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 or listen to a full playlist on Spotify!
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| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 540 | Spiritualized | Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space |
| 539 | Pearl Jam | Porch |
| 538 | R.E.M. | Crush With Eyeliner |
| 537 | Modest Mouse | Polar Opposites |
| 536 | Oasis | Morning Glory |
| 535 | Pavement | Grounded |
| 534 | Garbage | #1 Crush |
| 533 | Pixies | U-Mass |
| 532 | Depeche Mode | I Feel You |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 531 | U2 | The Fly |
| 530 | R.E.M. | Try Not to Breathe |
| 529 | A Tribe Called Quest | Excursions |
| 528 | The Chemical Brothers | Setting Sun |
| 527 | Soundgarden | Superunknown |
| 526 | Pearl Jam | Breath |
| 525 | Alice in Chains | Don't Follow |
| 524 | PJ Harvey | Dress |
| 523 | Hammerbox | When 3 Is 2 |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 522 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Learning to Fly |
| 521 | Paul Westerberg | Dyslexic Heart |
| 520 | Lenny Kravitz | Are You Gonna Go My Way |
| 519 | Lush | Ladykillers |
| 518 | Eminem | My Name Is |
| 517 | Whale | Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe |
| 516 | Pixies | Alec Eiffel |
| 515 | The Sugarcubes | Hit |
| 514 | R.E.M. | Shiny Happy People |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 513 | The Sundays | Wild Horses |
| 512 | American Football | Never Meant |
| 511 | Weezer | In the Garage |
| 510 | The Roots | You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu) |
| 509 | The Offspring | Come Out and Play |
| 508 | Boyz II Men | End of the Road |
| 507 | Blues Traveler | Hook |
| 506 | The Gits | Second Skin |
| 505 | Montell Jordan | This Is How We Do It |
| RANKING | ARTIST | SONG |
|---|---|---|
| 504 | Blind Melon | Change |
| 503 | Collective Soul | Shine |
| 502 | Soul Coughing | Screenwriter's Blues |
| 501 | Elliott Smith | Needle in the Hay |
| 500 | Bad Religion | American Jesus |
