Welcome to 1992

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Hello, and thanks for joining us at This Week in the 90s. Each week, we’ll be looking through the UK Top 40 from exactly three decades ago.

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Finally, if you want to catch up on the story of 1992, here’s a list of all the posts so far.

January 1992

• Wet Wet Wet, ‘Goodnight Girl’

• The Sugarcubes, ‘Hit’ and Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes

• The Beautiful South, ‘Old Red Eyes is Back and Lou Reed, Magic and Loss

• Kylie Minogue, ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’ and The Magnetic Fields, The Wayward Bus

February 1992

• Shakespears Sister, ‘Stay’ and Lush, Spooky

• Ride, ‘Leave Them All Behind’ / The Jesus and Mary Chain, ‘Reverence’ and Cowboy Junkies, Black Eyed Man

• Shanice, ‘I Love Your Smile’ and Manic Street Preachers, Generation Terrorists

• Pearl Jam, ‘Alive’ and Pantera, Vulgar Display of Power

March 1992

• Opus III, ‘It’s A Fine Day’ and Pearl Jam, Ten

• U2, ‘One’ and Body Count, Body Count

• Mr. Big, ‘To Be With You’ and Ride, Going Blank Again

• Right Said Fred ‘Deeply Dippy’ / Eric Clapton, ‘Tears in Heaven’ and k.d. lang, Ingenue

• Def Leppard, ‘Let’s Get Rocked’ and Bruce Springsteen, Human Touch/Lucky Town

April 1992

• Mr Bean & Bruce Dickinson, ‘I Want To Be Elected’ and P.J. Harvey, Dry

• SL2, ‘On A Ragga Tip’ and Annie Lennox, Diva

• Marc Almond, ‘The Days of Pearly Spencer’ and Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted

• Flowered Up, ‘Weekender’ and The Cure, Wish

May 1992

• K.W.S., ‘Please Don’t Go’ and Nick Cave, Henry’s Dream

• Richard Marx, ‘Hazard’ and Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, 1992: The Love Album

• En Vogue, ‘My Lovin’ and Disposable Heroes of Hiphopricy, Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury

• Kris Kross, ‘Jump’ and Stereolab, Peng!

June 1992

• Take That, ‘It Only Takes A Minute’ and The Fatima Mansions, Valhalla Avenue

• Erasure, ABBA-esque EP and Beastie Boys Check Your Head

• George Michael, ‘Too Funky’ and Faith No More, Angel Dust

• Utah Saints, ‘Something Good’ and Kyuss, Blues for the Red Sun

July 1992

• Electronic, ‘Disappointed’ and Eric B & Rakim, Don’t Sweat The Technique

• Jimmy Nail, ‘Ain’t No Doubt’ and The Orb, U.F.Off

• Snap!, ‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’ and Ministry, Psalm 69: How to Succeed and Suck Eggs

• Sophie B Hawkins, ‘Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover’ and Sonic Youth, Dirty

August 1992

• Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé, ‘Barcelona’ and Morrissey, Your Arsenal

• Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross, ‘The Best Things In Life Are Free’ and INXS, Welcome to Wherever You Are

• Roy Orbison & k.d. lang, ‘Crying’ and Throwing Muses, Red Heaven

• Billy Ray Cyrus, ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ and The Lemonheads, It’s A Shame About Ray

• The Shaman, ‘Ebeneezer Goode’ and Babes in Toyland, Fontanelle

September 1992

• Brian May, ‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’ and Sugar, Copper Blue

• Dr.Alban, ‘It’s My Life’ and Tom Waits, Bone Machine

• Manic Street Preachers, ‘Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)’ and Singles: Original Soundtrack

• Boy George, ‘The Crying Game’ and Happy Mondays, Yes Please!

October 1992

• House Of Pain, ‘Jump Around’ and R.E.M., Automatic For The People

• Prince, ‘My Name Is Prince’ and The Prodigy, The Prodigy Experience

• Tasmin Archer, ‘Sleeping Satellite’ and Alice In Chains, Dirt

• Madonna, ‘Erotica’ and The Sundays, Blind

November 1992

• Boyz II Men, ‘End of the Road’ and Arrested Development, 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of…

• Vanessa Paradis, ‘Be My Baby’ and Therapy?, Nurse

• The Prodigy, ‘Out Of Space’ and Aphex Twin, Selected Ambient Works 85-92

• Charles & Eddie, ‘Would I Lie To You?’ and Denim, Back In Denim

• Whitney Houston, ‘I Will Always Love You’ and Leonard Cohen, The Future

December 1992

• WWE Superstars. ‘Slam Jam’ and Dr. Dre, The Chronic

• The Lemonheads, ‘Mrs Robinson’ and The Wedding Present, The Hit Parade

End-of-year round-up

The 25 Best Songs of 1992

The 20 Best Albums of 1992