(Finished November 7th, 2025) Part 4 of The Last Great Billboard Hot 100 Year End Chart: 1991: 53-39

Hello,

I’m an old man and I still think the decade of the 80s was the best decade of music in this modern era of music. I looked at the year end chart for 2000. Sure there were some great songs. But oh my goodness there were some crappy songs. I also looked at 2008’s Billboard year end chart and again there were so many bad songs in that year. There were probably more bad songs than good songs.

So from my old man’s perspective I went back and looked to see what year was the last great Billboard Year End Top 100 and that year seems to be 1991.

I’m going to countdown those 100 songs in order of quality in my opinion.

53) Warrant “I Saw Red”:

I know that a lot of people think this song is silly, but I think it’s great. But I am a huge R.E.M. fan. 52) R.E.M. featuring Kate Pierson “Shiny Happy People”:

51) Poison “Something To Believe In”:

50) Cathy Dennis “Touch Me All Night Long”:

49) Suzanne Vega and DNA “Tom’s Diner”:

48) C + C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams “Things That Make You Go Hmmmm”:

47) Londonbeat “I’ve Been Thinking About You”:

46) UB40 “The Way You Do The Things You Do”:

45) Winger “Miles Away”:

44) Tevin Campbell “Round and Round”:

43) Bryan Adams “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started”:

The incomparable Whitney Houston!! 42) Miss Houston “All The Man That I Need”:

41) Bonnie Raitt “Something To Talk About”:

40) C+C Music Factory “Here We Go Let’s Rock & Roll”:

39) Timmy T “One More Try”:

53) Warrant “I Saw Red”:

I know that a lot of people think this song is silly, but I think it’s great. But I am a huge R.E.M. fan. 52) R.E.M. featuring Kate Pierson “Shiny Happy People”:

51) Poison “Something To Believe In”:

50) Cathy Dennis “Touch Me All Night Long”:

49) Michael Bolton “Time, Love and Tenderness”:

48) Suzanne Vega and DNA “Tom’s Diner”:

47) C + C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams “Things That Make You Go Hmmmm”:

46) Londonbeat “I’ve Been Thinking About You”:

45) UB40 “The Way You Do The Things You Do”:

44) Winger “Miles Away”:

43) Tevin Campbell “Round and Round”:

42) Bryan Adams “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started”:

The incomparable Whitney Houston!! 41) Miss Houston “All The Man That I Need”:

40) Bonnie Raitt “Something To Talk About”:

39) C+C Music Factory “Here We Go Let’s Rock & Roll”:

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