[macfantn]

I am going to have to go with Black by Pearl Jam, great song, great lyrics.

[Railroader]

Nada - The Refreshments

[Lateralus]

Spice Girls - Wannabe

[macfantn]

good choice considering I did ginger, man she is a ho.

[Randman]

I might have to go with Ænema by Tool.

According to VH-1 ...

100 Greatest Songs Of The '90s Full List

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 (featuring 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 (featuring 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. featuring 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"

[macfantn]

forgot about U2 one, that has to be my #2 song behind black

I am still unsure of what Eddie is singing about

Hey... oooh...
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did.
All five horizons revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn

Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything.
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can drop away

And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
Of what was everything?
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be... yeah...
Uh huh... uh huh... ooh...

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine

Aah... uuh..

[Timo]

"RIco Suave"? Really?

[slpdLoad]

All Star - Smash Mouth

[macfantn]

i saw smash mouth open for U2 in 98 I believe, worst show ever. They sounded horrible.

[Lateralus]

Originally Posted by macfantn 

good choice considering I did ginger, man she is a ho.

Don't talk about my Ginger that way!!11

[64stang06]

Wow, Hammer was #16? I didn't even think he made top 50.

[IceEnclosure]

I remember driving down the street when I was 16 seriously jammin' to MC Hammer.

I questioned his version of "Have You Seen Her?" though.

[starman]

NSFW:

YouTube - Closer - Nine Inch Nails

Like, is there REALLY a better song than this?

[Shaddim]

Ænema, hands down.

[Goldfinger]

YouTube - Haddaway-What is Love?

[red rocket]

Seasons in the Abyss ~ Slayer

[mattyb]

There just isn't any way that ONE song can be THE BEST for 10 years.

I was 18 - 28 in the 90s and there are just too many memories associated with different songs to say that one was better than all the rest.

Scary Spice is the whore of the bunch - I've had 'em all.

[Dakar the Fourth]

I'd be hard pressed to narrow down my list to 10, but without a doubt U2s One would be in the Top 3.

[lavar78]

Without thinking about it too hard right now, I will say that I absolutely love "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots. That's a great song.

[quesera]

Originally Posted by lavar78 

Without thinking about it too hard right now, I will say that I absolutely love "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots. That's a great song.

And Plush.

How could the Foo Fighters not make the top 100? Especially considering some of the other dubious dreck on that list.

[mattyb]

Originally Posted by lavar78 

Without thinking about it too hard right now, I will say that I absolutely love "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots. That's a great song.

Not listened to that in ages - just put it on the iPod.

I really got into the Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, etc in the early 90s.

[64stang06]

No Candlebox? That list is rigged.

[osiris]

The 90s is a wild blur to me. I'm hoping some of those songs triggers something.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by osiris 

The 90s is a wild blur to me. I'm hoping some of those songs triggers something.

Musicwise, I agree completely. The lists others have posted did spark something for me, but a lot of the songs I thought of were a bit before the 90s. Like everything I've really liked by U2, for instance.

However, my favorites, in no particular order (except for being reminded of them from the top 100 list) include:
Waterfalls-TLC
Black Hole Sun -Soundgarden
Mr. Jones -Counting Crows
Livin' la Vida Loca -Ricky Martin
Killing me Softly with His Song -(great cover) Fugees
Only Wanna Be with You -Hootie and the Blowfish
Buddy Holly -Weezer
Peaches -Presidents of the United States of America
Run Around -Blues Traveler
Building a Mystery -Sarah McLachlan
The Way -Fastball (a real one-hit wonder )
All Star -Smash Mouth
Passionate Kisses, Right Now, Shut Up and Kiss Me, When Halley Came to Jackson- all by Mary-Chapin Carpenter

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

The Way -Fastball (a real one-hit wonder )

Wasn't it though? It was one of those songs that when it came out everyone was like, "This amazing" or "This is different." But their next songs were neither and they fell back into obscurity.

Man, I could practically start another thread to discuss some of the other wonders of 90s, like White Town, or Primitive Radio gods.

[cjrivera]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

The Way -Fastball (a real one-hit wonder )

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Wasn't it though? It was one of those songs that when it came out everyone was like, "This amazing" or "This is different." But their next songs were neither and they fell back into obscurity.

I really liked "Out of My Head".

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by cjrivera 

I really liked "Out of My Head".

I thought it was good, but I just feel like "The Way" leagues ahead of everything else (pop-wise)

[ghporter]

And now that I've been thinking about it, I could probably add something like ten more songs. I just don't categorize songs in my head by decade, and that makes this sort of thread a problem to post in.

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

And now that I've been thinking about it, I could probably add something like ten more songs. I just don't categorize songs in my head by decade, and that makes this sort of thread a problem to post in.

That's what iTunes is for!

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by lavar78 

That's what iTunes is for!

Yeah, I used their Billboard charts to find every one hit wonder I could think (and they had listed). Quite handy.

[Timo]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

The Way -Fastball (a real one-hit wonder )

so THAT'S what that song is called. Thanks!

[zro]

Shining Path by Alice Donut.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...97397&s=143441

[olePigeon]

The best song of the 1990s is a twelve-way tie of every song on Cryptic Writings from Megadeth.

[Luca Rescigno]

Originally Posted by mattyb 

There just isn't any way that ONE song can be THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST

fixed (though the song is from 2005)

However, I'm surprised Bitter Sweet Symphony isn't on that list.

[paul w]

How Bizarre by OMC

No actually I have no idea - the 90s were like three different distinc periods of my life (high school, college and post college euroliving)

[ghporter]

"How Bizarre" was from the '90s? Huh. I never heard it until a couple of years ago (thanks to "Jack FM"). Very interesting.

I keep getting reminded of songs and then when I look 'em up they're from '89 or '02 or something like that. For example, "Stand" by REM is from '88. I like "Shiny Happy People," but it's not one that jumps to my thoughts like Stand does.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by paul w 

How Bizarre by OMC

We were making fun of that at work a week or two ago. Zena. Ha.

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

"How Bizarre" was from the '90s? Huh. I never heard it until a couple of years ago (thanks to "Jack FM"). Very interesting.

Interesting indeed. I take it you didn't listen to a radio -- ever -- in the '90s?

I keep getting reminded of songs and then when I look 'em up they're from '89 or '02 or something like that. For example, "Stand" by REM is from '88. I like "Shiny Happy People," but it's not one that jumps to my thoughts like Stand does.

"Losing My Religion" is surely the R.E.M. song of the '90s.

[scaught]

Originally Posted by paul w 

How Bizarre by OMC

No actually I have no idea - the 90s were like three different distinc periods of my life (high school, college and post college euroliving)

Dude. You know I hate that ****ing song.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

I'd be hard pressed to narrow down my list to 10, but without a doubt U2s One would be in the Top 3.

There's something weird going on here. macfantn's hate of punctuation leads to correct (non)usage of apostrophes and Dakar misses one.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

Musicwise, I agree completely. The lists others have posted did spark something for me, but a lot of the songs I thought of were a bit before the 90s. Like everything I've really liked by U2, for instance.

However, my favorites, in no particular order (except for being reminded of them from the top 100 list) include:
Waterfalls-TLC
Black Hole Sun -Soundgarden
Mr. Jones -Counting Crows
Livin' la Vida Loca -Ricky Martin
Killing me Softly with His Song -(great cover) Fugees
Only Wanna Be with You -Hootie and the Blowfish
Buddy Holly -Weezer
Peaches -Presidents of the United States of America
Run Around -Blues Traveler
Building a Mystery -Sarah McLachlan
The Way -Fastball (a real one-hit wonder )
All Star -Smash Mouth
Passionate Kisses, Right Now, Shut Up and Kiss Me, When Halley Came to Jackson- all by Mary-Chapin Carpenter

The 80's had some great stuff, goodtimes©.

ok, the 90's have finally hit me... weird mix though.

Sex And Candy - Marcy Playground
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
You Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
Creep - Radiohead
Teen Spirit - Nirvana
En Vogue "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
Cypress Hill "Insane In The Brain"
R.E.M. "Losing My Religion"
Madonna "Vogue"
etc...

I have to go with Sabotage by the Beastie Boys. Their video sealed it for me.

[cybergoober]

Say Hello 2 Heaven - Temple of the Dog

Chris Cornell's vocals on that track are freaking EPIC.

[Lateralus]

Originally Posted by cybergoober 

Temple of the Dog

Greatest. Supergroup. Ever.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by cybergoober 

Say Hello 2 Heaven - Temple of the Dog

Chris Cornell's vocals on that track are freaking EPIC.

Originally Posted by Lateralus 

Greatest. Supergroup. Ever.

And I've never heard of them... If they can be categorized, what's their genre?

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

There's something weird going on here. macfantn's hate of punctuation leads to correct (non)usage of apostrophes and Dakar misses one.

I usually ignore apostrophes after numbers.

[Dork.]

Originally Posted by cybergoober 

EPIC.

You want it all but you can't have it!
(Not the best song of the 90's, BTW.... )

My vote would probably be for Pearl Jam. Lots of good songs on Ten, I still listen to it once in a while....

[Lateralus]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

And I've never heard of them... If they can be categorized, what's their genre?

Grunge~

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by Lateralus 

Greatest. Supergroup. Ever.

I'd disagree with that, but were they even technically a supergroup? Mother Love Bone was hardly famous and Pearl Jam formed after that record.

[SpaceMonkey]

Originally Posted by Dork. 

You want it all but you can't have it!
(Not the best song of the 90's, BTW.... )

Especially since it's from 1989...

Anyway, here are my nominations. I'm sure I'm repeating others'. It was indeed tough to narrow down.

Alice In Chains: "Man In The Box"
Bad Religion: "21st Century Boy"
Cake: "I Will Survive"
Collective Soul: "Run"
Depeche Mode: "Personal Jesus"
Dream Theater: "Metropolis Pt. 1"
Everything But The Girl: "Missing"
Faith No More: "A Small Victory"
Filter: "Hey Man Nice Shot"
Foo Fighters: "Everlong"
Gin Blossoms: "Hey Jealousy"
Green Day: "Basket Case"
Jane's Addiction: "Been Caught Stealing"
Live: "Lightning Crashes"
Metallica: "Enter Sandman"
Natalie Merchant: "Wonder"
Nirvana: "All Apologies"
The Notorious B.I.G.: "Hypnotize"
Oasis: "Champagne Supernova"
Pearl Jam: "Elderly Woman Behind A Counter In A Small Town"
REM: "Losing My Religion"
Radiohead: "Paranoid Android"
Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Under The Bridge"
Ronny Jordan: "The Jackal"
Smashing Pumpkins: "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Soundgarden: "Outshined"
Stone Temple Pilots: "Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart"
Sublime: "Wrong Way"
Third Eye Blind: "Semi-Charmed Life"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
The Tragically Hip: "Locked In The Trunk Of A Car"
The Verve: "Bittersweet Symphony"
The Wallflowers: "One Headlight"
Weezer: "El Scorcho"
Wilco: "She's A Jar"

[Dakar the Fourth]

Not a bad list, though Natalie Merchant sucks balls.