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Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991

The year-end countdown for 1991 from Live 105 in San Francisco, CA ranks 105 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 99 different artists.

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1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
2 Unbelievable EMF 50 #2
3 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
4 Kiss Them for Me Siouxsie and the Banshees 48 #3
5 Rush Big Audio Dynamite II 40 #5
6 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 75 #3
7 Get The Message Electronic 26 #7
8 Chorus Erasure 12 #8
9 3 Strange Days School of Fish 34 #1
10 Take Five Northside 1 #10
11 International Bright Young Thing Jesus Jones 21 #11
12 I Touch Myself The Divinyls 34 #12
13 See the Lights Simple Minds 6 #13
14 Pandora's Box (It's a Long, Long Way) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 2 #14
15 Sit Down James 28 #8
16 Mysterious Ways U2 74 #2
17 Until She Comes The Psychedelic Furs 20 #13
18 Here She Comes Motorcycle Boy 3 #18
19 Valerie Loves Me Material Issue 42 #19
20 Shiny Happy People R.E.M. 30 #8
21 The Globe Big Audio Dynamite II 29 #9
22 Happy Ned's Atomic Dustbin 22 #22
23 Thinking of You Seven Red Seven 1 #23
24 Sexuality Billy Bragg 29 #17
25 It Won't Be Long Alison Moyet 5 #19
26 Jerry Was A Race Car Driver Primus 48 #26
27 Monsters and Angels Voice of the Beehive 5 #27
28 There's No Other Way Blur 39 #20
29 Reach the Rock Havana 3 A.M. 1 #29
30 How Much is Enough? The Fixx 3 #30
31 Number One Dominator Top 1 #31
32 Caught In My Shadow The Wonderstuff 16 #30
33 B With U Transvision Vamp 1 #33
34 So You Think You're in Love Robyn Hitchcock 6 #28
35 Pearl Chapterhouse 4 #33
36 Human Nature Gary Clail 2 #36
37 Spiritual High Moodswings 6 #37
38 Naked Rain This Picture 6 #38
39 Move Any Mountain The Shamen 13 #29
40 That Ain't Bad Ratcat 2 #40
41 Drive That Fast The Kitchens of Distinction 15 #41
42 All This Time Sting 12 #11
43 Red Hills Road Candy Flip 1 #43
44 A Letter To Memphis The Pixies 13 #19
45 Native Son The Judybats 8 #45
46 Cerulean The Ocean Blue 9 #46
47 Free Love Voice Farm 1 #47
48 Shadowtime Siouxsie and the Banshees 12 #27
49 Crazy Seal 36 #6
50 I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred 15 #24
51 Sing Your Life Morrissey 4 #29
52 Love to Hate You Erasure 7 #21
53 Stay Beautiful Manic Street Preachers 1 #53
54 Tighten Up Electronic 5 #54
55 Sadeness (Part 1) Enigma 2 #53
56 Detonation Sisters of Mercy 1 #56
57 Walking Down Madison Kirsty MacColl 21 #57
58 The Way You Are The Primitives 1 #58
59 Star Sign Teenage Fanclub 20 #5
60 All Together Now The Farm 23 #19
61 Planet Love The Dylans 1 #61
62 Crush Story Too Much Joy 22 #14
63 Jesus Built My Hotrod Ministry 21 #3
64 Movin On Up Primal Scream 21 #64
65 So and Slow It Grows Wir 1 #65
66 Hands Across The Ocean Mission U.K. 6 #66
67 Rock Steady International Beat 1 #67
68 Satisfied Squeeze 17 #18
69 Family Man Nitzer Ebb 4 #69
70 Still Smiling I Start Counting 1 #70
71 American Music Violent Femmes 39 #14
72 Which Way Should I Jump? The Milltown Brothers 1 #72
73 Bob's Yer Uncle Happy Mondays 4 #73
74 Heaven (I Want You) Camouflage 8 #74
75 Can You Dig It? The Mock Turtles 9 #75
76 It's Only Natural Crowded House 20 #35
77 Vote Elvis Popinjays 1 #77
78 This is How It Feels Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine 1 #78
79 I Can't Sleep The La's 1 #79
80 Only Love Can Break Your Heart St. Etienne 5 #46
81 Caribbean Blue Enya 14 #28
82 In Wonder Presence 1 #82
83 Where the Streets Have No Name (tie) Spirea-X - Speed Reaction (tie) Pet Shop Boys 1 #83
84 Halfpie The Wendy's 1 #84
85 Rocket Man Kate Bush 4 #30
86 She Blew Me Away The Candy Skins 1 #86
87 Perpetual Dawn The Orb 1 #87
88 Shoot You Down Birdland 1 #88
89 Baby Universal Tin Machine 9 #89
90 From a Million Single Gun Theory 1 #90
91 Grey Cell Green (tie) Xymox - Phoenix of My Heart (tie) Ned's Atomic Dustbin 1 #91
92 De-Luxe Lush 3 #46
93 Down With the Ship Scatterbrain 1 #93
94 Spice Eon 1 #94
95 Top of the Pops The Smithereens 11 #23
96 Easy Come, Easy Go G. W. McLennan 1 #96
97 Last Train to Transcentral (tie) Hoodoo Gurus - Miss Freelove '69 (tie) The KLF 1 #97
98 Bring the Noise Anthrax 8 #31
99 Julie's Blanket Mary's Danish 2 #82
100 Sam Meat Puppets 1 #100
101 Siva The Smashing Pumpkins 12 #27
102 The Other Side of Summer Elvis Costello 6 #25
103 Psyche Out Seers 1 #103
104 Sex On Wheelz My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 13 #48
105 I've Been Waiting 105.3 Latour - People Are Still Having Sex Matthew Sweet 1 #105

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About this countdown

Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991 was broadcast by Live 105 (San Francisco, CA). 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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