Top 40 ROCK Songs Of The Year 1991
The year end rock music top 40 countdown for 1991

For 1991 R.E.M. came back strong to take the number one rock song spot for the year. Other top songs of the year were by The Black Crowes, Nirvana, Sting, Queensryche, Scorpions, Tesla, Van Halen, Metallica, Dire Straits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Extreme, U2, Rush, INXS, Van Halen, John Mellencamp, The Rolling Stones, Simple Minds, Huey Lewis And The News, Elvis Costello, The Doobie Brothers, 38 Special, the return of Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991, Yes, The Law, Guns N' Roses, Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, The Allman Brothers Band, Roger McGuinn, and School Of Fish.

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title

artist

Mar 1991

Mar 1991

5

2

1

1

Losing My Religion

R.E.M.

Jan 1991

Feb 1991

30

23

1

2

She Talks To Angels

The Black Crowes

Apr 1991

Apr 1991

26

1

3

Lift Me Up

Yes

Sep 1991

Dec 1991

6

3

1

4

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nirvana

Jan 1991

Jan 1991

5

7

1

5

All This Time

Sting

Jan 1991

Mar 1991

9

4

1

6

Silent Lucidity

Queensryche

Apr 1991

May 1991

4

1

2

7

Wind Of Change

Scorpions

Nov 1990

Jan 1991

8

7

1

8

Signs

Tesla

Jun 1991

Jul 1991

1

9

Runaround

Van Halen

Aug 1991

Aug 1991

16

1

10

Enter Sandman

Metallica

Sep 1991

Oct 1991

1

11

Heavy Fuel

Dire Straits

Jul 1991

Aug 1991

1

12

Out In The Cold

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Jun 1991

Jul 1991

4

2

1

13

Hole Hearted

Extreme

Mar 1991

Apr 1991

2

14

Laying Down The Law

The Law

Jun 1991

Jun 1991

28

19

1

15

Learning To Fly

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Oct 1991

Nov 1991

1

16

The Fly

U2

Oct 1991

Nov 1991

1

17

Roll The Bones

Rush

Jul 1991

Jul 1991

29

20

1

18

You Could Be Mine

Guns N' Roses

Sep 1991

Sep 1991

10

8

1

19

Don't Cry

Guns N' Roses

Oct 1991

Nov 1991

1

20

The Sky Is Crying

Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble

Jan 1991

Feb 1991

25

1

21

Bitter Tears

INXS

Jul 1991

Jul 1991

1

22

End Of The Line

The Allman Brothers Band

Jul 1991

Sep 1991

27

1

23

Top Of The World

Van Halen

Sep 1991

Oct 1991

1

24

Into The Great Wide Open

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

May 1991

May 1991

1

25

Seeing Things

The Black Crowes

Sep 1991

Sep 1991

1

26

Dreamline

Rush

Sep 1991

Oct 1991

14

23

1

27

Get A Leg Up

John Mellencamp

Mar 1991

Mar 1991

2

28

Highwire

The Rolling Stones

Mar 1991

Apr 1991

29

1

29

See The Lights

Simple Minds

May 1991

Jun 1991

1

30

Poundcake

Van Halen

Apr 1991

May 1991

11

9

1

31

Couple Days Off

Huey Lewis And The News

Sep 1991

Oct 1991

3

2

2

32

November Rain