1993
The year in music, movies, TV, fads & memories
In 1993, “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston topped the Billboard year-end Hot 100 and Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins and Enter the Wu-Tang by Wu-Tang Clan were on every turntable. Jurassic Park, Mrs. Doubtfire and Groundhog Day were in theaters, and The X-Files, Animaniacs and Beavis and Butt-Head were on TV.
The headlines: WTC bombing. New that year: Mosaic web browser released. Fads of the year: Beanie Babies launch and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Gas was about $1.11 a gallon, a stamp was 29¢ and a movie ticket ran ~$4.14. On the shelf: a box of Butterfinger BB's, a Mistic and a Polly Pocket, with the X-Men on Saturday morning.
🎂 What music raised you?
Drop your birthday and we'll rewind to your golden era — the years the songs imprinted for life.
🔙 Backtrack — 1993
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
Nothing fancy — just 1993, Batman: The Animated Series, a Snapple, a Rice Krispies Treat, and the kind of afternoon that disappeared before dinner.
📼 Saturday cartoons
- Doug👕 tee →
- Rugrats👕 tee →
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- X-Men👕 tee →
- Batman: The Animated Series👕 tee →
- Animaniacs👕 tee →
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles👕 tee →
📰 Headlines
- WTC bombing
- Waco siege
- Clinton inaugurated
- Oslo Accords signed
- Brady gun bill passes
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Mosaic web browser released
- Intel Pentium chip debuts
- Apple Newton ships
- Doom released (PC gaming)
- Myst CD-ROM hit
🏆 Sports
- Blue Jays repeat (Carter walk-off)
- Bulls three-peat
- Cowboys win Super Bowl XXVII
- Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
- Jordan's first retirement
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Beanie Babies launch
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Jurassic Park dino-mania
- The X-Files debuts
- Mortal Kombat fervor
👖 Clothes
- Flannel & combat boots
- Chokers
- Slip dresses
- Doc Martens
- Plaid everything
💵 What it cost
- Stamp: 29¢
- Gas: ~$1.11/gal
- Movie ticket: ~$4.14
- Median new home: ~$126,500
- New car avg: ~$17,000
🧸 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 →
- Cheetos Paws
- Planters P.B. Crisps
- Planters Cheez Balls🛒 grab some →
- Kudos Bars
🥤 In the fridge
Billboard Year-End Hot 100
📊 Full chart →- 1
I Will Always Love YouWhitney Houston - 2Whoomp! There It IsTag TeamWhoomp! There It IsTag Team
- 3
Can't Help Falling in LoveUB40 - 4
That's the Way Love GoesJanet Jackson - 5
Freak MeSilk - 6
WeakSWV - 7
If I Ever Fall in LoveShai - 8
DreamloverMariah Carey - 9
Rump ShakerWreckx-n-Effect - 10
InformerSnow - 11
Nuthin' but a 'G' ThangDr. Dre - 12
In The Still of the NightThe Five Satins - 13
Don't Walk AwayJade - 14
Knockin' Da BootsH-Town - 15
LatelyJodeci - 16
Dazzey DuksDuice - 17
Show Me LoveRobin S - 18
A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle - 19
IfJanet Jackson - 20I'm So Into YouSWV
- 21
Love IsVanessa Williams & Brian McKnight - 22
Runaway TrainSoul Asylum - 23
I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over MeExposé - 24DittyPaperboyDittyPaperboy
- 25
Rhythm Is a DancerSnap!
More from 1993
🎤 Big in 1993
🎚️ 1993 genres
🎛️ Behind the boards & the pen — 1993
The hands behind 1993 — the producers and songwriters who actually shaped that year's records. Brendan O'Brien was on 3 of them.
🎬 Movies of 1993
All soundtracks →The soundtracks that scored 1993 — every song and where it played.
🎚️ Related vibes
All themes →Themed rooms that lean on the sound of 1993.
🌀 Things 1993 remembers wrong
All Glitch Files →Mandela-effect cases that were on the shelf, the screen or the radio in 1993. Which do you remember?
What does 1993 remind you of?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of 1993.
Community Memories
How well do you remember 1993?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
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🎵 1993 albums on vinyl
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📻 90s gear
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