# Best of the Rest of the Top 40: 1989

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 4, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1989/714210 "2015-03-04T17:20:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1989/714210/21 "2015-03-05T20:34:51Z")

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So Alive is a great song, as is Wild Thing. But I had to vote for Young MC. Bust a Move is still a great jam to this day.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1989/714210/22 "2015-03-05T22:39:14Z")

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> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> “Love Shack” doesn’t suck one bit, though it’s been played to death.

Exactly. I feel like I’ve heard it at every wedding reception I’ve been to in the past 25 years, and I’d be perfectly happy with never hearing it again. Ahh, well. 🙂

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1989/714210/23 "2015-03-07T06:30:45Z")

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**Tears For Fears** for me. Could have voted for **B-52s** (but already voted for _Roam_ in the 1990 poll so don’t feel bad, and they’re miles ahead anyway) or **Love and Rockets** (but _Alive_ is no\* Ball of Confusion\*. Hell, it’s no _Kundalini Express_. Basically, can’t forgive **L&R** for not being **Bauhaus** )

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