http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGoWtY_h4xo&feature=kp

Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2G8UdmSKJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlLsbL2LJKw

Luther Vandross - Power of Love (Love Power)

Brian Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We Started
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP4Nnek6DCo

Kylie Minogue - What Do I Have To Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q53e-IWTSTc
Kylie Minogue - Shocked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOyjx0qdFms
Kylie Minogue - Word Is Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLF3T2ztQvs
Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington - If You Were With Me Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4HXtbN5L6o

"Crazy" by Seal... the whole song is almost six minutes long, but many radio stations cut out bits of the second half to make it shorter; some even took out the intro. Personally I like to hear the entire thing.
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"Crazy" by Seal... the whole song is almost six minutes long, but many radio stations cut out bits of the second half to make it shorter; some even took out the intro. Personally I like to hear the entire thing.
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This was before he cut off his dreadlocks.

This was before he cut off his dreadlocks.

I had no idea he looked like that... but then again, that's probably his earliest hit song.

I had no idea he looked like that... but then again, that's probably his earliest hit song.


Me neither, I didn't know it was him at first.

"A Message to Your Heart", written and composed by Paul Curtis, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed by Samantha Janus. Paul Curtis also penned the previous year's entry, "Give a Little Love Back to the World." At the end of judging that evening, "A Message to Your Heart" took the tenth-place slot with 47 points. After Eurovision, the song placed at #30 on the UK Singles Chart, and was in the chart for 3 weeks.

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While this isn't about a specific song, I'm going to be making a general observation about what MTV was like that year as today I've found a tape with footage of over three hours of MTV from May 11, 1991, with Nirvana's Nevermind lurking on the other end of the summer and unofficially bringing a shift. Basically, the focus of the channel was still what mattered, but with House of Style on, warning signs of its future were already in place. That said, in just a couple hours of footage, there has been everything from Unplugged with Cure, a new Aldo Nova song, the Headbangers Ball that featured heavy metal artists, where Prius is being interviewed by Ricki Rachtman, and even an occasional classic rock song such as Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion being performed live. Some of the songs I've seen played are Guns n' Roses Paradise City, Rhino Bucket's One Night Stand, AC/DC's Are Your Ready as well as songs by Whitesnake and Megadeath. One Time Life commercial shown was called Guitar Rock, which was basically '70s AOR for the most part. But IMO the biggest surprise was after this program when they reverted to nighttime all music videos: in addition to an instrumental, I Melt For You, perhaps THE anthem of the '80s by some was played!

IMO 1991 was the last hurrah for glammy heavy metal. But in reality, based on charts/airplay of course you also had your dance-pop, with freestyle just about dead with House king and Techno rising, adult contemporary as usual, indie music (known as alternative rock at the time), and your urban demo with new jack swing/the last gasp of fun party hip hop via Vanilla Ice and Ice-T, and in general, I find 1991 the last big pop year until the revival brought about by Teen Pop. In a way, the "80s leftovers" in reality were closer to a '70s sound with some band as some preferred a more "natural, unplugged" look to their music. It definitely was a win in terms of being diverse.

"Will You Be There" is a song by Michael Jackson which was released in 1993. The song is the eighth single from the 1991 album Dangerous. The song also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Free Willy, of which it is the main theme. The song was one of the biggest hits from Dangerous, staying in the top 40 for over six weeks in the UK. The single achieved even greater success in the U.S., where it sold 500,000 copies and stayed in the top ten for six weeks, peaking at number seven and earning a gold certification.

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"Innuendo" is a 1991 song by the British rock band Queen. It is the opening track on the album of the same name, and was released as the first single from the album. The single went straight to Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1991. At six and a half minutes, it is one of Queen's epic songs and their longest ever released as a single, exceeding "Bohemian Rhapsody" by 35 seconds.

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"The One and Only" is a song written by Nik Kershaw, and recorded by the British singer Chesney Hawkes. Produced by Kershaw and Alan Shacklock, Hawkes's recording was featured in the 1991 film Buddy's Song which starred Hawkes as the eponymous Buddy and Roger Daltrey (of rock band The Who) as his father. The film performed moderately well at the UK box office, but the song was a hit in that country's music charts, spending five weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in March and April 1991.

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"Will You Be There" is a song by Michael Jackson which was released in 1993. The song is the eighth single from the 1991 album Dangerous. The song also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Free Willy, of which it is the main theme. The song was one of the biggest hits from Dangerous, staying in the top 40 for over six weeks in the UK. The single achieved even greater success in the U.S., where it sold 500,000 copies and stayed in the top ten for six weeks, peaking at number seven and earning a gold certification.


Interesting how the song was originally released on a 1991 album but gained popularity two years later on the Free Willy soundtrack. ;)

The Party Machine with Nia Peeples.

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She was competing with some heavy weights in the music industry.  Don Corneillus who had Soul Train on for nearly 30 years.  She was also competing with MTV and Muchmusic.  :P  I knew I wasn't imagining it.  ;D


Oh my gosh, I love this!!!  :)

Paula Abdul released 3 singles this year

Rush Rush
The video, featuring a young Keanu Reeves, was inspired by Rebel Without A Cause
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The Promise Of A New Day
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Blowing Kisses In The Wind
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C.C. Peniston "Finally"
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^ One of my favorite early 90s R&B tracks. O0

Prince, with his new band, the New Power Generation, had a hit called "Cream"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lmq6RDn5O8

Music starts at the 2 minute mark.
Enjoy it while you can!

Marc Cohn- Walking In Memphis

I like this one. He won the Best New Artist Grammy for that year, yet he never had another big hit after this song. :-\\

R.E.M., from their album Out Of Time, had two big hits in '91...

"Losing My Religion":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u036M7p6-ak

"Shiny Happy People":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNW809QqF1g
This one featured guest vocals from Kate Pierson of the B52's.

These songs are from Amy Grant's Heart in Motion Album that was released in 1991

Baby, Baby

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Every Heartbeat

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For some reason I remember the album version of Every Heartbeat sounding different from the video, this is probably the single version.

One of my favourite childhood songs; "Alive" by Pearl Jam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM0zINtulhM

These songs are from Amy Grant's Heart in Motion Album that was released in 1991

Baby, Baby

Every Heartbeat
For some reason I remember the album version of Every Heartbeat sounding different from the video, this is probably the single version.


Those are both very good. I liked her music too. O0

"Hold You Tight" by Tara Kemp

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This was a hit in the early part of the year. I like it; very upbeat and dancy.

"Long Train Runnin'" (or "Long Train Running") is a song recorded by The Doobie Brothers and written by band member Tom Johnston. It was covered by English girl group Bananarama in 1991. The song reached No. 10 in Portugal, No. 18 in Ireland and No. 30 in the UK.

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"Long Train Runnin'" (or "Long Train Running") is a song recorded by The Doobie Brothers and written by band member Tom Johnston. It was covered by English girl group Bananarama in 1991. The song reached No. 10 in Portugal, No. 18 in Ireland and No. 30 in the UK.


I bought this on cassette single back in the day. Don't like it so much now, but I must've back then lol. Their single before this was quite catchy though.

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"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" by Irish singer Enya from her Grammy-winning 1991 album, Shepherd Moons. The song is an aria from The Bohemian Girl, an 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe, with lyrics by Alfred Bunn.

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"Hold You Tight" by Tara Kemp


This was a hit in the early part of the year. I like it; very upbeat and dancy.


In other words, totally early 90s!

"Tears in Heaven" is a song by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings, written about the death of Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor. It appeared on the 1991 Rush film soundtrack. In January 1992, Clapton performed the song in front of an audience at Bray Studios, Berkshire, England for MTV Unplugged, with the recording appearing on his Unplugged album. The song was Clapton's best-selling single in the United States and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. In his home country the United Kingdom it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, and also charted in the top 10 in more than twenty nations around the world. It won three Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Tears in Heaven" 362nd on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

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Lil T from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air before he became known as such. From Graffiti Bridge, it’s “Round and Round” by Tevin Campbell:

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Natural Selection - Do anything (1991)

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Natural Selection - Do anything (1991)

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That wasn’t Prince?!

Joking.  ;D

Whilst I never really got into Jody Watley's more famous 80s work, I took a chance on her 1991 album "Affairs of the Heart" and it turned out to be one of my favourite albums from the whole decade. This wasn't even released as a single, but should've been.

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Call it what you want
but I call it love
Fits like a glove
don't shove

Back and forth
and forth and back
into the track
feel the groove
or move back

Into position
'cause I'm coming
straight for your heart
feel the rhyming start
'cause I want you
and I know that
you want me
so let's get busy

Rick Astley - Cry for help (1991)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5mtclwloEQ
Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy

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I was a huge Wilson Phillips fan. This is the song that made Belinda Carlisle my new favorite for over a decade.