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The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge

The countdown of the '90s (September 2009) from CFNY 102.1 The Edge in Toronto, ON ranks 200 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 73 different artists; The Tragically Hip has the most entries with 18 songs.

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Countdown aired over Labour Day weekend 2009 on 102.1 The Edge (CFNY); compiled from listener votes per the source. Each entry's original release year (as printed by the source) omitted from the row per the standard rank/artist/title format.

# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
2 Come As You Are Nirvana 175 #1
3 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 115 #2
4 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
5 Self-Esteem The Offspring 110 #1
6 What I Got Sublime 106 #1
7 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 204 #1
8 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 135 #1
9 All Apologies Nirvana 145 #2
10 New Orleans Is Sinking The Tragically Hip 13 #5
11 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
12 Loser Beck 125 #2
13 When I Come Around Green Day 119 #2
14 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 104 #1
15 Closer Nine Inch Nails 109 #1
16 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace 49 #8
17 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 115 #3
18 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
19 Basket Case Green Day 120 #1
20 Lithium Nirvana 150 #3
21 Ahead By A Century The Tragically Hip 6 #3
22 Jeremy Pearl Jam 187 #1
23 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers 104 #2
24 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 122 #6
25 Brain Stew Green Day 61 #8
26 Starseed Our Lady Peace 32 #13
27 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
28 Around the World Red Hot Chili Peppers 60 #10
29 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots 135 #3
30 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
31 Poets The Tragically Hip 23 #19
32 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 154 #1
33 Money City Maniacs Sloan 6 #33
34 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 125 #3
35 Hello Time Bomb The Matthew Good Band 6 #35
36 In Bloom Nirvana 117 #5
37 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 93 #1
38 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
39 One Man Army Our Lady Peace 9 #29
40 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
41 No Rain Blind Melon 109 #2
42 Courage The Tragically Hip 25 #42
43 Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day 36 #1
44 Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers 81 #9
45 The Good In Everyone Sloan 6 #45
46 Better Man Pearl Jam 148 #2
47 One More Astronaut I Mother Earth 6 #29
48 Buddy Holly Weezer 97 #2
49 Come Out and Play The Offspring 97 #2
50 Naveed Our Lady Peace 8 #6
51 Daughter Pearl Jam 132 #1
52 Learn to Fly Foo Fighters 108 #6
53 Vasoline Stone Temple Pilots 100 #3
54 Fifty-mission Cap The Tragically Hip 4 #54
55 Champagne Supernova Oasis 91 #11
56 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 71 #3
57 The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted) Big Wreck 7 #57
58 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 135 #2
59 Load Me Up The Matthew Good Band 4 #55
60 All the Small Things blink-182 79 #2
61 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 49 #12
62 Comedown Bush 95 #2
63 The Man Who Sold the World Nirvana 81 #4
64 Glycerine Bush 118 #1
65 Bobcaygeon The Tragically Hip 8 #17
66 What It's Like Everlast 81 #2
67 Temptation The Tea Party 7 #44
68 About A Girl Nirvana 75 #7
69 Underwhelmed Sloan 5 #47
70 Big Empty Stone Temple Pilots 97 #10
71 My Own Worst Enemy Lit 64 #1
72 Rape Me Nirvana 49 #18
73 Enter Sandman Metallica 164 #2
74 That Song Big Wreck 5 #56
75 Would? Alice In Chains 120 #5
76 At The Hundredth Meridan The Tragically Hip 11 #23
77 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
78 Everything Is Automatic The Matthew Good Band 5 #36
79 Polly Nirvana 50 #5
80 Sabotage Beastie Boys 111 #3
81 American Woman Lenny Kravitz 33 #10
82 She Green Day 51 #12
83 All That You Are Econoline Crush 6 #83
84 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 98 #4
85 Is Anybody Home? Our Lady Peace 9 #7
86 Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam 117 #2
87 Little Bones The Tragically Hip 9 #5
88 Pardon Me Incubus 59 #1
89 Stereo The Watchmen 3 #75
90 Jump Around House of Pain 35 #3
91 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 75 #1
92 Spoonman Soundgarden 101 #14
93 Indestructible The Matthew Good Band 3 #93
94 Welcome to Paradise Green Day 74 #6
95 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 173 #1
96 Used To Be Alright I Mother Earth 4 #95
97 Sex Type Thing Stone Temple Pilots 60 #19
98 Locked In The Trunk of A Car The Tragically Hip 4 #19
99 Smoke Two Joints Sublime 19 #73
100 Above Finger Eleven 3 #49
101 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 70 #5
102 Rooster Alice In Chains 115 #6
103 Hey Man Nice Shot Filter 75 #6
104 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz 93 #6
105 Coax Me Sloan 4 #105
106 One U2 172 #1
107 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden 55 #4
108 You Don't Know What It's Like Econoline Crush 2 #108
109 Guerilla Radio Rage Against the Machine 34 #7
110 38 Years Old The Tragically Hip 3 #110
111 Last Kiss Pearl Jam 60 #3
112 Mysterious Ways U2 135 #1
113 The Kids Aren't Alright The Offspring 60 #3
114 Insane in the Brain/Loco En El Coco Cypress Hill 2 #15
115 Inside Out Eve 6 65 #2
116 The Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim 57 #10
117 All Over You Live 63 #9
118 The Unforgiven Metallica 96 #5
119 Cherub Rock The Smashing Pumpkins 77 #8
120 Losing California Sloan 5 #33
121 Sober Tool 75 #14
122 Fully Completely The Tragically Hip 3 #79
123 Zero The Smashing Pumpkins 49 #3
124 On a Plain Nirvana 32 #32
125 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 74 #11
126 Just A Girl No Doubt 78 #2
127 Epic Faith No More 109 #6
128 Gotta Get Away The Offspring 63 #18
129 Low Cracker 88 #9
130 High and Dry Radiohead 55 #44
131 Diggin' A Hole Big Sugar 4 #91
132 Apparitions The Matthew Good Band 5 #51
133 The Beautiful People Marilyn Manson 41 #1
134 Looking For A Place To Happen The Tragically Hip 4 #78
135 Jaded Green Day 2 #71
136 Push Moist 4 #136
137 Laid James 72 #1
138 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 50 #1
139 Friend Of Mine Treble Charger 1 #139
140 Zombie The Cranberries 97 #1
141 Sparkle and Shine Econoline Crush 4 #82
142 Everything Zen Bush 77 #3
143 Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town Pearl Jam 71 #4
144 Blown Wide Open Big Wreck 3 #120
145 Time Bomb Rancid 61 #17
146 Three Pistols The Tragically Hip 1 #146
147 Remote Control The Age of Electric 3 #147
148 Hurt Nine Inch Nails 74 #2
149 Another Sunday I Mother Earth 3 #149
150 Tomorrow Silverchair 65 #1
151 Sure Shot Beastie Boys 47 #12
152 Red Treble Charger 5 #83
153 Even Flow Pearl Jam 145 #2
154 Scooby Snacks Fun Lovin' Criminals 24 #14
155 My Hero Foo Fighters 130 #9
156 So Hard Done By The Tragically Hip 3 #156
157 Automatic Flowers Our Lady Peace 1 #157
158 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 108 #2
159 Everything You've Done Wrong Sloan 3 #75
160 Say It Ain't So Weezer 80 #4
161 Man in the Box Alice In Chains 129 #3
162 Longview Green Day 113 #1
163 Smile and Wave The Headstones 2 #163
164 Wrong Way Sublime 75 #1
165 Resurrection Moist 3 #48
166 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 102 #2
167 Grace, Too The Tragically Hip 5 #41
168 Not Quite Sonic I Mother Earth 6 #168
169 Black Pearl Jam 179 #1
170 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
171 Downtime The Gandharvas 1 #171
172 Machinehead Bush 78 #1
173 Creep Stone Temple Pilots 77 #44
174 When Something Stands For Nothing The Headstones 1 #174
175 Otherside Red Hot Chili Peppers 91 #1
176 Silver Moist 3 #158
177 Nautical Disaster The Tragically Hip 4 #122
178 Dumb Nirvana 73 #17
179 4:00 A.M. Our Lady Peace 1 #179
180 Today I Hate Everyone Killjoys 3 #180
181 Fell On Black Days Soundgarden 104 #11
182 Bounce Danko Jones 1 #182
183 Lightning Crashes Live 110 #1
184 Better Get Used To It Big Sugar 1 #184
185 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 112 #1
186 The First Day of Spring The Gandharvas 2 #186
187 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 72 #34
188 Twist My Arm The Tragically Hip 3 #127
189 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 100 #3
190 Home For A Rest Spirit of the West 3 #190
191 Nothing Else Matters Metallica 140 #5
192 Shine Doughboys 4 #76
193 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
194 Hunger Strike Temple of the Dog 104 #7
195 Anna Is A Speed Freak Pure 2 #195
196 Gone Away The Offspring 60 #3
197 The Distance Cake 91 #1
198 Eat My Brain The Odds 2 #144
199 Wheat Kings The Tragically Hip 2 #166
200 Big Me Foo Fighters 48 #14

About this countdown

The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge was voted by CFNY 102.1 The Edge’s listeners (Toronto, ON) in September 2009. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

Source: Toronto Mike's Blog, "The Top 200 Songs Of The 90's According to 102.1 the Edge".

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