The year in music

Best Songs of 1991

Nirvana’s “Nevermind” and “Smells Like Teen Spirit” change rock overnight. R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion”, U2’s “Achtung Baby”, Metallica’s Black Album, Massive Attack’s “Unfinished Sympathy”. Freddie Mercury dies.

Nirvana's Nevermind
Play 1991

59 songs

Come As You Are

Come As You Are

Nirvana
Love to Hate You

Love to Hate You

Erasure
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You

(Everything I Do) I Do It for You

Bryan Adams
Do I Have to Say the Words?

Do I Have to Say the Words?

Bryan Adams
Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven

Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven

Bryan Adams
The Show Must Go On

The Show Must Go On

Queen
Black or White

Black or White

Michael Jackson
Charly

Charly

The Prodigy
Everybody in the Place

Everybody in the Place

The Prodigy
Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)

Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)

Roxette
Joyride

Joyride

Roxette
Spending My Time

Spending My Time

Roxette
The Big L.

The Big L.

Roxette
Drain You

Drain You

Nirvana
In Bloom

In Bloom

Nirvana
Lithium

Lithium

Nirvana
One

One

U2
Smells Like Teen Spirit

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nirvana
Cry for Help

Cry for Help

Rick Astley
How I Could Just Kill a Man

How I Could Just Kill a Man

Cypress Hill
I Can't Dance

I Can't Dance

Genesis
Jesus Christ Pose

Jesus Christ Pose

Soundgarden
Latin Lingo

Latin Lingo

Cypress Hill
No Son of Mine

No Son of Mine

Genesis
Outshined

Outshined

Soundgarden
Rusty Cage

Rusty Cage

Soundgarden
Buggin' Out

Buggin' Out

A Tribe Called Quest
Check the Rhime

Check the Rhime

A Tribe Called Quest
Scenario

Scenario

A Tribe Called Quest
Emotions

Emotions

Mariah Carey
Feed My Frankenstein

Feed My Frankenstein

Alice Cooper
Losing My Religion

Losing My Religion

R.E.M.
Alive

Alive

Pearl Jam
American Music

American Music

Violent Femmes
Black

Black

Pearl Jam
Enter Sandman

Enter Sandman

Metallica
Jeremy

Jeremy

Pearl Jam
Mama, I'm Coming Home

Mama, I'm Coming Home

Ozzy Osbourne
No More Tears

No More Tears

Ozzy Osbourne
Nothing Else Matters

Nothing Else Matters

Metallica
Sad But True

Sad But True

Metallica
Give It Away

Give It Away

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Under the Bridge

Under the Bridge

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Motownphilly

Motownphilly

Boyz II Men
November Rain

November Rain

Guns N’ Roses
Similak Child

Similak Child

Black Sheep
Strobelite Honey

Strobelite Honey

Black Sheep
The Choice Is Yours

The Choice Is Yours

Black Sheep
Unfinished Sympathy

Unfinished Sympathy

Massive Attack
Batonga

Batonga

Angélique Kidjo
Only Shallow

Only Shallow

My Bloody Valentine
Silent All These Years

Silent All These Years

Tori Amos
When You Sleep

When You Sleep

My Bloody Valentine
Good Vibrations

Good Vibrations

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Hunger Strike

Hunger Strike

Temple of the Dog
I’m Too Sexy

I’m Too Sexy

Right Said Fred
Mind Playing Tricks on Me

Mind Playing Tricks on Me

Geto Boys
O.P.P.

O.P.P.

Naughty by Nature
Two Princes

Two Princes

Spin Doctors

1991 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 59 songs first released in 1991. Rock, Alternative Rock and Grunge lead the year. Nirvana, Roxette and A Tribe Called Quest are among the voices of 1991.

Artists of 1991

The sound of 1991

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