Billboard #1 Hits: 1990 by GoodmanDL

Written by Prince in 1985, this song was re-interpreted by a different artist as a reflection on the death of that Irish singer's mother. It spent 4 weeks at #1 in the spring of 1990. (edited at 4:47 am, September 2, 2015 (PDT))

A vocal trio would score a second #1 for two weeks in August, but this song, their debut single, would be ranked the #1 overall single of 1990 by Billboard. Despite spending only 1 week at number one, Harold Lee loves it.

Opening with the lyrics: "Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell, Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high" - this song about Elvis helped earn the Grammy for Best Female Rock vocalist for its Canadian singer. (edited at 4:46 am, September 2, 2015 (PDT))

Initially released as a B-side, and with a music video that was shot in Dallas for just $8,000 - when released by SBK with it's "Miami Drop Remix" it became the first Hip-Hop single to hit #1 on Billboard.

It's singer's only #1 hit recorded as a solo artist, this song written for the Emilio Estevez / Kiefer Sutherland film "Young Guns II" On "Always Sunny in Philadelphia", it is the song Mac and Charlie play before staging their deaths.

"Here she comes, ooh just like an Angel. Seems like forever that's she's been on my mind" Inspired by the singer's crush on Cindy Crawford, the music video would later be mocked by Beavis and Butthead for the band members' silky blond hair.

"Make-believing we're together, that I'm sheltered by your heart.. But in and outside I've turned to water like a teardrop in your palm." Another soundtrack entry, this from the movie Pretty Woman"

Lyrics: "Spinnin' around like a wheel on fire, walkin' the tightrope on love's highwire" It is the only #1 US hit by it's British-born Reggae singer.

While this song, released in 1989 includes an uncredited 'feline' rap intro by Actor Romany Malco - it reached #1 in 1990 on the strength of a music video that included impressive choreography and inclusion of an animated character dancing in tandem with the lead singer.

1. We can have lots of fun
2. There's so much we can do
3. It's just you and me
4. I can give you more
5. Don't you know that the time has arrived (edited at 4:52 am, September 2, 2015 (PDT))

The singer's debut single spent four weeks at #1, sold 500,000 copies in it's first week, and featured a use of melisma that would grow to dominate female R&B singing for the rest of the decade.

A protest song about the problems of homelessness, by a singer mostly known for middle of the road pop tunes it was the carryover #1 single from 1989, and spend two weeks at #1 in January. It is the artists final #1, and featured backing vocals by David Crosby