Get 600,000 VH1.com users together to vote their tastes from the ’90s and what do you learn? Pretty much that Backstreet Boys had the third best single of the decade. And that we are so thankful VH1 never linked to the Gummys voting. We’re not even gonna reverse the order — it’s a treat from 1 to 100.
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 (Feat. 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 (Feat. 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. (Feat. 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”
Of course there’s some essential ’90s acts in there (Breeders and Beasties and Weezer and Fiona and Public Enemy and hey even pre-Bluths Arrested Development), but mostly we’re psyched that Gerardo squeaked in! Latin ’til he dies, baby. You can watch the entire countdown in televised format Monday-Friday, December 17 – 21 at 10 PM each night, although really we just spared you that experience. You’re welcome.
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Somebody knows were can i download this music together?
maybe i missed it, but no mark morrison “return of the mack,” or “crossroads,” by bone thugs, or any a tribe called quest song. i wouldn’t mind seeing westside connection’s the gangsta, the killa, and the dope dealer, or some dj quik: maybe, “tonite.” no bad religion or offspring?? i could understand if it was social d or suicidal tendencies, but offspring was as mainstream punk as it got, and “infected” was played every hour in 94-95.
Well, the 90s was great while it lasted, even the cheesy pop songs are tolerable cos at the very least it’s melodic and catchy.
Now everything that’s playing on radio, MTV or VH1 are either soft porn-ish, emo or antagonistic… Damn the 21th century!
what the f how has no one mentioned LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT by DJ KOOL?!
and I agree, this list has some serious deficiencies, but it’s a pretty solid starting point if you’re looking to throw a 90s party (irony, indie kids?). yeah, they’re definitely not the best musically, but I’m not ashamed to admit that I still know all the words to most of these songs. they have a lot of heartstring value for a lot of people, and that doesn’t make them not worth listening to.
radiohead clearly has better songs than creep; as most people pointed out, a lot of bands listed have much better songs than the ones that made the cut. and yes, the smashing pumpkins and blind melon truly deserve spots on the list– an egregious oversight. but if you were young and impressionable during this era in history, you’ve gotta have a soft spot for the ones that vh1 deemed fit to put in their voting options (even if it’s because aside from your parents’ and siblings’ music you didn’t know any better).
other people you liked in middle school: smash mouth, eiffel 65, nelly, the bloodhound gang, LFO (summer girls is amazing, I will never think otherwise), no doubt, fatboy slim, gorillaz… the list is exhaustive. and YES to those people who mentioned janet jackson and blink 182. also, anything you can roller skate to is a go.
keep adding to the list!
This is a list that has HANSON at #20 for the best song in a ten year period. ARE YOU SERIOUS? This list is void because someone hacked in made it suck. OR the people who came up with the list should be killed. simple
oooooouuuuuuuuuuu did you just say people should be killed i can call the police on you for threating the public and for horrible taste in music
Who voted this???? how the hell mmbop got in the top 20??? Pleaseeee where is Boyzz Two men’s end of the rope????
there up your butt and around the corner they were horrible artists
I’d like to have seen these songs make the list. They really take me back in time.
Ace of Base – The Sign
4 Non Blondes – What’s Up?
Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Wreckz-N-Effect – Rump Shaker
UB40 – Can’t Help Falling In Love
Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise
Guns N’ Roses – November Rain
Luniz – I Got 5 On It
Jodeci – Come & Talk To Me
Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
All-4-One – I Swear
Seal – Kiss From A Rose
NOOOOO those songs give me nightmares they were soo bad that when i heard them i barfed and my ears bleed fro 3 hours
Public Enemy shouldnt be on this list…….and too much grunge rock…not enough hip hop/rap…..it did dominate th 90′s
i make a case for the following
R-Kelly:i believe i can fly
Aerosmith:dont wanna close my eyes
Rage Against The Machine: you decide
Coolio:Gangsters Paradise
The Macarena
Brian Adams: Everything i do
DMX:party up…..between the millenuim merger…arguably the best period between 2000′s and 90′s..
Haddaway:what is love
Kc and Jojo:all my life
Mob Deep:half way crooks
Pantera:Cowboys from hell or Walk
White Zombie: ThunderKiss 65
Andrea Bocelli: Con Te Partiro..With you I will leave
yeah well what can you do about it its already been made and this list was made from people who voted these you wanna know why those werent on the list CUZ THEY SUCKED
I don’t think the initial list was as high as 300- the 1980s’ one was like 125-130, from what I remember.
Anyhow, “Macarena” was on the initial list of nominees. A great number of the 100 songs actually have received acclaim (www.acclaimedmusic.net).
hOW COULD MACARENA NOT MAKE THE LIST THAT MAKES NO SENSE ITS AN INTERNATIONAL HIT. it was very popular even in politics.Apart from that the list is ok could be better but not bad.
noooooooooooooooooooo hhahahahaa not even in a millon years we all have this thing its called music taste which you dont have
This list isnt good.
Top 5 should include
-WH’s Always Love You
-MC’s Always Be My Baby
-Boys 2 Men End Of The Road.
no lilkunta isnt that good those songs suck horrible they had a great top 5
Eve 6′s “Inside Out” Should have been on this list.
it should have if it didnt suck
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smashing pumpkins?…come on!…..Rage against the machine?…not even on the list..BULLS ON PARADE should be in the top 10 at least.
no they werent that good
Not a single Guns N Roses, Aerosmith or Boys 2 Men song they should do the list again that one is clearly a joke i was expecting to c November Rain at least in the top twenty.
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE SMASHING PUMPKINS!!!
They seemed to pick a lot of one hit wonders instead of bands that actually defined the sounds of the 90s (and who also had big songs). This list also focuses on the latter half of the decade (too much TRL crap).
The following are just a few glaring omissions that Colour Me Badd and Meredith Brooks should’ve been knocked off for:
No Doubt – Don’t Speak (ska had a big 90s comeback….)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Jump, Jive & Wail (90s swing revival)
Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Stone Temple Pilots – Wicked Garden
The Cure – Friday I’m In Love
Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the name of
Blind Melon – No Rain
Probably should also have a Moby or Fatboy Slim song (raves anyone? huge 90s trend)
Garbage – Special
I could go on…..and yeah, I actually agree that the Macrena should be on there. To be fair, it was a pretty huge cultural phenomenon.
More like the songs everyone knew in the 90′s. The only people I knew who actually liked more than, say, 25% of these songs were total cheese balls. I was very into music during the ’90′s and I have tons of 90′s music, but only own 11 of the songs on this list. The worthwhile stuff was in the underground. The 90′s were great if you didn’t follow the charts. Have to say, 90′s pop music was some of the worst ever.
Matchbox 20 should be dominating this list they are the best band to come out of the 90′s. And Smooth by Santana & Rob Thomas should be #1!!
everyone’s a critic
YES YOU ARE
Vh1 you suck balls big time. How can there be no Smashing Pumpkins, they were the best and most talented band of the 90′s
not even smashing pumpkins are a ok band you suck
I grew up in the 90′s, I can’t remeber the pavement band, or not sure I even heard of them, thats why they didn’t make the list.
SMASHING PUMPKINS?!?!?!?!!!!! WTF??????????????? STONE TEMPLE PILOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also:
Boyz II Men – I’m not even a fan, but those guys were talented as hell and HUUUUGGGEEE!!!!
I was also expecting to see Guns N Roses – November Rain; Bone Thugs – Crossroads; Sublime!!!!
Oh my god.. No Smashing Pumpkins just PISSES ME OFF
so the artist of the 90′s decade and the artist of the millenium, and who has procured 15 #1′s great songs has No SONGS here…SHIT LIST.
your a shit list that was a great list
yeah it was a great list
YEAH IT WAZZZZ HOMIE
The problem with this list is that it includes too many songs from the 90′s that are currently novelty songs (either ones that were intended or became novelty because of time), and too many songs that sound terribly dated, y’know, ones that just “scream 90s.” Vh1′s Best of the 80′s list was good because it primarily included songs that still sound good today, and ones you wouldn’t be embarrased to have people catch you listening to in 2010. And you know they could have really screwed up that 80′s list as well, with all the bad music from that decade. But really, you won’t find too many people still listening to lot of the Top 30 artists on this 90′s list, which includes MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Hanson, Backstreet Boys, Ricky Martin, N’Sync, Spice Girls, Sir-Mix-A-Lot, etc. The list should be called “Vh1′s most popular songs of the 90s,” not “The Greatest.” There also should have been more alternative rock (most of which from the 90′s still sounds pretty good today) and less disposable pop on this list.
THEY WERE ALL GREAAAAAAT BANDS UNLIKE YOU
Where the heck are the Dave Matthews Band songs?
NOWHERE cuz he sucks sorry
No “Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum…..that song was one of the most popular songs for 2 fuckin’ years!! Gimme a break. And I love Pearl Jam, but to put “Jeremy” ahead of “Black” or “Yellow Bedletter”??? Do some homework….
how bout you go get a lfie they were great songs you can go kiss yourself
hanson beat beck!?!?!?
now i know the world is coming to an end………
i know beck is cooler then hanson
YOUR ALL INSANE THAT LIST IS AWESOME ALL OF YOU THAT SAID IT WAS BAD UR CRAZY IT WAS THE GREATEST CHOICES EVER
yeah they were all pretty good songs
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The 90′s were okay, but the 70′s were great
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Hammer trumps all, if only for defying the laws of physics by wearing those Mc Hammer pants (http://www.songsofthe90s.com/ytvideowatch.aspx?vid=otCpCn0l4Wo&t=MC+Hammer+-+U+Can). Two pairs of those could have sailed the mayflower over from the old world