Top 90s Hit Music
#14 Livin La Vida Loca
Ricky Martin grew up from his childhood days in Menudo to sing this song. If you've heard it, you at least remember the chorus 20 years later.
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Baby One More Time
It's hard to believe that Britney Spears had her biggest hit in the 1990s, but it was a staple of high school dances for years.
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Livin La Vida Loca
Ricky Martin grew up from his childhood days in Menudo to sing this song. If you've heard it, you at least remember the chorus 20 years later.
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Killing Me Softly
Beautiful singing from Lauren Hill and carefully arranged instrumentation by the Fugees made this remake a top song.
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Nuthin But a G Thang
An awesome sample, catchy lyrics, and superb rapping made Nuthin but a G Thang one of the 90s' top hits.
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Under the Bridge
The Red Hot Chili Peppers got serious about drug abuse in Under the Bridge, but they still managed to make the tune infectious.
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MMMMBop
Hanson didn't exactly write the best songs of the 90s, but they knew how to get inside your head.
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1979
Smashing Pumpkins melded their downer attitude with a peppy tune to make 1979. We get all nostalgia every time we hear it on the radio. Is that considered an oldies station?
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Gangsta's Paradise
Coolio wrote some great songs in the 90s. Gangsta's Paradise gets to the point with a catchy tune and a poignant message.
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I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
The Proclaimers scored their only big hit with I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles), but those who hear it will never forget it.
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Groove is in the Heart
We couldn't go to a skating rink in the 1990s without hearing this contagious song by Deee-lite.
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Losing My Religion
REM became one of the biggest rock bands of the 1990s. By the time they released Losing My Religion, they had already dominated college radio and moved on to the mainstream.
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Hard Knock Life
Jay-Z's "ghetto anthem" was so popular that it got parodied by Dr. Evil and Mini Me.
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You Oughta Know
Alanis Morissette expressed her anger with a sneer and wicked sense of humor. Let it be a lesson to all men.
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
The anthem of disaffected youth. If it sounds ordinary now, that's only because Nirvana had such an influence on mainstream as well as indie music.
