{"id":674612,"date":"2026-05-30T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/674612\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T19:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:00:10","slug":"3-indie-songs-from-the-90s-that-indie-fans-still-put-on-their-playlists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/674612\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Indie Songs From the 90s That Indie Fans Still Put on Their Playlists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indie rock music will always feel timeless, no matter what the song is. Here are some classic 90s tracks that most indie music fans probably recognize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriday I\u2019m in Love\u201d by The Cure<\/p>\n<p>Released in 1992, this is one of those songs that just feels effortlessly fun every time you hear it.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/3-pop-gems-by-the-cure-that-prove-robert-smith-is-happier-than-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Robert Smith<\/a>, though, who wrote lyrics for \u201cFriday I\u2019m In Love\u201d, writing lyrics for a pop song is a lot more challenging than you would expect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went through hundreds of sheets of paper trying to get words for this record,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/feature\/the-cures-friday-im-in-love-7-things-you-didnt-know-111331\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a> of writing the song. \u201cYou have to hit something that\u2019s not cringing \u2013 a simplicity and naivet\u00e9 that communicates. There\u2019s a dumbness that sort of cracks. We\u2019ve always done pop songs. It\u2019s just sometimes they\u2019re way too down \u2013 sort of desperate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFade Into You\u201d by Mazzy Star<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know what magic and whimsy sound like, look no further than \u201cFade Into You\u201d by Mazzy Star. This one was written in one afternoon by band members Hope Sandoval and David Roback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt came almost at the same time,\u201d Roback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/tours\/story-behind-mazzy-stars-sleepy-90s-hit-fade-into-you\/news-story\/b688af65c0399cd5030e5d4956b75227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a> of the track. \u201cWe weren\u2019t trying to write a hit song\u2014we were just writing a song,\u201d he explained. \u201cI think we had a melody and a feel and we just followed that feel. And that became the song\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen You\u2019re Gone\u201d by The Cranberries<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of Cranberries songs that could have been mentioned here; these guys absolutely dominated the 90s.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, lead singer Dolores O\u2019Riordan wrote this song for her grandfather, who had just passed away. As the singer told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/blog\/interviews\/dolores-oriordan-of-the-cranberries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Songfacts<\/a>, the song came to mean a couple of different things later on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater on, on tour, when I\u2019d be on the road, I might think about my kids when I was singing it, or I might think about my father who passed away,\u201d she explained. \u201cSo, when you\u2019re singing a song about loss, and then if you\u2019re going through bereavement, it can take on a new meaning, and you think about what you\u2019re going through at that particular time with that song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photo by: Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images for Coachella<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indie rock music will always feel timeless, no matter what the song is. 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