List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1990s

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When the 1990s began, Billboard magazine published two rock charts, Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks, and the two formats played a decidedly different set of artists with a few exceptions. Crossover between the two began to increase, however, with the rise and emergence of alternative rock such as grunge and a heavier sound that appealed to both genres. Mainstays on the Album Rock chart, such as Def Leppard, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Van Halen were being mixed in with alternative bands such as Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Stone Temple Pilots, to name a few, by the middle part of the decade. The progressive rock of Rush's "Show Don't Tell", the final song to top the chart in the 1980s, had evolved into the post-grunge sound of Creed's "Higher" by the end of the 1990s. Despite the evolution, Van Halen still managed to top the chart more than any other artist during the 1990s with eight number-one songs.

The 1990s brought a new methodology of measuring airplay on the Billboard charts, and its impact was shown in the Album Rock Tracks chart.[1] Songs stayed on the chart for a long time and fewer songs made it on the chart. Ten songs had runs at number one of ten weeks or longer during the 1990s with the longest coming from "Touch, Peel and Stand" by Days of the New at 16 weeks. ("Higher" by Creed spent 17 weeks at the top of the chart but its last couple of weeks ran into the year 2000).

By 1996, rock radio stations had become more song driven rather than album driven. In response, Billboard changed the name of its Album Rock Tracks chart to Mainstream Rock Tracks in April of that year.[2]

Number ones of the 1990s

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 †  – Number-one song of the year

Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
1990
January 6 "Show Don't Tell" Rush
January 13 "Downtown Train" Rod Stewart [3]
January 20
January 27 "Bad Love" Eric Clapton [4]
February 3
February 10
February 17 "Black Velvet" Alannah Myles [5]
February 24 "What It Takes" Aerosmith [6]
March 3 "Black Velvet" Alannah Myles [5]
March 10 "Almost Hear You Sigh" The Rolling Stones [7]
March 17 "Blue Sky Mine" Midnight Oil [8]
March 24 "Hurting Kind" Robert Plant [9]
March 31
April 7
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 5 "Coming of Age" Damn Yankees [10]
May 12 "Texas Twister" Little Feat [11]
May 19 "Doubleback" ZZ Top [12]
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23 "Cradle of Love" Billy Idol [13]
June 30
July 7 "Holy Water" Bad Company [14]
July 14
July 21 "Across the River" Bruce Hornsby and the Range [15]
July 28 "The Other Side" Aerosmith [16]
August 4
August 11 "Good Clean Fun" Allman Brothers Band [17]
August 18 "Brickyard Road" Johnny Van Zant [18]
August 25
September 1
September 8 "Blaze of Glory" Jon Bon Jovi [19]
September 15 "Suicide Blonde" INXS [20]
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13 "Concrete and Steel" ZZ Top [21]
October 20
October 27
November 3
November 10 "Hard to Handle" The Black Crowes [22]
November 17
November 24 "One and Only Man" Steve Winwood [23]
December 1
December 8 "My Head's in Mississippi" ZZ Top [24]
December 15
December 22
December 29
1991
January 5 "My Head's in Mississipi" ZZ Top
January 12
January 19 "All This Time" Sting [25]
January 26
February 2
February 9
February 16
February 23
March 2
March 9 "She Talks to Angels" The Black Crowes [26]
March 16 "Highwire" The Rolling Stones [27]
March 23
March 30
April 6 "Silent Lucidity" Queensrÿche [28]
April 13 "Losing My Religion" R.E.M. [29]
April 20
April 27
May 4 "Lift Me Up" Yes [30]
May 11
May 18
May 25
June 1
June 8
June 15 "Poundcake" Van Halen [31]
June 22
June 29 "Learning to Fly" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers [32]
July 6
July 13
July 20
July 27
August 3
August 10 "Runaround" Van Halen [33]
August 17
August 24
August 31
September 7 "Out in the Cold" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers [34]
September 14
September 21 "Dreamline" Rush [35]
September 28
October 5
October 12
October 19 "Get a Leg Up" John Mellencamp [36]
October 26 "Top of the World" Van Halen [37]
November 2
November 9
November 16 "Get a Leg Up" John Mellencamp [36]
November 23 "Top of the World" Van Halen [37]
November 30 "Get a Leg Up" John Mellencamp [36]
December 7 "Heavy Fuel" Dire Straits [38]
December 14 "Mysterious Ways" U2 [39]
December 21
December 28
1992
January 4 "Mysterious Ways" U2
January 11
January 18
January 25
February 1
February 8
February 15
February 22
February 29
March 7 "Again Tonight" John Mellencamp [40]
March 14
March 21 "Human Touch" Bruce Springsteen [41]
March 28
April 4
April 11 "Let's Get Rocked" Def Leppard [42]
April 18 "One" U2 [43]
April 25
May 2 "Remedy" The Black Crowes [44]
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30
June 6
June 13
June 20
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18 "Sting Me" [45]
July 25
August 1 "Even Better Than the Real Thing" U2 [46]
August 8
August 15
August 22 "Thorn in My Pride" The Black Crowes [47]
August 29
September 5
September 12
September 19 "How About That" Bad Company [48]
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 17
October 24
October 31 "Digging in the Dirt" Peter Gabriel [49]
November 7 "Rest in Peace" Extreme [50]
November 14
November 21 "Keep the Faith" Bon Jovi [51]
November 28 "Hotel Illness" The Black Crowes [52]
December 5
December 12
December 19
December 26
1993
January 2 Hotel Illness The Black Crowes
January 9 "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" Def Leppard [53]
January 16
January 23
January 30
February 13 "Don't Tear Me Up" Mick Jagger [54]
February 20 "Won't Get Fooled Again" Van Halen [55]
February 27 "Pride and Joy" Coverdale and Page [56]
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
April 10 "Livin' on the Edge" Aerosmith [57]
April 17
April 24
May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22
May 29
June 5
June 12 "Are You Gonna Go My Way" Lenny Kravitz [58]
June 19
June 26 "Plush" Stone Temple Pilots [59]
July 3 "Big Gun" AC/DC [60]
July 10
July 17 "Cryin'" Aerosmith [61]
July 24
July 31
August 7
August 14
August 21
August 28 "What If I Came Knocking" John Mellencamp [62]
September 4
September 11 "Peace Pipe" Cry of Love [63]
September 18
September 25
October 2
October 9 "No Rain" Blind Melon [64]
October 16
October 23 "Stick It Out" Rush [65]
October 30
November 6
November 13
November 20 "Mary Jane's Last Dance" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers [66]
November 27
December 4 "Daughter" Pearl Jam [67]
December 11
December 18
December 25
1994
January 1 "Daughter" Pearl Jam
January 8
January 15
January 22
January 29 "Pincushion" ZZ Top [68]
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26 "Deuces Are Wild" Aerosmith [69]
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26 "No Excuses" Alice in Chains [70]
April 2
April 9 "Keep Talking" Pink Floyd [71]
April 16
April 23
April 30
May 7
May 14
May 21 "Shine"†[72] Collective Soul [73]
May 28
June 4
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16 "Black Hole Sun" Soundgarden [74]
July 23
July 30
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3 "Vasoline" Stone Temple Pilots [75]
September 10
September 17 "Interstate Love Song" Stone Temple Pilots [76]
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12
November 19
November 26
December 3
December 10
December 17
December 24
December 31 "You Don't Know How It Feels" Tom Petty [77]
1995
January 7 "Better Man" Pearl Jam [78]
January 14
January 21 "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)" Van Halen [79]
January 28
February 4
February 11 "Better Man" Pearl Jam [78]
February 18
February 25
March 4
March 11
March 18
March 25 "Lightning Crashes" Live [80]
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22
April 29
May 6
May 13
May 20
May 27
June 3 "December" Collective Soul [81]
June 10
June 17
June 24
June 30
July 7
July 14
July 21
July 28
August 5 "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" U2 [82]
August 12 "And Fools Shine On" Brother Cane [83]
August 19
August 26
September 2
September 9
September 16
September 23 "Tomorrow" Silverchair [84]
September 30
October 7
October 14 "Hard as a Rock" AC/DC [85]
October 21
October 28
November 4 "Name" Goo Goo Dolls [86]
November 11
November 18
November 25
December 2
December 9 "My Friends" Red Hot Chili Peppers [87]
December 16
December 23
December 30
1996
January 6 "Cumbersome" Seven Mary Three [88]
January 13
January 20
January 27
February 3 "The World I Know" Collective Soul [89]
February 10
February 17
February 24
March 2 "1979" The Smashing Pumpkins [90]
March 9
March 16 "Santa Monica" Everclear [91]
March 23
March 30
April 6 "In the Meantime" Spacehog [92]
April 13
April 20
April 27
May 4 "Big Bang Baby" Stone Temple Pilots [93]
May 11 "Where the River Flows" Collective Soul [94]
May 18
May 25 "Humans Being" Van Halen [95]
June 1
June 8 "Until It Sleeps" Metallica [96]
June 15
June 22
June 30
July 7
July 14
July 20
July 27 "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" Stone Temple Pilots [97]
August 3 "Until It Sleeps" Metallica [96]
August 10 "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" Stone Temple Pilots [97]
August 17
August 24
August 31 "Burden in My Hand" Soundgarden [98]
September 7
September 14
September 21
September 28
October 5 "Test for Echo" Rush [99]
October 12
October 19
October 26 "Me Wise Magic" Van Halen [100]
November 2
November 9
November 16
November 23
November 30
December 7 "Hero of the Day" Metallica [101]
December 14
December 21
December 28 "Blow Up the Outside World" Soundgarden [102]
1997
January 4 "Blow Up the Outside World" Soundgarden
January 11
January 18 "Lady Picture Show" Stone Temple Pilots [103]
January 25 "Blow Up the Outside World" Soundgarden [102]
February 1 "One Headlight" The Wallflowers [104]
February 8
February 15
February 22
March 1
March 8 "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" Aerosmith [105]
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12 "Precious Declaration" Collective Soul [106]
April 19
April 26
May 3
May 10 "Gone Away" The Offspring [107]
May 17
May 24 "Little White Lie" Sammy Hagar [108]
May 31
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28 "If You Could Only See" Tonic [109]
July 5
July 12
July 19
July 26
August 2 "Listen" Collective Soul [110]
August 9
August 16
August 23
August 30
September 6 "Pink" Aerosmith [111]
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4 "Touch, Peel and Stand" Days of the New [112]
October 11
October 18
October 25
November 1
November 8
November 15
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
December 20
December 27
1998
January 3 "Touch, Peel and Stand" Days of the New
January 10
January 17
January 24 "Given to Fly" Pearl Jam [113]
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
March 7 "Without You" Van Halen [114]
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11
April 18 "Blue on Black" Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band [115]
April 25
May 2
May 9 "Most High" Jimmy Page & Robert Plant [116]
May 16
May 23 "Blue on Black" Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band [115]
May 30
June 6 "I Lie in the Bed I Make" Brother Cane [117]
June 13
June 20
June 27
July 4 "Blue on Black" Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band [115]
July 11 "The Down Town" Days of the New [118]
July 18
July 25
August 1
August 8
August 15
August 22
August 29
September 5
September 12
September 19 "What's This Life For" Creed [119]
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 17
October 24
October 31 "Psycho Circus" Kiss [120]
November 7 "Fly Away" Lenny Kravitz [121]
November 28 "Turn the Page" Metallica [122]
December 5
December 12
December 19
December 26
1999
January 2 "Turn the Page" Metallica
January 9
January 16
January 23
January 30
February 6
February 13 "What It's Like" Everlast [123]
February 20 "Heavy" Collective Soul [124]
February 27
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
April 10
April 17
April 24
May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22
May 29
June 5 "Lit Up" Buckcherry [125]
June 12
June 19
June 26 "Promises" Def Leppard [126]
July 3
July 10
July 17 "Scar Tissue" Red Hot Chili Peppers [127]
July 24
July 31
August 7
August 14
August 21
August 28
September 5
September 12
September 19
September 25 "Higher" Creed [128]
October 2
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6
November 13
November 20
November 27
December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25

References

  1. ^ "Album Rock Chart Changes". Billboard. 104 (26): 67. June 27, 1992.
  2. ^ "Name Changed on Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. 108 (15): 6. April 13, 1996.
  3. ^ "Downtown Train" January 13–20, 1990:
  4. ^ "Bad Love" January 27 – February 10, 1990:
  5. ^ a b "Black Velvet" February 17 & March 3, 1990:
  6. ^ "What It Takes" February 24, 1990:
  7. ^ "Almost Hear You Sigh" March 10, 1990:
  8. ^ "Blue Sky Mine" March 17, 1990:
  9. ^ "Hurting Kind" March 24 – April 28, 1990:
  10. ^ "Coming of Age" May 5, 1990:
  11. ^ "Texas Twister" May 12, 1990:
  12. ^ "Doubleback" May 19 – June 16, 1990:
  13. ^ "Cradle of Love" June 23–30, 1990:
  14. ^ "Holy Water" July 7–14, 1990:
  15. ^ "Across the River" July 21, 1990:
  16. ^ "The Other Side" July 28 – August 4, 1990:
  17. ^ "Good Clean Fun" August 11, 1990:
  18. ^ "Brickyard Road" August 18 – September 1, 1990:
  19. ^ "Blaze of Glory" September 8, 1990:
  20. ^ "Suicide Blonde" September 15 – October 6, 1990:
  21. ^ "Concrete and Steel" October 13 – November 3, 1990:
  22. ^ "Hard to Handle" November 10–17, 1990:
  23. ^ "One and Only Man" November 24 – December 1, 1990:
  24. ^ "My Head's in Mississippi" December 8, 1990 – January 12, 1991:
  25. ^ "All This Time" January 19, 1991 – March 2, 1991:
  26. ^ "She Talks to Angels" March 9, 1991:
  27. ^ "Highwire" March 16–30, 1991:
  28. ^ "Silent Lucidity" April 6, 1991:
  29. ^ "Losing My Religion" April 13–27, 1991:
  30. ^ "Lift Me Up" May 4 – June 8, 1991:
  31. ^ "Poundcake" June 15–22, 1991:
  32. ^ "Learning to Fly" June 29 – August 3, 1991:
  33. ^ "Runaround" August 10–31, 1991:
  34. ^ "Out in the Cold" September 7–14, 1991:
  35. ^ "Dreamline" September 21 – October 12, 1991:
  36. ^ a b c "Get a Leg Up" October 19, November 16 & 30, 1991:
  37. ^ a b "Top of the World" October 26 – November 9, November 23, 1991:
  38. ^ "Heavy Fuel" December 7, 1991:
  39. ^ "Mysterious Ways" December 14, 1991 – February 29, 1992:
  40. ^ "Again Tonight" March 7–14, 1992:
  41. ^ "Human Touch" March 21 – April 4, 1992:
  42. ^ "Let's Get Rocked" April 11, 1992:
  43. ^ "One" April 18–25, 1992:
  44. ^ "Remedy" May 2 – July 11, 1992:
  45. ^ "Sting Me" July 18–25, 1992:
  46. ^ "Even Better Than the Real Thing" August 1–15, 1992:
  47. ^ "Thorn in My Pride" August 22 – September 12, 1992:
  48. ^ "How About That" September 19 – October 24, 1992:
  49. ^ "Digging in the Dirt" October 31, 1992:
  50. ^ "Rest in Peace" November 7–14, 1992:
  51. ^ "Keep the Faith" November 7–14, 1992:
  52. ^ "Hotel Illness" November 28, 1992 – January 2, 1993:
  53. ^ "Stand Up" January 9 – February 6, 1993:
  54. ^ "Don't Tear Me Up" February 13, 1993:
  55. ^ "Won't Get Fooled Again" February 20, 1993:
  56. ^ "Pride and Joy" February 27 – April 3, 1993:
  57. ^ "Livin' on the Edge" April 10 – June 5, 1993:
  58. ^ "Are You Gonna Go My Way" June 12–19, 1993:
  59. ^ "Plush" June 26, 1993:
  60. ^ "Big Gun" July 3–10, 1993:
  61. ^ "Cryin'" July 17 – August 21, 1993:
  62. ^ "What If I Came Knocking" August 28 – September 4, 1993:
  63. ^ "Peace Pipe" September 11 – October 2, 1993:
  64. ^ "No Rain" October 9–16, 1993:
  65. ^ "Stick It Out" October 23 – November 13, 1993:
  66. ^ "Mary Jane's Last Dance" November 20–27, 1993:
  67. ^ "Daughter" December 4, 1993 – January 22, 1994:
  68. ^ "Pincushion" January 29 – February 19, 1994:
  69. ^ "Deuces Are Wild" February 26 – March 19, 1994:
  70. ^ "No Excuses" March 26 – April 2, 1994:
  71. ^ "Keep Talking" April 9 – May 14, 1994:
  72. ^ "The Year in Music 1994 – Hot Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. 106 (52): YE-62. December 24, 1994. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  73. ^ "Shine" May 21 – July 9, 1994:
  74. ^ "Black Hole Sun" July 16 – August 27, 1994:
  75. ^ "Vasoline" September 3–10, 1994:
  76. ^ "Interstate Love Song" September 17 – December 24, 1994:
  77. ^ "You Don't Know How It Feels" December 31, 1994:
  78. ^ a b "Better Man" January 7–14, February 11 – March 18, 1995:
  79. ^ "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)" January 21 – February 4, 1995:
  80. ^ "Lightning Crashes" March 25 – May 27, 1995:
  81. ^ "December" June 3 – July 29, 1995:
  82. ^ "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" August 5, 1995:
  83. ^ "And Fools Shine On" August 12 – September 16, 1995:
  84. ^ "Tomorrow" September 23 – October 7, 1995:
  85. ^ "Hard as a Rock" October 14–28, 1995:
  86. ^ "Name" November 4 – December 2, 1995:
  87. ^ "My Friends" December 9–30, 1995:
  88. ^ "Cumbersome" January 6–27, 1996:
  89. ^ "The World I Know" February 3–24, 1996:
  90. ^ "1979" March 2–9, 1996:
  91. ^ "Santa Monica" March 16–30, 1996:
  92. ^ "In the Meantime" April 6–27, 1996:
  93. ^ "Big Bang Baby" May 4, 1996:
  94. ^ "Where the River Flows" May 11–18, 1996:
  95. ^ "Humans Being" May 25 – June 1, 1996:
  96. ^ a b "Until It Sleeps" June 8 – July 20, August 3, 1996:
  97. ^ a b "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" July 27, August 10–24, 1996:
  98. ^ "Burden in My Hand" August 31 – September 28, 1996:
  99. ^ "Test for Echo" October 5–19, 1996:
  100. ^ "Me Wise Magic" October 26 – November 30, 1996:
  101. ^ "Hero of the Day" December 7–21, 1996:
  102. ^ a b "Blow Up the Outside World" December 28, 1996 – January 11, January 25, 1997:
  103. ^ "Lady Picture Show" January 18, 1997:
  104. ^ "One Headlight" February 1 – March 1, 1997:
  105. ^ "Falling in Love" March 8 – April 5, 1997:
  106. ^ "Precious Declaration" April 12 – May 3, 1997:
  107. ^ "Gone Away" May 10–17, 1997:
  108. ^ "Little White Lie" May 24 – June 21, 1997:
  109. ^ "If You Could Only See" June 28 – July 25, 1997:
  110. ^ "Listen" August 2–30, 1997:
  111. ^ "Pink" September 6–27, 1997:
  112. ^ "Touch, Peel and Stand" October 4, 1997 – January 17, 1998:
  113. ^ "Given to Fly" January 24 – February 28, 1998:
  114. ^ "Without You" March 7 – April 11, 1998:
  115. ^ a b c "Blue on Black" April 18 – May 2, May 23–30, July 4, 1998:
  116. ^ "Most High" May 9–16, 1998:
  117. ^ "I Lie in the Bed I Make" June 6–27, 1998:
  118. ^ "The Down Town" July 11 – September 16, 1998:
  119. ^ "What's This Life For" September 19 – October 24, 1998:
  120. ^ "Psycho Circus" October 31, 1998:
  121. ^ "Fly Away" November 7–21, 1998:
  122. ^ "Turn the Page" November 28, 1998 – February 6, 1999:
  123. ^ "What It's Like" February 13, 1999:
  124. ^ "Heavy" February 20 – May 29, 1999:
  125. ^ "Lit Up" June 5–19, 1999:
  126. ^ "Promises" June 26 – July 10, 1999:
  127. ^ "Scar Tissue" July 17 – September 18, 1999:
  128. ^ "Higher" September 25, 1999 – January , 2000:
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