This probably wasn’t the first song your heard from Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam, but it quickly became one of your favorites, despite the message of the song being quite disturbing. Pearl Jam is going to be on this list a lot, and they probably deserve to be on this list many more times than they are. And then it’s crazy once you find out what it’s about.Ībout as basic as it gets when it comes to music (my high school drum teacher gave me this song to learn at my very first lesson), the chord progression is still haunting and Scott Weiland pulls you in with his lyrics and vocals. Kind of takes you right back to the first time you ever heard Bush, doesn’t it?
Glycerine – Bushĭon’t let another day go by before you listen to this song again. You wanted progressive rock to go away, but Tool kept writing songs and you couldn’t stop listening. This song was one of the two or three that hooked you and got you to buy that concert ticket. When you saw Live live, you got to see one of the best vocalists to come out of the 90’s alternative scene. Why did everyone love this song so much? Probably because it took queues from the metal you listened to in the 80’s and snuck them passed you in the form of a pop song.Įven thought the band apparently thought this song was too cheesy to include on their first album, they did – and you loved it!Įddie Vedder and Chris Cornell got together and blew everyones’ brains completely out of their heads. Just like Lump, you can’t get this song out of your head. This song is just weird, but everyone who grew up in the 90’s knows it. Both versions included here for your listening pleasure.ģ6. How many of us had girlfriends we just *couldn’t* get rid of?Īnyone who can write a song and get Johnny Cash to cover it deserves to be on this list. If you’re a 90’s kid, you know you relate to this song. Swallow your pride and admit this song is great!Īnthony Kiedis had no problem telling people over, and over, and over that he had a drug problem at one point in his life. If you didn’t love it you were lying to yourself and everyone around you. Note: These songs were originally released as a one song single… which is why we’re calling them one song here.ĭepending on where you came from, you either loved this song publicly or loved it in private. My Hero was often mistaken as a tribute to Kurt Cobain, but was actually just a song about everyday heroes who try to make a difference in the world.Ĭlassic 2-for-1 and a preview of things to come from Green Day (see: American Idiot) this song came at you fast and hard and you couldn’t help it when you hit rewind (remember rewind?) to listen to this track again. His musical talent transcended what we knew of him from his earlier 90’s work. “Do you have the time to listen to me whine?” Yeah, we all did.įrom the ashes of Nirvana came Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters, and much to everyone’s surprise Grohl wasn’t playing the drums. Song after song this guy named Billie Joe Armstrong was unloading every feeling he ever had on anyone who would listen, but even the songs with depressing messages were delivered in a happy, up-beat manner like no one else had ever done. When Green Day released Dookie, nobody knew what to make of it. When White Zombie came into the scene there were a lot of plaid-wearing grunge rockers who popped this single into their walkman. This song tells the story of one guy’s attempt.Īlternative, meet metal. Sadly, suicide was a big theme throughout a lot of 90’s alternative music and culture (see: Kurt Cobain). While that may be true in some circles, the release of Sabotage made the Beastie Boys a household name. Some will argue that the Beastie Boys were mainstream artists before this song hit the airwaves. Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine Whether it was your high school graduation ballad or the song that inspired you to make a big decision in you life, this song meant something to you during the 90’s.Ĥ7. You know you were having the time of your life at least once while listening to this song. Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s AddictionĪside from giving us one of the weirdest music videos of the decade, this song solidified Jane’s Addiction into the regular rotation on radio stations across the country. You didn’t live in the 90’s if you haven’t heard this song at least 1,000 times.Ĥ9. While there are hundreds of extraordinary songs from this decade, here’s our list of the 50 you should never forget. There were so many songs, from so many incredible (and some not so incredible) bands. Everyone knows the 90’s gave us some of the best alternative music in the history of the Universe.