Top 10 Best Songs of the 1990S

Whitney's earth-shattering vocal performance for The Bodyguard made this Dolly Parton-penned song one of the best-selling singles in history.

TLC's plea to at-risk youth was the biggest song of 1995 in the US — a lush R&B production with a Left Eye rap verse that addressed AIDS, drugs, and violence.

Built on a Stevie Wonder sample, Coolio's cinematic meditation on inner-city life topped charts globally and won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance.

The song every beginner guitarist learns first — Noel Gallagher's most beloved composition is a bittersweet Britpop classic that endures on every radio playlist.

Lauryn Hill's aching reimagining of the 1973 Roberta Flack classic became the Fugees' signature song and one of the decade's most beautiful recordings.

Written in a single session during the fractured "Achtung Baby" sessions, "One" became U2's most beloved song — a hymn to unity, difference, and grace.

TLC's feminist anthem dismissed "deadbeat" men with a direct confidence that made it a late-90s cultural touchstone and one of the decade's most quoted lyrics.

Max Martin's debut for the 16-year-old Britney launched pop's biggest star of the era — a pulsating school-corridor fantasy that changed pop music's direction.

Michael Stipe's mandolin-driven meditation on obsession became R.E.M.'s biggest hit and one of alternative rock's finest moments, winning two Grammy Awards.

Whitney's earth-shattering vocal performance for The Bodyguard made this Dolly Parton-penned song one of the best-selling singles in history.

TLC's plea to at-risk youth was the biggest song of 1995 in the US — a lush R&B production with a Left Eye rap verse that addressed AIDS, drugs, and violence.

Built on a Stevie Wonder sample, Coolio's cinematic meditation on inner-city life topped charts globally and won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance.

The song every beginner guitarist learns first — Noel Gallagher's most beloved composition is a bittersweet Britpop classic that endures on every radio playlist.

Lauryn Hill's aching reimagining of the 1973 Roberta Flack classic became the Fugees' signature song and one of the decade's most beautiful recordings.

Written in a single session during the fractured "Achtung Baby" sessions, "One" became U2's most beloved song — a hymn to unity, difference, and grace.

TLC's feminist anthem dismissed "deadbeat" men with a direct confidence that made it a late-90s cultural touchstone and one of the decade's most quoted lyrics.

Max Martin's debut for the 16-year-old Britney launched pop's biggest star of the era — a pulsating school-corridor fantasy that changed pop music's direction.

Michael Stipe's mandolin-driven meditation on obsession became R.E.M.'s biggest hit and one of alternative rock's finest moments, winning two Grammy Awards.