Songs from the 1990’s that I like. Not exhaustive. Growing regularly, as I have time to comb through my music.
Listed chronologically, from 1990 through to 1999. Further sorted by artist name if there are multiple songs from the same year. Referenced with discogs. Last updated: 03.07.23
This information was formerly in the description section of my YouTube playlist, but playlist descriptions have a 5000 character limit, so as this list grew (and grows), it became impossible to keep all the details there. So, I’ve decided to put the information here. Now, if people are interested, they can peruse here.
Peace.
1990
- 1927 – Tell Me A Story
- Absent Friends Feat. Wendy Matthews – I Don’t Want To Be With Nobody But You
- Billy Idol – Cradle Of Love
- Black Box – Everybody Everybody
- Black Box – Fantasy
- C+C Music Factory Feat. Freedom Williams – Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
- Concrete Blonde – Joey
- Deee-Lite – Groove Is In The Heart
- Depeche Mode – Policy Of Truth
- Depeche Mode – World In My Eyes
- Elton John – Club At The End Of The Street
- Enigma – Sadeness – Part I
- Extreme – More Than Words
- George Michael – Freedom!
- Go West – King Of Wishful Thinking
- Hootie & The Blowfish – Hold My Hand
- Jesus Jones – Right Here Right Now
- Jimmy Barnes – Lay Down Your Guns
- John Farnham – Burn For You
- John Farnham – That’s Freedom
- Julee Cruise – Falling
- Londonbeat – I’ve Been Thinking About You
- Madonna – Vogue
- Maxi Priest – Close To You
- MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
- Pet Shop Boys – Being Boring
- Peter Blakeley – Crying In The Chapel
- Robert Palmer & UB40 – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
- Southern Sons – Hold Me In Your Arms
- The Brand New Heavies – Dream Come True
- The Human League – Heart Like A Wheel
- The Screaming Jets – Better
- Wilson Phillips – Hold On
1991
- 2 Unlimited – Get Ready For This
- Amy Grant – Baby Baby
- Arrested Development – Tennessee
- Baby Animals – One Word
- Baby Animals – Painless
- Big Audio Dynamite II – The Globe
- Cathy Dennis – Touch Me All Night Long
- CeCe Peniston – Finally
- Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
- Cindy – イン・ザ・レイン
- Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up
- Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)
- Daryl Braithwaite – The Horses
- Del Tha Funky Homosapien – Mistadobalina
- Genesis – I Can’t Dance
- George Michael & Elton John – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- Guns N’ Roses – November Rain
- Heavy D & The Boyz Feat. Aaron Hall – Now That We Found Love
- Iggy Pop – I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live @ Olympia, Paris)
- James Reyne – Some People
- Jenny Morris – Break In The Weather
- KLF, The Feat. Tammy Wynette – Justified And Ancient (Stand By The JAMS)
- Marc Cohn – Walking In Memphis
- Mariah Carey – Emotions
- Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch Feat. Loleatta Holloway – Good Vibrations
- Michael Jackson – Remember The Time
- Nirvana – Come As You Are
- Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Noiseworks – Hot Chilli Woman
- Opus III – It’s A Fine Day
- Paula Abdul – Rush Rush
- Pearl Jam – Alive
- Pearl Jam – Even Flow
- Pearl Jam – Jeremy
- Rick Astley – Cry for Help
- Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy
- Roxette – Joyride
- Rockmelons Feat. Deni Hines – Ain’t No Sunshine
- Salt-N-Pepa – Let’s Talk About Sex!
- Seal – Crazy
- Simply Red – Stars
- Soundgarden – Jesus Christ Pose
- Spin Doctors – Two Princes
- Vanessa Williams – Save The Best For Last
- Wendy Matthews – The Day You Went Away
1992
- 2 Unlimited – No Limit
- Annie Lennox – Love Song For A Vampire
- Annie Lennox – Walking on Broken Glass
- Annie Lennox – Why
- Arrested Development – People Everyday
- Blueboy – Sea Horses
- Charles & Eddie – Would I Lie To You?
- Company Of Strangers – Motor City (I Get Lost)
- Cranberries, The – Dreams
- Cure, The – Friday I’m In Love
- D:Ream – Things Can Only Get Better
- Deep Forest – Sweet Lullaby
- Faith No More – Caffeine
- Faith No More – Easy
- Faith No More – MidLife Crisis
- Frente! – Accidently Kelly Street
- Frente! – Ordinary Angels
- Gin Blossoms – Hey Jealousy
- Haddaway – What Is Love
- James Blundell & James Reyne – Way Out West
- Jamiroquai – When You Gonna Learn?
- Jimmy Nail – Ain’t No Doubt
- Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out
- Jon Secada – Just Another Day
- L.A. Style – I’m Raving
- Lemonheads, The – Mrs. Robinson
- N-Trance – Set You Free
- Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray
- Peter Gabriel – Steam
- Prodigy, The – Out Of Space
- Rockmelons Feat. Deni Hines – It’s Not Over
- Rockmelons Feat. Deni Hines – That Word (L.O.V.E.)
- Rozalla – Everybody’s Free
- Shakespear’s Sister – Stay Wth Me
- Shamen, The – Ebeneezer Goode
- Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back
- Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer
- Snow – Informer
- Sophie B. Hawkins – Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
- Southern Sons – You Were There
- Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite
- U.S.U.R.A. – Open Your Mind
- Utah Saints Feat. Kate Bush – Something Good
1993
- A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation
- Ace Of Base – All That She Wants
- Ace Of Base – The Sign
- Beck – Loser
- Björk – Human Behaviour
- Björk – The Anchor Song
- Björk – Venus As A Boy
- Björk & David Arnold – Play Dead
- Bruce Springsteen – Streets Of Philadelphia
- Collective Soul – Shine
- Corona – The Rhythm Of The Night
- Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
- Crash Test Dummies – Afternoons & Coffeespoons
- Crash Test Dummies – Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
- Culture Beat – Mr. Vain
- Duran Duran – Ordinary World
- Eternal – Stay
- Gabrielle – Dreams
- Jam & Spoon – Right In The Night
- Jamiroquai – Emergency On Planet Earth
- Jamiroquai – If I Like It, I Do It
- Jamiroquai – Too Young To Die
- John Farnham – Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
- Lee Marrow Feat. Charme – Try Me Out
- M People – Don’t Look Any Further
- M People – Moving On Up
- MOTIV 8 – Rockin’ For Myself
- Primus – My Name Is Mud
- Primus – Mr. Krinkle
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Soul To Squeeze
- Richard Marx – Now & Forever
- Salt ‘N’ Pepa – Shoop
- Salt ‘N’ Pepa Feat. En Vogue – Whatta Man
- Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do
- Soul Asylum – Runaway Train
- Sting – If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
- Sting – Seven Days
- Sting – Shape Of My Heart
- Tevin Campbell – Can We Talk
- The Cranberries – Linger
- The Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
- The Smashing Pumpkins – Today
- Tool – Sober
- Twenty 4 Seven Feat. Stay-C & Nance – Slave To The Music
- Ultra Naté – Free
- Urban Cookie Collective – The Key: The Secret
- Whale – Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe
- Zhané – Hey Mr. D.J.
1994
- Ace Of Base – Don’t Turn Around
- Blur – Girls And Boys
- Brand New Heavies, The – Midnight At The Oasis
- Bucketheads, The – The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)
- Cranberries, The – Ode To My Family
- Cranberries, The – Zombie
- David Sylvian & Robert Fripp – Damage
- Des’ree – You Gotta Be
- DJ BoBo – Love Is All Around
- Diana King – Shy Guy
- Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
- Erasure – Always
- Everything But The Girl – Rollercoaster
- Frente! – Bizarre Love Triangle
- Gas – Discovery
- Hiroyuki Kawada – Capital City (Ace Driver Victory Lap)
- Jamiroquai – Light Years
- Jamiroquai – Mr Moon
- Jamiroquai – Scam
- Jamiroquai – Space Cowboy
- Jamiroquai – Stillness In Time
- Jann Arden – Insensitive
- Kylie Minogue – Confide In Me
- Live – I Alone
- Lucas – Lucas With The Lid Off
- Marcella Detroit – I Believe
- Massive Attack – Protection
- Mozaic – Nothing In The World
- Nine Inch Nails – Closer
- Portishead – Glory Box
- Pretenders, The – I’ll Stand By You
- Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
- Prodigy, The – Break And Enter
- Prodigy, The – Voodoo People
- Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
- Silverchair – Tomorrow
- Smashing Pumpkins, The – Disarm
- Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
- Soundgarden – Spoonman
- Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song
- Warren G Feat. Nate Dogg – Regulate
- Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
- Youssou N’Dour Feat. Neneh Cherry – 7 Seconds
1995
- Alanis Morissette – Ironic
- Ammonia – Drugs
- Annie Lennox – No More “I Love You’s”
- Aphex Twin – Donkey Rhubarb
- Babylon Zoo – Spaceman
- Better Than Ezra – Good
- Björk – Army Of Me
- Björk – Hyper-Ballad
- Björk – I Go Humble
- Björk – Isobel
- Björk – It’s Oh So Quiet
- Björk – Possibly Maybe
- Captain Jack – Captain Jack
- Chris Isaak – Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing
- Chris Isaak – Somebody’s Crying
- Collective Soul – The World I Know
- Coolio – Exercise Yo’ Game
- Corona – Baby Baby
- Corona – Try Me Out
- Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffany’s
- DJ Cam – Dieu Reconnaîtra Les Siens
- Dubstar – Anywhere
- Dubstar – Stars
- Everything But The Girl – Missing
- Faithless – Insomnia
- Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
- Gin Blossoms – Til I Hear It From You
- Goo Goo Dolls – Name
- Groove Theory – Tell Me
- Hunters & Collectors – Holy Grail
- JX – You Belong To Me
- K’s Choice – Not An Addict
- La Bouche – Be My Lover
- Lisa Loeb – Stay (I Missed You)
- Live – Lightning Crashes
- M People – Search For The Hero
- Mariah Carey – Fantasy
- Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It
- Natalie Merchant – Carnival
- Pet Shop Boys – Paninaro ’95
- Primus (aka Festus Clamrod & The El Sobrante Twangers) – The Devil Went Down To Georgia
- Primus – Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver
- Pulp – Disco 2000
- Real McCoy – Another Night
- Skee-Lo – I Wish
- Smashing Pumpkins, The – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
- Supergrass – Alright
- Technohead – I Wanna Be A Hippy
- TISM – Greg! The Stop Sign!!
- TLC – Waterfalls
1996
- 2Pac Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg – 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted
- Amber – This Is Your Night
- Blackstreet Feat. Dr. Dre, Queen Pen – No Diggity
- Boards Of Canada – Everything You Do Is A Balloon
- Bush – Glycerine
- Butthole Surfers – Pepper
- Cardigans, The – Lovefool
- Cheek – Venus (Sunshine People) (DJ Gregory Remix)
- Cornershop – Butter The Soul
- Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever
- Duncan Sheik – Barely Breathing
- Elegant Machinery – Save Me
- Everything But The Girl – Wrong
- Geggy Tah – Whoever You Are
- George Michael – Fastlove
- Ghost Town DJ’s – My Boo
- Gina G – Ooh Aah… Just A Little Bit
- Ginuwine – Pony
- Jamiroquai – Alright
- Jamiroquai – Cosmic Girl
- Jamiroquai – High Times
- Jamiroquai – Travelling Without Moving
- Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity
- Jimi Tenor – Outta Space
- Local H – Bound For The Floor
- M-Beat Feat. Jamiroquai – Do You Know Where You’re Coming From?
- Mr. President – Coco Jamboo
- Nada Surf – Popular
- No Doubt – Don’t Speak
- Paula Cole – Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
- Pet Shop Boys – Before
- Pet Shop Boys – Se A Vida É (That’s The Way Life Is)
- Powderfinger – D.A.F.
- Powderfinger – Pick You Up
- Quad City DJ’s – Space Jam
- Reel Big Fish – Sell Out
- Republica – Ready To Go
- Shawn Colvin – Sunny Came Home
- Shihad – Home Again
- Smashing Pumpkins, The – 1979
- Smashing Pumpkins, The – Tonight, Tonight
- Sneaker Pimps – Low Place Like Home
- Space – Female Of The Species
- Spacehog – In the Meantime
- Spiderbait – Buy Me A Pony
- Tonic – If You Could Only See
1997
- 2Pac Feat. Eric Williams – Do For Love
- Ammonia – You’re Not The Only One Who Feels This Way
- Aqua – Barbie Girl
- Bee Gees – Alone
- Ben Folds Five – Battle Of Who Could Care Less
- Ben Folds Five – Brick
- Ben Folds Five – One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces
- Björk – All Is Full Of Love
- Björk – Bachelorette
- Björk – Joga
- Blaze – Lovelee Dae
- Blue Boy – Remember Me
- Bran Van 3000 – Drinking In L.A.
- Chemical Brothers, The – Block Rockin’ Beats
- Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Mix)
- Daft Punk – Around The World
- Dandy Warhols, The – Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
- Dario G – Sunchyme
- Days Of The New – Touch, Peel And Stand
- Depeche Mode – It’s No Good
- Dimitri From Paris – Sacré Français!
- Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight
- Faith No More – Ashes To Ashes
- Foo Fighters – Everlong
- Grinspoon – Just Ace
- Jebediah – Leaving Home
- Leonardo’s Bride – Even When I’m Sleeping
- Les Rythmes Digitales – Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
- Matchbox Twenty – 3 AM
- Meredith Brooks – Bitch
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The – The Impression That I Get
- Nine Inch Nails – The Perfect Drug
- Peter Gabriel & Deep Forest – While The Earth Sleeps
- Propellerheads Feat. Miss Shirley Bassey – History Repeating
- Radiohead – Karma Police
- Rae & Christian Feat. Veba – Spellbound
- Regurgitator – ! (The Song Formerly Known As)
- Regurgitator – Black Bugs
- Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me
- Spiderbait – Calypso
- Steps – 5, 6, 7, 8
- Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Life
- Verve, The – Bitter Sweet Symphony
- Ween – Ocean Man
- Ween – Mutilated Lips
- Ween – She Wanted To Leave (Reprise)
- Ween – The Mollusk
1998
- Alice Deejay – Better Off Alone
- Armand Van Helden – You Don’t Know Me
- Bôa – Duvet
- Cassius – Cassius 1999
- Daler Mehndi – Tunak Tunak Tun
- Des’ree – Life
- Esthero – Superheroes
- Fatboy Slim – Rockafeller Skank
- Fila Brazillia – Throwing Down A Shape
- Fuel – Shimmer
- George Michael – Outside
- Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
- Goo Goo Dolls – Slide
- Jamiroquai – Deeper Underground
- Jeff Buckley – Everybody Here Wants You
- Les Rythmes Digitales – (Hey You) Whats That Sound?
- Massive Attack – Teardrop
- Moloko – Sing It Back
- Mr. Scruff – Chipmunk
- NYC Live & Direct – Move Like This (Chronicles Mix)
- Powderfinger – Already Gone
- Powderfinger – Passenger
- Powderfinger – The Day You Come
- Propellerheads – Bang On!
- Reel Big Fish – Take On Me
- Rob Zombie – Dragula
- Semisonic – Closing Time
- Skinny – Getting In
- Smashing Pumpkins, The – Ava Adore
- Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
- Thomas Bangalter – Club Soda
- TISM – (He’ll Never Be An) Ol’ Man River
- TISM – Thunderbirds Are Coming Out
- TISM – Whatareya?
- U.N.K.L.E. – Bloodstain
- Vengaboys – Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!
- Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)
1999
- Alex Lloyd – Black The Sun
- Beck – Mixed Bizness
- Ben Lee – Cigarettes Will Kill You
- Blink 182 – All The Small Things
- Blue Six – Music And Wine
- Bomfunk MC’s – Freestyler
- Bush – Letting The Cables Sleep (Nightmares On Wax Remix)
- Cassius – Feeling For You
- Cassius – La Mouche
- Chihiro – Honey
- Christina Aguilera – Come On Over (All I Want Is You)
- Des’ree – You Gotta Be (1999 Mix)
- dEUS – Instant Street
- Eclipse – Makes Me Love You (Morning Star Radio Edit)
- Eurythmics – I Saved The World Today
- Everything But The Girl – Five Fathoms
- Filter – Take A Picture
- Incognito – Nights Over Egypt
- Incubus – Drive
- Jamiroquai – Canned Heat
- Jamiroquai – Planet Home
- Jamiroquai – Supersonic
- Killing Heidi – Mascara
- Killing Heidi – Weir
- Len – Steal My Sunshine
- Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…)
- Madison Avenue – Don’t Call Me Baby
- Max Brennan – Let’s Go There Together
- Moloko – The Time Is Now
- Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat
- Nerio’s Dubwork Feat. Darryl Pandy – Sunshine & Happiness
- Qalo Mota – Heartbeat
- Roger Sanchez – I Never Knew
- Santana Feat. Rob Thomas – Smooth
- Supergrass – Moving
- Sven Van Hees – Flute Salade
- Taxiride – Get Set
- Three 6 Mafia – Slob On My Nob
- Yoshinori Sunahara – Rhodes Funky Dub (Interlude)