1992
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"George Soros became instantly famous on September 22, 1992, when, believing the Pound sterling was overvalued, he speculated heavily against it. The Bank of England was forced to withdraw the currency out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, and Soros earned an estimated US$1 billion in the process. He was dubbed "the man who broke the Bank of England."" --Sholem Stein "I'll take your brain to another dimension, pay close attention." --"Out of Space " (1992) "The rebirth of sociobiology [happened] in 1992 under a new name—evolutionary psychology. I date the rebirth to 1992 because that is when an influential volume appeared with the provocative title The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture. [...] Morality (particularly cooperation and cheating) has been an important area of research in evolutionary psychology since the beginning."--The Righteous Mind (2012) by Jonathan Haidt "Daniel Johnston's cult status was propelled when Nirvana's Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards that featured artwork from Johnston's 1983 album Hi, How Are You, a T-shirt that music journalist Everett True had given him." --Sholem Stein "I want to be different, like everybody else I want to be like. I want to be just like all the different people. I have no further interest in being the same, because I have seen difference all around, and now I know that that's what I want. I don't want to blend in and be indistinguishable. I want to be part of the different crowd, and assert my individuality along with others who are different like me."--"It's Saturday" (1992) by King Missile "What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government." --The End of History and the Last Man (1992) by Francis Fukuyama |
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1992 (MCMXCII) is the 92nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1990s decade. It was the year of Black Wednesday and the 1992 U.S. presidential election.
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Top hits
- "Achy Breaky Heart" – Billy Ray Cyrus (#1 AUS, NZ, #3 UK, #4 US, CAN)
- "Ain't No Doubt" – Jimmy Nail (#1 UK)
- "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" – TLC (#6 US)
- "All 4 Love" – Color Me Badd (#1 US, NZ, #3 NLD)
- "Amigos Para Siempre" – José Carreras & Sarah Brightman
- "Are You Ready to Fly" – Rozalla
- "Atesle Barut" – Sertab Erener
- "Baby-Baby-Baby" – TLC (#2 US)
- "Baby Got Back" – Sir Mix-a-Lot (#1 US, #8 AUS)
- "Baker Street" – Undercover (#2 UK, IRL, BE, SWI, #3 AUT, NLD)
- "Barcelona" – Freddie Mercury (#2 UK, NLD, NZ, #3 IRL)
- "Be My Baby" – Vanessa Paradis (#2 BE, #5 FR, #6 UK, IRL)
- "Be Quick or Be Dead" – Iron Maiden (#2 UK, #3 NOR)
- "Because the Night" – Co.Ro & Tarlisa (#1 IT, SP, #6 FR, #8 BE)
- "The Best Things in Life Are Free" – Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson (#2 AUS, UK, #6 IRL, NZ)
- "Boss Drum" – The Shamen
- "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" – Mint Condition (#6 US)
- "Breath of Life" – Erasure (#7 FIN, #8 IRL, UK)
- "Ça ne change pas un homme" – Johnny Hallyday (#7 FR)
- "Caroline" – MC Solaar (#4 FR)
- "Cash City" – Luc de Larochellière (#1 QUE, #11 FR)
- "Come and Talk to Me" – Jodeci
- "Come as You Are" – Nirvana (#3 NZ, #7 IRL, #9 UK)
- "Como la Flor" – Selena (#6 US Latin)
- "Connected" – Stereo MCs (#5 AUT, #6 SWI, #8 SWE)
- "Could It Be Magic" – Take That (#3 UK, IRL, #8 BE)
- "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" – Sophie B. Hawkins (#3 NOR, #5 US, #7 AUS)
- "Das Boot" – U 96 (#1 AUT, GER, NOR, #4 NLD, #5 SWE)
- "Diamonds and Pearls" – Prince (#3 US)
- "Deeply Dippy" – Right Said Fred (#1 UK, IRL, #6 AUT)
- "Didi" – Khaled (#9 FR, #10 BE)
- "Die da!?" – Die Fantastischen Vier (#1 AUT, SWI, #2 GER)
- "Do I Have to Say the Words?" – Bryan Adams (#2 CAN)
- "Do It to Me" - Lionel Richie
- "Don't Be Aggressive" – Sandra (#7 NOR, #8 FIN)
- "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" – Elton John & George Michael (#1 FR, NLD, NOR, US)
- "Don't Talk Just Kiss" – Right Said Fred (#2 GER, #3 UK, #4 FIN, SWE)
- "Don't You Want Me" – Felix (#1 FIN, IT, SP, SWI)
- "Drive" – R.E.M. (#4 IRL, #7 CAN)
- "Driven by You" – Brian May (#6 UK, #9 US)
- "Dur dur d'être bébé !" – Jordy (#1 FR, SP, #2 FIN, #3 AUT, BE, NLD)
- "Ebeneezer Goode" – The Shamen (#1 UK, IRL, #2 NOR, #8 FIN)
- "El Visa" – Cheb Hasni (ALG)
- "End of the Road" – Boyz II Men
- "Erotica" – Madonna (#1 ITA, #2 NOR, #3 US, UK, SWE, NZ, #4 AUS, IRE, SPA, #8 SWI)
- "Even Better Than the Real Thing" – U2 (#3 CAN, IRL, #8 AUT, NLD)
- "Everything About You" – Ugly Kid Joe (#3 UK, #5 IRL, NLD, NOR, #9 US)
- "Everytime We Touch" – Maggie Reilly (#1 NOR, #5 AUT)
- "Free Your Mind" – En Vogue (#8 US)
- "Friday I'm In Love" – The Cure (#3 CAN, #4 IRL, #6 UK)
- "Give It Up" – The Good Men
- "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" - En Vogue
- "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II" - Kiss
- "Goodnight Girl" – Wet Wet Wet (#1 UK, IRL)
- "Hazard" – Richard Marx (#1 AUS, #3 CAN, #6 SWE)
- "Heading for a Fall" – Vaya Con Dios (#1 BE, #3 NLD, #5 SWI)
- "Heal the World" – Michael Jackson (#1 POL, #2 FR, IRL, UK, ZIM)
- "Heaven Sent" – INXS
- "High" – The Cure (#8 UK)
- "Hold on My Heart" – Genesis (#1 CAN)
- "House of Love" – East 17 (#1 FIN, SWE, #3 JAP, #6 GER)
- "How Do You Do!" – Roxette (#1 NOR, #2 AUT, NLD, GER, SWE, SWI)
- "How Do You Talk to an Angel" – The Heights (#1 US, #2 CAN, #3 AUS)
- "Human Touch" – Bruce Springsteen (#1 NOR, SP, #4 FIN, IRL, SWE, SWI)
- "Humpin' Around" – Bobby Brown (#1 AUS, #2 NZ, #3 US)
- "I Can't Dance" – Genesis (#1 BE, NLD, #2 AUT, #3 CAN)
- "I Drove All Night" – Roy Orbison (#7 UK)
- "I Still Believe in You" – Cliff Richard (#7 UK)
- "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" – U96 (#3 SWI, #4 GER, #6 AUT)
- "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
- "I'd Die Without You" - P.M. Dawn
- "If I Ever Fall in Love" – Shai (#4 AUS, #5 NZ)
- "If You Asked Me To" – Celine Dion (#1 CAN)
- "If You Go Away" – New Kids on the Block (#4 NOR, #6 CAN, #9 UK)
- "I'll Be There" – Mariah Carey (#1 US, CAN, NLD)
- "I'm Too Sexy" – Right Said Fred (#1 US)
- "In Bloom" – Nirvana (#7 IRL)
- "In the Closet" – Michael Jackson (#2 IT, SP, #4 IRL, #5 AUS, NZ, #6 US)
- "Iron Lion Zion" – Bob Marley (#2 NZ, SWE, #3 FR, #5 BE, UK)
- "It Only Takes a Minute" – Take That (#7 UK)
- "It Will Make Me Crazy" – Felix (#1 FIN, #3 SWI, #4 IRL)
- "It's a Fine Day" – Opus III (#2 SP, #5 UK, #6 IRL)
- "It's My Life" – Dr Alban (#1 AUT, BE, GER, IT, NLD, SWE)
- "It's Probably Me" – Sting & Eric Clapton (#1 IT, #2 FR)
- "Jam" – Michael Jackson (#1 SP, #2 NZ, #5 IRL)
- "James Brown Is Dead" – L.A. Style (#1 BE, NLD, SP, #2 SWI)
- "Joy" – François Feldman (#1 FR)
- "Jump" – Kris Kross (#1 AUS, FIN, IRL, NZ, SWI, US)
- "Jump Around" – House of Pain (#3 US, NZ)
- "Just Another Day" – Jon Secada (#2 CAN, NLD, SWI)
- "Justified & Ancient" – The KLF (#1 AUT, FIN, NZ, SWE)
- "Keep the Faith" – Bon Jovi (#1 NOR, #3 SWI, #4 NZ)
- "Killing in the Name" – Rage Against the Machine
- "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – Guns N' Roses (#1 IRL, #2 UK)
- "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" – Tears For Fears (#8 IT)
- "Layla" (unplugged) – Eric Clapton (#1 CAN, JAP)
- "Le Chat" – Pow woW (#1 FR)
- "Les Mariés de Vendée" – Anaïs & Didier Barbelivien (#2 FR, #4 BE)
- "Let's Get Rocked" – Def Leppard (#2 NOR, UK, #3 SWI)
- "Lithium" – Nirvana (#3 FIN, #5 IRE)
- "Life Is a Highway" – Tom Cochrane (#1 CAN, #2 AUS, NZ)
- "Live and Learn" – Joe Public (#4 US)
- "Love Is in the Air" (Ballroom mix) – John Paul Young
- "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" – The Shamen (#4 SWE, #6 UK)
- "The Magic Friend" – 2 Unlimited (#1 FIN, #3 IRL, #4 BE)
- "Make It Happen" - Mariah Carey
- "Man on the Moon" – R.E.M. (#4 CAN)
- "Midlife Crisis" – Faith No More (#9 AUT, #10 UK)
- "A Million Love Songs" – Take That (#7 UK)
- "Mr. Wendal" – Arrested Development (#2 NZ, #4 UK, #6 US)
- "My Destiny" – Lionel Richie
- "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" – En Vogue (#2 US, #4 UK)
- "My Name Is Prince" – Prince (#7 UK)
- "Never Let Her Slip Away" – Undercover
- "Nothing Else Matters" – Metallica (#3 IRL, NOR, #5 BE, NLD, SWI, #6 AUT, UK)
- "November Rain" – Guns N' Roses (#3 IRL, NLD, US)
- "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" – Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg (#2 US)
- "On a Ragga Tip" – SL2 (#2 UK, NLD, #3 IRL)
- "The One" – Elton John (#1 CAN, #3 FR, NOR)
- "One" – U2 (#1 CAN, IRL, #3 NZ)
- "One Love" – Dr. Alban (#3 IRL, #7 FIN, GER, #8 BE)
- "Open Sesame" – Leila K (#1 BE, #2 NLD, #3 IT)
- "Open Your Mind" – U.S.U.R.A. (#2 IT, #3 AUT, SWI, #5 NLD)
- "Out of Space" – The Prodigy (#3 NLD, #5 UK, #6 IRL)
- "Paradoxal Système" – Laurent Voulzy (#10 FR)
- "Parce qu'on est jeunes" – Benny B feat. DJ Daddy K (#2 BE, #5 FR)
- "Pas d'ami (comme toi)" – Stephan Eicher (#7 FR)
- "People Everyday" – Arrested Development (#2 UK, #6 AUS, FR, SWE)
- "Phorever People" – The Shamen
- "Piece of My Heart" – Erma Franklin
- "Please Don't Go" – Double You (#1 BE, NLD, SP)
- "Please Don't Go" – KWS
- "Remember the Time" – Michael Jackson (#1 NZ, #2 BE, CAN)
- "Revolution" - Arrested Development
- "Rhythm is a Dancer" – Snap!
- "Rien que de l'eau" – Véronique Sanson (#6 FR)
- "Rump Shaker" – Wreckx-n-Effect (#2 US)
- "Runaway Train" – Elton John & Eric Clapton (#10 IT)
- "Run to You" – Rage
- "Save the Best for Last" – Vanessa L. Williams (#1 US, AUS)
- "Sesame's Treet" – Smart E's (#2 UK, #4 IRL, NZ, #6 AUS)
- "Sexy MF" – Prince (#4 UK, #5 AUS)
- "Shake Your Head" - Was (Not Was)
- "She's Playing Hard to Get" – Hi-Five (#5 US)
- "Sleeping Satellite" – Tasmin Archer (#1 UK)
- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana
- "Something Good" – Utah Saints (#4 UK, IRL)
- "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" – Patty Smyth & Don Henley (#2 US)
- "Song of Ocarina" – Jean-Philippe Audin & Diego Modena (#1 FR)
- "Starship Edelweiss" – Edelweiss
- "Stay" – Shakespears Sister (#1 UK)
- "Step It Up" – Stereo MC's
- "Suzette" – Dany Brillant (#3 FR)
- "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" – Inner Circle (#1 BE, GER, NLD, NZ, SWI, #2 AUS, AUT, SWE)
- "Sweet Lullaby" – Deep Forest
- "Symphony of Destruction" – Megadeth
- "Take a Chance on Me" – Erasure (#1 UK)
- "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton (#1 ARG, BRA, CAN, DEN, IRL, JAP, NZ, NOR, POL, TAI)
- "Temple of Love" – The Sisters of Mercy (#3 UK, #5 GER)
- "Tennessee" – Arrested Development (#6 US)
- "Tetris" - Doctor Spin
- "This Used to Be My Playground" – Madonna (#1 US, CAN, FIN, IT, SWE)
- "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" – Bryan Adams (#1 CAN, #8 UK)
- "Three Little Pigs" – Green Jellÿ (#5 UK, #6 AUS)
- "To Be with You" – Mr. Big
- "Too Funky" – George Michael (#2 IT, NOR, #3 AUS, NLD)
- "Too Much Love Will Kill You" – Brian May (#5 UK)
- "Twilight Zone" – 2 Unlimited
- "Under the Bridge" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (#1 AUS, BE, NLD, #2 US)
- "Viva Las Vegas" – ZZ Top (#7 SWE, #8 IRL)
- "Walking on Broken Glass" – Annie Lennox (#1 CAN, #8 UK, IRL)
- "We All Need Love" – Double You (#2 BE, #6 GER, #7 SWI)
- "We Got a Love Thang" – CeCe Peniston
- "Weather with You" – Crowded House (#7 UK)
- "What About Your Friends" – TLC (#7 US)
- "When I Look Into Your Eyes" – FireHouse
- "Wherever I May Roam" – Metallica (#1 FIN, #2 NOR)
- "Who Is It" – Michael Jackson (#3 POL, #5 AUT, BE, #6 CAN, IRL)
- "Who Needs Love Like That" (Remix) – Erasure (#8 IRL)
- "A Whole New World" – Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle (#1 US, #6 CAN)
- "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" – U2 (#4 IRL, #5 CAN, SWI, #8 FIN)
- "Why" – Annie Lennox (#1 IT, #5 UK, IRL, #6 NOR, SWI)
- "Why Me?" – Linda Martin
- "Wishing on a Star" – The Cover Girls
- "Workaholic" – 2 Unlimited (#2 FIN, IRL, #4 NLD, UK)
- "Would?" – Alice in Chains
- "Would I Lie to You?" – Charles & Eddie (#1 AUT, GER, NZ, UK)
- "You" – Ten Sharp (#1 FR, NOR, SWE)
- "You Bring On the Sun" – Londonbeat (#5 NLD, #6 GER)
- "You Showed Me" – Salt-n-Pepa (#5 NLD, #7 BE, IRL)
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Art and culture
Film
- Bitter Moon by Roman Polanski
- Damage by by Louis Malle
- Tokyo Decadence by Ryu Murakami
- Man Bites Dog by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde
- Minbo by Juzo Itami
- Braindead by Peter Jackson
- Bob Roberts by Tim Robbins
- Unforgiven by Clint Eastwood
- Careful by Guy Maddin
- Bad Lieutenant by Abel Ferrara
- Betty by Claude Chabrol
Literature
Fiction
- Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg
- Mondo 2000 (book anthology)
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Non-fiction
- Sex, Art, and American Culture by Camille Paglia
- Men, Women, and Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover
- The Intellectuals and the Masses by John Carey
- The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama
- Classic Cult Fiction by Thomas Reed Whissen
Music
Albums
- Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) by Praxis
- What's the 411? by Mary J. Blige
- Journey with the Lonely by Lil Louis
- Selected Ambient Works 85–92 by Aphex Twin
Compilations
Singles
- Give It Up by The Good Men
- My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) by En Vogue
- Bug in the Bassbin by Carl Craig
- Jump Around by House of Pain
- Television, the Drug of the Nation by The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
- You Suck (1988, 1992), a rap song by the The Yeastie Girls and Consolidated
- Revival by Martine Girault
- Club Lonely by Lil Louis & the World
- Harvest Moon by Neil Young
- Connected by Stereo MC's
Photography
- Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 26, 1992, a photo by Rineke Dijkstra
Television
- Pandora's Box by Adam Curtis
Art
- Wachsraum (1992) by Wolfgang Laib
Births
- January 19 – Mac Miller, American rapper (d. 2018)
Deaths
- Larry Levan (1954 - 1992)
- Angela Carter (1940 - 1992)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)
- Francis Bacon (1909 – 1992)
- Arthur Russell (1951-1992)
- John Cage (1912 - 1992)