Every song that charted in 1993

Combined ranking of all 311 songs from the alternative rock year-end countdowns of 1993. ← Top 100 of 1993

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Cannonball The Breeders	561	6	#1	1
2	Creep Radiohead	522	6	#2	–
3	Linger The Cranberries	471	5	#3	–
4	Plush Stone Temple Pilots	468	5	#1	2
5	No Rain Blind Melon	460	5	#2	–
6	Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers	438	5	#9	–
7	Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana	426	5	#6	–
8	Regret New Order	414	7	#9	–
9	Pets Porno for Pyros	409	5	#9	–
10	Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz	403	5	#3	–
11	Runaway Train Soul Asylum	395	6	#6	–
12	Today The Smashing Pumpkins	386	4	#2	–
13	Daughter Pearl Jam	386	4	#1	1
14	Feed The Tree Belly	383	5	#19	–
15	Everybody Hurts R.E.M.	382	5	#1	1
16	Numb U2	375	5	#19	–
17	Ordinary World Duran Duran	374	5	#6	–
18	Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms	357	4	#6	–
19	Two Princes The Spin Doctors	346	5	#7	–
20	Low Cracker	343	4	#9	–
21	I Feel You Depeche Mode	334	5	#11	–
22	Cherub Rock The Smashing Pumpkins	323	5	#18	–
23	All That She Wants Ace of Base	314	4	#16	–
24	Come Undone Duran Duran	301	4	#5	–
25	Break It Down Again Tears for Fears	291	4	#12	–
26	What's Up? 4 Non Blondes	281	5	#10	–
27	Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins	276	4	#20	–
28	Connected Stereo MC's	275	4	#11	–
29	Human Behaviour Björk	274	4	#20	–
30	Lemon U2	246	4	#7	–
31	Dreams The Cranberries	241	4	#2	–
32	Go Pearl Jam	234	4	#8	–
33	Sober Tool	233	4	#27	–
34	Can't Help Falling in Love UB40	227	4	#27	–
35	Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine	225	3	#6	–
36	Man on the Moon R.E.M.	225	5	#24	–
37	Purple Haze The Cure	210	4	#22	–
38	Into Your Arms The Lemonheads	202	4	#23	–
39	Rooster Alice In Chains	197	4	#25	–
40	Walking In My Shoes Depeche Mode	195	3	#19	–
41	Black Pearl Jam	193	3	#20	–
42	Detachable Penis King Missile	188	4	#29	–
43	My Sister Juliana Hatfield	187	3	#33	–
44	All Apologies Nirvana	186	2	#5	–
45	Loser Beck	184	4	#12	–
46	Fields of Gold Sting	184	3	#22	–
47	Butterfly Wings Machines of Loving Grace	182	3	#29	–
48	Mrs. Robinson The Lemonheads	172	3	#25	–
49	Killing in the Name of Rage Against the Machine	164	2	#8	–
50	Push Th' Little Daisies Ween	164	3	#10	–
51	Rape Me Nirvana	163	5	#26	–
52	Nearly Lost You Screaming Trees	163	3	#35	–
53	Laid James	155	2	#16	–
54	I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers	154	3	#34	–
55	Found Out About You Gin Blossoms	152	3	#47	–
56	Wicked Garden Stone Temple Pilots	144	3	#23	–
57	Oh Carolina Shaggy	140	3	#46	–
58	Asshole Denis Leary	136	2	#1	1
59	Sister Havana Urge Overkill	136	3	#16	–
60	Insane in the Brain Cypress Hill	136	3	#38	–
61	Start Choppin' Dinosaur Jr.	135	5	#45	–
62	Tones of Home Blind Melon	134	3	#45	–
63	My Sister Juliana Hatfield 3	129	2	#36	–
64	Thunder Kiss '65 White Zombie	128	3	#50	–
65	Dream All Day The Posies	127	3	#49	–
66	These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs	126	3	#39	–
67	Can You Forgive Her? Pet Shop Boys	121	4	#56	–
68	If I Ever Lose My Faith In You Sting	116	3	#37	–
69	Truganini Midnight Oil	115	3	#55	–
70	The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove Dead Can Dance	111	3	#35	–
71	Black Gold Soul Asylum	109	2	#35	–
72	My Name is Mud Primus	109	2	#4	–
73	Cursed Female Porno for Pyros	106	3	#41	–
74	Candy Everybody Wants 10,000 Maniacs	105	3	#53	–
75	Enough Is Enough Chumbawamba & Credit To The Nation	100	1	#1	1
76	Crank Catherine Wheel	99	2	#39	–
77	Believe Lenny Kravitz	99	3	#45	–
78	Swim Madder Rose	98	1	#2	–
79	Her Jazz Huggy Bear	96	1	#3	–
80	Rid Of Me PJ Harvey	94	1	#4	–
81	Mr. Wendal Arrested Development	94	3	#49	–
82	Stay (Faraway, So Close!) U2	93	2	#30	–
83	French Disco Stereolab	92	1	#5	–
84	The Honeymoon Is Over Cruel Sea	92	1	#9	–
85	The Crying Game Boy George	92	2	#38	–
86	Stone Me Into The Groove Atomic Swing	91	1	#10	–
87	Supermodel Superficial Voodoo Queens	90	1	#6	–
88	Soul & Fire Sebadoh	88	1	#7	–
89	Sweet Lullaby Deep Forest	88	1	#14	–
90	I Held Her in My Arms Violent Femmes	87	1	#14	–
91	Wild America Iggy Pop	86	1	#15	–
92	Crazy Mary Pearl Jam	86	3	#49	–
93	Ohio River Boat Song Palace Brothers	84	1	#9	–
94	Hits from the Bong Cypress Hill	84	1	#17	–
95	Go West Pet Shop Boys	83	1	#18	–
96	Gepetto Belly	83	3	#48	–
97	Shark Attack The Wailing Souls	83	2	#61	–
98	Government Administrator Eggs	82	1	#10	–
99	Trout Neneh Cherry	82	1	#19	–
100	Sleeping Satellite Tasmin Archer	81	2	#60	–
101	Get Me Dinosaur Jr.	81	2	#38	–
102	Kite Nick Heyward	80	3	#59	–
103	Why Are People Grudgeful The Fall	80	1	#11	–
104	Blacle Stic Cruel Sea	80	1	#21	–
105	Are You Going My Way? Lenny Kravitz	80	1	#22	–
106	The Ship Song Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	79	1	#22	–
107	Hear No Bullshit Credit To The Nation & Chumbawamba	78	1	#12	–
108	Love is Stronger than Death The The	77	1	#25	–
109	Every Day Is Like Sunday 10,000 Maniacs	75	2	#66	–
110	Somewhere Efua	75	1	#26	–
111	Razzamatazz Pulp	74	1	#14	–
112	Verse Chorus Verse Nirvana	74	3	#61	–
113	50 PJ Harvey	72	1	#15	–
114	Metal Mickey Suede	71	2	#54	–
115	Constant Craving KD Lang	71	1	#30	–
116	Wildwood Paul Weller	70	1	#4	–
117	I Suck New Bad Things	70	1	#16	–
118	Who Was in My Room Butthole Surfers	70	1	#33	–
119	Condemnation Depeche Mode	69	2	#46	–
120	Jessie Paw	69	1	#32	–
121	England's Dreaming Cornershop	68	1	#17	–
122	Zooropa U2	67	1	#31	–
123	Cantaloop Us3	67	1	#34	–
124	Debonair Afghan Whigs	67	2	#52	–
125	Sex Type Thing Stone Temple Pilots	67	3	#50	–
126	Wang Dang Doodle PJ Harvey	66	1	#18	–
127	Shoop Salt n Pepa	66	1	#35	–
128	The Right Time Hoodoo Gurus	65	1	#36	–
129	Animal Nitrate Suede	64	2	#69	–
130	Lost In Music The Fall	64	1	#19	–
131	Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town Pearl Jam	64	1	#34	–
132	Higher Ground UB40	64	2	#60	–
133	Sublime The Ocean Blue	63	1	#40	–
134	Glam Racket The Fall	62	1	#20	–
135	Friday I'm in Love The Cure	62	1	#39	–
136	Walking in Your Shoes Depeche Mode	62	1	#41	–
137	Human Behavior Björk	62	1	#42	–
138	Homeboy Adorable	61	1	#42	–
139	Come Talk To Me Peter Gabriel	60	1	#41	–
140	I'd Do Anything for Love Meat Loaf	60	1	#5	–
141	Eject Senser	60	1	#21	–
142	World Turning Yothu Yindi	60	1	#41	–
143	What is Love? Haddaway	60	1	#43	–
144	It's My Life Dr. Alban	60	2	#47	–
145	Photograph R.E.M.	59	1	#38	–
146	Dreams Gabrielle	59	1	#42	–
147	Dizz Knee Land dada	58	1	#43	–
148	Sodajerk Buffalo Tom	58	2	#72	–
149	Because the Night (Unplugged) 10,000 Maniacs	58	1	#39	–
150	I'm Going To Spain The Fall	58	1	#22	–
151	Juice Headless Chickens	57	1	#44	–
152	Los Angeles Frank Black	56	2	#69	–
153	Web In Front Archers of Loaf	56	1	#23	–
154	Helpless Sugar	55	1	#46	–
155	Call It What You Want Credit To The Nation	54	1	#24	–
156	Tease Me Chaka Demus & Pliers	54	1	#47	–
157	Do You Right 311	53	2	#72	–
158	World (Price of Love) New Order	53	1	#51	–
159	Because The Night 10,000 Maniacs	53	2	#64	–
160	Night of the Wolverine Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes	53	1	#48	–
161	Creep Stone Temple Pilots	53	1	#44	–
162	Slackjawed The Connells	52	1	#51	–
163	Olympia Hole	52	1	#25	–
164	Bi Living Colour	52	1	#49	–
165	Photograph R.E.M. and Natalie Merchant	51	1	#52	–
166	Adam's Ribs You Am I	51	1	#50	–
167	It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads	51	2	#73	–
168	Walk On The Ocean Toad The Wet Sprocket	50	1	#53	–
169	Service The Fall	50	1	#26	–
170	Would? Alice In Chains	50	1	#51	–
171	Work for Food Dramarama	50	1	#54	–
172	Jimmy's Fantasy Redd Kross	49	1	#55	–
173	Raindrops Tindersticks	48	1	#27	–
174	Taillights Fade Buffalo Tom	48	1	#53	–
175	How Does It Feel? Electroset	48	1	#57	–
176	On the Ropes The Wonderstuff	48	1	#56	–
177	The Ugly Truth Matthew Sweet	48	1	#54	–
178	Holy Grail Hunters And Collectors	47	1	#54	–
179	Step It Up Stereo MC's	47	1	#57	–
180	Timebomb Chumbawamba	46	1	#28	–
181	Alive and Brilliant Deborah Conway	46	1	#55	–
182	Thunderkiss '65 (KFMDM Remix) White Zombie	46	1	#58	–
183	World (the Price of Love) New Order	46	2	#71	–
184	Ladybird (Green Grass) The Fall	44	1	#29	–
185	Choppers Headless Chickens	44	1	#57	–
186	Jesus Was Way Cool King Missile	43	1	#58	–
187	Marbles Tindersticks	42	1	#30	–
188	You're Just too Hip Baby Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes	42	1	#59	–
189	Distant Sun Crowded House	41	1	#60	–
190	Last Train Christine Anu/Paul Kelly	40	1	#61	–
191	Speed Racer Alpha Team	40	1	#64	–
192	San Francisco Days Chris Isaak	39	1	#65	–
193	Easy Faith No More	39	1	#62	–
194	Barney and Me The Boo Radleys	39	2	#35	–
195	Mary Jane's Last Dance Tom Petty	38	1	#57	–
196	Jack the Ripper Morrissey	38	1	#67	–
197	Naked Cousin PJ Harvey	38	1	#32	–
198	Scratch My Back The Sharp	38	1	#63	–
199	Stop Whispering Radiohead	38	1	#64	–
200	Treasure Hands Lucy's Fur Coat	37	1	#58	–
201	Angry Chair Alice In Chains	37	3	#85	–
202	Animal Front 242	37	1	#67	–
203	Rubberband Girl Kate Bush	37	2	#62	–
204	We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful Morrissey	37	1	#65	–
205	Atta Girl Heavenly	36	1	#33	–
206	Mrs. Rita Gin Blossoms	36	1	#66	–
207	Love U More Sunscreem	36	1	#70	–
208	Turn it Up Blur	35	1	#69	–
209	Something Good Utah Saints	35	1	#66	–
210	Divine Thing The Soup Dragons	35	1	#67	–
211	Mr. Krinkle Primus	35	1	#71	–
212	White Love One Dove	34	1	#70	–
213	You Candlebox	34	1	#61	–
214	Good Judge Of Character J Church	34	1	#34	–
215	Boom Shack-a-lack Apache Indian	34	1	#67	–
216	Mr Vain Culture Beat	33	1	#68	–
217	Saturday Night Ned's Atomic Dustbin	33	1	#69	–
218	Higher Grounds UB40	32	1	#74	–
219	Tuesday Morning The Pogues	32	1	#70	–
220	Sleepy Head Ed Kuepper	31	1	#70	–
221	10 Dollar Bill Cop Shoot Cop	31	1	#75	–
222	Someday I Suppose The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	30	1	#74	–
223	Beautiful John Madder Rose	30	1	#36	–
224	Nothingness (remix) Living Colour	30	1	#71	–
225	Is It Like Today? World Party	30	1	#65	–
226	Evangeline Cocteau Twins	30	1	#75	–
227	Baby Barefoot	29	1	#72	–
228	Goodnight Song Tears for Fears	29	1	#66	–
229	Believe Dig	28	2	#78	–
230	Dogs of Lust The The	28	1	#78	–
231	City Sickness Tindersticks	28	1	#37	–
232	Stuck Mona Lisa Overdrive	27	2	#86	–
233	Ain't No Love Sub Sub	27	1	#74	–
234	World Class Fad Paul Westerberg	27	1	#75	–
235	Screamager Therapy	27	1	#78	–
236	In Bloom Nirvana	26	1	#80	–
237	Stutter Elastica	26	1	#38	–
238	The Drowners Suede	26	1	#75	–
239	Mistress Red House Painters	26	1	#79	–
240	Shamrocks and Shenanigans House of Pain	25	1	#81	–
241	Before Caligula	25	1	#76	–
242	Halo The Cure	24	1	#82	–
243	Slow Dog Belly	24	2	#87	–
244	Who Was in My Room Last Night? Butthole Surfers	24	1	#70	–
245	Jenny Ondioline Stereolab	24	1	#39	–
246	Lost Badloves	24	1	#77	–
247	She Kissed Me Terence Trent D'Arby	23	1	#83	–
248	Deep East 17	23	1	#78	–
249	I've Been Waiting Matthew Sweet	23	1	#79	–
250	We Are The Normal Goo Goo Dolls	22	1	#84	–
251	Scentless Apprentice Nirvana	22	1	#40	–
252	Heal It Up Concrete Blonde	22	1	#72	–
253	Brothers And Sisters Ziggy Marley	22	1	#83	–
254	Elemental Tears for Fears	22	1	#85	–
255	Too Much Information Duran Duran	21	2	#93	–
256	Sturdy Wrists Rocket from the Crypt	21	1	#73	–
257	Not Sleeping Around Ned's Atomic Dustbin	21	1	#86	–
258	A Past Gone Mad The Fall	20	1	#41	–
259	Green Limousine Badloves	19	1	#82	–
260	Do Ya Think I'm Sexy Revolting Cocks	19	1	#75	–
261	Ghost at No. 1 Jellyfish	18	1	#87	–
262	Your Eyes (remix) Underground Lovers	18	1	#83	–
263	The Devil You Know Jesus Jones	18	1	#89	–
264	Bullet in the Head Rage Against the Machine	17	1	#84	–
265	Because the Night (live) 10,000 Maniacs	16	1	#89	–
266	Behind The Counter The Fall	16	1	#43	–
267	Three Little Pigs Green Jelly	16	1	#85	–
268	Shockaholic Kinky Machine	15	1	#90	–
269	Suspicious Love Camouflage	14	1	#91	–
270	Lights Go Down Madder Rose	14	1	#44	–
271	Do It Swoop	14	1	#87	–
272	The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite R.E.M.	14	1	#88	–
273	Duel Swervedriver	13	1	#92	–
274	Nothingness Living Colour	13	1	#80	–
275	Dixie Drug Store Grant Lee Buffalo	13	1	#88	–
276	The Right Decision Jesus Jones	12	1	#93	–
277	Aboriginal Woman Mixed Relations	12	1	#89	–
278	Fade Into You Mazzy Star	11	1	#94	–
279	For Tommorrow Blur	11	1	#90	–
280	Runaway Wind Paul Westerberg	11	1	#82	–
281	If I Can't Change Your Mind Sugar	11	1	#91	–
282	Lipgloss Pulp	10	1	#46	–
283	Happy Birthday Helen Things of Stone and Wood	10	1	#91	–
284	Slow Emotion Replay The The	9	1	#93	–
285	To Sir With Love 10,000 Maniacs	9	1	#84	–
286	Hey Princess Popcycle	9	1	#97	–
287	Beautiful Son Hole	8	1	#47	–
288	Captain Nemo Sarah Brightman	8	1	#98	–
289	New Life X	7	1	#100	–
290	Sweat (a la la la long) Inner Circle	7	1	#94	–
291	World New Order	7	1	#86	–
292	There She Goes The Boo Radleys	7	1	#101	–
293	Sexual Healing Soul Asylum	6	2	#91	–
294	It's A Curse The Fall	6	1	#48	–
295	Delivery Man Cruel Sea	6	1	#95	–
296	Hang Onto Your Ego Frank Black	6	1	#96	–
297	My Umbrella Tripping Daisy	6	1	#100	–
298	Pete's Dad Porno for Pyros	5	1	#87	–
299	Mayonnaise The Smashing Pumpkins	4	1	#88	–
300	Syrius B Transglobal Underground	4	1	#49	–
301	Freedom Kev Carmody	3	1	#98	–
302	Everywhere Cranes	3	1	#99	–
303	Outbreak of Love Midnight Oil	3	1	#105	–
304	My Insatiable One Suede	2	1	#90	–
305	War The Fall	2	1	#50	–
306	Ebeneezer Goode The Shamen	2	1	#99	–
307	Fire Supreme Love Gods	2	1	#104	–
308	One in Ten 808 State/UB40	2	1	#106	–
309	Gloria Van Morrison & John Lee Hooker	1	1	#100	–
310	Steppin' Out With My Baby Tony Bennett	1	1	#105	–
311	Paul on 45 Paul the 55-Year Old Intern	1	1	#107	–