1990s Alternative Rock Song Rankings

The 100 defining alternative rock, grunge, and indie anthems of the 1990s, ranked by cultural impact and legacy.

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Smells Like Teen Spirit — Nirvana (1991)—

Losing My Religion — R.E.M. (1991)—

Creep — Radiohead (1992)—

Black Hole Sun — Soundgarden (1994)—

Jeremy — Pearl Jam (1991)—

Under the Bridge — Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)—

Everlong — Foo Fighters (1997)—

1979 — The Smashing Pumpkins (1995)—

Wonderwall — Oasis (1995)—

Basket Case — Green Day (1994)—

Loser — Beck (1993)—

Paranoid Android — Radiohead (1997)—

Karma Police — Radiohead (1997)—

Alive — Pearl Jam (1991)—

Come As You Are — Nirvana (1991)—

Lithium — Nirvana (1991)—

Heart-Shaped Box — Nirvana (1993)—

Man in the Box — Alice in Chains (1991)—

Rooster — Alice in Chains (1992)—

Would? — Alice in Chains (1992)—

Spoonman — Soundgarden (1994)—

Fell on Black Days — Soundgarden (1994)—

Today — The Smashing Pumpkins (1993)—

Bullet with Butterfly Wings — The Smashing Pumpkins (1995)—

Disarm — The Smashing Pumpkins (1993)—

Plush — Stone Temple Pilots (1992)—

Interstate Love Song — Stone Temple Pilots (1994)—

Give It Away — Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)—

Scar Tissue — Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999)—

My Hero — Foo Fighters (1997)—

Learn to Fly — Foo Fighters (1999)—

Song 2 — Blur (1997)—

Don't Look Back in Anger — Oasis (1995)—

Champagne Supernova — Oasis (1995)—

Common People — Pulp (1995)—

Bitter Sweet Symphony — The Verve (1997)—

Buddy Holly — Weezer (1994)—

Say It Ain't So — Weezer (1994)—

Undone - The Sweater Song — Weezer (1994)—

Longview — Green Day (1994)—

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) — Green Day (1997)—

Closer — Nine Inch Nails (1994)—

Hurt — Nine Inch Nails (1994)—

Head Like a Hole — Nine Inch Nails (1990)—

Zombie — The Cranberries (1994)—

Linger — The Cranberries (1993)—

No Rain — Blind Melon (1992)—

Yellow Ledbetter — Pearl Jam (1992)—

Better Man — Pearl Jam (1994)—

Epic — Faith No More (1990)—

Midlife Crisis — Faith No More (1992)—

Outshined — Soundgarden (1991)—

Jane Says — Jane's Addiction (1990)—

Been Caught Stealing — Jane's Addiction (1990)—

Sabotage — Beastie Boys (1994)—

All Apologies — Nirvana (1993)—

Karma Police — Radiohead (1997)—

Fake Plastic Trees — Radiohead (1995)—

Cannonball — The Breeders (1993)—

Doll Parts — Hole (1994)—

Violet — Hole (1994)—

Only Happy When It Rains — Garbage (1995)—

Stupid Girl — Garbage (1995)—

Just a Girl — No Doubt (1995)—

Spiderwebs — No Doubt (1995)—

Don't Speak — No Doubt (1996)—

Inside Out — Eve 6 (1998)—

Flagpole Sitta — Harvey Danger (1997)—

Harvey Danger — Flagpole Sitta (1997)—

Closing Time — Semisonic (1998)—

Semi-Charmed Life — Third Eye Blind (1997)—

Jumper — Third Eye Blind (1997)—

Iris — The Goo Goo Dolls (1998)—

Slide — The Goo Goo Dolls (1998)—

3AM — Matchbox Twenty (1996)—

Push — Matchbox Twenty (1996)—

The Freshmen — The Verve Pipe (1996)—

Runaway Train — Soul Asylum (1992)—

Two Princes — Spin Doctors (1991)—

Mr. Jones — Counting Crows (1993)—

A Long December — Counting Crows (1996)—

Santeria — Sublime (1996)—

What I Got — Sublime (1996)—

Self Esteem — The Offspring (1994)—

Come Out and Play — The Offspring (1994)—

The Kids Aren't Alright — The Offspring (1998)—

Santa Monica — Everclear (1995)—

Father of Mine — Everclear (1997)—

Pardon Me — Incubus (1999)—

Drive — Incubus (1999)—

Freak on a Leash — Korn (1998)—

Blind — Korn (1994)—

Bulls on Parade — Rage Against the Machine (1996)—

Killing in the Name — Rage Against the Machine (1992)—

My Own Worst Enemy — Lit (1999)—

Steal My Sunshine — Len (1999)—

Tubthumping — Chumbawamba (1997)—

You Oughta Know — Alanis Morissette (1995)—

Ironic — Alanis Morissette (1996)—

Criminal — Fiona Apple (1997)—