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Year-end countdown · CFNY 102.1 The Edge · 1990

CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990

The year-end countdown for 1990 from CFNY 102.1 The Edge in Toronto, ON ranks 90 songs, with “Fools Gold” by The Stone Roses at number one. The list features 66 different artists; Depeche Mode has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 41 #1
2 Policy of Truth Depeche Mode 52 #2
3 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
4 Groove Is In The Heart Dee-Lite 13 #4
5 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O'Connor 47 #1
6 The Only One I Know The Charlatans 32 #6
7 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 42 #7
8 Never Enough The Cure 24 #2
9 I'm Free The Soup Dragons 42 #1
10 World In My Eyes Depeche Mode 34 #5
11 Epic Faith No More 49 #11
12 The Emperor's New Clothes Sinéad O'Connor 29 #12
13 Pure The Lightning Seeds 33 #13
14 Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays 48 #3
15 Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice 1 #15
16 Night and Day U2 3 #14
17 Suicide Blonde INXS 17 #8
18 Tom's Diner DNA (Featuring Suzanne Vega) 22 #14
19 Cuts You Up Peter Murphy 51 #10
20 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
21 World in Motion New Order 5 #21
22 Iceblink Luck Cocteau Twins 13 #22
23 More Sisters of Mercy 24 #23
24 Stop! Jane's Addiction 46 #6
25 U Can't Touch This MC Hammer 1 #25
26 Song For Whoever The Beautiful South 4 #11
27 Joey Concrete Blonde 43 #15
28 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
29 What is Love Dee-Lite 3 #29
30 Motorcycle Mama The Sugarcubes 16 #30
31 The Power Snap 1 #31
32 November Spawned a Monster Morrissey 19 #16
33 Ouija Board, Ouija Board Morrissey 8 #16
34 Wash Your Face In My Sink The Dream Warriors 16 #34
35 Blue Sky Mine Midnight Oil 36 #9
36 So Hard Pet Shop Boys 5 #16
37 Getting Away With It Electronic 16 #21
38 One Love The Stone Roses 6 #38
39 She Ain't Pretty The Northern Pikes 3 #39
40 Way Down Now World Party 24 #40
41 Kool Thing Sonic Youth 31 #30
42 I am Stretched on Your Grave Sinéad O'Connor 4 #42
43 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 65 #1
44 Vogue Madonna 4 #44
45 Blue Savannah Erasure 4 #45
46 Thunderstruck AC/DC 58 #2
47 Down In It Nine Inch Nails 47 #47
48 Piccadily Palare Morrissey 1 #48
49 The Obvious Child Paul Simon 7 #49
50 Falling Julee Cruise 2 #50
51 Commercial Rain Inspiral Carpets 3 #51
52 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) They Might Be Giants 24 #24
53 Roam The B-52's 35 #22
54 Time After Time (Muffin Mix) The Beloved 1 #54
55 Sex Gorilla National Velvet 2 #55
56 Step On Happy Mondays 38 #8
57 Strawberry Fields Forever Candy Flip 5 #39
58 Hello I Love You The Cure 17 #35
59 Justify My Love Madonna 2 #53
60 Real Real Gone Van Morrison 2 #60
61 Hippychick Soho 24 #5
62 My Definition of A Boombastic Jazz Style The Dream Warriors 15 #52
63 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
64 Deliverance Mission U.K. 3 #64
65 Girl With a Problem The Northern Pikes 1 #65
66 Made for T.V. King Apparatus 3 #66
67 Scratching the Whole Bootsauce 2 #67
68 Lightning Man Nitzer Ebb 5 #61
69 A Strange Kind of Love Peter Murphy 6 #60
70 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 49 #4
71 Everybody, Everybody Black Box 1 #71
72 A Little Time The Beautiful South 3 #72
73 Head On The Jesus and Mary Chain 29 #21
74 Hello The Beloved 5 #66
75 Love Takes Time Mariah Carey 1 #75
76 Ride on Time Black Box 2 #24
77 Between Something and Nothing The Ocean Blue 8 #15
78 Black Cat Janet Jackson 1 #78
79 Pray MC Hammer 1 #79
80 Business Breeding Ground 1 #80
81 Then The Charlatans 4 #81
82 A Girl Like You The Smithereens 39 #30
83 Close to You Maxi Priest 1 #83
84 Inside Out Crash Vegas 1 #84
85 This Side of Love Terence Trent D'Arby 1 #85
86 Candy Iggy Pop 29 #3
87 The Humpty Dance Digital Underground 4 #85
88 Smoke Crash Vegas 2 #88
89 I Don't Know Why I Love You The House of Love 10 #10
90 Give It Up The Hothouse Flowers 3 #90

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CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 was broadcast by CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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