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Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)

The all-time countdown (1996) from Q101 in Chicago, IL ranks 500 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 215 different artists; R.E.M. has the most entries with 19 songs.

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

About this countdown

Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) was broadcast by Q101 (Chicago, IL) in 1996. 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 Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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