Top-10 Favourite Songs From Each '90s Year

This would be my lists for the time-being. I may update it later should I change my mind about any tracks I included or omitted.

1990:

1. Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You Know
2. Snap! - The Power
3. Erasure - Blue Savannah
4. Mariah Carey - Vanishing
5. Wilson Philips - Hold On
6. Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
7. George Michael - Freedom! '90
8. Poison - Unskinny Bop
9. The Beautiful South - A Little Time
10. Sonia - Counting Every Minute

1991:

1. Roxette - Fading Like a Flower
2. Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me
3. Boy Krazy - That's What Love Can Do
4. Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only
5. Amy Grant - Every Heartbeat
6. Metallica - Enter Sandman
7. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
8. LaTour - People Are Still Having Sex
9. Delage - Running Back for More
10. Mariah Carey - Can't Let Go

1992:

1. East 17 - House of Love
2. Patty Smyth feat. Don Henley - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
3. Nirvana - Come As You Are
4. The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
5. Alice in Chains - Them Bones
6. Howard Jones - Lift Me Up
7. Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise
8. Bobby Brown - Humpin' Around
9. Beastie Boys - Professor Booty
10. R.E.M. - Man on the Moon

1993:

1. Pet Shop Boys - Go West
2. Dina Carroll - Don't Be a Stranger
3. Eternal - Crazy
4. Haddaway - What Is Love?
5. The Breeders - Cannonball
6. Belinda Carlisle - Big Scary Animal
7. Levellers - This Garden
8. Exposé - I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me
9. Cappella - U Got 2 Let the Music
10. Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith in You

1994:

1. Green Day - Basket Case
2. The Beautiful South - Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud)
3. All-4-One - I Swear
4. The Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance)
5. Nas feat. AZ - Life's a Bitch
6. Michelle Gayle - Sweetness
7. Let Loose - Crazy for You
8. Stiltskin - Inside
9. East 17 - Stay Another Day
10. The Offspring - Self Esteem

1995:

1. Natalie Merchant - Carnival
2. The Beautiful South - Pretenders to the Throne
3. Pulp - Sorted for E's & Wizz
4. Boyzone - Key to My Life
5. Blur - The Universal
6. Jimmy Nail - Big River
7. Deuce - Call It Love
8. The Corrs - Runaway
9. Jinny - Wanna Be with U
10. Bush - Comedown

1996:

1. All-4-One - Someday
2. Wild Orchid - At Night I Pray
3. Alanis Morissette - Ironic
4. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
5. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
6. No Mercy - Where Do You Go
7. Louise - Discussions
8. The Tony Rich Project - Like a Woman
9. Soundgarden - Burden in My Hand
10. The Verve Pipe - Photograph

1997:

1. Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live
2. The Verve - Lucky Man
3. Sash! - Ecuador
4. Sneaker Pimps - Post-Modern Sleaze
5. Steps - 5,6,7,8
6. Meredith Brooks - Bitch
7. Foo Fighters - Everlong
8. Mariah Carey - Outside
9. Robbie Williams - Lazy Days
10. Louise - Running Back for More

1998:

1. Pearl Jam - Wishlist
2. Ace of Base - Life Is a Flower
3. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
4. Madonna - Ray of Light
5. Louise - All That Matters
6. Prozzäk - Sucks to Be You
7. The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better
8. Jennifer Paige - Crush
9. Steps - Heartbeat
10. Tori Amos - Spark

1999:

1. S Club 7 - Bring It All Back
2. Vanessa Amorosi - Absolutely Everybody
3. S Club 7 - I Really Miss You
4. The Ataris - San Dimas High School Football Rules
5. Ann Lee - 2 Times
6. Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy
7. S Club 7 - You're My Number One
8. Goo Goo Dolls - Black Balloon
9. AFI - The Boy Who Destroyed the World
10. Prozzäk - Strange Disease

I thought you didn't like this song and considered it a prime example of how music in the very early '90s was too much of a commercial product? Or is it just here because you haven't heard enough memorable songs from that time?

I love 'Blue Savannah' by Erasure, 'Close To You' by Maxi Priest, 'Hold On My Heart' by Genesis, 'Hazard' by Richard Marx, 'Lifted' by the Lighthouse Family, 'The One And Only' by Chesney Hawkes, 'The Woman I Love' by the Hollies, 'Over My Shoulder' by Mike and the Mechanics, 'Regret' by New Order and anything by Phil Collins, Lionel Richie and Tomas Ledin but I'd lost interest by then and very little product from the 1990s is worth listening to.

Here is an updated list:

1990

1. "Epic" - Faith No More
2. "Roam" - The B-52's
3. "The Power" - Snap!
4. "U Can't Touch This" - MC Hammer
5. "I Remember You" - Skid Row
6. "Forgotten Years" - Midnight Oil
7. "Jamie's Got a Gun" - Aerosmith
8. "Dancing In The Storm" - Boom Crash Opera
9. "Summer Rain" - Belinda Carlisle
10. "Blue Sky Mine" - Midnight Oil

1991

1. "That Ain't Bad" - Ratcat
2. "Joyride" - Roxette
3. "Don't Go Now" - Ratcat
4. "Outshined" - Soundgarden
5. "Hieronymus" - Clouds
6. "Better" - The Screaming Jets
7. "Unbelievable" - EMF
8. "Sucker DJ" - Dimples D
9. "Enter Sandman" - Metallica
10. "I Touch Myself" - Divinyls

1992

1. "Alive" - Pearl Jam
2. "Jeremy" - Pearl Jam
3. "Dreams" - The Cranberries
4. "Pretend We're Dead" - L7
5. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
6. "Anthem" - Clouds
7. "Even Flow" - Pearl Jam
8. "In Bloom" - Nirvana
9. "Come As You Are" - Nirvana
10. "Dizzy" - Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff

1993

1. "Rape Me" - Nirvana
2. "Go" - Pearl Jam
3. "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
4. "Killing in the Name of" - Rage Against The Machine
5. "Sun Dial (Maryjane)" - Tumbleweed.
6. "Cherub Rock" - The Smashing Pumpkins
7. "No Rain" - Blind Melon
8. "Cats In The Cradle" - Ugly Kid Joe
9. "Linger" - The Cranberries
10. "Laid" - James

1994

1. "Comedown" - Bush
2. "Shine" - Collective Soul
3. "Supersonic" - Oasis
4. "Buddy Holly" - Weezer
5. "Tomorrow" - Silverchair
6. "Do Re Mi" - Nirvana
7. "Spoonman" - Soundgarden
8. "Basket Case" - Green Day
9. "When I Come Around" - Green Day
10. "Parklife" - Blur

1995

1. "Betterman" - Pearl Jam
2. "Self Esteem" - The Offspring
3. "Zombie" - The Cranberries
4. "My Friends" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. "Only Happy When It Rains" - Garbage
6. "Some Might Say" - Oasis
7. "Where The River Flows" - Collective Soul
8. "Yeah O Yeah" - Spiderbait
9. "Isreal's Son" - Silverchair
10. "Roll With It" - Oasis

1996

1. "Spaceman" - Babylon Zoo
2. "Stupid Girl" - Garbage
3. "Glycerine" - Bush
4. "Champagne Supernova" - Oasis
5. "Scooby Snacks" - Fun Lovin' Criminals
6. "In The Meantime" - Spacehog
7. "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" - The Smashing Pumpkins
8. "The World I Know" - Collective Soul
9. "D.A.F" - Powderfinger
10. "Head Over Feet" - Alanis Morrisette

1997

1. "Swallowed" - Bush
2. "Lakini's Juice" - Live
3. "Calypso" - Spiderbait
4. "Hitchin' A Ride" - Green Day
5. "Listen" - Collective Soul
6. "Bitch" - Meredith Brooks
7 "Song 2" - Blur
8. "Everlong" - Foo Fighters
9. "Breathe" - The Prodigy
10. "Freak" - Silverchair

1998

1. "Sex and Candy" - Marcy Playground
2. "I Think I'm Paranoid" - Garbage
3. "Dammit" - Blink-182
4. "Prisoner of Society" - The Living End
5. "Malibu" - Hole
6. "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" - Regurgitator
7. "Time of Your Life" - Green Day
8. "Celebrity Skin" - Hole
9. "Music Sounds Better With You" - Stardust
10. "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls

1999

1. "Take a Picture" - Filter (Somehow, I accidentally excluded one of my favourite songs of the Late '90s in my OP).
2. "Shimmer" - Fuel
3. "When I Grow Up" - Garbage
4. "Glockenpop" - Spiderbait
5. "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" - Silverchair
6. "Freak on a Leash" - Korn
7. "What If" - Creed
8. "All Torn Down" - The Living End
9. "Weir" - Killing Heidi
10. "She's So High" - Tal Bachman

October 2019 version:

1990

1. "Epic" - Faith No More
2. "Roam" - The B-52's
3. "U Can't Touch This" - MC Hammer
4. "Hold On" - Wilson Phillips
5. "Cherry Pie" - Warrant
6. "Doin' The Do" - Betty Boo
7. "The Power" - Snap!
8. "Jamie's Got a Gun" - Aerosmith
9. "I Remember You" - Skid Row
10. "Summer Rain" - Belinda Carlisle

That's an awful looking list, but I will admit that I do get some enjoyment out of listening to those songs. I didn't just pick them out of the blue. "Epic" and "Roam" are genuinely great songs though.

1991

1. "In Bloom" - Nirvana
2. "On A Plain" - Nirvana
3. "Stay Away" - Nirvana
4. "Jeremy" - Pearl Jam
5. "Black" - Pearl Jam
6. "That Ain't Bad" - Ratcat
7. "Don't Go Now" - Ratcat
8. "Baby, Baby" - Ratcat
9. "Outshined" - Soundgarden
10. "Sucker DJ" - Dimples D

Gee, "Sucker DJ" stands out like a sore thumb in comparison to those alt-rock songs, lol. I kind of feel like a hypocrite for listing so many Grunge songs when they weren't even entirely representative of what 1991 was like for music, but oh well, I don't care.

1992

1. "Alive" - Pearl Jam
2. "Killing in the Name of" - Rage Against The Machine
3. "Pretend We're Dead" - L7
4. "Remedy" - The Black Crowes
5. "Man on the Moon" - R.E.M
6. "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix a Lot
7. "Dizzy" - Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff
8. "Everybody Hurts" - R.E.M
9. "Marvellous!" - The 12th Man
10. "Weather With You" - Crowded House

1993

1. "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
2. "Believe" - Lenny Kravitz
3. "Cherub Rock" - The Smashing Pumpkins
4. "Rape Me" - Nirvana
5. "Go" - Pearl Jam
6. "Linger" - The Cranberries
7. "Sun Dial (Maryjane)" - Tumbleweed.
8. "No Rain" - Blind Melon
9. "Cats In The Cradle" - Ugly Kid Joe
10. "Three Little Pigs" - Green Jelly

1994

1. "The Day I Tried To Live" - Soundgarden
2. "Betterman" - Pearl Jam
3. "Live Forever" - Oasis
4. "Seether" - Veruca Salt
5. "Buddy Holly" - Weezer
6. "Fell On Black Days" - Soundgarden
7. "Come Out and Play" - The Offspring
8. "Dreams" - The Cranberries
9. "Shine" - Collective Soul
10. "Asshole" - Denis Leary

1994 would personally have to be my all-time favourite year for music. It was hard coming up with a Top-10 list for this year, because there are so many songs that I like. 

1995

1. "Floaty" - Foo Fighters
2. "This is a Call" - Foo Fighters
3. "Yeah O Yeah" - Spiderbait
4. "Headshrinker" - Oasis
5. "Only Happy When It Rains" - Garbage
6. "Some Might Say" - Oasis
7. "Zombie" - The Cranberries
8. "My Friends" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. "Where The River Flows" - Collective Soul
10. "Faultline" - Silverchair

1996

1. "Pretty Noose" - Soundgarden
2. "Stupid Girl" - Garbage
3. "Glycerine" - Bush
4. "Spaceman" - Babylon Zoo
5. "One Headlight" - The Wallflowers
6. "Head Over Feet" - Alanis Morrisette
7. "Champagne Supernova" - Oasis
8. "In The Meantime" - Spacehog
9. "The Beautiful People" - Marilyn Manson
10. "Scooby Snacks" - Fun Lovin' Criminals

1997

1. "Roses" - Silverchair
2. "Swallowed" - Bush
3. "Lakini's Juice" - Live
4. "Calypso" - Spiderbait
5. "Breathe" - The Prodigy
6. "Hitchin' A Ride" - Green Day
7. "Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters
8. "The Door" - Silverchair
9. "Listen" - Collective Soul
10. "Flagpole Sitta" - Harvey Danger

1998

1. "Sex and Candy" - Marcy Playground
2. "Spiders" - System of a Down
3. "I Think I'm Paranoid" - Garbage
4. "Save Tonight" - Eagle Eye Cherry
5. "Edgecrusher" - Fear Factory
6. "Music Sounds Better With You" - Stardust
7. "Celebrity Skin" - Hole
8. "Already Gone" - Powderfinger
9. "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" - Regurgitator
10. "Ghetto Superstar" - Pras ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mya

1999

1. "And One" - Linkin Park
2. "When I Grow Up" - Garbage
3. "Every You Every Me" - Placebo
4. "She's So High" - Tal Bachman
5. "These Days" - Powderfinger
6. "Glockenpop" - Spiderbait
7. "Freak on a Leash" - Korn
8. "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" - Silverchair
9. "Malibu" - Hole
10. "Weir" - Killing Heidi

Admittedly, I do tend to prefer the "poppier" element of alternative-rock over the more metal-skewing angle of the genre.