* = dance/semi dance (100-120 bpm)
** = funk/soul/hiphop/swingbeat/jazz/reggae/world/ska/or combinations
no stars = something else
# = guilty pleasures

My top 59 of favorite songs of the year 1990 (out of 76 listed here):

1. Adamski ft. Seal – Killer *
2. Soul II Soul – Get a life **
3. Living Colour – Love rears it’s ugly head
4. Beats International – Dub be good to me *
5. Vaya Con Dios – Nah neh nah
6. Mantronix – Got to have your love *
7. Adventures Of Stevie V – Dirty cash *
8. LL Cool J – Mama said knock you out **
9. Depeche Mode – Enjoy the silence
10. King Bee – Back by dope demand *
11. The Pasadenas – Love thing **
12. Black Box – Everybody everybody *
13. Clubland – Let’s get busy *
14. Living Colour – Solace of you
15. Mano Negra – King kong 5
16. Vanessa Paradis – Tandem
17. Primal Scream – Loaded *
18. Deee-Lite – Groove is in the heart *
19. Vaya Con Dios – What’s a woman
20. Suburban Knight – The art of stalking *
21. Soul II Soul – A dream’s a dream **
22. EMF – Unbelievable (Hip Hop Mix) **
23. Fierce Ruling Diva – Rubb it in *
24. En Vogue – Hold on **
25. Happy Mondays – Loose fit **
26. Lfo – Lfo (Leeds Warehouse Mix) *
27. KLF – What time is love *
28. EMF – Unbelievable
29. Soul II Soul – People **
30. Chris Isaak – Wicked game
31. A Tribe Called Quest – Luck of Lucien **
32. Snap! – The power *
33. Twenty 4 Seven – Are you dreaming */#
34. Whitney Houston – I’m your baby tonight (note: the danceable radio version) *
35. Guru Josh – Infinity *
36. George Michael – Freedom ’90
37. Nomad ft. Mc Mikee Freedom – (I wanna give you) Devotion *
38. Deee-Lite – The power of love (note: I’m talking about the version in the video clip) *
39. Madonna – Vogue *
40. Black Box – Strike it up *
41. George Michael – Praying for time
42. 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor – I can’t help myself */#
43. Lois Lane – Fortune fairytales
44. Sinead O’ Connor – Nothing compares 2u
45. Simon Harris Starring Daddy Freddy – Ragga house (All night long) *
46. Black Box – I don’t know anybody else *
47. 2 In A Room – Wiggle it *
48. Nightmares On Wax – I’m for real *
49. Tol & Tol – Eleni
50. Def La Desh – Check out the ska (Vocal Mix)
51. Seal – Crazy **
52. Dream Warriors – Wash your face in my sink **
53. Stereo MC’s – Lost in music *
54. Maxi Priest – Close to you
55. Zouk Machine – Maldon **
56. Candy Dulfer – Saxuality **
57. Gary’s Gang – Keep on dancin’ (Hollywood’s 5am Club Mix) *
58. Orbital – Chime *
59. Beverly Craven – Promise me

My other favorites, the ‘subtop’ part (above is the potential ‘all time top 500′ stuff):

• Atahualpa – Ultimo imperio *
• Baby D – Daydreaming *
• Beats International – Won’t talk about it **
• Black Box – Fantasy **
• The Creeps – Ooh! I like it
• Depth Charge – Goal *
• Deskee – Kid get hyped *
• Dimples D – Sucker DJ (Ben Liebrand Mix) *
• Dr. Baker – Kaos *
• Elmer Food Beat – Daniela
• The Farm – The groovy train **
• Living Colour – Pride
• London Beat – I’ve been thinking about you
• Lonnie Gordon – Happenin’ all over again *
• Mellow Man Ace – Welcome to my groove (Hurley’s Hip House Mix) *
• Ultra Nate – Scandal (Club Mix) *
• Vaya Con Dios – Travelling light

Extra (from previous site and personal archieves): pics from the year 1990

This part of the 90s pages at this site is under construction. Note: the articles are in the Dutch language.

• Fashion in 1990
• Home decoration in 1990
• Baywatch, with Erika Eleniak back then
• Beats International, the act from Norman Cook (Dub be good to me)
  
• Dance-poll (Dutch Magazine ‘Disco Dance’)
• David Hasselhoff
• Deee-Lite
• Kim Appleby
• Kylie Minogue
• Marco Borsato (Dutch singer)
• Medisch Centrum West (Dutch tv series)
• New beat (Belgian dance genre)
• Prijzenslag (Dutch tv show)
• Radio and tv poll, from Dutch teen mag ‘Hitkrant’
• Telekids/Irene Moors (Dutch tv show)
• Snap!
• Soul 2 Soul
• Soul 2 Soul (2)
• The Stone Roses
  
• Tony Scott, Holland’s biggest hiphouse/swingbeat artist
  
• Vanessa Paradis