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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
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
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
March 1992
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
Marc Almond, ‘The Days of Pearly Spencer’ and Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted
May 1992
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
June 1992
Take That, ‘It Only Takes A Minute’ and The Fatima Mansions, Valhalla Avenue
Utah Saints, ‘Something Good’ and Kyuss, Blues for the Red Sun
July 1992
Electronic, ‘Disappointed’ and Eric B & Rakim, Don’t Sweat The Technique
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
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
November 1992
Boyz II Men, ‘End of the Road’ and Arrested Development, 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of…
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