Top songs of 1992

What was the number one song of 1992?

The number one song of 1992 was “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1992. It spent 13 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated August 15, 1992.

“End of the Road” by Boyz II Men was number one for the most weeks of 1992: 13 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated August 15, 1992.

Born in 1992? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1992, year-end Hot 100 of 1992).

How many songs reached number one in 1992?

12 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 1992. Counting “Black or White”, which was already at number one when the year began, 13 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1992, “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston stayed there longest: 14 weeks in total, from the chart dated November 28, 1992, with 9 of those weeks on charts dated after 1992.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 1992. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1992?

No act had more than one number one in 1992, counting lead and featured credits: each of the 13 songs at number one that year was by a different act.

What were the biggest songs of 1992?

The five biggest songs of 1992 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men, “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot, “Jump” by Kris Kross, “Save the Best for Last” by Vanessa Williams and “Baby-Baby-Baby” by TLC.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Come and Talk to Me” Jodeci
32. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Nirvana
33. “Humpin' Around” Bobby Brown
34. “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” Sophie B. Hawkins
35. “Tell Me What You Want Me to Do” Tevin Campbell
36. “Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg” TLC
37. “It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” Boyz II Men
38. “Move This” Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K
39. “Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen
40. “Tennessee” Arrested Development
41. “The Best Things in Life Are Free” Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson
42. “Make It Happen” Mariah Carey
43. “The One” Elton John
44. “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” P.M. Dawn
45. “Stay” Shakespears Sister
46. “2 Legit 2 Quit” Hammer
47. “Please Don't Go” KWS
48. “Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)” Mint Condition
49. “Wishing on a Star” The Cover Girls
50. “She's Playing Hard to Get” Hi-Five
51. “I'd Die Without You” P.M. Dawn
52. “Good for Me” Amy Grant
53. “All I Want” Toad the Wet Sprocket
54. “When a Man Loves a Woman” Michael Bolton
55. “I Can't Dance” Genesis
56. “Hazard” Richard Marx
57. “Mysterious Ways” U2
58. “Too Funky” George Michael
59. “How Do You Talk to an Angel” The Heights
60. “One” U2
61. “Keep on Walkin'” CeCe Peniston
62. “Hold on My Heart” Genesis
63. “The Way I Feel About You” Karyn White
64. “Beauty and the Beast” Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson
65. “Warm It Up” Kris Kross
66. “In the Closet” Michael Jackson
67. “People Everyday” Arrested Development
68. “No Son of Mine” Genesis
69. “Wildside” Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
70. “Do I Have to Say the Words?” Bryan Adams
71. “Friday I'm in Love” The Cure
72. “Everything About You” Ugly Kid Joe
73. “Blowing Kisses in the Wind” Paula Abdul
74. “Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven” Bryan Adams
75. “Rhythm Is a Dancer” Snap!
76. “Addams Groove” Hammer
77. “Missing You Now” Michael Bolton
78. “Back to the Hotel” N2Deep
79. “Everything Changes” Kathy Troccoli
80. “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad” Def Leppard
81. “Take This Heart” Richard Marx
82. “When I Look Into Your Eyes” FireHouse
83. “I Wanna Love You” Jade
84. “Uhh Ahh” Boyz II Men
85. “Real Love” Mary J. Blige
86. “Justified and Ancient” The KLF
87. “Slow Motion” Color Me Badd
88. “What About Your Friends” TLC
89. “Thinkin' Back” Color Me Badd
90. “Would I Lie to You?” Charles & Eddie
91. “That's What Love Is For” Amy Grant
92. “Keep Coming Back” Richard Marx
93. “Free Your Mind” En Vogue
94. “Keep It Comin'” Keith Sweat
95. “Just Take My Heart” Mr. Big
96. “I Will Remember You” Amy Grant
97. “We Got a Love Thang” CeCe Peniston
98. “Let's Get Rocked” Def Leppard
99. “They Want EFX” Das EFX
100. “I Can't Make You Love Me” Bonnie Raitt

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1992, year-end Hot 100 of 1992).

What songs should go on a 1992 mix CD?

A 1992 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 17 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Baby-Baby-Baby” by TLC and closing with “Remember the Time” by Michael Jackson, for 76:10 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1992, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 76:44, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 1992 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1992 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 1990s?

Popular music in the 1990s was shaped by R&B, hip-hop, pop ballads and alternative rock, and by changes in how the Hot 100 was counted. The chart dated November 30, 1991 was the first Hot 100 compiled with Nielsen SoundScan sales data, and from the chart dated December 5, 1998, songs that were never released as a commercial single could chart.

From 1990 to 1999, 140 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 11 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 140, “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men spent the most weeks at number one: 16 in total. Mariah Carey had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 14. The typical number one of these years ran 4:24 (the median of the 121 with a known length).