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 |
|---|---|---|
| 399 | Alice in Chains | No Excuses |
| 398 | Nine Inch Nails | Wish |
| 397 | Enigma | Return to Innocence |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 396 | Sleater-Kinney | One More Hour |
| 395 | Primal Scream | Loaded |
| 394 | The Verve | Lucky Man |
| 393 | Morphine | Thursday |
| 392 | Rancid | Time Bomb |
| 391 | Neutral Milk Hotel | Two-Headed Boy |
| 390 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Siva |
| 389 | Soul Coughing | Super Bon Bon |
| 388 | Lush | Sweetness and Light |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 387 | Pearl Jam | Release |
| 386 | Beck | Debra |
| 385 | Dave Matthews Band | Crash Into Me |
| 384 | Nirvana | Aneurysm |
| 383 | Deftones | Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) |
| 382 | Indigo Girls | Galileo |
| 381 | The Cure | High |
| 380 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Into My Arms |
| 379 | Neutral Milk Hotel | King Of Carrot Flowers Part 1 |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 378 | Placebo | Pure Morning |
| 377 | Seal | Crazy |
| 376 | Lucinda Williams | Car Wheels on a Gravel Road |
| 375 | The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Bellbottoms |
| 374 | Alice in Chains | Down in a Hole |
| 373 | The Offspring | Self Esteem |
| 372 | Ned's Atomic Dustbin | Kill Your Television |
| 371 | Sixpence None the Richer | Kiss Me |
| 370 | Ride | Leave Them All Behind |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 369 | Tool | Sober |
| 368 | Björk | Hunter |
| 367 | Dinosaur Jr. | The Wagon |
| 366 | Blur | Tender |
| 365 | Ani DiFranco | 32 Flavors |
| 364 | Soundgarden | Slaves & Bulldozers |
| 363 | Nirvana | Something in the Way |
| 362 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Sometimes Always |
| 361 | Beck | The New Pollution |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 360 | LIVE | Lightning Crashes |
| 359 | Hole | Miss World |
| 358 | En Vogue | My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) |
| 357 | Guns N' Roses | November Rain |
| 356 | Wu-Tang Clan | Protect Ya Neck |
| 355 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Give It Away |
| 354 | Edwyn Collins | A Girl Like You |
| 353 | Sinéad O'Connor | The Last Day of Our Acquaintance |
| 352 | Pearl Jam | Given to Fly |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 351 | Wilco | A Shot In The Arm |
| 350 | Meat Puppets | Backwater |
| 349 | DJ Shadow | Building Steam With A Grain of Salt |
| 348 | Duran Duran | Come Undone |
| 347 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Rhinoceros |
| 346 | Chris Cornell | Seasons |
| 345 | Radiohead | Subterranean Homesick Alien |
| 344 | Fatboy Slim | The Rockafeller Skank |
| 343 | Catherine Wheel | Crank |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 342 | Pearl Jam | Daughter |
| 341 | Hole | Malibu |
| 340 | Nas | N.Y. State of Mind |
| 339 | Beastie Boys | Root Down |
| 338 | Morphine | Buena |
| 337 | Sonic Youth | 100% |
| 336 | AIR | La Femme d'argent |
| 335 | Soundgarden | Blow Up the Outside World |
| 334 | House of Pain | Jump Around |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 333 | Liz Phair | Never Said |
| 332 | Counting Crows | Round Here |
| 331 | Mobb Deep | Shook Ones, Part II |
| 330 | Alice in Chains | Them Bones |
| 329 | Built to Spill | The Plan |
| 328 | Pulp | Disco 2000 |
| 327 | Pavement | Stereo |
| 326 | U2 | Until the End of the World |
| 325 | Depeche Mode | World in My Eyes |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 324 | Duran Duran | Ordinary World |
| 323 | Porno For Pyros | Pets |
| 322 | Björk | It's Oh So Quiet |
| 321 | EELS | Novocaine for the Soul |
| 320 | The Breeders | Divine Hammer |
| 319 | The Smashing Pumpkins | I Am One |
| 318 | Nada Surf | Popular |
| 317 | Len | Steal My Sunshine |
| 316 | The Afghan Whigs | Debonair |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 315 | Weezer | Only in Dreams |
| 314 | Archers of Loaf | Web in Front |
| 313 | Nirvana | Breed |
| 312 | Beastie Boys | Get It Together |
| 311 | De La Soul | A Rollerskating Jam Named "Saturdays" |
| 310 | Nirvana | Drain You |
| 309 | PJ Harvey | 50ft Queenie |
| 308 | Sublime | What I Got |
| 307 | The Cure | Burn |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 306 | Björk | Jóga |
| 305 | Lauryn Hill | Everything Is Everything |
| 304 | Stereo MC's | Connected |
| 303 | TLC | Creep |
| 302 | Elastica | Stutter |
| 301 | Buffalo Tom | Taillights Fade |
| 300 | Screaming Trees | Dollar Bill |
