RockLists.com

Decade countdown · The Current · May 4, 2023

The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s

The countdown of the '90s (May 4, 2023) from The Current in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN ranks 893 songs, with “Troubled Mind” by Everything But The Girl at number one. The list features 402 different artists; Nirvana has the most entries with 16 songs.

893songs
The Currentstation
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MNmarket
Make your own version

Listener-voted decade poll counted down over 8 broadcast days, May 4-11, 2023, across https://www.thecurrent.org/song-countdown/893-essential-songs-of-the-1990s-1 through -8. The source lists four songs twice, each at two different rank positions: Big Audio Dynamite, "Rush" (#761 and #350); Prince, "7" (#473 and #40); Foo Fighters, "Everlong" (#388 and #6); The Tragically Hip, "Ahead By a Century" (#386 and #224). Both occurrences are transcribed as printed.

# Song ListsBest
893 Troubled Mind Everything But The Girl 1 #893
892 Tomorrow Morrissey 33 #6
891 I'll Make Love to You Boyz II Men 1 #891
890 Big Day Coming Yo La Tengo 1 #890
889 Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon Urge Overkill 24 #54
888 If I Had No Loot Tony Toni Tone 1 #888
887 That Is Why Jellyfish 18 #43
886 Star Sign Teenage Fanclub 20 #5
885 Driftwood Travis 8 #76
884 Little Red Corvette Gear Daddies 1 #884
883 Labour of Love Frente! 7 #34
882 Courage The Tragically Hip 20 #42
881 Miles Iz Ded Afghan Whigs 1 #881
880 I'm Free The Soup Dragons 42 #1
879 Get Behind the Mule Tom Waits 1 #879
878 Long Snake Moan PJ Harvey 1 #878
877 Merry Go Round The Replacements 21 #52
876 Angry Any More Ani DiFranco 8 #876
875 Is It Like Today? World Party 21 #65
874 Kung Fu Ash 2 #6
873 The Good In Everyone Sloan 6 #45
872 The Outdoor Type The Lemonheads 15 #872
871 Man! I Feel Like a Woman! Shania Twain 1 #871
870 Sick of You GWAR 1 #870
869 President of What? Death Cab for Cutie 1 #869
868 Bad Reputation Freedy Johnston 11 #49
867 Free To Decide The Cranberries 12 #35
866 Infected Bad Religion 25 #39
865 Zoo Station U2 14 #42
864 I Swear All-4-One 1 #864
863 Cold Brains Beck 1 #863
862 Acony Bell Gillian Welch 1 #862
861 Return of the Mack Mark Morrison 1 #861
860 Dream In Blue Los Lobos 1 #860
859 You Woke Up My Neighborhood Billy Bragg 16 #51
858 Turn It On The Flaming Lips 18 #461
857 Halah Mazzy Star 11 #73
856 I Don't Wanna Fight Tina Turner 1 #856
855 Blood Of Eden Peter Gabriel 1 #855
854 Save Tonight Eagle Eye Cherry 17 #6
853 Change In The Weather Love Spit Love 2 #85
852 Kiss Me Sixpence None the Richer 5 #106
851 The World I Know Collective Soul 22 #38
850 Alison Slowdive 4 #417
849 Hold On Tom Waits 3 #471
848 Sink To The Bottom Fountains of Wayne 18 #91
847 Pets Porno for Pyros 40 #9
846 Soft Serve Soul Coughing 3 #98
845 Gepetto Belly 19 #48
844 Dogs of Lust The The 21 #78
843 Everybody (Backstreet's Back) Backstreet Boys 1 #843
842 Casino Queen Wilco 2 #461
841 Don't Sweat the Technique Eric B & Rakim 1 #841
840 Cigarettes and Alcohol Oasis 10 #25
839 The Fox In The Snow Belle & Sebastian 1 #839
838 Grace, Too The Tragically Hip 5 #41
837 Waydown Catherine Wheel 3 #91
836 High The Cure 18 #32
835 Cinderella's Daydream Zuzu's Petals 1 #835
834 Vow Garbage 10 #15
833 Hippychick Soho 24 #5
832 Three Days Jane's Addiction 10 #197
831 Duel (Radio Edit) Swervedriver 1 #831
830 Ruff Ryders' Anthem DMX 1 #830
829 Round Here Counting Crows 36 #20
828 Something Hot Afghan Whigs 2 #96
827 Me Against the World 2Pac 1 #827
826 (I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain Frank Black 1 #826
825 Bro Hymn Pennywise 2 #468
824 The Concept Teenage Fanclub 7 #6
823 Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J 3 #253
822 Red Alert Basement Jaxx 1 #822
821 Not Too Soon Throwing Muses 10 #288
820 My Own Worst Enemy Lit 33 #1
819 Iceblink Luck Cocteau Twins 13 #22
818 Leave Them All Behind Ride 3 #40
817 The Man Who Loved Life The Jayhawks 1 #817
816 I Wish Skee-Lo 1 #816
815 Muscle Museum Muse 10 #78
814 Doomsday MF Doom 1 #814
813 Chickamauga Uncle Tupelo 1 #813
812 Moth The Honeydogs 1 #812
811 Pennyroyal Tea Nirvana 14 #105
810 If I Run Semisonic 5 #810
809 Karmacoma Massive Attack 1 #809
808 Siva The Smashing Pumpkins 12 #27
807 Palomine Bettie Serveert 1 #807
806 Love Sick Bob Dylan 1 #806
805 50 PJ Harvey 4 #15
804 Why Does The Sun Shine They Might Be Giants 1 #804
803 Lucky Man The Verve 23 #31
802 Blue Sky Mine Midnight Oil 36 #9
801 Safari The Breeders 1 #801
800 Reject All American Bikini Kill 1 #800
799 Passenger Side Wilco 2 #193
798 Girl/Boy Aphex Twin 2 #29
797 Goodbye Earl The Chicks 1 #797
796 Somerset Love-Cars 1 #796
795 Down Rodeo Rage Against the Machine 10 #63
794 Race For The Prize (remix) The Flaming Lips 1 #794
793 Shady Lane Pavement 4 #239
792 Is This Thing On? The Promise Ring 1 #792
791 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 30 #2
790 N.W.O. Ministry 20 #13
789 Ballad of Big Nothing Elliott Smith 1 #789
788 Brown Sugar D'angelo 1 #788
787 Democracy Leonard Cohen 1 #787
786 If You Could Only See Tonic 12 #3
785 Where'd You Go? The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 3 #133
784 Everything You've Done Wrong Sloan 3 #75
783 Could ya Would ya Run Westy Run 1 #783
782 Superman's Song Crash Test Dummies 19 #4
781 Any Time, Any Place Janet Jackson 1 #781
780 Voodoo Lady Ween 2 #67
779 What's He Building? Tom Waits 2 #723
778 It Must Be Summer Fountains of Wayne 1 #778
777 Nothing Mason Jennings 1 #777
776 A Small Victory Faith No More 6 #61
775 Uncle Walter Ben Folds Five 15 #775
774 Confetti The Lemonheads 16 #56
773 California (All The Way) Luna 3 #418
772 Forgot About Dre Dr. Dre 2 #17
771 Bus to Beelzebub Soul Coughing 1 #771
770 No Aloha The Breeders 1 #770
769 Parallel Universe Red Hot Chili Peppers 14 #5
768 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace 32 #8
767 Until You Came Along Golden Smog 2 #767
766 Friends in Low Places Garth Brooks 1 #766
765 Isobel Björk 1 #765
764 Sugarhigh Coyote Shivers 1 #764
763 Cross Bones Style Cat Power 2 #321
762 Love Untold Paul Westerberg 3 #95
761 Rush Big Audio Dynamite 5 #57
760 Heroin Girl Everclear 15 #6
759 Goin' Out West Tom Waits 2 #91
758 Every Ghetto, Every City (KCMP Edit) Lauryn Hill 1 #758
757 Sucked Out Superdrag 13 #53
756 Radio Song R.E.M. 26 #10
755 The Drugs Don't Work The Verve 13 #22
754 Jumper Third Eye Blind 17 #15
753 Push It Garbage 21 #7
752 Take Me With You When You Go The Jayhawks 15 #373
751 Girl From Mars Ash 3 #4
750 Heart Cooks Brain Modest Mouse 1 #750
749 You Gotta Be Des'ree 1 #749
748 Hotwax Beck 1 #748
747 My Sister Juliana Hatfield 13 #33
746 Story of My Life Social Distortion 36 #7
745 Midnight In A Perfect World DJ Shadow 3 #172
744 Can't Trust it Public Enemy 2 #744
743 Everything Flows Teenage Fanclub 3 #11
742 Stranger than Fiction Bad Religion 3 #87
741 Lie To Me Jonny Lang 2 #477
740 Weather With You Crowded House 24 #69
739 Los Angeles Frank Black 5 #69
738 Dumb Nirvana 38 #17
737 C'mon billy PJ Harvey 1 #737
736 Drown The Smashing Pumpkins 25 #9
735 The Universal Blur 2 #46
734 My Favourite Game The Cardigans 22 #10
733 Safe From Harm Massive Attack 9 #163
732 Sugar Kane Sonic Youth 10 #17
731 Do You Love Me Now The Breeders 1 #731
730 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Prince 1 #730
729 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? Moby 10 #79
728 Can I Get A... Jay-Z 1 #728
727 Stakes Is High De La Soul 1 #727
726 Let Me Go Cake 8 #16
725 Kill Your Television Ned's Atomic Dustbin 22 #22
724 Red Dragon Tattoo Fountains of Wayne 8 #724
723 Firestarter The Prodigy 24 #17
722 Big in Japan Tom Waits 2 #593
721 In Circles Sunny Day Real Estate 3 #501
720 Ready To Go Republica 31 #26
719 If I Ruled The World Nas 1 #719
718 California (Part II) Mason Jennings 1 #718
717 Make You Feel My Love Bob Dylan 2 #477
716 Tropicalia Beck 16 #49
715 Bull In The Heather Sonic Youth 15 #58
714 Two-Headed Boy Neutral Milk Hotel 3 #463
713 Who Will Save Your Soul Jewel 17 #18
712 Right Here Right Now Fatboy Slim 3 #23
711 Beetlebum Blur 10 #55
710 The First Taste Fiona Apple 1 #710
709 Grace Jeff Buckley 16 #29
708 I'll Stand By You The Pretenders 14 #78
707 Sugar Free Jazz Soul Coughing 1 #707
706 Dream Vacation Gear Daddies 1 #706
705 Macarena Los Del Rio 1 #705
704 Ocean Man Ween 1 #704
703 Angeles Elliott Smith 2 #334
702 Web In Front Archers of Loaf 6 #23
701 I am Stretched on Your Grave Sinéad O'Connor 4 #42
700 Bidi Bidi Bom Bom Selena 1 #700
699 The Boy Is Mine Brandy and Monica 1 #699
698 Country House Blur 8 #7
697 I Would Hurt A Fly Built To Spill 1 #697
696 To Live and Die in LBI Lifter Puller 1 #696
695 Central Reservation Orbit Mix Beth Orton 1 #695
694 Jesus Christ Pose Soundgarden 5 #69
693 Pony Ginuwine 1 #693
692 Half A World Away R.E.M. 8 #692
691 Wicked Garden Stone Temple Pilots 27 #23
690 My Name Is Eminem 9 #19
689 A Good Idea Sugar 4 #21
688 Little Fluffy Clouds The Orb 25 #42
687 Watch The Girl Destroy Me Possum Dixon 10 #79
686 Italian Leather Sofa Cake 1 #686
685 Over The Ocean Low 1 #685
684 I Kissed A Girl Jill Sobule 13 #18
683 Tired of Sex Weezer 2 #659
682 Are You That Somebody Aaliyah 1 #682
681 Dirty Boots Sonic Youth 2 #257
680 Disco 2000 Pulp 6 #5
679 Popular Nada Surf 14 #36
678 Say My Name Destiny's Child 1 #678
677 Honey Moby 2 #542
676 Barrel of A Gun Depeche Mode 18 #57
675 C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) Wu-Tang Clan 1 #675
674 Am I Wrong? Love Spit Love 14 #29
673 Where I'm From Digable Planets 1 #673
672 Range Life Pavement 2 #14
671 Aneurysm Nirvana 27 #12
670 Thunder Kiss '65 White Zombie 17 #50
669 What Kind of Man Would I Be Mint Condition 1 #669
668 Divine Hammer The Breeders 21 #81
667 Sister Havana Urge Overkill 31 #16
666 All-Star Smash Mouth 20 #9
665 Spin The Black Circle Pearl Jam 19 #29
664 Fall at Your Feet Crowded House 16 #12
663 It's Too Late Bob Mould 19 #346
662 Angel Massive Attack 6 #30
661 I'm Your Baby Tonight Whitney Houston 1 #661
660 Jealous Again Black Crowes 6 #246
659 I'll Be There for You (Theme from Friends) The Rembrandts 1 #659
658 Rocket The Smashing Pumpkins 23 #94
657 Born of Frustration James 32 #3
656 Joga Björk 5 #284
655 Bombtrack Rage Against the Machine 6 #52
654 I'll Stick Around Foo Fighters 33 #2
653 I Should've Known Aimee Mann 2 #369
652 Love is Stronger than Death The The 5 #25
651 Multi-Family Garage Sale Land of the Loops 3 #101
650 Savory Jawbox 2 #96
649 Players Ball Outkast 1 #649
648 Only Love Can Break Your Heart Saint Etienne 2 #577
647 The Globe Big Audio Dynamite 2 #342
646 Outtasite (Outta Mind) Wilco 17 #361
645 What You Do To Me Teenage Fanclub 16 #93
644 The Long Cut Uncle Tupelo 13 #644
643 Winter Tori Amos 16 #490
642 Dusted Belly 1 #642
641 Evangeline Matthew Sweet 16 #112
640 Helpless Sugar 30 #9
639 Bright As Yellow The Innocence Mission 15 #639
638 My Valuable Hunting Knife Guided By Voices 8 #201
637 Better Than Nothing Jennifer Trynin 11 #61
636 Hey Boy, Hey Girl The Chemical Brothers 3 #27
635 What's My Age Again? blink-182 48 #1
634 I'm The Only One Melissa Etheridge 8 #634
633 Two Princes The Spin Doctors 30 #7
632 Walking In London Concrete Blonde 8 #632
631 Roses Are Free Ween 1 #631
630 By The Time I Get To Arizona Public Enemy 2 #134
629 The Last Day of Our Aquaintance Sinéad O'Connor 4 #203
628 I'm An Adult Now The Pursuit of Happiness 23 #73
627 The Ship Song Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 5 #14
626 Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing Chris Isaak 6 #67
625 Texarkana R.E.M. 14 #43
624 Shove L7 1 #624
623 Red Headed Stepchild Golden Smog 1 #623
622 U.N.I.T.Y. Queen Latifah 1 #622
621 Definition Black Star 1 #621
620 Sleep Now in the Fire Rage Against the Machine 23 #3
619 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss P.M. Dawn 1 #619
618 Changes Sugar 2 #16
617 Sunny Side of the Street The Pogues 8 #617
616 Everyday Sunshine Fishbone 19 #491
615 Vasoline Stone Temple Pilots 50 #3
614 Here With Me Dido 6 #40
613 Goldfinger Ash 4 #60
612 Tender Blur 17 #40
611 Turn It On Sleater-Kinney 1 #611
610 100% Sonic Youth 19 #23
609 Thursday Morphine 2 #335
608 I'm Always in Love Wilco 1 #608
607 Walk On The Ocean Toad The Wet Sprocket 28 #15
606 Cowboys Portishead 1 #606
605 Ring of Fire Social Distortion 28 #29
604 In The Garage Weezer 2 #190
603 Metropolis The Church 23 #33
602 Concrete Schoolyard Jurassic 5 1 #602
601 Start Choppin' Dinosaur Jr. 20 #45
600 So We Go The Hang Ups 1 #600
599 Only Wanna Be With You Hootie and the Blowfish 2 #67
598 Mistadobalina Del The Funky Homosapien 1 #598
597 Soma The Smashing Pumpkins 2 #494
596 I Feel You Depeche Mode 25 #11
595 Saints The Breeders 12 #63
594 Mo Money Mo Problems Notorious B.I.G. 1 #594
593 F.N.T. Semisonic 1 #593
592 Let Forever Be The Chemical Brothers 15 #55
591 I Don't Wanna Grow Up Tom Waits 2 #591
590 Tyrone (Live) Erykah Badu 1 #590
589 Cut Your Hair Pavement 41 #34
588 I've Been Waiting Matthew Sweet 21 #49
587 I've Been Everywhere Johnny Cash 2 #27
586 This Is A Call Foo Fighters 39 #10
585 Protect Ya Neck Wu-Tang Clan 2 #585
584 Stickshifts And Safetybelts Cake 2 #153
583 Hoover Dam Sugar 2 #583
582 100,000 Fireflies The Magnetic Fields 1 #582
581 On a Plain Nirvana 17 #32
580 Crush With Eyeliner R.E.M. 18 #50
579 Honey White Morphine 17 #99
578 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) Digable Planets 1 #578
577 Miss World Hole 23 #17
576 Action and Action Get Up Kids 1 #576
575 American Jesus Bad Religion 2 #575
574 Spoonman Soundgarden 46 #27
573 She Cries Your Name Beth Orton 6 #184
572 Needle in the Hay Elliott Smith 3 #230
571 Protection Massive Attack 10 #95
570 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 42 #19
569 If Janet Jackson 1 #569
568 Natural Blues Moby 28 #10
567 Big Star The Jayhawks 1 #567
566 Pretty Good Year Tori Amos 1 #566
565 Hey Man Nice Shot Filter 38 #6
564 Guerilla Radio Rage Against the Machine 27 #7
563 Desperately Wanting Better Than Ezra 20 #44
562 Stay (Faraway, So Close!) U2 11 #30
561 Venus As a Boy Björk 1 #561
560 Candy Everybody Wants 10,000 Maniacs 24 #20
559 Alphabet Aerobics Blackalicious 1 #559
558 Push Matchbox Twenty 1 #558
557 Hard to Handle Black Crowes 15 #42
556 My Heart Will Go On Celine Dion 1 #556
555 3 Strange Days School of Fish 34 #1
554 Halo Depeche Mode 2 #91
553 New Madrid Uncle Tupelo 1 #553
552 Hold On Wilson Phillips 1 #552
551 Ex-Factor Lauryn Hill 1 #551
550 Put The Message In The Box World Party 17 #550
549 Poison Bell Biv Devoe 1 #549
548 Pink Triangle Weezer 1 #548
547 Loaded Primal Scream 8 #26
546 There's No Other Way Blur 39 #20
545 I Touch Myself The Divinyls 34 #12
544 Say Hello To Heaven Temple of the Dog 12 #116
543 Motownphilly Boyz II Men 1 #543
542 Not Enough Time INXS 16 #13
541 Taillights Fade Buffalo Tom 19 #34
540 Bright Yellow Gun Throwing Muses 6 #86
539 All the Best John Prine 1 #539
538 Never Enough The Cure 24 #2
537 A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins 36 #26
536 Tones of Home Blind Melon 12 #45
535 Shameless Ani DiFranco 1 #535
534 Seeing Other People Belle & Sebastian 1 #534
533 Tiger Lily Luna 1 #533
532 Walls (No. 3) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1 #532
531 Wide Open Spaces The Chicks 1 #531
530 Into Your Arms The Lemonheads 25 #23
529 To Be With You Mr. Big 1 #529
528 Something in the Way Nirvana 9 #387
527 The Sign Ace of Base 1 #527
526 Sugar Water Cibo Matto 1 #526
525 The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove Dead Can Dance 13 #35
524 Blue On Black Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 1 #524
523 One of My Lies Green Day 1 #523
522 That Thing You Do! The Wonders 1 #522
521 Sexuality Billy Bragg 29 #17
520 People Everyday Arrested Development 1 #520
519 Sweet 69 Babes In Toyland 4 #93
518 Alright Supergrass 10 #6
517 Gone 'Til November Wyclef Jean 2 #80
516 A Long December Counting Crows 23 #26
515 Your Favorite Thing Sugar 19 #28
514 Slow Emotion Replay The The 15 #93
513 Truly Madly Deeply Savage Garden 1 #513
512 3AM Matchbox Twenty 1 #512
511 Badfish Sublime 26 #4
510 Circles Soul Coughing 27 #14
509 V Golden Smog 1 #509
508 Know Your Enemy Rage Against the Machine 1 #508
507 21st Century Digital Boy Bad Religion 24 #31
506 Kiko and the Lavender Moon Los Lobos 15 #506
505 Rearviewmirror Pearl Jam 25 #8
504 I Left My Wallet In El Segundo A Tribe Called Quest 3 #310
503 River of Deceit Mad Season 8 #16
502 Never There Cake 48 #3
501 Seven Sunny Day Real Estate 6 #135
500 Glycerine Bush 73 #3
499 This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan 1 #499
498 The World Has Turned and Left Me Here Weezer 1 #498
497 Plowed Sponge 33 #20
496 Heaven or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins 24 #51
495 Nothing Else Matters Metallica 63 #5
494 Lucky Denver Mint Jimmy Eat World 2 #93
493 Black Steel Tricky 10 #22
492 Midlife Crisis Faith No More 18 #12
491 Wow And Flutter Stereolab 1 #491
490 Whiskey Bottle Uncle Tupelo 1 #490
489 On & On Erykah Badu 3 #420
488 Til I Hear It From You Gin Blossoms 14 #31
487 Drown Son Volt 21 #335
486 World In My Eyes Depeche Mode 34 #5
485 Supersonic Oasis 40 #30
484 Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers 16 #363
483 You Got Me The Roots 1 #483
482 The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead XTC 22 #25
481 Jerry Was A Race Car Driver Primus 48 #26
480 Waitin' For A Superman The Flaming Lips 9 #12
479 Caught A Lite Sneeze Tori Amos 16 #60
478 Cold Beverage G. Love & Special Sauce 2 #247
477 Bound for the Floor Local H 35 #32
476 Stutter Elastica 15 #14
475 Whatta Man Salt n Pepa 1 #475
474 Salvation The Cranberries 24 #22
473 7 Prince 2 #40
472 Fu-Gee-La The Fugees 1 #472
471 Ice Cream Sarah McLachlan 1 #471
470 Sober Tool 40 #22
469 Queer Garbage 31 #21
468 That's the Way Love Goes Janet Jackson 1 #468
467 The Book of Love The Magnetic Fields 1 #467
466 The Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim 34 #10
465 Novocaine for the Soul The Eels 26 #16
464 It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads 30 #18
463 To Zion Lauryn Hill 1 #463
462 Like Dylan In The Movies Belle & Sebastian 1 #462
461 Little Plastic Castle Ani DiFranco 18 #42
460 Eiffel 65 Blue (Da Ba Dee) 1 #460
459 Summer Babe (Winter Version) Pavement 3 #91
458 Cherry Coloured-Funk Cocteau Twins 2 #122
457 Natural One Folk Implosion 42 #15
456 Stolen Car Beth Orton 3 #456
455 You Wreck Me Tom Petty 3 #455
454 A Rollerskating Jam Called Saturday De La Soul 1 #454
453 Subbacultcha The Pixies 1 #453
452 True Dreams of Wichita Soul Coughing 2 #452
451 Bang And Blame R.E.M. 21 #16
450 Help Me Mary Liz Phair 1 #450
449 Soon My Bloody Valentine 7 #2
448 I Want It That Way Backstreet Boys 1 #448
447 Canned Heat Jamiroquai 2 #63
446 Gentlemen Afghan Whigs 21 #75
445 Big Me Foo Fighters 32 #14
444 Diamonds and Pearls Prince 2 #444
443 Race For The Prize The Flaming Lips 2 #8
442 El Scorcho Weezer 16 #9
441 Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) Jay-Z 1 #441
440 Rid Of Me PJ Harvey 5 #4
439 All I Want Toad The Wet Sprocket 35 #6
438 The Emperor's New Clothes Sinéad O'Connor 29 #12
437 N.Y. State of Mind Nas 1 #437
436 Right Here, Right Now Jesus Jones 49 #3
435 Radiation Vibe Fountains of Wayne 21 #435
434 I'd Run Away The Jayhawks 1 #434
433 Daughter Pearl Jam 65 #1
432 Here And Now Letters To Cleo 20 #44
431 Rhinoceros The Smashing Pumpkins 30 #64
430 Gin And Juice Snoop Dogg 2 #12
429 Kiss Them for Me Siouxsie and the Banshees 48 #3
428 Testify Rage Against the Machine 30 #16
427 Come to My Window Melissa Etheridge 1 #427
426 Lake Marie John Prine 2 #426
425 Shy Ani DiFranco 1 #425
424 Buena Morphine 17 #424
423 #1 Crush Garbage 32 #24
422 Take a Picture Filter 32 #12
421 Your Woman White Town 26 #21
420 I'm Every Woman Whitney Houston 1 #420
419 Wandering Star Portishead 2 #338
418 Unbelievable EMF 50 #2
417 Policy of Truth Depeche Mode 52 #2
416 La Femme D'Argent Air 2 #149
415 The Stars Of Track And Field Belle & Sebastian 1 #415
414 Even Better Than The Real Thing U2 37 #23
413 God Tori Amos 36 #30
412 Ground on Down Ben Harper 1 #412
411 The Good Life Weezer 13 #61
410 Friends of P The Rentals 24 #49
409 Big Poppa Notorious B.I.G. 1 #409
408 99.9 F Suzanne Vega 8 #408
407 A Spoonful Weighs A Ton The Flaming Lips 1 #407
406 Drive R.E.M. 45 #3
405 Setting Sun The Chemical Brothers 10 #26
404 Connected Stereo MC's 38 #11
403 Hello Poe 10 #79
402 The Bends Radiohead 9 #402
401 Once Pearl Jam 8 #19
400 Real Love Mary J. Blige 1 #400
399 Alec Eiffel The Pixies 18 #382
398 When You Sleep My Bloody Valentine 1 #398
397 Baby's Got Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce 1 #397
396 Check the Rhime A Tribe Called Quest 3 #225
395 Bruise Violet Babes In Toyland 2 #9
394 Pass The Mic Beastie Boys 18 #371
393 Into The Great Wide Open Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 3 #189
392 Let's Talk About Sex Salt n Pepa 1 #392
391 Rock and Roll Is Alive Prince 1 #391
390 Not An Addict K's Choice 38 #15
389 Ready or Not The Fugees 1 #389
388 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
387 Missing Everything But The Girl 2 #387
386 Ahead By A Century The Tragically Hip 5 #3
385 Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers 32 #10
384 Autumn Sweater Yo La Tengo 3 #174
383 Black Soul Choir 16 Horsepower 2 #383
382 Sexy Boy Air 5 #97
381 Walking In My Shoes Depeche Mode 26 #19
380 Streets of Philadelphia Bruce Springsteen 7 #187
379 Unsung Helmet 9 #61
378 Rusty Cage Johnny Cash 15 #378
377 Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman 16 #344
376 Ultra Violet (Light My Way) U2 8 #376
375 Grey Cell Green Ned's Atomic Dustbin 26 #49
374 Drain You Nirvana 17 #16
373 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 59 #1
372 Ping Pong Stereolab 2 #9
371 Subterranean Homesick Alien Radiohead 2 #371
370 Sick of Myself Matthew Sweet 32 #12
369 Pretend We're Dead L7 23 #15
368 Shiny Happy People R.E.M. 30 #8
367 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 56 #2
366 How Bizarre OMC 6 #23
365 Kiss from a Rose Seal 7 #32
364 Past The Mission Tori Amos 15 #364
363 Getting Away With It Electronic 16 #21
362 Inside Out Eve 6 41 #2
361 Mr. Wendal Arrested Development 5 #49
360 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 57 #3
359 Backwater Meat Puppets 40 #7
358 American Music Violent Femmes 39 #14
357 Coffee & TV Blur 10 #8
356 Right in Time Lucinda Williams 4 #216
355 Pepper Butthole Surfers 52 #1
354 Sliver Nirvana 13 #23
353 Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses U2 19 #14
352 No Ordinary Love Sade 3 #348
351 Time Bomb Rancid 43 #24
350 Rush Big Audio Dynamite 5 #57
349 Summertime DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince 1 #349
348 Frank Sinatra Cake 19 #44
347 The New Pollution Beck 38 #8
346 Award Tour A Tribe Called Quest 2 #346
345 Machinehead Bush 40 #1
344 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 31 #6
343 Timebomb Old 97's 5 #334
342 Bouncing Around The Room Phish 18 #69
341 Wonder Natalie Merchant 20 #43
340 Misery Soul Asylum 15 #30
339 The Fly U2 27 #10
338 Da Funk Daft Punk 22 #10
337 Learning To Fly Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 9 #76
336 Red Right Hand Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 7 #96
335 Creep TLC 1 #335
334 State of Love And Trust Pearl Jam 7 #11
333 Vapour Trail Ride 15 #33
332 Ray of Light Madonna 2 #247
331 Crazy Seal 36 #6
330 Suicide Blonde INXS 17 #8
329 Summertime The Sundays 22 #32
328 She Green Day 31 #21
327 Special Garbage 30 #11
326 Eurotrash Girl Cracker 18 #46
325 Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Us3 9 #325
324 Kool Thing Sonic Youth 31 #30
323 Tom's Diner (DNA mix) Suzanne Vega 1 #323
322 Head Over Feet Alanis Morissette 12 #29
321 Just Radiohead 21 #49
320 Until The End of the World U2 15 #37
319 Soundtrack To Mary Soul Coughing 2 #286
318 Papa Was a Rodeo The Magnetic Fields 3 #193
317 Least Complicated The Indigo Girls 19 #54
316 Cream Prince 2 #20
315 Black Gold Soul Asylum 24 #35
314 Mother Mother Tracy Bonham 18 #11
313 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 33 #12
312 Between the Bars Elliott Smith 3 #47
311 Feel The Pain Dinosaur Jr. 33 #16
310 Velouria The Pixies 17 #5
309 One of Us Joan Osborne 24 #14
308 Born Slippy (Nuxx) Underworld 2 #56
307 In Spite of Ourselves John Prine 3 #307
306 Rusty Cage Soundgarden 9 #36
305 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) They Might Be Giants 24 #24
304 Snow Days Trip Shakespeare 1 #304
303 Not a Pretty Girl Ani DiFranco 1 #303
302 Screenwriter's Blues Soul Coughing 7 #107
301 Not Dark Yet Bob Dylan 1 #301
300 Lump The Presidents of the United States of America 51 #2
299 You Don't Know How It Feels Tom Petty 10 #81
298 Fast As You Can Fiona Apple 15 #34
297 Sexy M.F. Prince 2 #297
296 A Letter to Elise The Cure 32 #3
295 Cure For Pain Morphine 4 #149
294 Stop! Jane's Addiction 46 #6
293 Doll Parts Hole 44 #2
292 Babylon David Gray 16 #5
291 Lover, You Should've Come Over Jeff Buckley 9 #47
290 Only Shallow My Bloody Valentine 11 #44
289 Sheela Na Gig PJ Harvey 11 #2
288 Parklife Blur 11 #1
287 Only In Dreams Weezer 2 #287
286 Ruby Soho Rancid 32 #23
285 Morning Glory Oasis 13 #13
284 The Obvious Child Paul Simon 7 #49
283 Breed Nirvana 17 #48
282 Super Bon Bon Soul Coughing 26 #75
281 Around The World Daft Punk 18 #55
280 Sure Shot Beastie Boys 34 #12
279 Everything Zen Bush 39 #3
278 Don't Speak No Doubt 43 #3
277 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 23 #37
276 Stars Hum 20 #30
275 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 42 #11
274 Debra Beck 1 #274
273 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Richard Thompson 21 #26
272 Corduroy Pearl Jam 43 #5
271 The Next Episode Dr. Dre 1 #271
270 Celebrity Skin Hole 38 #4
269 A Shot In The Arm Wilco 1 #269
268 In The Meantime Spacehog 38 #7
267 Gold Soundz Pavement 5 #22
266 Live Forever Oasis 43 #4
265 I Try Macy Gray 2 #24
264 Low Cracker 56 #9
263 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Crash Test Dummies 34 #6
262 Pure Morning Placebo 32 #41
261 Regret New Order 33 #9
260 One More Hour Sleater-Kinney 2 #260
259 Dyslexic Heart Paul Westerberg 28 #24
258 Rock n' Roll Lifestyle Cake 12 #51
257 Sour Times Portishead 39 #8
256 Smells Like Nirvana Weird Al Yankovic 1 #256
255 Fell On Black Days Soundgarden 54 #11
254 Hypnotize Notorious B.I.G. 2 #254
253 Exit Music (For a Film) Radiohead 1 #253
252 Southside Moby 41 #7
251 Box Full of Letters Wilco 17 #251
250 March of the Pigs Nine Inch Nails 13 #22
249 Dry the Rain The Beta Band 4 #17
248 In Bloom Nirvana 59 #12
247 Chan Chan Buena Vista Social Club 2 #247
246 Down in a Hole Alice In Chains 6 #35
245 Good Better Than Ezra 33 #3
244 It Was A Good Day Ice Cube 6 #125
243 Praise You Fatboy Slim 53 #1
242 Connection Elastica 43 #4
241 Via Chicago Wilco 3 #241
240 Still D.R.E. Dr. Dre 1 #240
239 Mayonnaise The Smashing Pumpkins 25 #74
238 There She Goes The La's 47 #16
237 Free Your Mind En Vogue 1 #237
236 My Name Is Prince Prince 1 #236
235 Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) Cracker 17 #14
234 My Name Is Jonas Weezer 13 #24
233 Porcelain Moby 19 #10
232 High and Dry Radiohead 38 #55
231 You Learn Alanis Morissette 20 #7
230 She Talks to Angels Black Crowes 15 #92
229 Smooth Santana 17 #24
228 Black Metallic Catherine Wheel 45 #15
227 Let Down Radiohead 26 #62
226 No Diggity Blackstreet 1 #226
225 Outshined Soundgarden 19 #12
224 Ahead By A Century The Tragically Hip 5 #3
223 Sell Out Reel Big Fish 18 #12
222 The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One Neutral Milk Hotel 1 #222
221 Teardrop Massive Attack 12 #21
220 Jump Around House of Pain 23 #3
219 Longview Green Day 63 #1
218 Brimful of Asha Cornershop 33 #1
217 Waiting For The Sun The Jayhawks 9 #217
216 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 28 #1
215 Something to Talk About Bonnie Raitt 1 #215
214 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 66 #3
213 You Get What You Give The New Radicals 30 #3
212 Mary Jane's Last Dance Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 10 #104
211 Peaches The Presidents of the United States of America 22 #26
210 Somebody To Shove Soul Asylum 37 #35
209 Glorybox Portishead 17 #45
208 The Man Who Sold the World Nirvana 36 #10
207 Hurt Nine Inch Nails 45 #2
206 Miss Misery Elliott Smith 9 #206
205 Spiderwebs No Doubt 37 #3
204 Dizz Knee Land dada 33 #7
203 Insane in the Brain Cypress Hill 18 #16
202 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 14 #19
201 Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) Digable Planets 2 #201
200 Ordinary World Duran Duran 39 #6
199 The Way Fastball 29 #6
198 Divorce Song Liz Phair 4 #198
197 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 48 #1
196 What's The Frequency Kenneth? R.E.M. 44 #2
195 The Humpty Dance Digital Underground 4 #85
194 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Primitive Radio Gods 24 #8
193 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson 35 #15
192 Stupid Girl Garbage 42 #4
191 Learn to Fly Foo Fighters 49 #6
190 Girls And Boys Blur 35 #16
189 I'm Afraid of Americans David Bowie 20 #42
188 Changes 2Pac 1 #188
187 Come Out and Play The Offspring 43 #2
186 Singing In My Sleep Semisonic 7 #60
185 Sleep To Dream Fiona Apple 23 #40
184 MMMBop Hanson 1 #184
183 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers 57 #2
182 All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow 35 #6
181 Valerie Loves Me Material Issue 42 #19
180 Man on the Moon R.E.M. 44 #24
179 Regulate Warren G 3 #89
178 Joey Concrete Blonde 43 #15
177 No Excuses Alice In Chains 43 #12
176 Untouchable Face Ani DiFranco 2 #60
175 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 84 #3
174 Juicy Notorious B.I.G. 3 #174
173 Down by the Water PJ Harvey 43 #17
172 Holland, 1945 Neutral Milk Hotel 5 #115
171 Welcome to Paradise Green Day 52 #6
170 Polyester Bride Liz Phair 14 #38
169 My Hero Foo Fighters 66 #11
168 All I Really Want Alanis Morissette 17 #34
167 Laid James 59 #1
166 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 30 #2
165 Stinkfist Tool 52 #2
164 Crucify Tori Amos 30 #34
163 Wildflowers Tom Petty 5 #132
162 Possum Kingdom Toadies 37 #5
161 No Surprises Radiohead 22 #9
160 Rosa Parks Outkast 1 #160
159 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 63 #6
158 The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) Missy Elliott 1 #158
157 Man in the Box Alice In Chains 55 #3
156 Violet Hole 22 #12
155 Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town Pearl Jam 46 #4
154 If It Makes You Happy Sheryl Crow 22 #40
153 What I Got Sublime 63 #1
152 Thunderstruck AC/DC 58 #2
151 Constant Craving KD Lang 8 #30
150 Underground Ben Folds Five 11 #3
149 Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams 7 #47
148 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 60 #2
147 Seether Veruca Salt 39 #3
146 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 63 #1
145 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 64 #1
144 Hook Blues Traveler 27 #38
143 If I Had A $1,000,000 Barenaked Ladies 16 #69
142 No Scrubs TLC 1 #142
141 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
140 When I Come Around Green Day 60 #2
139 It's Oh So Quiet Björk 20 #5
138 Walking On Broken Glass Annie Lennox 23 #29
137 Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam 57 #2
136 Everything is Everything Lauryn Hill 4 #136
135 Rooster Alice In Chains 49 #20
134 Windfall Son Volt 8 #84
133 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots 63 #5
132 Never Said Liz Phair 6 #132
131 Santa Monica Everclear 36 #3
130 You Were Meant For Me Jewel 12 #13
129 Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Nirvana 8 #40
128 Scenario A Tribe Called Quest 4 #126
127 Mysterious Ways U2 74 #2
126 Hunger Strike Temple of the Dog 51 #7
125 Freedom George Michael 3 #69
124 Human Behaviour Björk 29 #20
123 Harvest Moon Neil Young 15 #53
122 Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms 32 #6
121 I Can't Make You Love Me Bonnie Raitt 6 #121
120 Would? Alice In Chains 62 #6
119 One Week Barenaked Ladies 30 #3
118 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 38 #5
117 Rebel Girl Bikini Kill 3 #19
116 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley 41 #3
115 Cornflake Girl Tori Amos 51 #16
114 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band 46 #4
113 Believe Cher 1 #113
112 Shadowboxer Fiona Apple 9 #73
111 Better Man Pearl Jam 71 #3
110 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 16 #4
109 Lithium Nirvana 90 #3
108 Stay (I Missed You) Lisa Loeb 2 #108
107 Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 63 #28
106 Gangsta's Paradise Coolio 3 #3
105 Girlfriend Matthew Sweet 43 #2
104 One Headlight The Wallflowers 36 #7
103 Santeria Sublime 52 #4
102 Silent All These Years Tori Amos 41 #10
101 Fight The Power Public Enemy 8 #8
100 Supernova Liz Phair 35 #19
99 Only Happy When It Rains Garbage 48 #14
98 Lovefool The Cardigans 26 #14
97 Buddy Holly Weezer 62 #8
96 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 40 #2
95 Possession Sarah McLachlan 25 #24
94 If I Can't Change Your Mind Sugar 23 #91
93 Waltz #2 (Xo) Elliott Smith 3 #93
92 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 42 #7
91 Army of Me Björk 23 #36
90 Tennessee Arrested Development 4 #90
89 Devil's Haircut Beck 39 #29
88 Champagne Supernova Oasis 65 #11
87 Wannabe Spice Girls 1 #87
86 All Apologies Nirvana 69 #2
85 Vogue Madonna 4 #44
84 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Neutral Milk Hotel 9 #80
83 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 50 #1
82 Come As You Are Nirvana 97 #1
81 Hyperballad Björk 6 #53
80 Waterfall TLC 2 #80
79 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 67 #2
78 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 75 #3
77 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 56 #1
76 Lightning Crashes Live 58 #1
75 Song 2 Blur 82 #2
74 Shoop Salt n Pepa 2 #35
73 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 59 #5
72 Even Flow Pearl Jam 74 #5
71 November Rain Guns N Roses 51 #25
70 Feed The Tree Belly 41 #19
69 California Love 2Pac 3 #33
68 Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays 48 #3
67 Ants Marching Dave Matthews Band 39 #25
66 Cherub Rock The Smashing Pumpkins 49 #8
65 Brick Ben Folds Five 44 #12
64 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston 3 #64
63 Karma Police Radiohead 92 #2
62 Can I Kick It? A Tribe Called Quest 4 #22
61 These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs 36 #9
60 Say It Ain't So Weezer 46 #12
59 What's Up? 4 Non Blondes 31 #10
58 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 63 #1
57 32 Flavors Ani DiFranco 3 #57
56 Killing Me Softly With His Song The Fugees 2 #56
55 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
54 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 34 #3
53 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
52 Hallelujah Jeff Buckley 36 #3
51 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 117 #1
50 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 49 #4
49 Runaway Train Soul Asylum 56 #6
48 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 53 #3
47 All the Small Things blink-182 51 #3
46 Common People Pulp 26 #1
45 Enter Sandman Metallica 73 #5
44 California Stars Billy Bragg & Wilco 16 #25
43 Blue The Jayhawks 21 #43
42 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 54 #34
41 Black Pearl Jam 101 #1
40 7 Prince 2 #40
39 Dreams The Cranberries 49 #2
38 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 57 #1
37 Nuthin' But A "G" Thang Dr. Dre 3 #37
36 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 75 #2
35 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 85 #2
34 Linger The Cranberries 42 #3
33 Basket Case Green Day 74 #1
32 Ironic Alanis Morissette 29 #20
31 Jeremy Pearl Jam 104 #2
30 Galileo The Indigo Girls 19 #30
29 The Distance Cake 58 #1
28 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 70 #2
27 Baby One More Time Britney Spears 1 #27
26 Groove Is In The Heart Dee-Lite 13 #4
25 Closer Nine Inch Nails 67 #1
24 Paranoid Android Radiohead 68 #5
23 Alive Pearl Jam 119 #1
22 Closing Time Semisonic 33 #4
21 Where It's At Beck 58 #2
20 Cannonball The Breeders 60 #1
19 Nightswimming R.E.M. 24 #19
18 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O'Connor 47 #1
17 Doo-Wop (That Thing) Lauryn Hill 3 #17
16 Just A Girl No Doubt 54 #2
15 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 70 #4
14 One U2 114 #1
13 No Rain Blind Melon 65 #2
12 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
11 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
10 Fade Into You Mazzy Star 46 #10
9 Criminal Fiona Apple 28 #8
8 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
7 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 71 #1
6 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
5 Zombie The Cranberries 71 #1
4 Loser Beck 77 #2
3 Sabotage Beastie Boys 73 #3
2 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette 46 #2
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1

About this countdown

The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s was voted by The Current’s listeners (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN) in May 4, 2023. 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 Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: The Current, "893 Essential Songs of the '90s".

Spot an error? Suggest a correction.