| Rank | Song | Artist | Year | |------|------|--------|------| | 11 | Creep | Radiohead | 1992 | | 12 | I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | 1992 | | 13 | U Can’t Touch This | MC Hammer | 1990 | | 14 | No Scrubs | TLC | 1999 | | 15 | …Baby One More Time (already top 10) | – | – | | 16 | My Heart Will Go On | Celine Dion | 1997 | | 17 | California Love | 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre | 1995 | | 18 | Torn | Natalie Imbruglia | 1997 | | 19 | Black or White | Michael Jackson | 1991 | | 20 | Don’t Speak | No Doubt | 1996 | | 21 | All Star | Smash Mouth | 1999 | | 22 | This Is How We Do It | Montell Jordan | 1995 | | 23 | Zombie | The Cranberries | 1994 | | 24 | Ice Ice Baby | Vanilla Ice | 1990 | | 25 | Say My Name | Destiny’s Child | 1999 | | 26 | Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1992 | | 27 | I’ll Be Missing You | Puff Daddy & Faith Evans | 1997 | | 28 | Livin’ la Vida Loca | Ricky Martin | 1999 | | 29 | Bitter Sweet Symphony | The Verve | 1997 | | 30 | Fantasy | Mariah Carey | 1995 |
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston (1992)The ultimate vocal performance. It spent 14 weeks at number one and remains the gold standard for power ballads. top 100 songs from the 90s
Lose Yourself – Eminem (1999/2002)Technically released at the decade's tail end/turn, it represents the peak of the hip-hop explosion that defined the late 90s. | Rank | Song | Artist | Year
The 1990s was a decade without a dominant sound. Instead, it was a chaotic, beautiful collision of genres. Grunge wiped out Hair Metal, Hip-Hop went mainstream, Electronica hit the clubs, and Pop saw a resurgence that defined the turn of the millennium. It spent 14 weeks at number one and