I was glued to MTV’s VH1 Top 100 Hits of the 90’s last night – I was literally sitting up in bed, exclaiming to myself at every song that came on. I almost died recollecting Rico Suave, The Breeders, The Cranberries. I dug up the list online and here it is. I bolded the ones I completely agreed it or have something to say. What the hell is Britney and Backstreet Boys doing on there? Destiny’s Child? They may have squeezed in at the 90’s – but next to EMF, “Unbelievable”, they couldn’t be more misfit.
1. Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (No way does Nirvana sneak over U2.)
2. U2 – “One” (It’s called “One”! It should have been number one!)
3. Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way” (Naah…)
4. Whitney Houston – “I Will Always Love You” (This song always reminds me of my nutty sister who could lip synch this song perfectly)
5. Madonna – “Vogue” (Danced to this song for school performance)
6. Sir Mix-A-Lot – “Baby Got Back” (I cannot lie.)
7. Britney Spears – “…Baby One More Time” (Hell no)
8. TLC – “Waterfalls” (I always preferred “Creep”)
9. R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” (For shizzle)
10. Sinéad O’Connor – “Nothing Compares 2 U”
11. Pearl Jam – “Jeremy” (Too biased. Incredible song, incredible video but give me “Black” anyday)
12. Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know” (With my cousin Ryan, driving in Farmy’s car)
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” (Nuff said.)
17. Destiny’s Child – “Say My Name”
18. Metallica – “Enter Sandman” (This should be way up there in the Top 5. It’s epic)
19. Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
20. Hanson – “MMMBop”
21. Celine Dion – “My Heart Will Go On”
22. Beck – “Loser” (Oh, the time of Beck!)
23. Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue – “Whatta Man”
24. House of Pain – “Jump Around”
25. Soundgarden – “Black Hole Sun” (Too biased but “Spoonman” wins every time for me)
26. Eminem – “My Name Is”
27. Counting Crows – “Mr. Jones” (I always preferred “Long December”)
28. Ricky Martin – “Livin’ la Vida Loca” (No point lying about it now, we all danced to this song like loons)
29. Vanilla Ice – “Ice Ice Baby”
30. *NSYNC – “Tearin’ Up My Heart” (Please.)
31. Radiohead – “Creep”
32. BLACKstreet – “No Diggity” (You don’t get more 90’s than Blackstreet and Mohd. Sultan)
33. Spice Girls – “Wannabe”
34. Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” (Loved the whole album more than this song alone)
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” (Marky Mark, you have my heart, from then till now)
48. Matchbox Twenty – “3 A.M.”
49. Jewel – “Who Will Save Your Soul” (First song I ever learnt on guitar)
50. Alice in Chains – “Man in the Box” (Too biased)
51. 2Pac – “California Love” (My Nan, dancing to this song on my 21st birthday)
52. Sugar Ray – “Fly” (Always preferred “RPM”, but now I feel like listening to “Fly”)
53. Naughty by Nature – “O.P.P.”
54. Joan Osborne – “One of Us”
55. Fiona Apple – “Criminal” (Loved “Tidal” – all of it)
56. L.L. Cool J – “Mama Said Knock You Out” (Don’t call it a comeback)
57. Jay-Z featuring Amil and Ja Rule – “Can I Get A…”
58. Sophie B. Hawkins – “Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover” (Kelly and Dylan making out in 90210)
59. Weezer – “Buddy Holly”
60. Bell Biv DeVoe – “Poison”
61. Sheryl Crow – “All I Wanna Do”
62. Live – “I Alone” (Too biased, I loved Live for a long time)
63. The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy – “Mo Money Mo Problems” (Wait, you can get more 90’s than Blackstreet and Mohd. Sultan)
64. The Presidents of the United States of America – “Peaches” (One word. Barry)
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” (How does “Freak on a Leash” make it and not “Blind”?)
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” (First song I ever learnt on drums. Cindy Blackman kicks ass)
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” (A girlfriend in school singing, “You know I’m searching food for you…”)
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 – “Stay (I Missed You)” (Loved the movie, loved the soundtrack)
94. Fastball – “The Way”
95. Montell Jordan – “This Is How We Do It” (Always gets me on the dancefloor till now)
96. Nelson – “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection” (Good God, the video and that hair! It needs a picture!)
97. Prince & The New Power Generation – “Gett Off”
98. EMF – “Unbelievable”
99. Missy Elliott – “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”
100. Gerardo – “Rico Suave”
