Fantastic song. I immediately think of Fall 1990 when I hear this song and think of the transition period I was going through going. Summer of 1990 was the worst summer of my life, fall 1990 was sort of a period of positive recovery as things were getting better for me in life after how rough the summer had been.

My honest opinion is the 1990-1992 period was a fantastic period for many types of music and Tom’s Diner was certainly one of the great songs of a terrific era for Pop, Rock, R & B, and Rap.