100 Greatest songs of the 90s

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

From VH1's series:



100 Greatest Songs Of The '90s Full List
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"
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 "*****"
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"

Like most VH1 lists, I think this is complete BULLCRAP. SLTS may have been the most overplayed, but not the best. Creep should've been in the top ten, and Under the Bridge should've been in the top 3. What do you think?

[changed]

I partially agree that both songs you mentioned were great songs but you're talking about an overall look at the 90s and including all genres. They're list is probably based on overall sales as well as call in votes for their countdowns. Songs that we would tend to rate higher are not generally main stream stuff. I do agree that SLTS was played entirely too much, but it was quite popular even if it wasn't my fav.

[tepidshark]

Alot of the one-hit wonders in the beginning, but it got better towards the end. Wish No Doubt was on there though.

[toad3000]

The fact that The New Radicals charted and there's no sign of No Doubt, Stone Temple Pilots, or Toad the Wet Sprocket on there should tell you their impressions of the 90s are a bit off. That being said, there are a lot of great songs on there (and a lot of Rock Band songs...)

[newwaytodie]

This list reminds me of how bad the 90's sucked.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

STP's Plush or Vasoline should've been top twenty, Sex and Candy should've been higher.

[tepidshark]

Sex and Candy might make a good Rock Band song.

[AlterEgo]

Well, Durr dude, what did you expect from a VH1 list? Besides, most people know that lists are bullcrap. I bet you that if every person on this forum were to make a "greatest songs from the 90s" list, no two lists would be the same, hell their top tens wouldn't even be similar.

[SirAnonymous]

This list completely neglects The Division Bell by Pink Floyd (released in '94) and Radiohead music that is better than Creep.

[WingsOfSteel]

All wrong, the best is All Apologies.

[heyjer]

The most forgotten band is by far rage against the machine

[DopeHatMan]

No Smashing Pumpkins either... their list is made of lose and fail

[MartyMcFly]

I think people are thinking about this in the wrong way. I watched this on tv, and it doesn't seem like it's so much about how great the music actually is, but more like "what got played the most".

This list was more like "The 100 Most Overplayed Songs in the 90's". It was part that, and also what songs/bands actually appealed to Pop Culture. You don't see Smashing Pumpkins or RATM, because they weren't bands that appealed to people who didn't listen to Rock. This list is just radio hits mostly.

You can have the greatest Rock songs of all time, but they won't show up on that list because it wasn't great enough to the general music audience.

[tombrady]

Aenema IMO :P

[Rockbandfan23467]

The 80's list was better, no one would have predicted its #1.

[fastballfan90]

Hey - couldn't agree more about adding Fastball to the list!! They are still going strong!! The FASTBALL show at the Rocks Off Boat Cruise is going to be a hot one! The show takes place May, 31 2008 in New York, New York. Opening for Eve 6 is The Energy out of NYC. If you have not seen The Energy yet, they ROCK live. It should be a killer show!!

[Shredder87]

There's No Daft Punk!!!!!!!!!

[sandman2471]

every list on this forum completely sucks

[Pennsylvanian]

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

I'm so sick of saying 90's, then everybody immediately thinks late 90's pop and Nirvana was the only music. They missed out on good Smashing Pumpkins, good No Doubt, Four Non-Blondes, Soul Asylum, Live, Collective Soul, and so many others.

[MAXX2667]

I wish that that list allowed artists to have multiple songs on there. This is just a popularity contest when they have made much better songs than those.