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KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999)

The countdown of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 300 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 126 different artists; Nirvana has the most entries with twelve songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
2 Date Rape Sublime 23 #1
3 Self-Esteem The Offspring 62 #1
4 Dammit blink-182 46 #1
5 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 63 #1
6 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 59 #1
7 What I Got Sublime 63 #1
8 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
9 Loser Beck 77 #2
10 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 85 #2
11 Come As You Are Nirvana 97 #1
12 Nookie Limp Bizkit 26 #1
13 Just A Girl No Doubt 54 #2
14 Come Out and Play The Offspring 43 #2
15 Alive Pearl Jam 119 #1
16 What's My Age Again? blink-182 48 #1
17 Wrong Way Sublime 47 #1
18 Freak on a Leash Korn 52 #2
19 When I Come Around Green Day 60 #2
20 Down 311 46 #1
21 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 117 #1
22 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
23 Santeria Sublime 52 #4
24 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers 57 #2
25 Song 2 Blur 82 #2
26 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 67 #2
27 Got the Life Korn 32 #1
28 Closer Nine Inch Nails 67 #1
29 Enter Sandman Metallica 73 #5
30 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 70 #2
31 Brain Stew Green Day 39 #8
32 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 38 #1
33 Badfish Sublime 26 #4
34 Jeremy Pearl Jam 104 #2
35 Spiderwebs No Doubt 37 #3
36 Josie blink-182 14 #14
37 Fly Sugar Ray 24 #1
38 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 40 #2
39 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
40 Where It's At Beck 58 #2
41 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 65 #1
42 Beastie Boys Sabotage 1 #42
43 Celebrity Skin Hole 38 #4
44 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
45 Longview Green Day 63 #1
46 Lightning Crashes Live 58 #1
47 The Distance Cake 58 #1
48 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 50 #1
49 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 38 #5
50 Don't Speak No Doubt 43 #3
51 Even Flow Pearl Jam 74 #5
52 Hurt Nine Inch Nails 45 #2
53 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
54 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 25 #1
55 The Unforgiven Metallica 21 #32
56 All Mixed Up 311 42 #15
57 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 84 #3
58 Bawitdaba Kid Rock 22 #1
59 Bad Habit The Offspring 8 #21
60 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 30 #2
61 No Rain Blind Melon 65 #2
62 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 63 #1
63 My Own Worst Enemy Lit 33 #1
64 One U2 114 #1
65 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 28 #1
66 Man in the Box Alice In Chains 55 #3
67 Last Kiss Pearl Jam 40 #9
68 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 57 #3
69 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 75 #3
70 Silent All These Years Tori Amos 41 #10
71 Sure Shot Beastie Boys 34 #12
72 Basket Case Green Day 74 #1
73 Vasoline Stone Temple Pilots 50 #3
74 #1 Crush Garbage 32 #24
75 Comedown Bush 48 #4
76 Never There Cake 48 #3
77 Jane Says (Live) Jane's Addiction 5 #43
78 Epic (What Is It) Faith No More 15 #6
79 Doin' Time Sublime 23 #1
80 Nothing Else Matters Metallica 63 #5
81 Lump The Presidents of the United States of America 51 #2
82 Black Pearl Jam 101 #1
83 Every Morning Sugar Ray 22 #2
84 The Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim 34 #10
85 Machinehead Bush 40 #1
86 What It's Like Everlast 45 #2
87 More Human Than Human White Zombie 25 #13
88 The Kids Aren't Alright The Offspring 35 #3
89 Buddy Holly Weezer 62 #8
90 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette 46 #2
91 Faith Limp Bizkit 15 #27
92 Better Man Pearl Jam 71 #3
93 Praise You Fatboy Slim 53 #1
94 Blind Korn 14 #36
95 About A Girl Nirvana 45 #7
96 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
97 All the Small Things blink-182 51 #3
98 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
99 Cowboy Kid Rock 18 #17
100 Sober Tool 40 #22
101 No Shelter Rage Against the Machine 18 #20
102 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 75 #2
103 Linger The Cranberries 42 #3
104 Body Movin' Beastie Boys 26 #12
105 Why Don't You Get a Job? The Offspring 27 #8
106 Detachable Penis King Missile 30 #29
107 Re-Arranged Limp Bizkit 24 #8
108 Special Garbage 30 #11
109 Lithium Nirvana 90 #3
110 Landslide The Smashing Pumpkins 32 #15
111 Guerilla Radio Rage Against the Machine 27 #7
112 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 56 #2
113 Daughter Pearl Jam 65 #1
114 Breathe The Prodigy 27 #7
115 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 30 #2
116 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
117 In Bloom Nirvana 59 #12
118 Stupid Girl Garbage 42 #4
119 Far Behind Candlebox 16 #7
120 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 66 #3
121 Say It Ain't So Weezer 46 #12
122 Thunder Kiss '65 White Zombie 17 #50
123 Pepper Butthole Surfers 52 #1
124 Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam 57 #2
125 Welcome to Paradise Green Day 52 #6
126 Dreams The Cranberries 49 #2
127 All-Star Smash Mouth 20 #9
128 The Dope Show Marilyn Manson 17 #25
129 Caress Me Down Sublime 15 #47
130 Corduroy Pearl Jam 43 #5
131 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 48 #1
132 Disconnected Face to Face 10 #38
133 Your Woman White Town 26 #21
134 Would? Alice In Chains 62 #6
135 Battle Flag Lo Fidelity All-Stars 38 #3
136 Cannonball The Breeders 60 #1
137 She Green Day 31 #21
138 Alien Pennywise 10 #16
139 Mysterious Ways U2 74 #2
140 Fell On Black Days Soundgarden 54 #11
141 People of the Sun Rage Against the Machine 11 #25
142 Low Cracker 56 #9
143 Come Undone Duran Duran 22 #5
144 All Apologies Nirvana 69 #2
145 The Beautiful People Marilyn Manson 19 #29
146 Policy of Truth Depeche Mode 52 #2
147 Cornflake Girl Tori Amos 51 #16
148 Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers 38 #9
149 Everything Zen Bush 39 #3
150 Sunday Morning No Doubt 11 #22
151 I Will Buy You a New Life Everclear 35 #4
152 Zombie The Cranberries 71 #1
153 Stinkfist Tool 52 #2
154 I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage 32 #10
155 Cherub Rock The Smashing Pumpkins 49 #8
156 Unbelievable EMF 50 #2
157 Hey Man Nice Shot Filter 38 #6
158 Doll Parts Hole 44 #2
159 Glycerine Bush 73 #3
160 Santa Monica Everclear 36 #3
161 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 70 #4
162 Jump Around House of Pain 23 #3
163 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O'Connor 47 #1
164 I Alone Live 56 #4
165 New Pollution Beck 1 #165
166 Fade Into You Mazzy Star 46 #10
167 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 63 #6
168 Karma Police Radiohead 92 #2
169 Violet Hole 22 #12
170 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 57 #1
171 Drown The Smashing Pumpkins 25 #9
172 Rush Big Audio Dynamite II 40 #5
173 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden 20 #4
174 Goodbye Save Ferris 22 #12
175 Champagne Supernova Oasis 65 #11
176 Perfect The Smashing Pumpkins 24 #9
177 Sweet Jane Cowboy Junkies 43 #17
178 Big Empty Stone Temple Pilots 43 #10
179 Everclear Father of Mine 1 #179
180 Crash The Primitives 38 #12
181 A Letter to Elise The Cure 32 #3
182 Zero The Smashing Pumpkins 32 #6
183 Beautiful Disaster 311 37 #13
184 Rape Me Nirvana 31 #18
185 Inside Out Eve 6 41 #2
186 Natural One Folk Implosion 42 #15
187 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 31 #6
188 Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town Pearl Jam 46 #4
189 Right Here, Right Now Jesus Jones 49 #3
190 It's No Good Depeche Mode 20 #18
191 Malibu Hole 22 #16
192 Devil's Haircut Beck 39 #29
193 Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms 32 #6
194 Sell Out Reel Big Fish 18 #12
195 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz 53 #6
196 Stop! Jane's Addiction 46 #6
197 One Headlight The Wallflowers 36 #7
198 Man Who Sold the World Nirvana 3 #27
199 Kiss Them for Me Siouxsie and the Banshees 48 #3
200 All Over You Live 37 #9
201 Born of Frustration James 32 #3
202 Wicked Garden Stone Temple Pilots 27 #23
203 Push Matchbox 20 14 #6
204 My Own Prison Creed 15 #3
205 Graduate Third Eye Blind 17 #14
206 Hand In My Pocket Alanis Morissette 22 #14
207 Hunger Strike Temple of the Dog 51 #7
208 Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers 32 #10
209 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 54 #34
210 Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays 48 #3
211 Spoonman Soundgarden 46 #27
212 Mrs. Robinson The Lemonheads 44 #19
213 Name Goo Goo Dolls 24 #2
214 Story of My Life Social Distortion 36 #7
215 Shiny Happy People R.E.M. 30 #8
216 Hitchin' A Ride Green Day 34 #25
217 Runaway Train Soul Asylum 56 #6
218 All I Want The Offspring 9 #55
219 Prisoner of Society The Living End 22 #15
220 The Dolphin's Cry Live 23 #12
221 Dumb Nirvana 38 #17
222 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band 46 #4
223 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 42 #19
224 The Way Fastball 29 #6
225 Happy Now No Doubt 9 #29
226 Gotta Get Away The Offspring 34 #41
227 All I Want Is You U2 36 #32
228 Bullet in the Head Rage Against the Machine 5 #84
229 Time Bomb Rancid 43 #24
230 Bound for the Floor Local H 35 #32
231 Jumper Third Eye Blind 17 #15
232 Wynona's Big Brown Beaver Primus 22 #40
233 Ava Adore The Smashing Pumpkins 17 #6
234 Steal My Sunshine Len 28 #9
235 You Candlebox 9 #35
236 Around the World Red Hot Chili Peppers 37 #10
237 Down by the Water PJ Harvey 43 #17
238 Infected Bad Religion 25 #39
239 Negotiation Limerick File Beastie Boys 4 #12
240 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 59 #5
241 Criminal Fiona Apple 28 #8
242 Love Rollercoaster Red Hot Chili Peppers 25 #38
243 Plowed Sponge 33 #20
244 Excuse Me Mr. No Doubt 8 #67
245 Jack-Ass Beck 23 #11
246 World In My Eyes Depeche Mode 34 #5
247 Gone Away The Offspring 26 #5
248 Breaking the Girl Red Hot Chili Peppers 37 #26
249 Crush Dave Matthews Band 31 #19
250 Down In It Nine Inch Nails 47 #47
251 The Chemicals Between Us Bush 19 #11
252 I'll Stick Around Foo Fighters 33 #2
253 Stutter Elastica 15 #14
254 J.A.R. Green Day 20 #15
255 3 Strange Days School of Fish 34 #1
256 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Primitive Radio Gods 24 #8
257 Only Happy When It Rains Garbage 48 #14
258 Eye The Smashing Pumpkins 17 #9
259 Rooster Alice In Chains 49 #20
260 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 14 #19
261 Sex Type Thing Stone Temple Pilots 25 #19
262 Selling The Drama Live 37 #1
263 Lovefool The Cardigans 26 #14
264 Little Things Bush 35 #16
265 Tomorrow Silverchair 43 #1
266 No Excuses Alice In Chains 43 #12
267 I'm OK, You're OK MxPx 10 #44
268 Busy Child The Crystal Method 20 #17
269 New No Doubt 11 #25
270 Valerie Loves Me Material Issue 42 #19
271 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 64 #1
272 Smack My Bitch Up The Prodigy 15 #21
273 Higher Creed 23 #6
274 Live Forever Oasis 43 #4
275 Nice Guys Finish Last Green Day 12 #64
276 American Woman Lenny Kravitz 18 #10
277 Verse Chorus Verse Nirvana 23 #33
278 Greedy Fly Bush 15 #20
279 Push It Garbage 21 #7
280 Creep Stone Temple Pilots 35 #44
281 Drive R.E.M. 45 #3
282 Dragula Rob Zombie 25 #15
283 Possum Kingdom Toadies 37 #5
284 Jerry Was A Race Car Driver Primus 48 #26
285 Here in Your Bedroom Goldfinger 26 #12
286 Da Funk Daft Punk 22 #10
287 Guilty Gravity Kills 16 #5
288 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 53 #3
289 Pretty Noose Soundgarden 17 #7
290 Remote Control Beastie Boys 17 #19
291 Vow Garbage 10 #15
292 Polly Nirvana 30 #5
293 Blue Monday Orgy 31 #6
294 Swallowed Bush 32 #16
295 Closing Time Semisonic 33 #4
296 Human Behaviour Björk 29 #20
297 Everything to Everyone Everclear 41 #8
298 Sin Nine Inch Nails 20 #67
299 Bad Luck Social Distortion 37 #22
300 Firestarter The Prodigy 24 #17

About this countdown

KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) was broadcast by KROQ (Los Angeles, CA) in Labor Day 1999. 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.

Contributed by Bug Campbell. Thank you!

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