Grunge se sredinom 80-ih, no ekspanziju i najveću popularnostdoživljava početkom 90-ih. Grunge je okarakteriziran kao spojhardcore punka, heavy metala, te indie rocka. Najbolji primjergrunge glazbe je singl "Smells Like Teen Spirit" izdane od straneglazbenog sastava poznatog pod imenom Nirvana iz Seattlea gradakoji se naziva domom grungea.
Ovo je lista top 50 najboljih grunge pjesama koje su udevedesetima bile obavezna lektira svakog grungera. Listu jesastavila stranica rocklists.com
1. Pearl Jam – Alive
2. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
3. Alice in Chains – Man in the Box
4. Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
5. Nirvana – Come As You Are
6. Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
7. Temple of the Dog – Hunger Strike
8. Alice in Chains – Would?
9. The Smashing Pumpkins – Drown
10. Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
11. Pearl Jam – Jeremy
12. Soundgarden – Outshined
13. Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song
14. Pearl Jam – Black
15. Bush – Everything Zen
16. Mad Season – River of Deceit
17. The Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
18. Soundgarden – Fell on Black Days
19. Stone Temple Pilots – Sex Type Thing
20. Alice in Chains – Rooster
21. Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
22. Seven Mary Three – Cumbersome
23. Nirvana – All Apologies
24. Bush – Comedown
25. Pearl Jam – Daughter
26. Toadies – Possum Kingdom
27. Soundgarden – Spoonman
28. Meat Puppets – Backwater
29. Nirvana – Lithium
30. Stone Temple Pilots – Big Empty
31. Blind Melon – No Rain
32. Pearl Jam – Evenflow
33. Pearl Jam – Yellow Ledbetter
34. Silverchair – Tomorrow
35. Mother Love Bone – Chlow Dancer/Crown of Thorns
36. Beck – Loser
37. Alice in Chains – No Excuses
38. Soundgarden – My Wave
39. Creed – My Own Prison
40. Collective Soul – Shine
41. The Smashing Pumpkins – Disarm
42. Nirvana – Verse Chorus Verse
43. Candlebox – Far Behind
44. Soundgarden – Rusty Cage
45. Stone Temple Pilots – Wicked Garden
46. Mudhoney – Overblown
47. Bush – Glycerine
48. Sponge – Plowed
49. Hole – Doll Parts
50. Pearl Jam – Not For You
