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 |
|---|---|---|
| 499 | Bjork | Bachelorette |
| 498 | The Chemical Brothers | Let Forever Be |
| 497 | The Stone Roses | Love Spreads |
| 496 | Fatboy Slim | Right Here, Right Now |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 495 | Son Volt | Windfall |
| 494 | My Bloody Valentine | When You Sleep |
| 493 | Cibo Matto | Sugar Water |
| 492 | Cracker | Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) |
| 491 | Teenage Fanclub | The Concept |
| 490 | Fiona Apple | Paper Bag |
| 489 | The Magnetic Fields | Papa Was a Rodeo |
| 488 | The Flaming Lips | Race for the Prize |
| 487 | Dr. Dre | Still DRE |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 486 | Sade | Kiss of Life |
| 485 | CAKE | I Will Survive |
| 484 | The Jayhawks | Blue |
| 483 | Us3 | Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) |
| 482 | Jane's Addiction | Classic Girl |
| 481 | Bran Van 3000 | Drinking in L.A. |
| 480 | R.E.M. | Drive |
| 479 | Guided By Voices | Game of Pricks |
| 478 | Saint Etienne | Only Love Can Break Your Heart |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 477 | The Notorious B.I.G. | Big Poppa |
| 476 | Belle and Sebastian | Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying |
| 475 | Tori Amos | God |
| 474 | Depeche Mode | Halo |
| 473 | Prince | Gett Off |
| 472 | Annie Lennox | Why |
| 471 | Ministry | N.W.O. |
| 470 | Skee-Lo | I Wish |
| 469 | A Tribe Called Quest | Jazz (We've Got) |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 468 | The Pharcyde | Runnin' |
| 467 | The Tragically Hip | Ahead by a Century |
| 466 | AIR | Sexy Boy |
| 465 | Queen Latifah | U.N.I.T.Y. |
| 464 | Silver Jews | Random Rules |
| 463 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Zero |
| 462 | Chapterhouse | Pearl |
| 461 | Green Day | Welcome to Paradise |
| 460 | Aphex Twin | Windowlicker |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 459 | The Black Crowes | Remedy |
| 458 | Rancid | Ruby Soho |
| 457 | James | Sit Down |
| 456 | Paul Simon | The Obvious Child |
| 455 | Cocteau Twins | Iceblink Luck |
| 454 | King Missile | Detachable Penis |
| 453 | The Afghan Whigs | Gentlemen |
| 452 | Filter | Hey Man Nice Shot |
| 451 | Iggy Pop | Candy (feat. Kate Pierson) |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 450 | Lush | De-Luxe |
| 449 | U2 | Ultra Violet (Light My Way) |
| 448 | Depeche Mode | Walking in My Shoes |
| 447 | Big Audio Dynamite II | The Globe |
| 446 | Tom Petty | You Don't Know how it feels |
| 445 | Primus | Jerry Was a Race Car Driver |
| 444 | Tori Amos | Little Earthquakes |
| 443 | Nirvana | Lounge Act |
| 442 | A Tribe Called Quest | I Left My Wallet in El Segundo |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 441 | Daft Punk | Da Funk |
| 440 | Prince & The New Power Generation | Cream |
| 439 | Buena Vista Social Club | Chan Chan |
| 438 | Sugar | A Good Idea |
| 437 | Midnight Oil | Blue Sky Mine |
| 436 | Faith No More | Midlife Crisis |
| 435 | The Cardigans | My Favourite Game |
| 434 | Nas | The World Is Yours |
| 433 | Built to Spill | Else |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 432 | Mazzy Star | Into Dust |
| 431 | Hooverphonic | 2Wicky |
| 430 | En Vogue | Free Your Mind |
| 429 | Fugees | Fu-Gee-La |
| 428 | Nirvana | Territorial Pissings |
| 427 | Cypress Hill | Insane in the Brain |
| 426 | Pavement | Range Life |
| 425 | Belle and Sebastian | The State I Am In |
| 424 | Built to Spill | Randy Described Eternity |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | Concrete Blonde | Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) |
| 422 | PJ Harvey | To Bring You My Love |
| 421 | Dinosaur Jr. | Start Choppin |
| 420 | Blur | Coffee & TV |
| 419 | PJ Harvey | Sheela-Na-Gig |
| 418 | Sinéad O'Connor | Black Boys on Mopeds |
| 417 | Nirvana | Where Did You Sleep Last Night? |
| 416 | Mazzy Star | Halah |
| 415 | Happy Mondays | Step On |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 414 | Radiohead | Airbag |
| 413 | Hole | Celebrity Skin |
| 412 | Digital Underground | The Humpty Dance |
| 411 | Spin Doctors | Two Princes |
| 410 | Fugazi | Repeater |
| 409 | Radiohead | The Bends |
| 408 | Sonic Youth | Sugar Kane |
| 407 | Sheryl Crow | If It Makes You Happy |
| 406 | Rage Against the Machine | Bombtrack |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 405 | Ben Folds Five | Brick |
| 404 | Prince | 7 |
| 403 | Bone Thugz-N-Harmony | Crossroads |
| 402 | Toad the Wet Sprocket | All I Want |
| 401 | Dinosaur Jr. | Out There |
| 400 | The Folk Implosion | Natural One |
