▸ the year you arrived
1995
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You will be 31 this year — a child of the '90s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Top of your year, by vibe
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Top 10 of 1995
Your stats
Your generation
Millennial
1995 belonged to
Boyz II Men
4 year-end chart hits
🔙 The world you were born into
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
Somewhere in 1995, Spider-Man was on, a Warhead was open, and somebody was about to walk the aisles at Blockbuster on a Friday night.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- Doug👕 tee →
- Rugrats👕 tee →
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- X-Men👕 tee →
- Batman: The Animated Series👕 tee →
- Animaniacs👕 tee →
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- Spider-Man👕 tee →
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles👕 tee →
📰 Headlines
- Oklahoma City bombing
- O.J. Simpson acquitted
- Bosnia Dayton Accords
- Million Man March
- Unabomber manifesto published
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Windows 95 launches
- Sony PlayStation US release
- DVD format announced
- JavaScript & Internet Explorer debut
- eBay & Craigslist founded
🏆 Sports
- Braves win the World Series
- Rockets repeat as NBA champs
- 49ers win Super Bowl XXIX
- Devils win the Stanley Cup
- Cal Ripken breaks the streak record
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Pogs peak
- Beanie Babies frenzy
- Toy Story / Pixar
- Clueless slang
- Mighty Morphin movie
👖 Clothes
- Slip dresses
- Chokers
- Overalls
- Doc Martens
- Flannel
💵 What it cost
- Stamp: 32¢
- Gas: ~$1.15/gal
- Movie ticket: ~$4.35
- Median new home: ~$133,900
- New car avg: ~$18,000
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
- Fruit by the Foot🛒 grab some →
- Shark Bites🛒 grab some →
- String Thing
- Butterfinger BB's
- Sour Punch Straws🛒 grab some →
- Airheads Xtremes🛒 grab some →
- 3D Doritos
- Cheetos Paws
- Planters P.B. Crisps
- Planters Cheez Balls🛒 grab some →
🥤 In the fridge
- Clearly Canadian🛒 grab some →
- Snapple🛒 grab some →
- Fruitopia
- Arizona Iced Tea🛒 grab some →
- Mistic
- All Sport
- Gatorade Frost🛒 grab some →
- SunnyD🛒 grab some →
- Squeezit
- Crystal Pepsi
How well do you remember 1995?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from 1995
“This was everywhere the summer I was falling in and out of love with about three different people. Porch parties, somebody's brother's keg, that harmonica solo.”
— Anonymouson this song →
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