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Thursday, June 2, 2022

Radiohead: Top 100 Songs

Radiohead

Top 100 Songs

This experimental-rock group formed in Oxford, England, in 1989. Since the beginning, the group has maintained the same lineup of singer Thom Yorke, brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar) and Colin Greenwood (bass), with Ed O’Brien on guitar and Phil Selway on drums.

Click here to see other best-of lists from performers and here to see other best-of lists from songwriters and/or producers.


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Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast Radiohead’s OK Computer: 25th Anniversary, which draws from this list. Premiere: June 2, 2022 at 7pm CST. Tune in every Tuesday at 7pm for a new episode based on the lists at Dave’s Music Database.


Awards:


Top 100 Songs


Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists (see sources at bottom of page) as well as compilations and live albums by the featured act. Also includes are songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. The two-letter codes after songs indicate which albums and EPs the songs appear on.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Creep (1992) PH, B1
2. Paranoid Android (1997) OK, B1

DMDB Top 2%:

3. Karma Police (1997) OK, B1
4. Fake Plastic Trees (1995) TB, B1

DMDB Top 5%:

5. High and Dry (1995) TB, B1

DMDB Top 10%:

6. Just (1995) TB, B1

DMDB Top 20%:

7. Idioteque (2000) KA, MW, B1
8. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (1995) TB, B1
9. There There (2003) HT, B1
10. No Surprises (1997) OK, B1
11. Pyramid Song (2001) AM, B1
12. Lotus Flower (2011) KL

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

13. Everything in Its Right Place (2000) KA, MW, B1
14. Let Down (1997) OK, B2
15. My Iron Lung (1994) IL, TB, B1
16. Reckoner (2007) IR
17. Jigsaw Falling into Place (2007) IR
18. Burn the Witch (2016) MP
19. Lucky (1995) OK, B1
20. Optimistic (2000) KA, B1

21. Knives Out (2001) AM, B2
22. Nude (2007) IR
23. The Bends (1995) TB, B1
24. Exit Music (For a Film) (1997) OK, B2
25. How to Disappear Completely (2000) KA, B2
26. 2 + 2 = 5 (2003) HT, CL, B1
27. True Love Waits (2001) MW, MP, B2
28. Planet Telex (1995) TB, B2
29. Go to Sleep (2003) HT, B2
30. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (2007) IR

31. Anyone Can Play Guitar (1993) PH, B2
32. Talk Show Host B2
33. The National Anthem (2000) KA, MW, B2
34. I Might Be Wrong (2001) AM, MW, B2
35. House of Cards (2007) IR
36. Stop Whispering (1993) PH, IT
37. Bodysnatchers (2007) IR
38. Airbag (1997) OK, AH, B2
39. All I Need (2007) IR
40. Codex (2011) KL

41. Life in a Glasshouse (2001) AM
42. Where I End and You Begin (2003) HT
43. Myxomatosis (2003) HT, CL
44. Videotape (2007) IR
45. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2) (1997) AH
46. The Daily Mail (single, 2011)
47. Pop Is Dead (single, 1993)
48. You and Whose Army? (2001) AM
49. Daydreaming (2016) MP
50. Bloom (2011) KL

51. Kid A (2000) KA
52. 15 Step (2007) IR
53. Like Spinning Plates (2001) AM, MW
54. Fog (2001) CL
55. Rabbit in Your Headlights (Uncle with Thom Yorke, 1998)
56. Pearly (1997) AH
57. A Wolf at the Door (2003) HT
58. Scatterbrain (2003) HT, CL
59. Morning Bell (2001) KA, MW
60. You (1992) PH, B2

61. Blow Out (1993) PH
62. Separator (2011) KL
63. Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000) KA
64. Spectre (single, 2006)
65. A Reminder (1997) AH
66. Thinking About You (1992) PH, IT
67. Killer Cars (1993) IT
68. I Will (2003) HT, CL
69. Black Star (1995) TB
70. Climbing Up the Walls (1997) OK

71. Banana Co. (1993) IT
72. Sail to the Moon (2003) HT
73. Cuttooth (B-side of “Knives Out,” 2001)
74. Palo Alto (1998) AH
75. The Tourist (1997) OK
76. Lurgee (1992) PH
77. Subterranean Homesick Alien (1997) OK
78. Bones (1995) TB
79. (Nice Dream) (1995) TB
80. A Punchup at a Wedding (2003) HT

81. Gagging Order (2003) CL
82. Staircase (single, 2011)
83. Little by Little (2011) KL
84. Last Flowers to the Hospital (2007) IR2
85. Morning Bell/Amnesiac (2001) AM
86. Meeting in the Aisle (1997) AH
87. Electioneering (1997) OK
88. Dollars and Cents (2001) AM, MW
89. Vegetable (1993) PH, IT
90. Give Up the Ghost (2011) KL

91. Down Is the New Up (2007) IR2
92. These Are My Twisted Words (single, 2009)
93. Four Minute Warning (2007) IR2
94. How I Made My Millions (B-side of “No Surprises,” 1998)
95. The Trickster (1994) IL
96. Permanent Daylight (1994) IL
97. Worrywort (B-side of “Knives Out,” 2001)
98. In Limbo (2000) KA
99. We Suck Young Blood (2003) HT
100. Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was (1995) TB


Albums and EPs



PH Pablo Honey (1993): 8 songs
IT Itch (EP, 1994): 5 songs
IL My Iron Lung (EP, 1994): 3 songs
TB The Bends (1995): 11 songs
OK OK Computer (1997): 11 songs
AH Airbag/How Am I Driving? (EP, 1998): 6 songs
KA Kid A (2000): 9 songs
AM Amnesiac (2001): 8 songs
MW I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (live, 2001): 8 songs
HT Hail to the Thief (2003): 11 songs
CL Com Lag (EP, 2004): 6 songs
IR In Rainbows (2007): 8 songs
IR2 In Rainbows: Disk 2 (2007): 3 songs
B1 The Best of (compilation, 2008): 17 songs
B2 The Best of: Special Edition (compilation, 2008): 13 songs
KL King of Limbs (2011): 6 songs
MP A Moon Shaped Pool (2016): 3 songs


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First posted 5/24/2022; last updated 6/2/2022.

Monday, July 5, 2021

The Top 909 of the 1990s at 90.9 The Bridge

1990-1999:

Top 909 Songs According to
90.9 The Bridge

Over the fourth of July holiday 2021, Kansas City radio station 90.9 The Bridge did a countdown of the top 909 songs of the 1990s, as determined by listener votes. Note that there are some songs with release dates in the 1980s. These are not typos. In some cases, a 1990s re-release or remix or live version may have prompted The Bridge to include the song on the list. In some cases, they may have just mssed the mark.

You can also check out other countdowns done by the Bridge over the years by clicking here.

You can also check out other “songs of the decade” lists here.

1. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
2. Fugees “Killing Me Softly” (1996)
3. Pearl Jam “Jeremy” (1991)
4. Foo Fighters “Everlong” (1997)
5. Tupac (2pac) Shakur “Changes” (1998)
6. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know” (1995)
7. Radiohead “Creep” (1992)
8. A Tribe Called Quest “Can I Kick It?” (1991)
9. Melissa Etheridge “Come to My Window” (1993)
10. Green Day “Basket Case” (1994)

11. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)
12. Beck “Loser” (1993)
13. Fiona Apple “Criminal” (1996)
14. Smashing Pumpkins “1979” (1995)
15. TLC “Waterfalls” (1995)
16. Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” (1998)
17. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
18. Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun” (1994)
19. Hill, Lauryn “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (1998)
20. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” (1993)

21. Queen Latifah “U.N.I.T.Y.” (1993)
22. Blind Melon “No Rain” (1992)
23. PJ Harvey “Down by the Water” (1995)
24. No Doubt “Just a Girl” (1995)
25. Jeff Buckley “Hallelujah” (1994)
26. Massive Attack “Teardrop” (1998)
27. Beastie Boys “Sabotage” (1994)
28. Breeders “Cannonball” (1993)
29. Stone Temple Pilots “Interstate Love Song” (1994)
30. Neil Young “Harvest Moon” (1992)

31. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (1997)
32. En Vogue “Free Your Mind” (1992)
33. Nine Inch Nails “Closer” (1994)
34. Björk “Human Behavior” (1993)
35. Alice in Chains “Rooster” (1992)
36. Salt-N-Pepa “Shoop” (1993)
37. Weezer “Undone (The Sweater Song)” (1994)
38. Soul Asylum “Runaway Train” (1993)
39. Frogpond “Be” (1996)
40. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge” (1991)

41. Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1993)
42. Richard Thompson “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” (1991)
43. Tori Amos “Cornflake Girl” (1994)
44. Rage Against the Machine “Bulls on Parade” (1996)
45. Dave Matthews Band “Crash into Me” (1996)
46. Dr. Dre with Snoop Doggy Dogg “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” (1992)
47. Temple of the Dog “Hunger Strike” (1991)
48. Sarah McLachlan “Possession” (1993)
49. Pavement “Cut Your Hair” (1994)
50. Portishead “Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)” (1994)

51. OutKast “Rosa Parks” (1998)
52. Garbage “Only Happens When It Rains” (1995)
53. Jane’s Addiction “Been Caught Stealing” (1990)
54. U2 “Mysterious Ways” (1991)
55. New Radicals “You Get What You Give” (1998)
56. Liz Phair “Never Said” (1993)
57. The Notorious B.I.G. “Hypnotize” (1997)
58. Metallica “Enter Sandman” (1991)
59. Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” (1994)
60. Counting Crows “Mr. Jones” (1993)

61. Veruca Salt “Seether” (1994)
62. Radiohead “Paranoid Android” (1997)
63. Missy Elliott “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” (1997)
64. Blur “Parklife” (1994)
65. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
66. Lenny Kravitz “Are You Gonna Go My Way” (1993)
67. The Cranberries “Linger” (1993)
68. Elliott Smith “Miss Misery” (1997)
69. Primitive Radio Gods “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand” (1996)
70. Weezer “Buddy Holly” (1994)

71. 4 Non Blondes “What’s Up?” (1993)
72. Pearl Jam “Black” (1991)
73. Nas “The World Is Yours” (1994)
74. Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (1994)
75. Meat Puppets “Backwater” (1994)
76. Tracy Bonham “Mother Mother” (1996)
77. Sublime “What I Got” (1996)
78. Erykah Badu “On and On” (1997)
79. Nirvana “Come As You Are” (1991)
80. Daft Punk “Around the World” (1997)

81. The Lemonheads “It’s a Shame About Ray” (1992)
82. Hole “Doll Parts” (1994)
83. Beck “Where It’s At” (1996)
84. R.E.M. “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” (1994)
85. Belly “Feed the Tree” (1993)
86. Annie Lennox “Walking on Broken Glass” (1992)
87. Smashing Pumpkins “Today” (1993)
88. Warren G & Nate Dogg “Regulate” (1994)
89. The Tragically Hip “Courage” (1992)
90. Cake “The Distance” (1996)

91. Arrested Development “Mr. Wendal” (1992)
92. Jeff Buckley “Last Goodbye” (1994)
93. Matthew Sweet “Girlfriend” (1991)
94. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988)
95. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “The Impression That I Get” (1997)
96. Billy Bragg & Wilco “California Stars” (1998)
97. Stone Temple Pilots “Plush” (1992)
98. Cornershop “Brimful of Asha” (1997)
99. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (1997)
100. Collective Soul “Shine” (1993)


101. Fugees “Fu-Gee-La” (1995)
102. Better Than Ezra “Good” (1993)
103. P.M. Dawn “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” (1991)
104. Alanis Morissette “Ironic” (1995)
105. Radiohead “High and Dry” (1995)
106. Pulp “Common People” (1995)
107. Alice in Chains “Would?” (1992)
108. Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories “Stay (I Missed You)” (1994)
109. Gin Blossoms “Hey Jealousy” (1992)
110. Destiny’s Child “Say My Name” (1999)

111. Jewel “Who Will Save Your Soul?” (1995)
112. Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn “Protection” (1994)
113. Dave Matthews Band “Ants Marching” (1994)
114. D’Angelo “Brown Sugar” (1995)
115. Matchbox Twenty “Long Day” (1996)
116. TLC “Baby Baby Baby” (1992)
117. Live “Lightning Crashes” (1994)
118. Moby with Gwen Stefani “South Side” (1999)
119. Nirvana “All Apologies” (1993)
120. Counting Crows “Round Here” (1993)

121. The Stone Roses “Love Spreads” (1994)
122. Ben Folds Five “Brick” (1997)
123. Soundgarden “Spoonman” (1994)
124. No Doubt “Spiderwebs” (1995)
125. Oasis “Champagne Supernova” (1995)
126. Ice Cube “It Was a Good Day” (1993)
127. Sade “No Ordinary Love” (1992)
128. Elastica “Connection” (1994)
129. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
130. Nine Inch Nails “Hurt” (1994)

131. Proclaimers “I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles” (1988)
132. Blackstreet with Dr. Dre & Queen Pen “No Diggity” (1996)
133. Pearl Jam “Better Man” (1994)
134. Moby “Porcelain” (1999)
135. Pearl Jam “Yellow Ledbetter” (1992)
136. Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” (1991)
137. David Bowie “I’m Afraid of Americans” (1997)
138. Rage Against the Machine “Killing in the Name” (1992)
139. Season to Risk “Snakes” (1992)
140. Hanson “Mmmbop” (1997)

141. Folk Implosion “Natural One” (1995)
142. En Vogue “My Lovin (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” (1992)
143. Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (1990)
144. Tears for Fears “Break It Down Again” (1993)
145. Boy George “The Crying Game” (1993)
146. Salt-n-Pepa “Whatta Man” (1994)
147. Michael Penn “No Myth” (1989)
148. Edwin Mccain “I’ll Be” (1996)
149. James “Laid” (1993)
150. House of Pain “Jump Around” (1992)

151. Robyn Hitchcock & the Egypti “So You Think You’re in Love” (1991)
152. Sunscreem “Love U More” (1992)
153. George Michael “Freedom ‘90” (1990)
154. Sleater-Kinney “Dig Me Out” (1997)
155. Blink 182 “Dammit (Growing Up)” (1997)
156. Ace of Base “The Sign” (1993)
157. Jars of Clay “Flood” (1996)
158. Son Volt “Drown” (1996)
159. Pearl Jam “Daughter” (1993)
160. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony “Tha Crossroads” (1996)

161. Dave Matthews Band “Satellite” (1994)
162. R.E.M. “Strange Currencies” (1994)
163. Refreshments “Banditos” (1996)
164. The Notorious B.I.G. “Big Poppa” (1995)
165. Babes in Toyland “Bruise Violet” (1992)
166. Nirvana “Jesus Don’t Want Me for a Sunbeam (live)” (1993)
167. R.L. Burnside “Let My Baby Ride” (1998)
168. Nas with Lauryn Hill “If I Ruled the World” (1996)
169. Portishead “Glory Box” (1994)
170. Rusted Root “Send Me on My Way” (1994)

171. Hum “Stars” (1995)
172. Cibo Matto “Sugar Water” (1996)
173. Counting Crows “A Long December” (1996)
174. Stereophonics “Traffic” (1997)
175. Smashing Pumpkins “Drown” (1992)
176. The The “Dogs of Lust” (1993)
177. Rocket From the Crypt “On a Rope” (1996)
178. Ben Folds Five “The Battle of Who Could Care Less” (1997)
179. Da Brat “Funkdafied” (1994)
180. Aimee Mann “Save Me” (1999)

181. Goldfinger “Here in Your Bedroom” (1996)
182. Shaggy “Oh Carolina” (1993)
183. Soup Dragons “I’m Free” (1990)
184. Wilco “Dash 7” (1995)
185. U2 “One” (1991)
186. Danger Bob “The Hook” (1997)
187. Wyclef Jean “Gone Till November” (1997)
188. Athenaeum “What I Didn’t Know” 1998)
189. Foo Fighters “Walking After You” (1997)
190. A Tribe Called Quest “Bonita Applebum” (1990)

191. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Soul to Squeeze” (1993)
192. Garbage “Stupid Girl” (1996)
193. Oasis “Cigarettes and Alcohol” (1994)
194. Beck “Sexx Laws” (1999)
195. Fastball “The Way” (1998)
196. Suzanne Vega “99.9 F” (1992)
197. The Rentals “Friends of P” (1995)
198. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (1997)
199. Beastie Boys “Root Down” (1995)
200. Sheryl Crow “Can’t Cry Anymore” (1993)


201. Pearl Jam “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (1993)
202. Toad the Wet Sprocket “Something’s Always Wrong” (1994)
203. The Orb with Rickie Lee Jones “Little Fluffy Clouds” (1993)
204. New Order “Regret” (1993)
205. Mary J. Blige “Real Love” (1992)
206. Luscious Jackson “Naked Eye” (1996)
207. Nada Surf “Popular” (1996)
208. The Cardigans “Been It” (1996)
209. Dave Matthews Band “Too Much” (1996)
210. R.E.M. “Crush With Eyeliner” (1994)

211. The Roots “The Next Movement” (1999)
212. The Urge “Brainless” (1995)
213. Cake “Frank Sinatra” (1996)
214. Stone Temple Pilots “Big Bang Baby” (1996)
215. Liz Phair “Stratford-on-Guy” (1993)
216. 10,000 Maniacs “Candy Everybody Wants” (1992)
217. Deee-lite “Groove Is in the Heart” (1990)
218. Jill Sobule “I Kissed a Girl” (1995)
219. Gang Starr “Mass Appeal” (1994)
220. Fiona Apple “Shadowboxer” (1996)

221. Supergrass “Pumping on Your Stereo” (1999)
222. Tori Amos “Silent All These Years” (1991)
223. 311 “Down” (1995)
224. Depeche Mode “Walking in My Shoes” (1993)
225. Sarah Mclachlan “Ice Cream” (1993)
226. Nirvana “About a Girl” (1989)
227. Soul Asylum “Just Like Anyone” (1995)
228. Black Crowes “Twice As Hard” (1990)
229. Blur “Girls and Boys” (1994)
230. Semisonic “Secret Smile” (1998)

231. Gin Blossoms “Follow You Down” (1996)
232. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Someday I Suppose” (1993)
233. Deep Forest “Sweet Lullaby” (1993)
234. Sonic Youth “The Diamond Sea” (1995)
235. Lemonheads “The Great Big No” (1993)
236. Björk “It’s Oh So Quiet” (1995)
237. Concrete Blonde “Everybody Knows” (1990)
238. Flaming Lips “Race for the Prize” (1999)
239. Cracker “Eurotrash Girl” (1993)
240. Chemical Brothers “Where Do I Begin” (1997)

241. Moby “Natural Blues” (1999)
242. Catherine Wheel “I Want to Touch You” (1992)
243. Hole “Violet” (1994)
244. Digital Underground “Doowuchyalike” (1989)
245. Pearl Jam “Release” (1991)
246. Rancid “Olympia WA.” (1995)
247. Alice in Chains “Down in a Hole” (1992)
248. Soul Coughing “Screenwriter’s Blues” (1994)
249. Archers of Loaf “Web in Front” (1993)
250. Live “Selling the Drama” (1994)

251. Green Day “She” (1994)
252. Collective Soul “Run” (1999)
253. Counting Crows “Rain King” (1993)
254. Smashing Pumpkins “Rhinoceros” (1991)
255. Everclear “Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)” (1995)
256. Fatboy Slim “The Rockafeller Skank” (1998)
257. Social Distortion “Story of My Life” (1990)
258. Morphine “Cure for Pain” (1993)
259. Space “Female of the Species” (1996)
260. R.E.M. “Shiny Happy People” (1991)

261. Third Eye Blind “Semi-Charmed Life” (1997)
262. Fountains of Wayne “Sink to the Bottom” (1997)
263. Wallflowers “Three Marlenas” (1996)
264. Guided By Voices “I Am a Scientist” (1994)
265. Ween “Ocean Man” (1997)
266. Tom Petty “You Don’t Know How It Feels” (1994)
267. Ben Folds Five “Underground” (1995)
268. Weezer “Say It Ain’t So” (1994)
269. The Offspring “Come Out and Play” (1994)
270. The Cranberries “Free to Decide” (1996)

271. Barenaked Ladies “If I Had $1,000,000” (1992)
272. Big Head Todd & the Monsters “Bittersweet” (1993)
273. Spin Doctors “Jimmy Olsens Blues” (1991)
274. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” (1989)
275. Primus “My Name Is Mud” (1993)
276. Frogpond “Home” (1999)
277. Radiohead “Karma Police” (1997)
278. Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” (1998)
279. Melissa Etheridge “Yes I Am” (1993)
280. Better Than Ezra “In the Blood” (1993)

281. Soundgarden “Burden in My Hand” (1996)
282. Lenny Kravitz “If You Can’t Say No” (1998)
283. Cocteau Twins “Iceblink Luck” (1990)
284. Wilco “Monday” (1997)
285. U2 “Until the End of the World” (1991)
286. TLC “Creep” (1994)
287. Pearl Jam “Hail Hail” (1996)
288. Bush “Glycerine” (1994)
289. The Chicks “Wide Open Spaces” (1998)
290. Violent Femmes “Add It Up” (1983)

291. Paw “Max the Silent” (1995)
292. Sponge “Molly (16 Candles)” (1994)
293. Love Spit Love “Am I Wrong” (1994)
294. Breeders “Saints” (1994)
295. Hootie & the Blowfish “Hold My Hand” (1994)
296. Primal Scream “Loaded” (1990)
297. Pixies “Velouria” (1990)
298. Heather Nova “London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)” (1998)
299. The Get Up Kids “Anne Arbour” (1999)
300. Sundays “Here’s Where the Story Ends” (1990)

301. Juliana Hatfield 3 “My Sister” (1993)
302. Foo Fighters “I’ll Stick Around” (1995)
303. A Tribe Called Quest “Award Tour” (1993)
304. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Aeroplane” (1995)
305. Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid” (1998)
306. Oasis “Rock and Roll Star” (1994)
307. Beck “The New Pollution” (1996)
308. Kula Shaker “Hush” (1997)
309. Dave Matthews Band “The Best of Whats Around” (1994)
310. R.E.M. “Electrolite” (1996)

311. Stereolab “Wow and Flutter” (1994)
312. Neutral Milk Hotel “Holland 1945” (1996)
313. The Presidents of the United States of America “Peaches” (1995)
314. The Cardigans “My Favourite Game” (1996)
315. Prodigy “Breathe” (1996)
316. Marcy Playground “Saint Joe on the Schoolbud” (1998)
317. Tony! Toni! Tone! “Feels Good” (1990)
318. Yo La Tengo “Autumn Sweater” (1997)
319. L7 “Pretend Were Dead” (1992)
320. Jesus Jones “International Bright Young Thing” (1991)

321. Urge Overkill “Girl Youll Be a Woman Soon” (1994)
322. Duran Duran “Come Undone” (1993)
323. Toadies “Away” (1996)
324. Indigo Girls “Power of Two” (1994)
325. Dinosaur Jr. “Feel the Pain” (1994)
326. The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” (1995)
327. Morcheeba “Trigger Hippie” (1995)
328. Aphex Twin “Girl/Boy” (1996)
329. Porno for Pyros “Tahitian Moon” (1996)
330. Samples “Indiana” (1996)

331. Fishbone “Sunless Saturday” (1991)
332. Sheryl Crow “Everyday Is a Winding Road” (1996)
333. Counting Crows “Omaha” (1993)
334. Radiohead “Let Down” (1997)
335. Pearl Jam “Rearviewmirror” (1993)
336. Smashing Pumpkins “Disarm” (1993)
337. The Cure “A Letter to Elise” (1992)
338. Toad the Wet Sprocket “Come Down” (1997)
339. Janes Addiction “Jane Says” (1988)
340. Natalie Merchant “Wonder” (1995)

341. Tupac Shakur (2pac) “Keep Ya Head Up” (1993)
342. My Bloody Valentine “When You Sleep” (1991)
343. Tom Petty & the Heartbreaker “Learning to Fly” (1991)
344. Our Lady Peace “Supermans Dead” (1997)
345. Air “La Femme d’Argent” (1998)
346. Faith No More “Midlife Crisis” (1992)
347. Big Audio Dynamite II “The Globe” (1991)
348. Nirvana “Heart-Shaped Box” (1993)
349. Jesus and Mary Chain “Head On” (1989)
350. Elastica “Car Song” (1995)

351. No Doubt “Sunday Morning” (1995)
352. Dire Straits “Heavy Fuel” (1991)
353. Tonic “Open Up Your Eyes” (1996)
354. Prince “Most Beautiful Girl in the World” (1994)
355. Bonnie Raitt “Something to Talk About” (1991)
356. Eels “Last Stop: This Town” (1998)
357. R.E.M. “Daysleeper” (1998)
358. Matthew Sweet “Where You Get Love” (1997)
359. Elliott Smith “Waltz #2 (XO)” (1998)
360. Jamiroquai “Canned Heat” (1999)

361. Blues Traveler “Hook” (1994)
362. Screaming Trees “Nearly Lost You” (1992)
363. Bruce Springsteen “Secret Garden” (1995)
364. Sublime “Santeria” (1997)
365. Tracy Chapman “Give Me One Reason” (1995)
366. The Verve “Lucky Man” (1997)
367. Naughty By Nature “O.P.P.” (1991)
368. Ani Difranco “32 Flavors” (1997)
369. The Urge “It’s Getting Hectic” (1995)
370. Cake “Rock N Roll Lifestyle” (1995)

371. Stone Temple Pilots “Plush (acoustic)” (1993)
372. Liz Phair “Supernova” (1994)
373. 10,000 Maniacs “These Are the Days (unplugged)” (1993)
374. World Party “Way Down Now” (1990)
375. Del Amitri “Tell Her This” (1995)
376. Pearl Jam “Do the Evolution” (1998)
377. G. Love and Special Sauce “Cold Beverage” (1994)
378. Crash Test Dummies “God Shuffled His Feet” (1993)
379. US3 “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)” (1993)
380. Pulp “Disco 2000” (1995)

381. Wilco “A Shot in the Arm” (1999)
382. U2 “Staring At the Sun” (1997)
383. Blind Melon “Tones of Home” (1992)
384. Crowded House “Weather with You” (1991)
385. Digable Planets “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” (1992)
386. Frente “Bizarre Love Triangle” (1994)
387. Throwing Muses “Bright Yellow Gun” (1994)
388. Radiohead “Thinking About You” (1991)
389. Poe “Angry Johnny” (1995)
390. They Might Be Giants “Birdhouse in Your Soul” (1990)

391. Jeff Buckley “Lover You Should've Come Over” (1994)
392. ?
393. Phish “Free” (1996)
394. Lucas Secon “Lucas With the Lid Off” (1994)
395. Outhouse “Welcome” (1997)
396. The Wonders “That Thing You Do!” (1996)
397. Ultimate Fakebook “She Don’t Even Know My Name” (1999)
398. Lucious Jackson “Ladyfingers” (1999)
399. Brian Setzer Orchestra “Jump, Jive, an’ Wail” (1998)
400. Chemical Brothers “Block Rockin Beats” (1997)


401. Geggy Tah “Whoever You Are” (1996)
402. The Lightning Seeds “Pure” (1989)
403. Prince “Cream” (1991)
404. Meshell Ndegeocello “If That’s Your Boyfriend He Wasn’t Last Night” (1993)
405. Billy Goat “Old School” (1995)
406. R.E.M. “E-Bow the Letter” (1996)
407. INXS “Suicide Blonde” (1990)
408. Nirvana “Polly” (1991)
409. Edwyn Collins “A Girl Like You” (1995)
410. Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock” (1993)

411. Joan Osborne “One of Us” (1995)
412. Foo Fighters “This Is a Call” (1995)
413. A Tribe Called Quest “Electric Relaxation” (1994)
414. Red Hot Chili Peppers “My Friends” (1995)
415. Garbage “Push It” (1998)
416. Oasis “Don’t Go Away” (1997)
417. Beck “Devils Haircut” (1996)
418. Pearl Jam “Not for You” (1994)
419. Tori Amos “Crucify” (1992)
420. 311 “Don’t Stay Home” (1995)

421. Depeche Mode “Policy of Truth” (1990)
422. Hole “Malibu” (1998)
423. Soul Asylum “Black Gold” (1992)
424. Black Crowes “Jealous Again” (1990)
425. Blur “There’s No Other Way” (1991)
426. Semisonic “F.N.T.” (1996)
427. Gin Blossoms “Until I Fall Away” (1992)
428. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “The Rascal King” (1997)
429. Sonic Youth “Kool Thing” (1990)
430. Lemonheads “Mrs. Robinson” (1992)

431. Björk “Hyperballad” (1996)
432. Concrete Blonde “Joey” (1990)
433. Flaming Lips “She Don’t Use Jelly” (1994)
434. Cracker “Get Off This” (1993)
435. Moby “Bodyrock” (1999)
436. Catherine Wheel “Black Metallic” (1992)
437. Digital Underground “The Humpty Dance” (1990)
438. Sarah Mclachlan “Black and White” (1997)
439. Rancid “Ruby Soho” (1995)
440. Ben Folds Five “Song for the Dumped” (1997)

441. Soul Coughing “Super Bon Bon” (1998)
442. Supergrass “Moving” (1999)
443. Radiohead “No Surprises” (1997)
444. The La’s “There She Goes” (1988, remix: 1990)
445. Alanis Morrisette “Hand in My Pocket” (1995)
446. White Town “Your Woman” (1997)
447. Artificial Joy Club “Sick and Beautiful” (1997)
448. Alanis Morissette “All I Really Want” (1995)
449. Sugar Ray with Supercat “Fly” (1997)
450. Bloodhound Gang “Fire Water Burn” (1996)
451. U2 “Lemon” (1993)
452. U2 “Whos Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” (1991)
453. Dave Matthews Band “Tripping Billies” (1996)
454. R.E.M. “Texarkana” (1991)
455. Fun Lovin Criminals “Scooby Snacks” (1996)
456. Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home” (1997)
457. Peter Gabriel “Steam” (1992)
458. Placebo “Pure Morning” (1998)
459. Tupac Shakur with Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman “California Love” (1996)
460. Toad the Wet Sprocket “All I Want” (1991)

461. Sheryl Crow “Strong Enough” (1993)
462. Pearl Jam “Alive” (1991)
463. The Cure “Pictures of You” (1989)
464. Beastie Boys “Body Movin’” (1998)
465. Murmurs “You Suck” (1994)
466. Divinyls “I Touch Myself” (1991)
467. Lenny Kravitz with Slash “Always on the Run” (1991)
468. Nirvana “The Man Who Sold the World” (1993)
469. Snoop Doggy Dogg “Gin and Juice” (1993)
470. Pavement “Gold Soundz” (1994)

471. Spoon “Shake It Off” (1998)
472. Local H “Bound for the Floor” (1996)
473. Belly “Gepetto” (1993)
474. Echo & the Bunnymen “I Want to Be There When You Come” (1997)
475. Macy Gray “I Try” (1999)
476. The Pharcyde “Passin’ Me By” (1993)
477. Billie Myers “Kiss the Rain” (1979)
478. Sinead O’Connor “The Emperor’s New Clothes” (1990)
479. EMF “Unbelievable” (1991)
480. Deadeye Dick “New Age Girl” (1994)

481. Shudder to Think “X-French Tee Shirt” (1994)
482. Counting Crows “Perfect Blue Buildings” (1993)
483. Smashing Pumpkins “Landslide” (1994)
484. Enigma “Return to Innocence” (1993)
485. Janet Jackson “If” (1993)
486. Bottle Rockets “I’ll Be Coming Around” (1994)
487. Nixons “Sister” (1995)
488. Paul Weller “You Do Something to Me” (1995)
489. Lo Fidelity Allstars “Battleflag” (1998)
490. MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” (1990)

491. Everlast “What It’s Like” (1998)
492. Material Isuue “Valerie Loves Me” (1991)
493. Radiohead “Nice Dream” (1995)
494. Marc Cohn “Walking in Memphis” (1991)
495. Stereo MCs “Connected” (1992)
496. XTC “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” (1992)
497. Dave Matthews Band “Two Step” (1996)
498. R.E.M. “Star 69” (1994)
499. Daft Punk “Da Funk” (1997)
500. Pearl Jam “Dissident” (1993)


501. Live “Operation Spirit” (1991)
502. Fiona Apple “Fast As You Can” (1999)
503. Eminem “My Name Is” (1998)
504. Collective Soul “The World I Know” (1995)
505. Better Than Ezra “At the Stars” (1998)
506. Everclear “I Will Buy You a New Life” (1998)
507. Fatboy Slim “Praise You” (1999)
508. Social Distortion “Ring of Fire” (1990)
509. Frogpond “Waiting for a Friend” (1996)
510. Third Eye Blind “How’s It Going to Be” (1997)

511. Foo Fighters “February Stars” (1997)
512. Fountains of Wayne “Denise” (1999)
513. Wallflowers “6th Avenue Heartache” (1996)
514. Guided By Voices “Game of Pricks” (1995)
515. Ween “Voodoo Lady” (1994)
516. Tom Petty “It’s Good to Be King” (1994)
517. Weezer “El Scorcho” (1996)
518. The Urge “All Washed Up” (1995)
519. Cake “Stickshifts and Safety Belts” (1996)
520. Stone Temple Pilots “Big Empty” (1994)

521. A Tribe Called Quest “Jazz (We’ve Got)” (1991)
522. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Californication” (1999)
523. Ben Folds Five “Kate” (1997)
524. Nirvana “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” (1993)
525. Oasis “What's the Story Morning Glory” (1995)
526. Beck “Deadweight” (1997)
527. Liz Phair “Whip-Smart” (1994)
528. 10,000 Maniacs “These Are Days” (1992)
529. The Offspring “Pretty Fly for a White Guy” (1998)
530. The Cranberries “Dreams” (1992)

531. Erykah Badu “Tyrone” (1997)
532. Barenaked Ladies “One Week” (1998)
533. Soundgarden “The Day I Tried to Live” (1994)
534. Dishwalla “Counting Blue Cars” (1996)
535. Big Head Todd & the Monsters “Resignation Superman” (1997)
536. Spin Doctors “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” (1991)
537. Public Enemy “Brothers Gonna Work It Out” (1990)
538. Primus “Wynonas Big Brown Beaver” (1995)
539. Happy Mondays “Kinky Afro” (1990)
540. The Get Up Kids “Holiday” (1999)

541. Morphine “Buena” (1993)
542. Lauryn Hill “Every Ghetto Every City” (1998)
543. Melissa Etheridge “Similar Features” (1988)
544. Lenny Kravitz “Let Love Rule” (1989)
545. Cocteau Twins “Carolyns Fingers” (1988)
546. Green Day “When I Come Around” (1994)
547. Pearl Jam “Given to Fly” (1997)
548. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince “Summertime” (1991)
549. Dave Matthews Band “Typical Situation” (1994)
550. R.E.M. “Ignoreland” (1992)

551. Matchbox Twenty “Real World” (1996)
552. Radiohead “Just” (1995)
553. K’s Choice “Not an Addict” (1996)
554. Feeder “High” (1997)
555. Afghan Whigs “Gentlemen” (1993)
556. Propellerheads “History Repeating” (1997)
557. Soho “Hippychick” (1990)
558. Candlebox “Far Behind” (1993)
559. New Radicals “Someday Well Know” (1999)
560. Annie Lennox “Why” (1992)

561. Siouxsie & the Banshees “Kiss Them for Me” (1991)
562. Counting Crows “Einstein on the Beach (for An Eggman)” (1994)
563. Smashing Pumpkins “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” (1994)
564. Underworld “Born Slippy” (1995)
565. Sunny Day Real Estate “Seven” (1994)
566. Crutch “Everything Falls in Place” (199?)
567. Cherry Poppin Daddies “Zoot Suit Riot” (1998)
568. Talking Heads “Gangster of Love” (187)
569. Grant Lee Buffalo “Truly Truly” (1998)
570. Wilco “Blue Eyed Soul” (1995)

571. U2 “Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me” (1995)
572. Chris Isaak “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing” (1995)
573. Le Tigre “Deceptacon” (1999)
574. Harvey Danger “Flagpole Sitta” (1998)
575. Sneaker Pimps “6 Underground” (1996)
576. Replacements “Merry Go Round” (1990)
577. Reel Big Fish “Sell Out” (1997)
578. Cowboy Mouth “Jenny Says” (1997)
579. Nirvana “Something in the Way” (1991)
580. LL Cool J “Mama Said Knock You Out” (1991)

581. Toad the Wet Sprocket “Walk on the Ocean” (1991)
582. Sheryl Crow “A Change Would Do You Good” (1996)
583. The Cure “Close to Me” (1985, remix: 1990)
584. Beastie Boys “Jimmy James” (1992)
585. Manic Street Preachers “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” (1998)
586. Meredith Brooks “Bitch” (1997)
587. The Charlatans “The Only One I Know” (1990)
588. Cypress Hill “Insane in the Brain” (1993)
589. The Church “Metropolis” (1990)
590. Sugar Ray “Someday” (1999)

591. Widespread Panic “Climb to Safety” (1999)
592. Marvelous 3 “Freak of the Week” (1999)
593. Dave Matthews Band “What Would You Say” (1994)
594. R.E.M. “Nightswimming” (1992)
595. The Roots with Erykah Badu “You Got Me” (1999)
596. Primitives “Crash (95)” (1995)
597. School of Fish “3 Strange Days” (1991)
598. The KLF “3 A.m. Eternal” (1991)
599. Len “Steal My Sunshine” (1999)
600. The Flys “Got You Where I Want You” (1998)


601. Silverchair “Tomorrow” (1994)
602. The Smithereens “Top of the Pops” (1991)
603. Temple of the Dog “Say Hello 2 Heaven” (1991)
604. Supergrass “Caught By the Fuzz” (1994)
605. Radiohead “The Bends” (1995)
606. Soul Coughing “Circles” (1998)
607. Ben Folds Five “Jackson Cannery” (1995)
608. Tori Amos “Caught a Lite Sneeze” (1996)
609. 311 “Prisoner” (1997)
610. Depeche Mode “Enjoy the Silence” (1990)

611. Hole “Miss World” (1994)
612. Soul Asylum “Misery” (1995)
613. Black Crowes “She Talks to Angels” (1990)
614. Blur “Song 2” (1997)
615. Semisonic “Singing in My Sleep” (1998)
616. Gin Blossoms “Allison Road” (1992)
617. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Royal Oil” (1997)
618. Sonic Youth “100%” (1992)
619. Lemonheads “If I Could Talk I’d Tell You” (1996)
620. Björk “Big Time Sensuality” (1993)

621. Concrete Blonde “Caroline” (1990)
622. Flaming Lips “Waiting for a Superman” (1999)
623. Cracker “Low” (1993)
624. Chemical Brothers “Hey Boy Hey Girl” (1999)
625. Moby “That’s When I Reach for My Revolver” (1996)
626. Catherine Wheel “Crank” (1993)
627. Digital Underground “Way We Swing” (1990)
628. Sarah Mclachlan “Building a Mystery” (1997)
629. Rancid “Roots Radicals” (1994)
630. Pearl Jam “Nothingman” (1994)

631. Alice in Chains “Heaven Beside You” (1995)
632. A Tribe Called Quest “Scenario” (1992)
633. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Give It Away” (1991)
634. Garbage “Queer” (1995)
635. Oasis “Live Forever” (1994)
636. Beck “Tropicalia” (1998)
637. Foo Fighters “Monkey Wrench” (1997)
638. Heroes of Hiphoprisy “Television, the Drug of the Nation” (1992)
639. Counting Crows “Daylight Fading” (1996)
640. Mike Watt with Eddie Vedder “Against the 70s” (1995)

641. Paul Simon “The Obvious Child” (1990)
642. Dogs Eye View “Everything Falls Apart” (1996)
643. Nirvana “In Bloom” (1991)
644. Dave Matthews Band “So Much to Say” (1996)
645. R.E.M. “Radio Song” (1991)
646. Mazzy Star “Fade Into You” (1993)
647. Bodeans “Closer to Free” (1993)
648. Freedy Johnston “Bad Reputation” (1994)
649. Beta Band “Dry the Rain” (1999)
650. Randy Newman with Lyle Lovett “Youve Got a Friend in Me” (1995)

651. Ramones “I Don’t Want to Grow Up” (1995)
652. Letters to Cleo “Here and Now” (1995)
653. k.d. Lang “Constant Craving” (1992)
654. Innocence Mission “Bright As Yello” (1995)
655. Ministry “Jesus Built My Hotrod” (1991)
656. Neds Atomic Dustbin “Not Sleeping Around” (1992)
657. Veruca Salt “Volcano Girls” (1997)
658. Phish “Bouncing Around the Room” (1990)
659. Jeff Buckley “Grace” (1993)
660. They Might Be Giants “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” (1990)

661. Poe “Trigger Happy Jack” (1995)
662. Radiohead “Black Star” (1995)
663. Throwing Muses “Counting Backwards” (1991)
664. Frente “Labour of Love” (1994)
665. Digable Planets “Jimmi Diggin Cats” (1993)
666. Crowded House “It’s Only Natural” (1991)
667. Prince “7” (1992)
668. Wilco “Pick Up the Change” (1995)
669. U2 “Even Better Than the Real Thing” (1991)
670. Blind Melon “Galaxie” (1995)

671. Pulp “A Little Soul” (1998)
672. Tlc “No Scrubs” (1999)
673. Crash Test Dummies “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” (1994)
674. Pearl Jam “Off He Goes” (1996)
675. Bush “Everything Zen” (1994)
676. The Chicks “Goodbye Earl” (1999)
677. The Urge “Jump Right In” (1998)
678. Cake “Never There” (1998)
679. Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline” (1994)
680. Liz Phair “Polyester Bride” (1998)

681. 10,000 Maniacs “Because the Night” (1993)
682. Hootie & the Blowfish “Only Wanna Be with You” (1995)
683. Primal Scream “Movin on Up” (1991)
684. Pixies “Dig for Fire” (1990)
685. Heather Nova “Walk This World” (1995)
686. Sundays “Summertime” (1997)
687. The Juliana Hatfield Three “Spin the Bottle” (1994)
688. Screaming Trees “All I Know” (1996)
689. Morrissey “The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get” (1994)
690. Blues Traveler “Runaround” (1994)

691. Jamiroquai “Virtual Insanity” (1996)
692. Elliott Smith “Between the Bars” (1997)
693. Matthew Sweet “Evangeline” (1991)
694. Dave Matthews Band “#34” (1994)
695. R.E.M. “Bang and Blame” (1994)
696. Kula Shaker “Tattva” (1996)
697. Stereolab “Ping Pong” (1994)
698. Ben Folds Five “Army” (1999)
699. The Presidents of the United States of America “Lump” (1995)
700. Cardigans “Lovefool” (1996)


701. The Prodigy “Firestarter” (1996)
702. Marcy Playground “Sex and Candy” (1997)
703. Tony! Toni! Tone! “If I Had No Loot” (1993)
704. Tupac (2pac) Shakur “Dear Mama” (1995)
705. Nirvana “Lithium” (1991)
706. L7 “Andres” (1994)
707. Jesus Jones “Right Here Right Now” (1991)
708. Aphex Twin “Windowlicker” (1999)
709. Urge Overkill “Sister Havana” (1993)
710. Duran Duran “Ordinary World” (1993)

711. Toadies “Possum Kingdom” (1995)
712. Indigo Girls “Galileo” (1992)
713. Dinosaur Jr. “Start Choppin” (1993)
714. The Rembrandts “Just the Way It Is Baby” (1990)
715. Morcheeba “Let Me See” (1998)
716. Porno for Pyros “Pets” (1993)
717. Samples “Did You Ever Look So Nice” (1992)
718. Fishbone “Everyday Sunshine” (1991)
719. Toad the Wet Sprocket “Good Intentions” (1995)
720. My Bloody Valentine “Only Shallow” (1991)

721. Counting Crows “Hanginaround” (1999)
722. Pearl Jam “Corduroy” (1994)
723. The Cure “High” (1992)
724. Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake” (1998)
725. Beastie Boys “Sure Shot” (1994)
726. Natalie Merchant “Carnival” (1995)
727. Janes Addiction “Stop!” (1990)
728. Spacehog “In the Meantime” (1995)
729. Tom Petty & the Heartbreaker “Into the Great Wide Open” (1991)
730. Our Lady Peace “Clumsy” (1997)

731. Faith No More “Epic” (1989)
732. Big Audio Dynamite II “Rush” (1991)
733. Air “Sexy Boy” (1998)
734. Yo La Tengo “Big Day Coming” (1993)
735. Jesus and Mary Chain “Blues From a Gun” (1989)
736. Elastica “Stutter” (1995)
737. No Doubt “Excuse Me Mr.” (1995)
738. Dire Straits “Calling Elvis” (1991)
739. Smashing Pumpkins “Mayonaise” (1993)
740. Tonic “If You Could Only See” (1997)

741. Ice-t “O.G. Original Gangster” (1991)
742. Bonnie Raitt “I Can’t Make You Love Me” (1991)
743. The Eels “Novocaine for the Soul” (1996)
744. Dave Matthews Band “Don’t Drink the Water” (1998)
745. R.E.M. “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite” (1992)
746. A Tribe Called Quest “Check the Rhyme” (1991)
747. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Breaking the Girl” (1991)
748. Garbage “Special” (1998)
749. Oasis “Supersonic” (1994)
750. Beck “Jack-Ass” (1996)

751. Foo Fighters “Big Me” (1995)
752. Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia” (1994)
753. Sublime “Smoke Two Joints” (1992)
754. Tracy Chapman “Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution” (1988)
755. The Get Up Kids “Ten Minutes” (1999)
756. The Verve “The Drugs Don’t Work” (1997)
757. Filter “Hey Man Nice Shot” (1995)
758. Eve 6 “Inside Out” (1998)
759. Green Day “Brain Stew/Jaded” (1995)
760. R.E.M. “Man on the Moon” (1992)

761. Aaliyah “Are You That Somebody” (1998)
762. Lenny Kravitz “It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over” (1991)
763. Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly” (1999)
764. Kristin Hersh with Michael Stipe “Your Ghost” (1994)
765. Everything But the Girl “Missing” (1995)
766. Urban Dance Squad “Deeper Shade of Soul” (1990)
767. 311 “Come Original” (1999)
768. Soul Asylum “Somebody to Shove” (1992)
769. Ben Folds Five “Julianne” (1995)
770. Flaming Lips “What Is the Light” (1999)

771. Chantal Kreviazuk “Surrounded” (1997)
772. Concrete Blonde “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” (1990)
773. Del the Funkee Homosapien “Mistadobalina” (1991)
774. Melissa Etheridge “If I Wanted To” (1993)
775. Us3 “Tukka Yoots Riddim” (1993)
776. Nirvana “Lake of Fire” (1993)
777. Morphine “Honey White” (1995)
778. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “Bellbottoms” (1994)
779. Dave Matthews Band “Jimi Thing” (1994)
780. Naughty By Nature “Hip Hop Hooray” (1993)

781. Beastie Boys “Intergalactic” (1998)
782. Bikini Kill “Rebel Girl” (1993)
783. Sponge “Plowed” (1994)
784. Björk “Army of Me” (1995)
785. Fiona Apple “Sleep to Dream” (1996)
786. Oasis “Don’t Look Back in Anger” (1995)
787. Lauryn Hill “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” (1998)
788. Morrissey “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” (1989)
789. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Where’d You Go” (1992)
790. Sheryl Crow “Leaving Las Vegas” (1993)

791. Wallflowers “The Difference” (1996)
792. Fatboy Slim “Going Out of My Head” (1998)
793. Rancid “Time Bomb” (1995)
794. Tom Petty “Wildflowers” (1994)
795. Madonna “Ray of Light” (1998)
796. Everclear “Heartspark Dollarsign” (1996)
797. Garbage “#1 Crush” (1996)
798. The Farm “All Together Now” (1990)
799. Beck “Hot Wax” (1996)
800. Butthole Surfers “Pepper” (1996)


801. Ben Folds Five “Magic” (1999)
802. Big Head Todd & the Monsters “Broken Hearted Savior” (1993)
803. Love Spit Love “Fall on Tears” (1997)
804. Hole “Celebrity Skin” (1996)
805. Chemical Brothers “Setting Sun” (1996)
806. Smashing Pumpkins “Perfect” (1998)
807. Cake “I Will Survive” (1997)
808. Cocteau Twins “Heaven Or Las Vegas” (1990)
809. Sarah Mclachlan “Sweet Surrender” (1997)
810. Counting Crows “Anna Begins” (1993)

811. Public Enemy “911 Is a Joke” (1990)
812. Stone Temple Pilots “Lady Picture Show” (1996)
813. The Urge “Take Away” (1995)
814. Wilco “Outtasite (Outta Mind)” (1997)
815. Mother Love Bone “Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns” (1989)
816. Eric B. and Rakim “Don’t Sweat the Technique” (1992)
817. The Offspring “Self Esteem” (1994)
818. R.E.M. “Drive” (1992)
819. Soundgarden “Blow Up the Outside World” (1996)
820. Spin Doctors “Two Princes” (1991)

821. Tripping Daisy “I Got a Girl” (1995)
822. Wyclef Jean with Refugee Allstar “We Trying to Stay Alive” (1997)
823. U2 “Discotheque” (1997)
824. Sprung Monkey “Get Em Outta Here” (1998)
825. The Verve Pipe “The Freshmen” (1996)
826. Gin Blossoms “Found Out About You” (1992)
827. Lush “Ladykillers” (1996)
828. Dr. Dre “Let Me Ride” (1993)
829. Adam Ant “Wonderful” (1995)
830. Weezer “My Name Is Jonas” (1994)

831. Fountains of Wayne “Radiation Vibe” (1996)
832. Nirvana “Pennyroyal Tea” (1993)
833. Kate Bush “Rubberband Girl” (1993)
834. Guided By Voices “Teenage FBI” (1999)
835. Dj Shadow “Midnight in a Perfect World” (1996)
836. Blur “Country House” (1995)
837. World Party “Put the Message in the Box” (1990)
838. Radiohead “Fake Plastic Trees” (1995)
839. Alice in Chains “I Stay Away” (1994)
840. U2 “Lady With the Spinning Head” (1992)

841. Nerf Herder “Van Halen” (1997)
842. Jay-Z “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” (1998)
843. Lemonheads “Into Your Arms” (1993)
844. Ween “Push th’ Little Daises” (1993)
845. The Cure “Friday I’m in Love” (1992)
846. Social Distortion “Ball and Chain” (1990)
847. Digital Underground “Same Song” (1991)
848. Counting Crows “Sullivan Streat” (1993)
849. Semisonic “Closing Time” (1998)
850. Collective Soul “December” (1995)

851. Wu-tang Clan “C.R.E.A.M.” (1994)
852. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997)
853. Liz Phair “61” (1993)
854. Dada “Dizz Knee Land” (1992)
855. Dmx “Party Up (Up in Here)” (1999)
856. 10 000 Maniacs “Trouble Me” (1989)
857. R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts” (1992)
858. Radiohead “Talk Show Host” (1996)
859. Dave Matthews Band “Rhyme and Reason” (1994)
860. Pearl Jam “Glorified G” (1993)

861. Saint Etienne “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” (1991)
862. Violent Femmes “American Music” (1991)
863. Cracker “Teen Angst (what the World Needs Now)” (1992)
864. Paul Westerberg “Dyslexic Heart” (1992)
865. Fugees “Ready Or Not” (1996)
866. Seal “Crazy” (1991)
867. Soup Dragons “Divine Thing” (1992)
868. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Scar Tissue” (1999)
869. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Red Right Hand” (1994)
870. Ani Difranco “Little Plastic Castle” (1998)

871. Live “I Alone” (1994)
872. Spice Girls “Wannabe”” (1996)
873. Sonic Youth “Bull in the Heather” (1994)
874. Wilco “Box Full of Letters” (1995)
875. Arrested Development “Tennessee” (1992)
876. Del Amitri “Roll to Me” (1995)
877. Cornershop “Sleep on the Left Side” (1998)
878. Paw “Hope I Die Tonight” (1995)
879. A Tribe Called Quest “I Left My Wallet in El Segundo” (1990)
880. Bad Religion “21st Century Digital Boy” (1994)

881. Supergrass “Cheapskate” (1997)
882. Jayhawks “Blue” (1995)
883. Teenage Fanclub “Star Sign” (1991)
884. Sugar “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” (1992)
885. Breeders “Divine Hammer” (1993)
886. Primus “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” (1991)
887. Black Crowes “Hard to Handle” (1990)
888. Smashing Pumpkins “Tonight Tonight” (1995)
889. Dave Matthews Band “Lover Lay Down” (1999)
890. Tori Amos “God” (1994)

891. Big Pun with Joe “Still Not a Player” (1998)
892. Frogpond “Talk to Me” (1996)
893. G. Love and Special Sauce “Baby’s Got Sauce” (1994)
894. Catherine Wheel “Waydown” (1995)
895. Toad the Wet Sprocket “Fall Down” (1994)
896. Smoking Popes “Need You Around” (1995)
897. Third Eye Blind “Graduate” (1997)
898. Orbital “The Box” (1996)
899. De La Soul “A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays” (1991)
900. Snow “Informer” (1993)


901. Jewel “You Were Meant for Me” (1995)
902. Better Than Ezra “Rosealia” (1993)
903. The Cranberries “Zombie” (1994)
904. Dido “Thank You” (1999)
905. Treble Charger “Red” (1994)
906. John Mellencamp “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)” (1996)
907. Squirrel Nut Zippers “Hell (The Afterlife)” (1996)
908. Pretenders “I’ll Stand by You” (1994)
909. Barenaked Ladies “The Old Apartment” (1996)

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First posted 11/25/2021; last updated 7/4/2025.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Radiohead: A Retrospective, 1992-2003

Radiohead

A Retrospective: 1992-2003

Overview:

Experimental alternative-rock group formed in Oxford, England in 1989. Members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood formed The Smile in 2020 with drummer Tom Skinner (Sons of Kemet).


The Players:

  • Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar)
  • Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards)
  • Ed O’Brien (guitar, effects)
  • Colin Greenwood (bass)
  • Phil Selway (drums)


On the Web:


Lists:

Awards:

The Studio Albums:

Hover over an album cover to see its title and year of release. Click on the album to go to its dedicated DMDB page.


Compilations:

Under each album snapshot, songs featured on the anthologies are noted. If the song charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to singles charts.

Pablo Honey (1993):

  • You [3:29] (5/5/92 on Drill EP) B2
  • Creep [3:56] (9/21/92, 34 US, 37 CB, 25 RR, 20 AR, 2 MR, 7 UK, 30 CN, 6 AU) B1
  • Anyone Can Play Guitar [3:38] (2/1/93, 32 UK) B2
Go to the DMDB page for this album to read more about it.

The Bends (1995):

Go to the DMDB page for this album to read more about it.

OK Computer (1997):

Go to the DMDB page for this album to read more about it.

Kid A (2000):

  • Optimistic [5:15] (10/7/00, 10 MR) B1
  • Idioteque [5:09] B1
  • Everything in Its Right Place [4:11] B1
  • How to Disappear Completely [5:56] B2
  • The National Anthem [5:51] B2
Go to the DMDB page for this album to read more about it.

Amnesiac (2001):

  • Pyramid Song [4:49] (5/16/01, 13 UK) B1
  • I Might Be Wrong [4:54] (5/19/01, 27 MR) B2
  • Knives Out [4:15] (8/1/01, 13 UK) B2
Go to the DMDB page for this album to read more about it.

Hail to the Thief (2003):

  • There There (The Boney King of Nowhere) [5:25] (5/10/03, 14 MR, 4 UK, 12 CN) B1
  • Go to Sleep (Little Man Being Erased) [3:21] (8/18/03, 32 MR, 12 UK) B2
  • 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm) [3:19] (11/17/03, 15 UK) B1
Go to the DMDB page for this album to read more about it.

The Best of

Radiohead


Released: June 3, 2008


Recorded: 1992-2003


Peak: 26 US, 4 UK, 10 CN, 10 AU


Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.3 UK, 1.15 world (includes US and UK)


Genre: experimental alternative rock


Tracks: (1) Just (2) Paranoid Android (3) Karma Police (4) Creep (5) No Surprises (6) High and Dry (7) My Iron Lung (8) There There (9) Lucky (10) Optimistic (11) Fake Plastic Trees (12) Idioteque (13) 2 + 2 = 5 (14) The Bends (15) Pyramid Song (16) Street Spirit (Fade Out) (17) Everything in Its Right Place

Tracks (Special Edition, Disc 2): (1) Airbag (2) I Might Be Wrong (3) Go to Sleep (4) Let Down (5) Planet Telex (6) Exit Music (For a Film) (7) The National Anthem (8) Knives Out (9) Talk Show Host (10) You (11) Anyone Can Play Guitar (12) How to Disappear Completely (13) True Love Waits (live)

Rating:

3.280 out of 5.00 (average of 12 ratings)

About The Best of:

This compilation pulled from Radiohead’s first six studio albums. The special edition added a second disc of material pulled from the same albums with two non-album cuts included: “Talk Show Host” from the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack, and “True Love Waits,” a recording from the I Might Be Wrong: The Live Recordings EP.


Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums:

  • Talk Show Host (1/22/96, --) B2
  • True Love Waits (live, 8/20/01) B2

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First posted 6/3/2022.

Monday, March 13, 1995

Radiohead released The Bends

The Bends

Radiohead


Released: March 13, 1995


Peak: 88 US, 4 UK, 14 CN, 23 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 1.54 US, 1.25 UK, 4.23 world (includes US and UK), 6.49 EAS


Genre: experimental alternative rock


Tracks:

Click on a song title for more details.
  1. Planet Telex [4:19]
  2. The Bends [4:06]
  3. High and Dry [4:17]
  4. Fake Plastic Trees [4:50]
  5. Bones [3:09]
  6. (Nice Dream) [3:53]
  7. Just [3:54]
  8. My Iron Lung [4:36]
  9. Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was [3:28]
  10. Black Star [4:07]
  11. Sulk [3:42]
  12. Street Spirit (Fade Out) [4:12]

Total Running Time: 48:37


The Players:

  • Thom Yorke (vocals)
  • Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards)
  • Ed O’Brien (guitar, effects)
  • Colin Greenwood (bass)
  • Phil Selway (drums)

Rating:

4.249 out of 5.00 (average of 29 ratings)


Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

More Than the Brit Version of Grunge

“The first half of Nineties rock was shaped by Nirvana, and the second half was dominated by Radiohead.” 500 Thanks to the success of the anti-hero song “Creep” and parent album Pablo Honey, Radiohead burst onto the scene as a sort of Brit version of grunge for alt-rock losers. Some critics attacked the album as “a lightweight attempt at jumping on the grunge bandwagon.” TB

That album, however, “in no way was adequate preparation for its epic, sprawling follow-up, The Bends.” AM “On only their second attempt at a proper album, it became clear that the slightly generic grunge rock of their debut LP, Pablo Honey, would not be the definitive sound for Radiohead going forward.” PS

Becoming More Experimental

The Bends is what really led to Radiohead becoming “a blue chip band.” AZ “Building from the sweeping, three-guitar attack that punctuated the best moments of Pablo Honey,” AM “the quintet honed its talent for bombastic Brit Rock, yet still preserved an edge of unpredictability.” AZ They “create a grand and forceful sound that nevertheless resonates with anguish and despair – it’s cerebral anthemic rock.” AM This “is essentially Radiohead’s way of creating a bridge between that initial wave of ‘90s angstery…what we’ve come to call indie rock.” EK

“If the CD proved anything, it was that Radiohead could find solid ground between pop experimentation and the tradition of born-in-the-bone, balls-out rock.” AZ “It makes the record compelling upon first listen, but it reveals new details with each listen.” AM The Bends “marries…ambitious, and often challenging, instrumental soundscapes to songs that are at their cores hauntingly melodic and accessible.” AM

Even as the group became experimental, they still maintained an ability to make inroads at radio. “Creep” could well have been a one-hit wonder for the band in the States, but songs like “High and Dry” and “Fake Plastic Trees” suggested Radiohead could find a home at alternative radio.

The Band

“Radiohead’s three guitarists dominate The Bends, though the most striking element is Thom Yorke’s vocal delivery.” TB His “anguished-choirboy vocals” 500 and “tortured lyrics give the album a melancholy undercurrent, as does the surging, textured music.” AM He reportedly “found the confidence to let loose his emotive falsetto after witnessing a live performance by Jeff Buckley.” TB

Their Influences

The Bends “married a majestic and somber guitar sound to Thom Yorke’s…vocals, drawing on the epic grandeur of U2 and the melancholy of the Smiths.” 500 They also display the influence of Pink Floyd, the Pixies, and R.E.M. AM but Radiohead turn clichés inside out, making each song sound bracingly fresh.” AM

It didn’t hurt that the band brought in John Leckie as the producer. He’d worked as an engineer at Abbey Road studios on such famous albums as Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band. TB

The Bridge to OK Computer

When the follow-up album, OK Computer became one of the decade’s game changers, “The Bends received its due for being that bridge, the changing space, between a young band with a fluke hit to a mature working group pushing the boundaries of rock music.” JM By comparison to OK Computer, “The Bends is pretty gosh-darn conventional…There are places all through it that betray a distinct whiff of…classic rock.” EK

Notes

In 2009, a collector’s edition added a second disc with the cuts from the My Iron Lung EP as well as the B-sides from the singles “High and Dry” / “Planet Telex,” “Fake Plastic Trees,” and “Street Spirit (Fade Out).” There were also four songs from a 4/14/1994 BBC Radio One Session.

The Songs

Here’s a breakdown of each of the individual songs.

Planet Telex

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: 2/27/95 (B side of “High and Dry”), The Bends (1995)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 60.10 streaming


About the Song:

“The opener for The Bends is a rebirth.” CS “Planet Telex” “sounded like an overt warning to anyone who loved ‘Creep’ that the new Radiohead album was going to be much weirder and more sinister.” UP “It’s daring and rebellious and finds the band entering into the forms that would shape them into what they are today.” CS It “explodes from the speakers with a depth to the sound that just wasn’t there on Pablo Honey.” AD “A sound like wind coming in through a crack in your window, the song bleeds into a trippy feedback squall.” DV

“Much is made of Radiohead’s cerebral experimentation, but ‘Planet Telex’ is further proof of their off-hand, spontaneous magic – a band as much about the body as it is about the brain.” EX The song “doesn’t exactly scream ‘party vibes,’ but it was recorded during a heavy drinking session: Thom Yorke nailed the vocal in one take while crouching on the floor, too pissed on wine to stand. It was the last time Radiohead would record anything as straightforwardly anthemic.” BZ

“Sonically, the jittering intro waxes and wanes like a throbbing headache which refuses to let up. The lilting, widescreen guitar drifts in and out and promises some soothing respite before Yorke’s half-manipulated vocal cry of ‘you can force it but it will not come’ stirs up some unease (and constipation-based jokes).’ FT

“Apparently this track was originally titled ‘Planet Xerox’ but had to be changed for copyright reasons.” FT

The Bends

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: 7/26/96 (single), The Bends (1995)


B Side: “My Iron Lung” (live), “Bones” (live)


Peak: 34 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 77.93 streaming


About the Song:

“’Where do we go from here?’ asks Thom at the beginning of the title track of Radiohead’s second album. The complete shift away from the grunge influence of Pablo Honey wouldn’t happen until OK Computer, but the opening lines of ‘The Bends’ imply that the band was at least doing a lot of soul-searching about where to go after the success of ‘Creep,’ a track they distanced themselves from in the years that followed.” FT

“Long before millennials realized that boomers were the worst, Radiohead were taking the piss out of the sixties generation for Gen-X kids. ‘I wish it was the sixties / I wish I could be happy / I wish something would happen’ is one of Yorke’s most quotable lines, and it captures an extremely ’90s sentiment of both resenting nostalgia and feeling like you’ve missed out.” UP Radiohead never belonged to any particular scene, but with the release of The Bends…the difference between them and their fellow UK guitar bands was palpable: Oasis sang about wanting to ‘Live Forever’ and being a ‘Rock & Roll Star,’ while Thom’s line…felt like a sarcastic dig at his peers’ obsession with another era.” FT

“Radiohead rocks as hard here as they ever have – while the ballads from The Bends era helped to inform the sound of Britpop in the latter half of the decade, the teetering-on-the-brink-of-chaos rockers are what give the album its still potent serrated edge.” UP “Jonny’s soaring guitar is as anthemic as on ‘High and Dry,’ ‘Just’ and ‘Street Spirit,’ but it’s here that Radiohead started to look at the wider world, invoking images of the CIA and the military gone rogue. The band wouldn’t master weaving political themes into their lyrics until a few years later, but they were already light years beyond their Britpop cousins.” FT

High and Dry

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: 2/27/95 (single), The Bends (1995)


B Side: Planet Telex”


Peak: 78 BB, 73 BA, 18 MR, 17 UK, 62 AU, 8 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 672.42 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Song:

This “catchy little mellow, acoustic tune,” SP which Thom Yorke first performed with the pre-Radiohead band Headless Chickens, is “one of the band's poppiest, most mainstream hits,” BZ proving “Radiohead was not going to be contributing to the '90s one-hit wonder music pile.” SP The song “became a model for bands like Coldplay, Travis, and the other Radiohead imitators of the late ’90s.” UP

Of course, his aversion to all things popular means he has now distanced himself from “High and Dry.” He says it was “a ‘very bad’ song that he was pressured into releasing.” UP He has dismissed it “for its softness, apparent lack of lyrical meaning, and mass popularity.” CS That, of course, also means “some die-hards…[think] it’s no longer worth considering.” SA “But there’s something to be said for a Radiohead song that appeals to an older crowd…For it’s the poppier, more accessible side of the group that makes the experimentation all that more powerful, and vice versa.” CS

“Radiohead rarely makes anything this straightforwardly and swooningly romantic anymore.” SA “With its jangly guitars and recognizable verse-bridge-chorus structure,” SA this was “an essential ‘wallowing over heartbreak’ song.” UP “When Yorke hits those soaring notes of the chorus…it does what all great songs do: transports us, if not to a better place then at least one we weren’t before.” SA

Fake Plastic Trees

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: 5/15/95 (single), The Bends (1995)


B Side: “India Rubber,” “How Can You Be Sure?”


Peak: 65 BB, 11 MR, 20 UK, 10 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 588.03 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Song:

“They’ll never admit it now, but many people first heard ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ in the movie Clueless…Cher comes home and finds her step-brother (and future boyfriend) Josh in her house. It’s playing on the radio. ‘Yuk! Uh, the maudlin music of the university station,’ she says. ‘What is it about college and cry-baby music?’ It’s definitely a cry-baby song;” RS Thom Yorke “did all the vocals in two takes and then broke down into tears.” BZ Ed O’Brien said early versions sounded like Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain,” and that Yorke only felt “adequately equipped to record the song” FT after the band saw Jeff Buckley perform live.

Of course, “this ain’t some sort of run-of-the-mill ballad.” RB This “fabulous, mellow acoustic single” SP “was exactly the type of bombastic, overly dramatic, highly marketable” RB “emotive and deep-searching rock ballads” PO that “Radiohead copycats exploited for over a decade. But nothing even comes close to the unique qualities of ‘Fake Plastic Trees.’” RB It “takes that narrow quiet-loud framework [of ‘Creep’] and improves upon it immensely.” AS It’s the “moment where Yorke and Radiohead found their voice” DF and “the best, saddest reminder of what was lost when the world’s best arena-rock outfit decided they were meant for something weirder.” SA

Built on this is “more emotionally direct than anything Thom Yorke has written or composed since.” SA Lyrically, the song is “a meditation on artificiality in the real world” DF that “puts the band’s previous output and, in truth, everything in rock at the time to shame.” AS His vocal performance “approached Freddie Mercury-levels of virtuosity.” UP He take “the prettiest acoustic melody in the band’s playbook” SA and “imbues it with little twists and turns that bring out heretofore unreachable layers of sadness…He lives inside this character, feeling his frustration, his weariness, his hurt.” AS “Yorke’s syllables are stretched to their breaking points throughout the song makes it clear he’s reaching for some sort of peace that’s just out of his grasp.” BB This “is why we listen to music, why we expose ourselves to any kind of art for that matter, in the hopes that its infinite power can make us feel something inside of ourselves that we didn’t even know existed, even if it is a feeling of sadness.” AS

This is “also one of Radiohead’s most anthemic songs.” RS “Radiohead is for the exhausted, the heartbroken, and the world-weary” CS and this “skyscraper of heartbreak” SA is their song most capable of generationg “a whole stadium of lighter-raisers.” SA “Never has there been a more perfect song about heartbreak.” CS “It still holds as a favorite for Radiohead fanatics nationwide.” SP

Bones

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: 8/21/95 (B side of “Just”), 7/26/96 (B side of “The Bends”), The Bends (1995)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 44.56 streaming


About the Song:

This is “a perfect and discordant wake-up from The Bends’ sentimental first half.” CS “The extremely U2-like ‘Bones’” DBW “is visceral and riff-heavy and as lively as the band’s ever been.” CS

(Nice Dream)

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: The Bends (1995)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 88.74 streaming


About the Song:

“Bones” and “Nice Dream” “are mood pieces, attempts at moving forwards ably supported by the excellent production of John Leckie, without whom neither song would amount to anything more than the prettier moments from the very un-acclaimed Pablo Honey.” AD He said the whale sounds in the background were “my stupid idea.” BZ

Colin Greenwood described this song as the “dreamy antithesis of ‘Bones’” BZ while his brother Jonny “takes credit for the foreboding, arpeggiated opening and the screeching guitars in the chorus.” BZ These “were initially points of contention between him and Yorke, who felt the song should be simpler. The result, however, is a truly rich and lovely song.” BZ

The song was based on a dream Yorke had. BZ The song’s narrator “knows that the idyllic fantasy in his head is just that: a fantasy. But we can’t blame him for wishing. The light-handed strumming and enchanting wind effects make us want to believe, too.” CS

Just

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: 8/21/95 (single), The Bends (1995)


B Side: UK CD1: “Planet Telex” (Karma Sunra mix), “Killer Cars” (Mogadon version); UK CD2: “Bones” (live), “Planet Telex” (live), “Anyone Can Play Guitar” (live)


Peak: 37 MR, 19 UK, 18 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 308.71 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Song:

“Post-‘Creep,’ Radiohead were poised between grunge and Britpop. Just is a time capsule at the crossroads: hailstorm distortion meets perky hooks, wily vocals, and Yorke’s mischievous challenge to Greenwood.” GN “Just” was “a preview of what was to come on OK Computer. Instead of the straightforward rock that dominates The Bends, ‘Just’ doubles down on the band’s experimental edge and their knack for building worlds with guitars.” FT

“The world that exists within ‘Just’ is presumably one of addiction and insurmountable guilt – and the lofty riffs mimic the unsinkable feeling of self-loathing. It’s another example of Radiohead’s ability.” FT The song exemplifies how “to not only tell a story through lyrics, but to create a vision within the music.” FT It “is a vicious tell-off with music that matches the mood. Their rhythm section brings an honest-to-god groove for once“ SA along with “unexpected harmonic shifts, wild dynamics, [and] riffs coming out its ears.” RB

“Jonny Greenwood’s guitar solos…somehow out-weirded them all.” RB Is it any wonder that Radiohead have spent 20 years distancing themselves from straightforward guitar rock when they utterly mastered the form with this song?” BZ He is “an absolute beast of a guitarist” RG and “’Just’ is a premier showcase for some of his finest shredding.” UP His “guitar screams and wails in a place where it feels right at home. It’s probably the hardest they ever have or ever will rock out.” SA “’Just’ starts with Greenwood showing off his speed, hitting higher and higher notes until none are left on his guitar neck.” RG Then “he holds onto this feedback that sounds like a boiling teapot before ripping into an entirely different, nasty solo full of bending strings and stuttering notes.” RG It makes for “one of the most unique and peculiar rock songs of the 1990s. And it has an extraordinary video to match.” RB

My Iron Lung

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: 9/26/94 (single), 7/26/96 (B side of “The Bends”), The Bends (1995)


B Sides: “The Trickster,” “Lewis (Mistreated),” “Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong,” “Permanent Daylight,” “Lozenge of Love,” “You Never Wash Up After Yourself” (live), “Creep” (acoustic)


Peak: 24 UK, 100 AU, 15 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 116.33 streaming


About the Song:

“Rarely has a band rejected their humble beginnings as quickly as Radiohead.” CS “My Iron Lung” “was supposedly written as an angry response to the overwhelming success of ‘Creep:’” BZ “This / This is our new song / Just like the last one / A total waste of time.” “While there’s a good bit of bitterness in the lyrics, it seems to take on broader themes than just the downside of fame (also, like, cry me a river Thom Yorke).” BZ “This is clearly a move to go ‘beyond’ pop music and toward something less accessible, thornier, and altogether artier.” UP This is Radiohead fashioning “a new identity: stadium-rock agitators declaring war on hypocrisy and greed – particularly their own.” GN

This was first released as the title track of an EP between Pablo Honey and The Bends. It was recorded live in 1994 at a London club gig at the Astoria. Although the crowd noise was leveled out, the live performance “gives it an added dose of energy.” UP “Capitol Records A&R Perry-Watts Russell told Billboard in 1995 that it ‘wasn’t a proper first single. We really didn’t even pursue radio airplay for it.’ Fans and college radio knew ‘My Iron Lung’ was a glimpse of an evolving band.” RG

“The truly demented ‘My Iron Lung’” AD “effortlessly switches from control to chaos from verse to chorus.” CS It has “a catchy hook that makes you bob your head...then they get all avant garde on you.” DV “Jonny Greenwood's wonky Whammy tones give way to explosions of distorted fury, making this a pinnacle of their alt-rock phase.” EX “It’s the song on The Bends that seems most clearly a nod to Nirvana, though halfway through (and again at the end) a kind of sonic madness descends from Jonny Greenwood’s guitar that feels fully original.” BZ

Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: The Bends (1995)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 79.53 streaming


About the Song:

An “emphasis on melodic hooks keeps things from getting as mushy as most mope-rock.” DBW “Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was” is “arguably the most reassuring song on The Bends it begins to rise with warmth and soul the farther along it goes.” CS It “has a grandeur about it, a wonderful ballad with a sad, lost atmosphere and great production and mixing.” AD “Each instrument calls out like a lone animal searching for company, and by the time they overlap, that very loneliness begins to feel more welcome, more familiar, more bearable. The patience of those trickling guitar lines and Yorke’s determination to stuff as many o’s into ‘proof’ pay off. By the time it wraps, it leaves you with a nest to curl up in – comforted or distraught, you decide — even though it starts with noisy scrapes and field sounds that suggest you’re wandered somewhere unbearably frigid.” CS

Black Star

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: The Bends (1995)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 155.85 streaming


About the Song:

Songs like “’Sulk’ and ‘Black Star’ are coming from a band that was still trying to find their sound.” DV The latter “is like the little brother who doesn’t get as much attention as he deserves.” SP It has been called “a sensational rock ballad and one of the best tracks off The BendsSP as well as “the most genuinely gorgeous song in Radiohead’s entire catalogue.” BZ

“No band has ever done a better job at depicting the pressures an individual faces in the modern world than Radiohead. What gets overlooked, and underrated, is how well they nail relationship issues as well.” AS “’Black Star’ is proof that they could have done just fine singing sad love songs for their whole career.” AS “Slow Radiohead often becomes synonymous with ‘Fake Plastic Trees’…In ‘Black Star,’ Thom Yorke’s voice sounds just as beautifully broken, the lyrics are just as heart-tugging.” SA They “prove that you don’t need to be wordy to tell a complete story.” AS

“’Black Star’ is a small-scale drama rendered with poignancy and eloquent sadness. It also features a gorgeous melody that builds into an unforgettable chorus, the kind of song that would sound great boiled down to just acoustic guitar and vocal, yet it gains heft and power when married to the band’s guitars. Those guitars never get overbearing, allowing room for the tune to spread its wings while adding numerous hooks to an already catchy mix.” AS “When it gets to the refrain of ‘this is killing me,’ that’s about as vulnerable as Radiohead can get.” SA

Sulk

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: The Bends (1995)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 35.73 streaming


About the Song:

“The penultimate track on The Bends works because it accepts the melancholia that comes with life instead of trying to fight it.” CS

Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Radiohead

Writer(s): Radiohead


Released: 1/22/96 (single), The Bends (1995)


B Side: “Talk Show Host,” “Bishop’s Robes”


Peak: 5 UK Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 202.15 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

“Radiohead fans can wage a battle royale over the best Radiohead album openers, but there should be no debate over which song is the greatest Radiohead album closer.” UP The “oppresively somber yet downright gorgeous” RB “Street Spirit” is and “one of the darkest tunes in their catalog.” RS The lyrics “alternate between desperate hope and resigned despair, despair getting the better of it.” AS Yorke said, “Our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve…‘Street Spirit’ has no resolve…It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end.” RS He says it “is about staring the fucking devil right in the eyes... and knowing, no matter what the hell you do, he'll get the last laugh.” BZ The song is “a grand, doomed surrender.” GN “If Dante’s Inferno had an accompanied soundtrack, this song would surely be in the crux of it all.” CR

This “was a clear sign that Radiohead were maturing at a very dramatic pace,” RS “signaling a move towards an era where they would challenge listeners with each and every new release.” FT “’Street Spirit’ demonstrated that Radiohead could toss out a more nuanced type of anthem, along with sing-alongs like ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ and ‘High and Dry.’” BB

“As the second guitarist in a band in which Jonny Greenwood usually plays lead guitar, it’s understandable how Ed O’Brien often falls off the radar..,The steadiness of his playing is integral to the band’s success, because it allows Jonny to go off on his daredevil flights and sonic experiments knowing that the core of the song will remain strong. On ‘Street Spirit,’ O’Brien’s steadiness becomes brilliance right before our ears, playing arpeggios that tug at the heartstrings with every clarion note.” AS

The “song that even Thom describes as one of Radiohead’s saddest…is informed by Nigerian author Ben Okri’s Booker Prize-winning The Famished Road, which Yorke read on tour in America while the band narrowly avoided disintegrating; the book concerns an abiku, or spirit child, which gives the track its name. Yorke himself calls the track a ‘straight rip-off’ of R.E.M. (who famously influenced the band in the early days).” FT

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First posted 3/23/2008; last updated 7/21/2026.