Top 100 Songs From 1990 Official

A tribute to Elvis Presley wrapped in a blues-rock shuffle. This song felt old the minute it came out, which is why it aged so well. It’s smoky, sensual, and feels like a Louisiana bayou at 2 AM.

If you play these 100 songs in a row, you don't just hear music. You hear a world getting ready for the internet, for grunge, for the end of the Cold War. You hear the sound of teenagers borrowing their parents' cars, driving to the mall, and turning up the radio. top 100 songs from 1990

Madonna was already a star, but "Vogue" made her a living art exhibit. Inspired by the underground ballroom scene of Harlem, she took gay club culture and put it in the center of the mall. The video is black-and-white perfection. Strike a pose. A tribute to Elvis Presley wrapped in a blues-rock shuffle

Love it or loathe it, it was the first hip-hop song to top the Billboard Hot 100. The bass line (stolen from Queen/David Bowie’s “Under Pressure”) is law. The lyrics are nonsense. But when he says "Stop. Collaborate and listen," you stop. You listen. If you play these 100 songs in a

Thanks to Pretty Woman , this Swedish ballad became the soundtrack for every slow dance and breakup cry-sesh in a parked car. The chimey guitar and Marie Fredriksson’s weary vocal make it the saddest happy song of the year.