Best song of the 90s

[InsideNumberNine]

DH and I had a few wines last night and fell down a YouTube rabbit hole listening to 90s music. We then got into a heated debate about what the best song of the 90s was.

My vote - Set You Free by NTrance

His vote - Live Forever by Oasis

For clarity, we were both mid teens during this decade.

What's your stand out song of the 90s?

Best one-hit wonder White Town

foodrooffam
yes - it still sounds very good, thank you x

Crushing on Jarvis again dammit

Omg I was there!!! Utterly adore Jarvis. He will forever be on my list!!

The levellers!! And grant lee buffalo. One of the best gigs I went to.

I can't pick one. The tunes that sum up the 90s for me are, Born Slippy, Girls and Boys, Smells like teen Spirit, live forever and common people. Im a huge Massive Attack and Radiohead fan but they don't scream 90s to me, probably because I still listen to then now.

Maybe it's already been mentioned but:

Praise you - Fat boy slim (1998)

Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust.

Angels by Robbie Williams - beautiful, timeless song

Lifted by lighthouse family

sandstorm.

anything from Queen

Heard this last week on radio 1.... Took me right back 😜

I've Been Thinking About You by Londonbeat

Show Me Heaven by Maria McKee

Downtown Train by Rod Stewart

I'd more or less switched the radio off by 1988 but these three from 1990 stand out.

Vogue - Madonna
Love Shack - B52s
Groove is in the Heart - Dee-Lite
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - P.M. Dawn
George Michael - Too Funky
Linger - The Cranberries
Common People - Pulp
Wake up Boo - The Boo Radleys
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack

Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters

Cannonball - The Breeders

London beat - I loved that shapowpow

Stiltskin - Inside as well.

Cosmonaut no 7 - Scarfo

This is How it Feels - Inspiral Carpets

Dammit - Blink 182

On Friday evenings on BBC 4 they put 2 Top of the Pops from 1990 back to back from 8 to 9pm. Am absolutely loving it. Amazing to hear so many tunes unheard or unthought about since then.
Show Me Heaven by Maria Mackee is number one at the moment on there and has been for 3 weeks. Not heard it in years but is a cracking tune!
Love a power ballad me! Hold on by Wilson Phillips, It must have been love by Roxette both fab.
I also love some of that early 90s slightly psychadelic, hippyish rap like Arrested Development, PM Dawn and De La Soul.

I agree with set you free

@pisspants I was watching that! I love Show Me Heaven, what a gorgeous voice Maria McKee has.

And how cool was Neneh Cherry? That fucking Status Quo mega mix though 🤢

@AgentCooper yes I dont remember hearing that Neneh Cherry song before- it's really good! Manchild and Seven Seconds are 2 other faves of mine and I love boring my kids about her being Mabels mum!!!

Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead
Animal Nitrate - Suede
Last Train to Transcentral - The KLF
Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
Hazard- Richard Marx
Step Into My World - Hurricane #1
Oh Yeah - Ash
Novocaine For The Soul - Eels
La Tristesse Durera - Manic Street Preachers
Tomorrow - James
Something For The Weekend - Super Furry Animals

Anything from M People. Loved them but they just seemed to disappear after a while. Also loved 'it's my life ' from Dr Alban. I remember it used to be on a tampon ad

The Concept by Teenage Fanclub

And a lot that have been mentioned already

My children's vote drum roll....