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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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First came '60 Songs That Explain the '90s.' (We did that.) Then came '60 Songs That Explain the '90s: The 2000s.' (We're doing that now—and yes, that's the actual name.) But whether you want to jump back to the Clinton years or join us as…

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At The Drive-In — “One Armed Scissor” 2026-10-21 · 98m
Bon Iver — “Skinny Love” 2026-10-14 · 97m
Black Eyed Peas — “I Gotta Feeling” 2026-10-07 · 96m
Lee Ann Womack — “I Hope You Dance” 2026-09-30 · 96m
An Overdue 60 Songs Mailbag 2026-09-23 · 97m
Peter Bjorn and John — "Young Folks" 2026-09-16 · 91m
Evanescence — “Bring Me To Life” 2026-09-09 · 87m
Sade — “By Your Side” 2026-09-02 · 106m
Spoon — “The Underdog” 2026-08-26 · 96m
My Chemical Romance—“Welcome to the Black Parade” 2026-08-19 · 97m
Bush — “Glycerine” 2026-05-20 · 91m
Shakira — “Hips Don’t Lie” 2026-05-13 · 85m
Feist — “1234” 2026-05-06 · 86m
Joanna Newsom — “Emily” 2026-04-29 · 73m
Wolf Parade — “I’ll Believe in Anything” 2026-04-22 · 92m
Radiohead — “All I Need” 2026-04-15 · 104m
TV On The Radio — “Wolf Like Me” 2026-04-08 · 83m
Madvillain — “All Caps” 2026-04-01 · 95m
The White Stripes — “Seven Nation Army” 2026-03-25 · 109m
Kelis — “Milkshake” 2026-03-18 · 85m
Paramore — “Misery Business” 2026-03-11 · 95m
The Darkness — “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” 2026-03-04 · 104m
D’Angelo—“Untitled (How Does It Feel)” 2026-02-25 · 115m
Bruce Springsteen — “The Rising” 2026-02-18 · 94m
Britney Spears – “Toxic” 2026-02-11 · 97m
“Buy U a Drank”— T-Pain 2026-02-04 · 103m
“Hallelujah” — Jeff Buckley 2025-12-03 · 103m
“A-Punk” — Vampire Weekend 2025-08-20 · 96m
"Grindin’"— The Clipse 2025-08-13 · 84m
“Heavy Metal Drummer”—Wilco 2025-08-06 · 92m
"The House That Built Me"— Miranda Lambert 2025-07-30 · 101m
“Live Like You Were Dying”— Tim McGraw 2025-07-23 · 33m
“Ms. Jackson”— Outkast 2025-07-16 · 101m
“Can’t Stop”—The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2025-07-09 · 92m
“Since U Been Gone”— Kelly Clarkson 2025-06-25 · 97m
“How to Save a Life”—The Fray 2025-06-18 · 86m
“Ether”—Nas 2025-06-12 · 97m
“No One Knows”—Queens of the Stone Age 2025-05-28 · 96m
“Jenny From the Block”—Jennifer Lopez 2025-05-21 · 94m
“Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue”—Toby Keith 2025-05-14 · 104m
“Maps”—Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2025-05-07 · 89m
“Feel Good Inc.”—Gorillaz 2025-04-30 · 91m
Proof of Life: 60 Songs is Back on April 30 2025-04-16 · 2m
Poetic Justice: The Year of Kendrick Lamar 2025-02-06 · 83m
The Soundtrack Draft | 60 Songs x Bandsplain LIVE 2025-02-05 · 99m
“How You Remind Me”—Nickelback 2025-01-29 · 95m
“Umbrella”—Rihanna 2025-01-22 · 89m
“Amber”—311 2025-01-15 · 83m
“Yeah!”—Usher 2025-01-08 · 82m
“Complicated”—Avril Lavigne 2024-12-18 · 80m
“Hurt”—Johnny Cash 2024-12-11 · 104m
“In the End”—Linkin Park 2024-12-04 · 97m
“Work It”—Missy Elliott 2024-11-20 · 91m
“Kids”—MGMT 2024-11-13 · 92m
“The Middle”—Jimmy Eat World 2024-11-06 · 93m
“Paper Planes”—M.I.A 2024-10-30 · 92m
“Chop Suey”—System of a Down 2024-10-23 · 91m
“In da Club”—50 Cent 2024-10-16 · 96m
“Back to Black”—Amy Winehouse 2024-10-09 · 83m
“Mr. Brightside”—The Killers 2024-10-02 · 87m
Introducing 60 Songs That Explain the '90s: The 2000s 2024-09-25 · 1m
“Closing Time”—Semisonic 2024-03-13 · 91m
“Friends in Low Places”—Garth Brooks 2024-03-06 · 100m
“Give Me One Reason”—Tracy Chapman 2024-02-28 · 92m
The Songs We Didn’t Do (Everyone Yells At Rob) 2024-02-21 · 107m
“Hard Knock Life”—JAY-Z 2024-02-14 · 94m
“Black or White”—Michael Jackson 2024-02-07 · 111m
“Iris”—Goo Goo Dolls 2024-01-31 · 90m
“Freedom! ’90”—George Michael 2024-01-24 · 92m
"Believe"—Cher 2024-01-17 · 94m
“Are You Gonna Go My Way”—Lenny Kravitz 2024-01-10 · 97m
“What’s Up”—4 Non Blondes 2023-12-14 · 92m
“Santeria”—Sublime 2023-12-06 · 93m
‘60 Songs’ x ‘Bandsplain’ Live at the Teragram 2023-11-29 · 105m
“I’ll Be Missing You”—Puff Daddy and the Family 2023-11-15 · 94m
“Glory Box”—Portishead 2023-11-08 · 94m
“Lovefool”—The Cardigans 2023-10-25 · 84m
“My Name Is”—Eminem 2023-10-18 · 88m
“Black Hole Sun”—Soundgarden 2023-10-11 · 93m
“One”—U2 2023-08-16 · 87m
“Merchandise”—Fugazi 2023-08-09 · 93m
“Say My Name”—Destiny’s Child 2023-08-02 · 91m
“Fade into You”—Mazzy Star 2023-07-26 · 95m
“Birdhouse in Your Soul”—They Might Be Giants 2023-07-19 · 88m
“Around the World”—Daft Punk 2023-07-12 · 87m
“Regulate”—Warren G & Nate Dogg 2023-07-05 · 83m
“Down by the Water”—PJ Harvey 2023-06-28 · 89m
"Tubthumping"—Chumbawamba 2023-06-21 · 82m
“Gett Off”—Prince and the New Power Generation 2023-06-14 · 85m
“If It Makes You Happy”—Sheryl Crow 2023-06-07 · 87m
“Loser”—Beck 2023-05-31 · 91m
“Shoop”—Salt-N-Pepa 2023-05-24 · 79m
“Smells Like Teen Spirit”—Nirvana with Courtney Love 2023-05-17 · 163m
'60 Songs' Returns May 17! 2023-05-03 · 1m
"A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays'"—De La Soul 2023-02-22 · 94m
“Torn”—Natalie Imbruglia 2023-02-15 · 79m
“Macarena”—Los del Rio 2023-02-08 · 75m
“Basket Case”—Green Day 2023-02-01 · 83m
“Enjoy the Silence”—Depeche Mode 2023-01-25 · 75m
“F--k and Run”—Liz Phair 2023-01-18 · 74m
"Only Wanna Be with You”—Hootie & The Blowfish 2023-01-11 · 87m
“Tyrone - Live”—Erykah Badu 2023-01-04 · 91m
Mailbag 2022-12-21 · 83m
“Ice Ice Baby”—Vanilla Ice 2022-12-14 · 90m
“Yellow Ledbetter”—Pearl Jam 2022-12-07 · 98m
“Stay (I Missed You)”—Lisa Loeb 2022-11-30 · 86m
“Return of the Mack”—Mark Morrison 2022-11-16 · 81m
“It Was a Good Day”—Ice Cube 2022-11-09 · 87m
“Goodbye Earl”—The Chicks 2022-11-02 · 85m
“Walk”—Pantera 2022-10-26 · 109m
"Zombie”—The Cranberries 2022-08-17 · 87m
“Firestarter”—The Prodigy 2022-08-10 · 92m
“Together Again”—Janet Jackson 2022-08-03 · 87m
“In Circles”—Sunny Day Real Estate 2022-07-27 · 93m
“Sabotage”—Beastie Boys 2022-07-20 · 94m
“Closer”—Nine Inch Nails 2022-07-13 · 88m
“Real Love”—Mary J. Blige 2022-06-29 · 83m
“Bitter Sweet Symphony”—The Verve 2022-06-22 · 83m
“Doll Parts”—Hole 2022-06-15 · 86m
“Shook Ones, Part II”—Mobb Deep 2022-06-08 · 77m
“Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)“—The Offspring 2022-06-01 · 79m
“Been Caught Stealing”—Jane’s Addiction 2022-05-25 · 90m
“I Can’t Make You Love Me” — Bonnie Raitt 2022-05-18 · 80m
“Whoomp! (There It Is)” — Tag Team 2022-05-11 · 70m
" ... Baby One More Time"—Britney Spears 2022-05-04 · 84m
"Would?“—Alice in Chains 2022-02-09 · 74m
“It’s Good to Be King”—Tom Petty 2022-02-02 · 71m
“California Love”—Tupac 2022-01-26 · 79m
“Killing In The Name”—Rage Against The Machine 2022-01-19 · 66m
“Ex-Factor”—Lauryn Hill 2022-01-12 · 71m
“A Long December”—Counting Crows 2021-12-22 · 72m
“Criminal” - Fiona Apple 2021-12-15 · 67m
“Smooth” - Santana 2021-12-08 · 68m
Spice Girls—“Wannabe” 2021-12-01 · 59m
DMX—“Ruff Ryder’s Anthem” 2021-11-24 · 63m
Radiohead—“Creep” 2021-11-17 · 66m
Celine Dion—“My Heart Will Go On” 2021-11-03 · 69m
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony—“Tha Crossroads” 2021-10-27 · 59m
Blink-182—“What’s My Age Again?” 2021-10-20 · 70m
Billy Ray Cyrus—“Achy Breaky Heart” 2021-10-13 · 56m
Aaliyah—“One in a Million” 2021-10-06 · 66m
R.E.M.—“Nightswimming” 2021-09-29 · 62m
Outkast—“Rosa Parks” 2021-09-22 · 58m
Tori Amos — “Cornflake Girl” 2021-09-15 · 58m
Oasis—“Wonderwall” 2021-09-08 · 72m
Boyz II Men—“End of the Road” 2021-07-28 · 66m
Limp Bizkit—“Nookie” 2021-07-21 · 58m
Madonna—“Vogue” 2021-07-14 · 55m
Coolio—“Gangsta’s Paradise” 2021-07-07 · 54m
Cake—“The Distance” 2021-06-30 · 51m
Pavement—“Gold Soundz” 2021-06-23 · 62m
Brandy and Monica—“The Boy Is Mine” 2021-06-16 · 61m
Third Eye Blind—“Semi-Charmed Life” 2021-06-09 · 47m
Sinéad O’Connor—“Nothing Compares 2 U” 2021-06-02 · 54m
Juvenile—“Back That Azz Up” 2021-05-26 · 46m
Red Hot Chili Peppers—“Under the Bridge” 2021-05-19 · 61m
Whitney Houston—“I Will Always Love You” 2021-05-12 · 58m
Weezer—“Say It Ain’t So” 2021-05-05 · 47m
Dave Matthews Band—“Crash Into Me” 2021-04-28 · 49m
Björk—“Hyperballad” 2021-04-21 · 37m
A Tribe Called Quest—“Scenario” 2021-04-14 · 59m
Luniz—"I Got 5 on It" 2021-04-07 · 53m
Selena—“Dreaming of You” 2021-03-31 · 52m
Pulp—“Common People” 2021-03-24 · 48m
Tool—“Stinkfist” 2021-03-17 · 44m
Shania Twain—“Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” 2021-03-10 · 45m
The Notorious B.I.G.—“Juicy” 2021-03-03 · 46m
Temple of the Dog—“Hunger Strike” 2021-02-24 · 47m
TLC—“No Scrubs” 2021-02-17 · 49m
No Doubt—“Just a Girl” 2021-02-10 · 42m
Dr. Dre—“Nuthin’ But a G-Thang” 2021-02-04 · 50m
C+C Music Factory—“Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” 2021-01-28 · 42m
New Radicals—“You Get What You Give” 2021-01-21 · 40m
Metallica—“Enter Sandman” 2021-01-14 · 49m
The Breeders—“Cannonball” 2021-01-07 · 36m
Master P—“Make 'Em Say Uhh!” 2020-12-31 · 42m
Backstreet Boys—“I Want It That Way” 2020-12-17 · 34m
Smashing Pumpkins—“Mayonaise” 2020-12-10 · 40m
Mariah Carey—“All I Want for Christmas Is You” 2020-12-03 · 42m
Geto Boys—"Mind Playing Tricks On Me" 2020-11-19 · 27m
Guns N’ Roses—“November Rain” 2020-11-12 · 38m
Missy Elliott—“The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” 2020-11-05 · 34m
Wu-Tang Clan—“C.R.E.A.M.” 2020-10-29 · 27m
Gin Blossoms—“Hey Jealousy” 2020-10-22 · 34m
Alanis Morissette—"You Oughta Know" 2020-10-15 · 34m
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