There’s a title that doesn’t have anything to do with the podcast, which is in fact a Top 100 list of the most ’90s songs in the style of our last post. Listen to hear Matt’s Eddie Vedder impression (prefaced by Tim’s impeccable freestyle), how emo everyone was during America’s most cheerful decade maybe ever, and to discuss the deep and abiding silliness of “Pepper,” “One Week,” and especially “Hook.” The Popper abides.
100 Most ’90s Songs:
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Nirvana
- “My Heart Will Go On,” Celine Dion
- “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang,” Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg
- “Wonderwall,” Oasis
- “Good Riddance,” Green Day
- “Macarena,” Los Del Rio
- “Baby One More Time” Britney Spears
- “Flagpole Sitta,” Harvey Danger
- “Semi-Charmed Life,” Third Eye Blind
- “N.Y. State of Mind,” Nas
- “One Week,” Barenaked Ladies
- “Killing in the Name of,” Rage Against the Machine
- “All the Small Things,” Blink-182
- “You Oughta Know,” Alanis Morrisette
- “You’re Still the One,” Shania Twain
- “Ice Ice Baby,” Vanilla Ice
- “Iris,” Goo Goo Dolls
- “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston
- “Under the Bridge,” Red Hot Chili Peppers
- “Juicy,” Notorious B.I.G.
- “Vision of Love,” Mariah Carey
- “My Name Is,” Eminem
- “Poison,” Bel Biv DeVoe
- “Closing Time,” Semisonic
- “Loser,” Beck
- “I Want it That Way,” Backstreet Boys
- “Hakuna Matata,” Lion King
- “Black Hole Sun,” Soundgarden
- “Tubthumping,” Chumbawumba
- “Pretty Fly (for a White Guy),” The Offspring
- “Torn,” Natalie Imbruglia
- “Freak on a Leash,” Korn
- “With Arms Wide Open,” Creed
- “Waltz #2,” Elliott Smith
- “MMMBop,” Hanson
- “I Don’t Want to Wait,” Paula Cole
- “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes
- “Changes,” 2Pac
- “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” Smashing Pumpkins
- “Barely Breathing,” Duncan Sheik
- “Wannabe,” Spice Girls
- “I Believe I Can Fly,” R. Kelly
- “What is Love,” Haddaway
- “Bonita Applebum,” A Tribe Called Quest
- “Big Pimpin’,” Jay-Z
- “What I Got,” Sublime
- “Don’t Speak,” No Doubt
- “All Star,” Smash Mouth
- “Glycerine,” Bush
- “All I Wanna Do,” Sheryl Crow
- “No Scrubs,” TLC
- “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” Ricky Martin
- “Everlong,” Foo Fighters
- “Pepper,” Butthole Surfers
- “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” Aerosmith
- “I’ll Be,” Edwin McCain
- “Sex and Candy,” Marcy Playground
- “Jeremy,” Pearl Jam
- “Fly,” Sugar Ray
- “Rosa Parks,” Outkast
- “Smooth,” Rob Thomas and Santana
- “Kiss Me,” Sixpence None the Richer
- “Paranoid Android,” Radiohead
- “This Kiss,” Faith Hill
- “Peaches,” Presidents of the United States
- “Who Will Save Your Soul,” Kermit the Frog
- “Virtual Insanity,” Jamiroquai
- “Thong Song,” Sisqo
- “Whatta Man,” Salt-n-Pepa w/ En Vogue
- “Buddy Holly,” Weezer
- “3 am,” Matchbox 20
- “Tearin’ Up my Heart,” N’Sync
- “Hook,” Blues Traveler
- “Mr. Jones,” Counting Crows
- “Sabotage,” Beastie Boys
- “Interstate Love Song,” Stone Temple Pilots
- “Steal My Sunshine,” Len
- “Hunger Strike,” Temple of the Dog
- “(Doo Wop) That Thing,” Lauryn Hill
- “Holland, 1945,” Neutral Milk Hotel
- “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” Deep Blue Something
- “Linger,” The Cranberries
- “Losing My Religion,” R.E.M.
- “Crash Into Me,” Dave Matthews Band
- “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” Missy Elliott
- “Truly Madly Deeply,” Savage Garden
- “Praise You,” Fatboy Slim
- “Killing Me Softly,” Fugees
- “You Get What You Give,” New Radicals
- “The Beautiful People,” Marilyn Manson
- “You Make Me Wanna,” Usher
- “Shimmer,” Fuel
- “What You Own,” Rent
- “The Distance,” Cake
- “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver,” Primus
- “A Whole New World,” Aladdin
- “Common People,” Pulp
- “Never Said,” Liz Phair
- “Protect Ya Neck,” Wu-Tang Clan
- “Enter Sandman,” Metallica
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