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 |
|---|---|---|
| 299 | Pearl Jam | Rearviewmirror |
| 298 | Blur | There's No Other Way |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 297 | Ace of Base | The Sign |
| 296 | OutKast | SpottieOttieDopaliscious |
| 295 | Janet Jackson | That's the Way Love Goes |
| 294 | Sade | No Ordinary Love |
| 293 | Everclear | Santa Monica |
| 292 | Jane's Addiction | Stop |
| 291 | Radiohead | Street Spirit (Fade Out) |
| 290 | Modest Mouse | Trailer Trash |
| 289 | Tori Amos | Silent All These Years |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 288 | Tracy Chapman | Give Me One Reason |
| 287 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Hummer |
| 286 | Blur | Parklife |
| 285 | Beastie Boys | Pass the Mic |
| 284 | Jesus Jones | Right Here, Right Now |
| 283 | Green Day | Longview |
| 282 | Cornershop | Brimful of Asha |
| 281 | Weezer | My Name Is Jonas |
| 280 | Salt-N-Pepa | Shoop |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 279 | The Wallflowers | One Headlight |
| 278 | Wilco | Via Chicago |
| 277 | Throwing Muses | Not Too Soon |
| 276 | Temple of the Dog | Say Hello 2 Heaven |
| 275 | Soundgarden | The Day I Tried to Live |
| 274 | Elliott Smith | Angeles |
| 273 | Pearl Jam | Better Man |
| 272 | Built to Spill | Car |
| 271 | Lauryn Hill | Ex-Factor |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 270 | Seal | Kiss From a Rose |
| 269 | Depeche Mode | Policy of Truth |
| 268 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Bullet with Butterfly Wings |
| 267 | Soundgarden | Burden in My Hand |
| 266 | Liz Phair | Divorce Song |
| 265 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You |
| 264 | Radiohead | Just |
| 263 | Stone Temple Pilots | Plush |
| 262 | The Flaming Lips | She Don't Use Jelly |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 261 | Fiona Apple | Sleep to Dream |
| 260 | Sinéad O'Connor | The Emperor's New Clothes |
| 259 | Erykah Badu | On & On |
| 258 | Bush | Glycerine |
| 257 | Belle and Sebastian | The Boy With the Arab Strap |
| 256 | Slint | Good Morning, Captain |
| 255 | Jeff Buckley | Grace |
| 254 | Concrete Blonde | Joey |
| 253 | The Charlatans UK | The Only One I Know |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 252 | Primitive Radio Gods | Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand |
| 251 | Le Tigre | Deceptacon |
| 250 | The Notorious B.I.G. | Hypnotize |
| 249 | Snoop Doggy Dogg feat. Dat N***a Daz | Gin and Juice |
| 248 | Moby | Porcelain |
| 247 | Oasis | Supersonic |
| 246 | Mad Season | River of Deceit |
| 245 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers |
| 244 | Nirvana | The Man Who Sold the World |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 243 | Green Day | When I Come Around |
| 242 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Red Right Hand |
| 241 | Britney Spears | ...Baby One More Time |
| 240 | Slowdive | When the Sun Hits |
| 239 | Guided By Voices | I Am a Scientist |
| 238 | Mariah Carey | Fantasy |
| 237 | The Prodigy | Breathe |
| 236 | Fiona Apple | Shadowboxer |
| 235 | The Cure | A Letter to Elise |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 234 | Fatboy Slim | Praise You |
| 233 | Morphine | Cure for Pain |
| 232 | Pearl Jam | Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town |
| 231 | Depeche Mode | Personal Jesus |
| 230 | Cracker | Low |
| 229 | The Lemonheads | It's a Shame About Ray |
| 228 | Blackstreet | No Diggity |
| 227 | A Tribe Called Quest | Check the Rhime |
| 226 | David Bowie | I'm Afraid of Americans |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 225 | Liz Phair | 6'1 |
| 224 | Beck | Devil's Haircut |
| 223 | Sugar | If I Can't Change Your Mind |
| 222 | The Prodigy | Firestarter |
| 221 | Sarah McLachlan | Possession |
| 220 | Helmet | Unsung |
| 219 | Portishead | Roads |
| 218 | A Tribe Called Quest | Electric Relaxation |
| 217 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Drown |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 216 | The Cure | From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea |
| 215 | Sugar | Hoover Damn |
| 214 | James | Sometimes |
| 213 | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Kiss Them For Me |
| 212 | Soundgarden | Spoonman |
| 211 | REM | Everybody Hurts |
| 210 | Ministry | Jesus Built My Hotrod |
| 209 | The La's | There She Goes |
| 208 | Pixies | Dig For Fire |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 207 | Yo La Tengo | Autumn Sweater |
| 206 | Radiohead | No Surprises |
| 205 | Alanis Morisette | Hand in My Pocket |
| 204 | Radiohead | Exit Music (for a Film) |
| 203 | The Orb | Little Fluffly Clouds |
| 202 | Pavement | Cut Your Hair |
| 201 | Elliott Smith | Between the Bars |
| 200 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Disarm |
