# Best of the Rest of the Top 40: 1990 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367 "2015-03-06T16:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/21 "2015-03-06T21:44:09Z")
Wow. I’m surprised some of those acts were still coming out with new stuff in 1990! Not a year I remember much of pop music since I was away part of it while in the Navy but I certainly _do_ remember En Vogue. Mmmmm. They were delicious! Had to go with “Hold On” by them. The video with the one doing her little dance (and on I go into dreamland…) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/22 "2015-03-06T21:52:39Z")
I was hoping to see Michael Penn’s “No Myth” on this list, but it didn’t chart as high as I remembered. I voted for “Back to Life” in a tight one over “Pump Up the Jam” and “Don’t Wanna Fall in Love.” ---
**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 6, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/23 "2015-03-06T21:59:36Z")
Can’t believe “Roam” is winning by a decent margin. Hated that song. We got some B-52 fans here, huh? ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/24 "2015-03-07T02:02:44Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Can’t believe “Roam” is winning by a decent margin. Hated that song. We got some B-52 fans here, huh? Just watched the video with the four-year old granddaughter. She liked it. She got the two-claps one-clap pattern down! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/25 "2015-03-07T02:13:18Z")
I have terrible terrible memories of a summer job and an “Unskinny Bop” cassingle. Shudder. I was thinking 1990 was the year of Jesus Jones’ Right Here Right Now and EMF’s Unbelieveable (a #1 song), but they charted in 1991. ---
**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, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/26 "2015-03-07T06:24:03Z")
B-52s. If they weren’t on the list, I could have gone with Stansfield, Soul II Soul or En Vogue, but then I’d have had to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/27 "2015-03-07T09:14:52Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I was hoping to see Michael Penn’s “No Myth” on this list, but it didn’t chart as high as I remembered. I voted for “Back to Life” in a tight one over “Pump Up the Jam” and “Don’t Wanna Fall in Love.” Michael Penn is still working and still putting out great stuff, I saw him live a few years back and it was a great show. that said [Back To Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB54dZkzZOY) is a totally underrated track and still shakes some ass these days. So my vote was easy this time around. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/28 "2015-03-07T17:00:05Z")
I went with “Pump Up the Jam” but could have easily voted for a few others, like “Roam.” These aren’t all-time greats, but I like most of these songs. I turned 12 in 1990 and life was pretty good. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/29 "2015-03-07T18:00:42Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > I have terrible terrible memories of a summer job and an “Unskinny Bop” cassingle. Shudder. I was thinking 1990 was the year of Jesus Jones’ Right Here Right Now and EMF’s Unbelieveable (a #1 song), but they charted in 1991. If Jesus Jones was on this list, I would’ve voted for them. Since they were not, I voted for Roxette. I love the term “cassingle” by the way. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/30 "2015-03-08T01:41:46Z")
There was some decent music from this year, but most of it was not on the pop charts. e: Surprised that The Power isn’t doing so well. Are people still sick of it? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367/31 "2015-03-28T20:35:59Z")
Apparently. Weird, because it’s an absolutely iconic song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1990/714367.md?page=1)