While last year the genre grabbed the top spot, our next song turning 30 years old this year is the highest charting hip-hop song of this countdown.  Interestingly it can almost be considered a one-hit-wonder since it was this artist’s biggest known hit, and it’s a common song at sports venues and clubs.  I remembered when this song was everywhere during the 90s and listening to it again, I can understand why.  This catchy tune will have you grooving.  At #9 is Here Come The Hotstepper by Ini Kamoze.

We begin the second half of the top 20 songs turning 30 years old countdown with a familiar participant of the last few 90s countdowns.  This band was a juggernaut during this time and once again busted out some classic R&B tunes, including this one.  It’s still heard quite a bit today and it’s not the only one we will here from these Philly boys going forward.  Starting off at #10 is I’ll Make Love to You by Boyz II Men.

This band had a lot of great hits in 1993 but they couldn’t crack that countdown.  As we finish the bottom half of this 1994 countdown, the top song in this half belongs to this group.  This song’s video, along with a couple others, helped launch the acting career of Alicia Silverstone, and the song is still heard today in various avenues.  Finishing up the first half of the top 20 songs turning 30 years old countdown, it’s Crazy by Aerosmith.

It’s hard to believe that The Lion King is 30 years old, but it is, and at the time it was one of the biggest Disney movies if not its biggest box-office success at that point.  A big reason for it was the soundtrack, and while one of my favorites was Circle of Life, this track is the one that makes it into the countdown.  It won the Oscar for Best Song and gave yet another new era of life for this singer/songwriter.  Coming in at #12 is Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Elton John.

If I could recommend an album from 1994, it would be Throwing Copper by this next group.  Every track on there is great and this won’t be the only song from that album that makes this list.  Although this wasn’t their debut album, it exploded them on the scene and this track is one of my and my wife’s favorite songs from it.  At #13 it is I Alone by Live.

There are only a couple of songs that people immediately think of when somebody mentions this group.  One song will likely appear in an older countdown to come, the other is this song.  At the time, it was so revolutionary yet fit in the grunge/punk era we were in, that it is viewed as a part of the foundation for what would become metal-rap.  This song still holds up to this day, and at #14 in the top 20 songs turning 30 years old countdown, it’s Sabotage by The Beastie Boys.