Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box

Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released 2005
Recorded 1989-1999
Genre Rock, pop
Label Rhino Records

Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box is a seven-disc, 130-track box set of popular music hits of the 1990s. Released by Rhino Records in 2005, the box set was based on the success of Have a Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box, and Like Omigod! The 80s Pop Culture Box (Totally), Rhino's box sets covering the 70's and 80's respectively.

Whatever includes an 86-page booklet of cultural comment, a timeline for the decade, and liner notes for the tracks included in the set. Many of the 1990s musical styles — rock, pop, rap, alternative — are represented.

Track listing

Disc 1 (18 tracks)

  1. U Can't Touch This - M.C. Hammer
  2. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinéad O'Connor
  3. No Myth - Michael Penn
  4. Ladies First - Queen Latifah f/Monie Love
  5. Ball and Chain - Social Distortion
  6. Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
  7. Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns - Mother Love Bone
  8. Here's Where the Story Ends - The Sundays
  9. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C+C Music Factory
  10. Groove Is in the Heart - Deee-Lite
  11. Right Here, Right Now - Jesus Jones
  12. New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme) - Ice-T
  13. I Touch Myself - Divinyls
  14. Unbelievable - EMF
  15. Hard to Handle - The Black Crowes
  16. O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature
  17. Walking in Memphis - Marc Cohn
  18. It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boyz II Men

Disc 2 (19 tracks)

  1. Silent Lucidity - Queensrÿche
  2. Into the Drink - Mudhoney
  3. Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet
  4. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
  5. Calling All Angels - Jane Siberry with k.d. lang
  6. Only Shallow - My Bloody Valentine
  7. It's a Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads
  8. Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
  9. They Want EFX - Das EFX
  10. Jump - Kris Kross
  11. Walk - Pantera
  12. N.W.O. - Ministry
  13. Shitlist - L7
  14. Absynthe - The Gits
  15. Coattail Rider - Supersuckers
  16. Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
  17. Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Spin Doctors
  18. Dizz Knee Land - dada
  19. Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees

Disc 3 (17 tracks)

  1. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  2. Unsung - Helmet
  3. Jump Around - House of Pain
  4. Free Your Mind - En Vogue
  5. Rump Shaker - Wreckx-N-Effect
  6. Informer - Snow
  7. Connected - Stereo MC's
  8. Detachable Penis - King Missile
  9. Freak Me - Silk
  10. Ordinary World - Duran Duran
  11. If I Can't Change Your Mind - Sugar
  12. Three Little Pigs - Green Jelly
  13. Start Choppin - Dinosaur Jr.
  14. The Devil's Chasing Me - The Reverend Horton Heat
  15. Gone to the Moon - Fastbacks
  16. My Name Is Mud - Primus
  17. What's Up? - 4 Non Blondes

Disc 4 (19 tracks)

  1. Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie
  2. Whoomp! (There It Is) - Tag Team
  3. Broken Hearted Savior - Big Head Todd & the Monsters
  4. Trust Me - Guru (with N'Dea Davenport)
  5. Gepetto - Belly
  6. Eye to Eye - The Muffs
  7. Gentlemen - The Afghan Whigs
  8. Leafy Incline - Tad
  9. Dream All Day - The Posies
  10. Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
  11. My Sister - The Juliana Hatfield Three
  12. Whatta Man - Salt-N-Pepa (with En Vogue)
  13. Back & Forth - Aaliyah
  14. If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night) - Meshell Ndegeocello
  15. Freedom of '76 - Ween
  16. Cut Your Hair - Pavement
  17. God - Tori Amos
  18. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies
  19. Possession - Sarah McLachlan

Disc 5 (19 tracks)

  1. Shine - Collective Soul
  2. Far Behind - Candlebox
  3. You Gotta Be - Des'ree
  4. Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon - Urge Overkill
  5. She Don't Use Jelly - The Flaming Lips
  6. M.I.A. - 7 Year Bitch
  7. 21st Century (Digital Boy) - Bad Religion
  8. Sugar Free Jazz - Soul Coughing
  9. Mockingbirds - Grant Lee Buffalo
  10. What's the Frequency, Kenneth? - R.E.M.
  11. Revolve - Melvins
  12. Buddy Holly - Weezer
  13. Here & Now - Letters to Cleo
  14. Good - Better Than Ezra
  15. Run-Around - Blues Traveler
  16. I'll Be There for You (Theme from Friends) - The Rembrandts
  17. Tomorrow - Silverchair
  18. Not a Pretty Girl - Ani DiFranco
  19. Carnival - Natalie Merchant

Disc 6 (19 tracks)

  1. Wonderwall - Oasis
  2. Birthday Cake - Cibo Matto
  3. Cumbersome - Seven Mary Three
  4. One of Us - Joan Osborne
  5. Caught by the Fuzz - Supergrass
  6. Sweet '69 - Babes in Toyland
  7. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
  8. Photograph - The Verve Pipe
  9. In the Meantime - Spacehog
  10. Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check (feat. Rampage The Last Boy Scout) - Busta Rhymes
  11. Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel
  12. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods
  13. Cybele's Reverie - Stereolab
  14. Capri Pants - Bikini Kill
  15. What I Got - Sublime
  16. Kung Fu - Ash
  17. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
  18. Naked Eye - Luscious Jackson
  19. Outtasite (Outta Mind) - Wilco

Disc 7 (19 tracks)

  1. Itzsoweezee (HOT) - De La Soul
  2. Lovefool - The Cardigans
  3. Radiation Vibe - Fountains of Wayne
  4. The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  5. Turn It On - Sleater-Kinney
  6. Bitch - Meredith Brooks
  7. MMMBop - Hanson
  8. Brian Wilson (Live) - Barenaked Ladies
  9. Brick - Ben Folds Five
  10. Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
  11. Walking on the Sun - Smash Mouth
  12. Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
  13. 6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps
  14. Lullaby - Shawn Mullins
  15. Slide - The Goo Goo Dolls
  16. Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
  17. Steal My Sunshine - Len
  18. What It's Like - Everlast
  19. Natural Blues - Moby