100 Best 90s Songs Jun 2026

The G-Funk era began here. It made the West Coast the center of the hip-hop world.

Stevie Wonder sample + existential dread = hip-hop classic.

A multi-part epic that proved the 90s could still produce complex, challenging rock masterpieces. 10. Killing In The Name – Rage Against The Machine (1992)

The 1990s began with the death of hair metal and ended with the birth of the MP3. In between, we got grunge, the Golden Age of hip-hop, the boy band boom, Lilith Fair, and the last great era of MTV. 100 best 90s songs

The strings. The video. The crushing irony that they don’t own the master. It feels like the end of a movie every time.

Fuzz bass and arena-rock choruses.

While "best" is always subjective, these tracks consistently top lists from industry experts like Rolling Stone and VH1 . The G-Funk era began here

Robert Smith finally let the sun in for a joyous pop tune.

Rounding out the century with the songs we can't forget.

The fury of a thousand scorned exes, courtesy of Flea on bass. A multi-part epic that proved the 90s could

Europop’s happiest, most inescapable earworm.

The song that made Thom Yorke hate his own band for a decade.