Most Popular Song in Europe Each Month of the '90s

Based on the charts of the UK, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. I chose a different song for each month to make the countdown more interesting and diverse, despite the fact that in reality a few songs were the most popular ones for 2 or 3 consecutive months.

[da]

One of the least talked about aspects of the 90's, is that it was the last decade of semi-forced listening. You open MTV, and had to wait through other songs before the song you liked came up. So you absorbed different styles of music that only later you could process and appreciate. That is totally gone when everything is on demand and based on an algorithm to push only songs you already like.

[luanalopes]

Very emotional for me. Lot's of things happened to me during the 90's. I finished school, got into university, met my ex-husband, got married, moved to another country with him, got divorced, had to move back to my parents house in my home country because I had no money and had to leave all my possesions behind, managed to graduate from medical school despite all the troubles I had been through, and took my medical residency exams by the end of 1999 - I passed ! It was a roller coaster. I miss being young and the music. Many on this list were the sound track of happy and sad moments.

[DKS]

Hard to believe that half of this playlist is at least 30 years old.

[martin.janousek]

That Prodigy after The Backstreet Boys was priceless...

[oochigeas]

I've just travelled month by month from my 10th to my 20th...
I sang and cried... my parents having died in the meantime, I'm deeply affected by this musical journey. every song brings back a memory of when I lived with them. Great video !!! thank you

[MrMattBarks]

I was born 1983, and these songs in order helped me remember so many moments i had forgotten about! Some happy, some sad, but all pure life. Thank you!

[vv]

The list:

Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise - 2016 Remaster
Technotronic - Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) - Edit
Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Madonna - Vogue
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
SNAP! - Ooops Up (7" Edit)
Roxette - It Must Have Been Love - From the Film "Pretty Woman"
MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Enigma - Sadeness
C & C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams)
Seal - Crazy (Single Mix) - 2022 Remaster
Roxette - Joyride
Scorpions - Wind Of Change
Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) (La Da Dee La Da Da) - Radio Edit
Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
Dire Straits - Calling Elvis - Radio Edit
Michael Jackson - Black or White
Salt-N-Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex
George Michael - Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Shanice - I Love Your Smile
Mr. Big - To Be With You
Ten Sharp - You
SNAP! - Rhythm Is a Dancer - 7" Edit
Guns N' Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Erasure - Lay All Your Love On Me
Dr. Alban - It's My Life
Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long)
Felix - Don't You Want Me - Edit
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You?
SNAP! - Exterminate (feat. Niki Haris) - Endzeit 7
2 Unlimited - No Limit
Ace of Base - All That She Wants
Snow - Informer
Haddaway - What Is Love - 7" Mix
UB40 - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You
Culture Beat - Mr. Vain - Original Radio Edit
4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own - No More Brothers Radio Mix
Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) - Single Edit
Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me
Ace of Base - The Sign
Bryan Adams - All For Love - From "The Three Musketeers" Soundtrack
Enigma - Return To Innocence
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
Mariah Carey - Without You
Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In the World
All-4-One - I Swear
Wet Wet Wet - Love is All Around
Youssou N'Dour - 7 Seconds (feat. Neneh Cherry)
Whigfield - Saturday Night
Bon Jovi - Always
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe
East 17 - Stay Another Day
The Cranberries - Zombie
iNi Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper
Take That - Back for Good - Radio Mix
Scatman John - Scatman (ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop)
Michael Jackson - Scream
Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? - From "Don Juan DeMarco" Soundtrack
Take That - Never Forget
Michael Jackson - You Are There
Shaggy - Boombastic
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
Michael Jackson - Earth Song - Radio Edit
Everything But The Girl - Missing - Todd Terry Remix / Radio Edit
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
Robert Miles - Children
Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us
George Michael - Fastlove, Pt. 1
Los Del Rio - Macarena - Bayside Boys Remix
Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Spice Girls - Wannabe
Faithless - Insomnia - Radio Edit
OMC - How Bizarre
Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
The Prodigy - Breathe
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Madonna - Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Radio Edit
No Doubt - Don't Speak
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly - Radio Edit
Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dance Floor
Hanson - MMMBop
Diddy - I'll Be Missing You (feat. Faith Evans, 112)
Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Radio Edit
Will Smith - Men In Black - From "Men In Black" Soundtrack
Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Dario G - Sunchyme
Janet Jackson - Together Again
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On - Love Theme from "Titanic"
Madonna - Frozen
Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
Ricky Martin - The Cup of Life (The Official Song of the World Cup, France '98) - Remix - English Radio Edit
Pras - Ghetto Supastar (That is What You Are) (feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mýa)
Brandy - The Boy Is Mine
Des'ree - Life
Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - From "Armageddon" Soundtrack
Boyzone - No Matter What
Cher - Believe
Emilia - Big Big World
The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat
Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
TLC - No Scrubs
Will Smith - Wild Wild West - Album Version - No Intro
Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (a Little Bit of...)
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Gabry Ponte Video Edit
Christina Aguilera - Genie In a Bottle
R. Kelly - If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time - Radio Edit
Céline Dion - That's the Way It Is

[RazorEdge]

In the mid-90s, there was such a big transition. The early '90s sounded like an evolution of the '80s. The late '90s sound like the start of 2000s music.

[hankimwald]

The 90s were really diverse...so many music styles, so many outfits, so many hair, cloth and make up styles. In the 2020ies everyone looks similar, the music is interchangeable. I´m so glad that I was young in the 90s ❤

[surg]

Thanks a lot for putting this together. It's easy to lose track of all these old songs. Many of these were amazing and I can't believe I let them fade in my mind. Maybe I just appreciate them even more now I'm older. The 90's were something really special.

[cristiantigse]

Incredible I really miss the LIKE THE DESERT MISS THE RAIN!!!

[martinrocket]

Couldn't finish watching. My nostalgia for the 90s makes me so sad. Want to go back to this time. Tell all people who were in my life back then how important they were. Enjoy the moments of which I didn't know how precious they were.

[aleksandarognenovski]

All my Childhood and Teenagedays in just 11 minutes. Each song bring me so memories. I missed this kind of music.

[ofertam]

The worst songs in this list are better than 90% of the monthly top 10 songs in the last 10 years.

[problemimentali]

A decade where hit songs were rock, grunge, pop, hip hop, rnb, dance, electronic, reggae, and more. Nowadays it’s like an algorithm producing all the same shit

[nmodel]

Oh my gosh! My childhood and teenage years flashed before my eyes.😢

[trinaq]

Europe had a lot of fantastic, catchy songs in the 90's. It definitely makes you nostalgic for that era.

[bcptbcpt]

Man, what a trip. I entered the 90s as a 6-year old and left them as a 17-year old. This list was the sound of my childhood comfort, my early teenage friendships, my teenage insecurities and my late teen romances... so many memories, so many different styles of music. It was a great time to be young!

[yannhollister]

The Return to Innocence - Enigma 🥰 love this one

[florinnatu]

"and that.s the way it is" closes it perfectly. mid 80s, 90s and until early 2000 was the best time for music. and i think such thing will never come back. glad i lived to hear and love all this

incredible, i know every single one on this list. i bet i.d know every top 50 if not top 100 of every month of every year of the 90s