These are the UK Official Indie Chart number-one hits of the 1990 as compiled by MRIB and Music Week from August 11.
Issue date Song Artist Record label ref 6 January "Getting Away with It" Electronic Factory Network charts early 1990 13 January "Madchester Rave On" E.P. Happy Mondays 20 January 27 January 3 February "Ride" E.P. Ride Creation 10 February "Sleep With Me" Birdland Lazy 17 February "Indian Rope" The Charlatans Situation Two 24 February "Enjoy the Silence" Depeche Mode Mute 3 March 10 March "Elephant Stone" The Stone Roses Silvertone 17 March "Blue Savannah" Erasure Mute 24 March 8 April "This Is How It Feels" Inspiral Carpets Cow Network charts April - August 1990 15 April "Step On" Happy Mondays Factory 22 April 29 April 5 May 12 May 19 May "Glider EP" My Bloody Valentine Creation 26 May "Better the Devil You Know" Kylie Minogue PWL 2 June 9 June "The Only One I Know" The Charlatans Situation Two 16 June 23 June "World in Motion" EnglandNew Order Factory 30 June "She Comes in the Fall" Inspiral Carpets Cow 7 July 14 July "One Love" The Stone Roses Silvertone 21 July 28 July 4 August "Velouria" Pixies 4AD 11 August "Naked in the Rain" Blue Pearl Big Life 18 August 25 August 1 September 8 September "What Time Is Love?" The KLF KLF Communications 15 September 22 September 29 September 6 October "Groovy Train" The Farm Produce 13 October "I Can't Stand It!" Twenty 4 Seven Freaky 20 October 27 October 3 November "Kinky Afro" Happy Mondays Factory 10 November 17 November "Step Back in Time" Kylie Minogue PWL 24 November 1 December Island Head EP Inspiral Carpets Cow/Mute 8 December "Sucker DJ" Dimples D. FBI 15 December "All Together Now" The Farm Produce 22 December 29 December
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