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1. Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock “It Takes Two” (1988)
2. Jessie Hill “Ooh Poo Paa Doo” (1960)
3. The Rolling Stones “Tumbling Dice” (1972)
4. Irma Thomas “It's Raining” (1962)
5. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
6. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
7. The Chiffons “One Fine Day” (1963)
8. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
9. Dionne Warwick “Walk on By” (1964)
10. New Order “True Faith” / “1963” (1987)
11. The Beach Boys “Don’’t Worry Baby” (1964)
12. The Shangri-Las “Remember Walking in the Sand” (1964)
13. Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew “The Show” / “La-Di-Da-Di” (1985)
14. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Green River” (1969)
15. Elvis Presley “One Night” (1958)
16. The Smiths “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” (1986)
17. Temptations “Just My Imagination Running Away with Me” (1971)
18. Donna Summer “Bad Girls” (1979)
19. David Bowie “Young Americans” (1975)
20. Public Enemy “Bring the Noise” (1988)
21. The Cure “A Night Like This” (1985)
22. Bad Company “Can’t Get Enough” (1974)
23. Madonna “Borderline” (1984)
24. Elvis Costello “Lipstick Vogue” (1978)
25. Gwen Guthrie “Ain't Nothing Goin' on But the Rent” (1986)
26. Lou Christie “Lightnin' Strikes” (1965)
27. Modern English “I Melt with You” (1983)
28. Aerosmith “Walk This Way” (1976)
29. The Miracles “Ooh Baby Baby” (1965)
30. Depeche Mode “Behind the Wheel/Route 66” (1987)
31. Hank Williams “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” (1949)
32. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)
33. Lloyd Price “Just Because” (1956)
34. Pebbles “Mercedes Boy” (1988)
35. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
36. Madonna “Where's the Party” (1986)
37. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
38. 10cc “The Things We Do for Love” (1976)
39. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969)
40. Lou Reed “Satellite of Love” (1970)
41. Public Image Ltd. “This Is Not a Love Song” (1983)
42. The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (1960)
43. Rod Stewart Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) (1976)
44. AC/DC “Back in Black” (1980)
45. R.E.M. “Don't Go Back to Rockville” (1984)
46. Bruce Springsteen “Glory Days” (1984)
47. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Foxey Lady” (1967)
48. Echo & The Bunnymen “The Killing Moon” (1984)
49. Van Halen “Running with the Devil” (1978)
50. Betty Everett “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)” (1964)
51. The Kinks “Lola” (1970)
52. Sam Cooke “Bring It on Home to Me” (1962)
53. Jackie Wilson “Lonely Teardrops” (1958)
54. The Replacements “Kiss Me on the Bus” (1985)
55. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Night Moves” (1976)
56. Mott The Hoople “All the Young Dudes” (1972)
57. Gladys Knight & The Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
58. The Pretenders “Brass in Pocket (I’m Special)” (1979)
59. The Who “I Can’t Explain” (1965)
60. Martha & The Vandellas “Heat Wave” (1963)
61. Janis Joplin “Me and Bobby McGee” (1971)
62. The Robins “Riot In Cell Block #9” (1954)
63. Chuck Willis “It's Too Late” (1956)
64. World Famous Supreme Team “Hey DJ” (1984)
65. U2 “Pride (In the Name of Love)” (1984)
66. The Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
67. Tom Jones “It’s Not Unusual” (1965)
68. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977)
69. Time Zone “World Destruction” (1985)
70. The Velvet Underground “I’m Waiting for the Man” (1967)
71. Bob Dylan “Knockin’ on Heaven's Door” (1973)
72. Bobby Brown “My Prerogative” (1988)
73. The Four Tops “Standing in the Shadows of Love” (1966)
74. Iggy Pop “Lust for Life” (1977)
75. Tammy Wynette “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (1968)
76. Sinéad O’Connor “Troy” (1987)
77. Squeeze “Slap and Tickle” (1979)
78. Edgar Winter “Free Ride” (1973)
79. The Feelies “Away” (1988)
80. Jackie Wilson “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher” (1967)
81. Black Sabbath “Paranoid” (1970)
82. Exposé “Point of No Return” (1985)
83. Dixie Cups “Iko Iko” (1965)
84. Jethro Tull “Aqualung” (1971)
85. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
86. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
87. Peter Frampton “Do You Feel Like We Do” (1973)
88. The Clash “White Riot” (1977)
89. The Supremes “Someday We’ll Be Together” (1969)
90. The Sugarcubes “Motorcrash” (1988)
91. The Raspberries “Go All the Way” (1972)
92. The Smiths “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” (1984)
93. The Beatles “Please Please Me” (1963)
94. The Cure “Why Can’t I Be You?” (1987)
95. The Grateful Dead “China Cat Sunflower” (1969)
96. Michael Jackson “Don't Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (1979)
97. The Doors “People Are Strange” (1967)
98. The Emotions “Best of My Love” (1977)
99. Joe Cocker “Delta Lady” (1969)
100. Killing Joke “Eighties” (1984)
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