Ahead of KEXP's 2026 Fall Fundraising Drive, we asked you to vote for your favorite songs of the '90s! We wanted to know what songs you put on your mixtapes, burned to CD, and watched on MTV. The '90s was an incredible time for music — with the emergence of genres like trip-hop and grunge, and explosion of others like hip-hop and electronic. Check out the results below to see if your favorites made the list!
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| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 199 | The Chemical Brothers | Block Rockin' Beats |
| 198 | Neutral Milk Hotel | Holland, 1945 |
| 197 | The Pharcyde | Passin' Me By |
| 196 | DJ Shadow | Midnight in a Perfect World |
| 195 | Soundgarden | Fell on Black Days |
| 194 | Pearl Jam | Corduroy |
| 193 | Oasis | Live Forever |
| 192 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Tonight, Tonight |
| 191 | A Tribe Called Quest | Award Tour |
| 190 | R.E.M. | What's the Frequency, Kenneth? |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 189 | Jeff Buckley | Lover, You Should've Come Over |
| 188 | Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories | Stay (I Missed You) |
| 187 | Outkast | Rosa Parks |
| 186 | Neil Young | Harvest Moon |
| 185 | The Notorious B.I.G. | Juicy |
| 184 | Cocteau Twins | Cherry-Coloured Funk |
| 183 | Bjork | Big Time Sensuality |
| 182 | No Doubt | Don't Speak |
| 181 | Sleater-Kinney | Dig Me Out |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 180 | Matthew Sweet | Girlfriend |
| 179 | Gin Blossoms | Hey Jealousy |
| 178 | Radiohead | High and Dry |
| 177 | Pearl Jam | State of Love and Trust |
| 176 | Souls of Mischief | 93 'til Infinity |
| 175 | Alice in Chains | Man in the Box |
| 174 | TLC | No Scrubs |
| 173 | Pixies | Velouria |
| 172 | Chumbawamba | Tubthumping |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 171 | Mark Morrison | Return of the Mack |
| 170 | Nine Inch Nails | March of the Pigs |
| 169 | 10,000 Maniacs | These Are the Days |
| 168 | REM | Man on the Moon |
| 167 | Liz Phair | Fuck and Run |
| 166 | Hole | Doll Parts |
| 165 | Massive Attack | Protection |
| 164 | Arrested Development | Tennessee |
| 163 | Warren G | Regulate |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 162 | Everything But the Girl | Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix) |
| 161 | Liz Phair | Supernova |
| 160 | Alice in Chains | Rooster |
| 159 | Blur | Girls & Boys |
| 158 | Jeff Buckley | Hallelujah |
| 157 | Spice Girls | Wannabe |
| 156 | Fugees | Ready or Not |
| 155 | Weezer | Buddy Holly |
| 154 | Tom Waits | I Don't Want To Grow Up |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 153 | My Bloody Valentine | Soon |
| 152 | Sublime | Santeria |
| 151 | Spacehog | In the Meantime |
| 150 | Pearl Jam | Yellow Ledbetter |
| 149 | Tori Amos | Crucify |
| 148 | U2 | Mysterious Ways |
| 147 | L7 | Pretend We're Dead |
| 146 | Veruca Salt | Seether |
| 145 | Soundgarden | Outshined |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 144 | LL Cool J | Mama Said Knock You Out |
| 143 | Jamiroquai | Virtual Insanity |
| 142 | Sir Mix-A-Lot | Baby Got Back |
| 141 | The Beta Band | Dry the Rain |
| 140 | Orbital | Halcyon + On + On |
| 139 | Massive Attack | Unfinished Sympathy |
| 138 | Coolio | Gangsta's Paradise |
| 137 | Garbage | Stupid Girl |
| 136 | Missy Elliott | The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 135 | Tricky | Black Steel |
| 134 | P.M. Dawn | Set Adrfit on Memory Bliss |
| 133 | No Doubt | Just a Girl |
| 132 | Madonna | Vogue |
| 131 | Counting Crows | Mr. Jones |
| 130 | Alice in Chains | Nutshell |
| 129 | 2Pac Feat. Dr Dre | California Love |
| 128 | Butthole Surfers | Pepper |
| 127 | Stone Temple Pilots | Interstate Love Song |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 126 | Ned's Atomic Dustbin | Grey Cell Green |
| 125 | Dr. Dre | Nuthin' But a "G" Thang |
| 124 | Elastica | Connection |
| 123 | Dinosaur Jr. | Feel the Pain |
| 122 | Alanis Morissette | Ironic |
| 121 | Billy Bragg & Wilco | California Stars |
| 120 | New Order | Regret |
| 119 | Third Eye Blind | Semi-Charmed Life |
| 118 | Pavement | Gold Soundz |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 117 | Luscious Jackson | Naked Eye |
| 116 | PJ Harvey | Rid of Me |
| 115 | Oasis | Champagne Supernova |
| 114 | Pearl Jam | Jeremy |
| 113 | 4 Non Blondes | What's Up |
| 112 | Metallica | Enter Sandman |
| 111 | Neutral Milk Hotel | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
| 110 | Portishead | Wandering Star |
| 109 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Under the Bridge |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 108 | Ride | Vapour Trail |
| 107 | Nirvana | In Bloom |
| 106 | Nine Inch Nails | Hurt |
| 105 | Madonna | Ray of Light |
| 104 | Belly | Feed the Tree |
| 103 | Massive Attack | Angel |
| 102 | Cocteau Twins | Heaven or Las Vegas |
| 101 | Ice Cube | It Was a Good Day |
| 100 | Rage Against the Machine | Bulls On Parade |
