# Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1992 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276 "2014-11-01T16:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/21 "2014-11-01T20:16:48Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Can I take votes away from “I will always Love you”? I HATE that rendition of the song. I can’t sit though it. It is so over sung, it is like a punch in the face. The Dolly Parton [version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-F4rfU4ns) is so much better. This. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/22 "2014-11-01T20:31:37Z")
I knew I’d be in the minority and I was right - I went with Kriss Kross. Way catchier and stronger musically than “Baby Got Back”, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/23 "2014-11-01T20:56:52Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I heard a street musician perform it this spring in an acoustic and very downbeat style. It was still catchy and hysterical. Was he perhaps covering [Jonathan Coulton’s arrangement?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWaN_Tc5wo) ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/24 "2014-11-01T21:01:02Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I agree. This year was an easy choice. Like it or not, Baby Got Back is a true classic and original song that still **doesn’t sound dated**. I strenuously object to the bolded statement. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/25 "2014-11-01T23:20:05Z")
“Baby Got Back” finishes well ahead of the other songs in the world-famous\*\* Ponch8 Music Rating System\*\*, with Michael Jackson finishing second. I actually think Color Me Badd’s song is a good song, but I’d be surprised if any professional music critic agreed with me. “How Do You Talk to an Angel” is dead-ass last. What a horrible song from the cast of a horrible TV show. IIRC, the song stayed at the top of the chart even after the show got cancelled due to poor ratings. Only six or seven episodes of that shit ever aired. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/26 "2014-11-02T00:35:45Z")
Vanessa got my vote just before George and Elton. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/27 "2014-11-02T01:14:02Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > “How Do You Talk to an Angel” is dead-ass last. What a horrible song from the cast of a horrible TV show. IIRC, the song stayed at the top of the chart even after the show got cancelled due to poor ratings. Only six or seven episodes of that shit ever aired. Wikipedia says that the show didn’t actually get cancelled until one week after the song fell out of the #1 spot. There were 12 episodes that aired, not just six or seven. Still, it’s an indisputable fact that the song and the TV show were absolute garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/28 "2014-11-02T02:28:05Z")
Wow, what a bunch of crap. “Baby Got Back” just because it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/29 "2014-11-02T03:42:57Z")
So, uh, Elton John’s '90s #1 songs were remakes of Elton John songs? Gonna vote for Whitney, more for Dolly the songwriter than Whitney the singer. I lived in E. Tennessee for a few years and Dolly earns some respect for making it big out of that hell hole, and then building a theme park essentially celebrating the fact that she made it out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/30 "2014-11-02T08:14:33Z")
Sir Mix a Lot. No contest. Although props to Mr. Big, like Nelson a band that got lumped in with the hair bands when they were really more of a timeless rock n’ roll band. Still are, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/31 "2014-11-02T09:46:04Z")
**Right Said Fred** ’s _I’m too Sexy_ wins my vote because its a silly song that fully embraces its silliness. Plus, whenever I’m in the mood, I’ll whisper _“I’m…”_ in a slow baritone voice to my wife. Strangely, it makes her laugh which definitely wasn’t what I was trying to achieve. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/32 "2014-11-02T11:21:47Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Can I take votes away from “I will always Love you”? I HATE that rendition of the song. I can’t sit though it. It is so over sung, it is like a punch in the face. It took 25 years, but finally we have a genuinely popular song that is worse than “Macarthur Park.” It will ultimately be eclipsed by Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” which IMHO still reigns as the Worst Popular Song Ever, but for a few years, Whitney Houston is the champ. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/33 "2014-11-02T12:24:32Z")
I like My Heart Will Go On. I Will Always Love You, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/34 "2014-11-02T12:46:14Z")
It looks like my horrendous 18-year losing streak is finally coming to an end! The last time I voted for the poll winner was 1973, when Stevie Wonder whipped everyone else’s buttocks with “Superstition.” Now it’s Sir Mix-a-Lot who’s whipping buttocks with his song about buttocks. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/35 "2014-11-02T13:34:26Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > It took 25 years, but finally we have a genuinely popular song that is worse than “Macarthur Park.” > > It will ultimately be eclipsed by Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” which IMHO still reigns as the Worst Popular Song Ever, but for a few years, Whitney Houston is the champ. Don’t forget, we live in a world where “Achy Breaky Heart” and “My Humps” exist. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/36 "2014-11-02T23:25:46Z")
George Michael I feel totally upset Elton John in that duet, much better than the studio 1974 version. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/37 "2014-11-03T00:02:33Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I like My Heart Will Go On. I Will Always Love You, not so much. Finally! Someone I can commiserate with (RE: the first sentence, of course; I’ve found no shortage of people who share the opinion - as I do - mentioned in the second sentence)! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/38 "2014-11-03T00:07:45Z")
And, for the first year ever, I officially abstain. There is no way in hell I can vote for any song on this list. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/39 "2014-11-03T00:10:42Z")
Yup, Baby Got Back, without a doubt. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276/40 "2014-11-03T00:26:30Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > And, for the first year ever, I officially abstain. There is no way in hell I can vote for any song on this list. I was just about to do the same. I decided to go ahead and vote for How Do You Talk to An Angel. At least it features an electric guitar, and with a little imagination I can pretend how an 80’s hair metal band could have done that song right. Since no one else voted for it, it seems like an equally good way to capture my disgust with this entire era. In other news from 1992, we have [Images and Words](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Images_and_Words) thanks to Dream Theater. “[Pull me Under](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mipc-JxrhRk)” indeed. (Though despite this being their “greatest hit” it’s not even the best from this particular album). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1992/703276.md?page=3)