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WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)

The all-time countdown (Memorial Day 1996) from WOXY 97X in Cincinnati, OH ranks 498 songs, with “Boys Don't Cry” by The Cure at number one. The list features 258 different artists; R.E.M. has the most entries with 13 songs.

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1 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 73 #1
2 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 81 #1
3 88 Lines About 44 Women The Nails 34 #3
4 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 62 #1
5 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
6 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
7 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
8 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? Elvis Costello & the Attractions 22 #8
9 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette 46 #2
10 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 56 #9
11 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
12 Route 66 Depeche Mode 50 #1
13 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
14 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
15 I Melt With You Modern English 71 #2
16 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 58 #9
17 Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) Cracker 17 #14
18 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
19 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 71 #6
20 Cannonball The Breeders 60 #1
21 People Who Died Jim Carroll Band 28 #17
22 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
23 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 67 #2
24 Tempted Squeeze 71 #21
25 Longview Green Day 63 #1
26 Dear God XTC 76 #1
27 Jeremy Pearl Jam 104 #2
28 Alison Elvis Costello 49 #3
29 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 65 #1
30 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
31 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
32 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
33 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
34 Even Flow Pearl Jam 74 #5
35 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
36 Situation Yaz 44 #8
37 Get On The Bus The Royal Crescent Mob 18 #27
38 All Apologies Nirvana 69 #2
39 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
40 Runaway Train Soul Asylum 56 #6
41 Whip It Devo 64 #1
42 Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant 40 #25
43 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 55 #1
44 Train in Vain The Clash 68 #10
45 Bitchin' Camaro Dead Milkmen 32 #19
46 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 84 #3
47 Tainted Love Soft Cell 64 #1
48 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 66 #10
49 Gotta Get Away The Offspring 34 #41
50 Roxanne The Police 82 #10
51 Loser Beck 77 #2
52 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 72 #9
53 Laid James 59 #1
54 Elvis Is Everywhere Mojo Nixon 18 #26
55 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 51 #7
56 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 59 #1
57 Candy Everybody Wants 58 Tori Amos - Caught A Light Sneeze 10,000 Maniacs 1 #57
59 Love Vigilantes New Order 38 #1
60 Whisper to a Scream Icicle Works 16 #59
61 (Don't Go Back To) Rockville R.E.M. 29 #37
62 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 70 #4
63 Is She Really Going Out With Him? Joe Jackson 36 #39
64 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 117 #1
65 Cars Gary Numan 57 #11
66 Take Me to the River Talking Heads 47 #66
67 Black Coffee in Bed Squeeze 44 #55
68 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 54 #30
69 Brain Stew Green Day 39 #8
70 These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs 36 #9
71 Tried to Be True The Indigo Girls 2 #71
72 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers 31 #34
73 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 59 #4
74 One U2 114 #1
75 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 79 #1
76 Never Say Never Romeo Void 53 #8
77 Love Shack The B-52's 61 #1
78 Blue Sky Mine Midnight Oil 36 #9
79 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 71 #9
80 Dodge Veg-O-Matic Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers 5 #72
81 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 53 #10
82 Everyday is Halloween Ministry 31 #6
83 Devil Inside INXS 34 #42
84 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 75 #3
85 Take The Skinheads Bowling Camper Van Beethoven 34 #21
86 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 66 #3
87 Pets Porno for Pyros 40 #9
88 Right Here, Right Now Jesus Jones 49 #3
89 Life During Wartime Talking Heads 52 #64
90 Daughter Pearl Jam 65 #1
91 Turning Japanese The Vapors 49 #14
92 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 55 #5
93 Message in a Bottle The Police 61 #24
94 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 69 #2
95 Talk Talk Talk Talk 25 #9
96 Dreams The Cranberries 49 #2
97 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 53 #13
98 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 54 #2
99 Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen 39 #21
100 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
101 People are People Depeche Mode 59 #11
102 Would I Lie To You? Eurythmics 32 #61
103 Our House Madness 58 #15
104 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
105 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 51 #9
106 No Rain Blind Melon 65 #2
107 Lost In The Supermarket The Clash 33 #75
108 The Queen Is Dead The Smiths 18 #7
109 Safety Dance Men Without Hats 17 #47
110 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
111 Man on the Moon R.E.M. 44 #24
112 Feed The Tree Belly 41 #19
113 Shout Tears for Fears 60 #5
114 Low Cracker 56 #9
115 Alive Pearl Jam 119 #1
116 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 58 #16
117 68 Guns The Alarm 13 #59
118 American Music Violent Femmes 39 #14
119 Message of Love The Pretenders 32 #95
120 Steam Peter Gabriel 20 #78
121 I Will Dare The Replacements 35 #50
122 This Is The Day The The 36 #45
123 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 57 #1
124 Come As You Are Nirvana 97 #1
125 Dizz Knee Land dada 33 #7
126 Radio Radio Elvis Costello & the Attractions 34 #22
127 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 49 #60
128 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Devo 19 #67
129 Strangelove Depeche Mode 58 #2
130 Call Me Blondie 41 #39
131 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 56 #2
132 Superman R.E.M. 48 #8
133 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 43 #24
134 Things You Left Behind The Nails 5 #134
135 Save It For Later The English Beat 55 #9
136 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus 46 #3
137 World Destruction Time Zone 30 #17
138 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
139 Somebody To Shove Soul Asylum 37 #35
140 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 11 #61
141 Rise Public Image Ltd. 41 #24
142 Joey Concrete Blonde 43 #15
143 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
144 A Million Miles Away The Plimsouls 42 #44
145 Tomorrow Morrissey 33 #6
146 The Only One I Know The Charlatans 32 #6
147 Jammin' Bob Marley 36 #2
148 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 54 #1
149 Girls on Film Duran Duran 46 #18
150 Cuts You Up Peter Murphy 51 #10
151 Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms 32 #6
152 Nemesis Shreikback 3 #140
153 Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers 49 #9
154 Talk of the Town The Pretenders 24 #59
155 Drown The Smashing Pumpkins 25 #9
156 Rapture Blondie 46 #31
157 The One I Love R.E.M. 91 #5
158 Makes No Sense At All Husker Du 15 #37
159 Winnebago Foo Fighters 1 #159
160 Love Removal Machine The Cult 40 #13
161 Don't Let's Start They Might Be Giants 47 #39
162 Policy of Truth Depeche Mode 52 #2
163 Red Rain Peter Gabriel 38 #28
164 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 63 #3
165 Cult of Personality Living Colour 47 #42
166 The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs 42 #30
167 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats 48 #47
168 Crosseyed And Painless Talking Heads 29 #37
169 Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling 21 #8
170 All I Want Toad The Wet Sprocket 35 #6
171 Gentlemen Afghan Whigs 21 #75
172 No New Tale To Tell Love and Rockets 47 #13
173 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
174 Mirror in the Bathroom The English Beat 54 #38
175 Girlfriend Matthew Sweet 43 #2
176 Blood and Roses The Smithereens 38 #5
177 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
178 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds 42 #1
179 Ask The Smiths 47 #5
180 Crush Story Too Much Joy 22 #14
181 Welcome To The Boomtown David And David 10 #72
182 Orange Crush R.E.M. 59 #1
183 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 43 #16
184 Chocolate Cake Crowded House 21 #20
185 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 57 #2
186 Rebirth of the Cool Afghan Whigs 10 #43
187 Self-Esteem The Offspring 62 #1
188 Birthday The Sugarcubes 40 #1
189 Pride U2 7 #44
190 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 48 #21
191 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police 42 #22
192 Mandinka Sinéad O'Connor 50 #5
193 Miss Freelove '69 Hoodoo Gurus 19 #44
194 Connected Stereo MC's 38 #11
195 Under the Milky Way The Church 66 #3
196 In a Big Country Big Country 63 #3
197 All This Time Sting 12 #11
198 Zombie The Cranberries 71 #1
199 Don't Change INXS 48 #28
200 Let's Dance David Bowie 61 #6
201 Infected The The 23 #75
202 Change Tears for Fears 33 #32
203 The Last Day of Our Aquaintance Sinéad O'Connor 4 #203
204 Mysterious Ways U2 74 #2
205 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
206 Oh Daddy Adrian Belew 19 #50
207 Dirty Boulevard Lou Reed 19 #19
208 Private Idaho The B-52's 51 #25
209 Pretty Persuasion R.E.M. 32 #50
210 Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio The Ramones 14 #192
211 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
212 Galileo 213.. Talk Talk - It's My Life The Indigo Girls 1 #212
214 Birth, School, Work, Death The Godfathers 28 #39
215 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 63 #6
216 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
217 Trouble Me 10,000 Maniacs 22 #14
218 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 41 #1
219 Silent All These Years Tori Amos 41 #10
220 Words Missing Persons 22 #4
221 Human Behaviour Björk 29 #20
222 My City Was Gone The Pretenders 26 #86
223 Digging In The Dirt Peter Gabriel 22 #12
224 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 63 #1
225 Least Complicated The Indigo Girls 19 #54
226 Always Saturday Guadalcanal Diary 7 #84
227 Middle of the Road The Pretenders 32 #82
228 That's Entertainment The Jam 42 #4
229 Red Red Wine UB40 43 #1
230 So Alive Love and Rockets 54 #1
231 Chorus Erasure 12 #8
232 Monkey Gone To Heaven The Pixies 59 #5
233 Behind the Wall of Sleep The Smithereens 22 #62
234 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 58 #2
235 Sunday Papers Joe Jackson 26 #159
236 Waiting For The Great Leap Forward Billy Bragg 10 #20
237 I'm Free The Soup Dragons 42 #1
238 Lemon U2 20 #7
239 What's The Matter Here 10,000 Maniacs 35 #21
240 Nearly Lost You Screaming Trees 52 #21
241 I Wanna Be A Boss Stan Ridgway 9 #240
242 Love is a Stranger Eurythmics 16 #62
243 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals 42 #4
244 Someday I Suppose The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 10 #74
245 Heaven The Psychedelic Furs 30 #50
246 Gloria Patti Smith 29 #52
247 Stop Your Sobbing The Pretenders 24 #226
248 Blasphemous Rumors Depeche Mode 24 #5
249 Biko Peter Gabriel 25 #21
250 Santa Monica Everclear 36 #3
251 Luka Suzanne Vega 25 #10
252 Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays 48 #3
253 Uncertain Smile The The 45 #3
254 Sister Havana Urge Overkill 31 #16
255 Bang And Blame R.E.M. 21 #16
256 Good Stuff The B-52's 15 #32
257 Voices Carry Til Tuesday 32 #28
258 Senses Working Overtime XTC 35 #23
259 King of Pain The Police 29 #17
260 The Walls Came Down The Call 29 #106
261 Close to Me The Cure 72 #11
262 Dreams The Bodeans 5 #233
263 Is It Really So Strange The Smiths 8 #16
264 A Little Respect Erasure 41 #4
265 Candy The Pretenders 2 #201
266 Mrs. Robinson The Lemonheads 44 #19
267 One Wind Blows Toad The Wet Sprocket 2 #267
268 Be My Yoko Ono Barenaked Ladies 17 #50
269 Head On The Jesus and Mary Chain 29 #21
270 Sexuality Billy Bragg 29 #17
271 Police and Thieves The Clash 19 #23
272 Rush Big Audio Dynamite II 40 #5
273 Don't You Want Me The Human League 35 #5
274 Stand R.E.M. 52 #4
275 With or Without You U2 123 #3
276 Prove My Love Violent Femmes 20 #103
277 Time The Avenger The Pretenders 18 #275
278 November Spawned a Monster Morrissey 19 #16
279 Rain in the Summertime The Alarm 36 #19
280 Always On The Run Lenny Kravitz 21 #9
281 Tom's Diner DNA (Featuring Suzanne Vega) 22 #14
282 Forgotten Years Midnight Oil 22 #38
283 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 49 #11
284 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) They Might Be Giants 24 #24
285 Never Enough The Cure 24 #2
286 Love is the Drug Roxy Music 44 #47
287 Walk On The Ocean Toad The Wet Sprocket 28 #15
288 And She Was Talking Heads 52 #21
289 Watusi Rodeo Guadalcanal Diary 4 #80
290 Original Sin INXS 40 #19
291 Black, White, And Blood Red The Bodeans 2 #291
292 Kiss Them for Me Siouxsie and the Banshees 48 #3
293 I Will Follow U2 69 #9
294 Hungry Like the Wolf Duran Duran 53 #22
295 We Got the Beat The Go-Go's 30 #3
296 Antmusic Adam & the Ants 33 #2
297 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 38 #17
298 China Girl Daivd Bowie 1 #298
299 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You Sting 14 #37
300 The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades Timbuk 3 12 #33
301 Caribbean Blue Enya 14 #28
302 Mr. Wendel Arrested Development 2 #290
303 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 42 #11
304 Unbelievable EMF 50 #2
305 Heart of Glass Blondie 44 #14
306 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 60 #3
307 Alex Chilton The Replacements 46 #8
308 Divine Hammer The Breeders 21 #81
309 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 43 #1
310 Happy Hour The Housemartins 27 #6
311 A Town Called Malice The Jam 32 #7
312 Box Full of Letters Wilco 17 #251
313 Little Bird Annie Lennox 9 #313
314 Making Plans For Nigel XTC 40 #29
315 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 54 #34
316 Wrapped Around Your Finger The Police 14 #29
317 Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel 39 #20
318 Walking On Sunshine Katrina and the Waves 15 #80
319 A Message To You Rudy The Specials 34 #54
320 Pain Lies On The Riverside Live 26 #62
321 Taillights Fade Buffalo Tom 19 #34
322 Eighties Killing Joke 28 #37
323 Hold Her Down Toad The Wet Sprocket 9 #87
324 Jocko Homo Devo 15 #58
325 Show Me Your Soul Red Hot Chili Peppers 21 #40
326 Sweet Jane Lou Reed 17 #51
327 Life's What You Make It Talk Talk 14 #115
328 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 60 #9
329 Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood 34 #1
330 I've Been Waiting Matthew Sweet 21 #49
331 Walking In My Shoes Depeche Mode 26 #19
332 Look Sharp Joe Jackson 16 #269
333 From A Million Miles Single Gun Theory 10 #70
334 New Sensation INXS 38 #6
335 Summer of Love The B-52's 24 #8
336 Groovy Train The Farm 20 #21
337 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
338 Is It Like Today? World Party 21 #65
339 Bad (Live) U2 12 #231
340 Crazy Seal 36 #6
341 Broken Hearted Savior Big Head Todd and the Monsters 16 #325
342 Oh L'Amour Erasure 27 #3
343 Skin Deep The Stranglers 11 #121
344 I Want Your Hands On Me Sinéad O'Connor 35 #29
345 Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith 20 #47
346 Planet Claire The B-52's 33 #104
347 Welcome to Paradise Green Day 52 #6
348 Driver 8 R.E.M. 36 #46
349 Dollar Bill Screaming Trees 4 #349
350 Things That Dreams Are Made of The Human League 3 #350
351 The City Sleeps MC 900 Ft. Jesus 11 #17
352 Saturday The Judybats 2 #352
353 Earth to Grandma Ass Ponys 2 #321
354 Big Time Peter Gabriel 31 #16
355 Someday Some Way Marshall Crenshaw 15 #251
356 Sabotage Beastie Boys 73 #3
357 Mayor of Simpleton XTC 33 #3
358 Kundalini Express Love and Rockets 11 #45
359 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees 46 #1
360 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 36 #23
361 Into The Fire Sarah McLachlan 24 #47
362 I Got You Split Enz 45 #41
363 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 49 #4
364 I'm Sorry The Hothouse Flowers 12 #267
365 (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Elvis Costello 29 #272
366 Police On My Back The Clash 25 #100
367 Jerry Was A Race Car Driver Primus 48 #26
368 Waiting For Somebody Paul Westerberg 17 #265
369 My Sister Juliana Hatfield 3 5 #36
370 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 59 #2
371 Cherub Rock The Smashing Pumpkins 49 #8
372 Stay Up Late Talking Heads 36 #14
373 Suddenly The Bogmen 1 #373
374 Our Lips Are Sealed The Go-Go's 28 #32
375 I Got Loaded Los Lobos 4 #375
376 Black Gold Soul Asylum 24 #35
377 Being Simple The Judybats 15 #339
378 Fear Is Never Boring The Bears 16 #92
379 How Does It Feel (To Be On My Mind) Over The Rhine 3 #379
380 Doll Parts Hole 44 #2
381 If I Can't Change Your Mind Sugar 23 #91
382 Pale Blue Eyes The Velvet Underground 16 #24
383 A Girl Like You The Smithereens 39 #30
384 What You Need INXS 52 #7
385 The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys 28 #14
386 Making Plans For Nigel Primus 4 #386
387 Walking Down Madison Kirsty MacColl 21 #57
388 Who's That Girl? Eurythmics 14 #74
389 Stigmata Ministry 14 #61
390 Don't Go Yaz 27 #37
391 Tones of Home Blind Melon 12 #45
392 Here Comes a Regular The Replacements 8 #374
393 So Lonely The Police 44 #94
394 Modern Love David Bowie 53 #12
395 Would? Alice In Chains 62 #6
396 Lump The Presidents of the United States of America 51 #2
397 Always The Last To Know Del Amitri 12 #364
398 Dance This Mess Around The B-52's 21 #157
399 Here Comes Your Man The Pixies 53 #2
400 The Hungry Wolf X 7 #62
401 What Would You Say Dave Matthews Band 37 #5
402 Gloria U2 41 #51
403 Buddy Holly Weezer 62 #8
404 Murder Tonight In The Trailer Park Cowboy Junkies 3 #404
405 Angel Dressed In Black Warren Zevon 2 #405
406 Linger The Cranberries 42 #3
407 Go! Tones on Tail 42 #35
408 Siva The Smashing Pumpkins 12 #27
409 Slackjawed The Connells 13 #51
410 Never Tear Us Apart INXS 40 #1
411 Boom Boom Trio 4 #403
412 See A Little Light Bob Mould 31 #69
413 Can't Get There From Here R.E.M. 30 #33
414 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 30 #34
415 A Spy in the House of Love The Db's 16 #126
416 Deeper Shade of Soul Urban Dance Squad 22 #100
417 Step On Happy Mondays 38 #8
418 All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow 35 #6
419 Alcohol Howlin' Maggie 18 #144
420 Supernova Liz Phair 35 #19
421 Reap the Wild Wind Ultravox 11 #90
422 Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything) Dead Milkmen 5 #289
423 Pretty Pink Rose Adrian Belew 5 #71
424 Video Killed The Radio Star The Buggles 45 #42
425 Crazy Mary Pearl Jam 27 #15
426 Free Nelson Mandela The Special AKA 11 #31
427 Sorry About The Weather Mark Curry 9 #419
428 Cool for Cats Squeeze 32 #50
429 Drown Son Volt 21 #335
430 Work for Love Ministry 18 #112
431 Numb U2 25 #19
432 Hook Blues Traveler 27 #38
433 World Shut Your Mouth Julian Cope 23 #45
434 I Shot the Sheriff Bob Marley 10 #205
435 Start Choppin' Dinosaur Jr. 20 #45
436 God is a Bullet Concrete Blonde 29 #45
437 Pretend We're Dead L7 23 #15
438 Debonair Afghan Whigs 28 #52
439 Weirdo The Charlatans 29 #16
440 I Don't Remember Peter Gabriel 10 #440
441 Love and Tunafish The Royal Crescent Mob 4 #388
442 Will The Wolf Survive? Los Lobos 12 #356
443 Through Being Cool Devo 21 #53
444 Sadeness (Pt. 1) Enigma 5 #343
445 The Emperor's New Clothes Sinéad O'Connor 29 #12
446 Sunspots/Wishing Well Bob Mould 9 #168
447 There's No Other Way Blur 39 #20
448 Desperate, But Not Serious Adam Ant 24 #140
449 Five Guys Named Moe Joe Jackson 2 #449
450 Pictures of Matchstick Men Camper Van Beethoven 30 #28
451 My Ever Changing Moods The Style Council 28 #57
452 Dragon Lady The Geraldine Fibbers 1 #452
453 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Crash Test Dummies 34 #6
454 The Sweater Meryn Cadell 14 #28
455 Panic The Smiths 51 #5
456 Rooster Alice In Chains 49 #20
457 Big Love Now Psychodots 5 #438
458 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah The Pogues 23 #85
459 Little Bastard Ass Ponys 23 #83
460 Weird Science Oingo Boingo 30 #34
461 See How We Are X 8 #43
462 Orinoco Flow Enya 12 #48
463 I'm The Man Joe Jackson 29 #178
464 This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy 34 #7
465 She Don't Use Jelly The Flaming Lips 30 #62
466 Time Bomb Rancid 43 #24
467 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 23 #29
468 Hippychick Soho 24 #5
469 Dorina dada 9 #404
470 Elvis is Dead Living Colour 3 #254
471 We Are The Normal Goo Goo Dolls 18 #84
472 I Go Crazy Flesh for Lulu 22 #21
473 Need You Tonight INXS 52 #5
474 Sometimes fIREHOSE 3 #474
475 I'll Be You The Replacements 44 #8
476 Black Metallic Catherine Wheel 45 #15
477 Get The Message Electronic 26 #7
478 Changes David Bowie 62 #54
479 Donna Everywhere Too Much Joy 17 #40
480 Love Plus One Haircut 100 22 #26
481 Real Wild Child Iggy Pop 16 #53
482 I Feel Better Than James Brown Was (Not Was) 13 #77
483 Divine Thing The Soup Dragons 27 #8
484 God Tori Amos 36 #30
485 Party At Ground Zero Fishbone 39 #65
486 Like A Drug They Eat Their Own 12 #455
487 Be The One Poi Dog Pondering 2 #427
488 Midlife Crisis Faith No More 18 #12
489 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker The Ramones 55 #46
490 Butterfly Wings Machines of Loving Grace 14 #29
491 The Slacks Trip Shakespeare 7 #248
492 So You Think You're in Love Robyn Hitchcock 6 #28
493 Ball of Confusion Love and Rockets 39 #19
494 Pet Sematary The Ramones 11 #26
495 Underground Ben Folds Five 11 #3
496 Found Out About You Gin Blossoms 28 #47
497 The Fly U2 27 #10
498 Cool Places Sparks 13 #39
499 Everyday Sunshine Fishbone 19 #491
500 One Thing Leads To Another The Fixx 38 #19

About this countdown

WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) was broadcast by WOXY 97X (Cincinnati, OH) in Memorial Day 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.

Contributed by Craig Froehle. Thank you!

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