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===1988–1994: Out of Order Tour, ''Vagabond Heart'' and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame=== In 1988, Stewart returned with ''[[Out of Order (Rod Stewart album)|Out of Order]]'', produced by [[Duran Duran]]'s [[Andy Taylor (guitarist)|Andy Taylor]] and by [[Bernard Edwards]] of [[Chic (band)|Chic]]. "[[Lost in You (Rod Stewart song)|Lost in You]]", "[[Forever Young (Rod Stewart song)|Forever Young]]", "Crazy About Her", and "[[My Heart Can't Tell You No]]" from that album were all top 15 hits on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and mainstream rock charts, with the latter even reaching the Top Five. "Forever Young" was an unconscious revision of [[Bob Dylan]]'s song of the same name; the artists reached an agreement about sharing royalties. The song reached No. 12 in the US.<ref name="BillboardChart">[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rod stewart|chart=all}} Rod Stewart Album & Song Chart History]''Billboard'', 23 August 2011.</ref> In September 1988, Stewart performed "Forever Young" at the [[1988 MTV Video Music Awards]] at the [[Universal Amphitheatre]] in Los Angeles, and in 1989 he received a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance|Best Male Rock Vocal Performance]] for the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockmale.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Male|access-date=26 April 2010|publisher=Rock on the Net}}</ref> In January 1989, Stewart set out on the South American leg of the [[Out of Order Tour]] playing to sell-out audiences throughout Americas. There were 80,000 people at his show at Corregidora Stadium, [[Querétaro]], México (9 April), and 50,000 at Jalisco Stadium, [[Guadalajara, Jalisco]] (12 April). In [[Buenos Aires]], the audience at the [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti|River Plate Stadium]], which seats 70,000+, was at over 90,000, with several thousand outside the stadium. Firehoses were sprayed on the crowd to avoid [[heat prostration]]. Stewart's version of the [[Tom Waits]] song "[[Downtown Train]]" went to number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1990.<ref name="BillboardChart" /> This song was taken from a four-CD compilation set called ''[[Storyteller – The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990]]''. Released in 1991, the ''[[Vagabond Heart]]'' album continued Stewart's renewal and inspiration.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Don McLeese|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/vagabond-heart-19910516|title=Vagabond Heart | Album Reviews|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=16 May 1991|access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> The lead single, "[[It Takes Two (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston song)|It Takes Two]]", with [[Tina Turner]], was released in 1990 in advance of the full album's release, and reached number five on the UK charts, but did not chart in the US. The follow-up songs from ''Vagabond Heart'' both reached the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, with "[[Rhythm of My Heart]]" peaking at No. 5 and "[[The Motown Song]]" peaking at No. 10.<ref name="BillboardChart"/> [[File:Rod Stewart concert ticket - 1993 - Stierch.JPG|thumbnail|Concert ticket, 1993]] At the [[List of BRIT Awards ceremonies#1993|1993]] [[Brit Awards]] in London, Stewart picked up the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Music.<ref name="Brits">{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1993|title=Brit Awards 1993|publisher=Brit Awards|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> Stewart brought back the Faces on stage for an impromptu reunion.<ref name="Brits"/> In 1993, Stewart recorded "[[All for Love (song)|All For Love]]" with [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] and [[Bryan Adams]] for the soundtrack to the movie ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993 film)|The Three Musketeers]]''; the single reached number one in the US and number two in the UK.<ref name="Roberts"/> Also in 1993, he reunited with Ronnie Wood to record an ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' special that included "[[Handbags and Gladrags]]", "[[Cut Across Shorty]]", and four selections from ''[[Every Picture Tells a Story]]''. The show featured an acoustic version of [[Van Morrison]]'s "[[Have I Told You Lately]]", which topped the ''Billboard'' adult contemporary chart and No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="BillboardChart"/> A rendition of "[[Reason to Believe]]" also garnered considerable airplay. The resulting ''[[Unplugged...and Seated]]'' album reached number two on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album charts.<ref name="BillboardChart"/> Stewart was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1994, presented by [[Jeff Beck]].<ref name="RockHall">{{cite news|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/rod-stewart/timeline|title=Rod Stewart: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum|newspaper=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |publisher=Rockhall.com|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> On 31 December 1994, Stewart played in front of 3.5 million people on [[Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro)|Copacabana beach in Rio]], and made it into the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' for staging the [[List of largest concerts|largest free rock concert attendance in history]].
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