It’d say Seven, without a doubt. As a younger teen, it was one of those songs I heard by chance that made me second guess my Green Day loving lifestyle and look into less radio-friendly music. My hat off to you Sub-Pop. I’ve had your logo sticker on my last two cars and it’s how people know they’re driving behind me.

The band, and the song, both speak for themselves.

All that grungy stuff helped pull me from my hair-metal teen years, but Gauze made the whole world seem bigger.

A wonderful song.

My vote is Mudhoney “Good Enough”

Rodeo, got to love Beardo and company.

Damien Jurado, “Ohio.” That song came on the other day while the kids I was watching were coloring and it just highlighted the song’s beauty.

One of the best 7 inchers ever. Killer sleeve too…

Severe lack of Pond mentions right now. But Andy wins (thus far) for the godheadSilo inclusion.

it was really hard to pick but this one stuck in my head.i will have to go back and relisten to them all.i have never heard any of these!

Hard to pick the absolute best, but I’ve listened to this song at least two dozen times in the last month.

Thanks for the list! I’ve been in a 90s listening mood recently.

Dancer as a band member

Talk about going out in one glorious blaze of a single…

To this day I still find myself listening in awe. Still so fresh and raw I love it.

So offensive to this designer.

My girl, my girl, don’t lie to me, tell me where did you sleep last night. In the pines, where the sun never shines, I shivered all night through.

I remember listening to this in high school. Great song.

…gets my vote.

Others that deserve some attention….

Seaweed – Squint
Hardship Post – Garbage Truck
Sebadoh – Careful
Hazel – She’s Supersonic

Amazing song.

Just one of those songs that takes me right back to when I first heard it. I don’t think they did anything quite like this song before or since

I thought for sure I would be voting for a Sebadoh or Eric Matthews (not on the list???) song, but after hearing this Love Battery song, I remembered how much it seriously rocked the 90s.

This was the band that got me into Sub Pop.

Or maybe it’s Magnet’s Coil by Sebadoh, i dunno.

Nice to see two classic Eric’s Trip tunes make your list. Reissue of “Love Tara” on vinyl plz.

Everybody raves about tame impalla there guys did if first and better!

Sideways Down from the weed smokin’ jesus freaks… i mean Rein Sanction.

Picked the album up without knowing anything about it, and fell in love with “Seven” quickly and made me rethink the “rock” music I listened to. Definitely one of the best songs of the 90’s!

This song makes me feel incredibly happy every time I listen to it.

18 Wheels!

Skull!!

Simply Beautiful.

One among lots of great songs here.

I’m Sorry, but your life is not complete without a good bedroom moshpit to this song!

I love the intimate feeling of the song.

One of the best rock tunes i’ve ever heard in my life!

OR

The Dwarves – Anybody Out There

Song that sounds like it could have been written and recorded yesterday.

and
Red red meat – gauze
and
TAD – 3D witch hunt
and and and… but, yeah, mudhoney…

Culturally, symbolically, i think this song embraces a lot of what we consider representative of the 90’s. plus, it’s a great performance!

played the crap out of this when i got it. still holds up.

Awesome.

Even if Hazel had never recorded or performed another song, “Truly” would still have defined and/or summed up much that was special about the music coming out of the early 90’s.

On a related note, it’s good to see Mudhoney’s ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge’ getting props. Definitely their magnum opus, just an album that works well on every level. Every track is good, and plays its role, even the instrumentals. “Fuzzgun ’91” provides as clear and complete a summary of what makes that band great as anything in their catalog. I’m gonna put it on right now!

the Come track here is simply the finest piece of rock and roll that came out of Sub Pop in the 90s

“The Well-Tempered Monkey” by Six Finger Satellite on the Machine Cuisine 10" single.
I just listened to this for the first time in possibly ever and it’s completely nuts. Was it actually released? Did this ever exist? Am I real?

And, of course, “Sylvia Hotel”.

Another vote for Sebadoh!

this is my choice

So, so, so, SO underrated.

One of the best pop songs I’ve ever heard in my life. So perfect.

or maybe something even longer and slower from earth 2.

really really good.

and a 2nd for Hazel – Truly

So many great songs, guys. You really shaped the 90s into something to be proud of. I pick Seven because to me it was a wake-up call. It took me in another direction as a music fan and has remained relevant to me ever since. Every time this song comes on, I turn it up louder. Every time. Thanks!

fantastic. nuff said.

Classic

Has to be this one.

definitely.

Working on the desktop and listening to your picks I really got a kick out of this one! Thanks, People in the Office Sept. 3!

Definitely

what happened with the results?
when are you going to post’em?

And forgot to make an announcement on our site. Classic.

But yes, two winners were chosen at random but specifically from Facebook and here at subpop.com’s comments – so congrats, Greg P from PA and Kristen Y from FL, you hit the Sub Pop jackpot.

I can’t think of many things greater than coming home from work to that package. Thanks again, and here’s to a whole new slew of awesome releases for 2011!

Greg P from PA :)