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.
500 | Veruca Salt - Seether |
499 | Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman |
498 | John Anderson - Straight Tequila Night |
497 | The Rolling Stones - You Got Me Rocking |
496 | Eagles - Get Over It |
495 | Kathy Mattea - 455 Rocket |
494 | Primus - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver |
493 | Soul for Real - Candy Rain |
492 | Hal Ketchum - Small Town Saturday Night |
491 | Garth Brooks - Rodeo |
490 | Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You) |
489 | Aqua - Barbie Girl |
488 | Sugar Ray - Every Morning |
487 | Victoria Williams - Crazy Mary |
486 | Nice & Smooth - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow |
485 | Collective Soul - December |
484 | Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars |
483 | Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod |
482 | Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up |
481 | Metallica - Fuel |
480 | Candlebox - Far Behind |
479 | Tanya Tucker - Down To My Last Teardrop |
478 | 311 - Down |
477 | Freakwater - My Old Drunk Friend |
476 | Paula Abdul - Rush Rush |
475 | Ween - Voodoo Lady |
474 | The Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows |
473 | Nanci Griffith - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness |
472 | Aerosmith - Cryin’ |
471 | Jonatha Brooke - Because I Told You So |
470 | Trisha Yearwood - She’s in Love with the Boy |
469 | Everclear - Santa Monica |
468 | Randy Travis - Forever and Ever, Amen |
467 | Garth Brooks - Standing Outside The Fire |
466 | 702 - Where My Girls At? |
465 | The Mavericks - Dance the Night Away |
464 | The Rolling Stones - Anybody Seen My Baby? |
463 | Primus - Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver |
462 | Meat Puppets - Backwater |
461 | Pam Tillis - Maybe It Was Memphis |
460 | Neil Young - Downtown |
459 | 2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up |
458 | Blues Traveler - Hook |
457 | G. Love & Special Sauce - Cold Beverage |
456 | Reba McEntire - Fancy |
455 | Vitamin C - Graduation (Friends Forever) |
454 | Cake - Frank Sinatra |
453 | Metallica - King Nothing |
452 | Madonna - I'll Remember |
451 | Eric Calpton - Change The World |
450 | Nada Surf - Popular |
449 | Garth Brooks - We Shall Be Free |
448 | James McMurtry - Levelland |
447 | Annie Lennox - No More “I Love You’s” |
446 | Stereolab - French Disko |
445 | Local H - Bound for the Floor |
444 | John Prine - Quit Hollerin At Me |
443 | Stereo MCs - Connected |
442 | Patty Larkin - Good Thing |
441 | Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm |
440 | Jellyfish - New Mistake |
439 | Morcheeba - The Sea |
438 | Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye |
437 | Edwin McCain - I’ll Be |
436 | Hum - Stars |
435 | NSYNC - Tearin’ Up My Heart |
434 | John Hiatt - Cry Love |
433 | The Dandy Warhols - Boys Better |
432 | Des'ree - I'm Kissing You |
431 | Patty Griffin - One Big Love |
430 | Suzanne Vega - Caramel |
429 | K’s Choice - Not an Addict |
428 | Guns N Roses - You Could Be Mine |
427 | Len - Steal My Sunshine |
426 | Paul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart |
425 | Joe Henry - Trampoline |
424 | Whiskeytown - Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight |
423 | Lyle Lovett - Private Conversation |
422 | Iris DeMent - Our Town |
421 | Tom Petty - Walls |
420 | Will Smith - Men in Black |
419 | The Innocence Mission - Bright as Yellow |
418 | Patty Loveless - Blame It on Your Heart |
417 | Grant Lee Buffalo - Mockingbirds |
416 | Das EFX - They Want EFX |
415 | Lorrie Morgan - Something in Red |
414 | Porno for Pyros - Pets |
413 | Freestyle Fellowship - Inner City Boundaries |
412 | Matchbox Twenty - "3AM" |
411 | The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds |
410 | Babyface - When Can I See You |
409 | Morphine - Honey White |
408 | Silverchair - Tomorrow |
407 | Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name |
406 | The Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth |
405 | Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 |
404 | Sponge - Molly (Sixteen Candles) |
403 | Jennifer Paige - Crush |
402 | Son Volt - Tear Stained Eye |
401 | Steve Earle - Feel Alright |
400 | Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tolnight |
399 | John Prine - It's a Big Ol Goofy World |
398 | Iris DeMent - Let the Mystery Be |
397 | Days of the New - Touch, Peel, and Stand |
396 | Tom Petty - You Wreck Me |
395 | Cracker - Low |
394 | Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) |
393 | Cowboy Junkies - A Common Disaster |
392 | Jellyfish - That Is Why |
391 | Semisonic - Singing in My Sleep |
390 | Everclear - Father of Mine |
389 | MC Hammer - U Can’t Touch This |
388 | Savage Garden - I Want You |
387 | Martina McBride - Independence Day |
386 | Meshell Ndegeocello - If That’s Your Boyfriend (He Wasn’t Last Night) |
385 | Los Lobos - Kiko and the Lavender Moon |
384 | Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Feel Lucky |
383 | Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon |
382 | Groove Theory - Tell Me |
381 | David Lee Murphy - Dust on the Bottle |
380 | Duran Duran - Ordinary World |
379 | Dwight Yoakam - Fast As You |
378 | Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity |
377 | Morphine - Buena |
376 | Lyle Lovett - Church |
375 | Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This |
374 | Placebo - Pure Morning |
373 | White Town - Your Woman |
372 | Madonna - Take A Bow |
371 | John Prine - Lake Marie |
370 | Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars |
369 | Monica - Don't Take It Personal |
368 | Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight |
367 | Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing |
366 | Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin’ |
365 | Black Crowes - She Talks To Angels |
364 | Cornershop - Brimful of Asha |
363 | Loreena McKennitt - The Mummers' Dance |
362 | Brian McKnight - Back at One |
361 | Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say |
360 | The Beta Band - Dry the Rain |
359 | L7 - Pretend We’re Dead |
358 | Jill Sobule - I Kissed a Girl |
357 | Butthole Surfers - Pepper |
356 | Over the Rhine - Latter Days |
355 | Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy |
354 | Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me |
353 | Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself |
352 | Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball |
351 | Naughty by Nature - Hip Hop Hooray |
350 | Prince - Endorphanmachine |
349 | Janet Jackson - Together Again |
348 | Pearl Jam - Given To Fly |
347 | Indigo Girls - Galileo |
346 | Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing |
345 | Lenny Kravitz - It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over |
344 | Brandy - Have You Ever? |
343 | OMC - How Bizarre |
342 | Faith Hill - This Kiss |
341 | Joan Osborne - St. Teresa |
340 | Liz Phair - Never Said |
339 | Pretenders - I'll Stand By You |
338 | Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You |
337 | Eels - Novocaine for the Soul |
336 | Blues Traveler - Runaround |
335 | Roxette - It Must've Been Love |
334 | Des’ree - You Gotta Be |
333 | Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People |
332 | Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic |
331 | Michael Jackson - Scream |
330 | The Beatles - Free As A Bird |
329 | The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches |
328 | Moby - Porcelain |
327 | Salt-N-Pepa - Whatta Man |
326 | Sonic Youth - Bull in the Heather |
325 | Green Day - Brain Stew |
324 | Natalie Merchant - Wonder |
323 | Prince - Cream |
322 | Janet Jackson - Any Time, Any Place |
321 | David Gray - Babylon |
320 | Fastball - The Way |
319 | Chumbawamba - Tubthumping |
318 | Bon Jovi - Always |
317 | Mariah Carey - Hero |
316 | Robyn - Show Me Love |
315 | Gillian Welch - Look at Miss Ohio |
314 | The Presidents of the United States of America - Lump |
313 | Violent Femmes - American Music |
312 | Wilco - I Must be High |
311 | R.E.M. - Daysleeper |
310 | Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching |
309 | Alison Krauss - Baby, Now That I've Found You |
308 | Republica - Ready to Go |
307 | Faith No More - Epic |
306 | P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss |
305 | Ace of Base - The Sign |
304 | Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It |
303 | Brandy - I Wanna Be Down |
302 | Tool - Stinkfist |
301 | Meredith Brooks - Bitch |
300 | Stone Temple Pilots - Plush |
299 | Natalie Merchant - Carnival |
298 | Janet Jackson - That’s the Way Love Goes |
297 | U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me |
296 | Madonna - Frozen |
295 | Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet |
294 | Collective Soul - Shine |
293 | Built to Spill - Car |
292 | The La's - There She Goes |
291 | Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack |
290 | Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground |
289 | Spacehog - In the Meantime |
288 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get |
287 | The Lemonheads - It’s a Shame About Ray |
286 | Soul Asylum - Runaway Train |
285 | Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence |
284 | Maxwell - Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder) |
283 | Liz Phair - Supernova |
282 | Better Than Ezra - Good |
281 | Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya |
280 | Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen |
279 | Tori Amos - God |
278 | Temple of the Dog - Say Hello 2 Heaven |
277 | Boyz II Men - Motownphilly |
276 | Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home |
275 | Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World |
274 | Tool - Sober |
273 | Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia |
272 | Ben Harper - Forever |
271 | Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson |
270 | Travis - Why Does It Always Rain on Me? |
269 | Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain |
268 | Filter - Take a Picture |
267 | Jewel - Who Will Save Your Soul |
266 | Third Eye Blind - Jumper |
265 | Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough |
264 | Live - I Alone |
263 | The Wallflowers - 6th Avenue Heartache |
262 | Big Pun - Still Not a Player |
261 | Garth Brooks - The Thunder Rolls |
260 | Lucinda Williams - Sweet Ol World |
259 | Ricky Martin - Livin’ La Vida Loca |
258 | Everything But the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) |
257 | The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright |
256 | Sarah McLachlan - Possession |
255 | Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance |
254 | Nick Cave - Red Right Hand |
253 | En Vogue - Don’t Let Go (Love) |
252 | Mariah Carey - Vision of Love |
251 | Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye |
250 | Blur - Coffee & TV |
249 | Adina Howard - Freak Like Me |
248 | Goo Goo Dolls - Name |
247 | Gin Blossoms - Til I Hear It From You |
246 | Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine |
245 | The Offspring - Come Out n Play |
244 | House of Pain - Jump Around |
243 | Van Halen - Right Now |
242 | The Sundays - Here’s Where the Story Ends |
241 | Live - Lightning Crashes |
240 | Jane’s Addiction - Stop! |
239 | Barenaked Ladies - One Week |
238 | Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby |
237 | The Chicks - Goodbye Earle |
236 | Ben Folds Five - Brick |
235 | Lucinda Williams - Can’t Let Go |
234 | Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle |
233 | Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me |
232 | Bonnie 'Prince' Bill - I See A Darkness |
231 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime |
230 | Eliott Smith - Miss Misery |
229 | Snoop Dogg - Who Am I (What’s My Name)? |
228 | David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans |
227 | Toad the Wet Sprocket - Walk on the Ocean |
226 | Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid |
225 | Seal - Crazy |
224 | Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy |
223 | Ani DiFranco - Untouchable Face |
222 | Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer |
221 | Sarah McLachlan - Building a Mystery |
220 | Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart |
219 | Boyz II Men - End of the Road |
218 | Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear (Remix) |
217 | Fatboy Slim - Praise You |
216 | LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out |
215 | Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time |
214 | Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly |
213 | Soundgarden - Spoonman |
212 | Blackstreet - No Diggity |
211 | The Offspring - Self Esteem |
210 | Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody? |
209 | Cher - Believe |
208 | Counting Crows - Mr. Jones |
207 | Dido - Thank You |
206 | Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre |
205 | R.E.M. - What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? |
204 | Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song |
203 | Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love |
202 | Pavement - Cut Your Hair |
201 | Mary Chapin Carpenter - He Thinks He'll Keep Her |
200 | They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul |
199 | Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) |
198 | Pearl Jam - Daughter |
197 | Destiny’s Child - Say My Name |
196 | Sublime - What I Got |
195 | Common - I Used to Love H.E.R. |
194 | Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream |
193 | Oasis - Don’t Look Back in Anger |
192 | DMX - Ruff Ryders’ Anthem |
191 | The Flaming Lips - She Don’t Use Jelly |
190 | Portishead - Sour Times |
189 | U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) |
188 | Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug |
187 | Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus |
186 | Notorious B.I.G. - Hynpotize |
185 | Björk - Army of Me |
184 | TLC - Diggin’ On You |
183 | Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want |
182 | Jewel - Foolish Games |
181 | Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way |
180 | Tom Petty - Wildflowers |
179 | The Pharcyde - Passin’ Me By |
178 | Garbage - Stupid Girl |
177 | The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen |
176 | Nas - N.Y. State of Mind |
175 | Green Day - Basket Case |
174 | Fiona Apple - Paper Bag |
173 | Wilco - A Shot In The Arm |
172 | Beck - Where It’s At |
171 | The Cranberries - Dreams |
170 | PJ Harvey - Down by the Water |
169 | TLC - Creep |
168 | Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade |
167 | Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor |
166 | Björk - Human Behaviour |
165 | Natalie Imbruglia - Torn |
164 | Hole - Doll Parts |
163 | The Fugees - Ready or Not |
162 | Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should’ve Come Over |
161 | Tupac - Dear Mama |
160 | Radiohead - High and Dry |
159 | A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation |
158 | Hanson - MMMBop |
157 | Aerosmith - Crazy |
156 | Whitney Houston - Exhale |
155 | Deana Carter - Strawberry Wine |
154 | Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock |
153 | Uncle Tupelo - Whiskey Bottle |
152 | Suzy Bogguss - Outbound Plane |
151 | Belly - Feed the Tree |
150 | Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass |
149 | Del the Funky Homosapien - Mistadobalina |
148 | Patty Loveless - I Try To Think About Elvis |
147 | Kriss Kross - Jump |
146 | Wilson Phillips - Hold On |
145 | Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See |
144 | Cake - The Distance |
143 | Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money |
142 | Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend |
141 | Chris Whitley - Big Sky Country |
140 | Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much |
139 | Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It |
138 | The Jayhawks - Blue |
137 | Semisonic - Closing Time |
136 | Bush - Glycerine |
135 | Eliott Smith - Waltz #2 |
134 | Jewel - You Were Meant For Me |
133 | Boyz II Men - I’ll Make Love to You |
132 | Michael Jackson - Black or White |
131 | Ginuwine - Pony |
130 | Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces |
129 | Tom Petty - Learning To Fly |
128 | Guns N Roses - November Rain |
127 | Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You) |
126 | The Cure - Friday I'm In Love |
125 | Joan Osborne - One of Us |
124 | Pearl Jam - Betterman |
123 | Patty Griffin - Tony |
122 | Neil Young - Harvest Moon |
121 | Salt-N-Pepa - Shoop |
120 | Sonic Youth - Kool Thing |
119 | Nick Cave - Into My Arms |
118 | Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y. |
117 | En Vogue - Hold On |
116 | Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain |
115 | Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight |
114 | Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm |
113 | Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do |
112 | Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life |
111 | Blur - Song 2 |
110 | Green Day - When I Come Around |
109 | Goo Goo Dolls - Iris |
108 | Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike |
107 | Warren G feat. Nate Dogg - Regulate |
106 | Jay-Z - Big Pimpin |
105 | Metallica - Nothing Else Matters |
104 | R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts |
103 | Massive Attack - Teardrop |
102 | Bonnie Raitt - Something to Talk About |
101 | The Prodigy - Firestarter |
100 | Beastie Boys - Sure Shot |
99 | Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealing |
98 | Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl |
97 | The Cardigans - Lovefool |
96 | Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way |
95 | Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains |
94 | The Wallflowers - One Headlight |
93 | Eminem - My Name Is |
92 | Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me |
91 | Blind Melon - No Rain |
90 | John Prine - In Spite of Ourselves |
89 | Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings |
88 | U2 - Mysterious Ways |
87 | Tool - Forty Six & 2 |
86 | Prince - 7 |
85 | No Doubt - Just a Girl |
84 | Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On |
83 | Green Day - Good Ridance |
82 | Nas - If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) |
81 | Garth Brooks - Friends in Low Places |
80 | Madonna - Ray of Light |
79 | Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day |
78 | Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise |
77 | Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight |
76 | Tom Petty - You Don’t Know How It Feels |
75 | Beastie Boys - Intergalactic |
74 | Pearl Jam - Alive |
73 | Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue |
72 | Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You |
71 | The Roots - You Got Me |
70 | Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart |
69 | Foo Fighters - My Hero |
68 | Mariah Carey - Emotions |
67 | The Breeders - Cannonball |
66 | A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? |
65 | Weezer - Buddy Holly |
64 | George Michael - Freedom 90 |
63 | D’Angelo - Brown Sugar |
62 | Madonna - Vogue |
61 | Metallica - Enter Sandman |
60 | Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road |
59 | Fiona Apple - Fast As You Can |
58 | Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name |
57 | The Cranberries - Zombie |
56 | Counting Crows - Round Here |
55 | U2 - One |
54 | Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box |
53 | Public Enemy - Fight the Power |
52 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Tha Crossroads |
51 | Foo Fighters - Everlong |
50 | Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy |
49 | Snoop Dogg - Gin and Juice |
48 | Counting Crows - A Long December |
47 | Erykah Badu - On & On |
46 | Weezer - Say It Ain’t So |
45 | Nine Inch Nails - Closer |
44 | Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away |
43 | Mariah Carey - Fantasy |
42 | Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun |
41 | Destiny’s Child - Bills, Bills, Bills |
40 | R.E.M. - Man on the Moon |
39 | Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U |
38 | The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony |
37 | Pearl Jam - Jeremy |
36 | Beastie Boys - Sabotage |
35 | Tupac - California Love |
34 | Fiona Apple - Criminal |
33 | Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 |
32 | Radiohead - Paranoid Android |
31 | Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah |
30 | Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. |
29 | TLC - No Scrubs |
28 | Nirvana - Come As You Are |
27 | Tori Amos - Silent All These Years |
26 | Seal - Kiss From a Rose |
25 | Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge |
24 | Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg - Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang |
23 | Radiohead - Karma Police |
22 | Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason |
21 | Spice Girls - Wannabe |
20 | Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa |
19 | Hole - Violet |
18 | Radiohead - Creep |
17 | Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) |
16 | Beck - Loser |
15 | Portishead - Glory Box |
14 | Outkast - Rosa Parks |
13 | No Doubt - Don't Speak |
12 | Nine Inch Nails - Hurt |
11 | R.E.M. - Losing My Religion |
10 | The Fugees - Killing Me Softly |
9 | The Cranberries - Linger |
8 | New Radicals - Get What You Give |
7 | Oasis - Wonderwall |
6 | TLC - Waterfalls |