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Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005)

The countdown of the '90s (August 2005) from Live 105 in San Francisco, CA ranks 106 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 67 different artists; Nirvana has the most entries with five songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
2 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
3 Come As You Are Nirvana 175 #1
4 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 204 #1
5 Loser Beck 125 #2
6 Wrong Way Sublime 75 #1
7 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
8 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 92 #2
9 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 115 #2
10 Self-Esteem The Offspring 110 #1
11 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
12 Closer Nine Inch Nails 109 #1
13 Jeremy Pearl Jam 187 #1
14 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
15 Longview Green Day 113 #1
16 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 115 #3
17 No Rain Blind Melon 109 #2
18 No Rain The Smashing Pumpkins 1 #18
19 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 135 #1
20 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 112 #1
21 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 154 #1
22 Sabotage Beastie Boys 111 #3
23 Basket Case Green Day 120 #1
24 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
25 Buddy Holly Weezer 97 #2
26 Cannonball The Breeders 78 #1
27 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 135 #2
28 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
29 All Apologies Nirvana 145 #2
30 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 75 #1
31 Even Flow Pearl Jam 145 #2
32 One U2 172 #1
33 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 93 #1
34 What I Got Sublime 106 #1
35 The Distance Cake 91 #1
36 Come Out and Play The Offspring 97 #2
37 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
38 What's My Age Again? blink-182 73 #1
39 Lightning Crashes Live 110 #1
40 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 107 #2
41 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 70 #5
42 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 173 #1
43 Comedown Bush 95 #2
44 Brain Stew Green Day 61 #8
45 Lithium Nirvana 150 #3
46 Lump The Presidents of the United States of America 75 #2
47 Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers 81 #9
48 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
49 A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins 47 #26
50 I'm Free The Soup Dragons 47 #1
51 I'll Stick Around Foo Fighters 48 #2
52 Just A Girl No Doubt 78 #2
53 Sex Type Thing Stone Temple Pilots 60 #19
54 Freak on a Leash Korn 80 #2
55 Man in the Box Alice In Chains 129 #3
56 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers 104 #2
57 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 77 #1
58 My Hero Foo Fighters 130 #9
59 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 98 #4
60 Machinehead Bush 78 #1
61 Laid James 72 #1
62 Welcome to Paradise Green Day 74 #6
63 What It's Like Everlast 81 #2
64 Nookie Limp Bizkit 42 #1
65 Badfish Sublime 38 #4
66 Daughter Pearl Jam 132 #1
67 Sure Shot Beastie Boys 47 #12
68 Santa Monica Everclear 90 #3
69 Time Bomb Rancid 61 #17
70 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 54 #2
71 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 71 #3
72 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz 93 #6
73 Down 311 71 #1
74 Dreams The Cranberries 67 #2
75 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 70 #1
76 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 122 #6
77 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
78 Smack My Bitch Up The Prodigy 22 #21
79 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 104 #1
80 Mysterious Ways U2 135 #1
81 Never There Cake 70 #3
82 Spoonman Soundgarden 101 #14
83 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 63 #1
84 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 53 #19
85 Possum Kingdom Toadies 69 #4
86 Pepper Butthole Surfers 76 #1
87 Vasoline Stone Temple Pilots 100 #3
88 All Mixed Up 311 64 #10
89 Hurt Nine Inch Nails 74 #2
90 Stupid Girl Garbage 54 #4
91 Pets Porno for Pyros 47 #9
92 Where It's At Beck 85 #2
93 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette 69 #2
94 Unbelievable EMF 55 #2
95 Champagne Supernova Oasis 91 #11
96 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 55 #1
97 Kiss Them for Me Siouxsie and the Banshees 55 #3
98 Celebrity Skin Hole 54 #4
99 My Own Worst Enemy Lit 64 #1
100 Black Metallic Catherine Wheel 47 #15
101 Midlife Crisis Faith No More 19 #12
102 Connected Stereo MC's 43 #11
103 Human Behaviour Björk 55 #20
104 Connection Elastica 55 #4
105 Tomorrow Morrissey 34 #6
105.3 My Name is Mud Primus 22 #4

About this countdown

Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005) was broadcast by Live 105 (San Francisco, CA) in August 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.

Contributed by Alex Young. Thank you!

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