30 to 30: 30 Songs

| by Bel |

Here is a playlist I made for Melissa, who is turning 30 today, exactly three weeks older than me!

Some of it is very specific to our friendship, but there should be resonance for anyone who listened to a lot of commercial radio in the late 90s.

1. “Summertime” Dinah Washington band
2. “Sweet Dreams” Eurythmics
3. “Here Comes The Hotstepper” Ini Kamoze
4. “Short Short Man" 20 Fingers, feat. Gillette
5. “Informer” Snow
6. “Would I Lie to You?” Charles & Eddie
7. “Two Steps” Alice Russell
8. "100 Days, 100 Nights" Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
9. “My Girl Josephine” Supercat
10. “Kate” Ben Folds Five
11. “My Sharona” The Knack
12. "New Age Girl" Deadeye Dick
13. “Prisoner of Society” The Living End
14. “Everlong” Foo Fighters
15. “Tonight Tonight” Smashing Pumpkins
16. “Pepper” Butthole Surfers
17. “Santa Monica” Everclear
18. “What I Got” Sublime
19. “She Wants To Move” NERD
20. "Umi Says" Mos Def
21. “Everything Is Everything” Lauryn Hill
22. “I'll Be Missing You” Puff Daddy feat Faith Evans
23. “I Swear” All 4 One
24. “Head Over Feet” Alanis Morissette
25. “Stay” Lisa Loeb
26. “Building A Mystery” Sarah McLachlan
27. “Father and Son” Cat Stevens
28. “Everybody Hurts” REM
29. “Street Spirit” Radiohead
30. “Exit Music For A Film” Brad Mehldau