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Fearne Cotton presents music and news from 1990 including tears for Gazza and Mrs Thatcher, celebrations in Germany, despair in Kuwait, a mad cow, a pretty woman, and opera in the pop charts.

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38 minutes

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Wed 13 Apr 202203:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Beats International

    Beats Be Good To Me

  • Del Amitri

    Nothing Ever Happens

  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

  • Elton John

    Sacrifice

  • MC Hammer

    U Can't Touch This

  • Sinéad O’Connor

    Nothing Compares 2 U

  • Roxette

    It Must Have Been Love

  • New Order

    World In Motion

  • Luciano Pavarotti

    Nessun Dorma

  • DNA

    Tom's Diner (feat. Suzanne Vega)

  • EMF

    Unbelievable

  • Madonna

    Vogue

  • Adamski

    Killer

  • They Might Be Giants

    Birdhouse In Your Soul

  • Betty Boo

    Doin The Do

  • New Kids on the Block

    Hangin' Tough

  • Primal Scream

    Loaded

  • Kylie Minogue

    Better The Devil You Know

  • The B‐52s

    Love Shack

  • Adventures of Stevie V

    Dirty Cash

  • The La’s

    There She Goes

  • Snap!

    The Power

  • Del Amitri

    Nothing Ever Happens

Broadcasts

  • Thu 12 Jan 201222:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Tue 6 Oct 201523:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Sun 1 Mar 202002:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Wed 13 Apr 202203:00
    BBC Radio 2