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96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 90s

The countdown of the '90s (2005) from 96.5 The Buzz in Kansas City, MO-KS ranks 96 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 53 different artists; Nirvana has the most entries with six songs.

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One of three decade lists the station posted together (70s & 80s, 90s, new millennium). Air date not given; the pages were online by January 2006 and the 2000s list includes 2005 songs. Printed in ALL CAPS with abbreviations (RHCP, NIN, STP), written out here.

# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
2 What I Got Sublime 106 #1
3 Basket Case Green Day 120 #1
4 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 204 #1
5 Jeremy Pearl Jam 187 #1
6 Closer Nine Inch Nails 109 #1
7 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
8 Buddy Holly Weezer 97 #2
9 Loser Beck 125 #2
10 Self-Esteem The Offspring 110 #1
11 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 154 #1
12 Down 311 71 #1
13 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 135 #1
14 Sabotage Beastie Boys 111 #3
15 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
16 Longview Green Day 113 #1
17 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews 1 #17
18 All Apologies Nirvana 145 #2
19 The Distance Cake 91 #1
20 Rooster Alice In Chains 115 #6
21 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 70 #5
22 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 108 #2
23 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
24 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 115 #3
25 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
26 Come Out and Play The Offspring 97 #2
27 No Rain Blind Melon 109 #2
28 Say It Ain't So Weezer 80 #4
29 When I Come Around Green Day 119 #2
30 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
31 All the Small Things blink-182 79 #2
32 Lake of Fire Nirvana 39 #32
33 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 93 #1
34 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
35 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots 135 #3
36 Welcome to Paradise Green Day 74 #6
37 Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers 81 #9
38 Hey Man Nice Shot Filter 75 #6
39 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 115 #2
40 Spoonman Soundgarden 101 #14
41 All Mixed Up 311 64 #10
42 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 71 #3
43 Man in the Box Alice In Chains 129 #3
44 Santa Monica Everclear 90 #3
45 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 89 #1
46 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 112 #1
47 My Hero Foo Fighters 130 #9
48 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 85 #4
49 Lithium Nirvana 150 #3
50 Champagne Supernova Oasis 91 #11
51 Possum Kingdom Toadies 69 #4
52 Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day 36 #1
53 Where It's At Beck 85 #2
54 Better Man Pearl Jam 148 #2
55 Gotta Get Away The Offspring 63 #18
56 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
57 Wrong Way Sublime 75 #1
58 Bullet W/Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 2 #58
59 The Freshmen The Verve Pipe 52 #6
60 Bound for the Floor Local H 59 #10
61 Lump The Presidents of the United States of America 75 #2
62 Backwater Meat Puppets 63 #7
63 Comedown Bush 95 #2
64 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 71 #2
65 Guerilla Radio Rage Against the Machine 34 #7
66 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 75 #1
67 Brain Stew Green Day 61 #8
68 What's My Age Again? blink-182 73 #1
69 Doin' Time Sublime 45 #1
70 Would? Alice In Chains 120 #5
71 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
72 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 98 #4
73 Pepper Butthole Surfers 76 #1
74 Zombie The Cranberries 97 #1
75 Even Flow Pearl Jam 145 #2
76 Laid James 72 #1
77 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 72 #34
78 Nearly Lost You Screaming Trees 72 #21
79 Lightning Crashes Live 110 #1
80 Come As You Are Nirvana 175 #1
81 Hurt Nine Inch Nails 74 #2
82 What Would You Say Dave Matthews Band 51 #4
83 Violet Hole 34 #12
84 Brick Ben Folds Five 65 #6
85 Machinehead Bush 78 #1
86 Popular Nada Surf 29 #36
87 In The Meantime Spacehog 60 #7
88 Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 1 #88
89 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 122 #6
90 Plowed Sponge 55 #19
91 Low Cracker 88 #9
92 Kool Thing Sonic Youth 38 #30
93 Sure Shot Beastie Boys 47 #12
94 Sober Tool 75 #14
95 What It's Like Everlast 81 #2
96 Dammit blink-182 80 #1

About this countdown

96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 90s was broadcast by 96.5 The Buzz (Kansas City, MO-KS) in 2005. 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: 965thebuzz.com, "TOP 96 OF THE 90S" (Wayback Machine).

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