Top Songs of 1989
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Skid Row |
18 and Life |
Glam Metal
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Tom Petty |
A Face in the Crowd |
Acoustic Rock,
Americana,
Heartland Rock,
Roots Rock |
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The Smithereens |
A Girl Like You |
Alternative Rock,
Power Pop
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The Orb |
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld |
Ambient House,
Space Ambient
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Noir Désir |
À l'arrière des taxis |
Alternative Rock
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A.R.Kane |
A Love From Outer Space |
Alternative Dance,
Balearic Beat,
Dance-Pop,
Synthpop |
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Bonnie Raitt |
A Thing Called Love |
Blues Rock,
Pop Rock
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11 |
831 |
Nirvana |
About a Girl |
Grunge
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Tears for Fears |
Advice for the Young at Heart |
Art Pop,
Pop Rock,
Sophisti-Pop
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Annihilator |
Alison Hell |
Technical Thrash Metal
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65 |
4980 |
Lisa Stansfield |
All Around the World |
Blue Eyed Soul,
Pop Soul
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108 |
8286 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
All the Things I Wasn't |
Folk Rock,
Jangle Pop
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106 |
8219 |
Mia Martini |
Almeno tu nell'universo |
Italo Pop
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110 |
8333 |
Phil Collins |
Another Day in Paradise |
Pop Rock
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Noir Désir |
Aux sombres héros de l'amer |
Alternative Rock
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Transvision Vamp |
Baby I Don't Care |
Power Pop
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7 |
612 |
Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler |
Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) |
Contemporary R&B,
Dance-Pop
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90 |
6282 |
Prince |
Batdance |
Dance-Pop,
Film Soundtrack,
Funk
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58 |
4587 |
Simple Minds |
Belfast Child |
Pop Rock
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Janet Jackson |
Black Cat |
Glam Metal,
Pop Rock
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40 |
3217 |
Alannah Myles |
Black Velvet |
AOR,
Pop Rock
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45 |
3565 |
Galaxie 500 |
Blue Thunder |
Dream Pop,
Slowcore
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The Wedding Present |
Brassneck |
Indie Rock,
Post-Punk
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61 |
4721 |
De La Soul |
Buddy |
East Coast Hip Hop
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24 |
1880 |
Young M.C. |
Bust a Move |
East Coast Hip Hop,
Pop Rap
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59 |
4655 |
The Sundays |
Can't Be Sure |
Dream Pop,
Indie Pop,
Jangle Pop
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XTC |
Chalkhills and Children |
Pop Rock,
Psychedelic Pop
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99 |
7396 |
Madonna |
Cherish |
Dance-Pop,
Synthpop
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25 |
1948 |
Orbital |
Chime |
Acid House,
Techno
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107 |
8270 |
Mother Love Bone |
Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns |
Glam Rock,
Grunge,
Hard Rock
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52 |
4143 |
Indigo Girls |
Closer to Fine |
Folk Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Van Morrison |
Coney Island |
Adult Contemporary,
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble |
Crossfire |
Blues Rock
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3 |
260 |
Pixies |
Debaser |
Indie Rock
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Elvis Costello |
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror |
Alternative Rock
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Urban Dance Squad |
Deeper Shade of Soul |
Latin Alternative,
Latin Rap,
Pop Rap
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A Tribe Called Quest |
Description of a Fool |
Boom Bap,
Conscious Hip Hop,
East Coast Hip Hop
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Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari |
Diavolo in me |
Blues Rock,
Pop Rock
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109 |
8315 |
Steve Reich/Kronos Quartet |
Different Trains: America - Before the War |
Minimalism
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34 |
2549 |
Lou Reed |
Dirty Blvd |
Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Public Image Ltd. |
Disappointed |
Alternative Dance,
Pop Rock
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83 |
5986 |
The Cure |
Disintegration |
Alternative Rock,
Gothic Rock,
Post-Punk
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Gang Starr |
DJ Premier in Deep Concentration |
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
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Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I. |
Do the Right Thing |
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hip House
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Jungle Brothers |
Doin' Your Own Dang |
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hip House
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Kirsty MacColl |
Don't Come the Cowboy with Me, Sonny Jim! |
Country Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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The Wonder Stuff |
Don't Let Me Down Gently |
Indie Pop
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49 |
3941 |
Digital Underground |
Doowutchyalike |
West Coast Hip Hop
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89 |
6249 |
The Blue Nile |
Downtown Lights |
New Romantic,
Sophisti-Pop,
Synthpop
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72 |
5195 |
Mötley Crüe |
Dr. Feelgood |
Glam Metal
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20 |
1471 |
Faith No More |
Epic |
Rap Metal
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Janet Jackson |
Escapade |
Contemporary R&B,
Dance-Pop
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Lush |
Etheriel |
Dream Pop,
Shoegaze
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28 |
2311 |
Madonna |
Express Yourself |
Dance-Pop,
Synth Funk
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47 |
3685 |
De La Soul |
Eye Know |
East Coast Hip Hop
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44 |
3420 |
Julee Cruise |
Falling |
Ambient Pop,
Dream Pop
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67 |
5059 |
The Cure |
Fascination Street |
Alternative Rock,
Gothic Rock,
Post-Punk
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1 |
65 |
Public Enemy |
Fight the Power |
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop
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The Cult |
Fire Woman |
Hard Rock
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4 |
368 |
The Stone Roses |
Fools Gold |
Alternative Dance,
Baggy / Madchester
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Kiss |
Forever |
AOR,
Hard Rock
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10 |
767 |
Tom Petty |
Free Fallin' |
Heartland Rock,
Pop Rock
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29 |
2325 |
Lil' Louis |
French Kiss |
Acid House,
Chicago House
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124 |
9664 |
The Blue Nile |
From a Late Night Train |
Ambient Pop,
Sophisti-Pop
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Faith No More |
From Out of Nowhere |
Funk Metal
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54 |
4196 |
Tone-Lōc |
Funky Cold Medina |
Pop Rap,
West Coast Hip Hop
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Nice & Smooth |
Funky for You |
East Coast Hip Hop
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Soul II Soul |
Get a Life |
Contemporary R&B,
UK Hip Hop
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50 |
4019 |
Electronic |
Getting Away with It |
Alternative Dance,
Synthpop
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De La Soul |
Ghetto Thang |
East Coast Hip Hop
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Michel Polnareff |
Good Bye Marylou |
Chanson,
French Pop
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30 |
2373 |
Inner City |
Good Life |
Chicago House,
Detroit Techno
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Fine Young Cannibals |
Good Thing |
Pop Soul
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31 |
2416 |
Happy Mondays |
Hallelujah |
Alternative Dance,
Baggy / Madchester
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56 |
4509 |
Van Morrison |
Have I Told You Lately? |
Pop Rock
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21 |
1539 |
Nine Inch Nails |
Head Like a Hole |
Industrial Rock
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42 |
3350 |
The Jesus and Mary Chain |
Head On |
Alternative Rock
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The Blue Nile |
Headlights on the Parade |
Sophisti-Pop,
Synthpop
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Roch Voisine |
Hélène |
Chanson
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26 |
1960 |
Pixies |
Here Comes Your Man |
Indie Rock
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39 |
2925 |
Pixies |
Hey |
Indie Rock
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22 |
1653 |
Beastie Boys |
Hey Ladies |
East Coast Hip Hop
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S'Express |
Hey Music Lover |
House
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126 |
9906 |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Higher Ground |
Alternative Rock,
Funk Metal,
Funk Rock
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17 |
1335 |
The Stone Roses |
I Am the Resurrection |
Baggy / Madchester,
Neo-Psychedelia
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Texas |
I Don't Want a Lover |
Pop Rock
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Special Ed |
I Got It Made |
East Coast Hip Hop
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12 |
945 |
The Stone Roses |
I Wanna Be Adored |
Baggy / Madchester,
Indie Rock
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85 |
6128 |
Tom Petty |
I Won't Back Down |
Heartland Rock,
Pop Rock
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112 |
8359 |
Cher |
If I Could Turn Back Time |
AOR,
Pop Rock
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123 |
9258 |
Simply Red |
If You Don't Know Me By Now |
Blue Eyed Soul,
Sophisti-Pop
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55 |
4401 |
The Replacements |
I'll Be You |
Alternative Rock,
Power Pop
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Fine Young Cannibals |
I'm Not the Man I Used to Be |
Alternative Dance,
Dance-Pop
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Morrissey |
Interesting Drug |
Indie Pop,
Jangle Pop
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116 |
8622 |
The D.O.C. |
It's Funky Enough |
Gangsta Rap,
West Coast Hip Hop
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Jungle Brothers |
J. Beez Comin' Through |
East Coast Hip Hop
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41 |
3284 |
Aerosmith |
Janie's Got a Gun |
Hard Rock,
Pop Rock
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Inspiral Carpets |
Joe |
Baggy / Madchester,
Neo-Psychedelia
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19 |
1411 |
Biz Markie |
Just a Friend |
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop,
Pop Rap
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120 |
9076 |
Dinosaur Jr. |
Just Like Heaven |
Indie Rock,
Noise Rock
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35 |
2634 |
Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler |
Keep On Movin' |
Contemporary R&B,
House
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97 |
7243 |
The Wedding Present |
Kennedy |
C86,
Indie Rock,
Jangle Pop
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Mötley Crüe |
Kickstart My Heart |
Glam Metal
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Clint Black |
Killin' Time |
Contemporary Country
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43 |
3362 |
Mano Negra |
King Kong Five |
Funk Rock,
Rap Rock
|
53 |
4161 |
Queen Latifah |
Ladies First |
East Coast Hip Hop
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96 |
7059 |
Kaoma |
Lambada |
Lambada
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Lenny Kravitz |
Let Love Rule |
Psychedelic Soul
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114 |
8514 |
Carly Simon |
Let the River Run |
Film Soundtrack,
Pop
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71 |
5184 |
Maestro Fresh Wes |
Let Your Backbone Slide |
Hip Hop
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113 |
8406 |
Gladys Knight |
License To Kill |
Film Soundtrack,
Pop Soul
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2 |
149 |
Madonna |
Like a Prayer |
Art Pop
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David Byrne & Celia Cruz |
Loco de Amor (Crazy for Love) |
Latin Alternative
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117 |
8775 |
Los Auténticos Decadentes |
Loco (Tu forma de ser) |
Latin Alternative
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Liza Minnelli |
Losing My Mind |
Dance-Pop,
Synthpop
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Kate Bush |
Love and Anger |
Art Pop,
Art Rock
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73 |
5295 |
Aerosmith |
Love in an Elevator |
Hard Rock
|
15 |
1186 |
The B-52's |
Love Shack |
New Wave,
Pop Rock
|
94 |
6835 |
Janet Jackson |
Love Will Never Do (Without You) |
Dance-Pop,
New Jack Swing
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23 |
1661 |
The Cure |
Lovesong |
Alternative Rock,
New Wave,
Post-Punk
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The Lemonheads |
Luka |
Alternative Rock
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27 |
2087 |
The Cure |
Lullaby |
Dream Pop,
Gothic Rock,
Post-Punk
|
32 |
2514 |
The Stone Roses |
Made of Stone |
Baggy / Madchester,
Jangle Pop
|
80 |
5691 |
Bob Dylan |
Man in the Long Black Coat |
Folk Rock,
Gothic Country,
Singer/Songwriter
|
33 |
2543 |
Neneh Cherry |
Manchild |
Contemporary R&B,
Pop Rap
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Gang Starr |
Manifest/Words I Manifest (Remix) |
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop,
Jazz Rap
|
119 |
9011 |
Fugazi |
Margin Walker |
Post-Hardcore
|
9 |
670 |
De La Soul |
Me Myself and I |
Conscious Hip Hop,
Disco Rap,
East Coast Hip Hop
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2 Live Crew |
Me So Horny |
Miami Bass
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Geto Boys |
Mind of a Lunatic |
Horrorcore,
Southern Hip Hop
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Janet Jackson |
Miss You Much |
Dance-Pop,
New Jack Swing
|
98 |
7297 |
The Rolling Stones |
Mixed Emotions |
Pop Rock,
Rock & Roll
|
5 |
384 |
Pixies |
Monkey Gone to Heaven |
Indie Rock
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60 |
4703 |
Bob Dylan |
Most of the Time |
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Lenny Kravitz |
Mr. Cab Driver |
Pop Rock
|
125 |
9769 |
Paul McCartney |
My Brave Face |
Pop Rock
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Nirvana |
Negative Creep |
Grunge,
Post-Hardcore,
Sludge Metal
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Virgo |
Never Want to Lose You |
Chicago House
|
121 |
9097 |
The Tragically Hip |
New Orleans Is Sinking |
Blues Rock
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Bad Religion |
No Control |
Melodic Hardcore,
Skate Punk
|
78 |
5525 |
Michael Penn |
No Myth |
Jangle Pop
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100 |
7419 |
Chris Knox |
Not Given Lightly |
Dunedin Sound,
Indie Pop
|
101 |
7488 |
Dusty Springfield |
Nothing Has Been Proved |
Film Soundtrack,
Synthpop
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Caetano Veloso |
O estrangeiro |
MPB,
Singer/Songwriter
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Madonna |
Oh Father |
Adult Contemporary
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Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40 |
Ojala que llueva café |
Latin Pop,
Merengue
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Junior Reid |
One Blood |
Dancehall
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|
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Melvins |
Oven |
Sludge Metal
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The Blue Nile |
Over the Hillside |
Sophisti-Pop
|
14 |
1158 |
808 State |
Pacific State |
Acid House
|
74 |
5305 |
Mano Negra |
Pas assez de toi |
Folk Punk,
Pop Rock
|
6 |
609 |
Depeche Mode |
Personal Jesus |
Alternative Dance,
Synthpop
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Ramones |
Pet Sematary |
Alternative Rock,
Punk Rock
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Camper Van Beethoven |
Pictures of Matchstick Men |
Indie Rock
|
16 |
1295 |
The Cure |
Pictures of You |
Dream Pop,
Post-Punk
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Patrick Bruel |
Place des grands hommes |
French Pop
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Alice Cooper |
Poison |
Glam Metal
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|
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Renegade Soundwave |
Probably a Robbery |
Alternative Dance,
Electronic
|
63 |
4842 |
Technotronic |
Pump Up the Jam |
Euro House,
Eurodance,
Hip House
|
66 |
5028 |
The Lightning Seeds |
Pure |
Indie Pop,
Synthpop
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Happy Mondays |
Rave On |
Alternative Dance,
Baggy / Madchester
|
|
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Adeva |
Respect |
Garage House
|
37 |
2879 |
Janet Jackson |
Rhythm Nation |
Dance-Pop,
New Jack Swing
|
38 |
2889 |
Black Box |
Ride On Time |
Euro House,
Italo House
|
118 |
8907 |
Bob Dylan |
Ring Them Bells |
Gospel,
Piano Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
68 |
5117 |
The B-52's |
Roam |
New Wave,
Pop Rock
|
8 |
632 |
Neil Young |
Rockin' in the Free World |
Hard Rock
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Lou Reed |
Romeo Had Juliette |
Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Stevie Nicks |
Rooms on Fire |
Pop Rock
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New Order |
Round & Round |
Alternative Dance,
Synthpop
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Tom Petty |
Runnin' Down a Dream |
Heartland Rock,
Pop Rock,
Roots Rock
|
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Francis Cabrel |
Sarbacane |
Chanson,
Folk Rock
|
81 |
5745 |
De La Soul |
Say No Go |
Conscious Hip Hop,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
103 |
7776 |
Bob Mould |
See a Little Light |
Jangle Pop
|
87 |
6202 |
The Stop the Violence Movement |
Self-Destruction |
Conscious Hip Hop,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
127 |
9929 |
Beastie Boys |
Shadrach |
East Coast Hip Hop
|
48 |
3935 |
Beastie Boys |
Shake Your Rump |
East Coast Hip Hop
|
18 |
1368 |
The Stone Roses |
She Bangs the Drums |
Baggy / Madchester,
Indie Pop,
Jangle Pop
|
|
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Roy Orbison |
She's a Mystery to Me |
Adult Contemporary,
Pop Rock
|
79 |
5553 |
Pale Saints |
Sight of You |
Dream Pop,
Shoegaze
|
95 |
6839 |
Love & Rockets |
So Alive |
Alternative Dance,
Post-Punk
|
|
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EPMD |
So What Cha Sayin' |
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
|
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The Stone Roses |
(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister |
Baggy / Madchester
|
104 |
7840 |
The Beautiful South |
Song for Whoever |
Sophisti-Pop
|
57 |
4544 |
Tears for Fears |
Sowing the Seeds of Love |
Art Pop,
Pop Rock,
Progressive Pop,
Psychedelic Pop |
92 |
6503 |
Camarón de la Isla |
Soy gitano |
Flamenco Nuevo
|
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Sueño Latino |
Sueño Latino |
Ambient House,
Balearic Beat,
Italo House
|
102 |
7520 |
Pixies |
Tame |
Indie Rock,
Noise Rock
|
91 |
6464 |
Frankie Knuckles presents Satoshi Tomiie |
Tears |
Chicago House,
Deep House
|
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Ten City |
That's The Way Love Is |
Chicago House,
Garage House
|
|
|
Kitchens of Distinction |
The 3rd Time We Opened the Capsule |
Dream Pop,
Shoegaze
|
82 |
5945 |
The The |
The Beat(en) Generation |
Folk Pop,
Indie Pop,
Jangle Pop
|
|
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Tina Turner |
The Best |
Pop Rock
|
51 |
4122 |
Garth Brooks |
The Dance |
Contemporary Country,
Country Pop
|
86 |
6192 |
Don Henley |
The End of the Innocence |
Pop Rock
|
77 |
5397 |
John Lee Hooker feat. Carlos Santana & The Santana Band |
The Healer |
Blues
|
111 |
8348 |
Rickie Lee Jones |
The Horses |
Singer/Songwriter
|
76 |
5363 |
Morrissey |
The Last of the Famous International Playboys |
Indie Pop
|
105 |
7920 |
De La Soul |
The Magic Number |
East Coast Hip Hop
|
|
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Wynton Marsalis |
The Majesty of the Blues (The Puheeman Strut) |
Jazz
|
122 |
9195 |
Daniel Lanois |
The Maker |
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
64 |
4893 |
XTC |
The Mayor of Simpleton |
Jangle Pop,
Power Pop
|
93 |
6576 |
Kate Bush |
The Sensual World |
Art Pop
|
75 |
5307 |
The Beloved |
The Sun Rising |
House,
Synthpop
|
|
|
Mudhoney |
This Gift |
Garage Punk,
Grunge
|
|
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The Stone Roses |
This Is the One |
Baggy / Madchester
|
69 |
5145 |
Elvis Costello |
Tramp the Dirt Down |
Contemporary Folk,
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
|
|
10,000 Maniacs |
Trouble Me |
Jangle Pop
|
|
|
New Order |
Vanishing Point |
Alternative Dance,
Synthpop
|
36 |
2738 |
Elvis Costello |
Veronica |
Power Pop
|
84 |
6066 |
The Stone Roses |
Waterfall |
Baggy / Madchester,
Jangle Pop,
Neo-Psychedelia
|
70 |
5182 |
Pixies |
Wave of Mutilation |
Indie Rock
|
|
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Max Q |
Way of the World |
New Wave,
Pop Rock
|
|
|
Billy Joel |
We Didn't Start the Fire |
Pop Rock
|
|
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Aerosmith |
What It Takes |
Hard Rock,
Pop Rock
|
|
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The Stone Roses |
What the World Is Waiting For |
Baggy / Madchester
|
|
|
Jungle Brothers |
What U Waitin' For |
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hip House
|
13 |
1050 |
Chris Isaak |
Wicked Game |
Pop Rock
|
|
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Tears for Fears |
Woman in Chains |
Pop Rock,
Sophisti-Pop
|
|
|
Beastie Boys |
Year and a Day |
East Coast Hip Hop,
Experimental Hip Hop
|
46 |
3636 |
The Neville Brothers |
Yellow Moon |
New Orleans R&B,
Soul
|
62 |
4829 |
Roy Orbison |
You Got It |
Pop Rock
|
|
|
Mudhoney |
You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) |
Garage Punk,
Grunge
|
115 |
8612 |
Another Sunny Day |
You Should All Be Murdered |
Jangle Pop,
Twee Pop
|
|
|
Shakespear's Sister |
You're History |
Pop
|
|
|
Skid Row |
Youth Gone Wild |
Glam Metal
|
88 |
6225 |
Les Negresses Vertes |
Zobi la mouche |
Chanson alternative
|