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Year-end countdown · CFNY 102.1 The Edge · 1991

CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991

The year-end countdown for 1991 from CFNY 102.1 The Edge in Toronto, ON ranks 91 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 66 different artists; Barenaked Ladies has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
2 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
3 If I Had A Million Dollars Barenaked Ladies 6 #3
4 Superman's Song Crash Test Dummies 19 #4
5 Right Here, Right Now Jesus Jones 49 #3
6 Rush Big Audio Dynamite II 40 #5
7 Unbelievable EMF 50 #2
8 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 75 #3
9 Kiss Them for Me Siouxsie and the Banshees 48 #3
10 The Fly U2 27 #10
11 Political Spirit of the West 2 #11
12 Enter Sandman Metallica 73 #5
13 Mysterious Ways U2 74 #2
14 American Music Violent Femmes 39 #14
15 Get The Message Electronic 26 #7
16 Shiny Happy People R.E.M. 30 #8
17 Jesus Built My Hotrod Ministry 21 #3
18 Mcdonald's Girl Barenaked Ladies 3 #18
19 All Together Now The Farm 23 #19
20 Little Bones The Tragically Hip 7 #5
21 Groovy Train The Farm 20 #21
22 Kill Your Television Ned's Atomic Dustbin 22 #22
23 Sexuality Billy Bragg 29 #17
24 The Size of a Cow The Wonderstuff 2 #24
25 Chorus Erasure 12 #8
26 Crazy Seal 36 #6
27 Allen's Got A New Hi-Fi LaTour 2 #27
28 The Sweater Meryn Cadell 14 #28
29 Sing Your Life Morrissey 4 #29
30 I Am Here The Grapes of Wrath 2 #30
31 Bring the Noise Anthrax 8 #31
32 There's No Other Way Blur 39 #20
33 Valerie Loves Me Material Issue 42 #19
34 3 Strange Days School of Fish 34 #1
35 Life Is A Highway Tom Cochrane 5 #35
36 The Globe Big Audio Dynamite II 29 #9
37 Rocket Man Kate Bush 4 #30
38 International Bright Young Thing Jesus Jones 21 #11
39 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
40 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 117 #1
41 Godlike KMFDM 3 #41
42 My Love Life Morrissey 4 #42
43 Real, Real, Real Jesus Jones 10 #13
44 Sit Down James 28 #8
45 Blackwater Rain Tree Crow 1 #45
46 There She Goes The La's 47 #16
47 Love to Hate You Erasure 7 #21
48 Supernaut 1,000 Homo DJ's 3 #48
49 3 A.M. Eternal The KLF 3 #49
50 Be My Yoko Ono Barenaked Ladies 17 #50
51 The Path of Thorns (Terms) Sarah McLachlan 1 #51
52 My Special Child Sinéad O'Connor 2 #52
53 Sadeness (Part 1) Enigma 2 #53
54 Chocolate Cake Crowded House 21 #20
55 In Yer Face 808 State 2 #55
56 Radio Song R.E.M. 26 #10
57 Monsters and Angels Voice of the Beehive 5 #27
58 Planet of Sound The Pixies 17 #3
59 See the Lights Simple Minds 6 #13
60 Brian Wilson Barenaked Ladies 9 #14
61 Little Fluffy Clouds The Orb 25 #42
62 What Time Is Love? The KLF 2 #62
63 Feel Every Beat Electronic 5 #37
64 Walking Down Madison Kirsty MacColl 21 #57
65 Lift 808 State 1 #65
66 Fall at Your Feet Crowded House 16 #12
67 D For Democracy Spirit of the West 1 #67
68 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You Bryan Adams 5 #8
69 Jesus Christ Pose Soundgarden 5 #69
70 Stop! Jane's Addiction 46 #6
71 Obscurity Knocks The Trash Can Sinatras 3 #71
72 That's Entertainment Morrissey 5 #31
73 Into The Fire Sarah McLachlan 24 #47
74 Tighten Up Electronic 5 #54
75 James Brown Is Dead L.A. Style 1 #75
76 Learning To Fly Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 9 #76
77 Made for T.V. King Apparatus 3 #66
78 All Souls Night Loreena McKennitt 1 #78
79 Roll The Bones Rush 1 #79
80 Bike Sara Craig 1 #80
81 Wild Hearted Son The Cult 5 #33
82 More Sisters of Mercy 24 #23
83 Drawn To The Rhythm Sarah McLachlan 16 #83
84 The Ghosts That Haunt Me Crash Test Dummies 1 #84
85 X, Y And Zee Pop Will Eat Itself 1 #85
86 Cream Prince & The N.P.G. 1 #86
87 Happy Ned's Atomic Dustbin 22 #22
88 More than Words Extreme 8 #4
89 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 42 #7
90 A Little Time The Beautiful South 3 #72
91 The Only One I Know The Charlatans 32 #6

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About this countdown

CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991 was broadcast by CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON). 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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