Enter Sandman by Metallica opened the Black Album in 1991 and became one of the most recognized riffs in rock history, topping the Mainstream Rock chart and helping drive over thirty million album sales worldwide.
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Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992, a personal confession from Anthony Kiedis about drug addiction in Los Angeles that became one of the decade’s most recognized songs.
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Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden reached number one on the US Mainstream Rock chart in 1994, written by Chris Cornell in fifteen minutes and anchored by one of the most iconic music videos of the decade.
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November Rain by Guns N’ Roses reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992 despite running nearly nine minutes, making it one of the most ambitious rock singles ever to chart and a defining ballad of the decade.
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Always by Bon Jovi reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1994, released alongside the Cross Road greatest hits compilation and becoming one of the band’s most enduring power ballads.
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One by U2 was written in a single session during the Achtung Baby recordings in Berlin in 1990, a song born from near-breakup tension that became one of rock’s most enduring emotional anthems.
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Mary Jane’s Last Dance by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was recorded for the 1993 Greatest Hits compilation, reaching number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 with a blues-inflected groove and a Kim Basinger music video.
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Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992 and won three Grammy Awards, written after the death of his four-year-old son and recorded for the landmark Unplugged album.
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Cryin’ by Aerosmith became one of the defining power ballads of 1993, anchoring the Get a Grip album and launching Alicia Silverstone’s career through a music video trilogy that defined a generation of MTV rock.
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