250 Greatest Alternative Rock Songs

  1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
  2. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
  3. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
  4. Blue Monday - New Order
  5. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
  6. Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
  7. Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth
  8. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
  9. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
10. Monkey Gone to Heaven - Pixies
11. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
13. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
14. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
15. Wonderwall - Oasis
16. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
17. Cannonball - The Breeders
18. Come As You Are - Nirvana
19. Loser - Beck
20. Creep - Radiohead
21. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
22. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
23. Song 2 - Blur
24. The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
25. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
26. Common People - Pulp
27. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
28. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush
29. It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
30. 1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins
31. Waiting Room - Fugazi
32. Lovesong - The Cure
33. Alive - Pearl Jam
34. Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
35. All Apologies - Nirvana
36. Atmosphere - Joy Division
37. Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
38. Paranoid Android - Radiohead
39. There She Goes - The La's
40. Everlong - Foo Fighters
41. Buddy Holly - Weezer
42. Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
43. Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
44. This Charming Man - The Smiths
45. Would? - Alice in Chains
46. The One I Love - R.E.M.
47. Touch Me, I'm Sick - Mudhoney
48. Head Like a Hole - Nine Inch Nails
49. Bastards of Young - The Replacements
50. Burning Down the House - Talking Heads
51. Lithium - Nirvana
52. Sabotage - Beastie Boys
53. New Year's Day - U2
54. Cut Your Hair - Pavement
55. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
56. Tonight, Tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins
57. Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden
58. Live Forever - Oasis
59. I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses
60. Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
61. What I Got - Sublime
62. Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain
63. Where Is My Mind? - Pixies
64. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
65. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
66. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
67. Dear God - XTC
68. Karma Police - Radiohead
69. Epic - Faith No More
70. Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
71. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
72. True Faith - New Order
73. I Melt With You - Modern English
74. Only Shallow - My Bloody Valentine
75. Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine
76. Left of the Dial - The Replacements
77. That's Entertainment - The Jam
78. Alison - Elvis Costello
79. When I Come Around - Green Day
80. Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
81. Shine - Collective Soul
82. She's Lost Control - Joy Division
83. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
84. Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
85. Loaded - Primal Scream
86. Celebrated Summer - Hüsker Dü
87. Float On - Modest Mouse
88. Better Man - Pearl Jam
89. So Alive - Love and Rockets
90. Today - The Smashing Pumpkins
91. Academy Fight Song - Mission of Burma
92. Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana
93. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
94. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinéad O'Connor
95. Mr. Brightside - The Killers
96. You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
97. Come Out and Play - The Offspring
98. Don't Speak - No Doubt
99. Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
100. Senses Working Overtime - XTC

101. Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog
102. Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
103. Big Me - Foo Fighters
104. Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
105. Under the Milky Way - The Church
106. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
107. Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
108. Champagne Supernova - Oasis
109. One Headlight - The Wallflowers
110. Man on the Moon - R.E.M.
111. Panic - The Smiths
112. No Rain - Blind Melon
113. Fell in Love with a Girl - The White Stripes
114. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos
115. Linger - The Cranberries
116. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
117. Girls & Boys - Blur
118. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
119. Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns - Mother Love Bone
120. Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
121. Sour Times - Portishead
122. Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil
123. Summer Babe - Pavement
124. Ghost Town - The Specials
125. Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders
126. Jane Says - Jane's Addiction
127. Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
128. Pictures of You - The Cure
129. Everyday is Like Sunday - Morrissey
130. Respectable Street - XTC
131. Tomorrow - Silverchair
132. Rock Lobster - The B-52's
133. Where It's At - Beck
134. Heaven Beside You - Alice in Chains
135. Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
136. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
137. Kool Thing - Sonic Youth
138. Rusty Cage - Soundgarden
139. Going Underground - The Jam
140. Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
141. About a Girl - Nirvana
142. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
143. Ball and Chain - Social Distortion
144. Glycerine - Bush
145. Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
146. Undone (The Sweater Song) - Weezer
147. Me, Myself & I - De La Soul
148. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - R.E.M.
149. Divorce Song - Liz Phair
150. Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr.
151. Doll Parts - Hole
152. Even Flow - Pearl Jam
153. Lake of Fire - Meat Puppets
154. Hyperballad - Björk
155. In the End - Linkin Park
156. Best of You - Foo Fighters
157. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
158. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
159. Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine
160. Connection - Elastica
161. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
162. Starlight - Muse
163. Basket Case - Green Day
164. Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye & Kimbra
165. The Cutter - Echo and the Bunnymen
166. I Am the Resurrection - The Stone Roses
167. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
168. Yellow - Coldplay
169. Close to Me - The Cure
170. Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips
171. She's In Parties - Bauhaus
172. Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
173. Black - Pearl Jam
174. Mysterious Ways - U2
175. The Drowners - Suede
176. Kiss Them for Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
177. 100% - Sonic Youth
178. No Surprises - Radiohead
179. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
180. Drive - Incubus
181. Stupid Girl - Garbage
182. Last Nite - The Strokes
183. Disarm - The Smashing Pumpkins
184. Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest
185. Fascination Street - The Cure
186. One - U2
187. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
188. Sheela-Na-Gig - PJ Harvey
189. Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
190. Where the Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue
191. April Skies - The Jesus and Mary Chain
192. Start Choppin' - Dinosaur Jr.
193. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
194. 1901 - Phoenix
195. Mannequin - Wire
196. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
197. History Lesson Part II - Minutemen
198. Miss World - Hole
199. You Get What You Give - New Radicals
200. Longview - Green Day

201. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths
202. Sugar, We're Goin' Down - Fall Out Boy
203. Clocks - Coldplay
204. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
205. Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys
206. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
207. Public Image - Public Image Ltd.
208. In Circles - Sunny Day Real Estate
209. The Concept - Teenage Fanclub
210. Seether - Veruca Salt
211. Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
212. Soon - My Bloody Valentine
213. Totally Wired - The Fall
214. What's the Frequency, Kenneth? - R.E.M.
215. Veronica - Elvis Costello
216. The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
217. Criminal - Fiona Apple
218. Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders
219. In Bloom - Nirvana
220. Ahead By a Century - The Tragically Hip
221. Let's Go to Bed - The Cure
222. Happy House - Siouxsie and the Banshees
223. Bring on the Dancing Horses - Echo and the Bunnymen
224. Everything Counts - Depeche Mode
225. Metal Mickey - Suede
226. The Last of the Famous International Playboys - Morrissey
227. Regret - New Order
228. Dreams - The Cranberries
229. Uprising - Muse
230. This Corrosion - The Sisters of Mercy
231. Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
232. Makes No Sense at All - Hüsker Dü
233. Cattle and Cane - The Go-Betweens
234. Like the Weather - 10,000 Maniacs
235. William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
236. Somebody Told Me - The Killers
237. The Mayor of Simpleton - XTC
238. (Nothing But) Flowers - Talking Heads
239. Spiderwebs - No Doubt
240. Violet - Hole
241. Idioteque - Radiohead
242. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith
243. Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos
244. Royals - Lorde
245. Parklife - Blur
246. My Hero - Foo Fighters
247. Head On - The Jesus and Mary Chain
248. Ironic - Alanis Morissette
249. Big Empty - Stone Temple Pilots
250. Doin' Time - Sublime