The 450 Greatest Songs of the 90s
90ROCK, HIP-HOP and R&B
For some of you it may be frustrating to sift through 450 songs and for that I apologize.
However segregation is a big problem for me. If you only had time in your life for one genre of music, well..then..sorry. Cause you missed out. For those of us who listen to the world with ears wide open, this list is for you.
450 greatest songs of the 90s
1 ---JUICY - THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
2 ---killing in the name - rage against the machine
3 ---ex-factor - lauryn hill
4 ---plush - stone temple pilots
5 ---bullet with butterfly wings - smashing pumpkins
6 ---one - U2
7 ---losing my religion - r.e.m.
8 ---passing me by - the pharcyde
9 ---closer - nine inch nails
10 --keep ya head up - 2pac
11 --super bon bon - soul coughing
12 --mary jane's last dance - tom petty
13 --man in the box - alice in chains
14 --nothin but a g thang - dr.dre & snoop doggy dogg
15 --all apologies - nirvana
16 --champagne supernova - oasis
17 --hunger strike - temple of the dog
18 --umi says - mos def
19 --the rain (supa dupa fly) - missy ‘misdemeanor' elliott
20 --loser - beck
21 --creep - radiohead
22 --where is my mind? - the pixies
23 --hand on the pump - cypress hill
24 --badfish - sublime
25 --the jimi thing - dave matthews band
26 --hot potato - freestyle fellowship
27 --money don't matter 2night - prince
28 --reminisce (t.r.o.y.) - pete rock & cl smooth
29 --luv 2 luv u (rmx) - timbaland & magoo
30 --regulate - warren g & nate dogg
31 --stop! - jane's addiction
32 --vasoline - stone temple pilots
33 --smells like teen spirit - nirvana
34 --you're all i need to get by - method man & mary j. blige
35 --mind's playin tricks on me - the geto boys
36 --devil's haircut - beck
37 --mother (remix) - danzig
38 --give me one reason - tracy chapman
39 --if i ruled the world - nas w/ lauryn hill
40 --sober - tool
41 --head like a hole - nine inch nails
42 --lithium - nirvana
43 --put your hands where my eyes could see - busta rhymes
44 --last goodbye - jeff buckley
45 --ain't no fun - snoop doggy dogg
46 --so whatcha want - beastie boys
47 --real love - mary j. blige
48 --wonderwall - oasis
49 --it was a good day - ice cube
50 --everyday sunshine - fishbone
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51 --definition>re:defintion - black star
52 --guantanamera - wyclef jean w/ lauryn hill
53 --possum kingdom - toadies
54 --doin it - ll cool j
55 --trippin on a hole in a paper heart - stone temple pilots
56 --outta here - krs-one
57 --policy of truth - depeche mode
58 --the humpty dance - digital underground
59 --garden grove - sublime
60 --come as you are - nirvana
61 --vietnow - rage against the machine
62 --the sky is a landfill - jeff buckley
63 --jealous again - the black crowes
64 --get it together - beastie boys
65 --still not a player - big punisher & joe
66 --nothing compares 2 u - sinead o'connor
67 --m.e.t.h.o.d. man - wu-tang clan
68 --player's ball - outkast
69 --soul flower - the pharcyde
70 --rodeo clowns - g.love & special sauce w/ jack johnson
71 --california love - 2pac & dr.dre
72 --crazy - seal
73 --rosa parks - outkast
74 --suck my kiss - red hot chili peppers
75 --hypnotize - the notorious b.i.g.
76 --ebonics - big l
77 --hard knock life - jay-z
78 --in the meantime - spacehog
79 --no ordinary love - sade
80 --longview - green day
81 --cannonball - the breeders
82 --burden in my hand - soundgarden
83 --tropicalia - beck
84 --cherub rock - smashing pumpkins
85 --you don't know how it feels - tom petty
86 --shook ones II - mobb deep
87 --forgot about dre - dr. dre & eminem
88 --fell on black days - sound garden
89 --mass appeal - gang starr
90 --soul to squeeze - red hot chili peppers
91 --do you right - 311
92 --big poppa - the notorious b.i.g.
93 --gin & juice - snoop doggy dogg
94 --sabotage - beastie boys
95 --treat em right - chubb rock
96 --never there - cake
97 --santeria - sublime
98 --renee - lost boyz
99 --killing me softly - the fugees
100 -laid - james
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101 -sometimes salvation - the black crowes
102 -creep - tlc
103 -oh shit - the pharcyde
104 -heart-shaped box - nirvana
105 -screenwriter's blues - soul coughing
106 -affirmative action - nas w/ foxy brown
107 -sock it 2 me - missy ‘misdemeanor' elliott w/ da brat
108 -sex type thing - stone temple pilots
109 -where i'm from - digable planets
110 -you shall see - g. love & special sauce
111 -sometimes i rhyme slow - nice n smooth
112 -you wreck me - tom petty
113 -pool shark - sublime
114 -tomorrow - silverchair
115 -would? - alice in chains
116 -character zero - phish
117 -she talks to angels - the black crowes
118 -check the rhime - a tribe called quest
119 -i like it - grand puba
120 -caress me down - sublime
121 -grey cell green - ned's atomic dustbin
122 -right back - sublime
123 -sister havana - urge overkill
124 -everything's gonna be alright - naughty by nature
125 -where'd you go? - mighty mighty boss tones
126 -how I could just kill a man - cypress hill
127 -southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - outkast
128 -on & on - erykah badu
129 -you oughta know - alanis morrisette
130 -dead & bloated - stone temple pilots
131 -notorious thugz - notorious b.i.g. & bone thugz n harmony
132 -nobody's fault but my own - beck
133 -tones of home - blind melon
134 -ecstasy - rusted root
135 -360* (what goes around) - grand puba
136 -the warmth - incubus
137 -dogs of lust - the the
138 -are you gonna go my way - lenny kravitz
139 -carnival - natalie merchant
140 -send me on my way - rusted root
141 -novocaine for the soul - eels
142 -st. louise is listening - soul coughing
143 alive - pearl jam
144 -doin time - sublime
145 -wise up - aimee mann
146 -positive bleeding - urge overkill
147 -warped - red hot chili peppers
148 -sure shot - beastie boys
149 -you got me - the roots w/ erykah badu
150 -ascension (don't ever wonder) - maxwell
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151 -spoonman - soundgarden
152 -gett off - prince & the new power generation
153 -remedy - the black crowes
154 -21st century digital boy - bad religion
155 -even flow - pearl jam
156 -what they do - the roots
157 -alarm call - bjork
158 -ants marching - dave matthews band
159 -don't look back in anger - oasis
160 -operation spirit - live
161 -grind - alice & chains
162 -hitchin a ride - green day
163 -flagpole sitta - harvey danger
164 -what i got - sublime
165 -short skirt, long jacket - cake
166 -close to me ‘90 remix' - the cure
167 -shimmy shimmy ya - ol dirty bastard
168 -a hard rain's gonna fall - edie brickell
169 -debra - beck
170 -the sweetest thing 'new mix' - u2
171 -jeremy - pearl jam
172 -ms. fat booty - mos def
173 -born slippy - underworld
174 -an award tour - a tribe called quest
175 -pardon me - incubus
176 -tyrone (live) - erykah badu
177 -king for a day - goldfinger
178 -circles - soul coughing
179 -groovy train - the farm
180 -today - smashing pumpkins
181 -plowed - sponge
182 -candy everybody wants - 10,000 maniacs
183 -been caught stealing - jane's addiction
184 -tommy the cat - primus
185 -shut em down (pete rock remix) - public enemy
186 -fade into you - mazzy star
187 -live at e's - sublime
188 -blood makes noise - suzanne vega
189 -every ghetto, every city - lauryn hill
190 -mr. bitterness - soul coughing
191 -spottieottiedopaliscious - outkast
192 -wicked garden - stone temple pilots
193 -the world is yours - nas
194 -my name is mud - primus
195 -step into a world (rapture's delight) - krs-one
196 -this is how we do it - montell jordan
197 -rush - big audio dynamite II
198 -damn, it feels ggod to be a gangsta - geto boys
199 -nicotine & gravy - beck
200- daughter - pearl jam
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201 -otha fish - the pharcyde
202 -down rodeo - rage against the machine
203 -woo ha!!! (got you all in check) - busta rhymes
204 -doo wop (that thing) - lauryn hill
205 -feel the pain - dinosaur jr.
206 -drug ballad - eminem
207 -you - candlebox
208 -chief rocka - lords of the underground
209 -o.p.p. - naughty by nature
210 -too close - next
211 -groove is in the heart - deee-lite
212 -911 is a joke - public enemy
213 -anna begins - counting crows
214 -horse & carriage - cam'ron w/ mase
215 -divine thing - the soup dragons
216 -c.r.e.a.m. - wu-tang clan
217 -beercan - beck
218 -digging in the dirt - peter gabriel
219 -just to get a rep - gang starr
220 -elevators (me & you) - outkast
221 -i got 5 on it - luniz
222 -undone (the sweater song) - weezer
223 -sleeping satellite - tasmin archer
224 -visit - 311
225 -mellowship slinky - red hot chili peppers
226 -your mom's in my business - k-solo
227 -waiting for my ruca - sublime
228 -pain lies on the riverside - live
229 -criminal - fiona apple
230 -the choice is yours (revisited) - black sheep
231 -keep their heads ringin - dr. dre
232 -jeeps, lex coups, bimaz & benz - lost boyz
233 -stinkfist - tool
234 -(we've got) jazz - a tribe called quest
235 -sliver - nirvana
236 -nearly lost you - screaming trees
237 -you gotta be - des'ree
238 -cavern - phish
239 -atliens - outkast
240 -‘93 til infinity - souls of mischief
241 -black - pearl jam
242 -fast as you can - fiona apple
243 -sick of myself - matthew sweet
244 -all mixed up - 311
245 -not an addict - k's choice
246 -girlfriend - matthew sweet
247 -interstate love song - stone temple pilots
248 -no rain - blind melon
249 -these are days - 10,000 maniacs
250 -i will buy you a new life - everclear
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251 -wonder - natalie merchant
252 -natural one - folk implosion
253 -live forever - oasis
254 -sometimes always - the jesus & mary chain
255 -no myth - michael penn
256 -sexy mf - prince & the new power generation
257 -the beautiful people - marilyn manson
258 -can't knock the hustle - jay-z
259 -dangerous - busta rhymes
260 -90* fuzzwalk - rockers hi-fi
261 -mo money mo problems - notorious b.i.g w/ puffy & mase
262 -so cruel - u2
263 -wish - nine inch nails
264 -low - cracker
265 -mistadobalina - del tha funkee homosapien
266 -love unlimited - fun lovin criminals
267 -jump right in - the urge w/ nick hex
268 -far behind - candle box
269 -there she goes - the la's
270 -i wanna get high - cypress hill
271 -let love rule - lenny kravitz
272 -break it down again - tears for fears
273 -free - phish
274 -stay (wasting time) - dave matthews band
275 -cold beverage - g. love & special sauce
276 -ready or not - the fugees
277 -sister contine - rusted root
278 -mr e's beautiful blues - eels
279 -baby got back - sir mix-a-lot
280 -martyr - rusted root
281 -touch peel & stand - days of the new
282 -connected - stereo mc's
283 -jealous - gene loves jezebel
284 -old friend - rancid
285 -ghetto superstar - pras, ol dirty bastard & mya
286 -block rockin beats - chemical brothers
287 -let me clear my throat - do kool
288 -awful - hole
289 -free fallin - tom petty
290 -supernova - liz phair
291 -i alone - live
292 -hook - blues traveler
293 -st. mary - rancid
294 -enjoy the silence - depeche mode
295 -wrong way - sublime
296 -she has a girlfriend now - reel big fish
297 -i got a man - positive k
298 -streets of new york - kool g rap & dj polo
299 -bulls on parade - rage against the machine
300 -story of my life - social distortion
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301 -the distance - cake
302 -scenario - a tribe called quest & busta rhymes
303 -always on the run - lenny kravitz
304 -basket case - green day
305 -santa monica - everclear
306 -corduroy - pearl jam
307 -hard to handle - the black crowes
308 -scarlet begonias - sublime
309 -sweet dreams - marilyn manson
310 -i should've known - aimee mann
311 -shamrocks & shenanigans - house of pain
312 -waterfalls - tlc
313 -kool thing - sonic youth
314 -what's my name - snoop doggy dogg
315 -take the power back - rage against the machine
316 -juice (know the ledge) - eric b & rakim
317 -poppa large (east coast mix)- the ultramagnetic mc's
318 -the battle of who could care less - ben folds five
319 -one armed scissor - at the drive-in
320 -baby's got sauce - g.love & special sauce
321 -radio - rancid
322 -can't truss it - public enemy
323 -afternoons & coffeespoons - crash test dummies
324 -the globe - big audio dynamite II
325 -got your money - ol dirty bastard
326 -feed the tree - belly
327 -ya mama - the pharcyde
328 -slam - onyx
329 -aenema - tool
330 -put it in your mouth - akinyele
331 -holler if you hear me - 2pac
332 -lake of fire - nirvana
333 -burn - nine inch nails
334 -tonight - do quik
335 -but anyway - blues traveler
336 -selling the drama - live
337 -big momma thang - lil kim w/ jay-z
338 -in bloom - nirvana
339 -muzzle - smashing pumpkins
340 -this is the call - foo fighters
341 -jailhouse - sublime
342 -silver n gold - rusted root
343 -lucas with the lid off - lucas
344 -what's up? - 4 non-blondes
345 -new jack hustler - ice-t
346 -song 2 - blur
347 -the fly - u2
348 -black hole sun - soundgarden
349 -i got a story to tell - the notorious b.i.g.
350 -d'you know what I mean? - oasis
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351 -year of the boomerang - rage against the machine
352 -1979 - smashing pumpkins
353 -beer - reel big fish
354 -bad reputation - freedy johnston
355 -only happy when it rains - garbage
356 -valerie loves me - material issue
357 -somebody to shove - soul asylum
358 -can't wait one minute more - civ
359 -semisonic - oasis
360 -return of the mack - mark morrison
361 -jump around - house of pain
362 -crush on you - lil kim & lil cease
363 -summertime - dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince
364 -soft serve - soul coughing
365 -cell therapy - goodie mob
366 -into the great wide open - tom petty
367 -happy - ned's atomic dustbin
368 -love u more - sunscreen
369 -i get around - 2pac
370 -no diggity - blackstreet w/ dr.dre
371 -animal - pearl jam
372 -virtual insanity - jamiroquai
373 -they want efx - das efx
374 -everybody knows - concrete blonde
375 -rearview mirror - pearl jam
376 -tennessee - arrested development
377 -set adrift on memory bliss - pm dawn
378 -cantaloop (flip fantasia) - us3
379 -soul food - goodie mob
380 -here in your bedroom - goldfinger
381 -unglued - stone temple pilots
382 -start choppin - dinosaur jr.
383 -rooster - alice in chains
384 -the what - notorious b.i.g. & method man
385 -few & far between - 10,000 maniacs
386 -j.a.r. - green day
387 -them bones - alice in chains
388 -she - green day
389 -armatage shanks - green day
390 -intergalactic - beastie boys
391 -elderly woman sitting behind the counter... - pearl jam
392 -mama said knock you out - ll cool j
393 -gone till november - wyclef jean
394 -carlotta valdez - harvey danger
395 -cast no shadow - oasis
396 -pepper - butthole surfers
397 -govinda - kula shaker
398 -bring the pain - method man
399 -i will survive - cake
400 -movin on up - primal scream
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401 -she don't use jelly - the flaming lips
402 -dream all day - the posies
403 -more - the sisters of mercy
404 -canned heat - jamiroquai
405 -lazarus - boo radleys
406 -jesus built my hotrod - ministry
407 -everything zen - bush
408 -the dope show - marilyn manson
409 -fatman - g. love & special sauce
410 -...not if you were the last junkie on earth - dandy warhols
411 -sadeness - enigma
412 -busy child - the crystal method
413 -drinkin in l.a. - bran van 3000
414 -yellow ledbetter - pearl jam
415 -collapse - soul coughing
416 -going back to cali - the notorious b.i.g.
417 -wickedest man alive - naughty by nature
418 -i'll bee dat - redman
419 -everything about you - ugly kid joe
420 -my fault - eminem
421 -flavor of the month - black sheep
422 -runaround - blues traveler
423 -keep a lid on things - crash test dummies
424 -down by the water - pj harvey
425 -lit up - buck cherry
426 -the new pollution - beck
427 -seether - veruca salt
428 -rebirth of slick (cool like dat) - digable planets
429 -where it's at - beck
430 -never enough - the cure
431 -i am - jonny lang
432 -birdhouse in your soul - they might be giants
433 -girl you'll be a woman soon - urge overkill
434 -longshot - aimee mann
435 -keeping it moving - a tribe called quest
436 -everything to everyone - everclear
437 -tub thumping - chumbawamba
438 -only you - 112 w/ the notorious b.i.g.
439 -so alive - love & rockets
440 -monkey wrench - foo fighters
441 -brad logan - rancid
442 -good - better than ezra
443 -sumthin' sumthin' - maxwell
444 -self esteem - the offspring
445 -zombie - the cranberries (because of "The Office")
446 -fascination street - the cure
447 -hell - squirrel nut zippers
448 -people are still having sex - latour
449 -there's no other way - blur
450 -3 strange days - school of fish
Sorry for the attitude but too many people have asked me "Can't ya just do rock?" It's a DJ thing, sorry for any pretension on my part. DJs = attitudes.
And the funny thing is, if we didn't have one, you wouldn't respect us. You need an attitude to stand up in front of a room full of people and say I know what's best for you so follow me. Alright friends let's do this thing.
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Angela You Rock! Thank you so much for being the first to read my list and actually leave me a comment. I was starting to get bitter.
Everyone you mentioned had their moments.
It's understandable what you say about age and variety of bands and that's why I'm so fond of the 90s.
Because musically Nirvana detroyed rock as we knew it and gave a new generation their own unfiltered voice. and simultaneously the F.B.I. had finally gave up the fight (at least publicly) against hip-hop.
There were simply too many dollars to be made from it for it to be ignored.
Run DMC, MC Hammer, Tone Loc, Beastie Boys, all helped hip-hop grow a new limb, but in the 90s, it grew some legs and big big mouth.
Biggie Smalls and 2Pac are too often the symbols of this period because of their mysterious deaths, Cobain too.
Bigger than all of them was that music for a small time 91-95 Music was everywhere and a new voice emerged every second.
Independent films like Clerks, and Do The Right Thing blew the minds of the youth and a whole new generation of filmmakers was born. AND CAME THE MAN
The one. QUENTIN TARANTINO ARRIVED and forget minds blown, he started a revolution.
Ahh the 90s, such a shame no one else is in on this list.
hi DJ, you have a long list of songs, but i only recognize a few of them, I'm sure I am familiar with them, its just I am very poor with relating the songs withh the titles. LOLs. If I have time, i go check and try to listen to some of the songs in your list.
Ughh. I'm Trying To Find A Song. Back When I Was Really Young. All I Remember Is This Dude Was Playing A Saxaphone And The Guy That Was Actually Singing. But The Weird Thing Is, He Had This Dinosaur Looking Thing There With Him. But It Wasnt A Kid Song. And I Used To Listen To This All The Time. He Had Like, Short Curly Hair. And The Colour Of The Whole Video Was Black And White But It Was Just An Edit. And No It Wasnt Barney The Dinosaur.. It Was Standing On Two Legs :( And I Dont Know Who Knows What I'm Talking About Grrr
DJ Funktual, you're definitely admirable. I've seen nearly all of your videos and i love what you do. Thank you for showing how important samples have been in Hip Hop. This list is incredible, As a huge fan of the 90's, this list is a big help for me. Keep doing your thing. And most importantly, thank you.
You have Where is My Mind by the Pixies listed as #22 on your list when that song was released in 1988.
So I was born in 1984 and I Recognize almost ALL of these songs! I had older sisters so im guessing thats why I know most of them. Awesome list!
my man. thanks.
Hey there, first off its a great list!! but I need some help finding good protest music from this decade and I was hoping you could help me out!
I am looking for songs by African Americans, which talk about their daily struggle. I am writing an essay which focuses on protest music of the 30s, 60s and 90s... I am connecting each song to the artists life and the general society..
Thanks again for the list, can you please help me pick a meaningful song from it? maybe notorious big or public enemy...
Thank you
Johanna













Angela Harris says:
2 years ago
Wow. Okay, now our age difference is becoming apparent. I consider myself pretty well-rounded. But I gotta tell ya. I recognize almost none of these songs. And only a few of the bands.
However, just to show that I'm not a complete old fogey, I second the nominations for The Beautiful People, Block Rockin Beats, and I Will Buy You a New Life. And of course, Tom Petty because I'm set in my ways. Glad to see that you included Alice in Chains, Everclear, Pearl Jam, Eminem, Soundgarden, LL Cool J, and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.