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WOXY Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
2. The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
3. The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women
4. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
5. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
7. Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
8. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
9. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
10. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
11. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
12. Depeche Mode - Route 66
13. Jane's Addiction - Jane Says
14. U2 - New Year's Day
15. Modern English - I Melt With You
16. Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
17. Cracker - Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now)
18. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
19. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
20. The Breeders - Cannonball
21. Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
22. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
23. The Smashing Pumpkins - Today
24. Squeeze - Tempted
25. Green Day - Longview
26. XTC - Dear God
27. Pearl Jam - Jeremy
28. Elvis Costello - Alison
29. Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
30. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.
31. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
32. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
33. New Order - Blue Monday
34. Pearl Jam - Even Flow
35. Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
36. Yaz - Situation
37. Royal Crescent Mob - Get on the Bus
38. Nirvana - All Apologies
39. The B-52's - Rock Lobster
40. Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
41. Devo! - Whip It
42. Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
43. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
44. The Clash - Train In Vain
45. Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro
46. The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
47. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
48. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
49. The Offspring - Gotta Get Away
50. The Police - Roxanne
51. Beck - Loser
52. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
53. James - Laid
54. Mojo Nixon - Elvis Is Everywhere
55. Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
56. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
57. 10,000 Maniacs - Candy Everybody Wants
58 Tori Amos - Caught A Light Sneeze
59. New Order - Love Vigilantes
60. Icicle Works - Wisper to a Scream
61. R.E.M. - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
62. Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
63. Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
64. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
65. Gary Numan - Cars
66. Talking Heads - Take Me to the River
67. Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed
68. The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
69. Green Day - Brain Stew
70. 10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days
71. Indigo Girls - Tried to Be True
72. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
73. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
74. U2 - One
75. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
76. Romeo Void - Never Say Never
77. The B-52's - Love Shack
78. Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
79. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
80. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Dodge Veg-O-Matic
81. Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
82. Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
83. INXS - Devil Inside
84. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
85. Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling
86. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
87. Porno for Pyros - Pets
88. Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now
89. Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
90. Pearl Jam - Daughter
91. The Vapors - Turning Japanese
92. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
93. The Police - Message in a Bottle
94. R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
95. Talk Talk - Talk Talk
96. The Cranberries - Dreams
97. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
98. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
99. Echo & the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
100. The Clash - Rock the Casbah
101. Depeche Mode - People are People
102. Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?
103. Madness - Our House
104. Radiohead - Creep
105. The Cure - Let's Go To Bed
106. Blind Melon - No Rain
107. The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket
108. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
109. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
110. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
111. R.E.M. - Man on the Moon
112. Belly - Feed The Tree
113. Tears for Fears - Shout
114. Cracker - Low
115. Pearl Jam - Alive
116. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
117. The Alarm - 68 Guns
118. Violent Femmes - American Music
119. The Pretenders - Message of Love
120. Peter Gabriel - Steam
121. The Replacements - I Will Dare
122. The The - This is the Day
123. The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
124. Nirvana - Come As You Are
125. dada - Dizz Knee Land
126. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Radio Radio
127. Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
128. Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
129. Depeche Mode - Strangelove
130. Blondie - Call Me
131. Social Distortion - Ball & Chain
132. R.E.M. - Superman
133. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Pump It Up
134. The Nails - Things You Left Behind
135. English Beat - Save It For Later
136. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
137. Time Zone - World Destruction
138. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
139. Soul Asylum - Somebody To Shove
140. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Are Made of This)
141. Public Image Ltd. - Rise
142. Concrete Blonde - Joey
143. Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
144. The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
145. Morrissey - Tomorrow
146. The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
147. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jammin'
148. The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
149. Duran Duran - Girls on Film
150. Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
151. Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
152. Shreikback - Nemesis
153. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
154. The Pretenders - Talk of the Town
155. The Smashing Pumpkins - Drown
156. Blondie - Rapture
157. R.E.M. - The One I Love
158. Husker Du - Makes No Sense at All
159. Foo Fighters - Winnebago
160. The Cult - Love Removal Machine
161. They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start
162. Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
163. Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
164. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
165. Living Colour - Cult of Personality
166. Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You
167. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
168. Talking Heads - Crosseyed & Painless
169. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
170. Toad The Wet Sprocket - All I Want
171. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
172. Love & Rockets - No New Tale To Tell
173. The Cure - Pictures of You
174. English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
175. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
176. The Smithereens - Blood & Roses
177. The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go?
178. Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking
179. The Smiths - Ask
180. Too Much Joy - Crush Story
181. David & David - Welcome To The Boomtown
182. R.E.M. - Orange Crush
183. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
184. Crowded House - Chocolate Cake
185. The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
186. Afghan Whigs - Rebirth of the Cool
187. The Offspring - Self-Esteem
188. The Sugarcubes - Birthday
189. U2 - Pride
190. Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
191. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
192. Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka
193. Hoodoo Gurus - Miss Freelove '69
194. Stereo MC's - Connected
195. The Church - Under the Milky Way
196. Big Country - In A Big Country
197. Sting - All This Time
198. The Cranberries - Zombie
199. INXS - Don't Change
200. David Bowie - Let's Dance
201. The The - Infected
202. Tears for Fears - Change
203. Sinéad O'Connor - The Last Day of Our Aquaintance
204. U2 - Mysterious Ways
205. The Cure - The Lovecats
206. Adrian Belew - Oh Daddy
207. Lou Reed - Dirty Boulevard
208. The B-52's - Private Idaho
209. R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion
210. The Ramones - Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?
211. The Clash - London Calling
212. Indigo Girls - Galileo
213.. Talk Talk - It's My Life
214. The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death
215. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
216. Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
217. 10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me
218. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
219. Tori Amos - Silent All These Years
220. Missing Persons - Words
221. Björk - Human Behaviour
222. The Pretenders - My City Was Gone
223. Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt
224. The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
225. Indigo Girls - Least Complicated
226. Guadalcanal Diary - Always Saturday
227. The Pretenders - Middle of the Road
228. The Jam - That's Entertainment
229. UB40 - Red Red Wine
230. Love & Rockets - So Alive
231. Erasure - Chorus
232. The Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
233. The Smithereens - Behind the Wall of Sleep
234. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
235. Joe Jackson - Sunday Papers
236. Billy Bragg - Waiting For The Great Leap Forward
237. Soup Dragons - I'm Free
238. U2 - Lemon
239. 10,000 Maniacs - What's The Matter Here?
240. Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
241. Stan Ridgway - I Wanna Be A Boss
242. Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger
243. Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
244. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Someday I Suppose
245. Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
246. Patti Smith - Gloria
247. The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
248. Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumors
249. Peter Gabriel - Biko
250. Everclear - Santa Monica
251. Suzanne Vega - Luka
252. The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
253. The The - Uncertain Smile
254. Urge Overkill - Sister Havana
255. R.E.M. - Bang and Blame
256. The B-52's - Good Stuff
257. 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
258. XTC - Senses Working Overtime
259. The Police - King of Pain
260. The Call - The Walls Came Down
261. The Cure - Close to Me
262. The Bodeans - Dreams
263. The Smiths - Is It Really So Strange
264. Erasure - A Little Respect
265. The Pretenders - Candy
266. The Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson
267. Toad The Wet Sprocket - One Wind Blows
268. Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko Ono
269. Jesus & Mary Chain - Head On
270. Billy Bragg - Sexuality
271. The Clash - Police & Thieves
272. Big Audio Dynamite II - Rush
273. Human League - Don't You Want Me?
274. R.E.M. - Stand
275. U2 - With or Without You
276. Violent Femmes - Prove My Love
277. The Pretenders - Time the Avenger
278. Morrissey - November Spawned a Monster
279. The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime
280. Lenny Kravitz - Always On the Run
281. DNA (Featuring Suzanne Vega) - Tom's Diner
282. Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years
283. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
284. They Might Be Giants - Istanbul, Not Constantinople
285. The Cure - Never Enough
286. Roxy Music - Love is the Drug
287. Toad The Wet Sprocket - Walk on the Ocean
288. Talking Heads - And She Was
289. Guadalcanal Diary - Watusi Rodeo
290. INXS - Original Sin
291. The Bodeans - Black, White And Blood Red
292. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kiss Them for Me
293. U2 - I Will Follow
294. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
295. The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat
296. Adam & the Ants - Antmusic
297. The Cure - Hot! Hot! Hot!
298. Daivd Bowie - China Girl
299. Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
300. Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
301. Enya - Caribbean Blue
302. Arrested Development - Mr. Wendel
303. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
304. EMF- Unbelievable
305. Blondie - Heart of Glass
306. The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
307. The Replacements - Alex Chilton
308. The Breeders - Divine Hammer
309. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
310. The Housemartins - Happy Hour
311. The Jam - A Town Called Malice
312. Wilco - Box Full of Letters
313. Annie Lennox - Little Bird
314. XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
315. Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
316. The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger
317. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
318. Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
319. The Specials - A Message to You, Rudy
320. Live - Pain Lies On the Riverside
321. Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade
322. Killing Joke - Eighties
323. Toad The Wet Sprocket - Hold Her Down
324. Devo - Jocko Homo
325. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Show Me Your Soul
326. Lou Reed - Sweet Jane
327. Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
328. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
329. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
330. Matthew Sweet - I've Been Waiting
331. Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes
332. Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
333. Single Gun Theory - From A Million Miles
334. INXS - New Sensation
335. The B-52's - Summer of Love
336. The Farm - Groovy Train
337. Oasis - Wonderwall
338. World Party - Is It Like Today?
339. U2 - Bad (Live)
340. Seal - Crazy
341. Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Broken Hearted Savior
342. Erasure - Oh L'Amour
343. The Stranglers - Skin Deep
344. Sinéad O'Connor - I Want Your (Hands On Me)
345. Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
346. The B-52's - Planet Claire
347. Green Day - Welcome To Paradise
348. R.E.M. - Driver 8
349. Screaming Trees - Dollar Bill
350. Human League - Things That Dreams Are Made of
351. MC 900 Ft. Jesus - The City Sleeps
352. The Judybats - Saturday
353. Ass Ponys - Earth to Grandma
354. Peter Gabriel - Big Time
355. Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway
356. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
357. XTC - Mayor of Simpleton
358. Love & Rockets - Kundalini Express
359. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
360. Berlin - Sex (I'm A ...)
361. Sarah McLachlan - Into The Fire
362. Split Enz - I Got You
363. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
364. Hothouse Flowers - I'm Sorry
365. Elvis Costello - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
366. The Clash - Police on My Back
367. Primus - Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
368. Paul Westerberg - Waiting For Somebody
369. Juliana Hatfield 3 - My Sister
370. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
371. The Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
372. Talking Heads - Stay Up Late
373. The Bogmen - Suddenly
374. The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
375. Los Lobos - I Got Loaded
376. Soul Asylum - Black Gold
377. The Judybats - Being Simple
378. The Bears - Fear is Never Boring
379. Over The Rhine - How Does It Feel (To Be On My Mind)
380. Hole - Doll Parts
381. Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind
382. Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
383. The Smithereens - A Girl Like You
384. INXS - What You Need
385. The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
386. Primus - Making Plans For Nigel
387. Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison
388. Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?
389. Ministry - Stigmata
390. Yaz - Don't Go
391. Blind Melon - Tones of Home
392. The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular
393. The Police - So Lonely
394. David Bowie - Modern Love
395. Alice In Chains - Would?
396. The Presidents of the United States of America - Lump
397. Del Amitri - Always The Last To Know
398. The B-52's - Dance This Mess Around
399. The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
400. X - The Hungry Wolf
401. Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say?
402. U2 - Gloria
403. Weezer - Buddy Holly
404. Cowboy Junkies - Murder Tonight In The Trailer Park
405. Warren Zevon - Angel Dressed In Black
406. The Cranberries - Linger
407. Tones On Tail - Go!
408. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siva
409. The Connells - Slackjawed
410. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
411. Trio - Boom Boom
412. Bob Mould - See A Little Light
413. R.E.M. - Can't Get There From Here
414. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Every Day I Write the Book
415. The dB's - A Spy in the House of Love
416. Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul
417. Happy Mondays - Step On
418. Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
419. Howlin' Maggie - Alcohol
420. Liz Phair - Supernova
421. Ultravox - Reap the Wild Wind
422. Dead Milkmen - Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything)
423. Adrian Belew - Pretty Pink Rose
424. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
425. Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary
426. The Special AKA - Free Nelson Mandela
427. Mark Curry - Sorry About The Weather
428. Squeeze - Cool for Cats
429. Son Volt - Drown
430. Ministry - Work for Love
431. U2 - Numb
432. Blues Traveler - Hook
433. Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
434. Bob Marley & The Wailers - I Shot the Sheriff
435. Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin'
436. Concrete Blonde - God is a Bullet
437. L7 - Pretend We're Dead
438. Afghan Whigs - Debonair
439. The Charlatans - Weirdo
440. Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember
441. Royal Crescent Mob - Love and Tunafish
442. Los Lobos - Will The Wolf Survive?
443. Devo - Through Being Cool
444. Enigma - Sadeness (Pt. 1)
445. Sinéad O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes
446. Bob Mould - Sunspots/Wishing Well
447. Blur - There's No Other Way
448. Adam Ant - Desperate But Not Serious
449. Joe Jackson - Five Guys Named Moe
450. Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men
451. The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
452. The Geraldine Fibbers - Dragon Lady
453. Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
454. Meryn Cadell - The Sweater
455. The Smiths - Panic
456. Alice In Chains - Rooster
457. Psychodots - Big Love Now
458. The Pogues - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
459. Ass Ponys - Little Bastard
460. Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
461. X - See How We Are
462. Enya - Orinoco Flow
463. Joe Jackson - I'm The Man
464. Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
465. The Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly
466. Rancid - Time Bomb
467. Midnight Oil - Power and The Passion
468. Soho - Hippychick
469. dada - Dorina
470. Living Colour - Elvis is Dead
471. Goo Goo Dolls - We Are The Normal
472. Flesh For Lulu - I Go Crazy
473. INXS - Need You Tonight
474. fIREHOSE - Sometimes
475. Replacements - I'll Be You
476. Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic
477. Electronic - Get The Message
478. David Bowie - Changes
479. Too Much Joy - Donna Everywhere
480. Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
481. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
482. Was (Not Was) - I Feel Better Than James Brown
483. Soup Dragons - Divine Thing
484. Tori Amos - God
485. Fishbone - Party At Ground Zero
486. They Eat Their Own - Like A Drug
487. Poi Dog Pondering - Be The One
488. Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
489. The Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker
490. Machines of Loving Grace - Butterfly Wings
491. Trip Shakespeare - The Slacks
492. Robyn Hitchcock - So You Think You're In Love
493. Love & Rockets - Ball of Confusion
494. The Ramones - Pet Sematary
495. Ben Folds Five - Underground
496. Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You
497. U2 - The Fly
498. Sparks - Cool Places
499. Fishbone - Everyday Sunshine
500. The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another