Take 40 Number Ones: 1990
1990 at a glance
1990 - Hammer Time!
The World Wide Web was introduced with the world's first web page in 1990. We saw the end of our little blue friends, 'The Smurfs', and the VFL spread its wings and became the AFL! The B-52s took us to the 'Love Shack', we spent some 'Hammer-time' with MC Hammer, and the Righteous Brother's 'Unchained Melody' topped the charts after its popularity boosted because of THAT pottery scene from Demi Moore flick 'Ghost'!
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Number one for 8 weeks, this single was on their album 'Cosmic Thing'.
7 weeks, Jan 16, 1989 - Feb 5, 1989 | Dec 25, 1989 - Jan 14, 1990 | Feb 5, 1990 - Feb 11, 1990
The next number one Aerosmith had after this, was over 8 years later! 'Janie's Got A Gun' can be found on their 'Pump' album.
1 week, Feb 12, 1990 - Feb 18, 1990
This single from Sinead O'Connor's album 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got' was the highest selling single of the year.
8 weeks, Feb 19, 1990 - Apr 15, 1990
Paula Abdul's hightest selling single in Australia featured on her album 'Forever Your Girl'.
2 weeks, Apr 16, 1990 - Apr 29, 1990
'Vogue' was originally intended to be a B-side, before being released and becoming one of Madonna's biggest hits! This single was from her 'Like A Prayer' album
5 weeks, Apr 30, 1990 - Jun 3, 1990
From their 'Brigade' album, this song was Heart's first number one single, despite their rise to fame in the late 70's.
4 weeks, Jun 4, 1990 - Jul 1, 1990
Roxette's second of three Australian number ones! 'It Must Have Been Love' features on the soundtrack to the Julia Roberts flick 'Pretty Woman'.
2 weeks, Jul 2, 1990 - Jul 15, 1990
From MC Hammer's smash hit album 'Please Hammer, Don't Hurt Em', which was the highest selling rap album ever at the time of it's release!
5 weeks, Jul 16, 1990 - Aug 19, 1990
'Epic' was one of the first songs to combine rap and heavy rock music. This single was from Faith No More's breakthrough third album 'The Real Thing'.
3 weeks, Aug 20, 1990 - Sep 9, 1990
Jon Bon Jovi's only number one as a solo artist! From the album 'Blaze Of Glory: Songs Written And Performed By Jon Bon Jovi, Inspired By The Film 'Young Guns II'.'
6 weeks, Sep 10, 1990 - Oct 21, 1990
This song features a sample of 'Daytime Hustler' by Bette Midler, and was on Young MC's album 'Stone Cold Rhymin'.
1 week, Oct 22, 1990 - Oct 28, 1990
After breaking up in 1980, Skyhooks reformed ten years later to release 'Jukebox In Siberia', which shot to the top of the charts. The song featured on their album 'The Latest And The Greatest'.
2 weeks, Oct 29, 1990 - Nov 11, 1990
'Groove Is In The Heart' was Dee-Lite's only sucessful single. It's from their abum 'World Clique'.
1 week, Nov 12, 1990 - Nov 18, 1990
'Unchained Melody' is one of the most recorded songs of all time, with an estimated 500 different versions in existence! It features prominently in the soundtrack to the Demi Moore movie 'Ghost', played during the infamous pottery scene.
7 weeks, Nov 19, 1990 - Jan 6, 1991
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