Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Tourney-1991

Vote for your top 3 from 1991!!

1991:

January 19-"All This Time" by Sting-7 weeks


March 9-"She Talks to Angels" by The Black Crowes-1 week


March 16-"Highwire" by The Rolling Stones-3 weeks


April 6-"Silent Lucidity" by Queensrÿche-1 week


April 13-"Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.-3 weeks


May 4-"Lift Me Up" by Yes-6 weeks


June 15-"Poundcake" by Van Halen-2 weeks


June 29-"Learning to Fly" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-6 weeks


August 10-"Runaround" by Van Halen-4 weeks


September 7-"Out in the Cold" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-2 weeks


September 21-"Dreamline" by Rush-4 weeks


October 19-"Get a Leg Up" by John Mellencamp-3 weeks


October 26-"Top of the World" by Van Halen-4 weeks


December 7-"Heavy Fuel" by Dire Straits-1 week


December 14-"Mysterious Ways" by U2-12 weeks

Here is a quick list of songs that have qual'd so far:

1981-
1st-Tied:
"Burnin' For You" by Blue Öyster Cult-3 votes, 23%
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by Police-3 votes, 23%
2nd-Tied:
"Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones-2 votes, 15%
"You Better Bet" by The Who- 2 votes, 15%

1982-
1st:
"You Got Lucky" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-3 votes, 25%
2nd-Tied:
"Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel-2 votes, 16%
"Down Under" by Men at Work-2 votes, 16%

1983-
1st-Tied:
"Hungry Like a Wolf" by Duran Duran-4 votes, 26%
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police-4 votes, 26%
2nd:
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes-3 votes, 20%

1984-
1st:
"Jump" by Van Halen-3 votes,30%
2nd-Tied:
"You Might Think" by The Cars-2 votes, 20%
"The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley-2 votes, 20%

1985-
1st:
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds-4 votes, 33%
2nd-Tied:
"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News-2 votes, 16%
"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits-2 votes, 16%

1986-
1st:
"Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News-5 votes, 31%
2nd:
"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel-3 votes, 18%
3rd-Tied:
"Amanda" by Boston-2 votes, 12%
"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel-2 votes, 12%

1987-
1st:
"Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd-3 votes, 33%
2nd-Tied:
"Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-2 votes, 22%
"With or Without You" by U2-2 votes, 22%

1988-
1st:
"Orange Crush" by R.E.M-3 votes, 33%
2nd:
"Desire" by U2-2 votes, 22%
"Angel of Harlem" by U2-2 votes, 22%
3rd:
"On the Turning Away" by Pink Floyd-1 vote, 11%
"Heaven Knows" by Robert Plant-1 vote, 11%

1989:
1st:
"I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty-6 votes, 28%
2nd:
"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%
"Runnin' Down A Dream" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%
3rd:
"The End of the Innocence" by Don Henley-3 votes, 14%

1990:
1st-Tied:
"What it Takes" by Aerosmith-3 votes, 20%
"The Other Side" by Aerosmith-3 votes, 20%
"Suicide Blonde" by INXS-3 votes, 20%
"Hard to Handle" by The Black Crows-3 votes, 20%
2nd-Tied:
"Blue Sky Mine" by Midnight Oil-1 vote, 6%
"Cradle of Love" by Billy Idol-1 vote, 6%
"Good Clean Fun" by The Allman Brothers band
3rd: No third place





Here the records of the tournament so far:

Band with the most songs qualifying:
1st-Tied:
-Peter Gabriel with 3 songs
-Tom Petty with 3 songs
2nd-Tied:
-The Police with 2 songs
-Huey Lewis and the News with 2 songs
-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with 2 songs
-U2 with 2 songs
-Pink Floyd with 2 songs
-Don Henley with 2 songs
-Aerosmith with 2 songs


Band with the most 1st places: TIED
The Police with 2 First Places-
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"-1981
"Every Breath You Take"-1983
AND Aerosmith with 2 First Places
"What it Takes"-1990
"The Other Side"-1990


Song with the most votes:
1. "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty-6 votes, 28%-1989
2-tied:"Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News with 5 votes-1986
2-tied:"Runnin' Down a Dream" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%-1989
2-tied:"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%-1989
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police with 4 votes-1983
"Hungry Like a Wolf" by Duran Duran with 4 votes-1983
"Don't You (Forget About Me" by Simple Minds with 4 votes-1985


Top Three Artists with the most votes in the tournament:
1st-Tom Petty has 16 votes overall with 3 songs
2nd-The Police has 8 votes overall with 3 songs
3rd-Huey Lewis and the News has 7 votes overall with 3 songs
3rd-Peter Gabriel has 7 votes overall with 3 songs

I voted for Silent Lucidity, Losing My Religion and Mysterious Ways.

I voted for Learning to Fly, Losing My Religion, and Mysterious Ways

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I voted for Losing My Religion, Learning to Fly and Silent Lucidity. This is a pretty good year!

Yes, I agree. This year isn't the best, but is a lot better than the recent years. But it will get even better pretty soon.

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