Popular Songs Of 1990, Vol. 3

Another day, another post of the most Popular Songs of 1990. (Maybe two posts. We'll see.) The deeper I get into this series, I'm still not skimping on quality for the sake of quantity. If anything, I'm weeding out a fair number of good songs in favor of great ones. Or, at least, more popular ones. A little of both, probably. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  New Kids On The Block  ~  "Tonight"

2)  A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "I Left My Wallet In El Segundo"

3)  Taylor Dayne  ~  "Love Will Lead You Back"

4)  Alabama  ~  "Pass It On Down"

5)  Depeche Mode  ~  "Enjoy The Silence"

6)  Will To Power  ~  "I'm Not In Love"  (So...the video and audio aren't synced at all here. But it's still a great song!)

7)  Elton  John  ~  "Club At The End Of The Street"

8)  Johnny Gill  ~  "My, My, My"

9)  The Judds  ~  "Love Can Build A Bridge"

10)  Adamski & Seal  ~  "Killer"

11)  George Michael  ~  "Freedom! '90"

12)  Holly Dunn  ~  "You Really Had Me Going"

13)  Tommy Page  ~  "I'll Be Your Everything"

14)  James  Ingram  ~  "I Don't Have The Heart"

15)  Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson  ~  "Candy"

16)  Poison  ~  "Unskinny Bop"

17)  Exile  ~  "Nobody's Talking"

18)  Gloria Estefan  ~  "Here We Are"

19)  Midnight Oil  ~  "Blue Sky Mine"

20)  Mötley Crüe  ~  "Without You"

21)  Roxette  ~  "Dangerous"

22)  Clint  Black  ~  "Walkin' Away"

23)  Firehouse  ~  "Love Of A Lifetime"

24)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Alright"

25)  Waylon Jennings  ~  "Wrong"

Songs About Pleasure

Here's a set of songs that's sure to make you feel good. Why? Because they're Songs About Pleasure – DUH! Hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Toro y Moi  ~  “Ordinary Pleasure”

2)  Feist  ~  “Pleasure”

3)  Spandau Ballet  ~  “Pleasure”

4)  Meredith Brooks  ~  “Pleasure"

5)  Franz Ferdinand  ~  “Darts Of Pleasure”

6)  Tom Tom Club  ~  “Pleasure Of Love”

7)  Roxy Music  ~  “For Your Pleasure”

8)  Kate Bush  ~  “Moments Of Pleasure”

9)  Depeche Mode  ~  “Pleasure, Little Treasure”

10)  Janet Jackson  ~  “The Pleasure Principle”

11)  Peace  ~  “World Pleasure”

12)  Björk  ~  “Pleasure Is All Mine”

13)  Molly Hatchet  ~  “One Man’s Pleasure”

14)  Ane Brun  ~  “Linger With Pleasure”

15)  Billy Preston  ~  “It’s My Pleasure”

16)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  “Rest In Pleasure"

17)  Jarlath Henderson  ~  “Courting Is A Pleasure”

18)  MS MR  ~  “No Guilt In Pleasure”

19)  Kasabian  ~  “Man Of Simple Pleasures”

20)  Mack  ~  “Underprivileged Pleasure”

21)  Jason Mraz  ~  “Common Pleasure”

22)  Ruby Rose & Gary Go  ~  “Guilty Pleasure”

23)  T. Thomason  ~  “Pleasure”

24)  Melanie C  ~  “Take Your Pleasure”

25)  Tim McGraw  ~  “It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You”

Songs About Venom & Flies

Remember when I used to post sets of songs with two different themes that had basically nothing to do with each other whatsoever? Yeah, me, too. This is one of those. Try it – you'll like it!  ~  JH

1)  Bullet For My Valentine  ~  "Venom"

2)  Deftones  ~  "Change (In The House Of Flies)"

3)  Icon For Hire  ~  "Venom"

4)  The Judds  ~  "Flies On The Butter"

5)  Richie Kotzen  ~  "Venom"

6)  Alice Cooper  ~  "Halo Of Flies"

7)  My Chemical Romance  ~  "Thank You For The Venom"

8)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Lord Of The Flies"

9)  Leaves' Eyes  ~  "Vengeance Venom"

10)  Ben Howard  ~  "Black Flies"

11)  Ted Nugent  ~  "Venom Soup"

12)  The Joy Formidable  ~  "While The Flies"

13)  Deadlights  ~  "Bathed In Venom"

14)  Nada Surf  ~  "Fruit Fly"

15)  Junior Brown  ~  "Venom Wearin' Denim"

16)  Depeche Mode  ~  "Fly On The Windscreen"

17)  Icarus Falls  ~  "Venom"

18)  Beck  ~  "Lazy Flies"

19)  Impellitteri  ~  "Venom"

20)  AlunaGeorge  ~  "Attracting Flies"

21)  Löve Razër  ~  "Venom"

22)  Benjamin Bates  ~  "Two Flies"

23)  Finn Andrews  ~  "One By The Venom"

24)  Dolly Parton  ~  "Eagle When She Flies"  (OK, so it's not the proper context of "flies," but are you really gonna argue with my including a Dolly Parton classic here?)

25)  Swollen Members  ~  "Venom"

26)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  "Vasoline"  (When I first got the idea for the post, this was the first song that came to mind. Even though the word "flies" doesn't appear in the title – nor does "venom," for that matter – the phrase "flies in the vasoline" [sic] is sung often throughout.)

27)  Eminem  ~  "Venom"

28)  Cherry Blind  ~  "House Of Flies"

29)  Disturbed  ~  "This Venom"

30)  Soundgarden  ~  "Drawing Flies"