If you are somewhere between 38 and 52, the nineties are not a decade: they are your decade. The first Discman that skipped when you walked. The mixtape recorded off the radio with your finger on rec, praying the DJ would not talk over the chorus. The CD single someone lent you and you never gave back.
That has one very practical consequence for a bingo: nobody needs to think. Two seconds of Wonderwall and the whole table looks up at once. This list is the 64 that get that reaction, and it deliberately refuses to pick a side: grunge and Britpop (Nirvana, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Radiohead), the boy bands and the girl bands (Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, TLC, Destiny's Child), the Eurodance that filled every holiday resort (Snap!, Haddaway, Eiffel 65, Ace of Base) and the one-hit wonders you swore you hated and can sing every word of (Macarena, Barbie Girl, Mambo No. 5, Cotton Eye Joe).
Made for a 40th birthday, a school reunion, a 90s night at the pub or a hen do where half the room was born in 1984. Print one card per person, play from any speaker, and watch the arguments about which year Tubthumping came out.
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The full song list
- Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
- WonderwallOasis
- ...Baby One More TimeBritney Spears
- WannabeSpice Girls
- No ScrubsTLC
- WaterfallsTLC
- I Want It That WayBackstreet Boys
- Everybody (Backstreet's Back)Backstreet Boys
- Genie in a BottleChristina Aguilera
- Livin' la Vida LocaRicky Martin
- MacarenaLos Del Río
- Barbie GirlAqua
- Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)Lou Bega
- TornNatalie Imbruglia
- Bitter Sweet SymphonyThe Verve
- Don't Look Back in AngerOasis
- Common PeoplePulp
- Song 2Blur
- CreepRadiohead
- Karma PoliceRadiohead
- Losing My ReligionR.E.M.
- Man on the MoonR.E.M.
- Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers
- Black Hole SunSoundgarden
- ZombieThe Cranberries
- IronicAlanis Morissette
- You Oughta KnowAlanis Morissette
- VogueMadonna
- Ray of LightMadonna
- I Will Always Love YouWhitney Houston
- My Heart Will Go OnCéline Dion
- BelieveCher
- Killing Me Softly With His SongFugees
- Gangsta's ParadiseCoolio, L.V.
- California Love2Pac, Dr. Dre, Roger
- JuicyThe Notorious B.I.G.
- Jump AroundHouse Of Pain
- Ice Ice BabyVanilla Ice
- U Can't Touch ThisMC Hammer
- Rhythm Is a DancerSNAP!
- What Is LoveHaddaway
- Mr. VainCulture Beat
- Blue (Da Ba Dee)Eiffel 65
- Show Me LoveRobin S
- Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)C+C Music Factory
- The SignAce of Base
- All That She WantsAce of Base
- Cotton Eye JoeRednex
- Scatman (ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop)Scatman John
- Coco JambooMr. President
- Freed from DesireGala
- Two PrincesSpin Doctors
- Mr. JonesCounting Crows
- IrisThe Goo Goo Dolls
- Semi-Charmed LifeThird Eye Blind
- All StarSmash Mouth
- TubthumpingChumbawamba
- Say My NameDestiny's Child
- No DiggityBlackstreet, Dr. Dre, Queen Pen
- Basket CaseGreen Day
- Enter SandmanMetallica
- MMMBopHanson
- StopSpice Girls
- AngelsRobbie Williams
Tips for a 90s bingo that actually works
Skip the long intros. Bitter Sweet Symphony and Iris take a while to get going. If nobody has reacted after fifteen seconds, jump to the first vocal line.
Mind the artist repeats. Oasis, Radiohead, Madonna, Alanis Morissette, TLC, Backstreet Boys, Ace of Base, R.E.M. and the Spice Girls each appear twice. Keep the title on the card so nobody marks the wrong square.
Forty songs make a full evening. A 5x5 card needs 24, but with 40 to 60 the cards come out varied and you can play two or three rounds. Deselect anything you do not want in the generator.
Save Wannabe for the end. Nobody stays seated.
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