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top hundred songs of the 90s

Top Hundred Songs Of The 90s May 2026

Each entry had a margin note. “Bee girl costume at Hot Topic: $40. Worth it.” “This song is about depression, but sure, dance to it.” “Len broke up mid-tour because of this song. Still slaps.”

I was twelve when the 90s ended. Old enough to remember the last gasps of grunge on MTV, young enough that my strongest musical memory was the Digimon theme song. Rick, on the other hand, had been seventeen in 1990. He’d lived it: flannel from Goodwill, Doc Martens held together with safety pins, a mixtape collection that required its own shelving unit. top hundred songs of the 90s

– “The decade’s last great dance anthem. Play this at 2 AM in a bad club and watch strangers become family.” Each entry had a margin note

The top twenty was a war zone. Crossed-out numbers, arrows, angry annotations. had a note screaming: “OVERRATED. NO, YOU’RE OVERRATED. – Craig. Rick, fight me. – Fine, put it at 18. But I’m not happy. – No Gallagher brothers are ever happy. That’s the point.” Still slaps

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