1990 Top 100 Songs Better Guide

The fourth single from her Can't Fight Fate album, this dance-pop anthem closed out the top ten with sheer vocal power and a four-on-the-floor drum beat.

By the end of the year, this sound would be rendered obsolete overnight. But for a few hot months in 1990, "Cherry Pie" was the peak of American rock. It just happened to be a peak built on a foundation of whipped cream and hairspray, destined to collapse under the weight of its own excess. 1990 top 100 songs

Before the rock revolution arrived, R&B stepped into the breach. 1990 was arguably the last year where R&B was the undisputed king of the pop charts, but it was a new kind of R&B. The fourth single from her Can't Fight Fate

To understand the music of 1990, you have to first understand the static. It just happened to be a peak built

Then came . Wait, Poison? Yes. While their earlier hit was about sex, this December ballad was about death, disillusionment, and the emptiness of the rock star lifestyle. It was a surprisingly somber note from the kings of party rock, acknowledging that the fun was over.