20 Years Ago Today #5 - 1/22/93

Fresh out of 1992, and the "old guard" of alternative music was still ruling the charts. Or maybe Billboard just didn't know what to make of anything yet. Ned's Atomic Dustbin sat atop the charts and a song about a fish, or at least named after a fish, was #2. The 90s were weird, eh? That makes me miss The Kids in the Hall. Hey, another 90s thing!

I always felt like Ned's never really got their due. They had all of the elements that should have made them successful - well, more successful. They did have the #1 song, after all. But for whatever reason, they never caught on in the US.

Anyway, here's the chart:

1. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - "Not Sleeping Around"
2. Neneh Cherry - "Trout"
3. Daniel Ash - "Get Out of Control"
4. Jesus Jones - "The Devil You Know"
5. Peter Gabriel - "Steam"
6. 10,000 Maniacs - "Candy Everybody Wants"
7. Sunscreem - "Love U More"
8. R.E.M. - "Man On the Moon"
9. Duran Duran - "Ordinary World"
10. Inspiral Carpets - "Two Worlds Collide"

At 8 & 9 are two of the greatest songs of the 90s; 5 and 6 are classics; 10 is great and the rest is...well, it's there, just waiting to be forgotten about by the time Nirvana's "Lithium" is released as a single.

Whatever.