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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 216 different artists; R.E.M. has the most entries with 19 songs.

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

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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