40 Best 90s Karaoke Songs (The Ultimate Throwback Setlist)

12 June 2026 · 7 min read

Nothing fills a karaoke room faster than a 90s anthem. It’s the decade of boy bands, girl power, grunge, and one-hit wonders everyone secretly knows every word to. Here are 40 of the best, sorted by vibe, for the ultimate throwback night. Search any title and sing it with the lyrics on screen.

Boy bands & pop

• “I Want It That Way” — Backstreet Boys
• “Bye Bye Bye” — *NSYNC
• “MMMBop” — Hanson
• “Wannabe” — Spice Girls
• “...Baby One More Time” — Britney Spears
• “Genie in a Bottle” — Christina Aguilera
• “Believe” — Cher

Grunge & rock

• “Smells Like Teen Spirit” — Nirvana
• “Wonderwall” — Oasis
• “Don’t Look Back in Anger” — Oasis
• “Bitter Sweet Symphony” — The Verve
• “Black Hole Sun” — Soundgarden
• “Self Esteem” — The Offspring
• “All Star” — Smash Mouth

R&B & hip-hop

• “No Diggity” — Blackstreet
• “Waterfalls” — TLC
• “No Scrubs” — TLC
• “Killing Me Softly” — The Fugees
• “Gangsta’s Paradise” — Coolio
• “I’ll Be There for You” — The Rembrandts
• “Mo Money Mo Problems” — The Notorious B.I.G.

Power ballads & divas

• “I Will Always Love You” — Whitney Houston
• “My Heart Will Go On” — Celine Dion
• “Nothing Compares 2 U” — Sinéad O’Connor
• “Un-Break My Heart” — Toni Braxton
• “You Oughta Know” — Alanis Morissette
• “Torn” — Natalie Imbruglia

One-hit wonders & party fillers

• “What Is Love” — Haddaway
• “Macarena” — Los del Río
• “Cotton Eye Joe” — Rednex
• “Barbie Girl” — Aqua
• “Mambo No. 5” — Lou Bega
• “Tubthumping” — Chumbawamba
• “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” — Eiffel 65

The big sing-alongs

• “Don’t Speak” — No Doubt
• “Zombie” — The Cranberries
• “Two Princes” — Spin Doctors
• “Semi-Charmed Life” — Third Eye Blind
• “3 AM” — Matchbox Twenty
• “Iris” — Goo Goo Dolls

How to build a 90s karaoke night

Open with a boy band or Spice Girls number to get everyone shouting, drop a grunge anthem when the room is loud, and save a diva ballad for the emotional peak. The magic of the 90s set is that everyone over 25 knows these — you’re not performing, you’re leading a chorus. For more decade-spanning ideas, see our 50 best karaoke songs of all time.

Cue the nostalgia

Pick a 90s favorite and search it on Starlight Karaoke — free, no signup. Missing a deep cut? Paste a link or AI-remove the vocals and sing it anyway.

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