Our Favorite Songs of 1996 | Songs of the Year

Welcome to our Songs of the Year series. Today we're looking at 1996! Every Friday we will each be choosing our favorite songs of a year, starting in 1958 and going all the way through 2021. We will be making five selections from the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Any song that broke the Hot 100 at any point during the year is eligible. After that we'll be making five more 'wildcard' selections. These picks can come from anywhere. They could've charted as well, but they could also be album cuts, from soundtracks, b-sides...anything at all. And lastly, we'll also be choosing our least favorite song to crack the Top 40. **** Here's the Year End Top 50. Will any of these make our lists? 1. "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" - Los del Río 2. "One Sweet Day" - Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men 3. "Because You Loved Me" - Céline Dion 4. "Nobody Knows" - The Tony Rich Project 5. "Always Be My Baby" - Mariah Carey 6. "Give Me One Reason" - Tracy Chapman 7. "Tha Crossroads" - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 8. "I Love You Always Forever" - Donna Lewis 9. "You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow" - Toni Braxton 10. "Twisted" - Keith Sweat 11. "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" - Quad City DJ's 12. "Missing" - Everything but the Girl 13. "Ironic" - Alanis Morissette 14. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" - Whitney Houston 15. "Follow You Down" / "Til I Hear It from You" - Gin Blossoms 16. "Sittin' Up in My Room" - Brandy 17. "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" - 2Pac featuring K-Ci and JoJo / featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman 18. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" - Céline Dion 19. "Change the World" - Eric Clapton 20. "Hey Lover" - LL Cool J 21. "Loungin" - LL Cool J 22. "Insensitive" - Jann Arden 23. "Be My Lover" - La Bouche 24. "Name" - Goo Goo Dolls 25. "Who Will Save Your Soul" - Jewel 26. "Where Do You Go" - No Mercy 27. "I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)" - R. Kelly 28. "Counting Blue Cars" - Dishwalla 29. "You Learn" / "You Oughta Know" - Alanis Morissette 30. "One of Us" - Joan Osborne 31. "Wonder" - Natalie Merchant 32. "Not Gon' Cry" - Mary J. Blige 33. "Gangsta's Paradise" - Coolio featuring L.V. 34. "Only You" - 112 featuring The Notorious B.I.G. 35. "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" - R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley 36. "You're the One" - SWV 37. "Sweet Dreams" - La Bouche 38. "Before You Walk Out of My Life" / "Like This and Like That" - Monica 39. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" - Deep Blue Something 40. "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" - Coolio 41. "The World I Know" - Collective Soul 42. "No Diggity" - Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre 43. "Anything" - 3T 44. "1979" - The Smashing Pumpkins 45. "Diggin' on You" - TLC 46. "Why I Love You So Much" / "Ain't Nobody" - Monica 47. "Kissin' You" - Total 48. "Count on Me" - Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans 49. "Fantasy" - Mariah Carey 50. "Time" - Hootie & the Blowfish **** Remember to vote for which of our winners is your favorite and check out the playlists: Vote Here: https://tasteslikemusic.com/songs-of-... Songs of the Year 1996 (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MJ... Songs of the Year 1996 (YouTube):    • Songs of the Year | 1996   Songs of the Year Winners (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3vw... The Worst Top 40 Songs (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0kC... We hope you'll play along down in the comments. See ya there. Thanks for watching! #SongsoftheYear #1996 #Songsof1996 #Billboard #Hot100 ~~~ Patreon:   / tasteslikemusic   Merch: https://tasteslikemusic.myspreadshop.... Website: https://tasteslikemusic.com Instagram:   / tastes_like_music   Facebook:   / tasteslikeyoutube   Twitter:   / tasteslikemus1c