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FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 22, 1990

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 12/15 12/29 →

This chart comes from the chart file, not from a page. The scans supplied don’t include the issue dated December 22, 1990, so its ranks, titles, artists and LAST WEEK figures come from the owner’s 1980-2009 Hot 100 chart file, which agrees with the pages either side: the next page’s LAST WEEK column names the same ranks. 2 WKS AGO and WKS ON CHART follow the pages’ own count, and each label is the one the pages print for the record. The bullets and the Hot Shot Debut are inferred from the chart’s movement, by the rule the archive uses for 1958-1979: a record is bulleted when it is new, re-entering, up on last week, or at last week’s rank for the second week running, unless it stood higher earlier in the same run; and a record that has peaked and moves up three places or fewer gets no bullet when it has none in the two weeks before and the two weeks after.

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
1	1	1	12	★★ NO. 1 ★★3 weeks at No. One Because I Love You (The Postman Song)STEVIE B LMR 2724/RCA	1
2	4	10	6	Justify My LoveMADONNA SIRE 4-19485/WARNER BROS.	2
3	2	3	12	From A DistanceBETTE MIDLER ATLANTIC 4-87820	2
4	5	7	11	ImpulsiveWILSON PHILLIPS SBK 07337	4
5	7	9	12	Tom's DinerDNA featuring SUZANNE VEGA A&M 1529	5
6	10	11	14	High EnoughDAMN YANKEES WARNER BROS. 4-19595	6
7	3	2	10	I'm Your Baby TonightWHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA 2108	1
8	9	12	9	Freedom '90GEORGE MICHAEL COLUMBIA 38-73559	8
9	6	8	15	The Way You Do The Things You DoUB40 VIRGIN 4-98978	6
10	14	19	8	SensitivityRALPH TRESVANT MCA 53932	10
11	17	24	6	Love Will Never Do (Without You)JANET JACKSON A&M 1538	11
12	13	18	9	MiracleJON BON JOVI MERCURY 878 392-4	12
13	8	4	12	Something To Believe InPOISON ENIGMA 44617/CAPITOL	4
14	12	5	15	Love Takes TimeMARIAH CAREY COLUMBIA 38-73455	1
15	11	6	15	Groove Is In The HeartDEEE-LITE ELEKTRA 4-64934	4
16	19	27	8	The First TimeSURFACE COLUMBIA 38-73502	16
17	18	22	11	Miles AwayWINGER ATLANTIC 4-87824	17
18	22	25	8	One And Only ManSTEVE WINWOOD VIRGIN 4-98892	18
19	15	17	12	Wiggle It2 IN A ROOM CUTTING 4-98887/CHARISMA	15
20	24	30	8	After The RainNELSON DGC 4-19667	20
21	30	41	6	Gonna Make You SweatC&C MUSIC FACTORY featuring FREEDOM WILLIAMS COLUMBIA 38-73604	21
22	16	14	17	Feels GoodTONY! TONI! TONE! WING 877 436-4/POLYDOR	9
23	37	66	3	Play That Funky MusicVANILLA ICE SBK 07339	23
24	25	34	9	Just Another DreamCATHY DENNIS POLYDOR 877 962-4	24
25	27	39	6	I'm Not In LoveWILL TO POWER EPIC 34-73636	25
26	32	35	8	For YouTHE OUTFIELD MCA 53935	26
27	33	36	7	Hang In Long EnoughPHIL COLLINS ATLANTIC 4-87800	27
28	21	16	16	More Than Words Can SayALIAS EMI 50324	2
29	34	38	13	On The Way UpELISA FIORILLO CHRYSALIS 23599	29
30	20	13	14	StrandedHEART CAPITOL 44621	13
31	28	32	10	Fairweather FriendJOHNNY GILL MOTOWN 2049	28
32	35	42	6	Anything Is PossibleDEBBIE GIBSON ATLANTIC 4-87793	32
33	41	51	6	You're AmazingROBERT PALMER EMI 50338	33
34	42	47	7	GentleDINO ISLAND 878 472-4	34
35	29	20	16	Ice Ice BabyVANILLA ICE SBK 07335	1
36	44	48	4	I'll Give All My Love To YouKEITH SWEAT VINTERTAINMENT 4-64915/ELEKTRA	36
37	23	21	11	My Love Is A FireDONNY OSMOND CAPITOL 44634	21
38	26	23	17	Knockin' BootsCANDYMAN EPIC 34-73450	9
39	46	54	5	DisappearINXS ATLANTIC 4-87784	39
40	39	40	12	Unchained Melody (Re-Recorded)THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS CURB 76842	19
41	52	62	4	Around The Way GirlLL COOL J DEF JAM 38-73610/COLUMBIA	41
42	31	15	13	So CloseDARYL HALL JOHN OATES ARISTA 2085	11
43	48	56	6	Does She Love That Man?BREATHE A&M 1535	43
44	50	57	6	The GhettoTOO SHORT JIVE 1414/RCA	44
45	51	60	5	You Gotta Love SomeoneELTON JOHN MCA 53953	45
46	58	71	4	I Saw RedWARRANT COLUMBIA 38-73597	46
47	36	28	13	PrayM.C. HAMMER CAPITOL 44609	2
48	49	53	7	New York MinuteDON HENLEY GEFFEN 4-19660	48
49	55	63	5	The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)CHER GEFFEN 4-19659	49
50	45	49	9	Hard To HandleTHE BLACK CROWES DEF AMERICAN 4-19668/GEFFEN	45

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	65	80	3	Where Does My Heart Beat Now?CELINE DION EPIC 34-73536	51
52	53	59	5	World In My EyesDEPECHE MODE SIRE 4-19580/REPRISE	52
53	NEW▶		1	★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★ All The Man That I NeedWHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA 2156	53
54	38	29	16	HippychickSOHO SAVAGE 4-98908/ATCO	14
55	66	74	4	Love Makes Things HappenPEBBLES MCA 53973	55
56	56	65	7	If You Needed SomebodyBAD COMPANY ATCO 4-98914	56
57	43	26	11	B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)?BELL BIV DEVOE MCA 53897	26
58	61	69	4	No Matter WhatGEORGE LAMOND with BRENDA K. STARR COLUMBIA 38-73603	58
59	40	31	21	I Don't Have The HeartJAMES INGRAM WARNER BROS. 4-19911	1
60	67	76	3	MoneytalksAC/DC ATCO 4-98881	60
61	63	68	5	CandyIGGY POP with KATE PIERSON VIRGIN 4-98900	61
62	64	70	17	Heat Of The MomentAFTER 7 VIRGIN 4-96553	62
63	47	43	26	Close To YouMAXI PRIEST CHARISMA 4-98951	1
64	69	77	4	Wicked GameCHRIS ISAAK REPRISE 4-19704	64
65	57	50	7	I Wanna Get With UGUY MCA 53928	50
66	NEW▶		1	It Never Rains (In Southern California)TONY! TONI! TONE! WING 879 068-4/POLYDOR	66
67	72	89	3	Shelter MeCINDERELLA MERCURY 878 700-7	67
68	74	86	3	I Don't Know Anybody ElseBLACK BOX RCA 2751	68
69	59	46	22	Can't StopAFTER 7 VIRGIN 4-98961	6
70	83	92	3	Go For It! (Heart And Fire)JOEY B. ELLIS & TYNETTA HARE BUST IT 44667/CAPITOL	70
71	71	73	4	House Full Of ReasonsJUDE COLE REPRISE 4-19530	71
72	54	33	12	ThinkINFORMATION SOCIETY TOMMY BOY 4-19591/REPRISE	28
73	77	87	4	Give It To Me GoodTRIXTER MECHANIC 53863/MCA	73
74	81	96	3	Show Me The WaySTYX A&M 1536	74
75	76	78	3	Round And RoundTEVIN CAMPBELL PAISLEY PARK 4-19748/WARNER BROS.	75
76	62	44	19	Giving You The BenefitPEBBLES MCA 53891	4
77	82	84	3	Just A Little Bit LongerMAXI PRIEST CHARISMA 4-98883	77
78	93	—	2	Deeper Shade Of SoulURBAN DANCE SQUAD ARISTA 2026	78
79	89	—	2	Get HereOLETA ADAMS FONTANA 878 476-4/MERCURY	79
80	60	37	10	And So It GoesBILLY JOEL COLUMBIA 38-73602	37
81	70	45	16	Cherry PieWARRANT COLUMBIA 38-73510	10
82	80	85	4	Crash (Have Some Fun)TKA featuring MICHELLE VISAGE TOMMY BOY 4-19527/WARNER BROS.	80
83	68	55	19	JoeyCONCRETE BLONDE I.R.S. 73014	19
84	86	—	2	Use It Up And Wear It OutPAT & MICK CHARISMA 4-98870	84
85	95	—	2	Melt In Your MouthCANDYMAN EPIC 49-73639	85
86	NEW▶		1	This Is Ponderous2NU ATLANTIC 4-87771	86
87	73	52	14	Lyin' To MyselfDAVID CASSIDY ENIGMA 75084	27
88	75	67	11	MissunderstandingAL B. SURE! WARNER BROS. 4-19590	42
89	NEW▶		1	This HouseTRACIE SPENCER CAPITOL 44652	89
90	90	—	2	The SwalkNOTORIOUS DGC 4-19698	90
91	85	88	8	I Found LoveTHE PARTY HOLLYWOOD 4-64931/ELEKTRA	79
92	NEW▶		1	One More TryTIMMY T. QUALITY 15114	92
93	96	—	2	The Obvious ChildPAUL SIMON WARNER BROS. 4-19549	93
94	87	75	25	(Can't Live Without Your) Love And AffectionNELSON DGC 4-19689	1
95	78	61	9	Wherever Would I BeCHEAP TRICK EPIC 34-73580	50
96	NEW▶		1	Spend My LifeSLAUGHTER CHRYSALIS 23605	96
97	84	72	31	Unchained MelodyTHE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS VERVE 871 882-7/POLYDOR	4
98	79	58	15	Black CatJANET JACKSON A&M 1477	1
99	91	95	3	Love Me Just For MeSPECIAL GENERATION BUST IT 44604/CAPITOL	91
100	88	91	21	Something Happened On The Way To HeavenPHIL COLLINS ATLANTIC 4-87885	4

Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.