VH1 Ranks The ’90s, Blames Gerardo Inclusion On Viewers

Holy crap! “VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs Of The ’90s”! How do those words make you feel? Excited? Nauseated? Giddy? Not so fresh? Finally, the market leaders in repackaging entire decades into easily digestible canons of kitsch have weighed in on “ten years of tight music that was ‘too legit to quit'”! (Yes, they actually said that!) The full list (without d-list talking heads) is after the jump, and you will never guess the No. 1 in a billion years. Maybe a zillion!

1. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit 2. U2 – One 3. Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way 4. Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You 5. Madonna – Vogue 6. Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back 7. Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time 8. TLC – Waterfalls 9. R.E.M. – Losing My Religion 10. Sinéad O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U 11. Pearl Jam – Jeremy 12. Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know 13. Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg) – Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang 14. Mariah Carey – Vision of Love 15. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge 16. MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This 17. Destiny’s Child – Say My Name 18. Metallica – Enter Sandman 19. Beastie Boys – Sabotage 20. Hanson – MMMBop 21. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On 22. Beck – Loser 23. Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue – Whatta Man 24. House of Pain – Jump Around 25. Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun 26. Eminem – My Name Is 27. Counting Crows – Mr. Jones 28. Ricky Martin – Livin’ la Vida Loca 29. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby 30. *NSYNC – Tearin’ Up My Heart 31. Radiohead – Creep 32. BLACKstreet – No Diggity 33. Spice Girls – Wannabe 34. Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Life 35. Oasis – Wonderwall 36. C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) 37. Green Day – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) 38. Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle 39. Goo Goo Dolls – Iris 40 . Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up 41. Spin Doctors – Two Princes 42. Collective Soul – Shine 43. En Vogue – My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It) 44. The Fugees – Killing Me Softly With His Song 45. Hootie & the Blowfish – Only Wanna Be With You 46. Shania Twain – You’re Still the One 47. Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch – Good Vibrations 48. Matchbox Twenty – 3 AM 49. Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul 50. Alice in Chains – Man in the Box 51. Tupac (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) – California Love 52. Sugar Ray – Fly 53. Naughty by Nature – O.P.P. 54. Joan Osborne – One of Us 55. Fiona Apple – Criminal 56. L.L. Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out 57. Jay-Z featuring Amil and Ja Rule – Can I Get A… 58. Sophie B. Hawkins – Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover 59. Weezer – Buddy Holly 60. Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison 61. Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do 62. Live – I Alone 63. The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy – Mo Money Mo Problems 64. The Presidents of the United States of America – Peaches 65. Digital Underground – The Humpty Dance 66. Edwin McCain – I’ll Be 67. Deee-Lite – Groove Is In The Heart 68. Will Smith – Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It 69. Korn – Freak on a Leash 70. Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity 71. Arrested Development – Tennessee 72. Barenaked Ladies – One Week 73. Marcy Playground – Sex and Candy 74. Cher – Believe 75. Kris Kross – Jump 76. Blues Traveler – Run-Around 77. Ice Cube – It Was a Good Day 78. Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way 79. Meredith Brooks – Bitch 80. Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy 81. Paula Cole – I Don’t Want to Wait 82. Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks on Me 83. The Breeders – Cannonball 84. Snow – Informer 85. Cypress Hill – Insane In The Brain 86 The Cranberries – Linger 87. Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart 88. Duncan Sheik – Barely Breathing 89. Liz Phair – Never Said 90. New Radicals – You Get What You Give 91. Sarah McLachlan – Building a Mystery 92. Public Enemy – 911 Is A Joke 93. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories – Stay 94. Fastball – The Way 95. Montell Jordan – This is How We Do It 96. Nelson – (Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection 97. Prince & The New Power Generation – Gett Off 98. EMF – Unbelievable 99. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) 100. Gerardo – Rico Suave

Well that’s… pretty much exactly what we would have expected based on the last seven years of ’90s nostalgia, a handful of wedding receptions, a lot of karaoke nights, and many hours spent subjecting ourselves to alt-rock gold radio. And before you get salty with VH1 for choosing “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)” over every other Green Day song (deep breaths), please note that “with more than 600,000 votes cast, the countdown list was determined by an online poll at VH1.com where viewers had the opportunity to pick their favorite songs of the ’90s from all genres–rock, pop, rap, or R&B.” The people wanted Joan Osborne, and so Joan Osborne they shall have!

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