76	Play That Funky Music	Vanilla Ice	#4	5	13	209,700
77	Sensitivity	Ralph Tresvant	#4	6	11	207,280
78	Justify My Love	Madonna	#1 (2 weeks)	4	9	205,220
79	Silent Lucidity	Queensrÿche	#9	2	17	205,180
80	Let's Talk About Sex	Salt-n-Pepa	#13		19	203,080
81	Wicked Game	Chris Isaak	#6	3	19	201,400
82	Round and Round	Tevin Campbell	#12		25	201,270
83	Real Real Real	Jesus Jones	#4	3	19	200,270
84	Everybody Plays the Fool	Aaron Neville	#8	2	20	196,450
85	Piece of My Heart	Tara Kemp	#7	3	18	192,820
86	Strike it Up	Black Box	#8	3	18	191,630
87	Rico Suave	Gerardo	#7	2	18	187,560
88	I'll Give All My Love to You	Keith Sweat	#7	3	15	187,380
89	Get Here	Oleta Adams	#5	3	20	186,250
90	Enter Sandman	Metallica	#16		19	184,250
91	All 4 Love	Color Me Badd	#3	5	8	182,700
92	After the Rain	Nelson	#6	4	13	181,910
93	All This Time	Sting	#5	3	15	181,370
94	Don't Want to Be a Fool	Luther Vandross	#9	1	20	179,730
95	Do You Want Me	Salt-n-Pepa	#21		26	171,470
96	The Motown Song	Rod Stewart & The Temptations	#10	1	17	169,870
97	Walking in Memphis	Marc Cohen	#13		23	167,370
98	With You	Toni Terry	#14		23	166,710
99	Playground	Another Bad Creation	#10	1	17	166,680
100	Shiny Happy People	R.E.M.	#10	2	15	166,510

[mikerivera]

Songs that missed

Made 1990:
-Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
-From a Distance
-Groove is in the Heart
-I’m Your Baby Tonight
-Impulsive
-Love Takes Time
-Something to Believe In
-The Way You Do the Things You Do
-Tom’s Diner

Caught Between Years:
-Disappear
-Freedom ‘90
-I Saw Red
-I’m Not in Love
-Just Another Dream
-Miles Away

[mikerivera]

Next closest 10

Rank	Song	Artist	Points
101	Voices That Care	Various Artists	163,910
102	I Saw Red	Warrant	163,570
103	Disappear	INXS	163,220
104	I Wonder Why	Chris Stigers	159,800
105	Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)	Crystal Waters	155,900
106	Running Back to You	Vanessa Williams	154,770
107	Unforgettable	Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole	152,570
108	From a Distance*	Bette Midler	151,600
109	Lily Was Here	David A. Stewart & Candy Duffer	151,230
110	Written All Over Your Face	Rude Boys	151,220

[inverse]

Pop icon Timmy T at #4 you love to see it!

I'll have 1992 done soon

Also how close was "Finally?" it had 14 weeks with a peak of 8 so I'm a bit surprised it missed

[mikerivera]

Finally was at 148k. Just a few spots outside the top 110.

Side note: I’ve cut out a lot of incredible songs over the course of doing these lists. So adding Let’s Talk About Sex, Walking in Memphis and especially Enter Sandman has to be the biggest W of this entire endeavor.

[gikem]

Yikes, that might be the worst top 4 we've had on these updated YEs yet (I'd say top 5, but #5 is literally one of Mariah's best songs). All of those are mediocre at best. At least we got a few quality tracks replacing some of the terrible songs that either made 1990 or got caught.

With that said, 7 more songs have been added to the playlist to round out the last (mostly) pre-SoundScan year other than the 1970s (would be 8, but Playground by Another Bad Little Fad Creation is not available on Spotify). Looking forward to inverse's 1992 list to finally close out the '90s!

[Groovy]

2016 is up there too, almost all of the songs in the top 4 have made it on my worst list of that year.

[gikem]

Aug 29, 2021 9:24:22 GMT -5 Groovy said:

2016 is up there too, almost all of the songs in the top 4 have made it on my worst list of that year.

2016's new YE top 4 is more barely-passable than outright bad to me. The only other year with a new YE top 4 that comes close to 1991's in mediocrity for me is 2014, only somewhat redeemed by the alright #1 of that year Happy.

[urtarreviews]

Speaking of 2016, I have finished the Crownnote Jan-Dec YE for 2016: crownnote.com/leaderboard/Urtar%20Reviews%202.0/2016

[Private Dancer]

I think Mariah had the most top 5 year end songs out of any artists...

Also Wilson Philips were not playing 1990-1991!

I'm also surprised at Karyn White @ 11...I wonder if people remember that song being huge

[Deleted]

Aug 29, 2021 14:02:23 GMT -5 Private Dancer said:

I think Mariah had the most top 5 year end songs out of any artists...

Also Wilson Philips were not playing 1990-1991!

I'm also surprised at Karyn White @ 11...I wonder if people remember that song being huge

Wilson Phillips were to the 90s as Taio Cruz was to the 2010s. A few huge hits at the start of the decade before instantly vanishing.

[gikem]

When I first came across the name "Wilson Phillips" when looking through the original 1990 YE that their song Hold On topped, I thought it would be some solo R&B or adult contemporary guy that I would find average at best. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that they're an all-female pop trio that made some pretty sweet songs in the early '90s, kind of like a version of The Chicks if they ever went full-on acoustic pop. Apparently they're still together in some form, but I guess people lost interest in their music after Nirvana burst onto the scene.

As for Karyn White, after listening to her #1 hit, my one takeaway is that she sounds almost exactly like Janet Jackson, who was a massive name at the time. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if people back then thought it actually was Janet singing.

[Private Dancer]

Funny cause Karyn White's signature song is Superwoman and not Romantic...

[inverse]

Madonna came so close to racking up an insane 14 year streak in this format from 1989 to 2002 but she missed 1999 and Beautiful Stranger was #104 that year by my calculations

As it is Rihanna's streak is still the record holder I think except its only 13 years long now instead of 14. None of this will matter in a decade tho when Drake gets like 20 years in a row

[inverse]

And finally to finish up the 90's decade, the 1992 list. This will probably be the last one I ever do & we're ending on IMO a really great year with a ton of classics. One thing to remember is that unlike the 60's and 80's charts which were sort of overwrites of Billboard's lists, this one is an attempt at real points & so all songs that were in the middle of the year with no difference in weeks are gonna be in the same order as in the original list. I'll also be once again including the position on the original in the 2nd column. Enjoy!

1	1	Boyz II Men	End Of The Road	724539	1	24	19
2	2	Sir Mix-A-Lot	Baby Got Back	636303	1	28	15
3	3	Kris Kross	Jump	586206	1	21	13
4	5	TLC	Baby-Baby-Baby	565957	2	30	14
5	4	Vanessa Williams	Save The Best For Last	563750	1	27	13
6	10	Jon Secada	Just Another Day	545082	5	37	12
7	6	Eric Clapton	Tears In Heaven	535440	2	26	12
8	7	En Vogue	My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)	535271	2	30	13
9	8	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Under The Bridge	517784	2	26	12
10	'93	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	461515	1	7	5
11	22	Patty Smyth & Don Henley	Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough	438293	2	20	11
12	12	Mr. Big	To Be With You	437536	1	22	9
13	11	Shanice	I Love Your Smile	436179	2	20	11
14	24	House Of Pain	Jump Around	428116	3	27	11
15	13	Right Said Fred	I'm Too Sexy	425241	1	19	12
16	15	Billy Ray Cyrus	Achy Breaky Heart	421521	4	25	10
17	16	Mariah Carey	I'll Be There	406945	1	20	8
18	17	Guns N' Roses	November Rain	405422	3	20	10
19	18	Tom Cochrane	Life Is A Highway	399426	6	26	6
20	19	Michael Jackson	Remember The Time	397877	3	20	9
21	21	Madonna	This Used To Be My Playground	396194	1	20	8
22	51	P.M. Dawn	I'd Die Without You	389657	3	16	12
23	9	Color Me Badd	All 4 Love	367570	1	20	9
24	33	Bobby Brown	Humpin' Around	365107	3	20	8
25	27	Atlantic Starr	Masterpiece	358526	3	20	9
26	28	Celine Dion	If You Asked Me To	358215	4	22	8
27	29	En Vogue	Giving Him Something He Can Feel	356498	6	24	7
28	30	Joe Public	Live And Learn	351282	4	21	8
29	59	The Heights	How Do You Talk To An Angel	349190	1	13	10
30	31	Jodeci	Come And Talk To Me	347860	11	29
31	25	Prince and the N.P.G.	Diamonds And Pearls	344870	3	17	9
32	34	Sophie B. Hawkins	Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover	343146	5	21	7
33	'93	Shai	If I Ever Fall In Love	331639	2	11	7
34	36	TLC	Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg	331324	6	22	9
35	26	George Michael & Elton John	Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me	329317	1	16	8
36	'93	Wreckx-n-Effect	Rump Shaker	329042	2	13	8
37	75	Snap!	Rhythm Is A Dancer	320424	6	20	9
38	38	Technotronic f/ Ya Kid K	Move This	307058	6	23	3
39	39	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	307038	2	17	8
40	40	Arrested Development	Tennessee	307022	6	22	5
41	47	KWS	Please Don't Go	302270	6	26	5
42	41	Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson	The Best Things In Life Are Free	301110	10	20	3
43	42	Mariah Carey	Make It Happen	300666	5	20	7
44	35	Tevin Campbell	Tell Me What You Want Me To Do	299528	6	17	7
45	43	Elton John	The One	299300	9	22	1
46	50	Hi-Five	She's Playing Hard To Get	294290	5	20	7
47	20	CeCe Peniston	Finally	293512	5	19	7
48	32	Nirvana	Smells Like Teen Spirit	293458	6	16	8
49	45	Shakespear's Sister	Stay	292707	4	20	7
50	48	Mint Condition	Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)	288304	6	24	5
51	49	The Cover Girls	Wishing On A Star	287460	9	20	5
52	85	Mary J. Blige	Real Love	286162	7	18	7
53	53	Toad The Wet Sprocket	All I Want	283810	15	25
54	52	Amy Grant	Good For Me	270234	8	20	3
55	88	TLC	What About Your Friends	266982	7	17	7
56	23	Mariah Carey	Can't Let Go	263249	2	13	7
57	55	Genesis	I Can't Dance	261170	7	20	4
58	67	Arrested Development	People Everyday	255494	8	20	4
59	78	N2Deep	Back To The Hotel	253570	23	25
60	56	Richard Marx	Hazard	246120	9	20	2
61	14	Michael Jackson	Black Or White	236012	1	14	5
62	58	George Micharl	Too Funky	235460	10	20	1
63	60	U2	One	232070	10	20	1
64	80	Def Leppard	Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad	232020	12	19
65	61	CeCe Peniston	Keep On Walkin'	231960	15	21
66	62	Genesis	Hold On My Heart	231250	12	20
67	64	Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson	Beauty And The Beast	229990	9	20	2
68	70	Bryan Adams	Do I Have To Say The Words?	228300	11	20
69	90	Charles & Eddy	Would I Lie To You?	223440	13	19
70	82	FireHouse	When I Look Into Your Eyes	221838	8	20	3
71	65	Kris Kross	Warm It Up	217820	13	20
72	66	Michael Jackson	In The Closet	217542	6	20	4
73	71	The Cure	Friday I'm In Love	216930	18	20
74	72	Ugly Kid Joe	Everything About You	216080	9	20	4
75	74	Bryan Adams	Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven	215300	13	20
76	93	En Vogue	Free Your Mind	214164	8	16	1
77	77	Michael Bolton	Missing You Now	206350	12	20
78	79	Kathy Troccoli	Everything Changes	205200	14	20
79	57	U2	Mysterious Ways	201950	9	14	1
80	81	Richard Marx	Take This Heart	200050	20	20
81	83	Jade	I Wanna Love You	198630	16	21
82	'93	Bobby Brown	Good Enough	198530	7	11	5
83	46	M.C. Hammer	2 Legit 2 Quit	198032	5	12	2
84	X	Annie Lennox	Walking On Broken Glass	196780	14	17
85	63	Karyn White	The Way I Feel About You	194300	12	15
86	X	Saigon Kick	Love Is On The Way	192770	12	17
87	X	Madonna	Erotica	192765	3	11	4
88	86	The KLF f/ Tammy Wynette	Justified And Ancient	188500	11	18
89	84	Boyz II Men	Uhh Ahh	184350	16	17
90	87	Color Me Badd	Slow Motion	183900	18	20
91	89	Color Me Badd	Thinkin' Back	177620	16	20
92	76	M.C. Hammer	Addams Groove	173868	7	16	2
93	X	Eric Clapton	Layla	173850	12	13
94	95	Mr. Big	Just Take My Heart	172760	16	20
95	96	Amy Grant	I Will Remember You	170740	20	20
96	97	CeCe Peniston	We Got A Love Thang	168560	20	20
97	98	Def Leppard	Let's Get Rocked	166960	15	18
98	99	Das EFX	They Want EFX	161940	25	20
99	X	Lidell Townsell	Nu Nu	161530	26	20
100	X	Genesis	Jesus He Knows Me	157700	23	20

[inverse]

Songs from the original that missed here

Made 1991
-It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday
-Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
-When A Man Loves A Woman
-Blowing Kisses In The Wind
-That's What Love Is For

Caught Between Years
-No Son Of Mine
-Wildside
-Keep Coming Back
-Keep It Comin'
-I Can't Make You Love Me

losing a Bonnie Raitt classic hurts but we also get rid of four songs from my Worst list that year (although two of them just shifted to 1991) and adding "Layla" and "Walking On Broken Glass" and even "Nu Nu" are all pretty damn good upgrades IMO

[phieaglesfan712]

lol at two 70’s songs (Bohemian Rhapsody and Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me) making this Year-End.

[inverse]

Aug 31, 2021 15:29:33 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

lol at two 70’s songs (Bohemian Rhapsody and Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me) making this Year-End.

"Layla" as well :)

[gikem]

Aw, what a shame that Wildside got caught. How else are we supposed to know about a hit song where Mark Wahlberg as Marky Mark tries to educate the listener about the horrors of racism in America over an egregious Lou Reed sample, complete with the classic line “Blame it on a black man, what the heck?”

Anyway, hard to believe we’ve already completed 5 whole decades of these new YE’s, including every year except for the 1970s! I’ll update the playlist later tonight.

[Private Dancer]

Is anyone going to do one for the 70s?

[mikerivera]

Yeah, I’m gonna get to it next year. I need a break for this year, and even if I didn’t, my schedule is gonna be way too busy for this to be any kind of priority. Probably will create some in my downtime though so it’ll be ready to go next year