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My Attempt at the Top 200 Songs of the 1990s List

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I was so disappointed with The Top 200 Songs of the 1990s that aired on Edge 102 / CFNY a few weekends ago, I decided to create my own list.

There are almost 60 songs here that did not appear on the original list.  I've marked my additions with "NEW".  Feel free to tell me my list sucks in the comments.

  1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
  2. Sloan - Underwhelmed
  3. Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose - NEW
  4. Oasis - Wonderwall
  5. Treble Charger - Red
  6. Green Day - Longview
  7. Foo Fighters - Everlong
  8. Radiohead - Creep
  9. Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike
  10. Pearl Jam - Black
  11. Smashing Pumpkins - Today
  12. Pulp - Common People - NEW
  13. Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)
  14. Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod - NEW
  15. Nine Inch Nails - Closer
  16. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
  17. Nirvana - Come As You Are
  18. The Offspring - Self Esteem
  19. Sublime - What I Got
  20. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
  21. Breeders - Cannonball - NEW
  22. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
  23. Nirvana - All Apologies
  24. R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts - NEW
  25. Rage Against the Machine - Killing In The Name
  26. Blur - Song 2
  27. Sublime - Santeria
  28. Beck - Loser
  29. Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty
  30. Green Day - When I Come Around
  31. Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings
  32. Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead
  33. The Gandharvas - The First Day Of Spring
  34. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away
  35. Green Day - Basket Case
  36. Nirvana - Lithium
  37. The Tragically Hip - Ahead by a Century
  38. Pearl Jam - Jeremy
  39. The Toadies - Possum Kingdom - NEW
  40. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
  41. Nirvana - Heart  Shaped Box
  42. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
  43. Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
  44. K's Choice - Not An Addict - NEW
  45. Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
  46. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
  47. Hole - Violet - NEW
  48. Sloan - Money City Maniacs
  49. Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
  50. Nirvana - In Bloom
  51. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
  52. Pearl Jam - Alive
  53. Blind Melon - No Rain
  54. The Cranberries - Zombie
  55. The Tragically Hip - Courage
  56. Green Day - Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)
  57. Faith No More - Epic
  58. Rage Against the Machine - Bullet in the Head - NEW
  59. Sloan - The Good in Everyone
  60. Pearl Jam - Better Man
  61. Weezer - Buddy Holly
  62. The Offspring - Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)
  63. Our Lady Peace - Naveed
  64. Pearl Jam - Daughter
  65. Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline
  66. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
  67. The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon
  68. Everlast - What it's Like
  69. Nirvana - Rape Me
  70. R.E.M. - Man in the Moon - NEW
  71. Alice in Chains - Would?
  72. Radiohead - Just - NEW
  73. The Tragically Hip - At the Hundredth Meridian
  74. Radiohead - Karma Police
  75. Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain - NEW
  76. Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
  77. James - Laid
  78. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
  79. The Tragically Hip - Little Bones
  80. Incubus - Pardon Me
  81. Oasis - Live Forever - NEW
  82. Watchmen - Stereo
  83. House of Pain - Jump Around
  84. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
  85. Soundgarden - Spoonman
  86. Matthew Good Band - Indestructible
  87. Green Day - Welcome to Paradise
  88. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
  89. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees - NEW
  90. Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing
  91. The Tragically Hip - Locked In the Trunk of a Car
  92. Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade
  93. Matthew Good Band - Everything is Automatic
  94. Alice in Chains - Rooster
  95. Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot
  96. Sloan - Coax Me
  97. U2 - One
  98. Rage Against the Machine - Guerilla Radio
  99. The Tragically Hip - 38 Years Old
  100. Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson - NEW
  101. U2 - Mysterious Ways
  102. Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain/Loco En El Coco
  103. Spirit Of The West - Home For A Rest
  104. Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
  105. Sloan - Losing California
  106. Tool - Sober
  107. Nirvana - On a Plain
  108. Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
  109. No Doubt - Just a Girl
  110. The Offspring - Gotta Get Away
  111. Cracker - Low
  112. Radiohead - High and Dry
  113. Matthew Good Band - Apparitions
  114. Barenaked Ladies - The Old Apartment - NEW
  115. Moist - Push
  116. The Cranberries - Ode to My Family - NEW
  117. Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
  118. Bush - Comedown
  119. Bush - Everything Zen
  120. Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
  121. Rancid - Time Bomb
  122. The Tragically Hip - Three Pistols
  123. Age of Electric - Remote Control
  124. Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
  125. Silverchair - Tomorrow
  126. Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
  127. Pearl Jam - Even Flow
  128. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
  129. Foo Fighters - My Hero
  130. Sloan - Everything You've Done Wrong
  131. Weezer - Say it Ain't So
  132. Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
  133. The Headstones - Smile and Wave
  134. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
  135. The Tragically Hip - Grace, Too
  136. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
  137. Bush - Machinehead
  138. Moist - Silver
  139. Nirvana - Dumb
  140. Nirvana - About A Girl
  141. Killjoys - Today I Hate Everyone
  142. Soundgarden - Outshined - NEW
  143. Live - Lightning Crashes
  144. Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
  145. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
  146. Soundgarden - Fell on Black Days
  147. Doughboys - Shine
  148. Pure - Anna Is A Speed Freak
  149. The Offspring - Gone Away
  150. Cake - The Distance
  151. Odds - Eat My Brain
  152. The Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings
  153. Weezer - El Scorcho - NEW
  154. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence - NEW
  155. Beck - Where It's At - NEW
  156. The Cure - Friday I'm In Love - NEW
  157. Ministry - NWO - NEW
  158. Soundgarden - Burden In My Hand
  159. Korn - Freak on a Leash - NEW
  160. Anthrax and Public Enemy - Bring the Noise - NEW
  161. Our Lady Peace - 4am
  162. Semisonic - Closing Time - NEW
  163. Alice in Chains - No Excuses - NEW
  164. Sonic Youth - Kool Thing - NEW
  165. The Stone Roses - Love Spreads - NEW
  166. Blur - There's No Other Way - NEW
  167. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand - NEW
  168. Collective Soul - Shine - NEW
  169. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
  170. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl - NEW
  171. Soundgarden - Rusty Cage - NEW
  172. Alice in Chains - Them Bones - NEW
  173. No Doubt - Sunday Morning - NEW
  174. Soup Dragons - I'm Free - NEW
  175. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Sometimes Always - NEW
  176. Placebo - Pure Morning - NEW
  177. The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches - NEW
  178. Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself - NEW
  179. Rusty - Wake Me - NEW
  180. Tripping Daisy - I Got A Girl - NEW
  181. Whale - Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe - NEW
  182. The Flys - Got You (Where I Want You)
  183. Portishead - Sour Times - NEW
  184. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds - NEW
  185. Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains - NEW
  186. Nada Surf - Popular - NEW
  187. Blink 182 - Adam's Song - NEW
  188. L7 - Pretend We're Dead - NEW
  189. Mad Season - River of Deceit - NEW
  190. I Mother Earth - So Gently We Go - NEW
  191. Godsmack - Voodoo - NEW
  192. Belly - Feed the Trees - NEW
  193. The Tragically Hip - Poets
  194. Watchmen - All Uncovered - NEW
  195. Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
  196. Beck - Devil's Haircut - NEW
  197. Big Wreck - That Song
  198. Green Day - Brain Stew
  199. Our Lady Peace - Starseed
  200. Bush - Glycerine
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