Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun
3. Nine Inch Nails – Head Like A Hole
4. Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK
5. Pearl Jam – Even Flow
6. R.E.M. – It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
7. Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated
8. U2 – With or Without You
9. Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
10. Soft Cell – Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go
11. Pearl Jam – Black
12. Beastie Boys – Fight For Your Right
13. The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
14. The Cure – Just Like Heaven
15. The B-52’s – Rock Lobster
16. New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
17. Violent Femmes – Add It Up
18. Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
19. The Smiths – How Soon is Now?
20. Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes
21. The Clash – Train In Vain
22. The Cure – Love Song
23. U2 – Pride (In The Name of Love)
24. Talking Heads – Burning Down The House
25. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give It Away
26. Violent Femmes – Kiss Off
27. Jane’s Addiction – Jane Says
28. Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party
29. U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
30. Depeche Mode – Somebody
31. Nine Inch Nails – Closer
32. Nirvana – Lithium
33. New Order – Blue Monday
34. Pearl Jam – Daughter
35. Modern English – I Melt With You
36. U2 – New Year’s Day
37. The Smashing Pumpkins – Today
38. Duran Duran – Planet Earth
39. R.E.M. – The One I Love
40. The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
41. Green Day – Longview
42. Depeche Mode – Behind the Wheel/Route 66
43. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
44. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
45. Pearl Jam – Alive
46. Yaz – Situation
47. U2 – Bad
48. The Police – Roxanne
49. Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
50. Pearl Jam – Jeremy
51. Ministry – Everyday Is Halloween
52. R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe
53. Duran Duran – Rio
54. Faith No More – Epic
55. The Cure – Pictures of You
56. Nirvana – Come As You Are
57. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
58. Echo & the Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
59. Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
60. Temple of the Dog – Hunger Strike
61. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities in Dust
62. Devo – Whip It
63. Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone
64. Love & Rockets – So Alive
65. The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
66. U2 – One
67. Madness – Our House
68. Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
69. New Order – True Faith
70. Plimsouls – A Million Miles Away
71. Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
72. When In Rome – This Promise
73. INXS – Don’t Change
74. Nena – 99 Luftballoons
75. Soundgarden – Spoonman
76. Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
77. The Clash – London Calling
78. The B-52’s – Private Idaho
79. Nirvana – In Bloom
80. Ramones – Rock ‘N’ Roll High School
81. Heaven 17 – Let Me Go
82. Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
83. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Everyday I Write The Book
84. They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul
85. Pearl Jam – Better Man
86. Peter Schilling – Major Tom (I’m Coming Home)
87. R.E.M. – Stand
88. The Cure – The Lovecats
89. Billy Idol – White Wedding
90. Blondie – Heart of Glass
91. Material Issue – Valerie Loves Me
92. Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
93. The Smashing Pumpkins – Disarm
94. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax
95. R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts
96. Psychedelic Furs – Heartbreak Beat
97. U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
98. Haircut One Hundred – Love Plus One
99. The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You?
100. OMD – If You Leave
101. Sisters of Mercy – This Corrosion
102. Alice In Chains – Man In The Box
103. Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science
104. Violent Femmes – American Music
105. XTC – Dear God
106. Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
107. Split Enz – I Got You
108. INXS – What You Need
109. The Cure – Close To Me
110. Love & Rockets – No New Tale To Tell
111. Nine Inch Nails – Down In It
112. R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
113. Depeche Mode – People Are People
114. Romeo Void – Never Say Never
115. Tears for Fears – Shout
116. The Clash – Rock The Casbah
117. Duran Duran – Save A Prayer
118. Radiohead – Creep
119. Ministry – Work For Love
120. Adam Ant – Goody Two Shoes
121. The Smiths – Girlfriend In A Coma
122. Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
123. Squeeze – Tempted
124. The Cure – In Between Days
125. The Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
126. The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket
127. Nirvana – All Apologies
128. Depeche Mode – Master & Servant
129. The Church – Under the Milky Way
130. Big Audio Dynamite II – Rush
131. Stone Temple Pilots – Big Empty
132. Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
133. Alice In Chains – Would?
134. Real Life – Send Me An Angel
135. Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
136. Beastie Boys – Girls
137. U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
138. EMF – Unbelievable
139. The Cure – Let’s Go To Bed
140. Sinéad O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
141. The Payolas – Eyes of A Stranger
142. Alice In Chains – Rooster
143. The The – Uncertain Smile
144. Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
145. The Police – Spirits In The Material World
146. Nine Inch Nails – Hurt
147. Flock of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away)
148. Talking Heads – And She Was
149. Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays
150. Missing Persons – Words
151. Blind Melon – No Rain
152. Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
153. Blondie – One Way Or Another
154. Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
155. U2 – Desire
156. The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang
157. Talking Heads – Stay Up Late
158. Depeche Mode – Stranglelove
159. Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
160. Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World
161. Elvis Costello – Watching the Detectives
162. After The Fire – Der Kommisar
163. The Smashing Pumpkins – Drown
164. Alphaville – Forever Young
165. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground
166. INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
167. Erasure – Oh L’Amour
168. Sinéad O’Connor – Mandinka
169. Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf
170. Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey
171. The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make
172. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
173. Jane’s Addiction – Stop!
174. Time Zone – World Destruction
175. Naked Eyes – Always Something There To Remind Me
176. INXS – The One Thing
177. Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance
178. Cranberries – Dreams
179. Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey
180. Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer
181. Talk Talk – It’s My Life
182. Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another
183. Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song
184. Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life
185. The Go-Go’s – Our Lips Are Sealed
186. R.E.M. – Drive
187. Billy Idol – Dancing With Myself
188. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Are Made of This)
189. The Clash – This Is Radio The Clash
190. Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
191. Depeche Mode – Blasphemous Rumours
192. Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
193. The Offspring – Come Out And Play
194. Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
195. M – Pop Muzik
196. Pearl Jam – Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
197. Duran Duran – Girls On Film
198. Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
199. Tears for Fears – Head Over Heels
200. Social Distortion – Ball and Chain
201. U2 – The Unforgetable Fire
202. Eurythmics – Missionary Man
203. INXS – Original Sin
204. Madness – House of Fun
205. Psychedelic Furs – Heaven
206. Simple Minds – Alive And Kicking
207. The Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
208. The Smiths – Ask
209. Billy Idol – Eyes Without A Face
210. Big Audio Dynamite II – The Globe
211. Blondie – Rapture
212. Bryan Ferry – Slave To Love
213. Peter Gabriel – Red Rain
214. Beastie Boys – Sabotage
215. Berlin – The Metro
216. Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
217. Big Country – In A Big Country
218. UB40 – Red Red Wine
219. Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name
220. Material Issue – Diane
221. Howard Jones – Things Can Only Get Better
222. The Police – King of Pain
223. Depeche Mode – Policy of Truth
224. Weezer – Undone (The Sweater Song)
225. R.E.M. – So. Central Rain
226. Eurythmics – Would I Lie To You?
227. R.E.M. – Can’t Get There From Here
228. The Police – Synchronicity II
229. Trio – Da Da Da
230. Elvis Costello – Alison
231. Sonic Youth – 100%
232. The Cure – Friday I’m In Love
233. Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way
234. Psychedelic Furs – The Ghost In You
235. INXS – New Sensation
236. Duran Duran – The Reflex
237. Yaz – Only You
238. Live – Lightning Crashes
239. James – Laid
240. Temple of the Dog – Say Hello 2 Heaven
241. Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
242. Green Day – Basket Case
243. General Public – Tenderness
244. Jesus & Mary Chain – Head On
245. a-ha – Take On Me
246. The Stone Roses – Fools Gold
247. R.E.M. – Orange Crush
248. Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
249. Hazy Fantazye – Shiny Shiny
250. The Cure – A Letter To Elise
251. The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me
252. Duran Duran – The Wild Boys
253. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Pump it Up
254. Madness – Wings of A Dove
255. Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane
256. Morrissey – Suedehead
257. Depeche Mode – World In My Eyes
258. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
259. New Order – The Perfect Kiss
260. Bush – Glycerine
261. Wall of Voodoo – Mexican Radio
262. Tool – Sober
263. Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know
264. Freur – Doot Doot
265. Soul Asylum – Runaway Train
266. Madness – One Step Beyond
267. Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline
268. Yaz – Don’t Go
269. White Zombie – More Human Than Human
270. The Smashing Pumpkins – Rhinoceros
271. Seal – Crazy
272. Missing Persons – Destination Unknown
273. U2 – Even Better Than the Real Thing
274. Tin Tin – Kiss Me
275. Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
276. Beastie Boys – Paul Revere
277. Dead Kennedys – Holiday In Cambodia
278. R.E.M. – Talk About The Passion
279. Haircut One Hundred – Fantastic Day
280. 10,000 Maniacs – Like The Weather
281. Gary Numan – Cars
282. Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t It Be Good
283. Animotion – Obsession
284. Pearl Jam – Nothingman
285. UB40 – The Way You Do The Things You Do
286. Live – I Alone
287. Altered Images – Happy Birthday
288. The Police – Wrapped Around Your Finger
289. Book of Love – Book of Love
290. Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend
291. English Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
292. R.E.M. – Superman
293. Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again
294. Bauhaus – Bela Legosi’s Dead
295. U2 – Two Hearts Beat As One
296. They Might Be Giants – Don’t Let’s Start
297. Patti Smith Group – Dancing Barefoot
298. Erasure – Chains of Love
299. Soul Asylum – Somebody to Shove
300. Jam – Town Called Malice
301. Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
302. Nirvana – About A Girl
303. Tones On Tail – Go
304. Bush – Comedown
305. Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians – What I Am
306. The The – This is The Day
307. INXS – Devil Inside
308. Catherine Wheel – Black Metallic
309. Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
310. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Suck My Kiss
311. Talk Talk – Life Is What You Make It
312. World Party – Ship of Fools
313. ABC – The Look of Love
314. U2 – In God’s Country
315. L7 – Pretend We’re Dead
316. David Bowie – China Girl
317. The Go-Go’s – We Got The Beat
318. R.E.M. – Rockville
319. Yello – Oh Yeah
320. INXS – Need You Tonight / Mediate
321. Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
322. Jane’s Addiction – Mountain Song
323. Kim Wilde – Kids In America
324. School of Fish – 3 Strange Days
325. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Breaking The Girl
326. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Accidents Will Happen
327. Hole – Doll Parts
328. Tears for Fears – Mad World
329. Blur – There’s No Other Way
330. Nirvana – Dumb
331. The Style Council – My Ever Changing Moods
332. Missing Persons – Walking In L.A.
333. PJ Harvey – Down by the Water
334. Gin Blossoms – Hey Jealousy
335. They Might Be Giants – Particle Man
336. Depeche Mode – Shake The Disease
337. 10,000 Maniacs – What’s The Matter Here
338. Bronski Beat – Why?
339. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Peek-A-Boo
340. R.E.M. – Texarkana
341. Human League – Don’t You Want Me?
342. Talking Heads – Love For Sale
343. Tori Amos – Crucify
344. Adam Ant – Strip
345. U2 – Stay (Faraway, So Close)
346. B Movie – Nowhere Girl
347. XTC – King For A Day
348. Live – Selling The Drama
349. Roxy Music – Avalon
350. The Smiths – Panic
351. Big Audio Dynamite – Contact
352. Paul Hardcastle – 19
353. Green Day – When I Come Around
354. ABC – Poison Arrow
355. U2 – Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
356. General Public – Hot You’re Cool
357. INXS – Mystify
358. Billy Idol – Hot In The City
359. Squeeze – Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
360. Eurythmics – Love Is A Stranger
361. Talk Talk – Talk, Talk
362. U2 – Mysterious Ways
363. Primus – Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
364. Echo & the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
365. 10,000 Maniacs – Trouble Me
366. The Cure – Lullaby
367. Vapors – Turning Japanese
368. R.E.M. – Fall On Me
369. David Bowie – Modern Love
370. Killing Joke – Eighties
371. Soup Dragons – I’m Free
372. U2 – I Will Follow
373. Total Coelo – I Eat Cannibals
374. The Police – Can’t Stand Losing You
375. Bronski Beat – Small Town Boy
376. INXS – Listen Like Thieves
377. Duran Duran – Notorious
378. INXS – Shine Like It Does
379. Kajagoogoo – Too Shy
380. Belly – Feed The Tree
381. R.E.M. – Driver 8
382. Icicle Works – Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)
383. Beck – Loser
384. 10,000 Maniacs – These Are Days
385. Adam & the Ants – Antmusic
386. Jesus & Mary Chain – Happy When It Rains
387. Billy Idol – Flesh For Fantasy
388. Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like
389. The Offspring – Self-Esteem
390. Lene Lovich – Lucky Number
391. Stone Temple Pilots – Wicked Garden
392. Concrete Blonde – Joey
393. New Order – 1963
394. Burning Sensations – Belly of the Whale
395. Jesus Jones – Right Here, Right Now
396. The Clash – Lost In The Supermarket
397. They Might Be Giants – Ana Ng
398. Material Issue – Renee R.E.M.ains The Same
399. Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl
400. Nitzer Ebb – Join In The Chant
401. Bryan Ferry – Kiss And Tell
402. Gin Blossoms – Found Out About You
403. Romeo Void – Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)
404. Duran Duran – Ordinary World
405. Squeeze – Hourglass
406. The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait
407. 10,000 Maniacs – Candy Everybody Wants
408. Adam Ant – Desperate But Not Serious
409. Dave Matthews Band – What Would You Say?
410. Blancmange – Living On The Ceiling
411. UB40 – Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
412. Primus – My Name Is Mud
413. Björk – Big Time Sensuality
414. Tears for Fears – Change
415. R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People
416. Polecats – Make A Circuit With Me
417. Wang Chung – Dance Hall Days
418. Filter – Hey Man Nice Shot
419. U2 – Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
420. Squeeze – Black Coffee In Bed
421. The Charlatans – The Only One I Know
422. Bush – Little Things
423. Til Tuesday – Voices Carry
424. Ministry – NOW
425. Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere
426. Bananarama – Cruel Summer
427. Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade
428. Toad The Wet Sprocket – All I Want
429. Live – All Over You
430. The Pretenders – Middle of the Road
431. Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut
432. R.E.M. – Exhuming McCarthy
433. Echo & the Bunnymen – The Cutter
434. 4 Non Blondes – What’s Up
435. Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
436. The Cure – Hot, Hot, Hot!!!
437. The Presidents of the United States of America – Lump
438. The Style Council – You’re The Best Thing
439. R.E.M. – Man On The Moon
440. Dramarama – Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You)
441. Hole – Miss World
442. Adam & the Ants – Stand And Deliver
443. The Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
444. The The – Perfect
445. Simple Minds – Sanctify Yourself
446. XTC – The Mayor of Simpleton
447. James – Sit Down
448. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Kiss Them for Me
449. Counting Crows – Round Here
450. Oingo Boingo – Weird Science
451. Fixx – Sign of Fire
452. The Sundays – Here’s Where The Story Ends
453. Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
454. Cracker – Low
455. Red Rockers – China
456. The Replacements – I’ll Be You
457. Anne Clark – Our Darkness
458. Culture Club – I’ll Tumble 4 Ya
459. The Smashing Pumpkins – I Am One
460. Elvis Costello – (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
461. Cranberries – Linger
462. Faith No More – Midlife Crisis
463. Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
464. Duran Duran – Come Undone
465. Eurythmics – Right By Your Side
466. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes
467. Silverchair – Tomorrow
468. Sarah McLachlan – Possession
469. Suicidal Tendencies – Institutionalized
470. Bush – Everything Zen
471. Sugarcubes – Hit
472. English Beat – Save It For Later
473. Live – Operation Spirit
474. Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly
475. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
476. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Spellbound
477. Cracker – Teen Angst
478. The Cure – Jumping Someone Else’s Train
479. David Bowie – Blue Jean
480. Tori Amos – Silent All These Years
481. Simple Minds – All The Things She Said
482. Re-Flex – The Politics of Dancing
483. Depeche Mode – Everything Counts
484. Dead or Alive – Brand New Lover
485. Liz Phair – Never Said
486. The Cure – Fascination Street
487. Foo Fighters – I’ll Stick Around
488. Faith No More – We Care A Lot
489. Psychedelic Furs – Until She Comes
490. The Smashing Pumpkins – Rocket
491. Culture Club – Time (Clock of the Heart)
492. The Cure – The Caterpillar
493. Oasis – Live Forever
494. Porno For Pyros – Pets
495. Iggy Pop – Candy
496. Soundgarden – Outshined
497. The Go-Go’s – Vacation
498. Ween – Push Th’ Little Daisies
499. James – Born of Frustration
500. The Offspring – Gotta Get Away
