Now we reach the top 5 songs of 1992, and this year is when hip hop really made its mark.  The first of our entries features a group of kids who wore their clothes on backwards, were wickity wack, and had everybody leaping up and down in the club.  Our #5 song in the top 20 songs turning thirty years old is Jump by Kris Kross.

I might have misspoken about a previous song being the saddest song on this countdown of songs turning 30 years old.  This song might actually be the saddest, if not one of the saddest songs of the 90s.  It grabs your heart and doesn’t let go, and remains one of this artist’s best songs.  Stopping shy of the top 5 at #6 is Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton.

It’s amazing for a guy like me to realize that the arrival of Gangsta Rap into the mainstream consciousness happened 30 years ago!  And we have this track to thank for being our introduction to it.  Those that listened to NWA can say otherwise, but this track made Gangsta Rap an international phenomenon, and deserves a place in this countdown.  At #7 it’s Nuthin’ But a G Thing by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

Making their presence felt in 1992 was a female power vocal group named En Vogue, and released a couple tracks that had a huge influence on so many future woman groups.  This is one of those tracks, and it doesn’t hurt that it has a powerful message as well. Our #8 track is Free Your Mind by En Vogue.

After shaking up the world with a classic that made the 1991 countdown, this song became just as much a huge hit and is still heard in various contexts to this day.  The video also featured Eddie Murphy, Iman, and Magic Johnson.  The King of Pop shows up again, this time at #9 in this countdown with Remember the Time by Michael Jackson.

We kick off the countdown of the top 10 songs turning thirty years old with a hip hop classic that became an ultimate sing along.  Like a lot of other songs on prior countdowns, this song is still heard at sporting events and clubs around the world, proving sometimes you just need a catchy sound and arm motion to have a hit.  At #10 in this countdown is Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty By Nature.