WOXY Top 500 Songs of All-Time (2001)

1. The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

2. The Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.

3. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

4. The Smiths - How Soon is Now?

5. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe

6. U2 - New Year's Day

7. Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun

8. The Cure - Just Like Heaven

9. The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

10. The Police - Roxanne

11. Pearl Jam - Alive

12. The Cure - Just Like Heaven

13. Jane's Addiction - Jane Says

14. Green Day - Longview

15. Fugazi - Waiting Room

16. The Smashing Pumpkins - Today

17. XTC - Dear God

18. R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

19. Jim Carrol Band - People Who Died

20. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

21. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

22. The B-52's - Rock Lobster

23. The Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll

24. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

26. Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right to Party

27. Cracker - Teen Angst

28. The Breeders - Cannonball

29. Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling

30. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party

31. Joy Divison - Love Will Tear Us Apart

32. Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

33. The Clash - Rock the Casbah

34. Elvis Costello - Alison

35. The Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

36. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away

37. The Replacements - Alex Chilton

38. Depeche Mode - Route 66

39. Radiohead - Creep

40. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

41. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

42. Modern English - I Melt With You

43. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion

44. Afghan Whigs - Rebirth of the Cool

45. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

46. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

47. Royal Crescent Mob - Get on the Bus

48. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

49. Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole

50. The Offspring - Come Out and Play

51. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

52. Beck - Where It's At

53. Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All

54. Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning

55. Depeche Mode - People are People

56. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?

57. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

58. Pearl Jam - Even Flow

59. Squeeze - Tempted

60. Talking Heads - Burning Down the House

61. Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink

62. Gary Numan - Cars

63. The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog

64. The Vapours - Turning Japanese

65. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

66. R.E.M. - Orange Crush

67. Television - Marquee Moon

68. Green Day - Welcome to Paradise

69. Ministry - Everday is Halloween

70. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On

71. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

72. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

73. Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

74. Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized

75. Cake - The Distance

76. Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say?

77. Pretebders - Brass in Pocket

78. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

79. Nirvana - Come As You Are

80. The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes

81. U2 - One

82. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

83. Bob Marley - Jammin'

84. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust

85. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

86. Tori Amos - Silent All These Years

87. Porno for Pyros - Pets

88. Soft Cell - Tainted Love

89. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

90. Romeo Void - Never Say Never

91. Public Image Ltd. - Rise

92. Blur - Song 2

93. David Bowie - Changes

94. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Pump It Up

95. Killing Joke - Eighties

96. Faith No More - Epic

97. Cracker - Low

98. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend

99. Sex Pistols - God Saves the Queen

100. The Clash - Train in Vain

101. The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death

102. Concrete Blonde - Joey

103. Nine Inch Nails - Closer

104. Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?

105. Blind Melon - No Rain

106. Oasis - Wonderwall

107. The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women

108. New Order - True Faith

109. Blondie - Call Me

110. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science

111. Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

112. U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)

113. Lo-Fidelity All-Stars - Battleflag

114. Everclear - Santa Monica

115. James - Laid

116. Talking Heads - Life During Wartime

117. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon

118. Semisonic - Closing Time

119. Sarah McLachlan - Building a Mystery

120. Dramarama - Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)

121. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl

122. Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid

123. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

124. They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start

125. The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

126. Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

127. English Beat - Save It for Later

128. The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be

129. The Replacements - I Will Dare

130. Social Distortion - Ball and Chain

131. The Clash - London Calling

132. The Pretenders - Message of Love

133. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust

134. G. Love & Special Sauce - Rodeo Clowns

135. The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me

136. The Charlatans - The Only One I Know

137. Ben Folds Five - Underground

138. Tears for Fears - Shout

139. Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way

140. X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!

141. Live - I Alone

142. The Alarm - Strength

143. Love and Rockets - So Alive

144. The B-52's - Private Idaho

145. The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away

146. Howlin' Maggie - Alcohol

147. Pavement - Cut Your Hair

148. Afghan Whigs - Gentleman

149. The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

150. Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot

151. R.E.M. - The One I Love

152. Depeche Mode - Strangelove

153. Tones on Tail - Go!

154. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Radio, Radio

155. Lou Reed - Sweet Jane

156. Luscious Jackson - Ladyfingers

157. Björk - Human Behaviour

158. Beastie Boys - Sabotage

159. The The - This is the Day

160. XTC - Mayor of Simpleton

161. Guided By Voices - Teenage FBI

162. PJ Harvey - Down by the Water

163. Pearl Jam - Daughter

164. R.E.M. - Superman

165. Echo & the Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar

166. Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank

167. Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up

168. Travis - Driftwood

169. Peter Gabriel - Red Rain

170. The Sugarcubes - Birthday

171. Trio - Da Da Da

172. Coldplay - Yellow

173. Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka

174. The Jam - That's Entertainment

175. Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike

176. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

177. Blondie - Rapture

178. Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Dodge Veg-O-Matic

179. The Cure - In Between Days

180. Robyn Hitchcock - Balloon Man

181. Liz Phair - Supernova

182. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

183. Adrian Belew - Oh Daddy

184. The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma

185. The Church - Under the Milky Way

186. Split Enz - I Got You

187. Cake - Never There

188. XTC - Making Plans for Nigel

189. Devo - Whip It!

190. Foo Fighters - I'll Stick Around

191. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

192. U2 - Gloria

193. Toad the Wet Sprocket - All I Want

194. R.E.M. - Stand

195. English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom

196. Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin'

197. The Cure - Close to Me

198. Butthole Surfers - Pepper

199. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box

200. Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine

201. Doves - Catch the Sun

202. Kent - Music Non-Stop

203. Oasis - Supersonic

204. Guided By Voices - My Valuable Hunting Knife

205. Roxy Music - Love is the Drug

206. Love and Rockets - No New Tale to Tell

207. The Replacements - I'll Be You

208. The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon

209. Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me

210. Folk Implosion - Natural One

211. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

212. The Jam - A Town Called Malice

213. U2 - I Will Follow

214. The The - Infected

215. XTC - Senses Working Overtime

216. dada - Dizz Knee Land

217. Talking Heads - And She Was

218. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax

219. L7 - Pretend We're Dead

220. Afghan Whigs - Debonair

221. Suzanne Vega - Luka

222. Time Zone - World Destruction

223. The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight

224. R.E.M. - What's the Frequency Kenneth?

225. Patti Smith - Gloria

226. Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl

227. Squeeze - Pulling Mussels from a Shell

228. Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You

229. Juliana Hatfield - My Sister

230. U2 - With or Without You

231. Soul Coughing - Circles

232. Tori Amos - God

233. Paul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart

234. Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours

235. The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray

236. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul

237. Belly - Feed the Tree

238. X - Fourth of July

239. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

240. Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey

241. The Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion

242. The Police - Message in a Bottle

243. DNA w/ Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

244. Shriekback - Nemesis

245. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get

246. The Call - The Walls Came Down

247. Lush - Ladykillers

248. Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

249. Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind

250. Violent Femmes - Kiss Off

251. The Offspring - Gotta Get Away

252. The Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly

253. Morrissey - Tomorrow

254. Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

255. The Pretenders - My City Was Gone

256. Blondie - Heart of Glass

257. Urge Overkill - Sister Havana

258. Radiohead - Optimistic

259. David Bowie - Let's Dance

260. Sonic Youth - Kool Thing

261. Ass Ponys - Little Bastard

262. The La's - There She Goes

263. Veruca Salt - Seether

264. R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion

265. Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want

266. Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth

267. The Cranberries - Zombie

268. Soundgarden - Spoonman

269. Psychodots - Moaner

270. Living Colour - Cult of Personality

271. Happy Mondays - Step On

272. Sublime - What I Got

273. The The - Uncertain Smile

274. Soul Asylum - Somebody to Shove

275. INXS - What You Need

276. Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love

277. Primus - Jerry Was a Racecar Driver

278. Ass Ponys - Swallow You Down

279. R.E.M. - Can't Get There From Here

280. Wilco - Monday

281. MC 900 Ft. Jesus - The City Sleeps

282. Grant Lee Buffalo - Mockingbirds

283. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siva

284. Live - Pain Lies on the Riverside

285. Primus - Tommy the Cat

286. Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining

287. Hole - Doll Parts

288. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

289. Fishbone - Party at Ground Zero

290. Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me

291. The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket

292. Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul

293. The Ramones - Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio?

294. The Cardigans - Lovefool

295. The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?

296. The Wallflowers - One Headlight

297. Elliot Smith - Miss Misery

298. The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

299. The B-52's - Love Shack

300. The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing

301. Violent Femmes - American Music

302. Squeeze - Cool for Cats

303. Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade

304. Dramarama - Haven't Got a Clue

305. Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains

306. Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed

307. The Pretenders - Middle of the Road

308. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

309. Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless

310. Prodigy - Firestarter

311. R.E.M. - Don't Go Back to Rockville

312. Hoodoo Gurus - I Want You Back

313. Meat Puppets - Backwater

314. Talk Talk - It's My Life

315. Elastica - Connection

316. Billy Idol - White Wedding

317. Alice in Chains - Would?

318. The Presidents of the United States of America - Lump

319. Too Much Joy - Crush Story

320. Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye

321. Duran Duran - Girls on Film

322. Billy Bragg - Sexuality

323. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers

324. U2 - Mysterious Ways

325. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Hold Her Down

326. Reverend Horton Heat - It's Martini Time

327. Robyn Hitchcock - My Wife and My Dead Wife

328. Rancid - Ruby Soho

329. Fatboy Slim - Praise You

330. Lou Reed - Dirty Boulevard

331. Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic

332. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

333. Bob Mould - Sunspots/Wishing Well

334. Missing Persons - Words

335. Son Volt - Drown

336. The Go-Go's - Our Lips are Sealed

337. Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

338. Moby - Southside

339. Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway

340. Ministry - Stigmata

341. The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

342. Yaz - Situation

343. Ben Folds Five - Battle of Who Could Care Less

344. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

345. R.E.M. - Driver 8

346. Tori Amos - Crucify

347. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love

348. Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in L.A.

349. Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko Ono

350. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

351. BT feat. DJ Rap - Dreaming

352. The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings

353. Throwing Muses - Counting Backwards

354. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Someday I Suppose

355. Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly

356. Peter Gabriel - Biko

357. The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another

358. fIREHOSE - Flyin' the Flannel

359. INXS - Don't Change

360. Soul Coughing - Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago

361. Wilco - Outtasite (Outta Mind)

362. Papas Fritas - Way You Walk

363. Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?

364. U2 - Bad (Live)

365. Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away

366. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo

367. The B-52's - Planet Claire

368. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell

369. The Smithereens - A Girl Like You

370. Stereo MC's - Connected

371. Bob Mould - See a Little Light

372. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

373. Cake - Rock n' Roll Lifestyle

374. U2 - Beautiful Day

375. The Smithereens - Behind the Wall of Sleep

376. Massive Attack - Safe from Harm

377. Sinéad O'Connor - I Want Your Hands on Me

378. Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself

379. Weezer - Buddy Holly

380. Art of Noise - Close (To the Edit)

381. Joe Jackson - Sunday Papers

382. Portishead - Sour Times

383. Over the Rhine - How Does it Feel

384. Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

385. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

386. David Bowie - Modern Love

387. The Cult - Love Removal Machine

388. Love and Rockets - Ball of Confusion

389. Wilco - Can't Stand It

390. Goldfinger - Here in Your Bedroom

391. Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy

392. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground

393. Icicle Works - Whisper to a Scream

394. Ben Harper - Burn to Shine

395. Big Country - In a Big Country

396. Midnight Oil - Power and the Passion

397. The db's - A Spy in the House of Love

398. The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

399. Primal Scream - Swastika eyes

400. Berlin - Sex (I'm a...)

401. The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular

402. Concrete Blonde - God is a Bullet

403. Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer

404. Blues Traveler - Run-around

405. Cibo Matto - Sci-Fi Wasabi

406. Tears for Fears - Change

407. The Police - Synchronicity II

408. Spacehog - In the Meantime

409. The Smithereens - Blood and Roses

410. My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - Sex on Wheelz

411. Everclear - Everything to Everyone

412. Sonic Youth - 100%

413. Housemartins - Happy Hour

414. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

415. Chemical Brothers - Out of Control

416. Garbage - Queer

417. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy

418. The Stranglers - Always the Sun

419. New Order - Love Vigilantes

420. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

421. Supergrass - Movin'

422. Peter Gabriel - Big Time

423. Madness - Our House

424. Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now

425. Ben Folds Five - Brick

426. Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

427. Joe Jackson - I'm the Man

428. Tom Jones - Sex Bomb

429. Guadalcanal Diary - Litany

430. Depeche Mode - Walking in My Shoes

431. Soup Dragons - I'm Free

432. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

433. Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy

434. Adam & the Ants - Stand and Deliver

435. The Connells - Stone Cold Yesterday

436. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kiss Them for Me

437. Goo Goo Dolls - We Are the Normal

438. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

439. Daisy Chainsaw - Love Your Money

440. Sponge - Plowed

441. Mojo Nixon - Elvis is Everywhere

442. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

443. Enigma - Sadeness

444. World Party - Ship of Fools

445. The Pixies - Gigantic

446. Royal Crescent Mob - Happy at Home

447. Rage Against the Machine - Guerilla Radio

448. Machines of Loving Grace - Butterfly Wings

449. The Farm - Groovy Train

450. Basement Jaxx - Rendez-Vu

451. Splashdown - Ironspy

452. Alice in Chains - No Excuses

453. Talking Heads - Stay Up Late

454. Eels - Mr. E's Beautiful Blues

455. The Clash - Police and Thieves

456. Ultravox - Vienna

457. The Police - So Lonely

458. Tripping Daisy - I Got a Girl

459. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child

460. Wheat - Don't I Hold You

461. 10,000 Maniacs - What's the Matter Here?

462. Crash Test Dummies - MMM MMM MMM MMM

463. The Judybats - Being Simple

464. INXS - Need You Tonight/Mediate

465. Leona Naess - Charm Attack

466. The Bears - Fear is Never Boring

467. Everclear - I Will Buy You a New Life

468. Seal - Crazy

469. The Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker

470. Psychodots - Big Love Now

471. Tom Waits - Hold On

472. Blur - There's No Other Way

473. Trip Shakespeare - The Slacks

474. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

475. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes

476. Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town

477. Camper VAn Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men

478. Sleater-Kinney - You're No Rock and Roll Fun

479. Meryn Cadell - The Sweater

480. Iggy Pop - China Girl

481. They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng

482. New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

483. Cornershop - Brimful of Asha

484. Nirvana - Lithium

486. blink-182 - What's My Age Again

487. Live - The Dolphin's Cry

488. Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie

489. Sebadoh - Skull

490. Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name

491. Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth

492. Superdrag - Sucked Out

493. 311 - Come Original

494. The Tragically Hip - Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)

495. Blue - Girls and Boys

496. The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends

497. Front 242 - Headhunter

498. The Posies - Dream All Day

499. Guadalcanal Diary - Vista

500. Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Television, Drug of a Nation