If you are lazy like me here you go: #10-"no rain" (1992)-blind melon #9- "losing my religion" (1991)-R.E.M #8- "1979" (1996)-Smashing pumpkins #7- "lighting crashes" (1995)-Live #6- "mysterious ways" (1991)-U2 #5- "loser" (1993)-Beck #4- "scar tissue" (1999)-Red Hot Chili Peppers #3- "interstate love song" (1994)-STP #2- "better man" (1994)-Pearl Jam Honorable mentions: "glycerine (1995)-Bush "wonderwall" (1995)-Oasis "Basket case" (1994)-Green day "Black hole sun" (1994)-soundgarden "Smooth" (1999)-Santana Ft. Rob Thompson #1-"Smells like teen spirit" (1992)-Nirvana you're welcome have a good day
Smooth isn't THAT trascending, imo... but the other three really should've made the main list. U2 sucks, why did it even make the list is beyond me, I haven't even heard of that song. Live's song is completely unknown to me too, although I've heard about the band. And I'm not sure Beck fits into the genre, but he's awesome, so not really complaining about that one.
@@t5396 The Chili Peppers is the only band in this list that survives to this day (unless you count U2, which no one should, and Smashing Pumpkins... sort of). STFU.
@@h.d.5194 lol i think they did. I didn't even KNOW most of the ones on their list!!! (on the other hand, i didn't listen to Rock and/or Roll much after the 80s so i just MIGHT be a biased source.
10. Will always be a classic 9. Great track 8. One of my favourite tracks of all time. Wish it was higher 7. Beautiful song 6. Interesting choice but this list would be incomplete without U2 5. Not sure if I'd call it rock, not sure what I'd call it actually. Awesome song though 4. So many tracks you could have picked. I would have went for 'Give It Away', but both songs are great 3. Surprised it's so high but I do love this track 2. Would have went with Alive, Better Man is a great track but wouldn't have it so high HM1. Strong song HM2. Stupid not to put it in the mainlist HM3. Great track HM4. Should be in main list HM5. No, just no 1. Obvious choice
+Vincent Knight LOVE 90's music, although not much on this list--Nirvana had to be #1 if for nothing else it got people, like me, who had given up on music during the 80's to listen to rock again. I pretty much hate the mostly crap that mojo lists here, and I don't care how mega hit some of this stuff was.
Through watching these top songs of the decades videos, I've noticed that the lyrics of the songs from the 90s are very different than the other decades. They just seem more reflective or thoughtful in their meaning. Anyone know what I mean?
+Neelaksh Gunsola This is a Bilborad list dude ....just cuz you like a fucking band it does mean they have to be on the list .........Also it seems they did not score NUMBER 1 ON BILLBOARD CHART...fucking read a video title for fucks sake
I'm so happy to have been a kid in the '90s. I was the social outcast at school and hearing songs like 1979 and Heart Shaped Box and other grunge alternative songs made me feel like I wasn't alone. I felt like I was being heard and understood.
Graduated HS in 2001 grew up in the born in 83 grew up in the 90' def the last great decade for anything before we had Facebook and all that shit that keeps youths of today from actually having fun in there teen years
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+Alec Fry I actually have some time ago and it was surprisingly bland, like the type of songs you hear in radio jingles or commercials. Still, "Wonderwall" is jaw-dropping.
I have too many favorites from the 90s that it is hard for me to narrow them down to a top 10 list. I am disappointed that the list omitted Alanis and 2 of the biggest female led bands of that era-The Cranberries and Garbage.
Well we all knew what number 1 was gonna be... but is it just me or are the honorable mentions in their videos almost always better than the actual list?
Melhor banda dos 90s. Best band from the 90s. Stone Temple Pilots. Never heard a discography with so much versatiliy as theirs with so many good songs nor have seen a frontman so good like Scott Weiland. It's incredible. I picked the bass due to DeLeo basslines
Thank you!!! They act like Smells Like Teen Spirit is the only thing that represents the 90s! I remember a lot more stuff then that song. Plus I like Foo fighters better.
+Lee_Quann 1442 I grew up listening to Nirvana but i've got to admit that their music and importance are highly overrated. It's just so POPPY, especially Nevermind.
Number 10 sucks ass. Also, 2000's list: 10. Drive-Incubus 9. You're Gonna Go Far, Kid-Offspring 8. It's Been Awhile-Staind 7. All the Small Things-Blink-182 6. Dani California-Red Hot Chili Peppers 5. No One Knows-QOTSA 4. Like a Stone-Audioslave 3. (Something off American Idiot)-Green Day 2. The Pretender-Foo Fighters 1. Seven Nation Army-White Stripes
+TheFashionbugs I hope you have a lot of free time on your hands cuz ull be waiting for a while. I never said it was #1 I was saying I was suprised that it wasnt. it was a popular song in the 90s
"Touch, Peel and Stand" by Days of the New, 16 weeks at number one. "Sex and Candy" by Everclear, 15 weeks at number one. "Heavy" by Collective Soul, 15 weeks at number one. "Higher" by Creed, 14 weeks at number one. "Remedy" by The Black Crowes, 11 weeks at number one. "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit, 11 weeks at number one. "Shine" by Collective Soul, 8 weeks at number one.
+Daniel Yerukhimovich Hate it or love it, how do you NOT see Smells Like Teen Spirit hitting #1. That's all the public thinks of when they hear, "90's rock"
*cliche* you're just looking I the wrong places *cliche* But seriously there are some cracking artists out there and they're even starting to get mainstream recognition, Courtney Barnett for example was recently nominated for best female artist award
+Kezia Clark Oh, seriously?! I did not know that. I already found it weird that he does'nt have a VEVO. And his original music videos are very hard to find. Only a few. A shame.
This is part of the series that spans throughout the decade, so no need for another part. Tomorrow, there will be 2000s rock songs that top the Billboard Charts. Overmorrow, the 2010s are up next.
I know some will sneer at your number one pick but I was there. I remember how much of a game changer Smells Like Teen Spirit really was. I can remember the first time I saw the video like it was yesterday. I remember watching the television and thinking 'Damn, this is awesome!' Mainstream music in the very early 90s was in a strange place-not exactly 80s music but not really with a character of its own. Then Nirvana hit the mainstream and 80s pop/rock was dead, dead, dead.
+Megan Rose Allwood 1979 is better, it has so much more meaning, is actually more than 4 bar chords, has audible fucking lyrics and above all else, isn't overrated because of death
My top 10: 1. Black hole sun- soundgarden 2. Heart shaped box- Nirvana 3. Alive.- Pearl jam 4. Under the bridge.- RHCP 5. Losing my religion.-REM 6. Amazing- Aerosmith 7. High hopes- Pink floyd 8. Come as you are- Nirvana 9. Wonderwall- oasis 10. Bitter sweet symphony- The verve
Lighting Crashes reminds me of December 2019. On the 2nd my niece had her first baby and 5 hours later, on Dec. 3, mom died at the age of 95. Mom saw the pictures of her first grand-child.
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I didn't know what you guys meant by better man at first but then I thought that sounds a lot like that pearl jam song butter man, yes I did think it was butter man lol
My top 10 1. Nirvana - Smells like teen Spirit 2. Soundgarden - Black hole sun 3. Bush - Glycerin 4. Pearl jam - Even flow 5. Santana - Smooth 6. RHCP - under the bed 7. Guns n roses - November rain 8. Alice in chains - Man in the box 9. Green day - Longview 10. The Smashing pumpkins - Today
Whaaat?!?! Where the hell is “Creep” by Radiohead? “Zombie” by The Cranberries? “Mr. Jones” by the Counting Crows? “Sour Times” by Portishead? “Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum? “Two Princes” by Spin Doctors? “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam? “One” by U2? “Would?” Alice In Chains? “Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve?... among many others. 😡
Did people really have a hard time understanding Lightning Crashes? The lyrics are pretty clear... "Lightning crashes, a new mother cries Her placenta falls to the floor The angel opens her eyes The confusion sets in Before the doctor can even close the door... Lightning crashes, an old mother dies Her intentions fall to the floor The angel closes her eyes The confusion that was hers Belongs now to the baby down the hall... Oh I feel it coming back again Like a roll of thunder chasing the wind Forces pulling from the center of the earth again I can feel it.." I mean, Live is one of my favorite bands of all time, I know the story behind the lyrics being an homage to a friend passed on... But I don't see how, if you paid attention to what was said, you could confuse the lyrics as being anything other than the old woman dying and bequeathing her confusion of life to the newborn child?
Song 2- Blur What’s My Age Again- blink-182 Man in the Box- Alice in Chains Otherside- RHCP Alive- Pearl Jam Thunderstruck- AC/DC Buddy Holly-Weezer Under the Bridge- RHCP Say it Ain’t So- Weezer Jeremy- Pearl Jam
I'm still a huge Nirvana fan, but I have to say I'm so fucking sick of hearing about Smells Like teen Spirit. I knew it was going to be #1, but when I actually saw it, I cringed.
0:35 It's a shame that you had to adjust the criteria to make this list. Despite grunge & alternative rock being dominant in the 90s, they were never really designed to consistently produce chart-topping singles. I'm surprised that even Alanis Morissette didn't have a #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.
Scar Tissue was #1 for a really long time. It was #1 for an even longer time than Hello by Adele was in this day in time. It deserved it over Give it Away
How the heck is Green Day not in the list? Dookie was arguably the most influential rock album of the '90s, and Nimrod has a defined place in rock history. And no Weezer either?
Closer - Nine Inch Nails, Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog, November Rain - Guns N' Roses, Zombie - The Cranberries, Everlong - Foo Fighters, Far Behind - Candlebox, Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith, Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees, Killing in the Name Of - Rage Against The Machine, Cumbersome - Seven Mary Three to name a few...........
Thank you for correctly crediting Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill (and later Le Tigre) as the inspiration for the title of Smells Like Teen Spirit. People always love to tell that story for some reason but they'll just say his friend or girlfriend (which is incorrect, he dated Tobi Vail, also of Bikini Kill) and fail to mention that she was the lead singer of an influential band in her own right.
Was born in 96, but grew up listening to all these songs as a kid. I love how all these songs had true meanings, and the singer had some type of crazy drug addiction and the song translates his mental struggles through an epic melody. It’s a shame rock isn’t the most popular genre anymkrw
The honorable mentions were better than some song on the list.
Álvaro José Flórez Muñoz completely agree
because they became popular only mostly after the 90s. that's why
Mac Hugo pretty sure that Black Hole Sun was very popular in the 90s
you're my wonder wall
That's usually the way these jokes, err, lists, pan out.
They should make more lists like this, but with individual years of the 90s.
Yes that would be awesome. Break down of best,rock,pop,hip hop and etc.
Fuck yes
That is a really good idea, actually.
That's a good idea. For example; top ten songs from the year 1995
If you are lazy like me here you go:
#10-"no rain" (1992)-blind melon
#9- "losing my religion" (1991)-R.E.M
#8- "1979" (1996)-Smashing pumpkins
#7- "lighting crashes" (1995)-Live
#6- "mysterious ways" (1991)-U2
#5- "loser" (1993)-Beck
#4- "scar tissue" (1999)-Red Hot Chili Peppers
#3- "interstate love song" (1994)-STP
#2- "better man" (1994)-Pearl Jam
Honorable mentions:
"glycerine (1995)-Bush
"wonderwall" (1995)-Oasis
"Basket case" (1994)-Green day
"Black hole sun" (1994)-soundgarden
"Smooth" (1999)-Santana Ft. Rob Thompson
#1-"Smells like teen spirit" (1992)-Nirvana
you're welcome have a good day
All male bands cmon watch mojo
Thank you!
@@magicslave3066 stfu
thanks
A sausage fest: how surprising 🙄
Black Hole Sun, Wonderwall, Basket Case, Smooth, all honorable mentions, you have to be joking.
Coming from a Chillipeppers douche, Black Hole Sun is the only one.
Smooth isn't THAT trascending, imo... but the other three really should've made the main list. U2 sucks, why did it even make the list is beyond me, I haven't even heard of that song. Live's song is completely unknown to me too, although I've heard about the band. And I'm not sure Beck fits into the genre, but he's awesome, so not really complaining about that one.
@@t5396 The Chili Peppers is the only band in this list that survives to this day (unless you count U2, which no one should, and Smashing Pumpkins... sort of). STFU.
And then a couple that were on the main list I’ve never heard of
Smooth? With Rob Thomas? Yikes..
That's what you listen to at Applebees.
did they confuse the honorable mentions list with the actual list or something?
No I don’t believe they did
@@h.d.5194 lol i think they did. I didn't even KNOW most of the ones on their list!!! (on the other hand, i didn't listen to Rock and/or Roll much after the 80s so i just MIGHT be a biased source.
@@altareggo same I listen 60s if it's Beatles and rolling stones but most of my music is in 70s and 80s
Ahh my beloved 90s, takes me back to when I was a child, discovered music, and my mother was still alive. ❤️
Sorry for your lost, hope the memories (will) give you a feeling of interpeace.
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I'm angry Alice in Chains didn't even get an honorable mention.
Sorry, but none of Alice in Chains songs did make it to the Billboard Charts...
@@TinketVonDutch No Excuses was a #1 hit in the Mainstream Rock charts.
@@TinketVonDutch Jared is right. One #1 song in the 90's. Also 4 number ones in the 2000's after Layne died of course
@TheFashionbugs still waiting douche bag? Delete your account
Dude AIC Sucks
R.I.P. Scott Weiland... You are still missed.
10. Will always be a classic
9. Great track
8. One of my favourite tracks of all time. Wish it was higher
7. Beautiful song
6. Interesting choice but this list would be incomplete without U2
5. Not sure if I'd call it rock, not sure what I'd call it actually. Awesome song though
4. So many tracks you could have picked. I would have went for 'Give It Away', but both songs are great
3. Surprised it's so high but I do love this track
2. Would have went with Alive, Better Man is a great track but wouldn't have it so high
HM1. Strong song
HM2. Stupid not to put it in the mainlist
HM3. Great track
HM4. Should be in main list
HM5. No, just no
1. Obvious choice
Just an honorable mention for Wonderwall and Bastket case? wow
Did they all have a #1 US song
I was shocked their was no weezer not even in the honorable mentions
+mlbotma3 Because they were doing best songs not worst. I see where you became confused.
+TheFashionbugs oh my god you need to chill. People can have opinions.
+James Goodrum earlier weezer is pretty good, especially Blue album and Pinkerton
+Magma Mage very true
Troll much?
Where is Radiohed - Creep?
ikr
Actual rock ( most of the time ) so thank you, lol.
Didn't hit number one
Thankfully left out
They should replace U2 with Radiohead or Cranberry.
Top 10 videos where WatchMojo ended it with the final lines of Smells Like Teen Spirit :P
I was thinking that too lol
+The Pain of Harold This song is unbelievably great
+Gayana G It really unbelievably isn't.
Gooey If it wasn't, it wouldn't be always on tops. And for me it not only unbelievably great song, but also it is the best
+Gayana G that's cos you're a kid
90s = underrated decade for music
+Vincent Knight LOVE 90's music, although not much on this list--Nirvana had to be #1 if for nothing else it got people, like me, who had given up on music during the 80's to listen to rock again. I pretty much hate the mostly crap that mojo lists here, and I don't care how mega hit some of this stuff was.
Agree
Facts
Hows it underrated.
IT's not as good as 60's, 70's, 80's. It still has amazing music of course, but not as good as previous decades.
Man, Throwing Copper was such a great album! Lightning Crashes is an amazing song. I never get tired of it.
#1 is well deserved. Some of the honorable mentions should have been in the top 10 spots though.
Through watching these top songs of the decades videos, I've noticed that the lyrics of the songs from the 90s are very different than the other decades. They just seem more reflective or thoughtful in their meaning. Anyone know what I mean?
no wonderwall no black hole sun.nice joke.
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Woah. Wait I need to laugh at you. Incase you your slow functioning brain didn't get I wanted them in top ten.
+Neelaksh Gunsola It's marked for number one. that's what honorable mentions are on this channel. lmao and I'M the slow one.
+Neelaksh Gunsola This is a Bilborad list dude ....just cuz you like a fucking band it does mean they have to be on the list .........Also it seems they did not score NUMBER 1 ON BILLBOARD CHART...fucking read a video title for fucks sake
+Dark Death Invader why does everyone like wonderwall? its a mediocre song with half arrogant and half stupid lyrics.
So cool to see Blind Melon get some love. They were so great and get looked over so frequently
I'm so happy to have been a kid in the '90s. I was the social outcast at school and hearing songs like 1979 and Heart Shaped Box and other grunge alternative songs made me feel like I wasn't alone. I felt like I was being heard and understood.
Oasis was one of the definitive bands of the 90s and "Wonderwall" only got an honorable mention?
John Riddlebaugh ikr!
there were not definitive to the 90's at all, pop, early rap, and grunge were
Actually “the” most
Oasis is overrated.
But Nirvana is better and u know that
I just wish that i had my teenage years in the 90's
+tom l I was a kid and a teen in the 90's and it was the best time of my life ...
Tom L when were you a teenager?
omg same :(
You'd be old today.
Graduated HS in 2001 grew up in the born in 83 grew up in the 90' def the last great decade for anything before we had Facebook and all that shit that keeps youths of today from actually having fun in there teen years
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What , no nin???
+Sharon Looz ew
Avto Plays Minecraft Best thing to happen to NIN was Jonny Cash.
Not even an honorable mention for Sublime or The Offspring?!?!?
soberchimera61 badfish, santeria, date rape, what I got, seriously man.
Agreed with sublime and the offspring.. both these bands were wicked..
Yeah, the DEFINITELY need to be here
They're going to have to do a second Top Ten I think.
They didn't put Zombie, Freak on a leash or The beautiful people.. FUCK OFF!!!
Black Hole Sun should have been on the damn list. Not a damn honorable mention.
Agreed
Oasis only a honourable mention disgraceful!
thought that myself
Oasis wasn't that great
+King Crimson just, just fuck off
+King Crimson listen to what's the story morning glory? Then go fuck yourself.
+Alec Fry I actually have some time ago and it was surprisingly bland, like the type of songs you hear in radio jingles or commercials. Still, "Wonderwall" is jaw-dropping.
You picked scar tissue over under the bridge.
well, you know what to do.
you dishonor yo famiry
Under the bridge only got to #2
UTB wasn't a chart topper. Would have picked Give It Away over Scar Tissue though
Scar tissue was #1 for a ridiculous amount of weeks. It was definitely the best choice in terms of RHCP
Scar tissue is ages better than under the bridge IMO
+Jesse Stebbins Under the Bridge only made it to number 2. I imagine that that is why.
The honourable mentions were better than a bunch of the ones that actually made the list
Ikr Black Hole Sun is one of the best songs of the 90s
+Bman54X Exactly. I had heard 3 of the original songs i think.
Personally, I just wanted to see Basket Case make it.
Bittersweet Symphony by the verve. How is it not even mentionned? It's such an amazing song.
Haha I know the drummer, good friend with my family 😉 haha
it's not so amazing that it deserved the years of continuous play mtv gave it. people be purposefully erasing that from their head at this point.
It's not really rock, more pop.
great song but I personally like the drugs don't work. ik bittersweet was more popular
Gay
Thank you for adding Interstate Love Song, that song and Sour Girl got me through so much! ♥️
Everyone can smell which song is #1
Does it smell like teen spirit
+BlazingVideos good job stealing a joke
Neil Wood awww thanks!
+BlazingVideos Smells Like Nirvana?
I smell a stolen joke
I have too many favorites from the 90s that it is hard for me to narrow them down to a top 10 list. I am disappointed that the list omitted Alanis and 2 of the biggest female led bands of that era-The Cranberries and Garbage.
Well we all knew what number 1 was gonna be... but is it just me or are the honorable mentions in their videos almost always better than the actual list?
Glad STP is on the list. They don't get enough credit.
***** You need to be from Seattle to be good? Btw they don't even sound similar to AIC, a lot less grungy.
They really don't
Total sentido kkkk
Melhor banda dos 90s. Best band from the 90s. Stone Temple Pilots. Never heard a discography with so much versatiliy as theirs with so many good songs nor have seen a frontman so good like Scott Weiland. It's incredible. I picked the bass due to DeLeo basslines
Let's face it we all know what number one is gonna be...
I love Nirvana, but I hate to hear "Smells like teen spirit" everytime, when someone's talking about the 90's.
Thank you!!! They act like Smells Like Teen Spirit is the only thing that represents the 90s! I remember a lot more stuff then that song. Plus I like Foo fighters better.
And slts wasn't even their best song
+Lee_Quann 1442 I grew up listening to Nirvana but i've got to admit that their music and importance are highly overrated. It's just so POPPY, especially Nevermind.
like nevermind had some awesome songs like Something in the Way and polly, but i reckon In Utero Was FUCKIN awesome, like nevermind is so overrated
+TheDocJPS It's the most important song of the 90's, deal with it.
Number 10 sucks ass.
Also, 2000's list:
10. Drive-Incubus
9. You're Gonna Go Far, Kid-Offspring
8. It's Been Awhile-Staind
7. All the Small Things-Blink-182
6. Dani California-Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. No One Knows-QOTSA
4. Like a Stone-Audioslave
3. (Something off American Idiot)-Green Day
2. The Pretender-Foo Fighters
1. Seven Nation Army-White Stripes
sounds pretty accurate but i think drive would be higher and like a stone would be a bit lower
No Chop Suey?
He's right chop suey should be 3 or 2
Orange Juice W/ No Pulp Chop Suey is a fucking masterpiece, but unlike all these songs, it didn't hit number one.
SNA never topped the charts. In fact it kinda flopped initially.
suprised NIN's closer wasn't on the list
+Colin Roberts That one is a bit too disturbing and artistic for a wider audience I guess ;)
+atomicfriendo get rek'd
+atomicfriendo I know it's like no one reads or comprehends anything anymore. unreal
+TheFashionbugs I hope you have a lot of free time on your hands cuz ull be waiting for a while. I never said it was #1 I was saying I was suprised that it wasnt. it was a popular song in the 90s
NIN never topped the charts until 2005
One of the reasons I miss the 90’s. It’s all about the music.
"Touch, Peel and Stand" by Days of the New, 16 weeks at number one.
"Sex and Candy" by Everclear, 15 weeks at number one.
"Heavy" by Collective Soul, 15 weeks at number one.
"Higher" by Creed, 14 weeks at number one.
"Remedy" by The Black Crowes, 11 weeks at number one.
"My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit, 11 weeks at number one.
"Shine" by Collective Soul, 8 weeks at number one.
hahuahuahuaah
Im here cuz i saw Loosing my religion on the photo .-.
Losing*
Same!! The moment I see REM in the thumbnail, I click!
And didnt know if i could take it
+Seba Fuentes same :D
Yup
"What I Got" should have been at least an honorable mention.
Nirvana at number one AGAIN
overrated
+Devon Austin oh look a hipster
+Daniel Yerukhimovich Hate it or love it, how do you NOT see Smells Like Teen Spirit hitting #1. That's all the public thinks of when they hear, "90's rock"
Alice in Chains is better than Nirvana.
+AweosomeMVS EYC your wrong my friend
Looking back I feel so lucky that I managed to see most of these bands live in the early 2000s.
Im extremely happy that Stone Temple Pilots was so high up on the list! :D
Why can't music still be good? I'm 19 so you can trust me when I say that each of these songs is better than everything that comes out these days.
Just a tip, people will hate you if you post stuff like I was born in the wrong generation. Cool though :)
*cliche* you're just looking I the wrong places *cliche*
But seriously there are some cracking artists out there and they're even starting to get mainstream recognition, Courtney Barnett for example was recently nominated for best female artist award
Seriously though, where's the top 10 Prince songs list?
ikr!
Prince does not allow his songs on UA-cam so they would get copyrighted if they did one
+Kezia Clark Oh, seriously?! I did not know that. I already found it weird that he does'nt have a VEVO. And his original music videos are very hard to find. Only a few. A shame.
+Reno van der Made he is a good businessman
+iReece4498 You only ssaid that because Price died
Part 2 please! I haven't even finished the list and I already want more, this music is so good.
This is part of the series that spans throughout the decade, so no need for another part. Tomorrow, there will be 2000s rock songs that top the Billboard Charts. Overmorrow, the 2010s are up next.
Overmorrow means the day after tomorrow.
Guns N' Roses, best selling band of the 90s, biggest tour of the 90s, two AMAZING albums, they should be top 1
They were popular in the 80s though.
Nah
I loved growing up in the 90’s. Such great music!
I'm so happy Smells Like Teen Spirit was #1. Anything else would just feel wrong.
Heart Shaped Box is better
Where's radiohead? Unless they didn't top the charts.
+joey russ I think Radiohead was more of a critical darling than a commercial tour de force.
+franz morhart Well, "Creep" was a huge, huge hit actually.
+atomicfriendo They're also including the alternative and rock charts.
Exactly. If they were all about hard facts they'd include them in the video.
+atomicfriendo I just didn't know
I'm a simple man , I see NIRVANA , I click like ...
Out of all the pearl jam songs, they pick better man?! And black hole sun is an honorable mention?!
+EvilLadderGaming I would have expected "Jeremy".
AND HOW IS BLACK HOLE SUN NOT ON THE MAIN LIST?!
Not that it's their best song but I was totally expecting even flow
+Jaken Bacon true
EvilLadderGaming I was expecting black by Pearl Jam, beautiful lyrics!
yeah wtf
man i love 90's rock
when radio rock was actually kick ass.
rip 90's i miss you
I love Live!! Throwing Cooper is a masterpiece!!
I like Mental Jewelry slightly better than their second album. Both are great though!
Greatist (and by extension most underrated) band in history!
BTW My profile pic with my daughter was taken at the 2017 +LIVE + reunion tour concert in Pretoria you can find on UA-cam
But dude, Wonderwall is like, Wonderwall
I know some will sneer at your number one pick but I was there. I remember how much of a game changer Smells Like Teen Spirit really was. I can remember the first time I saw the video like it was yesterday. I remember watching the television and thinking 'Damn, this is awesome!' Mainstream music in the very early 90s was in a strange place-not exactly 80s music but not really with a character of its own. Then Nirvana hit the mainstream and 80s pop/rock was dead, dead, dead.
no radiohead ?? no the offspring ?? really ??
Exactly... Karma Police was on the charts and is a masterpiece of a song
^actually none of Radioheads songs were anywhere near #1 on the Billboard charts. thats the criteria. i love them, but they arnt eligible
Radiohead were mostly in the UK charts, even then then not much success in general, it wasn't till the 2000s.
No Blondie, really?
Yeah, Come out and Play deserves to be in this list. lmao
I swear to God, if it's Smells Like Teen Fucking Spirit I'm gonna spew
for fucks sake
+Megan Rose Allwood what did you expect ? this is 90s Nirvana is everywhere
+Megan Rose Allwood 1979 is better, it has so much more meaning, is actually more than 4 bar chords, has audible fucking lyrics and above all else, isn't overrated because of death
+Megan Rose Allwood Did you spew? Did it have a little corn in it?
you wouldn't have half the music in the 90's without Nirvana lol if you understand music you'd understand why they are legendary
Enter Sandman come on!!
So glad Loser is on here. Beck deserves it
totally agree
+Noah Wright - did you ask Kanye West if Beck deserves it? These things need to be cleared by Kanye.
Born in '85, but was a child in the 90s, still listened to these songs ...
Good choices. The 90s were IT. Finished High School in '91 so they were all about being you. Best music ever, the rock, the dance, all of it.
What about "What I Got" by Sublime or "Under the Bridge" by RHCP. Or even "Freak on a Leash" by Korn
Incubus
No doubt
Sublime
Sublime only had 1 number one hit (what I got) and it hit number one on the alternative songs chart which isn't a rock chart
Finally, a decade to compete with the 60's.
the 70s was the best
+lorcan conroy Nah. It's 80's
+lorcan conroy Nah. It's 80's
+PAINNN666 Are you kidding me? The 40s were the best
+SaturnValleyGamer yeah the 1640s
My top 10:
1. Black hole sun- soundgarden
2. Heart shaped box- Nirvana
3. Alive.- Pearl jam
4. Under the bridge.- RHCP
5. Losing my religion.-REM
6. Amazing- Aerosmith
7. High hopes- Pink floyd
8. Come as you are- Nirvana
9. Wonderwall- oasis
10. Bitter sweet symphony- The verve
Lighting Crashes reminds me of December 2019. On the 2nd my niece had her first baby and 5 hours later, on Dec. 3, mom died at the age of 95. Mom saw the pictures of her first grand-child.
IM FUCKING SICK OF NIRVANA SHOWING UP ON THESE LISTS
Why?
nigga they meet the criteria
Then don't watch the videos.
same I love the band but seriously i feel like they are starting to become a cliche almost
+scunnyboybenji just deal with it
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+AnTi90d not everything tho
Can you guys do a list like this for metal!
Please do a separate list of hair/metal/glamour rock list
I didn't know what you guys meant by better man at first but then I thought that sounds a lot like that pearl jam song butter man, yes I did think it was butter man lol
I knew Smells Like Teen Spirit was gonna be #1 before I even started watching the countdown.
My top 10
1. Nirvana - Smells like teen Spirit
2. Soundgarden - Black hole sun
3. Bush - Glycerin
4. Pearl jam - Even flow
5. Santana - Smooth
6. RHCP - under the bed
7. Guns n roses - November rain
8. Alice in chains - Man in the box
9. Green day - Longview
10. The Smashing pumpkins - Today
I love 90's music. The best music to chill and drive with.
How can Alice in chains man in the box not be in this
It wasn't chart topping
Would? was a far better track.
Whaaat?!?! Where the hell is “Creep” by Radiohead? “Zombie” by The Cranberries? “Mr. Jones” by the Counting Crows? “Sour Times” by Portishead? “Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum? “Two Princes” by Spin Doctors? “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam? “One” by U2? “Would?” Alice In Chains? “Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve?... among many others. 😡
discobaby795 those songs didn’t top any charts buddy. This list is top 10 chart topping rock songs not top 10 rock songs
tired but honest: Didn’t “One” by U2 top number one?
I was like, "I wonder what number 1 could be." Got to number one, "Ohh yeah! No shit" xD
Good to see Interstate Love Song on the list, so underrated!!
Did people really have a hard time understanding Lightning Crashes? The lyrics are pretty clear...
"Lightning crashes, a new mother cries
Her placenta falls to the floor
The angel opens her eyes
The confusion sets in
Before the doctor can even close the door...
Lightning crashes, an old mother dies
Her intentions fall to the floor
The angel closes her eyes
The confusion that was hers
Belongs now to the baby down the hall...
Oh I feel it coming back again
Like a roll of thunder chasing the wind
Forces pulling from the center of the earth again
I can feel it.."
I mean, Live is one of my favorite bands of all time, I know the story behind the lyrics being an homage to a friend passed on... But I don't see how, if you paid attention to what was said, you could confuse the lyrics as being anything other than the old woman dying and bequeathing her confusion of life to the newborn child?
Soundgarden were the beginning of the grunge movement more than Nirvana were.
Pearl Jam too.
Alice In Chains was the first to get gold so I always say they where the real beginners to opening The rest of the us to Seattle
@@benr3601 One way to look at it. Soundgarden were the first to be signed by a major label.
Wait wait wait Where in the heck is creep by Radiohead
That's the whole reason I came to the list lmao I thought it'd be on here
Mad_Hatter excuse me sir watch your Heckin language
Didn't hit number one
ik given how much watchmojo likes radiohead it was a shock
Blink 182 anyone?
“To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal
If you wanna kiss the sky
Better learn know to kneel
On your knees, boy”
Song 2- Blur
What’s My Age Again- blink-182
Man in the Box- Alice in Chains
Otherside- RHCP
Alive- Pearl Jam
Thunderstruck- AC/DC
Buddy Holly-Weezer
Under the Bridge- RHCP
Say it Ain’t So- Weezer
Jeremy- Pearl Jam
I'm still a huge Nirvana fan, but I have to say I'm so fucking sick of hearing about Smells Like teen Spirit. I knew it was going to be #1, but when I actually saw it, I cringed.
i thought You Oughta Know was gonna be #1 they showed it at the beginning then didn't even include it on the list
Yeah well its the song that made them famous
There are so many other good nirvana songs
0:35 It's a shame that you had to adjust the criteria to make this list. Despite grunge & alternative rock being dominant in the 90s, they were never really designed to consistently produce chart-topping singles. I'm surprised that even Alanis Morissette didn't have a #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.
Scar Tissue over Give it Away? Better Man over Even Flow? Mysterious Ways over One?
Scar Tissue was #1 for a really long time. It was #1 for an even longer time than Hello by Adele was in this day in time. It deserved it over Give it Away
That's fair
My Gosh, hearing all of these songs are making me tear up. Born in the late '70s and was a teenager in the 90s and I miss this era.
How the heck is Green Day not in the list? Dookie was arguably the most influential rock album of the '90s, and Nimrod has a defined place in rock history. And no Weezer either?
Because none of the songs from Dookie charted as high as the songs on the list did. Also Nevermind is the most influential rock album of the 90’s.
Why were the honourable mentions better than the songs on the list?
I bet wonderwall is no. 2 and smells like teen spirit is no.1
Both great songs
Yeah and at least I got 1 right! xD
+Lancelot Knight so,e might say better be on here if it's wonderwall don't expect a reply cos I've smashed my I pad
mrsuns10 Drive by Incubus and Nightmare by Avenged Sevenfold are also great tracks to play.
quinyc1 How's your Ipad? xD
311
Rage
Godsmack
Offspring
Korn
Closer - Nine Inch Nails, Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog, November Rain - Guns N' Roses, Zombie - The Cranberries, Everlong - Foo Fighters, Far Behind - Candlebox, Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith, Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees, Killing in the Name Of - Rage Against The Machine, Cumbersome - Seven Mary Three to name a few...........
Definitive track of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness? You mean Bullet with Butterfly Wings?!?
Did you even 90s?
Oh my goodness! Who could've seen number one coming (besides people who watched prior greatest 90s music lists to this and found it to be trend)?
+DoctorChibi740 I for sure saw it coming
Am i the only one who didnt care for any of these and went back to the 80s video to feel better?
I swear I'm thinking about doing this
Man. I started tearing up when I saw Scott Weiland. Still hurts :'(
Thank you for correctly crediting Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill (and later Le Tigre) as the inspiration for the title of Smells Like Teen Spirit. People always love to tell that story for some reason but they'll just say his friend or girlfriend (which is incorrect, he dated Tobi Vail, also of Bikini Kill) and fail to mention that she was the lead singer of an influential band in her own right.
Was born in 96, but grew up listening to all these songs as a kid. I love how all these songs had true meanings, and the singer had some type of crazy drug addiction and the song translates his mental struggles through an epic melody. It’s a shame rock isn’t the most popular genre anymkrw