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1996

100 songs. Re-ranked by streams.

King Hit

Big then, still big now.

BIG THEN, STILL BIG NOW · WAS #19 ON ARIA

Wonderwall

Oasis

Listen

Streams

2.79B

2,794,304,058

ARIA rank

#19

Stream rank

#1

Movement

+18 ranks

↑ Sleepers

The chart missed them.

↓ Faders

They owned the moment.

All 100 Songs

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Song / ArtistCategorySpotify
1

Wonderwall

Oasis

192,794,304,058↑ 18King HitListen →
2

Wannabe

Spice Girls

51,467,820,650↑ 3SleeperListen →
3

California Love

2Pac feat. Dr. Dre

341,136,935,099↑ 31SleeperListen →
4

Killing Me Softly

Fugees

2982,652,707↓ 2FaderListen →
5

1979

The Smashing Pumpkins

94906,161,948↑ 89SleeperListen →
6

Return of the Mack

Mark Morrison

8663,568,887↑ 2SleeperListen →
7

They Don't Care About Us

Michael Jackson

71640,926,648↑ 64SleeperListen →
8

Ironic

Alanis Morissette

25635,716,694↑ 17SleeperListen →
9

Because You Loved Me

Celine Dion

3608,831,582↓ 6FaderListen →
10

Be My Lover

La Bouche

18599,411,760↑ 8SleeperListen →
11

Waterfalls

TLC

63564,940,917↑ 52SleeperListen →
12

Always Be My Baby

Mariah Carey

64520,130,023↑ 52SleeperListen →
13

Boombastic

Shaggy

16480,298,154↑ 3SleeperListen →
14

Just a Girl

No Doubt

22472,492,682↑ 8SleeperListen →
15

Ready or Not

Fugees

99465,704,406↑ 84SleeperListen →
16

Children

Robert Miles

32445,683,047↑ 16SleeperListen →
17

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Deep Blue Something

38414,109,127↑ 21SleeperListen →
18

It's All Coming Back to Me Now

Celine Dion

42400,588,855↑ 24SleeperListen →
19

Un-Break My Heart

Toni Braxton

95389,876,140↑ 76SleeperListen →
20

Give Me One Reason

Tracy Chapman

15383,923,816↓ 5FaderListen →
21

I Love You Always Forever

Donna Lewis

13328,960,624↓ 8FaderListen →
22

Glycerine

Bush

56315,222,965↑ 34SleeperListen →
23

I'll Be There for You

The Rembrandts

24305,474,744↑ 1SleeperListen →
24

How Do U Want It

2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo

75294,303,248↑ 51SleeperListen →
25

Hand in My Pocket

Alanis Morissette

92284,374,286↑ 67SleeperListen →
26

Tha Crossroads

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

39273,457,254↑ 13SleeperListen →
27

How Bizarre

OMC

4265,925,755↓ 23FaderListen →
28

One Sweet Day

Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men

40261,475,626↑ 12SleeperListen →
29

Lump

The Presidents of the United States of America

86255,306,945↑ 57SleeperListen →
30

Sweet Dreams

La Bouche

47221,653,050↑ 17SleeperListen →
31

Macarena

Los Del Rio

1208,925,572↓ 30FaderListen →
32

Change the World

Eric Clapton

59206,863,416↑ 27SleeperListen →
33

One of Us

Joan Osborne

6206,821,635↓ 27FaderListen →
34

Peaches

The Presidents of the United States of America

58175,225,168↑ 24SleeperListen →
35

Beautiful Life

Ace of Base

65174,271,615↑ 30SleeperListen →
36

Where Do You Go

No Mercy

26161,683,765↓ 10FaderListen →
37

To the Moon and Back

Savage Garden

72155,324,737↑ 35SleeperListen →
38

Fastlove

George Michael

20155,021,261↓ 18FaderListen →
39

Tell Me

Groove Theory

55150,285,109↑ 16SleeperListen →
40

Head Over Feet

Alanis Morissette

62144,503,356↑ 22SleeperListen →
41

Until it Sleeps

Metallica

44142,610,574↑ 3SleeperListen →
42

Pepper

Butthole Surfers

77139,885,495↑ 35SleeperListen →
43

I Want You

Savage Garden

12136,544,919↓ 31FaderListen →
44

Runaway

The Corrs

27127,910,103↓ 17FaderListen →
45

You're Makin Me High

Toni Braxton

10108,331,638↓ 35FaderListen →
46

Jesus to a Child

George Michael

90107,118,573↑ 44SleeperListen →
47

Hey Lover

LL Cool J

6887,570,764↑ 21SleeperListen →
48

It's Oh So Quiet

Bjork

6178,651,860↑ 13SleeperListen →
49

Hero of the Day

Metallica

5268,162,169↑ 3SleeperListen →
50

How Deep is Your Love

Take That

10064,908,072↑ 50SleeperListen →
51

Missing (Todd Terry Remix) ["Missing (The Remix)" EP]

Everything But the Girl

760,414,241↓ 44FaderListen →
52

Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days)

Monica

5455,398,145↑ 2SleeperListen →
53

Salvation

The Cranberries

7946,945,446↑ 26SleeperListen →
54

Ooh Aah...Just a Little Bit

Gina G

2346,491,266↓ 31FaderListen →
55

Diggin' on You

TLC

4145,124,703↓ 14FaderListen →
56

Nobody Knows

The Tony Rich Project

3339,640,242↓ 23FaderListen →
57

Blue

LeAnn Rimes

5037,295,995↓ 7FaderListen →
58

Father and Son

Boyzone

2836,113,608↓ 30FaderListen →
59

Falling Into You

Celine Dion

9830,742,711↑ 39SleeperListen →
60

Let's Make a Night to Remember

Bryan Adams

3629,582,470↓ 24FaderListen →
61

Not an Addict

K's Choice

8827,858,629↑ 27SleeperListen →
62

Se A Vida E (That's the Way Life Is)

Pet Shop Boys

9727,780,416↑ 35SleeperListen →
63

Spaceman

Babylon Zoo

3025,944,318↓ 33FaderListen →
64

What's Love Got to Do With It

Warren G feat. Adina Howard

924,006,407↓ 55FaderListen →
65

Boom Boom Boom

The Outhere Brothers

3723,337,163↓ 28FaderListen →
66

1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)

Coolio

2923,082,971↓ 37FaderListen →
67

Anything

3T

3122,039,442↓ 36FaderListen →
68

Kitty

The Presidents of the United States of America

9122,014,069↑ 23SleeperListen →
69

I Love to Love

La Bouche

5121,995,247↓ 18FaderListen →
70

That Girl

Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy

4521,036,279↓ 25FaderListen →
71

Mother Mother

Tracy Bonham

4620,537,768↓ 25FaderListen →
72

(If You're Not in it for Love) I'm Outta Here!

Shania Twain

8720,315,112↑ 15SleeperListen →
73

Macarena

Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castano

1417,576,539↓ 59FaderListen →
74

'Til You Do Me Right

After 7

6716,842,855↓ 7FaderListen →
75

Automatic Lover (Call for Love)

Real McCoy

9316,660,066↑ 18SleeperListen →
76

The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You

Bryan Adams

8116,590,703↑ 5SleeperListen →
77

There's Nothing I Won't Do

JX

8916,551,201↑ 12SleeperListen →
78

Who You Are

Pearl Jam

8412,294,335↑ 6SleeperListen →
79

Sexual Healing

Max-A-Million

179,818,368↓ 62FaderListen →
80

Let's Groove

CDB

808,673,484↓ 0StayerListen →
81

Who Do U Love

Deborah Cox

737,530,942↓ 8FaderListen →
82

Don't Stop Movin'

Livin' Joy

576,866,260↓ 25FaderListen →
83

Lover Lover

Jimmy Barnes

746,061,372↓ 9FaderListen →
84

In Too Deep

Belinda Carlisle

705,442,025↓ 14FaderListen →
85

It's Alright

Deni Hines

964,440,995↑ 11SleeperListen →
86

Wrap Me Up

Alex Party

484,168,217↓ 38FaderListen →
87

Apple Eyes

Swoop

693,588,087↓ 18FaderListen →
88

Closer to Free

BoDeans

853,180,453↓ 3FaderListen →
89

Movin' Up

Dreamworld

782,540,565↓ 11FaderListen →
90

Sometimes When We Touch

Newton

352,421,860↓ 55FaderListen →
91

Power of a Woman

Eternal

532,396,703↓ 38FaderListen →
92

I Am Blessed

Eternal

831,960,358↓ 9FaderListen →
93

Theme from "Mission: Impossible"

Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen

211,480,284↓ 72FaderListen →
94

Naked and Sacred

Chynna Phillips

761,409,576↓ 18FaderListen →
95

Wishes

Human Nature

601,258,731↓ 35FaderListen →
96

I Live for You

Chynna Phillips

49618,673↓ 47FaderListen →
97

Get Down on It

Peter Andre

43305,892↓ 54FaderListen →
98

I Feel It

DJ Darren Briais vs. DJ Peewee Ferris

66266,676↓ 32FaderListen →
99

Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)

Everclear

82216,938↓ 17FaderListen →
100

X-Files Theme

Triple X

11165,926↓ 89FaderListen →

Chart data: ARIA Top 100, 1990–2000. Stream counts sourced from Spotify. Rankings calculated within each year.

*This project and the data within has been developed with a bit of curiosity and a lot of Claude and Lovable. Don't rely on it for anything more than nostalgia and arguments with your mates about which songs were overrated/underrated.