Top 100 Songs 1994-2003

Based on Radio and Records CHR/Pop Chart*

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Explanation

For each song that charted from the last week of November 1990 through the final week of November 2003, I calcuated points based on the song's position on each individual chart. (Chart Purists will say that this chart is meaningless, but it's just for fun!). You can look at the equation that I used if you so desire. What follows is a list of the Top 100 songs.

It should be noted that R&R changed its chart methodology in the spring of 1994. Consequently, songs tended to remain on the chart for a lot longer. This causes those songs to have many more points than songs prior to 1994. You will find that the entire Top100 is composed of songs from 1994-2003. Look the the individual years section to see the top 5 songs and their points for songs prior to 1994.

Songs new to the chart in 2003 are have Blue numbers. Songs in purple increased their chart position. Songs that fell off the chart this year are listed at the bottom of the chart.

 

The Chart!

The Top 50:

Top 100 Songs from 1994-2003
# Title Artist Peak(wks), Year Points
1 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 1 (4), 1998 1293
2  Hanging by a Moment Lifehouse 2 (8), 2001 1235
3 Another Night Real McCoy 1 (4), 1994 1233
4 Truly, Madly, Deeply Savage Garden 1 (3), 1997 1184
5 Slide Goo Goo Dolls 1 (2), 1999 1173
6 Smooth Santana f/ Rob Thomas 1 (7), 1999/2000 1153
7 Run Around Blues Traveler 5, 1995 1139
8 Don't Speak No Doubt 1 (9), 1996 1118
9 Name Goo Goo Dolls 1 (1), 1995 1114
10 I Love You Always Forever Donna Lewis 1 (12), 1996 1111
11 You Were Meant for Me Jewel 1 (5), 1997 1111
12 ...Baby One More Time Britney Spears 1 (5), 1999 1091
13 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 1 (11), 1998 1088
14 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 1 (6), 1997 1085
15 Everything You Want Vertical Horizon 2 (3), 2000 1070
16 Save Tonight Eagle-Eye Cherry 1(1), 1999 1062
17 Kryptonite 3 Doors Down 1 (5), 2000 1057
18  Stay (I Missed You  Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories 1(4), 1994  1042
19 I Know Donne Farris 1 (9), 1996 1037
20 3 AM Matchbox 20 3 (9), 1998 1023
21 Don't Let Go (Love) En Vogue 2(2), 1997 1021
22 As Long as You Love Me Backstreet Boys 3 (2), 1998 1016
23 Walkin' on the Sun Smash Mouth 3 (3), 1997 1010
24 Fly Sugar Ray 1 (6), 1997 1008
25 How You Remind Me Nickeback 1 (8), 2001/2002 988
26 All My Life K-Ci & JoJo  2 (7), 1998 988
27 The Sign Ace of Base 1 (9), 1994 984
28 Hold My Hand Hootie & the Blowfish 2, 1996 972
29 Don't Turn Around Ace of Base 1 (6), 1994 968
30 Show Me Love Robyn 3 (5), 1997 953
31 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Aerosmith 1 (6), 1998 946
32 Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman 1 (2), 1996 946
33 Kiss froma Rose Seal 1 (8), 1995 944
34 Breakfast at Tiffany's Deep Blue Something 3 (2), 1996 942
35 Missing Everything but the Girl 1 (4), 1996 937
36 Where's the Love? Black Eyed Peas f/ Justin Timberlake 1 (6), 2003 936
37 Always Bon Jovi 2 (6), 1994 931
38 As I Lay Me Down Sophie B. Hawkins 5, 1995 929
39 Nobody Knows Tony Rich Project 1 (2), 1996 927
40 Bent Matchbox Twenty 1 (2), 2000 927
41 Complicated Avril Lavigne 1 (8), 2002 925
42 Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) Backstreet Boys 2 (4), 1997 919
43 Never Ever All Saints 5, 1998 917
44 All for You Sister Hazel 7 (4), 1997 915
45 Together Again Janet 5 (4), 1998 912
46 Every Morning Sugar Ray 1 (7), 1999 909
47 Genie in a Bottle Christina Aguilera 1 (4), 1999 908
48 You Gotta be Des'ree 7 (3), 1995 908
49 Crush  Jennifer Paige 2, 1998 906
50 One Headlight The Wallflowers 2, 1997 905

The Bottom 50:

(#, Title, Artist, Peak position, year, Points)

# Title Artist Peak(wks),Year Points
51 Unwell Matchbox Twenty 3, 2003 905
52 Jumper Third Eye Blind 1 (1), 1998 901
53 Lovefool The Cardigans 1 (6), 1997 900
54 Push Matchbox 20 2, 1997 900 
55 You Learn Alanis Morissette 1 (6), 1996 899
56 Mr. Jones  Counting Crows 1(3), 1994 899
57 I'm Real Jennifer Lopez f/ Ja Rule 1(3), 2001 899
58 All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow 1 (6), 1994 892
59  Mouth  Merill Bainbridge  2 (4), 1996 892
60  All Star  Smash Mouth  1 (5), 1999 891
61 With Arms Wide Open Creed 1 (5), 2000 889
62 How Bizarre  OMC  2 (4), 1997 889
63 I'm the Only One Melissa Etheridge 4 (3), 1994 882
64 Ironic Alanis Morissette 1 (4), 1996 881
65 I Knew I Loved You Savage Garden 1 (5), 2000 880
66 Bring Me to Life Evanescence 1(1), 2003 879
67 Wild Night John Mellencamp & Me'shell Ndegocello 3 (6), 1994 878
68 Foolish Games Jewel 1 (4), 1997 873
69 Higher Creed 4 (2), 2000 873
70 Unpretty TLC 3 (3), 2000 871
71 Because You Loved Me Celine Dion 1 (7), 1996 868
72 Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) Train 3, 2001 868
73 I'll Be Edwin McCain 9, 1998 868
74 Again Lenny Kravitz 1 (2), 2001 862
75 Roll to Me Del Amitri 6 (3), 1995 862
76 Lullaby Shawn Mullins 1 (5), 1998 861
77 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 1 (6), 1997 858
78 Only Wanna Be with You Hootie & the Blowfish 1 (3), 1995 858
79 I'll Make Love to You Boyz II Men 1 (4), 1994 856
80 Follow Me Uncle Kracker 3 (3), 2001 856
81 One Week Barenaked Ladies 1 (6), 1998 854
82 When I Come Around Green Day 4 (3), 1995 854
83 In the End Linkin Park 1 (6), 2002 853
84 A Thousand Miles Vanessa Carlton 1 (5), 2002 853
85 Shine Collective Soul 4 (3), 1994 853
86 Real World Matchbox 20 3, 1998 846
87 When I'm Gone 3 Doors Down 1(1), 2003 842
88 I Want You Savage Garden 1(1), 1997 841
89 Wherever You Will Go The Calling 6(3), 2002 834
90 Where Do You Go No Mercy 3(2), 1996 833
91 Head Over Feet Alanis Morissette 1 (4), 1996 828
92 It's Been Awhile Staind 4, 2001 825
93 Dilemma Nelly f/ Kelly Rowland 1 (5), 2002 821
94 I Don't Want to Wait Paula Cole 5, 1997 821
95 Ride wit' Me Nelly f/ City Spud 3 (2), 2001 820
96 Change the World Eric Clapton 2 (3), 1996 814
97 I Believe Blessid Union of Souls 1 (2), 1995 812
98 One Last Breath Creed 4, 2002 812
99 Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!) Blu Cantrell 1(5), 2001 809
100 I Want It that Way Backstreet Boys 1 (3), 1999 809

Falling Off the All Time Chart this year (former Position, Title, Artist, Peak, Points):

95 No Scrubs TLC 2 (5), 1999 809
96 On Bended Knee Boyz II Men 1 (6), 1995 806
97 Kiss Me Sixpence None the Richer 1 (2), 1999 806
98 Always Be My Baby Mariah Carey 2 (3), 1996 804
99 Water Runs Dry Boyz II Men 2 (3), 1995 798
100 Fantasy Mariah Carey 1 (6), 1995 796

 

Individual Years

As stated above, no songs in the Top 100 are from before 1994, due to a change in the chart methods. For a comparison, here are the top 5 for each year, determined the same way as the Top 100 of the 90s. Points with "+"'s after them indicate that the song accumulated additional points outside of that chart year.

1990

1 Hold on Wilson Phillips 498
2 U Can't Touch This MC Hammer 479
3 Vision of Love Mariah Carey 467
4 It Must Have Been Love Roxette 467
5 Escapade Janet Jackson 463

1991

 1  (Everything I Do) I Do It for You Bryan Adams 526
 2 Baby Baby Amy Grant 505
 3 Romantic Karyn White 499+
 4 Rush Rush Paula Abdul 487
 5 More than Words Extreme 482

1992

 1 End of the Road Boyz II Men 596+
2 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough Patty Smyth 498+
3 Save the Best for Last Vanessa Williams 493
4 Baby-Baby-Baby TLC 487
5 Just Another Day Jon Secada 467

1993

 1 Dreamlover Mariah Carey 609
2 That's the Way Love Goes Janet Jackson 568
3 Can't help Falling in Love UB40 556
4 Weak SWV 544
5 Looking Through Patient Eyes P.M Dawn 540

1994

 1 Stay (I Missed You) Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories 1021+
2 The Sign Ace of Base 984
 3 Don't Turn Around Ace of Base 968
4 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 899
5 Shine Collective Soul 814+

1995

 1  Run-Around Blues Traveler 1038+
 2 I Know Dionne Farris 1037
 3 Hold My Hand Hootie & the Blowfish 864+
 4 When I Come Around Green Day 854
 5 Another Night Real McCoy 826+

1996

 1 Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman 946
2 Missing Everything but the Girl 937
3 Nobody Knows Tony Rich Project 927
4 You Learn Alanis Morissette 899
5 Ironic Alanis Morissette 881

1997

 1 You Were Meant for Me Jewel 1067+
2 Don't Speak No Doubt 979+
3 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 947+
4 One Headlight The Wallflowers 905
5 Lovefool The Cardigans 900

1998

 1 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 1127+
2 Truly Madly Deeply Savage Garden 1112+
3 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 1088
4 3 AM Matchbox 20 1015+
5 All My Life K-Ci & JoJo 988

1999

 1 Slide Goo Goo Dolls 1044+
2 ...Baby One More Time Britney Spears 938+
3  Every Morning Sugar Ray 909
4 All Star Smash Mouth 891
5 Genie in a Bottle Christina Aguilera 841+

 

2000

1 Everything You Want Vertical Horizon 1070
2 Bent Matchbox Twenty 927
3 Higher Creed 873
4 I Try Macy Gray 782
5 Bye Bye Bye 'N Sync 780

 

2001

1 Hanging by a Moment Lifehouse 1235
2 Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) Train 868
3 Follow Me Uncle Kracker 856
4 Again Lenny Kravitz 845
5 Ride wit' Me Nelly f/ City Spud 820

 

2002

1 Complicated Avril Lavigne 925
2 In the End Linkin Park 853
3 A Thousand Miles Vanessa Carlton 853
4 How You Remind Me Nickelback 789+
5 All You Wanted Michelle Branch 764

 

2003

1 Where's the Love? Black Eyed Peas f/ J. Timberlake 936
2 Unwell Matchbox Twenty 905
3 Bring Me to Life Evanescence 879
4 When I'm Gone 3 Doors Down 842
5 Miss Independent Kelly Clarkson 769

 

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