Top 100 Songs Of The 90s

VH1 just completed their top 100 songs of the 1990s.  And it was spectacular!  I was born in 1981, so I am an unabashed child of the 90s - the decade of my youth, I went through it all from Vanilla Ice to Matchbox 20.  Here is the Top 10:

01. Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
02. U2 "One"
03. Backstreet Boys "I Want It That Way"
04. Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You"
05. Madonna "Vogue"
06. Sir Mix-A-Lot "Baby Got Back"
07. Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time"
08. TLC"Waterfalls"
09. R.E.M. "Losing My Religion"
10. Sinéad O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U"

The rest is below

11. Pearl Jam "Jeremy"
12. Alanis Morissette "You Oughta Know"
13. Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg) "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang"
14. Mariah Carey "Vision of Love"
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under the Bridge"
16. MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This"
17. Destiny's Child "Say My Name"
18. Metallica "Enter Sandman"
19. Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
20. Hanson "MMMBop"
21. Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On"
22. Beck "Loser"
23. Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue "Whatta Man"
24. House of Pain "Jump Around"
25. Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"
26. Eminem "My Name Is"
27. Counting Crows "Mr. Jones"
28. Ricky Martin "Livin' la Vida Loca"
29. Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby"
30. *NSYNC "Tearin' Up My Heart"
31. Radiohead "Creep"
32. BLACKstreet "No Diggity"
33. Spice Girls "Wannabe"
34. Third Eye Blind "Semi-Charmed Life"
35. Oasis "Wonderwall"
36. C+C Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
37. Green Day "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
38. Christina Aguilera "Genie In A Bottle"
39. Goo Goo Dolls "Iris"
40. Color Me Badd "I Wanna Sex You Up"
41. Spin Doctors "Two Princes"
42. Collective Soul "Shine"
43. En Vogue "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
44. The Fugees "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
45. Hootie & the Blowfish "Only Wanna Be With You"
46. Shania Twain "You're Still the One"
47. Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch "Good Vibrations"
48. Matchbox Twenty "3 AM"
49. Jewel "Who Will Save Your Soul"
50. Alice in Chains "Man in the Box"
51. Tupac (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) "California Love"
52. Sugar Ray "Fly"
53. Naughty by Nature "O.P.P."
54. Joan Osborne "One of Us"
55. Fiona Apple "Criminal"
56. L.L. Cool J "Mama Said Knock You Out"
57. Jay-Z featuring Amil and Ja Rule "Can I Get A..."
58. Sophie B. Hawkins "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover"
59. Weezer "Buddy Holly"
60. Bell Biv DeVoe "Poison"
61. Sheryl Crow "All I Wanna Do"
62. Live "I Alone"
63. The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy "Mo Money Mo Problems"
64. The Presidents of the United States of America "Peaches"
65. Digital Underground "The Humpty Dance"
66. Edwin McCain "I'll Be"
67. Deee-Lite "Groove Is In The Heart"
68. Will Smith "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"
69. Korn "Freak on a Leash"
70. Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity"
71. Arrested Development "Tennessee"
72. Barenaked Ladies "One Week"
73. Marcy Playground "Sex and Candy"
74. Cher "Believe"
75. Kris Kross "Jump"
76. Blues Traveler "Run-Around"
77. Ice Cube "It Was a Good Day"
78. Lenny Kravitz "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
79. Meredith Brooks "Bitch"
80. Right Said Fred "I'm Too Sexy"
81. Paula Cole "I Don't Want to Wait"
82. Geto Boys "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"
83. The Breeders "Cannonball"
84. Snow "Informer"
85. Cypress Hill "Insane In The Brain"
86. The Cranberries "Linger"
87. Billy Ray Cyrus "Achy Breaky Heart"
88. Duncan Sheik "Barely Breathing"
89. Liz Phair "Never Said"
90. New Radicals "You Get What You Give"
91. Sarah McLachlan "Building a Mystery"
92. Public Enemy "911 Is A Joke"
93. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories "Stay"
94. Fastball "The Way"
95. Montell Jordan "This is How We Do It"
96. Nelson "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"
97. Prince & The New Power Generation "Gett Off"
98. EMF"Unbelievable"
99. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
100. Gerardo "Rico Suave"

Only two complaints - as big as the Backstreet Boys where, I still think its kind of an insult that a rap song wasn't #3, given what hip-hop achieved in the 1990s.  But its a good mix of every genre prevelent from grunge to rock to chick rock to pop to boy bands to rap and even what remained of the littles 80s cheese that spilled over.  I was happy to see a couple songs that I love like "The Way" and "Sex and Candy" and "Run-Around" in there. Its a great list and if you go to the VH1 site, they will have videos there too.  Its very cool.

Comments

[Crystal Clear Conservative]

I agree with their number one pick: Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." It reminds me of middle school dances and headbanging with friends....gee, those were the days!

Eeeeee....yaaaa.... okay. I'll go for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at the top. I prefer "Heart Shaped Box" myself, but that wasn't as big of a hit.

Britney Spears over "Losing My Religion"? Nah. Ugh. I'm not sure I've ever managed to make it through one of her songs. Yet no Chili Peppers until #15? Huh.

[Jack]

I think "One headlight" by Jakob Dylan should of made the top 100

[Jan.9/09]

What about Don't Speak? No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom had several hits. Pearl Jam's Alive and Summer Time DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince

[Colin]

lame list. smashing pumpkins defined the decade more than anyone else for a significant enough of a minority to warrant some inclusion here.

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[Ashley Adams]

wow this is really cool. although i was born in '93 listening to some of these songs really bring back memories of being a little kid and hearing the songs being played on the radio. My greatest memory is from hearing ice ice baby. it reminds me of when i was about 6 or so and riding in the car with my super cool babysitter and her taking me to go buy a gingerbread house at ingles which we never managed to put up because my little sisters added too much water to the frosting. so instead we just ate the candy. anyways i watched vh1 last night and headed most of the songs. and honestly i think i like 90's music more than music from today.

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[Sam]

excuse me? Smells like Teen Spirit?? yeah, i love Nirvana, but most people couldn't get through the song because it was too repetitive.. I definitely would have gone with Lithium here..

[zach]

no tool? no stinkfist aenima or h come on give me something from the grammy award winning album

[Kevin Youngman]

I would agree with most of the list, but I think a Rage Against The Machine Song should of made the list somewhere at least 50.