THE MAJOR'S MASSIVE MEMORIES

A VAST COLLECTION OF CLASSIC HIT SONGS REPRESENTING 21 YEARS OF GREAT MEMORIES FOR MAJOR HITWAVES

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PK	WKS	PTS	YRS	SONG TITLE & COMMENTS	ARTIST / SITE
1	10	245	1992	All I Want Toad The Wet Sprocket was named after a Monty Python comedy skit. Although the're no longer together as a band they have reunited a few times for a few shows. Lead singer Glen Phillips is currently recording and touring on his own. This was actually the very last # 1 smash here on our chart during our first original run from November 1985 to November 1992. Their last hit - "Good Intentions" - occurred just a month into the start of our current online run at the end of 1995.	Toad The Wet Sprocket
10	13	239	1992	Baby Got Back During the final months of the first 7-year run of our chart (1985-1992) Sir Mix-A-Lot scored with a MASSIVE TOP 10 smash (5 weeks @ # 10). On the U.S. pop chart the double-platinum smash would go on to spend the entire month of July 1992 at # 1. In January 2002 me and my brother were on vacation for several days in Las Vegas. One night while visiting The Luxor we walked into one of those create-your-own-video machines, and about 5 minutes later walked out carrying a hilarious videotape of the two of us performing this booty-bass smash Karaoke style. That treasured videotape is currently safe and sound somewhere in Columbus Ohio.	Sir Mix-A-Lot
--	--	--	1992	Blood Makes Noise It's from her September 1992 album "99.9 F°", and this is the song that you may remember where Suzanne Vega suddenly went techno on us. It wasn't a hit at all at U.S. hit music radio, but MTV briefly picked-up on the video for it. I've still got the cassette single for it, but it doesn't sound as rich as it did a dozen years ago. It may be because I played it several hundred times back then on my boombox !	Suzanne Vega
7	7	238	1992	Crucified The Swedish group Army Of Lovers was often described as being campy, flamboyant, outrageous, and controversial. This obscure track was their biggest hit in the dance clubs back then. It actually debuted on our pop chart way up at # 7 during the week ending Sunday August 09th 1992. The chart faded out after that week with only two more charts produced that year - one at the end of September and one at the start of November. A tribute web site to Army Of Lovers appears at www.enqueue.com/aol.	Army Of Lovers
1	20	577	1992	Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover This was 24-year-old Sophie Ballantine Hawkins' debut smash from her "Tongues & Tails" album. It was as cool and mellow as it was wild and psychedelic. It's one of the most memorable hit songs of the era. Sophie followed it up a few years later with the long-running sleeper smash "As I Lay Me Down (To Sleep)".	Sophie B. Hawkins
3	1	38	1992	Divine Thing Back in late-1992 I had the cassette single of this U.S. pop hit, and I played it over and over again as loud as I possibly could in my dorm room at Andrews AFB Maryland - that is until one of my friends down the hallway heard it, loved it, borrowed it, and never returned it. He took the actual cassette but not the cover (which I still have today). It's one of my favourite hits of the time - a wild fusion of rock and dance. Call it 'alternative dance'.	The Soup Dragons
1	9	146	1992	Do I Have To Say The Words ? "Waking Up The Neighbours" was released late in September of 1991. It yielded 5 hit singles including this 5TH single that was still on the U.S. pop chart as late as December of 1992. It's my favourite Bryan Adams song of all-time. It was the immediate follow-up to perhaps my 2ND favourite Bryan Adams song of all-time - "Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven".	Bryan Adams
1	18	545	1992	Everything About You It's one of my favourite hard rock songs of all-time. I remember playing the cassette single over and over again on my boombox as loud as I possibly could. It was from their 1991 EP "As Ugly As They Wanna Be" and their 1992 full-length album "America's Least Wanted". It was also featured in the smash movie "Wayne's World" (although not on its Soundtrack).	Ugly Kid Joe
--	--	--	1992 & 1993	Faithful Peter Cox and Richard Drummie were Go West from London England, and they scored two huge hits here in the U.S. in 1990 and 1992 into 1993. This was the 2ND of their big U.S. hits that spent nearly 5 months on the U.S. pop chart. Over in their native U.K. they were a bit more successful with their singles overall from 1985 to 1993, but ironically their two biggest U.S. singles (including "King Of Wishful Thinking") weren't as successful on the British pop chart.	Go West
2	35	1108	1992	Good For Me Amy Grant was one of the hottest artists on the pop chart from the Spring Of 1991 through the Summer Of 1992, and she was one of my favourite singers at the time. Her "Heart In Motion" album (released in March 1991) yielded 5 MASSIVE hit singles - 4 of which hit the U.S. TOP 10. I loved every single one of her hit singles. It was a tough decision, but the one that did it for me was the uplighting, up-tempo, and virtually HI-NRG rocker "Good For Me". It hit # 2 for 5 non-consecutive weeks during our hurricane-shortened 1992 chart year.	Amy Grant
17	1	24	1992	How Do You Talk To An Angel ? Once upon a time at the beginning of the 1992-1993 TV season there was a Thursday night show about the life and times of a young blue-collar rock band known as The Heights. The show of the same name failed to attract much of an audience, and only 12 episodes actually aired. It was cancelled at the end of November in 1992, and at the time of its cancellation this theme song from the show was the # 1 smash all across the U.S.	The Heights
1	15	461	1992	I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred came out of nowhere (South London actually) to score a shocking # 1 platinum smash high atop the U.S. pop chart in February 1992. It also spent 7 out of its 15 weeks on our chart within the TOP 3. Here now is a complete list of nouns that "I'm Too Sexy" for - My Love, My Shirt, Milan, New York, Japan, Your Party, My Car, My Hat, My Cat, My Love, This Song.	Right Said Fred
--	--	--	1992 & 1993	It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day Robert Clivilles + David Cole (C + C Music Factory) produced this one-hit wonder act featuring Michelle Visage of Seduction fame. It was featured on "The Bodyguard" starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, and it was a remake of Bill Withers' 1978 hit "Lovely Day". It hit # 34 in the U.S. and # 17 in the U.K.	The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.
11	1	30	1992	Johnny Have You Seen Her ? The Rembrandts were a Thursday night 'Must-See-TV' fixture for 10 years from 1994 to 2004 as they kicked-off "Friends" each week with their catchy theme song "I'll Be There For You". But they were not a one-hit-wonder. More than 3½ years before "Friends" ever aired they scored a U.S. TOP 15 hit with "Just The Way It Is, Baby". Late in 1992 they hit again with this harder pop-rock track from their "Untitled" CD.	The Rembrandts
--	--	--	1992	Jump Around Pack it up pack it in let me begin ... It's the original drums-n-bass jam, and back in 1992 it was a TOP 3 pop smash on the American charts. Back then I was livin' loud in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C., and this jam was cranked up all around the Beltway whenever 105.1-WAVA played it. Nowadays it's a cult classic. It's old-school.	House Of Pain
1	11	355	1992	Justified & Ancient This jam shot straight-in to this chart at # 1 during the final week of February 1992. It spent 4 non-consecutive weeks at the top, but then it fell down the chart rather fast. Tammy Wynette exclaimed, "... They called me up in Tennessee. They said Tammy stand by the jams. But if you don't like what the're going to do you better not stop because the're coming thru ..."	The KLF With Tammy Wynette
--	--	--	1992 & 1993	Mr. Wendal Arrested Development had a MASSIVE 1992 with 3 TOP 10 gold hits in a row including this smash that brought light to one Mr. Wendal. He was a man that had freedom - a free that you and I think is dumb. His only worries were sickness and an occasional harassment by the police and their chase. He tried to warn us about our ways, but we didn't hear him talk. He was a man - a human in flesh - but not by law.	Arrested Development
2	2	74	1992	Not Enough Time One of my favourite pop-rock bands of the late-1980s and early-1990s was easily INXS. I liked virtually every single song that they released back then. The're all memorable to me - "What You Need", "Listen Like Thieves", "Need You Tonight", "Devil Inside", "New Sensation", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Suicide Blonde", "Disappear", and "Bitter Tears". With all of their rockin' releases it's rather difficult to pick an all-time favourite, but since I only allow a single song to be featured on my MASSIVE memories by any given artist I had to pick one. And so I pick one of their last big hits from the Autumn Of 1992. It was a memorable time for me - just a few months after the widespread destruction of Hurricane Andrew on South Florida. Playing this song over and over again in my dorm room at Andrews AFB Maryland comforted me a bit as I adjusted to my renewed surroundings in and around D.C.	INXS
15	9	133	1992	November Rain These MASSIVE memories are all about my favourite songs - and the memories that attach themselves to those songs. This is my all-time favourite Guns 'N Roses song, and it was a hit during a particularly busy time period for me - the latter part of 1992. It's when Hurricane Andrew destroyed my home and workplace, but it's also when I started anew 1,100 miles away from the devastation. It was there on the radio for me all along, and it kept me company and gave me comfort as I began a new chapter of my life.	Guns N' Roses
18	2	28	1992	Please Don't Go KC And The Sunshine Band were one of the greatest disco bands in U.S. pop music history, and in January 1980 after the disco era had died down they scored one final # 1 smash with this ballad. Over a dozen years later K.W.S. revived the ballad and converted it into a techno smash. It hit # 6 in the U.S. and # 1 in the U.K. K.W.S. were from Nottingham England, and they consisted of Chris King, Winnie Williams, and 'Mystic Meg' St. Joseph.	K.W.S.
--	--	--	1992 & 1993	Rhythm Is A Dancer Snap! scored two major hits here stateside. "The Power" soared to # 2 on the U.S. pop charts in 1990 and became a platinum smash. Two years later this track spent 9 months on the pop charts, peaked at # 5, and became a gold smash. Snap! were far more successful in the U.K. where they enjoyed TOP 10 success with 7 additional hits. They enjoyed even greater success in their home country of Germany.	Snap!
37	1	4	1992	Sesame's Treet Tom Orton, Chris "Luna C" Howell, and Nick Arnold were from Romford Essex England, and they produced this early techno track based on the theme song to "Sesame Street" - the long-running educational show for children on public broadcasting television here in the U.S. It peaked at # 60 in the U.S., and at # 2 in their native U.K.	Smart E's
13	13	137	1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit During the first week of April 1994 Kurt Cobain decided to end his life at the age of 27. He bragged to his friends that he would die a young rock star and join Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin in the "27 Club" - other rock stars who died tragically at the age of 27. He felt that it was "better to burn out than fade away". Many of his hardcore fans and critics alike still insist to this day that Nirvana was the greatest band that ever lived, and that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the most important song ever made. It was a statement for an entire forgotten generation at the time.	Nirvana
2	2	60	1992	Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough This was my own personal theme song during and after the total destruction of my hometown by Hurricane Andrew on August 24th 1992. Whenever I hear it I remember the sights and sounds of a devastated Homestead Florida. The following line in the song sums it all up - 'There's a reason why people don't stay where they are.' 4 days after Hurricane Andrew I left Homestead for 19 months.	Patty Smyth With Don Henley
2	21	640	1992	Steel Bars I've never been a big fan of Michael Bolton's music - not even during his heyday on the pop charts from 1987 to 1993 - but three of my favourite songs from the long-haired crooner (at that time) came from his 1991 album "Time, Love & Tenderness" including the title track, "Love Is A Wonderful Thing", and this rockin' track from the Summer Of 1992 that was co-written by the legendary Bob Dylan. It spent 8 weeks in a row at # 2 on our dying pop chart in August and September of that year.	Michael Bolton
8	9	296	1992	Tequila Way back during the Spring Of 1958 The Champs had the entire nation sock-hopping to "Tequila". 34 years later fellow Los Angelean Al Trivette AKA 'A.L.T.' or 'Another Latin Timebomb' rapped his way through this intoxicating classic. It hit # 48 in the U.S. and # 9 right here on our chart.	A.L.T. And The Lost Civilization
--	--	--	1992 & 1993	The Hitman Belgian producers Jacko Bultinck and Peter Gillis assembled this short-lived techno act featuring the vocals of Marianne and the rap of K-Swing. It spent 20 weeks on the U.S. pop chart from August to December 1992, and it peaked at # 60. It was a heavily-played track in Melbourne Florida during the Spring Of 1993, as it kicked-off many continuous music marathons in my studio efficiency.	AB Logic
5	10	287	1992	Too Blind To See It MASSIVE Memory Artist Steve "Silk" Hurley is a Chicago-based writer, producer, and remixer. He wrote, produced, and mixed this house jam for Kym. 'Frost' provided the rap. It was a TOP 5 smash here on our chart during the Spring Of 1992, and it also hit the TOP 5 in the U.K. Stateside it barely made it onto the TOP 40, but it was MASSIVE on the national dance chart. Kym once sang commercial jingles for Shasta soft drinks.	Kym Sims
16	1	25	1992	Would I Lie To You ? East Coast met West Coast as Charles Pettigrew from Philly and Eddie Chacon from Oakland got together for this pop smash that spent six months on the U.S. pop chart from August 1992 to February 1993. It was MASSIVE on MIX-107.3 in Washington D.C. and B-101.5 in Fredericksburg Virginia while I was living in the D.C. area.	Charles & Eddie