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. Vogue - Madonna
4. U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
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. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. One - U2
5. Enter Sandman - Metallica
6. Come as You Are - Nirvana
7. Alive - Pearl Jam
8. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
9. November Rain - Guns N' Roses
10. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica **

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

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1993
1. Loser - Beck
2. Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana
3. C.R.E.A.M. – Wu Tang Clan
4. Gin & Juice - Snoop Doggy Dogg
5. Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
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. Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.
2. Waterfalls - TLC
3. Basket Case - Green Day
4. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
5. Sabotage - Beastie Boys
6. Zombie - The Cranberries
7. Regulate - Warren G
8. Big Poppa - Notorious B.I.G.
9. Buddy Holly – Weezer
10. Say It Ain’t So – Weezer **

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1995
1. Wonderwall - Oasis
2. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
3. California Love - 2Pac
4. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
5. You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
6. Don't Speak - No Doubt
7. Dear Mama - 2Pac
8. Shook Ones, Pt. 2 - Mobb Deep **
9. Ironic - Alanis Morissette
10. Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins

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1996
1. No Diggity - BLACKstreet
2. Killing Me Softly - The Fugees
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. Everlong - Foo Fighters
4. Paranoid Android - Radiohead
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. Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
2. Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
3. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
4. Believe – Cher
5. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
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. No Scrubs - TLC
2. Say My Name - Destiny's Child
3. My Name Is - Eminem
4. I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys
5. Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. Still D.R.E. – Dr. Dre
7. Smooth - Santana and Rob Thomas
8. Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. All the Small Things - Blink 182
10. All Star – Smash Mouth

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** indicates new entry

[Brian]

On the thread for the '90s songs list, I've shown what my current thinking is for how the top 76 of that list should look. Below are parts of each yearly list that would change to keep them consistent with the decade list. I'm only showing here the part of each list that would be different from before.

1990
3. Vogue - Madonna
4. U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer

1991
3. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. One - U2
5. Enter Sandman - Metallica
6. Come as You Are - Nirvana
7. Alive - Pearl Jam
8. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
9. November Rain - Guns N' Roses
10. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

I also edit the long list for 1991. These would be the new positions for these 2 songs:
11. Black or White – Michael Jackson
12. (Everything I Do) I Do It for You - Bryan Adams

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

1993
3. C.R.E.A.M. – Wu Tang Clan
4. Gin & Juice - Snoop Doggy Dogg
5. Mr. Jones - Counting Crows

1994
1. Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.
2. Waterfalls - TLC
3. Basket Case - Green Day
4. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
5. Sabotage - Beastie Boys
6. Zombie - The Cranberries
7. Regulate - Warren G
8. Big Poppa - Notorious B.I.G.
9. Buddy Holly – Weezer
10. Say It Ain’t So – Weezer

Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley comes off.

1995
1. Wonderwall - Oasis
2. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
3. California Love - 2Pac
4. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
5. You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
6. Don't Speak - No Doubt
7. Dear Mama - 2Pac
8. Shook Ones, Pt. 2 - Mobb Deep **
9. Ironic - Alanis Morissette
10. Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins

** indicates new entry. Fantasy by Mariah Carey comes off.

1996
1. No Diggity - BLACKstreet
2. Killing Me Softly - The Fugees

1997
3. Everlong - Foo Fighters
4. Paranoid Android - Radiohead

1998
1. Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
2. Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
3. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
4. Believe – Cher
5. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith

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