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1990

100 songs. Re-ranked by streams.

King Hit

Big then, still big now.

BIG THEN, STILL BIG NOW · WAS #43 ON ARIA

Thunderstruck

AC/DC

Listen

Streams

2.24B

2,240,125,299

ARIA rank

#43

Stream rank

#1

Movement

+42 ranks

↑ Sleepers

The chart missed them.

↓ Faders

They owned the moment.

All 100 Songs

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Song / ArtistCategorySpotify

Please Send Me Someone to Love

Johnny Diesel & The Injectors

870↓ 0Not AvailableListen →
1

Thunderstruck

AC/DC

432,240,125,299↑ 42King HitListen →
2

It Must Have Been Love

Roxette

41,035,819,218↑ 2SleeperListen →
3

Unchained Melody

The Righteous Brothers

8802,996,120↑ 5SleeperListen →
4

Black Betty (Rough 'n' Ready Remix)

Ram Jam

74598,977,742↑ 70SleeperListen →
5

Nothing Compares 2 U

Sinead O'Connor

1545,824,218↓ 4FaderListen →
6

U Can't Touch This

MC Hammer

2543,573,595↓ 4FaderListen →
7

Sacrifice

Elton John

47541,282,140↑ 40SleeperListen →
8

Black Velvet

Alannah Myles

13426,359,141↑ 5SleeperListen →
9

Ice Ice Baby

Vanilla Ice

34411,491,998↑ 25SleeperListen →
10

Lambada

Kaoma

24363,416,101↑ 14SleeperListen →
11

Vogue

Madonna

3347,697,616↓ 8FaderListen →
12

How Am I Supposed to Live Without You

Michael Bolton

7347,510,604↓ 5FaderListen →
13

Love Shack

The B-52's

10332,291,448↓ 3FaderListen →
14

Groove is in the Heart

Deee-Lite

38283,532,538↑ 24SleeperListen →
15

Epic

Faith No More

22270,021,448↑ 7SleeperListen →
16

I Remember You

Skid Row

58261,550,784↑ 42SleeperListen →
17

Pump Up the Jam

Technotronic feat. Felly

27251,248,853↑ 10SleeperListen →
18

Hold On

Wilson Phillips

11244,592,969↓ 7FaderListen →
19

All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You

Heart

5211,142,215↓ 14FaderListen →
20

Blaze of Glory

Jon Bon Jovi

20209,749,148↓ 0StayerListen →
21

Tom's Diner

DNA feat. Suzanne Vega

89205,133,378↑ 68SleeperListen →
22

Still Got the Blues (For You)

Gary Moore

76203,615,589↑ 54SleeperListen →
23

Bust a Move

Young MC

50189,086,875↑ 27SleeperListen →
24

I Wish it Would Rain Down

Phil Collins

94176,685,989↑ 70SleeperListen →
25

When I See You Smile

Bad English

21140,542,674↓ 4FaderListen →
26

The King of Wishful Thinking

Go West

62132,625,300↑ 36SleeperListen →
27

Janie's Got a Gun

Aerosmith

19131,966,600↓ 8FaderListen →
28

Suicide Blonde

INXS

42128,154,270↑ 14SleeperListen →
29

Ride on Time

Black Box

14126,610,019↓ 15FaderListen →
30

Don't Know Much

Linda Ronstadt feat. Aaron Neville

12126,449,981↓ 18FaderListen →
31

Show Me Heaven

Maria McKee

67108,516,480↑ 36SleeperListen →
32

Unskinny Bop

Poison

28107,904,672↓ 4FaderListen →
33

Dangerous

Roxette

39105,726,001↑ 6SleeperListen →
34

Step By Step

New Kids on the Block

3399,915,371↓ 1FaderListen →
35

Fools Gold

The Stone Roses

9390,524,162↑ 58SleeperListen →
36

Blame it on the Rain

Milli Vanilli

4687,776,689↑ 10SleeperListen →
37

Love Will Lead You Back

Taylor Dayne

3280,586,915↓ 5FaderListen →
38

Vision of Love

Mariah Carey

6677,925,221↑ 28SleeperListen →
39

Joey

Concrete Blonde

1667,019,459↓ 23FaderListen →
40

I'm Your Baby Tonight

Whitney Houston

7759,986,984↑ 37SleeperListen →
41

Praying for Time

George Michael

9558,535,996↑ 54SleeperListen →
42

Roam

The B-52's

6857,574,433↑ 26SleeperListen →
43

Close to You

Maxi Priest

3656,095,964↓ 7FaderListen →
44

Blue Sky Mine

Midnight Oil

3554,478,621↓ 9FaderListen →
45

Escapade

Janet Jackson

10050,117,712↑ 55SleeperListen →
46

Lily Was Here

David A. Stewart feat. Candy Dulfer

6046,734,106↑ 14SleeperListen →
47

How Can We Be Lovers

Michael Bolton

4142,910,128↓ 6FaderListen →
48

Summer Rain

Belinda Carlisle

4039,495,423↓ 8FaderListen →
49

Infinity (1990's... Time for the Guru)

Guru Josh

2635,560,095↓ 23FaderListen →
50

Cradle of Love

Billy Idol

4834,461,974↓ 2FaderListen →
51

Tonight

New Kids on the Block

8330,807,703↑ 32SleeperListen →
52

Opposites Attract

Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair

629,056,855↓ 46FaderListen →
53

Leave a Light On

Belinda Carlisle

5127,047,406↓ 2FaderListen →
54

Better the Devil You Know

Kylie Minogue

5524,542,423↑ 1SleeperListen →
55

Baby Don't Forget My Number

Milli Vanilli

6924,315,639↑ 14SleeperListen →
56

The Power

Snap!

6523,513,348↑ 9SleeperListen →
57

That's Freedom

John Farnham

7021,135,132↑ 13SleeperListen →
58

Ooops Up

Snap!

5319,107,398↓ 5FaderListen →
59

(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection

Nelson

9916,865,073↑ 40SleeperListen →
60

Dub Be Good to Me

Beats International

8015,862,020↑ 20SleeperListen →
61

Here We Are

Gloria Estefan

8615,549,225↑ 25SleeperListen →
62

Black Cat

Janet Jackson

7513,876,938↑ 13SleeperListen →
63

Burn for You

John Farnham

8213,639,272↑ 19SleeperListen →
64

I'll Be Your Shelter

Taylor Dayne

5712,895,691↓ 7FaderListen →
65

Girl I'm Gonna Miss You

Milli Vanilli

912,783,041↓ 56FaderListen →
66

Thieves in the Temple

Prince

989,412,753↑ 32SleeperListen →
67

I Feel the Earth Move

Martika

858,029,783↑ 18SleeperListen →
68

Step Back in Time

Kylie Minogue

917,904,868↑ 23SleeperListen →
69

Love Is

Alannah Myles

527,814,113↓ 17FaderListen →
70

I Don't Know Anybody Else

Black Box

497,527,193↓ 21FaderListen →
71

I Want That Man

Deborah Harry

377,241,786↓ 34FaderListen →
72

I Don't Want to Be With Nobody But You

Absent Friends

315,919,242↓ 41FaderListen →
73

Lay Down Your Guns

Jimmy Barnes

235,782,778↓ 50FaderListen →
74

Crying in the Chapel

Peter Blakeley

185,185,822↓ 56FaderListen →
75

Chain Reaction

John Farnham

444,915,896↓ 31FaderListen →
76

Dogs Are Talking

The Angels

644,822,478↓ 12FaderListen →
77

Hanky Panky

Madonna

454,647,111↓ 32FaderListen →
78

Megamix

Technotronic

844,477,977↑ 6SleeperListen →
79

The Right Combination

Seiko and Donnie Wahlberg

594,285,444↓ 20FaderListen →
80

Turtle Power!

Partners in Kryme

723,791,484↓ 8FaderListen →
81

Doin' the Do

Betty Boo

613,565,572↓ 20FaderListen →
82

Let's Make it Last All Night

Jimmy Barnes

783,085,618↓ 4FaderListen →
83

Mona

Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2

152,627,539↓ 68FaderListen →
84

Escaping

Margaret Urlich

792,497,850↓ 5FaderListen →
85

Sweet Surrender

Wet Wet Wet

632,415,672↓ 22FaderListen →
86

Jukebox in Siberia

Skyhooks

302,165,948↓ 56FaderListen →
87

Bound for Glory

Angry Anderson

731,725,259↓ 14FaderListen →
88

Miss Divine

Icehouse

881,617,005↓ 0StayerListen →
89

Let the Night Roll On

The Angels

971,494,021↑ 8SleeperListen →
90

Heart in Danger

Southern Sons

56878,695↓ 34FaderListen →
91

Tell Me a Story

1927

96864,627↑ 5SleeperListen →
92

Back Street Pick Up

The Angels

90776,194↓ 2FaderListen →
93

Check Out the Chicken

Grandmaster Chicken & D.J. Duck

92682,766↓ 1FaderListen →
94

I Need Your Body

Tina Arena

17618,115↓ 77FaderListen →
95

Show No Mercy

Mark Williams

25246,862↓ 70FaderListen →
96

Spin That Wheel (Turtles Get Real)

Hi Tek 3 feat. Ya Kid K

29246,131↓ 67FaderListen →
97

Italo House Mix

Rococo

71239,631↓ 26FaderListen →
98

Love and Kisses

Dannii

54166,333↓ 44FaderListen →
99

Shake

Andrew Ridgeley

813,001↓ 18FaderListen →

Chart data: ARIA Top 100, 1990–2000. Stream counts sourced from Spotify. Rankings calculated within each year.

*This project and the data within has been developed with a bit of curiosity and a lot of Claude and Lovable. Don't rely on it for anything more than nostalgia and arguments with your mates about which songs were overrated/underrated.