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Indie & Adult Alternative

Adult album alternative and listener-supported music stations such as The Current, KEXP, WFUV and WXPN, whose listener polls lean toward indie rock and singer-songwriters. RockLists has 50 countdowns from 5 stations in this format.

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2009–2025year rankings

Greatest indie rock songs of all time

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#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Year
1	Heroes David Bowie	651	7	#1	2	1977
2	London Calling The Clash	651	7	#13	–	1980
3	Paranoid Android Radiohead	597	7	#11	–	1997
4	Superstition Stevie Wonder	594	7	#20	–	–
5	Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division	588	7	#3	–	2005
6	Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana	582	6	#4	–	1991
7	Hallelujah Jeff Buckley	576	6	#16	–	–
8	How Soon is Now? The Smiths	559	7	#18	–	1984
9	Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads	551	6	#14	–	1980
10	Impossible Germany Wilco	545	7	#34	–	–
11	All My Friends LCD Soundsystem	533	6	#10	–	–
12	Bad U2	530	6	#34	–	1985
13	A Day in the Life The Beatles	530	6	#4	–	–
14	Imagine John Lennon	527	6	#2	–	–
15	What's Going On Marvin Gaye	525	6	#13	–	–
16	Born to Run Bruce Springsteen	519	6	#5	–	–
17	Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve	515	7	#57	–	1998
18	Nightswimming R.E.M.	512	6	#51	–	–
19	Seven Nation Army The White Stripes	504	6	#54	–	2003
20	Train in Vain The Clash	504	6	#67	–	1980
21	Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead	503	6	#59	–	1995
22	Where Is My Mind? The Pixies	502	7	#5	–	2005
23	Hurt Johnny Cash	499	7	#41	–	2003
24	Gloria Patti Smith	498	6	#52	–	–
25	Running Up That Hill Kate Bush	495	6	#9	–	1985

Indie & Adult Alternative

Greatest indie rock songs of all time

Best indie rock songs by year

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