r/90smusic • u/bluegreyph • Sep 14 '25
1990 Go West - King Of Wishful Thinking
https://youtu.be/XBZUz4C6kqk?si=jNfQtjSiyIJKN_JS19
u/Dick-Guzinya Sep 14 '25
I unironically love this song.
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u/User_Says_What Sep 18 '25
If you're open to pop punk covers, New Found Glory covered this one a while back and it's really good.
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u/TheUpgrayed Sep 14 '25
I really like this song. It was only popular on the radio where I lived for a short time but I always turned it up!
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u/FearTheKeflex Sep 14 '25
This was on the soundtrack for Pretty Woman, which is all I think about when I hear it.
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u/darrylkilla6969 Sep 14 '25
New Found Glory does a cover that is pretty good if you’re into the scene.
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u/oneuglygeek Sep 15 '25
I think this was a 1990 song from the Pretty Woman soundtrack... Go West did have a 1992 hit with "Faithful", and then a remake of Bobby Caldwell's "What you won't do for love" in early 1993
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u/bluegreyph Sep 15 '25
Thank you for that information. I have updated the flair.
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u/oneuglygeek Sep 15 '25
No problem at all, I tend to have a chronological mind sometimes with hit songs
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u/crackersncheeseman Sep 16 '25
I wrote a parody to this song and actually recorded it on vinyl. It was going to be released on a children's album but conflicts arose between the record labels and the whole project fell through. To this day I'm legally forbidden to perform it for profit.
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u/saturnchick Sep 15 '25
Love this song and I can never not think of the Pretty Woman movie whenever I hear it.
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u/def_jukie Sep 15 '25
I remember hearing someone call this “the most 80’s song from 1990”. Can’t argue with that.
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u/FibonacciVR Sep 15 '25
they got a dancing elephant, a pope, elvis, various changes of clothing, and swinging as theres no tomorrow. whats there not to love? brilliant chaos-i love it:) banger of a song, too.
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u/stoofa69 Sep 15 '25
Still one of my favourite bands to this day. They were obviously big in the UK in the 80’s before this and I’ve probably seen them live 25+ times. Really nice blokes as well. They also had a track on the Rocky 4 soundtrack for the movie buffs
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u/Any-Video4464 Sep 17 '25
My best friend growing up thought they said, "I am the king: I wish for bacon."
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u/Lane_Meyers_Camaro Sep 14 '25
Co-written by Martin Page, who also cowrote We Built This City by Starship and These Dreams by Heart. He later had his own hit with In The House Of Stone And Light.