Saturday Night Live: 30 Best Musical Performances

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Annotation

Not sure when this 2-disc set release was released, but both discs have a copyright date of 1999, so it must have been released 1999+

Annotation last modified on 2026-07-30 03:06 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
16Rape Me
recorded at:
NBC Studios: Studio 8H in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1993-09-25)
live recording of:
Rape Me (on 1993-09-25)
lyricist and composer:
Kurt Cobain (lead singer and guitarist for Nirvana)
publisher:
EMI‐Virgin Songs, Inc. and The End of Music
Nirvana2:55
17No More
live recording of:
No More
lyricist and composer:
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:
Silver Fiddle Music
Neil Young5:44
18Losing My Religion
live recording of:
Losing My Religion
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
R.E.M.4:45
19Doll Parts
live recording of:
Doll Parts
lyricist:
Courtney Love (US rock vocalist, widow to Kurt Cobain)
composer:
Eric Erlandson and Courtney Love (US rock vocalist, widow to Kurt Cobain)
publisher:
Mother May I Music (publisher associated with Hole)
Hole4:28
20Sabotage
live recording of:
Sabotage
writer:
Adam Horovitz, Adam Nathaniel Yauch and Michael Louis Diamon (member of Beastie Boys)
publisher:
Brooklyn Dust Music, Polygram Int. Publ. GmbH, Inc., Universal Music Publishing GmbH (Universal Music Publishing Group Germany) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Beastie Boys42:58
21Been There Done That
live recording of:
Been There, Done That (on 1996-10-26)
writer:
Bud’da (US rap producer Stephen Anderson), Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and J. Flexx (US rapper, Death Row Records artist)
Dr. Dre4:22
22Creep
live recording of:
Creep
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Austin
publisher:
Darp Music and EMI April Music Inc.
TLC3:23
23Tennessee
live recording of:
Tennessee
lyricist:
Speech (US rapper & musician)
composer:
Arrested Development
Arrested Development4:22
24Acquiesce
live recording of:
Acquiesce
lyricist and composer:
Noel Gallagher
publisher:
Creation Songs Ltd, Oasis Music and Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Oasis4:04
25When I Come Around
remaster of:
When I Come Around (live, 1994-12-03: Saturday Night Live, New York, NY, USA) by Green Day
live recording of:
When I Come Around
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank E. Wright III and Mike Pritchard
publisher:
Green Daze Music and WCM Music (1929–2019)
Green Day3:07
26Nobody’s Fault but My Own
live recording of:
Nobody’s Fault but My Own
composer:
Beck Hansen (alt rock, multi‐instrumentalist Beck Hansen)
Beck4:58
27I’ll Stand by You
live recording of:
I’ll Stand by You
writer:
Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders), Tom Kelly (songwriter) and Billy Steinberg
publisher:
B. Steinbereg Music, Clive Banks Songs, D. Barry Music, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Hynde House of Hits Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L and Kobalt Publishing Ltd.
Pretenders4:10
28Hand in My Pocket
live recording of:
Hand in My Pocket
lyricist:
Alanis Morissette
composer:
Glen Ballard and Alanis Morissette
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Vanhurst Place Music
part of:
Jagged Little Pill (the musical)
Alanis Morissette4:08
29Reminisce
Mary J. Blige4:28
30Any Time, Any Place
live recording of:
Any Time, Any Place
writer:
Janet Jackson, James Harris (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
Janet Jackson4:25