This list started out as a Top Ten list and within three minutes I realized I was about to be spending countless hours creating a list of way more than ten songs. So in tribute to my favorite countdown during the 90's hosted by Mr. Rick Dees (the voice of Shaggy from Scooby Doo cartoons), I decided to narrow my list down to my Top 40. And I mean narrow down. I started with a pool of 206 songs that I had hand picked as I reminisced on my favorites from the decade, and also as I refreshed my memory by reading through various top 100 pop charts of each year of the 90's.
When deciding on my top 40, I chose songs based on how much I liked them when they came on the radio when I was growing up during the 1990's, not accounting for 1) Liking the song less now because I have overplayed it, 2) Liking the song less because in hindsight it is clearly an annoying/stupid/crude/talent-lacking song, and lastly not taking into account songs I 3) Grew to like more after the 1990's were over (i.e. Bone Thugs n Harmony's "Crossroads", Counting Crows, Dispatch's "The General"...).
So, in short, this list is made up of the top 40 songs that provide me with the most nostalgia.
Top 40 90's Songs (in alphabetical order):
| (Everything I Do) I Do It for You - Bryan Adams |
| 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins |
| All for You - Sister Hazel |
| All-Star - Smash Mouth |
| Are You That Somebody - Aaliyah ft Timbaland |
| As I Lay Me Down - Sophie B. Hawkins |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something |
| Brick - Ben Folds Five |
| Closing Time - Semisonic |
| Crash - Dave Matthews Band |
| Crush - Jennifer Paige |
| Father of Mine - Everclear |
| Fly - Sugar Ray |
| Foolish Games - Jewel |
| Good - Better Than Ezra |
| Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day |
| Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms |
| Iris - Goo Goo Dolls |
| Kiss from a Rose - Seal |
| Kiss the Rain - Billie Myers |
| My Name Is - Eminem |
| Only Want to be with You - Hootie and the Blowfish |
| Push - Matchbox Twenty |
| Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison |
| Save Tonight - Eagle-Eye Cherry |
| Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind |
| Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow |
| Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin |
| The Boy is Mine - Brandy and Monica |
| The Sign - Ace of Base |
| Too Close - Next |
| Twisted - Keith Sweat |
| Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| You Make Me Wanna - Usher |
| If You Could Only See - Tonic |
| When I Come Around - Green Day |
| Never There - Cake |
| Inside Out - Eve 6 |
| Will You Be There (from Free Willy soundtrack) - Michael Jackson |
| You Get What You Give - New Radicals |
Feel free to reminisce and comment your agreeings and disagreeings! Also, the post below are my honorable mentions that did not make the top 40.
