These grunge songs were originally written for movie soundtracks, such as Cameron Crowe's 'Singles' and were either included on albums or left as singles.
Grunge isn't known for being the happiest music, but we compiled a list of the 'happiest' (sounding) songs by Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains and others.
It was a year with grunge on the way out and nu-metal's explosion about a year away. Let's look at the transitional year of rock and metal albums from 1996.
Soundtracks of the 1990s were big business, helping to promote films. But how many hit soundtrack songs can you still tie to the movies they were featured in?