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1. The Hollies “Bus Stop” (1966)
2. Donovan “Season of the Witch” (1966)
3. Bruce Springsteen “Jungleland” (1975)
4. The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (1971)
5. Gary Glitter “Rock and Roll Part 2” (1972)
6. Bob Dylan “Desolation Row” (1965)
7. The Beatles “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (1968)
8. Al Stewart “Year of the Cat” (1976)
9. Leonard Cohen “Famous Blue Raincoat” (1971)
10. The Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter” (1969)
11. Fleetwood Mac “Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)” (1976)
12. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
13. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
14. Neil Young “Like a Hurricane” (1977)
15. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
16. The Beatles “A Day in the Life” (1967)
17. T-Rex “Elemental Child” (1970)
18. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
19. Dr. John “I Walk on Gilded Splinters” (1968)
20. The Flamin’ Groovies “Shake Some Action” (1976)
21. Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water” (1973)
22. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (1956)
23. Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here” (1975)
24. David Bowie “Life on Mars?” (1971)
25. Led Zeppelin “Trampled Under Foot” (1975)
26. Genesis “Musical Box” (1971)
27. Garbage “#1 Crush” (1997)
28. 10cc “I’m Not in Love” (1975)
29. Bob Dylan “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” (1974)
30. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
31. The Zombies “She’s Not There” (1964)
32. Alice Cooper “School’s Out” (1972)
33. The Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” (1968)
34. The Shangri-La’s “Past Present Future” (1966)
35. The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” (1967)
36. Morrissey “Everyday Is Like Sunday” (1988)
37. Simon & Garfunkel “America” (1968)
38. Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1970)
39. The Beach Boys “Heroes and Villains” (1967)
40. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bad Moon Rising” (1969)
41. Alice Cooper “I’m Eighteen” (1971)
42. The Adverts “Bored Teenagers” (1977)
43. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
44. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
45. The Kinks “Celluloid Heroes” (1972)
46. Pink Floyd “See Emily Play” (1967)
47. Mott the Hoople “All the Young Dudes” (1972)
48. The Who “Baba O’Riley” (1971)
49. Traffic “Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys” (1971)
50. The Who “My Generation” (1965)
51. Thin Lizzy “The Boys Are Back in Town” (1976)
52. Cliff Richard & the Shadows “The Next Time” (1962)
53. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
54. Python Lee Jackson with Rod Stewart “In a Broken Dream” (1969)
55. Bob Dylan “Changing of the Guard” (1978)
56. John Lennon “Instant Karma (We All Shine On)” (1970)
57. Crosby, Stills & Nash “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” (1969)
58. Focus “Hocus Pocus” (1972)
59. Bruce Springsteen “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” (1973)
60. The Rolling Stones “Midnight Rambler” (1969)
61. Neil Young “A Man Needs a Maid” (1972)
62. The Mindbenders “A Groovy Kind of Love” (1966)
63. Aerosmith “Dream On” (1973)
64. Bee Gees “New York Mining Disaster 1941” (1967)
65. Blind Faith “Can’t Find My Way Home” (1969)
66. Carpenters “Superstar” (1971)
67. Lou Reed “Caroline Says II” (1973)
68. The Beach Boys “God Only Knows” (1966)
69. The Beatles “I Feel Fine” (1964)
70. Free “All Right Now” (1970)
71. Led Zeppelin “D’yer Mak’er” (1973)
72. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
73. Blue Öyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper” (1976)
74. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
75. Bruce Springsteen “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” (1973)
76. The Allman Brothers Band “Statesboro Blues” (1971)
77. Fleetwood Mac “Silver Springs” (1977)
78. Syd Barrett “Octopus” (1969)
79. Daryl Hall & John Oates “She’s Gone” (1973)
80. Van Der Graaf Generator “Refugees” (1971)
81. Van Morrison “Tupelo Honey” (1971)
82. The Modern Lovers “Roadrunner” (1976)
83. Rod Stewart “Reason to Believe” (1971)
84. Joan Baez “Diamonds and Rust” (1975)
85. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
86. The Velvet Underground “I’m Waiting for the Man” (1967)
87. Neil Young “Cowgirl in the Sand” (1969)
88. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
89. Led Zeppelin “Kashmir” (1975)
90. George Thorogood & the Destroyers “Bad to the Bone” (1982)
91. Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing” (1978)
92. The Damned “New Rose” (1976)
93. Beck “Loser” (1993)
94. Bob Dylan “Ballad of a Thin Man” (1965)
95. The Clash “London Calling” (1979)
96. Juicy Lucy “Who Do You Love” (1970)
97. The Beatles “Across the Universe” (1970)
98. The Kinks “Autumn Almanac” (1967)
99. The Doors “Roadhouse Blues” (1970)
100. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
101. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
102. Big Brother & the Holding Company “Ball and Chain” (1968)
103. Rod Stewart “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (1978)
104. Kansas “Dust in the Wind” (1977)
105. Cream “Sunshine of Your Love” (1967)
106. The Offspring “Come Out and Play” (1994)
107. Simon & Garfunkel “The Boxer” (1969)
108. AC/DC “Highway to Hell” (1979)
109. Peter Gabriel “Solsbury Hill” (1977)
110. Hole “Violet” (1994)
111. Elton John “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” (1973)
112. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
113. Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” (2004)
114. The Velvet Underground “Sweet Jane” (1969)
115. John Lennon “God” (1970)
116. Alice Cooper “Dead Babies” (1971)
117. Melanie “What Have They Done to My Song, Ma” (1971)
118. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Stagger Lee” (1996)
119. Paul McCartney “Another Day” (1971)
120. Patti Smith “Privilege” (1978)
121. The Rolling Stones “Mother’s Little Helper” (1966)
122. Boston “More Than a Feeling” (1976)
123. Van Morrison “Brown-Eyed Girl” (1967)
124. The Monkees “Daydream Believer” (1967)
125. U2 “Beautiful Day” (2000)
126. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977)
127. The Animals “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (1965)
128. The Beatles “Helter Skelter” (1968)
129. The Rolling Stones “Wild Horses” (1971)
130. Alice Cooper “Ballad of Dwight Frye” (1971)
131. The Kinks “All Day and All of the Night” (1964)
132. Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit” (1967)
133. Barry Ryan “Eloise” (1968)
134. Fleetwood Mac “Sara” (1979)
135. The Band “Up on Cripple Creek” (1969)
136. The Rolling Stones “Let It Bleed” (1969)
137. Genesis “Supper’s Ready” (1972)
138. Bob Dylan “Abandoned Love” (1975)
139. The Arrows “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
140. The Clash “White Man in Hammersmith Palais” (1978)
141. Chicago “25 or 6 to 4” (1970)
142. Eddie Cochran “Summertime Blues” (1958)
143. Elton John “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” (1975)
144. James Taylor “Sweet Baby James” (1970)
145. Chuck Berry “Maybellene” (1955)
146. Jackson Browne “These Days” (1973)
147. Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group with Nancy Whiskey “Freight Train” (1957)
148. The Cure “A Night Like This” (1985)
149. Bob Dylan “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” (1963)
150. Vanilla Fudge “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (1967)
151. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
152. Donovan “Hurdy Gurdy Man” (1968)
153. The Guess Who “American Woman” (1970)
154. Canned Heat “On the Road Again” (1968)
155. Aerosmith “Walk This Way” (1975)
156. The Rolling Stones “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (1969)
157. Bat for Lashes “Daniel” (2009)
158. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
159. The Who “Magic Bus” (1968)
160. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
161. The Beatles “Help!” (1965)
162. Bruce Springsteen “Dancing in the Dark” (1984)
163. U2 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (1987)
164. Soul Asylum “Somebody to Shove” (1993)
165. Badfinger “No Matter What” (1970)
166. John Lennon “#9 Dream” (1974)
167. Chuck Berry “Rock and Roll Music” (1957)
168. The Byrds “Eight Miles High” (1966)
169. David Bowie “Drive-In Saturday” (1973)
170. Curved Air “Back Street Luv” (1971)
171. The Box Tops “The Letter” (1967)
172. Donovan “Atlantis” (1968)
173. Danny & the Juniors “At the Hop” (1957)
174. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
175. Black Sabbath “Supernaut” (1972)
176. Budgie “Napoleon Bonapart One and Two” (1975)
177. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “American Girl” (1976)
178. Pink Floyd “Echoes” (1971)
179. Genesis “The Knife” (1970)
180. The Yardbirds “Shapes of Things” (1966)
181. David Bowie “Rebel Rebel” (1974)
182. John Lennon “Gimme Some Truth” (1971)
183. Eagles “Desperado” (1973)
184. Buffy Sainte-Marie “Soldier Blue” (1971)
185. Elvis Costello “Watching the Detectives” (1977)
186. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” (1976)
187. John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett “Josephine” (1978)
188. John Cale “Paris 1919” (1973)
189. Karla Bonoff “Someone to Lay Down Beside Me” (1977)
190. The Beatles with Billy Preston “Get Back” (1969)
191. Medicine Head “Rising Sun” (1973)
192. Bob Dylan “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” (1966)
193. Kate Bush “Breathing” (1980)
194. Bauhaus “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” (1979)
195. The Count Five “Psychotic Reaction” (1966)
196. Kraftwerk “Autobahn” (1974)
197. Iggy Pop “Lust for Life” (1977)
198. Green Day “Longview” (1994)
199. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Almost Cut My Hair” (1970)
200. Grateful Dead “Truckin’” (1970)
201. Foo Fighters “Everlong” (1997)
202. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Little Wing” (1967)
203. Blues Image “Ride Captain Ride” (1970)
204. Kirsty MacColl “They Don’t Know” (1979)
205. Bachman-Turner Overdrive “Takin’ Care of Business” (1974)
206. Thin Lizzy “Jailbreak” (1976)
207. Ian Dury & the Blockheads “Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll” (1977)
208. Melanie “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” (1970)
209. Johnny Winter “Riot in Cell Block #9” (1974)
210. The Troggs “Wild Thing” (1966)
211. Lynyrd Skynrd “Free Bird” (1973)
212. The Smiths “How Soon Is Now?” (1984)
213. The Cult “Edie” (1989)
214. Bobby Fuller Four “I Fought the Law” (1966)
215. Jefferson Airplane “Somebody to Love” (1967)
216. Emerson, Lake and Palmer “Tarkus” (1971)
217. Yes “And You and I” (1972)
218. Bruce Springsteen “Badlands” (1978)
219. Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” (1987)
220. Elvis Presley “In the Ghetto” (1969)
221. Aerosmith “Cryin’” (1993)
222. The Modern Lovers “Pablo Picasso” (1976)
223. The Allman Brothers Band “Ramblin’ Man” (1973)
224. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (1997)
225. Jerry Lee Lewis “Great Balls of Fire” (1957)
226. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band “Next (Aux Suivantes)” (1972)
227. James Taylor “Fire and Rain” (1970)
228. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “It’s So Easy” (1959)
229. Traffic “Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory” (1973)
230. The Crystals “Then He Kissed Me “ (1963)
231. Radiohead “Karma Police” (1997)
232. Chuck Berry “Back in the U.S.A.” (1959)
233. Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
234. The Replacements “Answering Machine” (1984)
235. Catherine Wheel “Black Metallic” (1991)
236. Neil Young “After the Gold Rush” (1970)
237. Jackson Browne “The Pretender” (1976)
238. Bob Dylan “Tangled Up in Blue” (1975)
239. Sex Pistols “Submission” (1977)
240. X “Johnny Hit and Run Pauline” (1980)
241. Mudhoney “Touch Me I’m Sick” (1988)
242. Steve Miller Band “Fly Like an Eagle” (1976)
243. The Faces “Ooh La La” (1973)
244. Arctic Monkeys “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” (2005)
245. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel “Sebastian” (1973)
246. Black Sabbath “Black Sabbath” (1970)
247. George Harrison “What Is Life” (1971)
248. Chameleons “In Shreds” (1982)
249. King Crimson “Epitaph” (1969)
250. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood “Jackson” (1967)
251. Mojos “Everything’s Alright” (1964)
252. Tom Waits “Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)” (1976)
253. Bob Dylan “It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding” (1965)
254. The Monkees “Alternate Title” (1967)
255. Doctors of Madness “Marie and Joe” (1976)
256. Mungo Jerry “Baby Jump” (1971)
257. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)
258. Graham Parker “Protection” (1979)
259. The Jam “That’s Entertainment” (1981)
260. Neil Young “Rockin’ in the Free World” (1989)
261. Carole King “It Might As Well Rain Until September” (1962)
262. The Beatles “Come Together” (1969)
263. The Who “Love Reign O’er Me” (1973)
264. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)
265. Nick Drake “Pink Moon” (1972)
266. Neil Young “Cortez the Killer” (1975)
267. Bread “Everything I Own” (1972)
268. The Doors “Waiting for the Sun” (1970)
269. Radiohead “Creep” (1993)
270. Eric Clapton “Wonderful Tonight” (1977)
271. Pink Floyd “Time” (1973)
272. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Night Moves” (1976)
273. The Faces “You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything” (1974)
274. Carly Simon “You’re So Vain” (1972)
275. John Lennon “Just Like Starting Over” (1980)
276. The Four Seasons “Let’s Hang On” (1965)
277. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (1997)
278. George Harrison “My Sweet Lord” (1970)
279. Bob Dylan “Isis” (1975)
280. The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964)
281. Cheap Trick “Big Eyes” (1977)
282. The Beach Boys “I Get Around” (1964)
283. Chuck Berry “Little Queenie” (1959)
284. Neil Young “Powderfinger” (1979)
285. Todd Rundgren “Hello It’s Me” (1972)
286. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Not Fade Away” (1957)
287. Sarah McLachlan “Possession” (1994)
288. R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts” (1992)
289. The Beach Boys “Barbara Ann” (1965)
290. The Faces “Debris” (1971)
291. Leonard Cohen “Hallelujah” (1985)
292. Talking Heads “Life During Wartime” (1979)
293. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” (1956)
294. The Allman Brothers Band “Jessica” (1974)
295. Kevin Ayers “Lady Rachel” (1969)
296. Simon & Garfunkel “The Only Living Boy in New York” (1970)
297. Eddie Cochran “Three Stars” (1959)
298. The Everly Brothers “Devoted to You” (1958)
299. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Oh Boy!” (1957)
300. Leonard Cohen “So Long Marianne” (1968)
301. Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (1969)
302. Deep Purple “Space Truckin’” (1972)
303. Black Sabbath “Paranoid” (1970)
304. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “The Carny” (1986)
305. Bo Diddley “Roadrunner” (1960)
306. Pearl Jam “Jeremy” (1991)
307. Edgar Broughton Band “Out Demons Out” (1970)
308. Queen “Killer Queen” (1974)
309. David Peel “Hey Mr. Draftboard” (1970)
310. Al Stewart “Bedsitter Images” (1967)
311. Johnny Kidd & the Pirates “Shakin’ All Over “ (1960)
312. Nine Inch Nails “The Perfect Drug” (1997)
313. David Bowie “My Death” (1972)
314. The Velvet Underground “Heroin” (1965)
315. Hole “Doll Parts” (1994)
316. The Monkees “Pleasant Valley Sunday” (1967)
317. Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild” (1968)
318. The Velvet Underground “Venus in Furs” (1967)
319. Jem “24” (2003)
320. Lindisfarne “Lady Eleanor” (1971)
321. Fairport Convention “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” (1969)
322. The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (1969)
323. King Crimson “In the Court of the Crimson King” (1969)
324. Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” (1955)
325. Queen “The Show Must Go On” (1991)
326. Kirsty MacColl “Soho Square” (1994)
327. Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983)
328. The Pretty Things “Don’t Bring Me Down” (1964)
329. The Specials “Nite Klub” (1979)
330. ? & the Mysterians “96 Tears” (1966)
331. Green Day “Basket Case” (1994)
332. The Rolling Stones “Lady Jane” (1966)
333. Roxy Music “A Song for Europe” (1973)
334. Coldplay “Clocks” (2002)
335. Procol Harum “A Salty Dog” (1969)
336. Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street” (1978)
337. Cream “Badge” (1969)
338. Lou Reed “Coney Island Baby” (1975)
339. The Beatles “For No One” (1966)
340. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976)
341. Neil Young “Revolution Blues” (1974)
342. Bruce Springsteen “The Ghost of Tom Joad” (1995)
343. Kate Bush “There Goes a Tenner” (1982)
344. Heart “Barracuda” (1977)
345. The Pogues with Kristy MacColl “Fairytale of New York” (1987)
346. Radio Stars “Johnny Mekon” (1977)
347. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
348. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (1969)
349. Grant Lee Buffalo “Soft Wolf” (1993)
350. The Rolling Stones “Get Off of My Cloud” (1965)
351. The Kinks “Till the End of the Day” (1965)
352. Squeeze “Up the Junction” (1979)
353. Argent “Hold Your Head Up” (1972)
354. Matthew Sweet “Winona” (1991)
355. Bob Dylan “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” (1966)
356. David McWilliams “The Days of Pearly Spencer” (1967)
357. Bob Dylan “Positively 4th Street” (1965)
358. The Cure “Funeral Party” (1981)
359. Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” (1985)
360. John Lennon & Yoko Ono “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” (1971)
361. Cream “Tales of Brave Ulysses” (1967)
362. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
363. Jethro Tull “Locomotive Breath” (1971)
364. Genesis “Firth of Fifth” (1973)
365. The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin” (1967)
366. Mary Hopkin “Those Were the Days” (1968)
367. The Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie” (1957)
368. Eddie Cochran “Somethin’ Else” (1959)
369. The Byrds “Chestnut Mare” (1970)
370. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)” (1975)
371. Kiki Dee “Amoruese” (1973)
372. Bob Dylan “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (1973)
373. David Bowie “John, I’m Only Dancing” (1972)
374. Arlo Guthrie “Alice’s Restaurant” (1967)
375. The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968)
376. Meat Loaf “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” (1978)
377. Janis Joplin “Me and Bobby McGee” (1971)
378. 10cc “Somewhere in Hollywood” (1974)
379. Blondie “Dreaming” (1979)
380. The Beatles “Here, There and Everywhere” (1966)
381. Van Morrison “Madame George” (1968)
382. Al Stewart “Life in Dark Water” (1978)
383. Chuck Berry “Carol” (1958)
384. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
385. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Peggy Sue” (1957)
386. Gregg Allman “Midnight Rider” (1970)
387. Laura Nyro “Wedding Bell Blues” (1966)
388. Chuck Berry “Memphis, Tennesse” (1959)
389. The Beatles “Tomorrow Never Knows” (1966)
390. The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (1966)
391. Heart “Crazy on You” (1976)
392. Joe Satriani “Big Bad Moon” (1989)
393. The Kinks “Come Dancing” (1983)
394. The Fleet Foxes “White Winter Hymnal” (2008)
395. Quicksilver Messenger Service “Mona” (1969)
396. The Police “Invisible Sun” (1981)
397. Television “Marquee Moon” (1977)
398. The Rolling Stones “Angie” (1973)
399. The Passions “I’m in Love with a German Filmstar” (1981)
400. John Cougar Mellencamp “Rain on the Scarecrow” (1985)
401. Kaiser Chiefs “Ruby” (2007)
402. The Doors “Hello, I Love You” (1968)
403. The Poni Tails “Born Too Late” (1958)
404. Black Sabbath “War Pigs” (1970)
405. Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & the Trinity “This Wheel’s on Fire” (1968)
406. Morrissey “Boxers” (1995)
407. Bachman-Turner Overdrive “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” (1974)
408. The Moody Blues “Go Now” (1964)
409. The Cure “10:15 Saturday Night” (1979)
410. Gregory Philips “Down in the Boondocks” (1965)
411. Donovan “Universal Soldier” (1965)
412. Jace Everett “Bad Things” (2005)
413. Talking Heads “Psycho Killer” (1977)
414. Emerson, Lake and Palmer “C’est La Vie” (1977)
415. Johnny Thunders “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory” (1978)
416. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
417. The Beach Boys “California Girls” (1965)
418. Deep Purple “Fireball” (1971)
419. Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & the Trinity “Road to Cairo” (1968)
420. Neil Young “My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)” (1979)
421. Cilia Black “Anyone Who Had a Heart” (1964)
422. Dido “My Life” (1999)
423. The Doobie Brothers “Black Water” (1974)
424. Bee Gees “The Lights Went Out in Massachusetts” (1967)
425. David Bowie “Ashes to Ashes” (1980)
426. Led Zeppelin “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” (1976)
427. Kraftwerk “Showroom Dummies” (1977)
428. Al Stewart “The News from Spain” (1972)
429. The Cure “Lullaby” (1989)
430. Nirvana “Come As You Are” (1991)
431. Alice Cooper “Black Juju” (1971)
432. David Bowie “We Are the Dead” (1974)
433. Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight” (1981)
434. Ian Dury & the Blockheads “Plaistow Patricia” (1977)
435. Pink Floyd “Astronomy Domine” (1967)
436. The B-52’s “Rock Lobster” (1979)
437. Joni Mitchell “This Flight Tonight” (1971)
438. Sonic Youth “Kool Thing” (1990)
439. Rod Stewart “I Don’t Want to Talk about It” (1977)
440. The Dixie Cups “Chapel of Love” (1964)
441. The Offspring “Self-Esteem” (1994)
442. Chuck Berry “Sweet Little Rock ‘n’ Roller” (1958)
443. Fleetwood Mac “Black Magic Woman” (1968)
444. Sandie Shaw “Girl Don’t Come” (1964)
445. Fairport Convention “Meet on the Ledge” (1969)
446. Rachel Sweet “Who Does Lisa Like” (1978)
447. Ramones “Rock and Roll High School” (1979)
448. David Bowie “Space Oddity” (1969)
449. Seals & Croft “Summer Breeze” (1972)
450. R.E.M. “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” (1987)
451. Ace “How Long” (1974)
452. Peter Sarstedt “Where Do You Go to My Lovely” (1969)
453. Electric Prunes “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night” (1967)
454. T-Rex “Jeepster” (1971)
455. Grand Funk Railroad “We’re an American Band” (1973)
456. The Animals “It’s My Life” (1965)
457. Queen with David Bowie “Under Pressure” (1981)
458. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
459. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band “Faith Healer” (1972)
460. The Tubes “White Punks on Dope” (1975)
461. Fleetwood Mac “Tusk” (1979)
462. The Kinks “Sunny Afternoon” (1966)
463. Bob Dylan “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” (1965)
464. Graham Parker “Hey Lord Don’t Ask Me Questions” (1978)
465. Kirsty MacColl “Fifteen Minutes” (1989)
466. Cliff Richard & the Shadows “Bachelor Boy” (1962)
467. Lesley Gore “It’s My Party” (1963)
468. Pearl Jam “Alive” (1991)
469. Bob Dylan “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (1965)
470. Linda Ronstadt “Hasten Down the Wind” (1976)
471. The Only Ones “Another Girl, Another Planet” (1978)
472. Daryl Hall & John Oates “Sara Smile” (1976)
473. George Harrison “When We Was Fab” (1988)
474. Jan & Dean “Dead Man’s Curve” (1964)
475. Morrissey “Jack the Ripper” (1994)
476. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” (1971)
477. John Stewart “Gold” (1979)
478. The Kinks “Dead End Street” (1965)
479. Rod Stewart “Passion” (1980)
480. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” (1959)
481. Leonard Cohen “Suzanne” (1967)
482. Barry McGuire “Eve of Destruction” (1965)
483. The Jam “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight “ (1978)
484. Udo Lindenberg “Berlin” (1981)
485. The Band “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (1969)
486. Public Image Ltd. “Death Disco” (1979)
487. Elvis Costello & the Attractions “I Don’t Want to Go to Chelsea” (1978)
488. Boomtown Rats “I Don’t Like Mondays” (1979)
489. The Specials “Ghost Town” (1981)
490. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
491. Blind Melon “No Rain” (1992)
492. Johnny Allen “Promised Land” (1979)
493. Sparks “Change” (1985)
494. John Leyton “Johnny Remember Me” (1961)
495. Bob Dylan “Blind Willie McTell” (1983)
496. The Velvet Underground “White Light/White Heat” (1968)
497. Elton John “Song for Guy” (1978)
498. Spencer Davis Group “Gimme Some Lovin’” (1966)
499. The Beach Boys “Little Deuce Coupe” (1963)
500. The Pretty Things “Rosalyn” (1964)
501. Steve Ashley “The Spirit of Christmas” (1974)
502. Sweet “Blockbuster” (1973)
503. Bad Company “Can’t Get Enough” (1974)
504. Primitive Radio Gods “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand “ (1996)
505. Steve Miller Band “Journey from Eden” (1972)
506. The Mamas & the Papas “California Dreamin’” (1966)
507. Eddie Cochran “Three Steps to Heaven” (1960)
508. Hot Chocolate “Emma” (1974)
509. Metro “Criminal World” (1976)
510. The Beatles “It’s Only Love” (1965)
511. Free “Wishing Well” (1973)
512. Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (1957)
513. Cat Stevens “Wild World” (1971)
514. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Burning of the Midnight Lamp” (1967)
515. Elvis Presley “Love Me Tender” (1956)
516. Arlo Guthrie “The City of New Orleans” (1972)
517. The Cranberries “Zombie” (1994)
518. Budgie “Zoom Club” (1974)
519. Gary Moore “Parisienne Walkways” (1979)
520. Bob Dylan “Rita Mae” (1975)
521. Motörhead “Ace of Spades” (1980)
522. Eagles “One of These Nights” (1975)
523. TV Smith “Tomahawk Cruise” (1980)
524. Little Feat “Willin’” (1978)
525. Dire Straits “Brothers in Arms” (1985)
526. Donovan “Jennifer Juniper” (1968)
527. Lou Reed “Berlin” (1972)
528. Pulp “This Is Hardcore” (1998)
529. Psychedelic Furs “Pretty in Pink” (1981)
530. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)
531. Steely Dan “Rikki Don’t Lost That Number” (1974)
532. Warren Zevon “Werewolves of London” (1978)
533. The Monkees “Porpoise Song” (1968)
534. T-Rex “Metal Guru” (1972)
535. Led Zeppelin “Since I’ve Been Loving You” (1970)
536. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Hey Joe” (1966)
537. The Easybeats “Friday on My Mind” (1966)
538. Sweet “Fox on the Run” (1975)
539. Little Richard “Lucille” (1957)
540. Roxy Music “Virginia Plain” (1972)
541. The Band “The Weight” (1968)
542. John Cougar Mellencamp “Jack and Diane” (1982)
543. Gary Glitter “I’m the Leader of the Gang, I Am” (1973)
544. The Buzzcocks “Ever Fallen in Love” (1978)
545. The Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” (1964)
546. Kraftwerk “Radio Activity” (1975)
547. Bee Gees “The First of May” (1969)
548. Lou Reed “Halloween Parade” (1989)
549. David Essex “Rock On” (1973)
550. Yes “I’ve Seen All Good People” (1971)
551. The Cult “The Witch” (1992)
552. Sparks “Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth” (1974)
553. Meat Loaf “Bat Out of Hell” (1979)
554. Nils Lofgren “I Don’t Want to Know” (1975)
555. U2 “Pride (In the Name of Love)” (1984)
556. David Peel “I Want to Kill You” (1970)
557. The Hollies “The Air That I Breathe” (1974)
558. David Bowie “Young Americans” (1975)
559. The Kinks “Muswell Hillbillies” (1971)
560. Leonard Cohen “Dance Me to the End of Love” (1985)
561. Love “Andmoreagain” (1968)
562. Joni Mitchell “Woodstock” (1970)
563. Jack Bruce “Folk Song” (1971)
564. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Maybe Baby” (1958)
565. Portishead “Glory Box” (1995)
566. The Buzzcocks “16 Again” (1978)
567. Pink Floyd “Money” (1973)
568. Led Zeppelin “Immigrant Song” (1970)
569. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “The Wind Cries Mary” (1967)
570. Black Sabbath “Iron Man” (1970)
571. The Move “Blackberry Way” (1968)
572. Elvis Costello “Oliver’s Army” (1979)
573. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Californication” (2000)
574. The Left Banke “Walk Away Renee” (1966)
575. The Yardbirds “For Your Love” (1965)
576. The Animals “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” (1965)
577. The Shadows “Apache” (1960)
578. The Kinks “Village Green Preservation Society” (1968)
579. Yes “Roundabout” (1971)
580. Pretenders “Brass in Pocket (I’m Special)” (1979)
581. Elvis Presley “All Shook Up” (1957)
582. Simon & Garfunkel “The Sound of Silence (aka “The Sounds of Silence”)” (1965)
583. Swinging Blue Jeans “Hippy Hippy Shake” (1963)
584. Brian & Michael “Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs” (1978)
585. Elvis Presley “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You “ (1956)
586. David Bowie “Hallo Spaceboy” (1995)
587. ZZ Top “Sharp Dressed Man” (1983)
588. Mojo Nixon with Skid Roper “I Hate Banks” (1986)
589. The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown” (1960)
590. 10cc “Rubber Bullets” (1973)
591. Buffalo Springfield “Expecting to Fly” (1968)
592. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)
593. The Teddy Bears “To Know Him Is to Love Him” (1958)
594. Joni Mitchell “Big Yellow Taxi” (1970)
595. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Blue Jean Bop” (1956)
596. Blur “Girls and Boys” (1994)
597. The Turtles “Elenore” (1968)
598. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Red Right Hand” (1994)
599. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
600. Radiohead “High and Dry” (1995)
601. U2 “Sunday Bloody Sunday” (1983)
602. Nazareth “My White Bicycle” (1975)
603. Keith West “Excerpt from a Teenaged Opera” (1967)
604. Bo Diddley “Bo Diddley” (1955)
605. The Everly Brothers “Ebony Eyes” (1961)
606. Dave Clark Five “Glad All Over” (1964)
607. Morrissey “Speedway” (1994)
608. Neil Young “Harvest Moon” (1993)
609. Patti Smith “Dancing Barefoot” (1979)
610. Larry Wallis “Police Car” (1977)
611. The Nice “America” (1968)
612. Buffalo Springfield “Mr. Soul” (1967)
613. Nine Inch Nails “Hurt” (1994)
614. The Faces “Stay with Me” (1971)
615. The Chantays “Pipeline” (1963)
616. Judy Tzuke “For You” (1979)
617. Rod Stewart “Young Turks” (1981)
618. Pink Floyd “Sheep” (1977)
619. Roky Erickson “I Walked with a Zombie” (1981)
620. The Rolling Stones “19th Nervous Breakdown” (1966)
621. Herman’s Hermits “Silhouettes” (1965)
622. David Bowie “Starman” (1972)
623. The Grateful Dead “A Touch of Grey” (1987)
624. The Turtles “Happy Together” (1967)
625. The Stooges “Search and Destroy” (1973)
626. TV Smith “New Ways Are Best” (1981)
627. AC/DC “The Jack” (1975)
628. The Mothers of Invention “Trouble Every Day” (1967)
629. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
630. David Bowie “Moonage Daydream” (1972)
631. The Replacements “Kiss Me on the Bus” (1985)
632. Led Zeppelin “Achilles Last Stand” (1976)
633. The Stranglers “Peaches” (1977)
634. Them “Here Comes the Night” (1965)
635. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
636. The Who “I Can’t Explain” (1965)
637. Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg “Je T’Aime (Moi Non Plus)” (1969)
638. King Crimson “Starless” (1974)
639. Tricky “Veronika” (2008)
640. The Teardrop Explodes “Reward” (1981)
641. Sweet “AC/DC” (1974)
642. Dead Boys “Sonic Reducer” (1977)
643. Fleetwood Mac “Hypnotized” (1974)
644. The White Stripes “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” (2002)
645. Iron Butterfly “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” (1968)
646. Dr. Feelgood “Roxette” (1974)
647. The Beatles “Eight Days a Week” (1964)
648. The Rolling Stones “Memory Motel” (1976)
649. Roogalator “Cincinnatti Fatback” (1976)
650. Jefferson Airplane “Volunteers” (1969)
651. Bruce Springsteen “Blinded by the Light” (1973)
652. Ramones “I Wanna Be Sedated” (1978)
653. Belle & Sebastian “The State That I Am In” (1996)
654. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Tupelo” (1985)
655. Don McLean “Vincent” (1972)
656. Dead Kennedys “California Über Alles” (1979)
657. Kevin Coyne “Eastbourne Ladies” (1973)
658. Spirit “1984” (1970)
659. The Doors “The End” (1967)
660. Mott the Hoople “Saturday Gigs” (1974)
661. Steely Dan “Haitian Divorce” (1976)
662. John Fogerty “Centerfield” (1985)
663. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama” (1974)
664. The Lovin’ Spoonful “Daydream” (1966)
665. Leonard Cohen “First We Take Manhattan” (1988)
666. Comus “Song to Comus” (1970)
667. Alice in Chains “Rooster” (1992)
668. Lou Reed “Perfect Day” (1972)
669. Ringo Starr “It Don’t Come Easy” (1971)
670. Queen “Flash” (1980)
671. Cream “SWLABR” (1967)
672. The Rolling Stones “2000 Light Years from Home” (1967)
673. The Clash “Capital Radio” (1977)
674. Sweet “Ballroom Blitz” (1975)
675. Jo Jo Gunne “Run Run Run” (1972)
676. The Allman Brothers Band “Melissa” (1972)
677. Simon & Garfunkel “I Am a Rock” (1966)
678. The Mothers of Invention “Let’s Make the Water Turn Black” (1968)
679. Iggy Pop “China Girl” (1977)
680. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Death Is Not the End” (1988)
681. Neil Young “Shots” (1981)
682. The Raspberries “Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)” (1974)
683. David Bowie “Cygnet Committee” (1969)
684. The Velvet Underground “New Age” (1970)
685. The Stooges “No Fun” (1969)
686. Eagles “The Last Resort” (1976)
687. The Small Faces “Itchycoo Park” (1967)
688. Boomtown Rats “Rat Trap” (1978)
689. Van Morrison “Moondance” (1970)
690. The Clash “White Riot” (1977)
691. Paul McCartney & Wings “Band on the Run” (1973)
692. The Beatles “The Ballad of John and Yoko” (1969)
693. Gene Pitney “Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa” (1963)
694. David Bowie “Andy Warhol” (1971)
695. Country Joe & the Fish “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin-to-Die-Rag” (1967)
696. Tubeway Army “Are Friends Electric?” (1979)
697. Soft Cell “Say Hello Wave Goodbye” (1982)
698. Bay City Rollers “Saturday Night” (1976)
699. Arcade Fire “Rebellion (Lies)” (2005)
700. The Searchers “Needles and Pins” (1964)
701. Daryl Hall & John Oates “August Day” (1978)
702. Toto “Hold the Line” (1978)
703. Genesis “Abacab” (1981)
704. The Kinks “Where Have All the Good Times Gone” (1965)
705. The Crystals “Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)” (1963)
706. The Tornadoes “Telstar” (1962)
707. The White Stripes “Fell in Love with a Girl” (2001)
708. The Toys “A Lover’s Concerto” (1965)
709. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine “The Only Living Boy in New Cross” (1992)
710. Ramones “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” (1977)
711. The Creatures “Mad Eyed Screamer” (1981)
712. Cliff Richard “Devil Woman” (1976)
713. Cream “Strange Brew” (1967)
714. The Rolling Stones “Play with Fire” (1965)
715. The Everly Brothers “When Will I Be Loved” (1960)
716. Marianne Faithful “Broken English” (1979)
717. Cliff Richard & the Drifters “Move It” (1958)
718. Love “Alone Again Or” (1967)
719. Hollywood Argyles “Alley Oop” (1960)
720. Kiss “Deuce” (1974)
721. PJ Harvey “To Bring You My Love” (1995)
722. The Runaways “Cherry Bomb” (1976)
723. Spin Doctors “Two Princes” (1993)
724. The Chantels “Maybe” (1958)
725. Smokey “Living Next Door to Alice” (1976)
726. The Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar” (1971)
727. Jane’s Addiction “Jane Says” (1988)
728. The Beach Boys “Surf’s Up” (1971)
729. Ten Years After “I’m Going Home” (1968)
730. Steve Miller Band “The Joker” (1973)
731. Blondie “Atomic” (1979)
732. Stone Temple Pilots “Plush” (1993)
733. Alejandro Escoveda “Arizona” (2006)
734. Hawkwind “Master of the Universe” (1971)
735. The Stooges “I Wanna Be Your Dog” (1969)
736. Canned Heat “Goin’ Up the Country” (1968)
737. Nirvana “All Apologies” (1993)
738. Paul McCartney & Wings “C Moon” (1972)
739. Traffic “Hole in My Shoe” (1967)
740. The Grateful Dead “Deal” (1981)
741. Bruce Springsteen “The River” (1980)
742. Kansas “Carry on Wayward Son” (1976)
743. Travis “Love Will Come Through” (2003)
744. Blind Faith “Presence of the Lord” (1969)
745. Big Brother & The Holding Company “Piece of My Heart” (1968)
746. Tricky “Hell Is Round the Corner” (1995)
747. Jethro Tull “Aqualung” (1971)
748. Paul Revere & the Raiders “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)” (1971)
749. Blood, Sweat & Tears “Spinning Wheel” (1969)
750. R.E.M. “Radio Free Europe” (1981)
751. The Cure “The Love Cats” (1983)
752. David Bowie “Queen Bitch” (1971)
753. Sisters of Mercy “This Corrosion” (1987)
754. Lush “Ciao” (1966)
755. Twinkle “Terry” (1964)
756. Meat Puppets “Lake of Fire” (1984)
757. Van Halen “Jump” (1983)
758. The Who “Pictures of Lily” (1967)
759. Depeche Mode “Behind the Wheel/Route 66” (1987)
760. Siouxsie & the Banshees “Metal Postcard” (1978)
761. Slade “Coz I Luv You” (1971)
762. Sonny & Cher “I Got You Babe” (1965)
763. Todd Rundgren “Sweeter Memories” (1972)
764. Eddie Cochran “20 Flight Rock” (1958)
765. Fats Domino “I’m Ready” (1959)
766. The Rolling Stones “Ruby Tuesday” (1967)
767. The Kinks “Lola” (1970)
768. Nirvana “Lithium” (1991)
769. Arctic Monkeys “When the Sun Goes Down” (2006)
770. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Everyday” (1957)
771. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959)
772. Echo & the Bunnymen “The Killing Moon” (1984)
773. Thunderclap Newman “Something in the Air” (1969)
774. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1966)
775. Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson” (1968)
776. The Animals “San Francisco Nights” (1967)
777. The Cult “She Sells Sanctuary” (1985)
778. The Rolling Stones “Shattered” (1978)
779. Patti Smith “Gloria (in Excelsis Deo)” (1976)
780. Elvis Costello & the Attractions “Radio Radio” (1978)
781. Mountain “Mississippi Queen” (1970)
782. Bryan Ferry “Boys and Girls” (1985)
783. Fleetwood Mac “Green Manalishi” (1970)
784. Paul & Linda McCartney “Monkberry Moon Delight” (1971)
785. Laura Nyro “Stoned Soul Picnic” (1968)
786. Bob Dylan “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” (1963)
787. Green Day “Jesus of Suburbia” (2005)
788. Sweet “Love Is Like Oxygen” (1978)
789. Simon & Garfunkel “Homeward Bound” (1966)
790. The Who “Pinball Wizard” (1969)
791. John Cale “Close Watch” (1975)
792. Wreckless Eric “Reconnez Cherie” (1978)
793. Paul McCartney & Wings “Jet” (1974)
794. AC/DC “The Rocker” (1975)
795. Kraftwerk “Trans-Europe Express” (1977)
796. Joe Jackson “It’s Different for Girls “ (1980)
797. Tim Buckley “Song to the Siren” (1970)
798. The XX “Crystalised” (2009)
799. Spirit “Nature’s Way” (1970)
800. The Yardbirds “A Certain Girl” (1964)
801. Beck “Lost Cause” (2002)
802. Iron Butterfly “Termination” (1968)
803. Donovan “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” (1967)
804. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “Kiss on the Lips” (2004)
805. The Ventures “Walk Don’t Run” (1960)
806. Santana “Soul Sacrifice” (1969)
807. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969)
808. Linda Ronstadt “The Dark End of the Street” (1974)
809. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge” (1992)
810. Patti Smith “Because the Night” (1978)
811. Tom Jones “Delilah” (1968)
812. The Kinks “Don’t Forget to Dance” (1983)
813. Tim Buckley “Morning Glory” (1967)
814. Bo Diddley “I’m a Man” (1955)
815. Elton John “Madman Across the Water” (1971)
816. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Breakdown” (1977)
817. Veruca Salt “Seether” (1994)
818. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
819. The Shins “Caring Is Creepy” (2001)
820. Love & Rockets “Holiday on the Moon” (1986)
821. Faithless “Angeline” (1997)
822. The Kinks “Alcohol” (1972)
823. The Nashville Teens “Tobacco Road” (1964)
824. Pixies “Monkey Gone to Heaven” (1989)
825. The Rolling Stones “Back Street Girl” (1966)
826. Roxy Music “Do the Strand” (1973)
827. Little Richard “The Girl Can’t Help It” (1957)
828. Richard & Mimi Farina “Pack Up Your Sorrows” (1965)
829. The Rolling Stones “I Just Want to Make Love to You” (1964)
830. Muse “Sunburn” (2000)
831. Stealers Wheel “Star” (1973)
832. David Bowie “Everyone Says Hi” (2002)
833. Procol Harum “Pandora’s Box” (1975)
834. The Seekers “The Carnival Is Over” (1965)
835. The Walker Brothers “No Regrets” (1975)
836. John Lennon “Stand by Me” (1975)
837. Harry Nilsson “Without You” (1971)
838. The Zombies “Time of the Season” (1968)
839. Eric Clapton “Willie and the Hand Jive” (1974)
840. The Who “Eminence Front” (1982)
841. The Shangri-La’s “Remember Walking in the Sand” (1964)
842. Roxy Music “Love Is the Drug” (1975)
843. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band “Amos Moses” (1976)
844. Green Day “Suffocate” (2002)
845. Mountain “Nantucket Sleighride” (1971)
846. T-Rex “Life’s a Gas” (1971)
847. Jan & Dean “Surf City” (1963)
848. Marc & the Mambas “Black Heart” (1983)
849. Deep Purple “Strange Kind of Woman” (1971)
850. ZZ Top “La Grange” (1973)
851. Richard & Mimi Farina “Reno Nevada” (1965)
852. Smashing Pumpkins “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” (1995)
853. The Kinks “Big Black Smoke” (1965)
854. Manfred Mann “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (1964)
855. Bob Dylan “Hurricane” (1975)
856. Robyn Hitchcock “St. Petersburg” (1982)
857. Emmylou Harris “Wrecking Ball” (1995)
858. The Rolling Stones “Sister Morphine” (1971)
859. David Bowie “London Boys” (1967)
860. Bo Diddley “You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” (1962)
861. Yoko Ono “Walking on Thin Ice” (1981)
862. Nicole Reynolds “When We Meet Again” (2010)
863. Broken Bells “The High Road” (2010)
864. Tindersticks “A Night In” (1995)
865. Abba “S.O.S.” (1975)
866. Donovan “Lalena” (1969)
867. The Gits “Second Skin” (1991)
868. Herman’s Hermits “No Milk Today” (1967)
869. Syd Barrett “Opal” (1969)
870. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Ohio” (1970)
871. Madness “House of Fun” (1982)
872. The Flaming Lips “Do You Realize?” (2002)
873. The Clash “Straight to Hell” (1982)
874. t.A.T.u. “All the Things She Said” (2003)
875. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Rave On” (1958)
876. Mighty Wah “Come Back” (1984)
877. The Byrds “Ballad of Easy Rider” (1970)
878. The Kinks “Tired of Waiting for You” (1965)
879. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)
880. Vince Taylor & the Playboys “Brand New Cadillac” (1958)
881. Golden Earring “Radar Love” (1973)
882. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Refugee” (1980)
883. The Verve Pipe “The Freshmen” (1996)
884. Wreckless Eric “Whole Wide World” (1977)
885. Paul Simon “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (1975)
886. 10cc “Old Wild Men” (1974)
887. Deep Purple “Child in Time” (1970)
888. Pretenders “Back on the Chain Gang” (1982)
889. U2 “Desire” (1988)
890. The Smiths “Panic” (1986)
891. The MC5 “Kick Out the Jams” (1969)
892. Slade “Far Far Away” (1974)
893. Neil Young “Southern Pacific” (1981)
894. Hawkwind “Silver Machine” (1972)
895. Low “Drag” (1994)
896. Led Zeppelin “Communication Breakdown” (1969)
897. Paul McCartney & Wings “Helen Wheels” (1973)
898. Queens of the Stone Age “No One Knows” (2002)
899. Mott the Hoople “Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll” (1974)
900. The Killers “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine” (2004)
901. Paul McCartney “Maybe I’m Amazed” (1970)
902. Warren Zevon “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” (1978)
903. ZZ Top “Tush” (1975)
904. The Shangri-La’s “I Can Never Go Home Anymore” (1965)
905. The Allman Brothers Band “Whipping Post” (1969)
906. David Bowie “The Jean Genie” (1972)
907. Richard & Linda Thompson “I Want to See the Bright Lights” (1974)
908. Richard Hell & the Voidoids “Blank Generation” (1976)
909. Gerry & The Pacemakers “Ferry Cross the Mersey” (1965)
910. Soul Asylum “Runaway Train” (1993)
911. T-Rex “King of the Rumbling Spires” (1969)
912. Chuck Berry “Bye Bye Johnny” (1960)
913. The Wallflowers “One Headlight” (1996)
914. Laura Nyro “Stoney End” (1966)
915. Weezer “Buddy Holly” (1994)
916. Buffalo Springfield “Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing” (1966)
917. Mighty Wah “The Story of the Blues” (1982)
918. Bruce Springsteen “Adam Raised a Cain” (1978)
919. Argent “God Gave Rock ‘n’ Roll to You” (1973)
920. Heart “Magic Man” (1976)
921. Vampire Weekend “Oxford Comma” (2008)
922. AC/DC “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” (1976)
923. Cheap Trick “On the Radio” (1978)
924. Gilbert O’Sullivan “Alone Again Naturally” (1972)
925. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
926. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown “Fire” (1968)
927. Ricky Valance “Tell Laura I Love Her” (1960)
928. The Sundays “Here’s Where the Story Ends” (1990)
929. Melanie “Brand New Key” (1971)
930. Paul Simon “Duncan” (1972)
931. The Who “I’m a Boy” (1966)
932. Steve Miller Band “Take the Money and Run” (1976)
933. T-Rex “Ballrooms of Mars” (1972)
934. Sparks “When Do I Get to Sing ‘My Way’?” (1994)
935. Fun Boy Three “Tunnel of Love” (1983)
936. White Town “Your Woman” (1997)
937. Slade “Merry Xmas Everybody” (1973)
938. Laura Veirs “July Flame” (2010)
939. U2 “New Year’s Day” (1983)
940. Marc & the Mambas “If You Go Away” (1982)
941. Bob Dylan “Political World” (1989)
942. Marianne Faithful “As Tears Go By” (1965)
943. The Stooges “TV Eye” (1970)
944. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003)
945. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)
946. Rod Stewart “You Wear It Well” (1972)
947. Steely Dan “Hey Nineteen” (1980)
948. Phil Ochs “Talking Airplane Disaster Blues” (1964)
949. Sparks “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us” (1974)
950. Foo Fighters “My Hero” (1998)
951. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Race with the Devil” (1956)
952. Adam & the Ants “Prince Charming” (1981)
953. Marcy Playground “Sex and Candy” (1997)
954. Sunscreem “Love U More” (1992)
955. Focus “Sylvia” (1972)
956. Procol Harum “Conquistador” (1972)
957. The Beach Boys “Fun, Fun, Fun” (1964)
958. Primal Scream “Loaded” (1990)
959. Neil Young “On the Beach” (1974)
960. Bob Dylan “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1963)
961. Paul Simon “Kodachrome” (1973)
962. Ultravox “Vienna” (1981)
963. The Flys “Love and a Molotov Cocktail” (1978)
964. Rick Nelson “Garden Party” (1972)
965. The Everly Brothers “Crying in the Rain” (1962)
966. Paul Simon “The Boy in the Bubble” (1986)
967. Ministry “Everyday Is Halloween” (1984)
968. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “The French Song” (1983)
969. Eliza Carthy “Worcester City” (2002)
970. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Dance to the Bop” (1957)
971. T-Rex “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” (1971)
972. Rancid “Radio Radio Radio” (1994)
973. Santana “Samba Pa Ti” (1974)
974. Skeeter Davis “The End of the World” (1963)
975. Mazzy Star “Fade into You” (1993)
976. Uriah Heep “July Morning” (1971)
977. Nirvana “In Bloom” (1991)
978. The Fall “Rowche Rumble” (1979)
979. The Yardbirds “I Wish You Would” (1965)
980. The Yardbirds “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” (1964)
981. Blue Öyster Cult “ME-262” (1974)
982. Ruby “Paraffin” (1995)
983. Elton John “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues” (1983)
984. No Doubt “Ex-Girlfriend” (2000)
985. Queen “The March of the Black Queen” (1974)
986. David Bowie “Rock and Roll Suicide” (1972)
987. Mungo Jerry “In the Summertime” (1970)
988. The Clash “Rock the Casbah” (1982)
989. Black Sabbath “Megalomania” (1975)
990. Cliff Richard “Carrie” (1980)
991. Marilyn Manson “The Dope Show” (1998)
992. Robert Wyatt “Shipbuilding” (1982)
993. Wreckless Eric “Semaphore Signals” (1977)
994. Rod Stewart “Mandolin Wind “ (1971)
995. Scott Walker “Jackie” (1967)
996. Fleetwood Mac “Shake Your Money Maker” (1968)
997. The Purple Gang “Granny Takes a Trip” (1967)
998. The Doors “Indian Summer” (1970)
999. Bee Gees “Jive Talkin’” (1975)
1000. Electric Light Orchestra “Telephone Line” (1977)
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First posted 3/27/2023.
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