hip-hop<\/a> also began poking their heads into the mainstream. A great deal of classics which continue to fill dancefloors in the modern age were originally released in the 1990s, as the decade continues to cement itself as one of the most exciting out there.\u00a0<\/p>\nIt seems that from the word go, it was clear the decade was going to be something special. Usually, when a decade is praised for being a creative turning point, it takes a few years for styles and trends to truly get underway; however, it seems that wasn\u2019t the case for the \u201890s. In the very first year of the decade, plenty of the songs which went all the way to number one, we still listen to today as if they were only just released. <\/p>\n
One of those songs, for instance, was Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor\u2019s \u2018Nothing Compares 2 U\u2019, which is without a doubt one of her most emotional numbers and arguably one of the saddest songs ever recorded. The track was originally written by Prince and released by a band called The Family in 1985. Unfortunately, not many people listened to it, but Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor knew there was something special buried in the heart of the track. She released a cover version five years later, and it became an instant hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The co-director of Connor\u2019s label Ensign, Chris Hill, recalled the first time he heard the track, and immediately recognised it would be a hit because of the sheer emotion it stirred within him. \u201cFachtna O\u2019Kelly, Sin\u00e9ad\u2019s manager, brought in a cassette and when I heard it I actually started crying,\u201d said Hill. \u201cI just sat there with tears in my eyes. Then O\u2019Kelly rang up Sinead O\u2019Connor and went, \u2018Chris is crying.\u2019 \u2018Was it that bad?\u2019 Sin\u00e9ad asked.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some of the other great songs which were released in 1990 included the likes of \u2018World In Motion\u2019 by New Order, \u2018The Joker\u2019 by Steve Miller Band and \u2018Unchained Melody\u2019 by The Righteous Brothers. Sometimes, number one songs aren\u2019t a good reflection of a period in time for music, but in this instance, the \u201890s had kicked off with a bang. <\/p>\n
Of course, we need to have one exception to the rule. Amongst all of these musical gems, there was a number one track which didn\u2019t quite cut it, and is undoubtedly the worst number one to come out of such a massive year. <\/p>\n
So, what was the worst number one from the 1990s? <\/p>\n
It\u2019s the general consensus that hip-hop started in The Bronx in 1973, but it wasn\u2019t until the \u201880s that it started to be recognised as a genre that could pierce through the mainstream, and while the majority of artists who were making waves were doing so through devotion to the genre, once its potential became clear, it was only a matter of time before artists started taking advantage of the hype. <\/p>\n
Enter: Vanilla Ice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vanilla Ice took a sound that people were intrigued by and made it palatable for an audience who might otherwise turn their noses up, with his song \u2018Ice Ice Baby\u2019 going straight to number one in December 1990, using the melody from Queen\u2019s \u2018Under Pressure\u2019 and what are arguably some of the worst lyrics ever committed to the airwaves. <\/p>\n
The catchy nature of the song and the growing interest in rap meant that plenty listened to it<\/a>, but regardless of the song\u2019s success, this is a number one that can be left in the past.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nRelated Topics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credits: Far Out) Sat 17 January 2026 8:00, UK There are many people who hail the 1990s as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[32677,96,128,56,54,55,143407],"class_list":["post-377011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1990s","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-vanilla-ice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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