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All-time countdown · KEXP · March 5, 2022

KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022)

The all-time countdown (March 5, 2022) from KEXP in Seattle, WA ranks 491 songs, with “Mad World” by Tears for Fears at number one. The list features 253 different artists; The Clash has the most entries with 15 songs.

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Produced in celebration of KEXP's 50th Anniversary; voting closed February 25, 2022, and the countdown aired March 5-11, 2022 (2022 Spring Fundraising Drive), as voted by listeners. The source lists rank 321 twice (Catherine Wheel, "Black Metallic" and Prince, "Raspberry Beret") and omits rank 323; based on the unambiguous surrounding printed sequence (325, 324, [321], 322, 321, 320, 319) the Catherine Wheel entry is corrected here to 323. A handful of obvious spelling typos were corrected (e.g. "Boemmian Rhapsody" to "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Led Zepppelin" to "Led Zeppelin", "Sinead O Connor" to "Sinéad O'Connor").

# Song ListsBest
491 Mad World Tears for Fears 31 #5
490 Release Pearl Jam 5 #15
489 Fame David Bowie 36 #34
488 Crazy in Love Beyoncé 6 #67
487 Close to Me The Cure 72 #11
486 1977 Ana Tijoux 1 #486
485 I Would Die 4 U Prince 14 #63
484 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 42 #11
483 Wildflowers Tom Petty 5 #132
482 No Surprises Radiohead 22 #9
481 Linger The Cranberries 42 #3
480 That's Entertainment The Jam 42 #4
479 Save Me Aimee Mann 3 #479
478 Buggin Out A Tribe Called Quest 1 #478
477 The Day I Tried To Live Soundgarden 7 #50
476 Rudie Can't Fail The Clash 18 #111
475 Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies 37 #3
474 One Way or Another Blondie 52 #22
473 Mayonnaise The Smashing Pumpkins 25 #74
472 It Was A Good Day Ice Cube 6 #125
471 Chaise Longue Wet Leg 8 #1
470 Head Over Heels Tears for Fears 33 #16
469 Uncertain Smile The The 45 #3
468 Disorder Joy Division 5 #49
467 Don't Delete The Kisses Wolf Alice 6 #9
466 Always Love Nada Surf 14 #41
465 Superman R.E.M. 48 #8
464 Me, Myself And I De La Soul 3 #389
463 Godless The Dandy Warhols 2 #340
462 Seasons Future Islands 1 #462
461 Rusty Cage Soundgarden 9 #36
460 Sister Nancy Bam Bam 1 #460
459 Desire Lines Deerhunter 2 #185
458 Angel Massive Attack 6 #30
457 River of Deceit Mad Season 8 #16
456 She's Lost Control Joy Division 20 #20
455 One Big Holiday My Morning Jacket 18 #36
454 Alison Slowdive 4 #417
453 March of the Pigs Nine Inch Nails 13 #22
452 Master of Puppets Metallica 48 #1
451 Heads Will Roll Yeah Yeah Yeahs 10 #4
450 The Plan Built To Spill 2 #85
449 Touch of Grey The Grateful Dead 19 #90
448 Safe European Home The Clash 10 #448
447 Not Too Soon Throwing Muses 10 #288
446 2 Wicky Hooverphonic 4 #86
445 Roxanne The Police 82 #10
444 Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter Nina Simone 1 #444
443 Pressure Drop Toots and the Maytals 10 #282
442 The Rain Song Led Zeppelin 14 #95
441 Lost In The Supermarket The Clash 33 #75
440 Rhiannon Fleetwood Mac 14 #96
439 Talking About A Revolution Tracy Chapman 18 #54
438 Orange Sky Alexi Murdoch 6 #57
437 Mercy Mercy Me Marvin Gaye 4 #424
436 Rid Of Me PJ Harvey 5 #4
435 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police 42 #22
434 The Modern Leper Frightened Rabbit 3 #229
433 Ordinary World Duran Duran 39 #6
432 Sour Times Portishead 39 #8
431 One More Hour Sleater-Kinney 2 #260
430 Guns of Brixton The Clash 12 #92
429 Wildfires Sault 2 #429
428 White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes 10 #48
427 Grace Jeff Buckley 16 #29
426 In My Time of Dying Led Zeppelin 6 #426
425 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 54 #2
424 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 56 #1
423 Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney 2 #134
422 Good Morning, Captain Slint 3 #23
421 Car Built To Spill 3 #254
420 On & On Erykah Badu 3 #420
419 Ceremony Joy Division 1 #419
418 Soon My Bloody Valentine 7 #2
417 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 55 #1
416 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 53 #27
415 Black Steel Tricky 10 #22
414 See A Little Light Bob Mould 31 #69
413 Atmosphere Joy Division 21 #1
412 Jeremy Pearl Jam 104 #2
411 Sheela Na Gig PJ Harvey 11 #2
410 Frontier Psychiatrist The Avalanches 11 #6
409 Born This Way Lady Gaga 4 #223
408 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 34 #4
407 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
406 Rocket Man Elton John 21 #39
405 It's Tricky Run DMC 2 #267
404 Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash 13 #79
403 The Emperor's New Clothes Sinéad O'Connor 29 #12
402 Cloudbusting Kate Bush 9 #16
401 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 67 #2
400 Seventeen Sharon Van Etten 5 #5
399 I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton 3 #399
398 Search and Destroy Iggy and the Stooges 3 #152
397 The Boy in The Bubble Paul Simon 4 #13
396 Faith George Michael 4 #277
395 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 65 #1
394 Baba O'Riley The Who 21 #1
393 Emmylou First Aid Kit 6 #5
392 Gypsy Fleetwood Mac 10 #219
391 Laid James 59 #1
390 There She Goes The La's 47 #16
389 It's My Life Talk Talk 55 #18
388 I believe Stevie Wonder 2 #388
387 Regret New Order 33 #9
386 The Crane Wife 1, 2, & 3 The Decemberists 2 #301
385 Song to the Siren This Mortal Coil 7 #4
384 One Day Like This Elbow 3 #3
383 An Ocean Between the Waves The War On Drugs 3 #317
382 The Greatest Cat Power 4 #80
381 Dramamine Modest Mouse 3 #79
380 Suffragette City David Bowie 33 #60
379 The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala 14 #1
378 La Grange ZZ Top 14 #55
377 Hand In My Pocket Alanis Morissette 22 #14
376 Help Me Joni Mitchell 4 #376
375 Aneurysm Nirvana 27 #12
374 We the People A Tribe Called Quest 4 #5
373 Say It Ain't So Weezer 46 #12
372 I Won't Back Down Tom Petty 13 #178
371 The Joke Brandi Carlile 9 #2
370 Cut Your Hair Pavement 41 #34
369 Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pink Floyd 36 #7
368 Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes 8 #5
367 Colors Black Pumas 8 #2
366 Love Shack The B-52's 61 #1
365 Papa Was a Rolling Stone Temptations 8 #91
364 Lockdown Anderson. Paak 3 #20
363 Where It's At Beck 58 #2
362 Magic Man Heart 13 #32
361 Outshined Soundgarden 19 #12
360 Shadowboxer Fiona Apple 9 #73
359 Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight & The Pips 6 #291
358 Genius of Love Tom Tom Club 32 #92
357 Nuthing But a G Thing Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg 1 #357
356 Lose Yourself To Dance Daft Punk 5 #16
355 Welcome to the Jungle Guns N Roses 26 #3
354 Living For the City Stevie Wonder 5 #268
353 Glorybox Portishead 17 #45
352 Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff 1 #352
351 Dry the Rain The Beta Band 4 #17
350 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John 15 #35
349 Space Oddity David Bowie 84 #8
348 No Ordinary Love Sade 3 #348
347 Good as Hell Lizzo 4 #1
346 Use Me Bill Withers 4 #346
345 Cars Gary Numan 57 #11
344 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 57 #1
343 The Day Brings Brad 10 #78
342 I Love Rock-N-Roll Joan Jett 15 #21
341 I Will Dare The Replacements 35 #50
340 In Bloom Nirvana 59 #12
339 Young Americans David Bowie 37 #122
338 Back in Black AC/DC 37 #1
337 O Superman Laurie Anderson 9 #34
336 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 16 #25
335 Make Me Feel Janelle Monae 9 #2
334 Angeles Elliott Smith 2 #334
333 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
332 Everything is Everything Lauryn Hill 4 #136
331 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 48 #25
330 Rebel Rebel David Bowie 42 #63
329 This Charming Man The Smiths 43 #2
328 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 43 #16
327 Here Comes Your Man The Pixies 53 #2
326 Love Song The Cure 62 #1
325 Red Eyes The War On Drugs 21 #11
324 Drain You Nirvana 17 #16
323 Black Metallic Catherine Wheel 45 #15
322 Tiny Dancer Elton John 22 #17
321 Raspberry Beret Prince 5 #87
320 Just What I Needed The Cars 29 #62
319 Svefn G Englar Sigur Ros 2 #47
318 Your Silent Face New Order 19 #18
317 Nearly Lost You Screaming Trees 52 #21
316 Modern Love David Bowie 53 #12
315 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
314 Rock Steady Aretha Franklin 3 #101
313 Tennessee Arrested Development 4 #90
312 American Girl Tom Petty 10 #25
311 The Perfect Kiss New Order 27 #2
310 Rainbow Connection Kermit the Frog 2 #310
309 Don't Stop Believing Journey 26 #11
308 The Obvious Child Paul Simon 7 #49
307 (Nothing But) Flowers Talking Heads 28 #20
306 Mr. Blue Sky ELO 6 #70
305 Tumbling Dice The Rolling Stones 23 #110
304 Police On My Back The Clash 25 #100
303 In Between Days The Cure 72 #3
302 Under the Pressure The War On Drugs 11 #3
301 Autumn Sweater Yo La Tengo 3 #174
300 Crosseyed And Painless Talking Heads 29 #37
299 Nothing Compares To You Sinéad O'Connor 9 #159
298 Casimir Pulaski Day Sufjan Stevens 6 #298
297 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 63 #6
296 Spirit of Radio Rush 10 #111
295 Going Hungry Temple of the Dog 1 #295
294 Because The Night Patti Smith 32 #38
293 Can't Hardly Wait The Replacements 26 #27
292 Hey The Pixies 10 #214
291 Second Skin The Gits 1 #291
290 Pink Moon Nick Drake 9 #87
289 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
288 Let It Happen Tame Impala 14 #5
287 Life During Wartime Talking Heads 52 #64
286 Holland, 1945 Neutral Milk Hotel 5 #115
285 Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) The Arcade Fire 4 #187
284 Common People Pulp 26 #1
283 Waltz #2 Elliott Smith 9 #15
282 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits 67 #6
281 Straight To Hell The Clash 19 #6
280 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley 55 #17
279 One More Time Daft Punk 9 #44
278 Doo-Wop (That Thing) Lauryn Hill 3 #17
277 Crazy Gnarls Barkley 29 #1
276 Bastards of Young The Replacements 25 #90
275 Ghost Town The Specials 26 #21
274 The Message Grandmaster Flash 3 #274
273 Danny Nedelko Idles 2 #159
272 No Quarter Led Zeppelin 13 #208
271 Higher Ground Stevie Wonder 4 #271
270 Magnificent Seven The Clash 5 #93
269 Ace of Spades Motorhead 38 #3
268 This is America Childish Gambino 9 #1
267 About A Girl Nirvana 45 #7
266 Rebellion The Arcade Fire 2 #138
265 Electric Relaxation A Tribe Called Quest 1 #265
264 Summer Babe Pavement 4 #34
263 Hyperballad Björk 6 #53
262 Beautiful World Devo 21 #108
261 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 81 #1
260 I am Trying to Break Your Heart Wilco 7 #16
259 The Suburbs The Arcade Fire 11 #11
258 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Radiohead 6 #45
257 I'll Believe Anything Wolf Parade 3 #249
256 Rise Above Black Flag 3 #256
255 I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor 4 #255
254 Around The World Daft Punk 18 #55
253 Keep the Car Running The Arcade Fire 21 #14
252 Unsatisfied The Replacements 7 #116
251 Goin' Against Your Mind Built To Spill 4 #70
250 Fuego Bomba Estereo 2 #250
249 Papa Was a Rodeo The Magnetic Fields 3 #193
248 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 44 #3
247 Dream Police Cheap Trick 9 #181
246 Clampdown The Clash 36 #1
245 Cortez The Killer Neil Young 9 #12
244 Hold On Hold On Neko Case 5 #163
243 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 59 #2
242 Rebel Without A Pause Public Enemy 2 #14
241 Spellbound Siouxsie and the Banshees 7 #71
240 1999 Prince 29 #36
239 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus 46 #3
238 Perfect Day Lou Reed 30 #12
237 Under the Milky Way The Church 66 #3
236 Better Man Pearl Jam 71 #3
235 People I've Been Sad Christine and the Queens 4 #5
234 Dog Days Are Over Florence And The Machine 14 #1
233 End of the Line Traveling Wilburys 11 #233
232 Wave of Mutilation The Pixies 23 #36
231 I Will Follow U2 69 #9
230 Born Slippy Underworld 34 #5
229 Only Shallow My Bloody Valentine 11 #44
228 Freedom Beyoncé 2 #228
227 Dancing Queen ABBA 7 #48
226 Float On Modest Mouse 55 #1
225 True Faith New Order 69 #3
224 California Stars Billy Bragg & Wilco 16 #25
223 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 54 #34
222 Bad Reputation Joan Jett 3 #87
221 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
220 Oh Bondage Up Yours! X-Ray Spex 9 #38
219 Radio Clash The Clash 1 #219
218 Unfinished Sympathy Massive Attack 24 #29
217 Farewell Transmission Songs: Ohia 3 #158
216 Not Big Thief 5 #6
215 Atlantic City Bruce Springsteen 11 #108
214 Skinny Love Bon Iver 14 #7
213 Birthday The Sugarcubes 40 #1
212 Blinding Lights The Weeknd 3 #71
211 Enter Sandman Metallica 73 #5
210 Deceptacon Le Tigre 2 #172
209 Lean on Me Bill Withers 4 #122
208 Heart Of Gold Neil Young 24 #60
207 New Slang The Shins 34 #3
206 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 49 #4
205 Impossible Germany Wilco 12 #6
204 Three Days Jane's Addiction 10 #197
203 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 18 #9
202 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley 41 #3
201 Bloodbuzz Ohio The National 20 #4
200 Pyramid Song Radiohead 5 #36
199 Chicago Sufjan Stevens 12 #21
198 Old Man Neil Young 16 #120
197 Get Up, Stand Up Bob Marley 26 #58
196 Atomic Blondie 9 #27
195 Reckoner Radiohead 9 #115
194 Heaven or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins 24 #51
193 Crazy On You Heart 18 #5
192 Got to Give It Up Marvin Gaye 6 #192
191 White Man In Hammersmith Palais The Clash 22 #3
190 Water No Get Enemy Fela Kuti 1 #190
189 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 75 #2
188 Rapture Blondie 46 #31
187 Clint Eastwood Gorillaz 49 #3
186 Let's Stay Together Al Green 8 #112
185 Know Your Rights The Clash 15 #27
184 Rapper's Delight Sugarhill Gang 4 #184
183 B.O.B. Outkast 9 #46
182 Lithium Nirvana 90 #3
181 The National Anthem Radiohead 4 #112
180 The Seed (2.0) The Roots 16 #4
179 Formation Beyoncé 4 #179
178 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 63 #1
177 C.R.E.A.M. Wu-Tang Clan 1 #177
176 Imagine John Lennon 54 #1
175 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 60 #9
174 Little Red Corvette Prince 11 #86
173 Hurt Johnny Cash 49 #6
172 Alright Kendrick Lamar 5 #37
171 Mr. Brightside The Killers 80 #1
170 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
169 Even Flow Pearl Jam 74 #5
168 Cannonball The Breeders 60 #1
167 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
166 Daft Punk Is Playing At My House LCD Soundsystem 10 #54
165 Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones 43 #3
164 Don't Stop Me Now Queen 21 #15
163 Groove Is In The Heart Dee-Lite 13 #4
162 Turntables Janelle Monae 5 #2
161 Coffee & TV Blur 10 #8
160 Deep Red Bells Neko Case 3 #160
159 what's So Funny (About Peace, Love, and Understanding)? Elvis Costello 11 #25
158 The Passenger Iggy Pop 33 #10
157 Temptation New Order 19 #1
156 Left of the Dial The Replacements 23 #156
155 Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen 6 #107
154 Landslide Fleetwood Mac 15 #37
153 Dear God XTC 76 #1
152 You Said Something PJ Harvey 8 #79
151 I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses 47 #10
150 Live Forever Oasis 43 #4
149 It's the End of the World as We Know it R.E.M. 13 #12
148 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
147 Song 2 Blur 82 #2
146 Army of Me Björk 23 #36
145 Call Me Blondie 41 #39
144 Colossus Idles 2 #66
143 Losing My Edge LCD Soundsystem 4 #23
142 Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac 38 #31
141 The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys 28 #14
140 Debaser The Pixies 47 #3
139 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
138 Graceland Paul Simon 10 #35
137 Midnight City M83 27 #4
136 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
135 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
134 Thirteen Big Star 4 #134
133 Time Pink Floyd 25 #45
132 Lover, You Should've Come Over Jeff Buckley 9 #47
131 Protection Massive Attack 10 #95
130 Stayin' Alive Bee Gees 4 #130
129 Lust For Life Iggy Pop 67 #1
128 Transmission Joy Division 19 #10
127 Rehab Amy Winehouse 20 #4
126 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
125 Such Great Heights The Postal Service 39 #2
124 Hurt Nine Inch Nails 45 #2
123 Roadrunner The Modern Lovers 8 #22
122 Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) The Arcade Fire 6 #122
121 All Apologies Nirvana 69 #2
120 One U2 114 #1
119 Fall On Me R.E.M. 46 #26
118 Fascination Street The Cure 43 #5
117 Let Down Radiohead 26 #62
116 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 66 #10
115 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
114 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 39 #23
113 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 9 #13
112 Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 63 #28
111 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 43 #1
110 Thriller Michael Jackson 11 #26
109 Redemption Song Bob Marley 19 #38
108 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 70 #1
107 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 50 #1
106 Let's Go Crazy Prince 12 #3
105 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie 45 #61
104 Loser Beck 77 #2
103 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
102 Age of Consent New Order 27 #3
101 Jesus Etc. Wilco 8 #20
100 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Neutral Milk Hotel 9 #80
99 Kiss Prince 16 #34
98 Flashlight Parliament 3 #98
97 September Earth, Wind & Fire 6 #35
96 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 63 #3
95 HeartBeats The Knife 6 #95
94 My Girls Animal Collective 8 #2
93 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 38 #2
92 Nightswimming R.E.M. 24 #19
91 Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs 40 #4
90 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
89 Killing in the Name of Rage Against the Machine 15 #8
88 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
87 Wolf Like Me TV on the Radio 24 #28
86 This Is The Sea The Waterboys 3 #86
85 Disintegration The Cure 2 #85
84 Starman David Bowie 23 #20
83 As Stevie Wonder 4 #83
82 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 62 #1
81 Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns Mother Love Bone 9 #35
80 Hallelujah Leonard Cohen 7 #2
79 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 8 #29
78 Carry the Zero Built To Spill 3 #41
77 Heart of Glass Blondie 44 #14
76 Fake Empire The National 14 #34
75 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 71 #6
74 Everything In It's Right Place Radiohead 10 #2
73 Teenage Riot Sonic Youth 27 #19
72 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 58 #16
71 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 77 #5
70 Teardrop Massive Attack 12 #21
69 Freedom George Michael 3 #69
68 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder 7 #68
67 Train in Vain The Clash 68 #10
66 This Is The Day The The 36 #45
65 Jolene Dolly Parton 7 #65
64 Three Little Birds Bob Marley 32 #44
63 Hey Ya! Outkast 46 #2
62 Hounds of Love Kate Bush 12 #62
61 The Rat The Walkmen 21 #23
60 Dancing On My Own Robyn 6 #40
59 Idioteque Radiohead 16 #37
58 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
57 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 71 #1
56 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 69 #16
55 Someone Great LCD Soundsystem 6 #7
54 Alive Pearl Jam 119 #1
53 Harvest Moon Neil Young 15 #53
52 Gloria Patti Smith 29 #52
51 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
50 The Chain Fleetwood Mac 28 #1
49 Karma Police Radiohead 92 #2
48 This Year The Mountain Goats 6 #11
47 A Forest The Cure 58 #4
46 With or Without You U2 123 #3
45 Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen 21 #1
44 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd 48 #2
43 Don't Change INXS 48 #28
42 Paper Planes M.I.A. 21 #4
41 Can I Kick It? A Tribe Called Quest 4 #22
40 Hallelujah Jeff Buckley 36 #3
39 Black Pearl Jam 101 #1
38 Ceremony New Order 13 #4
37 Rebel Girl Bikini Kill 3 #19
36 Marquee Moon Television 19 #15
35 Fade Into You Mazzy Star 46 #10
34 Bad U2 59 #5
33 Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan 21 #6
32 Come As You Are Nirvana 97 #1
31 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
30 Waiting Room Fugazi 16 #15
29 Life on Mars David Bowie 20 #29
28 Dreams Fleetwood Mac 33 #12
27 I Feel Love Donna Summer 3 #27
26 Do You Realize? The Flaming Lips 29 #7
25 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 71 #9
24 Sabotage Beastie Boys 73 #3
23 When Doves Cry Prince 19 #12
22 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
21 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 61 #1
20 Superstition Stevie Wonder 16 #20
19 Wake Up The Arcade Fire 21 #12
18 Dance Yrself Clean LCD Soundsystem 11 #3
17 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 56 #3
16 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
15 All My Friends LCD Soundsystem 9 #10
14 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 72 #9
13 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
12 Lovely Day Bill Withers 4 #12
11 Paranoid Android Radiohead 68 #5
10 Under Pressure David Bowie & Queen 4 #10
9 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 59 #4
8 Fight The Power Public Enemy 8 #8
7 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 64 #5
6 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 69 #2
5 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
4 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
3 Naive Melody Talking Heads 1 #3
2 Purple Rain Prince 51 #1
1 Heroes David Bowie 93 #1

About this countdown

KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) was voted by KEXP’s listeners (Seattle, WA) in March 5, 2022. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: KEXP, "Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022)".

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