Who would of thought a naff 80s band would have the best Top 40 hit of January 1993. That's exactly what has happened. I generally don't like the music of Duran Duran and find the so called classics often irritating. However "Ordinary World" is an excellent song and despite it being after their 80s hey day many agree that this was their finest moment.
Rave music in a breakbeat hardcore sense had all but disappeared from the Top 40 by 1993. The nearest we get some some bouncy techno from Scotland with TTF making their Top 40 debut with "New Emotion" which has to settle for 2nd place.
Rap music was now starting to have a greater presence in the Top 40 and the 2 rap records by Arrested Development and Naughty By Nature sit in 3rd and 4th place respectively.
Below this we have some guitar bands who frequently made their way onto my Top 10 bands lists from around this time. The best of these was "Start Choppin" by Dinosaur Jr which I wouldn't have put as the best at the time but has probably aged the best. Further down the list is Alice In Chains with their debut "Would". It was seen as almost compulsory to have them on your Top 10 list by my peers, but I never truly thought they were as good as Little Angels who were a band I brought to the table.
We were yet to reach the point of pop music being deemed uncool. I remember unashamedly dancing to "Open Your Mind" by USURA at the school disco and I remember "Deep" being the last East 17 record where I could still admit that I liked them.
The worst record by some distance is "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" by SOUL SYSTEM. What they have done here is take the best bits of "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers and throw them away. Once left with the rubbish they get the worst rapper they can find to do a rap over it. Without going back and looking at the competition I would speculate this is quite possibly the worst January Top 40 hit of the 20th century.
As a result Cher's cover of "Many Rivers To Cross" has to settle for 2nd from bottom. I remember it really irritating me at the time. Likewise the band Belly just irritated me in general. Then at 4th from bottom we have some irritating rapping from Leila K on "Open Sesame".
Go West were an 80s band still hanging around with their estate agents music and at the time I remember questioning why. I also considered "Things Can Only Get Better" by D:Ream to be dance music for estate agents.
Despite being into guitar music at the time Def Leppard were considered to be crap amongst me and my peers. Probably because they were too 80s though their best song was yet to come. Even Alexander O'Neal was past his best with "Love Makes No Sense".
Much of the middle of the table is solid if unremarkable music and this is probably why we arrive at this score.
Score: 50
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