▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1999
Middle School
1992–1994Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1995–1999The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1997–1999Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1999–2003Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
30-year reunion
2029
Generation
Xennial
You'd be about
45
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
A Blockbuster Friday night, 1999: Rocko's Modern Life flickered on the screen while a can of Cheez Balls waited nearby and an Orbitz left a ring on the table.
🎬 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 →
- Hey Arnold!
📰 Headlines
- Columbine shooting
- Clinton acquitted by the Senate
- NATO bombs Kosovo
- Y2K panic / preparations
- Euro currency introduced
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Napster launches
- Nokia 3210 / SMS boom
- BlackBerry debuts
- TiVo / DVR arrives
- Wi-Fi branding introduced
🏆 Sports
- Yankees win the World Series
- Spurs win their first NBA title
- Broncos win Super Bowl XXXIII
- Stars win the Stanley Cup
- US women win the '99 World Cup
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Pokémon mania
- Beanie Babies
- Furby
- Star Wars Episode I
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
👖 Clothes
- Cargo pants
- JNCO jeans peak
- Frosted tips
- Halter tops
- Chunky 'dad' sneakers
💵 What it cost
- Stamp: 33¢
- Gas: ~$1.17/gal
- Movie ticket: ~$5.06
- Median new home: ~$161,000
- New car avg: ~$20,000
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
- Fruit by the Foot🛒 grab some →
- Shark Bites🛒 grab some →
- String Thing
- Butterfinger BB's
- Wonder Ball
- Baby Bottle Pop🛒 grab some →
- Sour Punch Straws🛒 grab some →
- Airheads Xtremes🛒 grab some →
- 3D Doritos
- Cheetos Paws
🥤 In the fridge
- Clearly Canadian🛒 grab some →
- Snapple🛒 grab some →
- Fruitopia
- Orbitz
- Arizona Iced Tea🛒 grab some →
- Mistic
- All Sport
- Gatorade Frost🛒 grab some →
- SunnyD🛒 grab some →
- Squeezit
How well do you remember Class of 1999?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1999
No memories here yet — be the first to leave one.
📸 Your Class of 1999 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1999 gear
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