The greatest songs of 1990

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After the fun with the 1991 polls we now move further to 1990. I selected 128 songs, which charted in the Top 40 in 1990.

First 16 battles of round 1 are currently ongoing on the OSA facebook page:

FPI Project	Going Back To My Roots	vs.	Dimples D	Sucker DJ
49ers	Touch Me	vs.	Twenty 4 Seven	Are You Dreaming?
Gino Latino	Welcome	vs.	Jam Tronik	Another Day In Paradise
Beats International	Dub Be Good To Me	vs.	Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe	The Masterplan
KLF	What Time Is Love?	vs.	Beats International	Won't Talk About It
LFO	LFO	vs.	Dream Warriors	Wash Your Face In My Sink
Together	Hardcore Uproar	vs.	Inspiral Carpets	This Is How It Feels
Tricky Disco	Tricky Disco	vs.	NWA	Express Yourself
BBG	Snappiness	vs.	MC Hammer	U Can't Touch This
808 State	Cubik	vs.	Deee-Lite	Power Of Love
Bass-O-Matic	Fascinating Rhythm	vs.	Raze	All 4 Love (Break 4 Love 1990)
Blue Pearl	Naked In The Rain	vs.	Guru Josh	Whose Law (Is It Anyway)
D-Shake	Yaaah / Techno Trance	vs.	Soul II Soul	A Dream's A Dream
Chad Jackson	Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked)	vs.	Rebel MC	Better World
Black Box	Everybody Everybody	vs.	Betty Boo	Where Are You Baby?
Deee-Lite	Groove Is In The Heart	vs.	Snap!	Cult Of Snap

 

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Round 1 finished. These are the results:

1	FPI Project	Going Back To My Roots	vs.	Dimples D	Sucker DJ	96-4
2	49ers	Touch Me	vs.	Twenty 4 Seven	Are You Dreaming?	94-6
3	Gino Latino	Welcome	vs.	Jam Tronik	Another Day In Paradise	96-4
4	Beats International	Dub Be Good To Me	vs.	Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe	The Masterplan	90-10
5	KLF	What Time Is Love?	vs.	Beats International	Won't Talk About It	95-5
6	LFO	LFO	vs.	Dream Warriors	Wash Your Face In My Sink	100-0
7	Together	Hardcore Uproar	vs.	Inspiral Carpets	This Is How It Feels	100-0
8	Tricky Disco	Tricky Disco	vs.	NWA	Express Yourself	79-21
9	BBG	Snappiness	vs.	MC Hammer	U Can't Touch This	91-9
10	808 State	Cubik	vs.	Deee-Lite	Power Of Love	92-8
11	Bass-O-Matic	Fascinating Rhythm	vs.	Raze	All 4 Love (Break 4 Love 1990)	80-20
12	Blue Pearl	Naked In The Rain	vs.	Guru Josh	Whose Law (Is It Anyway)	87-13
13	D-Shake	Yaaah / Techno Trance	vs.	Soul II Soul	A Dream's A Dream	91-9
14	Chad Jackson	Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked)	vs.	Rebel MC	Better World	100-0
15	Black Box	Everybody Everybody	vs.	Betty Boo	Where Are You Baby?	89-11
16	Deee-Lite	Groove Is In The Heart	vs.	Snap!	Cult Of Snap	98-2
17	Happy Mondays	Step On	vs.	Chris Isaak	Wicked Game	90-10
18	Adamski	Killer	vs.	Was (Not Was)	Papa Was A Rolling Stone	94-6
19	The Adventures Of Stevie V	Dirty Cash	vs.	Technotronic	Rockin' Over The Beat	80-20
20	E-Zee Posse	Everything Starts With An E	vs.	Sting	Englishman In New York (Liebrand Mix)	90-10
21	Primal Scream	Loaded	vs.	Seal	Crazy	86-14
22	49ers	Don't You Love Me	vs.	The Charlatans	The Only One I Know	20-80
23	Snap!	The Power	vs.	Pet Shop Boys	Being Boring	88-12
24	Orbital	Chime	vs.	Technotronic	Get Up	96-4
25	Tongue 'N' Cheek	Nobody	vs.	James	Come Home	4-96
26	Nightmares On Wax	Aftermath	vs.	Soup Dragons	Mother Universe	93-7
27	49ers	Girl To Girl	vs.	Madonna	Vogue	18-82
28	Kym Mazelle	Was That All It Was	vs.	Adventures Of Stevie V	Body Language	97-3
29	Electribe 101	Talking With Myself	vs.	Dream Warriors	My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style	81-19
30	The Beloved	Your Love Takes Me Higher	vs.	Lindy Layton	Silly Games	94-6
31	Enigma	Sadeness Part 1	vs.	Jungle Brothers	What U Waitin' 4	57-43
32	The Farm	All Together Now	vs.	Happy Mondays	Kinky Afro	74-26
33	Black Box	Fantasy	vs.	Innocence	A Matter Of Fact	92-8
34	EMF	Unbelievable	vs.	Depeche Mode	Policy Of Truth	77-23
35	MC Tunes vs. 808 State	Tunes Splits The Atom	vs.	Ram Jam	Black Betty (Ben Liebrand Remix)	88-12
36	Twenty 4 Seven	I Can't Stand It	vs.	Pop Will Eat Itself	Touched By The Hand Of Cicciolina	75-25
37	DNA Feat. Suzanne Vega	Tom's Diner	vs.	Betty Boo	Doin' The Do	93-7
38	Caron Wheeler	Livin' In The Light	vs.	Maxi Priest	Close To You	42-58
39	Loose Ends	Don't Be A Fool	vs.	James	Lose Control	59-41
40	MC Tunes vs. 808 State	The Only Rhyme That Bites	vs.	Pop Will Eat Itself	Dance Of The Mad	100-0
41	Snap!	Oops Up	vs.	Lonnie Gordon	Happenin' All Over Again	20-80
42	Tongue N Cheek	Tomorrow	vs.	England New Order	World In Motion	0-100
43	Don Pablos Animals	Venus	vs.	Madonna	Justify My Love	27-73
44	Technotronic	This Beat Is Technotronic	vs.	Depeche Mode	World In My Eyes	72-28
45	Guru Josh	Infinity	vs.	Inspiral Carpets	She Comes In The Fall	82-18
46	JT & The Big Family	Moments In Soul	vs.	Bizz Nizz	Don't Miss The Partyline	28-72
47	Innocence	Natural Thing	vs.	Adamski	The Space Jungle	85-15
48	Soup Dragons	I'm Free	vs.	Criminal Element Orchestra	Everybody (Rap)	95-5
49	D-Mob	Put Your Hands Together	vs.	Julee Cruise	Falling	78-22
50	Mantronix	Got To Have Your Love	vs.	Snap!	Mary Had A Little Boy	100-0
51	Lil Louis	I Called You	vs.	Innocence	Silent Voice	79-21
52	Adamski	NRG	vs.	Innocence	Let's Push It	95-5
53	Primal Scream	Come Together	vs.	The Farm	Groovy Train	72-28
54	The Stone Roses	One Love	vs.	S'Express	Nothing To Lose	81-19
55	The Beloved	Hello	vs.	Hi Tek 3	Spin That Wheel (Turtles Get Real)	68-32
56	Depeche Mode	Enjoy The Silence	vs.	Blue Pearl	Little Brother	100-0
57	Black Box	I Don't Know Anybody Else	vs.	Jesus Jones	Right Here Right Now	66-34
58	DNA	La Serenissima	vs.	Bell Biv Devoe	Poison	100-0
59	Plus + One	It's Happenin'	vs.	Caron Wheeler	UK Blak	63-37
60	Movement 98	Joy And Heartbreak	vs.	Yazz	Treat Me Good	55-45
61	Maureen	Thinking Of You	vs.	Sybil	Walk On By	46-54
62	Chimes	Heaven	vs.	Massivo Feat. Tracy	Loving You	41-59
63	Candy Flip	Strawberry Fields Forever	vs.	Chimes	I Still Haven't Found	88-12
64	Double Trouble	Love Don't Live Here Anymore	vs.	Family Stand	Ghetto Heaven	18-82

 

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We got now further into it on the OSA facebook page.

Here are the results for round 2:

Placement round to find out positions 33 - 40:

Round of 32:

Up next, positions 17 - 32 will be determined.

 

[billyrave]

Great Work Till!
still not sure I understand it all though

 

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We have our winners . Here are the results of the last rounds:

Round of 32
Beats International	Dub Be Good To Me	vs	The Adventures Of Stevie V	Dirty Cash	54-46
FPI Project	Going Back To My Roots	vs	Snap!	The Power	89-11
D-Shake	Yaaah / Techno Trance	vs	MC Tunes vs. 808 State	The Only Rhyme That Bites	76-24
Tricky Disco	Tricky Disco	vs	Nightmares On Wax	Aftermath	54-46
Charlatans	The Only One I Know	vs	Together	Hardcore Uproar	8-92
Depeche Mode	Enjoy The Silence	vs	KLF	What Time Is Love?	35-65
Deee-Lite	Groove Is In The Heart	vs	Primal Scream	Loaded	32-68
Enigma	Sadeness Part 1	vs	DNA Feat. Suzanne Vega	Tom's Diner	73-27
49ers	Touch Me	vs	Adamski	Killer	76-24
E-Zee Posse	Everything Starts With An E	vs	Happy Mondays	Step On	60-40
BBG	Snappiness	vs	Orbital	Chime	4-96
Kym Mazelle	Was That All It Was	vs	Black Box	Everybody Everybody	16-84
LFO	LFO	vs	Electribe 101	Talking With Myself	82-18
Bizz Nizz	Don't Miss The Partyline	vs	808 State	Cubik	20-80
Mantronix	Got To Have Your Love	vs	Bass-O-Matic	Fascinating Rhythm	31-69
Blue Pearl	Naked In The Rain	vs	Guru Josh	Infinity	32-68
Placement Round
Group A			Group B
The Adventures Of Stevie V	Dirty Cash	50	Nightmares On Wax	Aftermath	26
DNA Feat. Suzanne Vega	Tom's Diner	6	Mantronix	Got To Have Your Love	36
MC Tunes vs. 808 State	The Only Rhyme That Bites	10	Adamski	Killer	19
BBG	Snappiness	34	Charlatans	The Only One I Know	19
Group C			Group D
Happy Mondays	Step On	44	Depeche Mode	Enjoy The Silence	64
Deee-Lite	Groove Is In The Heart	44	Blue Pearl	Naked In The Rain	25
Snap!	The Power	8	Bizz Nizz	Don't Miss The Partyline	14
Kym Mazelle	Was That All It Was	4	Electribe 101	Talking With Myself	15
Places 17 - 20			Places 21 - 24
Depeche Mode	Enjoy The Silence	15	Deee-Lite	Groove Is In The Heart	40
The Adventures Of Stevie V	Dirty Cash	28	BBG	Snappiness	28
Happy Mondays	Step On	43	Nightmares On Wax	Aftermath	15
Mantronix	Got To Have Your Love	14	Blue Pearl	Naked In The Rain	17
Places 25 - 28			Place 29 - 32
Adamski	Killer	51	Charlatans	The Only One I Know	46
Electribe 101	Talking With Myself	22	Bizz Nizz	Don't Miss The Partyline	29
MC Tunes vs. 808 State	The Only Rhyme That Bites	11	DNA Feat. Suzanne Vega	Tom's Diner	12
Snap!	The Power	16	Kym Mazelle	Was That All It Was	13
Round of 16
LFO	LFO		Black Box	Everybody Everybody	80-20
D-Shake	Yaaah / Techno Trance		49ers	Touch Me	68-32
Primal Scream	Loaded		E-Zee Posse	Everything Starts With An E	54-46
Tricky Disco	Tricky Disco		Beats International	Dub Be Good To Me	62-38
Orbital	Chime		Guru Josh	Infinity	87-13
Together	Hardcore Uproar		KLF	What Time Is Love?	89-11
Enigma	Sadeness Part 1		Bass-O-Matic	Fascinating Rhythm	20-80
FPI Project	Going Back To My Roots		808 State	Cubik	70-30
Placement round positions 9 - 16
Group A			Group B
E-Zee Posse	Everything Starts With An E	12	Beats International	Dub Be Good To Me	26
808 State	Cubik	35	49ers	Touch Me	51
Enigma	Sadeness Part 1	11	Black Box	Everybody Everybody	0
KLF	What Time Is Love?	42	Guru Josh	Infinity	23
49ers	Touch Me		KLF	What Time Is Love?	36-64
808 State	Cubik		Beats International	Dub Be Good To Me	55-45
Guru Josh	Infinity		E-Zee Posse	Everything Starts With An E	55-45
Enigma	Sadeness Part 1		Black Box	Everybody Everybody	44-56
Quarter Final
Orbital	Chime		D-Shake	Yaaah / Techno Trance	87-13
Bass-O-Matic	Fascinating Rhythm		FPI Project	Going Back To My Roots	44-56
Together	Hardcore Uproar		Primal Scream	Loaded	88-12
Tricky Disco	Tricky Disco		LFO	LFO	10-90
Places 5 - 8
Bass-O-Matic	Fascinating Rhythm	34
D-Shake	Yaaah / Techno Trance	44
Primal Scream	Loaded	19
Tricky Disco	Tricky Disco	3
Half Final
LFO	LFO	48	FPI Project	Going Back To My Roots	52
Together	Hardcore Uproar	70	Orbital	Chime	30
Place 3
LFO	LFO	38	Orbital	Chime	62
Final
Together	Hardcore Uproar	85	FPI Project	Going Back To My Roots	15

These are the Top 40 as voted by you:

1	Together	Hardcore Uproar
2	FPI Project	Going Back To My Roots
3	Orbital	Chime
4	LFO	LFO
5	D-Shake	Yaaah / Techno Trance
6	Bass-O-Matic	Fascinating Rhythm
7	Primal Scream	Loaded
8	Tricky Disco	Tricky Disco
9	KLF	What Time Is Love?
10	49ers	Touch Me
11	808 State	Cubik
12	Beats International	Dub Be Good To Me
13	Guru Josh	Infinity
14	E-Zee Posse	Everything Starts With An E
15	Black Box	Everybody Everybody
16	Enigma	Sadeness Part 1
17	Happy Mondays	Step On
18	The Adventures Of Stevie V	Dirty Cash
19	Depeche Mode	Enjoy The Silence
20	Mantronix	Got To Have Your Love
21	Deee-Lite	Groove Is In The Heart
22	BBG	Snappiness
23	Blue Pearl	Naked In The Rain
24	Nightmares On Wax	Aftermath
25	Adamski	Killer
26	Electribe 101	Talking With Myself
27	Snap!	The Power
28	MC Tunes vs. 808 State	The Only Rhyme That Bites
29	Charlatans	The Only One I Know
30	Bizz Nizz	Don't Miss The Partyline
31	Kym Mazelle	Was That All It Was
32	DNA Feat. Suzanne Vega	Tom's Diner
33	Primal Scream	Come Together
34	Soup Dragons	I'm Free
35	Black Box	I Don't Know Anybody Else
36	James	Come Home
37	Plus + One	It's Happening
38	Adamski	NRG
39	Black Box	Fantasy
40	EMF	Unbelievable

 

[Firthsta 2.0]

There are no doubt some top tunes on there but my favourite was Queen 33 1/3rd - Searchin'