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.
- Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Sloan - Underwhelmed
- Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose - NEW
- Oasis - Wonderwall
- Treble Charger - Red
- Green Day - Longview
- Foo Fighters - Everlong
- Radiohead - Creep
- Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike
- Pearl Jam - Black
- Smashing Pumpkins - Today
- Pulp - Common People - NEW
- Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)
- Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod - NEW
- Nine Inch Nails - Closer
- The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
- Nirvana - Come As You Are
- The Offspring - Self Esteem
- Sublime - What I Got
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
- Breeders - Cannonball - NEW
- Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
- Nirvana - All Apologies
- R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts - NEW
- Rage Against the Machine - Killing In The Name
- Blur - Song 2
- Sublime - Santeria
- Beck - Loser
- Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty
- Green Day - When I Come Around
- Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings
- Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead
- The Gandharvas - The First Day Of Spring
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away
- Green Day - Basket Case
- Nirvana - Lithium
- The Tragically Hip - Ahead by a Century
- Pearl Jam - Jeremy
- The Toadies - Possum Kingdom - NEW
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
- Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
- Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
- Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
- K's Choice - Not An Addict - NEW
- Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
- Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
- Hole - Violet - NEW
- Sloan - Money City Maniacs
- Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
- Nirvana - In Bloom
- Beastie Boys - Sabotage
- Pearl Jam - Alive
- Blind Melon - No Rain
- The Cranberries - Zombie
- The Tragically Hip - Courage
- Green Day - Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)
- Faith No More - Epic
- Rage Against the Machine - Bullet in the Head - NEW
- Sloan - The Good in Everyone
- Pearl Jam - Better Man
- Weezer - Buddy Holly
- The Offspring - Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)
- Our Lady Peace - Naveed
- Pearl Jam - Daughter
- Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline
- Oasis - Champagne Supernova
- The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon
- Everlast - What it's Like
- Nirvana - Rape Me
- R.E.M. - Man in the Moon - NEW
- Alice in Chains - Would?
- Radiohead - Just - NEW
- The Tragically Hip - At the Hundredth Meridian
- Radiohead - Karma Police
- Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain - NEW
- Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
- James - Laid
- Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
- The Tragically Hip - Little Bones
- Incubus - Pardon Me
- Oasis - Live Forever - NEW
- Watchmen - Stereo
- House of Pain - Jump Around
- Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
- Soundgarden - Spoonman
- Matthew Good Band - Indestructible
- Green Day - Welcome to Paradise
- R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
- Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees - NEW
- Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing
- The Tragically Hip - Locked In the Trunk of a Car
- Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade
- Matthew Good Band - Everything is Automatic
- Alice in Chains - Rooster
- Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot
- Sloan - Coax Me
- U2 - One
- Rage Against the Machine - Guerilla Radio
- The Tragically Hip - 38 Years Old
- Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson - NEW
- U2 - Mysterious Ways
- Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain/Loco En El Coco
- Spirit Of The West - Home For A Rest
- Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
- Sloan - Losing California
- Tool - Sober
- Nirvana - On a Plain
- Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
- No Doubt - Just a Girl
- The Offspring - Gotta Get Away
- Cracker - Low
- Radiohead - High and Dry
- Matthew Good Band - Apparitions
- Barenaked Ladies - The Old Apartment - NEW
- Moist - Push
- The Cranberries - Ode to My Family - NEW
- Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
- Bush - Comedown
- Bush - Everything Zen
- Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
- Rancid - Time Bomb
- The Tragically Hip - Three Pistols
- Age of Electric - Remote Control
- Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
- Silverchair - Tomorrow
- Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
- Pearl Jam - Even Flow
- Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
- Foo Fighters - My Hero
- Sloan - Everything You've Done Wrong
- Weezer - Say it Ain't So
- Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
- The Headstones - Smile and Wave
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
- The Tragically Hip - Grace, Too
- Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
- Bush - Machinehead
- Moist - Silver
- Nirvana - Dumb
- Nirvana - About A Girl
- Killjoys - Today I Hate Everyone
- Soundgarden - Outshined - NEW
- Live - Lightning Crashes
- Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
- Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
- Soundgarden - Fell on Black Days
- Doughboys - Shine
- Pure - Anna Is A Speed Freak
- The Offspring - Gone Away
- Cake - The Distance
- Odds - Eat My Brain
- The Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings
- Weezer - El Scorcho - NEW
- Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence - NEW
- Beck - Where It's At - NEW
- The Cure - Friday I'm In Love - NEW
- Ministry - NWO - NEW
- Soundgarden - Burden In My Hand
- Korn - Freak on a Leash - NEW
- Anthrax and Public Enemy - Bring the Noise - NEW
- Our Lady Peace - 4am
- Semisonic - Closing Time - NEW
- Alice in Chains - No Excuses - NEW
- Sonic Youth - Kool Thing - NEW
- The Stone Roses - Love Spreads - NEW
- Blur - There's No Other Way - NEW
- Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand - NEW
- Collective Soul - Shine - NEW
- Radiohead - Paranoid Android
- Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl - NEW
- Soundgarden - Rusty Cage - NEW
- Alice in Chains - Them Bones - NEW
- No Doubt - Sunday Morning - NEW
- Soup Dragons - I'm Free - NEW
- The Jesus and Mary Chain - Sometimes Always - NEW
- Placebo - Pure Morning - NEW
- The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches - NEW
- Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself - NEW
- Rusty - Wake Me - NEW
- Tripping Daisy - I Got A Girl - NEW
- Whale - Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe - NEW
- The Flys - Got You (Where I Want You)
- Portishead - Sour Times - NEW
- The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds - NEW
- Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains - NEW
- Nada Surf - Popular - NEW
- Blink 182 - Adam's Song - NEW
- L7 - Pretend We're Dead - NEW
- Mad Season - River of Deceit - NEW
- I Mother Earth - So Gently We Go - NEW
- Godsmack - Voodoo - NEW
- Belly - Feed the Trees - NEW
- The Tragically Hip - Poets
- Watchmen - All Uncovered - NEW
- Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
- Beck - Devil's Haircut - NEW
- Big Wreck - That Song
- Green Day - Brain Stew
- Our Lady Peace - Starseed
- Bush - Glycerine