Top Rock Songs of 1990 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1990 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #162]
[Ensign/Chrysalis 23488]
written by Prince

[EMI 50350]
written by James Atkin, Derry Brownson, Mark Decloedt, Ian Dench & Zac Foley

[Charisma 4-98864]
written by Michael Cretu, F. Gregorian & David Fairstein

featuring Suzanne Vega
[A&M 1529]
written by Suzanne Vega

[Capitol 44507]
written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1990 [included on the soundtrack to the 1990 film Young Guns II]
[Mercury 875896]
written by Jon Bon Jovi & Danny Kortchmar

[Sire 4-19298]
written by Seal & Guy Sigsworth

[Atlantic 88738]
written by Phil Collins

[SBK 07345]
written by Mike Edwards [Jesus Jones]

BRIT Awards Best British Single 1991
[Sire 19885]
written by Martin Gore

[Chrysalis 23509]
written by Billy Idol & David Werner

[Reprise 19704]
written by Chris Isaak

[Atlantic 87885]
written by Phil Collins & Daryl Stuermer

[Enigma 44584]
written by Bobby Dall, C.C. DeVille, Bret Michaels & Rikki Rockett

as EnglandNewOrder
written by Keith Allen, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Gillian Gilbert

[Atlantic 87860]
written by Andrew Farriss & Michael Hutchence

[DGC 19689]
written by Matthew Nelson, Gunnar Nelson & Marc Tanner

[SBK 07364]
written by Mike Edwards [Jesus Jones]

R
[Savage 4-98908]
written by Tim Brinkhurst

[Enigma 44617]
written by Bobby Dall, C.C. DeVille, Bret Michaels & Rikki Rockett

[Warner 4-19595]
written by Jack Blades, Ted Nugent & Tommy Shaw

[Sire 19842]
written by Martin Gore

[EMI 50329]
written by Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe

[Atlantic 87955]
written by Phil Collins

[Atlantic 87784]
written by Jon Farriss & Michael Hutchence

written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

featuring Junior Reid
[Big Life 877 568-4]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Sire 4-19209]
written by Peter Hooton & Steve Grimes

[Elektra 64899]
written by John Kongos, Christos Demetriou, Shaun Ryder, Paul Ryder, Mark Day, Paul Davis [keyboardist] & Gary Whelan

[Columbia 38-73091]
written by Billy Joel

[MCA 53679]
written by Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni & André Cymone

written by Shaun Ryder, Paul Ryder, Mark Day, Gary Whelan, Paul Davis [keyboardist] & Mark Berry

written by Peter Hooton & Steve Grimes

written by Ian Brown & John Squire

[Virgin 99141]
written by Al Green & Mabon "Teenie" Hodges

written by John Flansburgh & John Linnell

[Elektra 7-64985]
written by Nikki Sixx & Mick Mars

[Elektra 4-64931]
written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson & Boris Williams

live
[Geffen 19653]
written by Les Emmerson

[DGC 19667]
written by Matthew Nelson, Gunnar Nelson, Marc Tanner & Rick Wilson

[Geffen 19944]
written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry & Desmond Child

written by Bob Dylan

[Slash 4-19813]
written by Billy Gould, Martin, Roddy Bottum & Mike Bordin

[Mercury 876716]
written by Paul Stanley & Michael Bolton

R
[Columbia 73300]
written by Jani Lane

[Mercury 878392]
written by Jon Bon Jovi

from the TV series Twin Peaks
written by Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch

R
[London-Sire 869 370-4]
written by Lee Mavers

written by John Baker, Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess & Rob Collins

[EMI 50234]
written by Richard Marx & Fee Waybill

[RCA 2621]
written by Bruce Hornsby & John Hornsby

[Virgin 98892]
written by Steve Winwood & Jim Capaldi

[Capitol 44621]
written by Jeff Harrington & Jaime Kyle

[Geffen 19898]
written by Mike Campbell, Don Henley & J.D. Souther

[Epic 73444]
written by Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander & Tom Petersson

[Sire 19580]
written by Martin Gore

[I.R.S. 73014]
written by Johnette Napolitano

written by Andrew Eldritch & Jim Steinman

[Columbia 73597]
written by Jani Lane

[Geffen 19927]
written by Steven Tyler, Jim Vallance, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

written by Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess & Collins

[Reprise 19869]
written by Jude Cole

[Atco 98881]
written by Angus Young & Malcolm Young

[Atco 4-98874]
written by Phil Solem & Danny Wilde

written by Morrissey & Clive Langer

[Atco 98914]
written by Brian Howe & Terry Thomas

written by Jon Marsh

written by Angus Young & Malcolm Young

[Atlantic 4-87824]
written by Paul Taylor

[Columbia 38-73250]
written by Peter Garrett, Bones Hillman, Martin Rotsey, Rob Hirst & Jim Moginie

[Warner Bros. 4-19549]
written by Paul Simon

[Geffen 19951]
written by David Coverdale & Adrian Vandenberg

[Warner 19866]
written by Christine McVie & Eddy Quintela

written by Morrissey & Kevin Armstrong

written by Craig Adams, Mick Brown, Simon Hinkler & Wayne Hussey

charted as I Am Stretched on Your Grave / The Emperor's New Clothes in US dance charts
[Ensign 23528]
written by Sinéad O'Connor

[Warner 19812]
written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill & Frank Beard

written by Louie Robinson, Richard Rodwell & Quincy Jones

[Columbia 38-73093]
written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Steve Jordan

[Capitol 44608]
written by Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Warren Cuccurullo & Sterling Campbell

[Capitol 44553]
written by Diane Warren

written by Martyn Walsh, Thomas Hingley, Craig Gill, Graham Lambert & Clint Boon

written by Allan Dias, John McGeoch & John Lydon

with Kate Pierson
[Virgin 4-98900]
written by Iggy Pop

[A&M 1520]
written by Jo Callis & Eugene Reynolds

written by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes & Robert Young

[A&M 1495]
written by Alan Pasqua & Mark Spiro

[MCA 53935]
written by John Frederick Spinks

[Elektra 4-64962]
written by Nikki Sixx & Mick Mars

[Def American 19668]
written by Allen Jones, Alvertis Isbell & Otis Redding

[Chrysalis 23527]
written by Mark Slaughter & Dana Strum

[Es Paranza 4-98985]
written by Chris Blackwell, Doug Boyle, Phil Johnstone, Charlie Jones & Robert Plant

[Columbia 73095]
written by Jani Lane

written by Roddy Frame