Top 100 Songs of the ’90s Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 2. U2 “One” 3. Backstreet Boys “I Want It That Way” 4. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” 5. Madonna “Vogue” 6. Sir Mix-A-Lot “Baby Got Back” 7. Britney Spears “… Baby One More Time” 8. TLC “Waterfalls” 9. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” 10. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” 11. Pearl Jam “Jeremy” 12. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know” 13. Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg) “Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang” 14. Mariah Carey “Vision of Love” 15. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge” 16. MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” 17. Destiny’s Child “Say My Name” 18. Metallica “Enter Sandman” 19. Beastie Boys “Sabotage” 20. Hanson “MMMBop” 21. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” 22. Beck “Loser” 23. Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue “Whatta Man” 24. House of Pain “Jump Around”
25. Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun” 26. Eminem “My Name Is” 27. Counting Crows “Mr. Jones” 28. Ricky Martin “Livin’ la Vida Loca” 29. Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” 30. *NSYNC “Tearin’ Up My Heart” 31. Radiohead “Creep” 32. BLACKstreet “No Diggity” 33. Spice Girls “Wannabe” 34. Third Eye Blind “Semi-Charmed Life” 35. Oasis “Wonderwall” 36. C+C Music Factory “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” 37. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” 38. Christina Aguilera “Genie In A Bottle” 39. Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” 40. Color Me Badd “I Wanna Sex You Up” 41. Spin Doctors “Two Princes” 42. Collective Soul “Shine” 43. En Vogue “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” 44. The Fugees “Killing Me Softly With His Song” 45. Hootie & the Blowfish “Only Wanna Be With You” 46. Shania Twain “You’re Still the One” 47. Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch “Good Vibrations”
48. Matchbox Twenty “3 AM” 49. Jewel “Who Will Save Your Soul” 50. Alice in Chains “Man in the Box” 51. Tupac (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) “California Love” 52. Sugar Ray “Fly” 53. Naughty by Nature “O.P.P.” 54. Joan Osborne “One of Us” 55. Fiona Apple “Criminal” 56. L.L. Cool J “Mama Said Knock You Out” 57. Jay-Z featuring Amil and Ja Rule “Can I Get A…” 58. Sophie B. Hawkins “Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover” 59. Weezer “Buddy Holly” 60. Bell Biv DeVoe “Poison” 61. Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” 62. Live “I Alone” 63. The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy “Mo Money Mo Problems” 64. The Presidents of the United States of America “Peaches” 65. Digital Underground “The Humpty Dance” 66. Edwin McCain “I’ll Be” 67. Deee-Lite “Groove Is In The Heart” 68. Will Smith “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” 69. Korn “Freak on a Leash”
70. Jamiroquai “Virtual Insanity” 71. Arrested Development “Tennessee” 72. Barenaked Ladies “One Week” 73. Marcy Playground “Sex and Candy” 74. Cher “Believe” 75. Kris Kross “Jump” 76. Blues Traveler “Run-Around” 77. Ice Cube “It Was a Good Day” 78. Lenny Kravitz “Are You Gonna Go My Way” 79. Meredith Brooks “Bitch” 80. Right Said Fred “I’m Too Sexy” 81. Paula Cole “I Don’t Want to Wait” 82. Geto Boys “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” 83. The Breeders “Cannonball” 84. Snow “Informer” 85. Cypress Hill “Insane In The Brain” 86. The Cranberries “Linger” 87. Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart” 88. Duncan Sheik “Barely Breathing” 89. Liz Phair “Never Said” 90. New Radicals “You Get What You Give” 91. Sarah McLachlan “Building a Mystery” 92. Public Enemy “911 Is A Joke” 93. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories “Stay” 94. Fastball “The Way” 95. Montell Jordan “This is How We Do It” 96. Nelson “(Can’t Live
Without Your) Love and Affection” 97. Prince & The New Power Generation “Gett Off” 98. EMF “Unbelievable” 99. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” 100. Gerardo “Rico Suave”
VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's 1. Bon Jovi / "Livin' on a Prayer" (1986) 2. Def Leppard / "Pour Some Sugar On Me" (1987) 3. Duran Duran / "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1982) 4. Michael Jackson / "Billie Jean" (1982) 5. Prince / "When Doves Cry" (1984) 6. Hall & Oates / "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" (1981) 7. Guns N' Roses / Sweet Child O' Mine (1987) 8. Madonna / "Like a Virgin" (1984) 9. Run-D.M.C. / "Walk This Way" (1986) 10. AC/DC / "You Shook Me All Night Long" (1980) 11. Journey / Don't Stop Believing (1981) 12. Whitney Houston / "How Will I Know" (1985)
13. U2 / "With Or Without You" (1987) 14. The Bangles / "Walk Like an Egyptian" (1986) 15. Van Halen / "Jump" (1984) 16. INXS / "Need You Tonight" (1987) 17. Whitesnake / "Here I Go Again" (1982) 18. Dexy's Midnight Runners / "Come On Eileen" (1982) 19. Cyndi Lauper / "Time After Time" (1984) 20. Rick Springfield / "Jessie's Girl" (1981) 21. Michael Jackson / "Beat It" (1982) 22. The Cure / "Just Like Heaven" (1987) 23. Cyndi Lauper / "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (1984) 24. A-Ha / "Take On Me" (1985) 25. Go-Go's / "Our Lips Are Sealed" (1981) 26. Guns N' Roses / "Welcome to the Jungle" (1987) 27. Kajagoogoo / "Too Shy" (1984) 28. Wham! / "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (1984) 29. Talking Heads / "Burning Down the House" (1983) 30. Pat Benatar / "Love is a Battlefield" (1983) 31. Queen and David Bowie / "Under Pressure" (1981) 32. Night Ranger / "Sister Christian" (1983)
33. Soft Cell / "Tainted Love" (1981) 34. Poison / "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" (1988) 35. Phil Collins / "In the Air Tonight" (1981) 36. Tommy Tutone / "867-5309/Jenny" (1981) 37. Aerosmith / "Janie's Got a Gun" (1989) 38. U2 / "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (1984) 39. Modern English / "I Melt With You" (1982) 40. The B-52's / "Love Shack" (1989) 41. Mötley Crüe / "Dr. Feelgood" (1989) 42. The Clash / "London Calling" (1982) 43. ABC / "Look of Love" (1982) 44. Bananarama / "Cruel Summer" (1984) 45. Janet Jackson / "Nasty" (1986) 46. The Police / "Every Breath You Take" (1983) 47. Twisted Sister / "We're Not Gonna Take It" (1984) 48. Bruce Springsteen / "Born in the U.S.A." (1984) 49. Beastie Boys / "Fight For Your Right" (1986) 50. Eurythmics / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (1983) 51. Ratt / "Round and Round" (1984) 52. Dead or Alive / "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" (1985) 53. Billy Idol / "White Wedding" (1988)
54. Salt-N-Pepa / "Push It" (1986) 55. A Flock of Seagulls / "I Ran (So Far Away)" (1982) 56. Bonnie Tyler / "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (1983) 57. Toni Basil / "Mickey" (1981) 58. Culture Club / "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (1982) 59. John Mellencamp / "Jack & Diane" (1982) 60. Young M.C. / "Bust a Move" (1989) 61. Styx / "Mr. Roboto" (1983) 62. Berlin / "Take My Breath Away" (1986) 63. Devo / "Whip It" (1980) 64. Paula Abdul / "Straight Up" (1988) 65. Foreigner / "I Want to Know What Love Is" (1984) 66. Depeche Mode / "Just Can't Get Enough" (1981) 67. REO Speedwagon / "Keep On Loving You" (1980) 68. Public Enemy / "Fight the Power" (1988) 69. R.E.M. / "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (1980) 70. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts / "I Love Rock N' Roll" (1981) 71. Rick James / "Super Freak" (1981) 72. The Fixx / "One Thing Leads to Another" (1983)
73. Nena / "99 Luftballons" (1983) 74. George Michael / "Faith" (1987) 75. Prince / "Little Red Corvette" (1983) 76. Thomas Dolby / "She Blinded Me With Science" (1982) 77. New Edition / "Candy Girl" (1983) 78. Blondie / "Call Me" (1980) 79. Human League / "Don't You Want Me?" (1981) 80. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock / "It Takes Two" (1988) 81. Cameo / "Word Up!" (1986) 82. Squeeze / "Tempted" (1981) 83. Prince / "Kiss" (1986) 84. Lionel Richie / "All Night Long (All Night)" (1983) 85. Robert Palmer / "Addicted to Love" (1985) 86. Bow Wow Wow / "I Want Candy" (1982) 87. Falco / "Rock Me Amadeus" (1986) 88. Chaka Khan / "Ain't Nobody" (1989) 89. The Pretenders / "Brass in Pocket" (1980) 90. Tone-Loc / "Wild Thing" (1989) 91. Katrina and The Waves / "Walking On Sunshine" (1983) 92. New Kids on the Block / "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" (1988) 93. Gary Numan / "Cars" (1980)
94. Rolling Stones / "Start Me Up" (1981) 95. Debbie Gibson / "Only in My Dreams" (1987) 96. Men at Work / "Down Under" (1982) 97. The Romantics / "What I Like About You" (1980) 98. Bobby Brown / "My Perogative" (1988) 99. Wang Chung / "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (1986) 100. Loverboy / "Working for the Weekend" (1981)