Number-one singles of 1990 (Ireland)

The following is a list of the IRMA

Irish Recorded Music Association

Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:...

s number-one singles of 1990.

Issue Date	Song	Artist
4 January	Do They Know It's Christmas? Do They Know It's Christmas? "Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 to raise money for relief of the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The original version was produced by Midge Ure and released by Band Aid on 29 November 1984....	Band Aid II
11 January	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid II
18 January	Hangin' Tough Hangin' Tough -Production:Executive Producer: Cecil HolmesArranged & Produced By Maurice StarrAssociate Producers: Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg & Danny WoodRecorded, Engineered & Mixed By Phil Greene, Richard Mendelson, Maurice Starr, Hediki Sunada & Danny Wood...	New Kids On The Block New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block are an American boy band from Boston, Massachusetts, assembled in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr. The band currently consists of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood.New Kids on the Block enjoyed success in the late 1980s and...
25 January	Nothing Compares 2 U Nothing Compares 2 U "Nothing Compares 2 U" is a pop song written by American recording artist Prince for one of his side-projects, The Family. However, it wasn't until Sinéad O'Connor recorded her version for the album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got when it became a worldwide hit, topping charts in 15 countries,...	Sinéad O'Connor Sinéad O'Connor Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
1 February	Nothing Compares 2 U	Sinéad O'Connor
8 February	Nothing Compares 2 U	Sinéad O'Connor
15 February	Nothing Compares 2 U	Sinéad O'Connor
22 February	Nothing Compares 2 U	Sinéad O'Connor
1 March	Nothing Compares 2 U	Sinéad O'Connor
8 March	Love Shack Love Shack "Love Shack" is a single by rock band The B-52's. Originally released in 1989 from their album Cosmic Thing, the single was the band's biggest hit song and first million-copy seller...	The B-52's The B-52's The B-52's are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider , Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson , Ricky Wilson , and Keith Strickland . Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched to guitar...
15 March	Brits Mix 1990	Various Artists
22 March	That Sounds Good To Me That Sounds Good to Me "That Sounds Good to Me" is a song written and composed by Pete Waterman, Mike Stock and Steve Crosby that finished last when it represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 held in Oslo, Norway...	Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers
29 March	That Sounds Good To Me	Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers
5 April	The Byroad To Glenroe	Mick Lally Mick Lally Michael 'Mick' Lally was an Irish stage, film and television actor. He departed from a teaching career for acting during the 1970s...
12 April	The Byroad To Glenroe	Mick Lally
19 April	The Byroad To Glenroe	Mick Lally
26 April	The Byroad To Glenroe	Mick Lally
3 May	The Byroad To Glenroe	Mick Lally
10 May	Give It A Lash Jack Give It a Lash Jack "Give It a Lash Jack" is a song by Liam Harrison and the Goal Celebrities. This song was made for Ireland's 1990 World Cup Campaign.It reached No.1 in the charts in June 1990 and stayed there for 4 weeks...	Liam Harrison Liam Harrison Liam Harrison is an Irish musician and songwriter. He and his group, Goal Celebrities, had a 1990 number 1 hit in Ireland with GIVE IT A LASH JACK... & The Goal Celebrities
17 May	The Game	The Memories
24 May	Give It A Lash Jack	Liam Harrison & The Goal Celebrities
31 May	Put 'Em Under Pressure Put 'Em Under Pressure "Put 'Em Under Pressure" was the official song to the Ireland national football team's 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign in Italy . It is regarded as "an all-time classic that the entire country knows every single word to, even the spoken words of wisdom from Jack Charlton, it's place in the hearts of...	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad Republic of Ireland national football team The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
7 June	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
14 June	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
21 June	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
28 June	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
5 July	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
12 July	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
19 July	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
26 July	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
2 August	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
9 August	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
16 August	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
23 August	Put 'Em Under Pressure	The Republic of Ireland Football Squad
30 August	Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini	Bombalurina
6 September	The Joker	The Steve Miller Band
13 September	The Joker	The Steve Miller Band
20 September	I Useta Lover I Useta Lover "I Useta Lover" is a 1990 song by Irish rock group The Saw Doctors. It is the second single off the If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back album. It stayed at the #1 position in the Irish chart for nine weeks and became one of the best-selling singles of all time in the country...	The Saw Doctors The Saw Doctors The Saw Doctors are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, they have achieved eighteen Top 30 singles in Ireland, including three number ones. Their first number one, "I Useta Lover," topped the Irish charts for nine consecutive weeks in 1990, and still holds the record for the...
27 September	I Useta Lover	The Saw Doctors
4 October	I Useta Lover	The Saw Doctors
11 October	I Useta Lover	The Saw Doctors
18 October	I Useta Lover	The Saw Doctors
25 October	I Useta Lover	The Saw Doctors
1 November	I Useta Lover	The Saw Doctors
8 November	Unchained Melody Unchained Melody "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages....	The Righteous Brothers The Righteous Brothers The Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They recorded from 1963 through 1975, and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003...
15 November	Unchained Melody	The Righteous Brothers
22 November	Ooh Aah Paul McGrath	Watch Your House
29 November	Ooh Aah Paul McGrath	Watch Your House
6 December	Ice Ice Baby Ice Ice Baby "Ice Ice Baby" is a hip hop song written by American rapper Vanilla Ice and DJ Earthquake. The song samples the bassline of "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie, who did not initially receive songwriting credit or royalties until after it had become a hit...	Vanilla Ice Vanilla Ice Robert Matthew Van Winkle , best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, extreme athlete and home improvement television personality...
13 December	The Christmas No 1	Zig and Zag Zig and Zag (puppets) Zig and Zag are an Irish puppet duo performed by Mick O'Hara and Ciaran Morrison.The characters are a pair of furry extraterrestrial twins from the planet Zog. They made their television début on RTÉs Dempsey's Den in 1987. A year later they won a Jacob's Award for TV Personalities of the year...
20 December	The Christmas No 1	Zig and Zag
27 December	The Christmas No 1	Zig and Zag

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