10. I'll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy and the Family
Played at alotta my friends funerals.....
9. Come Down by Bush
8. Black by Pearl Jam
Always think of this song when I can't sleep....
7. If You Could Only See by Tonic
Ya gotta take a little dirt to keep what you love.....
6. C.R.E.A.M. by Wu Tang Clan
Great song about money !!
5. Shameless by Garth Brooks
Any re-make of Billy Joel is great !
4. Mo Money Mo Problems by Notorious BIG
3. Dixie Chicks by Wide Open Spaces
2. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night by Bon Jovi
I LOVE JON !!!!
1. Name by Goo Goo Dolls
Love the Goo's !!

10. Don't Call Me White by NoFX
A great song for suburban white guys. An awesome punk band also.
9. Dave Matthews Band by Satellite
An original song by the biggest cult following band of the 90s.
8. Dammit by Blink 182
Classic song about the queerness of teenage life.
7. Jeremy by Pearl Jam
Good song about a troubled kid.
6. Champagne Supernova by Oasis
Long song that sounds like a top ten song.
5. What I Got by Sublime
Great feel-good song by some feel good guys.
4. Radiohead by Creep
Simply greatest song by a great 90s alt band.
3. Rappers Delight by Sugar Hill Gang or Cypress Hill,not sure which one
Simply my fav. rap or hip hop song.
2. Longview by Green Day
Most punkers may say that it destroyed punk rock, but it is a really great song.
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Single most influencial song to affect music in this decade.

10. All Apologies by Nirvana
Smells like teen spirit may be popular, but Nirvana's greatest contribution was actually this Nevermind track.
9. 1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins
We may all publicly hate Billy's voice and secretly love it, but 1979 was his greatest triumph, found on Melon Collie and Infinite Sadness.
8. Crash by Dave Matthews Band
Not to be trendy, but I had to put DMB on because of their influence on acoustic music. I hate people who claim to have "followed Dave since the beginning." Crash defined two years of pop music after its release.
7. Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead
A toss-up between Fake Plastic and Street Spirit (Fade out). Either way, Radiohead really started in The Bends with these two tracks.
6. Jeremy by Pearl Jam
I hate Pearl Jam. I wish I didn't have to acknowledge this.
5. Iris by The GooGoo Dolls
Except for the bad movie, this song was produced perfectly. Too bad they had no other songs. Poor Johnny Reeznik split the band.
4. Sfevn-G-Englar by Sigur Ros
If you haven't heard of Sigur Ros, you're living under a rock. Unfortunately, too many people have heard and they're getting big. Commercialized. Publicized. Yet another triumph of mass record labels.
3. Lover, you should have come over by Jeff Buckley
Amazing lyrics, perfect chords. This man was a god. except he drowned.
2. Paranoid Android by Radiohead
1997 saw the release of the most influential album in the 90s - Radiohead's O.K. Computer. This album is STILL defining music in Europe and the states.
1. Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
It doesn't matter if it's a cover of a bad Leonard Cohen song. He makes this song defining and transcendant.

10. Longview by Green Day
A song that nailed a generation of kids staying home on friday night listening to songs like this sans girlfriend , people who care , with only masturbation to make things better . Give it up for Green Day , they define us .
9. You Oughta Know by Alanis Morrissette
Female empowerment to the max , and it kicks ass .
8. Mr. Jones by Counting Crows
"Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky but when everybody loves you , oh son , that's just about as funky as you can be." Hear the words , that's all I'm sayin , and you'll see where I'm comin from .
7. Fitter Happier by Radiohead
Off of the best album of the nineties , OK Computer , the Pink Floyd of this generation got the hungry edge with this monotonous trudge through the daily routine of a disgusted urbanite . Borders on self parody , but is altogether effective because it makes you think .
6. Champagne Supernova by Oasis
Doesn't get much better than this song as far as I am concerned . There is nothing like mimicking Liam Gallagher's voice while throwing down on air guitar to the sounds of Noel's licks . It just doesn't get much better that this song , no matter how abstract the lyrics are .
5. Loser by Beck
Just an all out funky , mesmerizingly self-parodying opus of irreverence . Beck is the man , and his style in the early nineties was a breath of fresh air to most people . He always has been an artist of the highest regard , and as far as I am concerned , always will be .
4. Pearl Jam by Jeremy
Not my favorite Pearl Jam song , that changes a lot , but still their most important . Was basically a precursor for something that would happen later on in the decade at Columbine , and is so powerful that I never get tired of singing along to it , it is just that damn good .
3. One Headlight by The Wallflowers
Still one of my favorite songs of all time . It just sounds so good , has significant lyrical content , and has that edge that pushes it forward into greatness .
2. November Rain by Guns N Roses
One of the greatest ballads ever written , a song that just flows like an ode to a fallen lover and then just explodes into sonic mayhem and kicks all of our asses . I don't even need to bring up the video .
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Was there ever a doubt in anyone's mind ? I mean come on .

10. Sunshower by Chris Cornell
So moving
9. Sabotage by Beastie Boys
The video is my all time favorite.
8. Busy Child by Crystal Method
Best mainstream techno song there is
7. Plush (accoustic) by Stone Temple Pilots
Even better than the album version.
6. Outshined by Soundgarden
Simple, but effective.
5. One by U2
I think this was 90s...best song by them.
4. Livin' On The Edge by Aerosmith
Great song, great video
3. Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots
Classic all the way.
2. Like Suicide by Soundgarden
Possibly the best guitar solo ever.
1. Plowed by Sponge
This song just makes you want to be better, faster.

10. Shoop by Salt And Pepa
yea you listen to eminem now, but you liked this and you know it
9. Monkey Wrench by Foo Fighters
their best song-ever
8. Weak by Swv
7. Basket Case by Green Day
6. Santa Monica by Everclear
ahh, good song
5. Cryin' by Aerosmith
classic
4. Nobody Knows by The Tony Rich Project
good for depression
3. What's Up by Four Non-blondes
one hit wonder classic
2. Don't Speak by No Doubt
1. Ironic by Alanis Morrisette

10. Cryin' by Areosmith
9. Flag Pole Sitta by Harvey Danger
8. Malibu by Hole
7. Jeremy by Pearl Jam
6. No Rain by Blind Melon
5. Only Happy When It Rains by Garbage
4. The Freshman by The Verve Pipe
3. Losing My Religion by R.E.M.
2. Story Of My Life by Social Distortion
1. Jump Right In by The Urge

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