▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1990
Middle School
1983–1985Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1986–1990The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1988–1990Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1990–1994Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1995–1999First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
2020
Generation
Gen X
You'd be about
54
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
Picture 1990: the Ninja Turtles on the TV, a pack of Dunkaroos close enough to grab, and just enough time to kill an afternoon wandering the mall.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
📰 Headlines
- Iraq invades Kuwait
- Nelson Mandela freed
- East & West Germany reunify
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Hubble Telescope launched
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Hubble Space Telescope launched
- Windows 3.0 ships
- Sega Genesis goes nationwide
- First web page (Berners-Lee)
- Adobe Photoshop 1.0
🏆 Sports
- Reds sweep the World Series
- Pistons repeat as NBA champs
- 49ers win Super Bowl XXIV
- Buster Douglas KOs Tyson
- Oilers win the Stanley Cup
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Hammer pants
- New Kids on the Block
- Game Boy mania
- Hypercolor shirts
👖 Clothes
- Acid-wash denim
- Neon windbreakers
- Hammer parachute pants
- Hightop fades
- Slap bracelets
💵 What it cost
- Stamp: 25¢
- Gas: ~$1.16/gal
- Movie ticket: ~$4.23
- Median new home: ~$123,000
- Milk: ~$2.78/gal
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
🥤 In the fridge
How well do you remember Class of 1990?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1990
“getting rickrolled”
— Anonymouson this song →“Oh the good ole days before all the controversy. At least Michael is making a comeback!”
— Anonymouson this song →
📸 Your Class of 1990 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1990 gear
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