Sleepers & Faders

The songs we loved, the ones we forgot, and those we can't stop streaming.

← All years

1996

100 songs. Re-ranked by streams.

Total streams: 23.1B

King Hit

Big then, still big now.

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

Wonderwall

Oasis

Listen

Streams

3.11B

3,112,035,320

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

193,112,035,320↑ 18King HitListen →
2

Wannabe

Spice Girls

51,540,717,703↑ 3SleeperListen →
3

California Love

2Pac feat. Dr. Dre

341,211,216,438↑ 31SleeperListen →
4

Killing Me Softly

Fugees

21,044,485,414↓ 2FaderListen →
5

1979

The Smashing Pumpkins

94968,935,156↑ 89SleeperListen →
6

They Don't Care About Us

Michael Jackson

71777,369,841↑ 65SleeperListen →
7

Return of the Mack

Mark Morrison

8723,325,351↑ 1SleeperListen →
8

Ironic

Alanis Morissette

25677,238,836↑ 17SleeperListen →
9

Be My Lover

La Bouche

18670,750,154↑ 9SleeperListen →
10

Because You Loved Me

Celine Dion

3638,702,678↓ 7FaderListen →
11

Waterfalls

TLC

63605,043,307↑ 52SleeperListen →
12

Always Be My Baby

Mariah Carey

64543,896,900↑ 52SleeperListen →
13

Boombastic

Shaggy

16524,419,789↑ 3SleeperListen →
14

Just a Girl

No Doubt

22509,230,993↑ 8SleeperListen →
15

Ready or Not

Fugees

99488,214,038↑ 84SleeperListen →
16

Children

Robert Miles

32480,015,477↑ 16SleeperListen →
17

It's All Coming Back to Me Now

Celine Dion

42432,937,432↑ 25SleeperListen →
18

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Deep Blue Something

38430,344,849↑ 20SleeperListen →
19

Un-Break My Heart

Toni Braxton

95418,109,632↑ 76SleeperListen →
20

Give Me One Reason

Tracy Chapman

15414,023,369↓ 5FaderListen →
21

I Love You Always Forever

Donna Lewis

13358,088,006↓ 8FaderListen →
22

Glycerine

Bush

56336,887,834↑ 34SleeperListen →
23

I'll Be There for You

The Rembrandts

24317,502,458↑ 1SleeperListen →
24

How Do U Want It

2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo

75315,193,370↑ 51SleeperListen →
25

Hand in My Pocket

Alanis Morissette

92305,143,539↑ 67SleeperListen →
26

Tha Crossroads

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

39287,122,728↑ 13SleeperListen →
27

How Bizarre

OMC

4282,102,039↓ 23FaderListen →
28

One Sweet Day

Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men

40273,033,898↑ 12SleeperListen →
29

Lump

The Presidents of the United States of America

86265,537,196↑ 57SleeperListen →
30

Sweet Dreams

La Bouche

47240,795,187↑ 17SleeperListen →
31

Macarena

Los Del Rio

1233,152,086↓ 30FaderListen →
32

One of Us

Joan Osborne

6222,696,247↓ 26FaderListen →
33

Change the World

Eric Clapton

59213,638,434↑ 26SleeperListen →
34

Beautiful Life

Ace of Base

65185,249,540↑ 31SleeperListen →
35

Peaches

The Presidents of the United States of America

58182,898,916↑ 23SleeperListen →
36

Where Do You Go

No Mercy

26175,468,058↓ 10FaderListen →
37

To the Moon and Back

Savage Garden

72165,594,336↑ 35SleeperListen →
38

Fastlove

George Michael

20164,029,902↓ 18FaderListen →
39

Tell Me

Groove Theory

55157,543,669↑ 16SleeperListen →
40

Head Over Feet

Alanis Morissette

62156,281,975↑ 22SleeperListen →
41

Pepper

Butthole Surfers

77154,151,361↑ 36SleeperListen →
42

Until it Sleeps

Metallica

44151,298,457↑ 2SleeperListen →
43

I Want You

Savage Garden

12143,675,509↓ 31FaderListen →
44

Runaway

The Corrs

27142,352,438↓ 17FaderListen →
45

You're Makin Me High

Toni Braxton

10113,811,500↓ 35FaderListen →
46

Jesus to a Child

George Michael

90111,993,834↑ 44SleeperListen →
47

Hey Lover

LL Cool J

6890,797,543↑ 21SleeperListen →
48

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

Everything But the Girl

783,456,922↓ 41FaderListen →
49

It's Oh So Quiet

Bjork

6181,299,783↑ 12SleeperListen →
50

Hero of the Day

Metallica

5271,980,610↑ 2SleeperListen →
51

How Deep is Your Love

Take That

10067,740,616↑ 49SleeperListen →
52

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

Monica

5457,529,969↑ 2SleeperListen →
53

Salvation

The Cranberries

7949,423,434↑ 26SleeperListen →
54

Ooh Aah...Just a Little Bit

Gina G

2347,624,852↓ 31FaderListen →
55

Diggin' on You

TLC

4146,961,548↓ 14FaderListen →
56

Nobody Knows

The Tony Rich Project

3342,132,163↓ 23FaderListen →
57

Blue

LeAnn Rimes

5040,603,474↓ 7FaderListen →
58

Father and Son

Boyzone

2837,523,750↓ 30FaderListen →
59

Falling Into You

Celine Dion

9832,376,752↑ 39SleeperListen →
60

Let's Make a Night to Remember

Bryan Adams

3630,529,984↓ 24FaderListen →
61

Boom Boom Boom

The Outhere Brothers

3729,518,488↓ 24FaderListen →
62

Not an Addict

K's Choice

8829,136,634↑ 26SleeperListen →
63

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

Pet Shop Boys

9728,701,075↑ 34SleeperListen →
64

Spaceman

Babylon Zoo

3027,117,760↓ 34FaderListen →
65

What's Love Got to Do With It

Warren G feat. Adina Howard

925,333,312↓ 56FaderListen →
66

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

Coolio

2924,967,050↓ 37FaderListen →
67

I Love to Love

La Bouche

5123,335,540↓ 16FaderListen →
68

Kitty

The Presidents of the United States of America

9123,238,458↑ 23SleeperListen →
69

Anything

3T

3123,099,451↓ 38FaderListen →
70

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

Shania Twain

8721,960,123↑ 17SleeperListen →
71

That Girl

Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy

4521,822,497↓ 26FaderListen →
72

Mother Mother

Tracy Bonham

4621,446,798↓ 26FaderListen →
73

Macarena

Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castano

1420,190,006↓ 59FaderListen →
74

'Til You Do Me Right

After 7

6717,979,639↓ 7FaderListen →
75

Automatic Lover (Call for Love)

Real McCoy

9317,814,349↑ 18SleeperListen →
76

There's Nothing I Won't Do

JX

8917,642,464↑ 13SleeperListen →
77

The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You

Bryan Adams

8117,327,417↑ 4SleeperListen →
78

Who You Are

Pearl Jam

8412,797,393↑ 6SleeperListen →
79

Closer to Free

BoDeans

8512,294,061↑ 6SleeperListen →
80

Sexual Healing

Max-A-Million

1710,386,200↓ 63FaderListen →
81

Let's Groove

CDB

808,832,586↓ 1FaderListen →
82

Who Do U Love

Deborah Cox

737,816,464↓ 9FaderListen →
83

Don't Stop Movin'

Livin' Joy

577,543,036↓ 26FaderListen →
84

Lover Lover

Jimmy Barnes

746,246,760↓ 10FaderListen →
85

In Too Deep

Belinda Carlisle

705,703,007↓ 15FaderListen →
86

It's Alright

Deni Hines

964,620,659↑ 10SleeperListen →
87

Wrap Me Up

Alex Party

484,404,226↓ 39FaderListen →
88

Apple Eyes

Swoop

693,693,494↓ 19FaderListen →
89

Movin' Up

Dreamworld

782,675,740↓ 11FaderListen →
90

Sometimes When We Touch

Newton

352,529,360↓ 55FaderListen →
91

Power of a Woman

Eternal

532,527,422↓ 38FaderListen →
92

I Am Blessed

Eternal

832,059,811↓ 9FaderListen →
93

Naked and Sacred

Chynna Phillips

761,514,455↓ 17FaderListen →
94

Wishes

Human Nature

601,308,561↓ 34FaderListen →
95

I Live for You

Chynna Phillips

49667,048↓ 46FaderListen →
96

Get Down on It

Peter Andre

43339,593↓ 53FaderListen →
97

Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)

Everclear

82225,635↓ 15FaderListen →
98

X-Files Theme

Triple X

11174,000↓ 87FaderListen →
99

I Feel It

DJ Darren Briais vs. DJ Peewee Ferris

6618,933↓ 33FaderListen →
100

Theme from "Mission: Impossible"

Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen

215,403↓ 79FaderListen →

Spotify streams as of 2 Oct 2026

Chart data: ARIA Top 100, 1990–2010. Stream counts sourced from Spotify, October 2026. 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.