Top Ten Songs Of Each Year 1990-1999 (Revision Version)

[Brian]

Criteria: Songs listed are from Rock 'n' Roll and related sub-genres. Rankings are based on initial and lasting popularity and on acclaim received from critics and musicians.

Edited By: Brian
Last Updated: 2024-05-03

A link to the top 120 of each year follows that year's top 10 list.

1990
1. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
2. Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
3. U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
4. Vogue - Madonna
5. Groove Is in the Heart - Deee-Lite
6. Thunderstruck – AC/DC
7. More Than Words – Extreme
8. Man in the Box - Alice In Chains
9. Vision of Love – Mariah Carey
10. Wind of Change – Scorpions

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1991
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
2. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
3. One - U2
4. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
6. Enter Sandman - Metallica
7. Come as You Are - Nirvana
8. Alive - Pearl Jam
9. November Rain - Guns N' Roses
10. Black or White – Michael Jackson

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1992
1. Nuthin' but a "G" Thang - Dr. Dre
2. Creep - Radiohead
3. Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
4. Jump Around - House of Pain
5. Killing in the Name - Rage Against The Machine
6. It Was a Good Day – Ice Cube
7. Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-Lot
8. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
9. Friday I’m in Love – The Cure
10. What’s Up – 4 Non Blondes

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1993
1. Loser - Beck
2. Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana
3. Gin & Juice - Snoop Doggy Dogg
4. Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
5. C.R.E.A.M. – Wu Tang Clan
6. Insane in the Brain – Cypress Hill
7. Linger – Cranberries
8. What Is Love - Haddaway
9. Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
10 That’s the Way Love Goes – Janet Jackson

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1994
1. Waterfalls - TLC
2. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
3. Sabotage - Beastie Boys
4. Regulate - Warren G
5. Zombie - The Cranberries
6. Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.
7. Basket Case - Green Day
8. Buddy Holly – Weezer
9. Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
10. Big Poppa - Notorious B.I.G.

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1995
1. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
2. Wonderwall - Oasis
3. California Love - 2Pac
4. You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
5. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
6. Don't Speak - No Doubt
7. Dear Mama - 2Pac
8. Ironic - Alanis Morissette
9. Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
10. Fantasy – Mariah Carey

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1996
1. Killing Me Softly - The Fugees
2. No Diggity - BLACKstreet
3. Wannabe – Spice Girls
4. Lovefool – Cardigans
5. Firestarter – Prodigy
6. What I Got - Sublime
7. Ready or Not – The Fugees
8. Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison **
9. Bulls on Parade – Rage Against the Machine
10. Un-Break My Heart – Toni Braxton

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1997
1. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
2. Song 2 - Blur
3. Paranoid Android - Radiohead
4. Everlong - Foo Fighters
5. Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G.
6. Karma Police - Radiohead
7. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
8. Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
9. I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy
10. Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G.

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1998
1. Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
2. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
3. Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
4. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
5. Believe – Cher
6. Hard Knock Life - Jay Z
7. Intergalactic - Beastie Boys
8. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy and Monica
9. Freak on a Leash - Korn
10. You Get What You Give – New Radicals **

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1999
1. My Name Is - Eminem
2. Smooth - Santana and Rob Thomas
3. Say My Name - Destiny's Child
4. No Scrubs - TLC
5. Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys
7. Still D.R.E. – Dr. Dre
8. All the Small Things - Blink 182
9. Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. All Star – Smash Mouth

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