Top 100 songs for October 20, 1990
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1990 and the 1990s.
This week’s No. 1 is “I Don't Have The Heart” by James Ingram. Meanwhile, “My Love Is A Fire” by Donny Osmond rises from No. 80 to No. 55. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- My Love Is A Fire — Donny Osmondup 25 places, No. 80 → No. 55
- B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)? — Bell Biv DeVoeup 21 places, No. 90 → No. 69
- Wiggle It — 2 In A Roomup 16 places, No. 74 → No. 58
New to this week’s Top 10
- Giving You The Benefit — PebblesNo. 7
- Can't Stop — After 7No. 9
New to this week’s Top 40
- Something To Believe In — PoisonNo. 32
- Groove Is In The Heart — Deee-LiteNo. 33
- So Close — Daryl Hall John OatesNo. 34
- Hippychick — SohoNo. 36
- Stranded — HeartNo. 37
- From A Distance — Bette MidlerNo. 40
First-week entries
- I'm Your Baby Tonight — Whitney HoustonNo. 42
- Each And Every Time — Sweet SensationNo. 79
- And So It Goes — Billy JoelNo. 83
- Fairweather Friend — Johnny GillNo. 88
- So Hard — Pet Shop BoysNo. 93
- Tick Tock — Vaughan BrothersNo. 95
- Love Is The Ritual — StyxNo. 96
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.