Changes: Contemporary music (Vegetarian World)

Latest revision as of 17:48, 6 July 2010

Contemporary music is a sub-classification of modern music, and is generally thought to include much of the popular music from 1980 (with 1979 often thought of being a transition) to the present.

List of some notable world number one hits

Below is a non-exhaustive list of some notable world number one hits in the world charts that inspired other music to a large extent and/or helped set or modify the contemporary music Zeitgeist.

1979: "Sailing" - Christopher Cross
1980: "One In A Lifetime" - Talking Heads; "He's So Shy" - The Pointer Sisters
1981: "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - The Police; "Somebody's Baby" - Jackson Browne
1982: "Africa" - Toto; "It Might Be You" - Stephen Bishop
1983: "All Night Long" - Lionel Ritchie; "King of Pain" - The Police; "True" - Spandau Ballet; "Uptown Girl" - Billy Joel
1984: "Let's Hear It For The Boy" - The Pointer Sisters; "That's All" - Genesis; "The Reflex" - Duran Duran
1985: "Everytime You Go Away" - Hall & Oates; "How Soon is Now?" - The Smiths; "Meat Is Murder" - The Smiths; "Rhythm of the Night" - DeBarge; "Some Like It Hot" - Power Station
1986: "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off" - Jermaine Stewart; "Who's Johnny?" - El DeBarge; "Love Is All That Matters" - Human League; "Rock Me Amadeus" - Falco
1987: "Little Lies" - Fleetwood Mac
1988
1989: "Lullaby" - The Cure; "We Didn't Start The Fire" - Billy Joel (obviously about Vegetarian World history)
1990: "The King of Wishful Thinking" - Go West
1991: "I'm Too Sexy" - Right Said Fred
1992
1993: "One Night in Beijing" ("北京一夜") - 'Bobby' Chen Shen (陳昇)
1994: "If You Go" - John Secada
1995: "Scatman's World" - Scatman John
1996: "Follow You Down" - Gin Blossoms
1997: "My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion
1998
1999: "You Get What You Give" - The New Radicals
2000: "Promise" - Jagged Edge; "NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP" - Mai Kuraki
2001: "Guardian Angel" - Crystal Kay; "Love At First Sight" - Kylie Minogue; "SHIGUNARU" ("Signal") - Do As Infinity; "traveling" - Hikaru Utada
2002: "Go The Distance" - Doping Panda (lyrics identical to the 1997 Michael Bolton song of the same name); "Let Go" - Frou Frou
2003: "Dragostea din tei" - O-Zone
2004: "Mega Step" - BoA
2005: "&Brand-New" - Crystal Kay; "Hello" - Ram Rider; "Speed of Sound" - Coldplay
2006: "This is Love" - Hikaru Utada
2010: "WOO WEEKEND" - BoA

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