Artist	Song
Nirvana	Smells Like Teen Spirit
from Nirvana (2002)
Pearl Jam	Jeremy
from Rearviewmirror - Greatest Hits 1991-2003 (2004)
Radiohead	Creep
from The Best of Radiohead (2008)
Beck	Loser
from Mellow Gold (2004)
Stone Temple Pilots	Creep
from Thank You (2003)
Beastie Boys	Sabatoge
from Beastie Boys Anthology - The Sounds of Science (1999)
Alanis Morissette	You Oughta Know
from Alanis Morissette: The Collection (2005)
Green Day	Basket Case
from International Superhits! (2004)
R.E.M.	Losing My Religion
from In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (2003)
Nine Inch Nails	Closer
from The Downward Spiral (1994)
Oasis	Wonderwall
from (What's the Story) Morning Glory (2008)
Bush	Everything Zen
from Sixteen Stone (2008)
Sublime	What I Got
from Gold (Remastered) (2005)
The Offspring	Come Out and Play
from Smash (2008)
Jane's Addiction	Been Caught Stealing
from Up from the Catacombs: The Best of Jane's Addiction (2006)
U2	Mysterious Ways
from U218 Singles (Deluxe Version) (2006)
Soundgarden	Black Hole Sun
from Superunknown (1994)
Weezer	Buddy Holly
from Weezer (1994)
No Doubt	Just a Girl
from The Singles 1992-2003 (2003)
Nirvana	All Apologies
from Nirvana (2002)
Rage Against the Machine	Killing In the Name
from Rage Against the Machine (1992)
Alice In Chains	Would?
from Greatest Hits (2001)
Marilyn Manson	The Beautiful People
from Lest We Forget - The Best of Marilyn Manson (2004)
Hole	Miss World
from Live Through This (1994)
U2	One
from U218 Singles (Deluxe Version) (2006)

Comment:

A sound doesn't define the alternative rock of the '90s so much as a sneer and a searing, blatant refusal to repeat the new wave and hair-metal inclinations of the Reagan years. It's epitomized in Nirvana's Beatles moment, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," which goes to work on a pristine pop skeleton with blunt instruments. And it's hammered home by refined riot grrrl rock ("Just a Girl," "You Oughta Know"), soccer hooligan scores that are somber ("Wonderwall") and smashing ("Song 2"), and a sludgy, scorching set of Northwestern grunge ("Black Hole Sun," "Would?").

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