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The Top 500 Songs of the '90s

WFPK is counting down the Top 500 Songs of the 90s—and we need your votes!

Will you be voting for the grunge of Nirvana, the pop of Madonna, the country of Shania Twain, TLC’s brand of R&B, the alternative of R.E.M., or the hip hop of 2Pac?

From flannel shirts to frosted tips, it's time to relive the 90s, one hit at a time—only on WFPK!

Listen all week this week as we count down the greatest songs of the 90s. We'll update the list below as we go all week.

500Veruca Salt - Seether
499Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman
498John Anderson - Straight Tequila Night
497The Rolling Stones - You Got Me Rocking
496Eagles - Get Over It
495Kathy Mattea - 455 Rocket
494Primus - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
493Soul for Real - Candy Rain
492Hal Ketchum - Small Town Saturday Night
491Garth Brooks - Rodeo
490Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You)
489Aqua - Barbie Girl
488Sugar Ray - Every Morning
487Victoria Williams - Crazy Mary
486Nice & Smooth - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow
485Collective Soul - December
484Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars
483Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod
482Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up
481Metallica - Fuel
480Candlebox - Far Behind
479Tanya Tucker - Down To My Last Teardrop
478311 - Down
477Freakwater - My Old Drunk Friend
476Paula Abdul - Rush Rush
475Ween - Voodoo Lady
474The Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
473Nanci Griffith - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
472Aerosmith - Cryin’
471Jonatha Brooke - Because I Told You So
470Trisha Yearwood - She’s in Love with the Boy
469Everclear - Santa Monica
468Randy Travis - Forever and Ever, Amen
467Garth Brooks - Standing Outside The Fire
466702 - Where My Girls At?
465The Mavericks - Dance the Night Away
464The Rolling Stones - Anybody Seen My Baby?
463Primus - Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver
462Meat Puppets - Backwater
461Pam Tillis - Maybe It Was Memphis
460Neil Young - Downtown
4592Pac - Keep Ya Head Up
458Blues Traveler - Hook
457G. Love & Special Sauce - Cold Beverage
456Reba McEntire - Fancy
455Vitamin C - Graduation (Friends Forever)
454Cake - Frank Sinatra
453Metallica - King Nothing
452Madonna - I'll Remember
451Eric Calpton - Change The World
450Nada Surf - Popular
449Garth Brooks - We Shall Be Free
448James McMurtry - Levelland
447Annie Lennox - No More “I Love You’s”
446Stereolab - French Disko
445Local H - Bound for the Floor
444John Prine - Quit Hollerin At Me
443Stereo MCs - Connected
442Patty Larkin - Good Thing
441Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
440Jellyfish - New Mistake
439Morcheeba - The Sea
438Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
437Edwin McCain - I’ll Be
436Hum - Stars
435NSYNC - Tearin’ Up My Heart
434John Hiatt - Cry Love
433The Dandy Warhols - Boys Better
432Des'ree - I'm Kissing You
431Patty Griffin - One Big Love
430Suzanne Vega - Caramel
429K’s Choice - Not an Addict
428Guns N Roses - You Could Be Mine
427Len - Steal My Sunshine
426Paul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart
425Joe Henry - Trampoline
424Whiskeytown - Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight
423Lyle Lovett - Private Conversation
422Iris DeMent - Our Town
421Tom Petty - Walls
420Will Smith - Men in Black
419The Innocence Mission - Bright as Yellow
418Patty Loveless - Blame It on Your Heart
417Grant Lee Buffalo - Mockingbirds
416Das EFX - They Want EFX
415Lorrie Morgan - Something in Red
414Porno for Pyros - Pets
413Freestyle Fellowship - Inner City Boundaries
412Matchbox Twenty - "3AM"
411The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
410Babyface - When Can I See You
409Morphine - Honey White
408Silverchair - Tomorrow
407Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name
406The Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
405Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
404Sponge - Molly (Sixteen Candles)
403Jennifer Paige - Crush
402Son Volt - Tear Stained Eye
401Steve Earle - Feel Alright
400Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tolnight
399John Prine - It's a Big Ol Goofy World
398Iris DeMent - Let the Mystery Be
397Days of the New - Touch, Peel, and Stand
396Tom Petty - You Wreck Me
395Cracker - Low
394Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
393Cowboy Junkies - A Common Disaster
392Jellyfish - That Is Why
391Semisonic - Singing in My Sleep
390Everclear - Father of Mine
389MC Hammer - U Can’t Touch This
388Savage Garden - I Want You
387Martina McBride - Independence Day
386Meshell Ndegeocello - If That’s Your Boyfriend (He Wasn’t Last Night)
385Los Lobos - Kiko and the Lavender Moon
384Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Feel Lucky
383Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
382Groove Theory - Tell Me
381David Lee Murphy - Dust on the Bottle
380Duran Duran - Ordinary World
379Dwight Yoakam - Fast As You
378Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
377Morphine - Buena
376Lyle Lovett - Church
375Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This
374Placebo - Pure Morning
373White Town - Your Woman
372Madonna - Take A Bow
371John Prine - Lake Marie
370Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
369Monica - Don't Take It Personal
368Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight
367Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
366Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin’
365Black Crowes - She Talks To Angels
364Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
363Loreena McKennitt - The Mummers' Dance
362Brian McKnight - Back at One
361Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say
360The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
359L7 - Pretend We’re Dead
358Jill Sobule - I Kissed a Girl
357Butthole Surfers - Pepper
356Over the Rhine - Latter Days
355Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
354Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me
353Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself
352Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
351Naughty by Nature - Hip Hop Hooray
350Prince - Endorphanmachine
349Janet Jackson - Together Again
348Pearl Jam - Given To Fly
347Indigo Girls - Galileo
346Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing
345Lenny Kravitz - It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
344Brandy - Have You Ever?
343OMC - How Bizarre
342Faith Hill - This Kiss
341Joan Osborne - St. Teresa
340Liz Phair - Never Said
339Pretenders - I'll Stand By You
338Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
337Eels - Novocaine for the Soul
336Blues Traveler - Runaround
335Roxette - It Must've Been Love
334Des’ree - You Gotta Be
333Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
332Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic
331Michael Jackson - Scream
330The Beatles - Free As A Bird
329The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches
328Moby - Porcelain
327Salt-N-Pepa - Whatta Man
326Sonic Youth - Bull in the Heather
325Green Day - Brain Stew
324Natalie Merchant - Wonder
323Prince - Cream
322Janet Jackson - Any Time, Any Place
321David Gray - Babylon
320Fastball - The Way
319Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
318Bon Jovi - Always
317Mariah Carey - Hero
316Robyn - Show Me Love
315Gillian Welch - Look at Miss Ohio
314The Presidents of the United States of America - Lump
313Violent Femmes - American Music
312Wilco - I Must be High
311R.E.M. - Daysleeper
310Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching
309Alison Krauss - Baby, Now That I've Found You
308Republica - Ready to Go
307Faith No More - Epic
306P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
305Ace of Base - The Sign
304Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
303Brandy - I Wanna Be Down
302Tool - Stinkfist
301Meredith Brooks - Bitch
300Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
299Natalie Merchant - Carnival
298Janet Jackson - That’s the Way Love Goes
297U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
296Madonna - Frozen
295Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet
294Collective Soul - Shine
293Built to Spill - Car
292The La's - There She Goes
291Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
290Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
289Spacehog - In the Meantime
288The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
287The Lemonheads - It’s a Shame About Ray
286Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
285Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
284Maxwell - Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder)
283Liz Phair - Supernova
282Better Than Ezra - Good
281Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya
280Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
279Tori Amos - God
278Temple of the Dog - Say Hello 2 Heaven
277Boyz II Men - Motownphilly
276Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
275Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
274Tool - Sober
273Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
272Ben Harper - Forever
271Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson
270Travis - Why Does It Always Rain on Me?
269Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain
268Filter - Take a Picture
267Jewel - Who Will Save Your Soul
266Third Eye Blind - Jumper
265Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough
264Live - I Alone
263The Wallflowers - 6th Avenue Heartache
262Big Pun - Still Not a Player
261Garth Brooks - The Thunder Rolls
260Lucinda Williams - Sweet Ol World
259Ricky Martin - Livin’ La Vida Loca
258Everything But the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix)
257The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright
256Sarah McLachlan - Possession
255Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
254Nick Cave - Red Right Hand
253En Vogue - Don’t Let Go (Love)
252Mariah Carey - Vision of Love
251Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
250Blur - Coffee & TV
249Adina Howard - Freak Like Me
248Goo Goo Dolls - Name
247Gin Blossoms - Til I Hear It From You
246Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine
245The Offspring - Come Out n Play
244House of Pain - Jump Around
243Van Halen - Right Now
242The Sundays - Here’s Where the Story Ends
241Live - Lightning Crashes
240Jane’s Addiction - Stop!
239Barenaked Ladies - One Week
238Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
237The Chicks - Goodbye Earle
236Ben Folds Five - Brick
235Lucinda Williams - Can’t Let Go
234Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle
233Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me
232Bonnie 'Prince' Bill - I See A Darkness
231DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
230Eliott Smith - Miss Misery
229Snoop Dogg - Who Am I (What’s My Name)?
228David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans
227Toad the Wet Sprocket - Walk on the Ocean
226Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
225Seal - Crazy
224Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
223Ani DiFranco - Untouchable Face
222Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer
221Sarah McLachlan - Building a Mystery
220Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
219Boyz II Men - End of the Road
218Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)
217Fatboy Slim - Praise You
216LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
215Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time
214Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
213Soundgarden - Spoonman
212Blackstreet - No Diggity
211The Offspring - Self Esteem
210Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?
209Cher - Believe
208Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
207Dido - Thank You
206Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre
205R.E.M. - What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
204Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
203Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love
202Pavement - Cut Your Hair
201Mary Chapin Carpenter - He Thinks He'll Keep Her
200They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
199Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
198Pearl Jam - Daughter
197Destiny’s Child - Say My Name
196Sublime - What I Got
195Common - I Used to Love H.E.R.
194Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream
193Oasis - Don’t Look Back in Anger
192DMX - Ruff Ryders’ Anthem
191The Flaming Lips - She Don’t Use Jelly
190Portishead - Sour Times
189U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
188Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug
187Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
186Notorious B.I.G. - Hynpotize
185Björk - Army of Me
184TLC - Diggin’ On You
183Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want
182Jewel - Foolish Games
181Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
180Tom Petty - Wildflowers
179The Pharcyde - Passin’ Me By
178Garbage - Stupid Girl
177The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
176Nas - N.Y. State of Mind
175Green Day - Basket Case
174Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
173Wilco - A Shot In The Arm
172Beck - Where It’s At
171The Cranberries - Dreams
170PJ Harvey - Down by the Water
169TLC - Creep
168Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade
167Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor
166Björk - Human Behaviour
165Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
164Hole - Doll Parts
163The Fugees - Ready or Not
162Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should’ve Come Over
161Tupac - Dear Mama
160Radiohead - High and Dry
159A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation
158Hanson - MMMBop
157Aerosmith - Crazy
156Whitney Houston - Exhale
155Deana Carter - Strawberry Wine
154Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
153Uncle Tupelo - Whiskey Bottle
152Suzy Bogguss - Outbound Plane
151Belly - Feed the Tree
150Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass
149Del the Funky Homosapien - Mistadobalina
148Patty Loveless - I Try To Think About Elvis
147Kriss Kross - Jump
146Wilson Phillips - Hold On
145Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
144Cake - The Distance
143Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money
142Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
141Chris Whitley - Big Sky Country
140Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much
139Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It
138The Jayhawks - Blue
137Semisonic - Closing Time
136Bush - Glycerine
135Eliott Smith - Waltz #2
134Jewel - You Were Meant For Me
133Boyz II Men - I’ll Make Love to You
132Michael Jackson - Black or White
131Ginuwine - Pony
130Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
129Tom Petty - Learning To Fly
128Guns N Roses - November Rain
127Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You)
126The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
125Joan Osborne - One of Us
124Pearl Jam - Betterman
123Patty Griffin - Tony
122Neil Young - Harvest Moon
121Salt-N-Pepa - Shoop
120Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
119Nick Cave - Into My Arms
118Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.
117En Vogue - Hold On
116Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain
115Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
114Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
113Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
112Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
111Blur - Song 2
110Green Day - When I Come Around
109Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
108Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike
107Warren G feat. Nate Dogg - Regulate
106Jay-Z - Big Pimpin
105Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
104R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
103Massive Attack - Teardrop
102Bonnie Raitt - Something to Talk About
101The Prodigy - Firestarter
100Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
99Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
98Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
97The Cardigans - Lovefool
96Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
95Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
94The Wallflowers - One Headlight
93Eminem - My Name Is
92Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me
91Blind Melon - No Rain
90John Prine - In Spite of Ourselves
89Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
88U2 - Mysterious Ways
87Tool - Forty Six & 2
86Prince - 7
85No Doubt - Just a Girl
84Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
83Green Day - Good Ridance
82Nas - If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)
81Garth Brooks - Friends in Low Places
80Madonna - Ray of Light
79Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
78Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
77Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
76Tom Petty - You Don’t Know How It Feels
75Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
74Pearl Jam - Alive
73Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
72Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
71The Roots - You Got Me
70Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
69Foo Fighters - My Hero
68Mariah Carey - Emotions
67The Breeders - Cannonball
66A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
65Weezer - Buddy Holly
64George Michael - Freedom 90
63D’Angelo - Brown Sugar
62Madonna - Vogue
61Metallica - Enter Sandman
60Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
59Fiona Apple - Fast As You Can
58Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
57The Cranberries - Zombie
56Counting Crows - Round Here
55U2 - One
54Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
53Public Enemy - Fight the Power
52Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Tha Crossroads
51Foo Fighters - Everlong
50Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy
49Snoop Dogg - Gin and Juice
48Counting Crows - A Long December
47Erykah Badu - On & On
46Weezer - Say It Ain’t So
45Nine Inch Nails - Closer
44Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
43Mariah Carey - Fantasy
42Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
41Destiny’s Child - Bills, Bills, Bills
40R.E.M. - Man on the Moon
39Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
38The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
37Pearl Jam - Jeremy
36Beastie Boys - Sabotage
35Tupac - California Love
34Fiona Apple - Criminal
33Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
32Radiohead - Paranoid Android
31Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
30Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
29TLC - No Scrubs
28Nirvana - Come As You Are
27Tori Amos - Silent All These Years
26Seal - Kiss From a Rose
25Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
24Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg - Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang
23Radiohead - Karma Police
22Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason
21Spice Girls - Wannabe
20Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa
19Hole - Violet
18Radiohead - Creep
17Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
16Beck - Loser
15Portishead - Glory Box
14Outkast - Rosa Parks
13No Doubt - Don't Speak
12Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
11R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
10The Fugees - Killing Me Softly
9The Cranberries - Linger
8New Radicals - Get What You Give
7Oasis - Wonderwall
6TLC - Waterfalls

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