Pick of the Year: 1992

‘In the New Hampshire primary in 1992, she knowingly lied about her husband’s uncontainable sex life and put him eternally in her debt’ – Christopher Hitchens

Dad’s ‘Pick of the Year’ tapes were always a firm family favourite where he would make a compilation cassette of his favourite songs form that year. He stopped in 1992 however, when music got a bit too modern for him. It’s something over the years I’ve tried to carry on, and did for a while but, no one listens to CDs anymore and they don’t have the same impact as mp3 playlists. I’ve often thought about restarting it all from 1982 on my blog though just so I have somewhere to put them all for prosperity sake.

The first rule of POTY is DON’T TALK ABOUT PICK OF THE YEAR, sorry, that’s the illegal underground fight club i’m part of.

The first rule of POTY is that you can only pick songs that charted in the top 75 in the UK. The second rule of POTY is that you can only pick enough songs that would fit onto an old C120 cassette (between 30-40 tracks). The final rule, one which I’ve imposed myself, is that you must include that year’s Christmas number 1 (highlighted in green)

1. Simply Red – For Your Babies
2. Nirvana – Come As You Are
3. The Cure – Friday I’m in Love
4. Brian May – Too Much Love Will Kill You
5. Jimmy Nail – Ain’t No Doubt
6. En Vogue – My Lovin
7. Richard Marx – Take This Heart
8. Ptty Smyth & Don Henley – Sometimes Love Just Aint Enough
9. Snap – Rhythm Is A Dancer
10. Richard Marx  – Hazard
11. Boyz II Men – End of the Road
12. Doctor Spin – Tetris
13. Genesis – I Can’t Dance
14. Bon Jovi – Keep The Faith
15. Guns N Roses – November Rain
16. Kriss Kross – Jump
17. Jon Secada – Just Another Day
18. Ugly Kid Joe – Everything About You
19. Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart
20. Shakespeares Sister – Stay
21. Firehouse – When I Look into Your Eyes
22. Dr Alban – It’s My Life
23. George Michael – Too Funky
24. Michael Jackson – Remember the Time
25. Arrested Development – People Everyday
26. Undercover – Never Let Her Slip Away
27. Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite
28.  Def Leppard – Let’s Get Rocked
29. Bryan Adams – Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven
30. Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
31. Lightning Seeds – Life of Riley
32. Charles & Eddie – Would I Lie to You