Popular Songs of 1990, Vol. 5? Seriously? Yes, seriously! Not only that, there's gonna be a Vol. 6.! And then we'll be done. (I think.) I promise! (With fingers crossed.) Enjoy!~JH
1) KISS ~ "Forever"
2) Paul Overstreet ~ "Richest Man On Earth"
3) Wilson Phillips ~ "Release Me"
4) Depeche Mode ~ "World In My Eyes"
5) Calloway ~ "I Wanna Be Rich"
6) Roxette ~ "It Must Have Been Love"
7) Phil Collins ~ "Something Happened On The Way To Heaven"
8) Eddie Rabbitt ~ "On Second Thought"
9) Paula Abdul ~ "Opposites Attract"
10) Rodney Crowell ~ "If Looks Could Kill"
11) Aerosmith ~ "Janie's Got A Gun"
12) The Judds ~ "Born To Be Blue"
13) MC Hammer ~ "Have You Seen Her?"
14) The Oak Ridge Boys ~ "No Matter How High"
15) Janet Jackson ~ "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
16) Poison ~ "Something To Believe In"
17) George Michael ~ "Praying For Time"
18) Taylor Dayne ~ "I'll Be Your Shelter"
19) Vanilla Ice ~ "Play That Funky Music"
20) Shenandoah ~ "Next To You, Next To Me"
21) Madonna ~ "Justify My Love" (Viewer discretion strongly advised on this one! 🙈)
By now, you wouldn't think there would be any good songs worth listening to from the year 1990. But you would be wrong. Popular Songs of 1990, Vol. 4 has arrived, and we're still going strong! Ready...set...enjoy!~JH
1) Mariah Carey ~ "Someday"
2) Phil Collins ft. Eric Clapton ~ "I Wish It Would Rain Down"
3) A Tribe Called Quest ~ "Bonita Applebum"
4) Enigma ~ "Sadeness (Part 1)"
5) King's X ~ "It's Love"
6) Go West ~ "King Of Wishful Thinking"
7) Janet Jackson ~ "Black Cat"
8) Londonbeat ~ "I've Been Thinking About You"
9) Alias ~ "(I Need You Now) More Than Words Can Say"
10) The B-52's ~ "Roam"
11) MC Hammer ~ "Pray"
12) AC/DC ~ "Thunderstruck"
13) Patty Loveless ~ "Chains"
14) C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams ~ "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
15) The Righteous Brothers ~ "Unchained Melody" (Of course, this is a much older song than 1990 – 1965, to be precise – but it was re-released by The Righteous Brothers that year thanks to its presence in the blockbuster film GHOST and became a hit song again.)
16) Cher ~ "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)"
I don't know about y'all, but this is the "Popular Songs Of" series I've been waiting for. These were the biggest hits of my last year as a preteen. And what a BUNCH of great songs they are! This is part 1 of what will end up being at least 5 posts. But if I run out of good songs before then, I promise I'll stop posting 'em. (Don't count on it, though.) Enjoy!~JH
1) MC Hammer ~ "U Can't Touch This"
2) Nelson ~ "(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection" (So bad, it's good!)
3) Kathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien ~ "The Battle Hymn Of Love"
4) Vanilla Ice ~ "Ice Ice Baby" (Talk about your so-bad-it's-good songs!)
5) Stevie B. ~ "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"
6) Madonna ~ "Vogue"
7) Jane's Addiction ~ "Been Caught Stealing" (This song and video encourage shoplifting. I do not. You can get prosecuted for that. I'll pass.)
8) LL Cool J ~ "Around The Way Girl"
9) Alannah Myles ~ "Black Velvet"
10) The Black Crowes ~ "Hard To Handle"
11) Garth Brooks ~ "Friends In Low Places"
12) Mariah Carey ~ "Vision Of Love"
13) Jon Bon Jovi ~ "Blaze Of Glory"
14) They Might Be Giants ~ "Birdhouse In Your Soul"
