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