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91X Top 91 Songs of 1990

The year-end countdown for 1990 from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 91 songs, with “Been Caught Stealing” by Jane's Addiction at number one. The list features 69 different artists; The Cure has the most entries with five songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
2 Never Enough The Cure 24 #2
3 Candy Iggy Pop 29 #3
4 Policy of Truth Depeche Mode 52 #2
5 World In My Eyes Depeche Mode 34 #5
6 Stop! Jane's Addiction 46 #6
7 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
8 Suicide Blonde INXS 17 #8
9 Blue Sky Mine Midnight Oil 36 #9
10 Don't Ask Me Public Image Ltd. 6 #6
11 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O'Connor 47 #1
12 Cuts You Up Peter Murphy 51 #10
13 Jealous Gene Loves Jezebel 20 #13
14 Night and Day U2 3 #14
15 Epic (What Is It) Faith No More 15 #6
16 Type Living Colour 4 #16
17 Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays 48 #3
18 Joey Concrete Blonde 43 #15
19 The Only One I Know The Charlatans 32 #6
20 The Way You Do The Things You Do UB40 22 #20
21 Hippychick Soho 24 #5
22 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
23 The Emperor's New Clothes Sinéad O'Connor 29 #12
24 Tom's Diner Suzanne Vega 17 #24
25 King of the Mountain Midnight Oil 18 #25
26 Cradle of Love Billy Idol 8 #19
27 Disappear INXS 11 #27
28 Out of Control Oingo Boingo 1 #28
29 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 42 #7
30 Kool Thing Sonic Youth 31 #30
31 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 56 #2
32 Fury Eyes The Creatures 4 #32
33 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 41 #1
34 November Spawned a Monster Morrissey 19 #16
35 Hello I Love You The Cure 17 #35
36 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 65 #1
37 God Tonight Real Life 4 #29
38 Forgotten Years Midnight Oil 22 #38
39 I'm Free The Soup Dragons 42 #1
40 Falling to Pieces Faith No More 3 #40
41 Put the Message in a Box World Party 2 #41
42 Groove Is In The Heart Dee-Lite 13 #4
43 L.A. Woman Billy Idol 1 #43
44 Way Down Now World Party 24 #40
45 Pure The Lightning Seeds 33 #13
46 Home Iggy Pop 4 #46
47 The Road The Alarm 7 #47
48 Room at the Top Adam Ant 6 #44
49 Post Post Modern Man Devo 4 #49
50 What Happened to You The Call 1 #50
51 That's A Lie! Too Much Joy 18 #51
52 Merry Go Round The Replacements 21 #52
53 Justify My Love Madonna 2 #53
54 No Myth Michael Penn 27 #23
55 Iceblink Luck Cocteau Twins 13 #22
56 World in Motion New Order 5 #21
57 Harold and Joe The Cure 2 #57
58 The Obvious Child Paul Simon 7 #49
59 Falling Julee Cruise 2 #50
60 A Strange Kind of Love Peter Murphy 6 #60
61 Lightning Man Nitzer Ebb 5 #61
62 A Girl Like You The Smithereens 39 #30
63 Metropolis The Church 23 #33
64 Strawberry Fields Forever Candy Flip 5 #39
65 Prodigal Blues Billy Idol 2 #43
66 Getting Away With It Electronic 16 #21
67 Head On The Jesus and Mary Chain 29 #21
68 Faith and Healing Ian McCulloch 2 #68
69 Blue Period The Smithereens 1 #69
70 Close to Me The Cure 72 #11
71 Pretty Pink Rose Adrian Belew 5 #71
72 More Sisters of Mercy 24 #23
73 Niceness Pato Banton 1 #73
74 Got the Time Anthrax 3 #74
75 Here I Am (Come and Take Me) UB40 17 #18
76 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
77 Violence of Summer Duran Duran 3 #58
78 You're Amazing Robert Palmer 1 #78
79 Crystal Clear The Darling Buds 9 #41
80 Butterfly on a Wheel Mission U.K. 4 #74
81 Only Tongue Can Tell The Trash Can Sinatras 7 #7
82 Blue Savannah Erasure 4 #45
83 So Hard Pet Shop Boys 5 #16
84 Kiss This Thing Goodbye Del Amitri 8 #84
85 Thunderstruck AC/DC 58 #2
86 Someone Take the Wheel The Replacements 2 #86
87 Mr. Cab Driver Lenny Kravitz 18 #65
88 When the Lights Go Out Oingo Boingo 1 #88
89 A Life of Sundays The Waterboys 1 #89
90 Broken Heart Red Flag 3 #74
91 I Don't Know Why I Love You The House of Love 10 #10

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About this countdown

91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 was broadcast by 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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