the internet was at our fingertips
Playstations were in our living rooms
friends was on TV and these were on the
radio I should 64 my shirts so sexy it
hurts welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten decade defining songs of the
1990s for this list we’ve looked at a
combination of the decades most
commercially successful songs as well as
the most influential records and the
tracks that best reflect the period
number ten basket case Green Day do you
have the time to listen to me whine
about nothing and everything allowance
our first track needs no introduction
which is handy because it doesn’t have
one
it’ll keep setting up
skipping an instrumental opening and
getting right to the lyrical point Green
Day asks for our time and we’re more
than happy to oblige
the song carried punk rock into the 90s
and gave the charts something to really
think about
it could have gone for their softer good
riddens time of your life approach help
you at the dime
but instead basket-case is our brash and
brilliant opening pic
number nine Wonderwall oasis today is
gonna be the day that the gonna throw it
back to you by now you should’ve somehow
realized what you gotta do Britpop
staged a major assault on popular music
throughout the 90s and it was led into
battle by this band among others for
Oasis Wonderwall was wonderful a song
about a life-saving make-believe friend
there’s continued speculation that
romantic interests were its influence it
became a crowd-pleasing anthem
written by Noel Gallagher and delivered
with distinction by his brother Liam
Oasis was a family business and Masson
was their jingle
number eight right now Van Halen Van
Halen brought their big 80s hairdos into
the next decade and they laid down a
song that really had us listening
right now has a simple message live for
the moment breathe for now because one
day will be your last it’s an uplifting
motivational statement that has often
been adopted by political parties and
sports teams
for the video accompaniment won three
awards at the 1992 MTV VMAs and rightly
so
scrapbook of life it’s as
thought-provoking as the music
number seven I’ll be missing you Puff
Daddy
featuring Faith Evans and 112 seems like
yesterday I like to try few luck flow so
far from hanging on flap dough a tribute
to puff daddy’s friend and Faith Evans
husband the notorious b.i.g this record
soared to the top of music charts
worldwide I know you still living your
life real name Christopher Wallace the
rapper was killed in a drive-by shooting
in LA and four Puff Daddy this track was
all about memorializing him and gaining
closure to the day we meet again in my
heart as well keeping fresh memories
gave me the strength I need to proceed
if I need to believe the single heavily
samples every breath you take by the
police and sting has been known to
perform it alongside the rapper
extremely sentimental it’s our number
seven
number six California love Tupac
featuring dr. Dre and Roger Troutman hip
hop music really came to the forefront
of popular culture during the 90s Snoop
Dogg’s ain’t nothing but a G thang it’s
like this is like setting like this
Santa and cream by the wu-tang clan were
significant but Tupac’s California love
was a real rap game changer let me
welcome everybody to the wild wild west
a safe that’s a touchable like Eliot
Ness the track is citiots warm like a
spongy it strips dr. Dre’s production
had innovation and most notably
intensity
girls gangs and money words subject
matter it’s a contemporary cautionary
tale without a jail California dreamin
as soon as I step on the scene of
Marunouchi screaming defeated for money
in alcohol but like a player in a strong
ball it enjoyed considerable chart
success and put the Westside rap scene
firmly on the map number five baby one
more time Britney Spears pop music got
girly in the 90s and to top the charts
you needed the woman’s touch
the Spice Girls want to be proved the
real thing but it’s the teenage
schoolgirl who really stole the show
the Britney Spears became the biggest
name in all of showbiz when she debuted
with baby one more time the song is pop
perfection and the video was instantly
iconic
we just wouldn’t leave Britney alone as
she scored a number one in every single
country she charted it number four Enter
Sandman Metallica
the first single from their fifth album
with Enter Sandman Metallica plays out
our worst nightmares in the best way
possible
do
assan lick deals in bad dreams it has an
eerie opening a killer guitar solo and
some demonic vocals
ha
it’s the heaviest of metal and was a
major influence over all of 90s rock
my school
with an accompanying music video that
practically inhibits rapid eye movement
it’s the sound of spooky sleepless
nights
number three loser back fresh from
living rough Beck wrote this song with a
whole world of experience upon his young
shoulders at the time
some critics cast loser off as senseless
stoner rap that would never catch on how
wrong they were
baby
a self-confessed unskilled rapper Beck
was able to combine his folk music
origins with a slightly psychedelic vibe
if you can’t relate trade the cat for
the beef for the body for hate and my
time is a piece of wax the result was a
piece of splendid self-mockery a song
that’s real and relatable thanks you’re
gonna change I can feel it
– baby
number two one sweet day Mariah Carey
and boys to miss a further example of
female dominance Mariah Carey enjoyed
huge success during the 1990s
mercial II her collaboration with R&B
act boys to men was her greatest triumph
spending a staggering 16 weeks atop the
US Hot 100
an emotional ballot it’s a reminder of
the temporality of life and a tribute to
those that have passed
it’s a record breaker it’s a tearjerker
and it’s proof that pop music can
sometimes really strike a chord
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
I said to you
with this
Oh
that’s
in the spa
loosen my
there was a problem yo I’ll solve it
check out the hook while my DJ boss
I take us
trust you
number one smells like teen spirit
nirvana
if the 90s are responsible for
popularizing one music genre in
particular its grunge Pearl Jam’s Jeremy
and Radiohead’s creep or among other
moody magnificent tracks
but teen spirit was the Trailblazer
Nirvana’s smashed into the mainstream
with awesome apathy and a record that
rings in your ears for days
inspired by graffiti left by a
girlfriend on kurt cobain’s bedroom wall
it’s a typically nirvana combination of
loud and quiet subdued and severe
it didn’t hold back and now it holds our
top spot
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite 90s song
for more triumphant top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
Oh
Playstations were in our living rooms
friends was on TV and these were on the
radio I should 64 my shirts so sexy it
hurts welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten decade defining songs of the
1990s for this list we’ve looked at a
combination of the decades most
commercially successful songs as well as
the most influential records and the
tracks that best reflect the period
number ten basket case Green Day do you
have the time to listen to me whine
about nothing and everything allowance
our first track needs no introduction
which is handy because it doesn’t have
one
it’ll keep setting up
skipping an instrumental opening and
getting right to the lyrical point Green
Day asks for our time and we’re more
than happy to oblige
the song carried punk rock into the 90s
and gave the charts something to really
think about
it could have gone for their softer good
riddens time of your life approach help
you at the dime
but instead basket-case is our brash and
brilliant opening pic
number nine Wonderwall oasis today is
gonna be the day that the gonna throw it
back to you by now you should’ve somehow
realized what you gotta do Britpop
staged a major assault on popular music
throughout the 90s and it was led into
battle by this band among others for
Oasis Wonderwall was wonderful a song
about a life-saving make-believe friend
there’s continued speculation that
romantic interests were its influence it
became a crowd-pleasing anthem
written by Noel Gallagher and delivered
with distinction by his brother Liam
Oasis was a family business and Masson
was their jingle
number eight right now Van Halen Van
Halen brought their big 80s hairdos into
the next decade and they laid down a
song that really had us listening
right now has a simple message live for
the moment breathe for now because one
day will be your last it’s an uplifting
motivational statement that has often
been adopted by political parties and
sports teams
for the video accompaniment won three
awards at the 1992 MTV VMAs and rightly
so
scrapbook of life it’s as
thought-provoking as the music
number seven I’ll be missing you Puff
Daddy
featuring Faith Evans and 112 seems like
yesterday I like to try few luck flow so
far from hanging on flap dough a tribute
to puff daddy’s friend and Faith Evans
husband the notorious b.i.g this record
soared to the top of music charts
worldwide I know you still living your
life real name Christopher Wallace the
rapper was killed in a drive-by shooting
in LA and four Puff Daddy this track was
all about memorializing him and gaining
closure to the day we meet again in my
heart as well keeping fresh memories
gave me the strength I need to proceed
if I need to believe the single heavily
samples every breath you take by the
police and sting has been known to
perform it alongside the rapper
extremely sentimental it’s our number
seven
number six California love Tupac
featuring dr. Dre and Roger Troutman hip
hop music really came to the forefront
of popular culture during the 90s Snoop
Dogg’s ain’t nothing but a G thang it’s
like this is like setting like this
Santa and cream by the wu-tang clan were
significant but Tupac’s California love
was a real rap game changer let me
welcome everybody to the wild wild west
a safe that’s a touchable like Eliot
Ness the track is citiots warm like a
spongy it strips dr. Dre’s production
had innovation and most notably
intensity
girls gangs and money words subject
matter it’s a contemporary cautionary
tale without a jail California dreamin
as soon as I step on the scene of
Marunouchi screaming defeated for money
in alcohol but like a player in a strong
ball it enjoyed considerable chart
success and put the Westside rap scene
firmly on the map number five baby one
more time Britney Spears pop music got
girly in the 90s and to top the charts
you needed the woman’s touch
the Spice Girls want to be proved the
real thing but it’s the teenage
schoolgirl who really stole the show
the Britney Spears became the biggest
name in all of showbiz when she debuted
with baby one more time the song is pop
perfection and the video was instantly
iconic
we just wouldn’t leave Britney alone as
she scored a number one in every single
country she charted it number four Enter
Sandman Metallica
the first single from their fifth album
with Enter Sandman Metallica plays out
our worst nightmares in the best way
possible
do
assan lick deals in bad dreams it has an
eerie opening a killer guitar solo and
some demonic vocals
ha
it’s the heaviest of metal and was a
major influence over all of 90s rock
my school
with an accompanying music video that
practically inhibits rapid eye movement
it’s the sound of spooky sleepless
nights
number three loser back fresh from
living rough Beck wrote this song with a
whole world of experience upon his young
shoulders at the time
some critics cast loser off as senseless
stoner rap that would never catch on how
wrong they were
baby
a self-confessed unskilled rapper Beck
was able to combine his folk music
origins with a slightly psychedelic vibe
if you can’t relate trade the cat for
the beef for the body for hate and my
time is a piece of wax the result was a
piece of splendid self-mockery a song
that’s real and relatable thanks you’re
gonna change I can feel it
– baby
number two one sweet day Mariah Carey
and boys to miss a further example of
female dominance Mariah Carey enjoyed
huge success during the 1990s
mercial II her collaboration with R&B
act boys to men was her greatest triumph
spending a staggering 16 weeks atop the
US Hot 100
an emotional ballot it’s a reminder of
the temporality of life and a tribute to
those that have passed
it’s a record breaker it’s a tearjerker
and it’s proof that pop music can
sometimes really strike a chord
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
I said to you
with this
Oh
that’s
in the spa
loosen my
there was a problem yo I’ll solve it
check out the hook while my DJ boss
I take us
trust you
number one smells like teen spirit
nirvana
if the 90s are responsible for
popularizing one music genre in
particular its grunge Pearl Jam’s Jeremy
and Radiohead’s creep or among other
moody magnificent tracks
but teen spirit was the Trailblazer
Nirvana’s smashed into the mainstream
with awesome apathy and a record that
rings in your ears for days
inspired by graffiti left by a
girlfriend on kurt cobain’s bedroom wall
it’s a typically nirvana combination of
loud and quiet subdued and severe
it didn’t hold back and now it holds our
top spot
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite 90s song
for more triumphant top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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