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91X Top 91 Songs of 1991

The year-end countdown for 1991 from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 91 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 62 different artists; R.E.M. has the most entries with six songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
2 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 173 #1
3 Kiss Them for Me Siouxsie and the Banshees 55 #3
4 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 115 #3
5 Unbelievable EMF 55 #2
6 Right Here, Right Now Jesus Jones 58 #3
7 Rush Big Audio Dynamite 51 #5
8 Mysterious Ways U2 135 #1
9 The Globe Big Audio Dynamite 37 #9
10 Radio Song R.E.M. 27 #10
11 Shiny Happy People R.E.M. 36 #8
12 Fall at Your Feet Crowded House 19 #12
13 Real, Real, Real Jesus Jones 10 #13
14 The Fly U2 28 #10
15 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 89 #1
16 There She Goes The La's 59 #16
17 Sexuality Billy Bragg 32 #17
18 Satisfied Squeeze 17 #18
19 I Touch Myself The Divinyls 36 #12
20 Chocolate Cake Crowded House 22 #20
21 Love to Hate You Erasure 7 #21
22 Groovy Train The Farm 23 #21
23 Crazy Seal 43 #6
24 I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred 15 #24
25 3 Strange Days School of Fish 43 #1
26 Enter Sandman Metallica 164 #2
27 Shadowtime Siouxsie and the Banshees 12 #27
28 Bring the Noise Anthrax and Public Enemy 1 #28
29 Jerry Was A Race Car Driver Primus 62 #26
30 Our Frank Morrissey 18 #30
31 That's Entertainment Morrissey 5 #31
32 Get The Message Electronic 28 #7
33 Wild Hearted Son The Cult 5 #33
34 Rocket Man Kate Bush 4 #30
35 There's No Other Way Blur 43 #20
36 Cream Prince 8 #20
37 Feel Every Beat Electronic 5 #37
38 Sailing the Seven Seas Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 2 #38
39 Chorus Erasure 12 #8
40 It Won't Be Long Alison Moyet 5 #19
41 Sing Your Life Morrissey 4 #29
42 Caribbean Blue Enya 15 #28
43 Texarkana R.E.M. 17 #43
44 Miss Freelove '69 Hoodoo Gurus 19 #44
45 So You Think You're In Love Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians 25 #28
46 It Ain't Over Til It's Over Lenny Kravitz 16 #46
47 All Together Now The Farm 26 #19
48 Sex On Wheelz My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 13 #48
49 See the Lights Simple Minds 7 #13
50 Jesus Built My Hotrod Ministry 25 #3
51 You Woke Up My Neighborhood Billy Bragg 16 #51
52 Monsters and Angels Voice of the Beehive 5 #27
53 Mad About You Sting 7 #53
54 Learning To Fly Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 73 #54
55 Shining Star INXS 2 #55
56 Suck My Kiss Red Hot Chili Peppers 46 #30
57 Ripple Jane's Addiction 16 #57
58 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
59 Grey Cell Green Ned's Atomic Dustbin 31 #49
60 One U2 172 #1
61 Near Wild Heaven R.E.M. 6 #13
62 Don't Cry Guns N Roses 34 #62
63 Walking Down Madison Kirsty MacColl 24 #57
64 All This Time Sting 12 #11
65 Until She Comes The Psychedelic Furs 20 #13
66 Alive and Living Now Golden Palominos 3 #66
67 Calling Elvis Dire Straits 3 #10
68 Always On The Run Lenny Kravitz 22 #9
69 Beautiful Love Julian Cope 8 #69
70 Family Man Nitzer Ebb 4 #69
71 Into The Great Wide Open Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 46 #71
72 Sunless Saturday Fishbone 20 #72
73 American Music Violent Femmes 45 #14
74 Stand By Love Simple Minds 3 #74
75 Lies EMF 4 #44
76 On a Plain Nirvana 32 #32
77 Happy Ned's Atomic Dustbin 22 #22
78 You Could Be Mine Guns N Roses 36 #78
79 Backlash Joan Jett 1 #79
80 Valerie Loves Me Material Issue 46 #19
81 Me In Honey R.E.M. 11 #81
82 Gett Off Prince 1 #82
83 She's A Girl And I'm A Man Lloyd Cole 17 #83
84 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Robert Palmer/UB40 1 #84
85 Pearl Chapterhouse 4 #33
86 International Bright Young Thing Jesus Jones 23 #11
87 Siva The Smashing Pumpkins 12 #27
88 Heart and Soul The Cult 1 #88
89 Naked Rain This Picture 6 #38
90 The Other Side of Summer Elvis Costello 7 #25
91 Baby Universal Tin Machine 9 #89

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91X Top 91 Songs of 1991 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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