Rank Artist Song 1 The Smiths How Soon Is Now? 2 R.E.M. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 3 Modern English I Melt With You 4 New Order Blue Monday 5 The Cult She Sells Sanctuary 6 Siouxsie & The Banshees Cities In Dust 7 New Order Bizarre Love Triangle 8 Romeo Void Never Say Never 9 The Cure Let's Go To Bed 10 Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart 11 Sex Pistols Anarchy In The U.K. 12 Violent Femmes Blister In The Sun 13 U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday 14 B52's Rock Lobster 15 Bauhaus Bela Lugosi's Dead 16 The Nails 88 Lines About 44 Women 17 Time Zone World Destruction 18 The Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated 19 XTC Dear God 20 The Cure Love Cats 21 Camper Van Beethoven Take The Skinheads Bowling 22 Icicle Works Whisper To A Scream 23 Dead Milkmen Bithchin' Camaro 24 Elvis Costello Pump It Up 25 Love & Rockets Ball Of Confusion 26 The Cure Boys Don't Cry 27 Royal Crescent Mob Get On The Bus 28 Talking Heads Psychokiller 29 XTC Making Plans For Nigel 30 The Clash Train In Vain 31 Depeche Mode Blasphemous Rumors 32 Echo & The Bunnymen Dancing Horses 33 R.E.M. Radio Free Europe 34 English Beat Save It For Later 35 Sex Pistols God Save The Queen 36 Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me 37 Yaz Situation 38 XTC Senses Working Overtime 39 Specials AKA Free Nelson Mandela 40 The Cure In Between Days 41 New Order Confusion 42 The Clash London Calling 43 Public Image Limited Rise 44 R.E.M. Don't Go Back To Rockville 45 Love & Rockets Kundalini Express 46 Ministry Everday Is Halloween 47 The The Uncertain Smile 48 The Cure Close To Me 49 Godfathers "Birth, School, Work, Death" 50 Berlin Sex 51 New Order Love Vigilantes 52 INXS Original Sin 53 David Bowie Fashion 54 Psychedelic Furs Love My Way 55 Squeeze Pulling Mussels From The Shell 56 Lou Reed Sweet Jane 57 Joe Jackson Is She Really Going Out With Him? 58 Roxy Music More Than This 59 The Replacements I Will Dare 60 Killing Joke 80's 61 The Police Can't Stand Losing You 62 Midnight Oil Power & The Passion 63 Tears For Fears Change 64 The Cure 10:15 Saturday Night 65 Duran Duran Hungry Like A Wolf 66 Patti Smith Dancin' Barefoot 67 Bob Marley & The Wailers Jammin' 68 Jim Carroll Band People Who Died 69 Devo Whip It 70 R.E.M. Can't Get There From Here 71 U2 I Will Follow 72 Shiekback Nemesis 73 Depeche Mode Route 66 74 Adam & The Ants Ant Music 75 Mighty Lemon Drops Inside Out 76 The Alarm 68 Guns 77 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax 78 The Cure Just Like Heaven 79 The Smithereens Blood & Roses 80 Guadalcanal Diary Watusi Rodeo 81 Kate Bush Running Up That Hill 82 The Clash Rock The Casbah 83 Sinead O'Connor Mandinka 84 Gene Love Gezebel Desire 85 Echo & The Bunnymen Lips Like Sugar 86 General Public Tenderness 87 "10,000 Maniacs" What's The Matter Here 88 Aztec Camera Oblivious 89 Fine Young Cannibals Johnny Come Home 90 The Sugarcubes Birthday 91 Oingo Boingo Dead Man's Party 92 The Bears Fear Is Never Boring 93 Julian Cope World Shut Your Mouth 94 R.E.M. Fall On Me 95 Tears For Fears Everbody Wants To Rule The World 96 Depeche Mode People Are People 97 Sisters Of Mercy This Corrosion 98 The Cure Killing An Arab 99 Midnight Oil Beds Are Burning 100 Roxy Music Love Is The Drug 101 Big Audio Dynamite Medicine Show 102 UB40 If It Happens Again 103 Violent Femmes Prove My Love 104 Camper Van Beethoven Good Guys & Bad Guys 105 The Jam A Town Called Malice 106 John Astley Jane's Getting Serious 107 The Church Reptile 108 Peter Gabriel Biko 109 Circle Jerks Golden Shower Of Hits 110 Blondie Rapture 111 The Cult Love Removal Machine 112 The Pretenders Message Of Love 113 Squeeze Tempted 114 Talking Heads And She Was 115 Love & Rockets No New Tale To Tell 116 Talk Talk Talk Talk 117 The Replacements Alex Chilton 118 Morrisey Suedehead 119 Spit Enz I Got You 120 B52's Private Idaho 121 Bryan Ferry Slave To Love 122 Erasure Chains Of Love 123 David Bowie Heroes 124 U2 Gloria 125 The Waterboys This Is The Sea 126 Jesus & Mary Chain Taste Like Honey 127 R.E.M. Superman 128 Simple Minds Promised You A Miracle 129 Iggy Pop Real Wild Child 130 Psychedelic Furs Pretty In Pink 131 Depeche Mode Just Can't Get Enough 132 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Balloon Man 133 Gene Love Gezebel Twenty Killer Hurts 134 The Clash Should I Stay Or Should I Go? 135 Adrian Belew Big Electric Cat 136 The Smiths Girlfriend In A Coma 137 Mission U.K. Tower Of Strength 138 Madness One Step Beyond 139 Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 140 Adam Ant Desperate But Not Serious 141 The Cure Hot Hot Hot 142 Joy Division She's Lost Control 143 Jerry Harrison Man With A Gun 144 General Public "Hot, You're Cool" 145 U2 Pride 146 Guadalcanal Diary Litany (Life Goes On) 147 The Replacements Bastards Of Young 148 Sisters Of Mercy Lucretia 149 The Plimsouls A Million Miles Away 150 Depeche Mode Never Let Me Down Again 151 The Smiths There Is A Light 152 Sinead O'Connor Lay Your Hands On Me 153 Psychedelic Furs Heaven 154 B52's Party Out Of Bounds 155 R.E.M. Pretty Persuasion 156 Shona Laing Soviet Snow 157 The Pretenders The Wait 158 The Alarm Rain In The Summertime 159 New Order Perfect Kiss 160 U2 Desire 161 Ministry Work For Love 162 Husker Du Makes No Sense At All 163 Ultravox Sleepwalk 164 INXS The One Thing 165 The Housemartins Happy Hour 166 Elvis Costello Alison 167 Tracy Chapman Fast Car 168 They Might Be Giants "Don't, Let's Start" 169 The Fall Mr. Pharmacist 170 The Minutemen Cheerleaders 171 The Smiths The Queen Is Dead 172 The Clash Police & Thieves 173 Siouxsie & The Banshees Peek-A-Boo 174 Shriekback Gunnin' For The Buddha 175 Peter Tosh "Get Up, Stand Up" 176 Public Image Limited Public Image 177 Human League Don't You Want Me 178 Joe Jackson I'm The Man 179 XTC Generals & Majors 180 Patti Smith Gloria 181 UB40 Red Red Wine 182 Devo Through Being Cool 183 Camper Van Beethoven Eye Of Fatima 184 English Beat Mirror In The Bathroom 185 The Police Roxanne 186 INXS I Send A Message 187 New Order True Faith 188 Psychedelic Furs Ghost In You 189 Squueze Black Coffee In Bed 190 The Smiths Ask 191 Violent Femmes Faith 192 Echo & The Bunnymen Killing Moon 193 Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime 194 The Waterboys Church Not Made With Hands 195 Depeche Mode Shake The Disease 196 Big Audio Dynamite Come On Every Beatbox 197 The Cult Rain 198 Duran Duran Girls On Film 199 "10,000 Maniacs" Like The Weather 200 The Cure Why Can't I Be You? 201 Jesus & Mary Chain Sidewalkin' 202 The Smiths Bigmouth Strikes Again 203 Sinead O'Connor Troy 204 Gene Loves Gezebel Motion Of Love 205 The Pogues Dirty Old Town 206 Don Dixon Praying Mantis 207 Elvis Costello "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, And Understanding " 208 Simple Minds Alive & Kicking 209 Adam Ant Goody Two Shoes 210 Blondie Rip Her To Shreds 211 Dukes Of Stratoshsphere Vanishing Girl 212 Royal Crescent Mob Happy At Home 213 R.E.M. Wind Out 214 The Pretenders Precious 215 Public Image Limited Annalisa 216 The Police So Lonely 217 The Sugarcubes Cold Sweat 218 Depeche Mode Behind The Wheel 219 B52's Quiche Lorraine 220 Dead Kennedys Holiday In Cambodia 221 The Clash Death Or Glory 222 Erasure Oh L'amour 223 The Smiths The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 224 Iggy Pop Cry For Love 225 The Smithereens Only A Memory 226 Violent Femmes No Killing 227 Talking Heads Burning Down The House 228 Roxy Music Avalon 229 Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come 230 They Might Be Giants Anna Ng 231 Joe Jackson Got The Time 232 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians My Wife And My Dead Wife 233 Ministry Stigmata 234 The Pretenders Mystery Achievement 235 Elvis Costello Watching The Detectives 236 INXS What You Need 237 Shriekback Intoxication 238 The Police Next To You 239 Psychedelic Furs Sister Europe 240 The Alarm Strength 241 The Smiths Reel Around The Fountain 242 Devo Satisfaction 243 The Primitives Crash 244 Camper Van Beethoven Seven Languages 245 Talking Heads Swamp 246 Husker Du Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely 247 Joe Jackson Cha Cha Loco 248 John Hiatt Slow Turning 249 Love & Rockets Mirror People 250 INXS Don't Change 251 Long Riders Lookin' For Lewis and Clark 252 U2 With or Without You 253 Big Audio Dynamite Champagne 254 Aztec Camera Jump 255 Bob Marley & The Wailers I Shot the Sheriff 256 Depeche Mode Black Celebration 257 Echo & The Bunnymen Bedbugs and Ballyhoo 258 Guadalcanal Diary Cattle Prod 259 Bodeans Fade Away 260 Elvis Costello Accidents Will Happen 261 The Bears Aches and Pains 262 English Beat I Confess 263 Joe Strummer Love Kills 264 Midnight Oil When The Generals Talk 265 Blondie The Hardest Part 266 New Order Subculture 267 Hothouse Flowers I'm Sorry 268 The Smiths Headmaster Ritual 269 Madness Keep Moving 270 Psychedelic Furs Forever Now 271 INXS New Sensation 272 Talking Heads Stay up Late 273 The Pretenders My City Was Gone 274 Pubilic Image Limited Seattle 275 Ministry Cold Life 276 Sting Shadows in the Rain 277 Jesus and Mary Chain Happy When it Rains 278 Erasure A Little Respect 279 General Public Never You Done That 280 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions Brand New Friend 281 Sicilian Vespers Baccala 282 Mission U.K. Wasteland 283 Tom Waits Frank's Wild Years 284 Graham Parker Local Girls 285 Devo Joko Homo 286 Adrian Belew The Momur 287 Joe Jackson Jumpin' Jive 288 Camper Van Beethoven Turquoise Jewelry 289 Iggy Pop Five Foot One 290 Husker Du Flip Your Wig 291 The Smiths Panic 292 INXS This Time 293 The Cult Peace Dog 294 New Order Temptation 295 Echo & The Bunnymen The Cutter 296 Big Audio Dynamite Rock Non Stop (All Night Long) 297 Bob Marley Exodus 298 Depeche Mode Somebody 299 The Sugarcubes Motorcrash 300 Icicle Works Understanding Jane 301 Tones On Tail Go 302 UB40 Rat in the Kitchen 303 Lou Reed Take a Walk on the Wild Side 304 Gang of Four I Love a Man in Uniform 305 The Clash Lost in the Supermarket 306 The Vapors Turning Japanese 307 The Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop 308 Boomtown Rats I Don't Like Mondays 309 X Burning House of Love 310 Wall of Voodoo Mexican Radio 311 Elvis Costello Everyday I Wright the Book 312 Squeeze Take Me I'm Yours 313 REM The One I Love 314 Timbuk 3 Futures so Bright/Gotta Wear Shades 315 David Bowie Ashes to Ashes 316 Marshall Crenshaw Cynical Girl 317 Haircut 100 Love Plus One 318 Let's Active Every Word Means No 319 Go Go's We Got the Beat 320 INXS Calling All Nations 321 The Feelies Away 322 Siouxsie and the Banshees Dear Prudence 323 U2 Bad (Live) 324 The Damned In Dulce Decorum 325 The Jam Bitterest Pill I Ever Had to Swallow 326 Eurythmics Would I Lie to You? 327 Howard Jones Pearl in the Shell 328 Peter Gabriel Games Without Frontiers 329 The Pretenders Middle of the Road 330 Talk Talk It's My Life 331 Talking Heads Life During Wartime 332 XTC Love on a Farmboy's Wages 333 The Cucumbers My Boyfriend 334 The Nails Things You Left Behind 335 The Replacements Left of the Dial 336 The Stranglers Skin Deep 337 Ultravox Reap the Wild Wind 338 The Cure Caterpillar 339 Orchestral Manouvers in Dark Locomotion 340 Talking Heads Pulled Up 341 Simple Minds Up On The Catwalk 342 Velvet Underground Pale Blue Eyes 343 B52's Planet Claire 344 Thomas Dolby She Blinded Me With Science 345 The dB's Spy in the House of Love 346 Peter Gabriel Shock the Monkey 347 The Smiths Is It Really So Strange 348 Screaming Blue Messiahs I Wanna Be a Flintstone 349 The Pretenders Stop Your Sobbing 350 Hoodoo Gurus Bittersweet 351 Big Country In a Big Country 352 Fun Boy Three My Lips are Sealed 353 Trio Da Da Da 354 The Police Canary in a Coalmine 355 Human League The Lebanon 356 Los Lobos Will the Wolf Survive 357 Joe Jackson Sunday Paper 358 Flesh For Lulu I Go Crazy 359 The Church Under the Milky Way 360 Pete Shelley Homo Sapian 361 XTC Towers of London 362 U2 Seconds 363 The Ramones Teenage Lobotomy 364 David Bowie Catpeople 365 ABC Look of Love 366 The Jam The Modern World 367 Lords of the New Church Method To Our Madness 368 Meat Puppets Up on the Sun 369 Thompson Twins Love on Your Side 370 Del Fuegos I Still Want You 371 Pubilic Image Limited This is not a Love Song 372 Siouxsie and the Banshees Swimming Horses 373 Echo & The Bunnymen Do It Clean 374 Elvis Costello Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes 375 Squeeze Annie Get Your Gun 376 The Bangles Hero Takes a Fall 377 UB40 Sing Our Own Song 378 Wire Kidney Bingos 379 X Hungry Like the Wolf 380 Let's Active Fell 381 The Replacements Here Comes a Regular 382 The Clash I Fought the Law 383 Marshall Crenshaw Whenever You're On My Mind 384 Peter Murphy All Night Long 385 Talking Heads Take Me to the River 386 Tears for Fears Shout 387 Oingo Boingo Stay 388 Royal Crescent Mob Love and Tunafish 389 Red Hot Chili Peppers Fight Like a Brave 390 Laurie Anderson Sharkey's Night 391 Richard Thompson Tear Stained Letter 392 Peter Gabriel Modern Love 393 Roxy Music Oh Yeah 394 The The This is The Day 395 Human League Seconds 396 The Smithereens Behind the Wall of Sleep 397 Lou Reed I Love You Susanne 398 The Specials A Message to You Rudy 399 Elvis Costello Radio Radio 400 The Call The Walls Came Down 401 Orchestral Manouvers in Dark Enola Gay 402 Bob Marley & The Wailers Lively Up Yourself 403 Midnight Oil Dead Heart 404 Joan Armtrading Temptation 405 The Pretenders Time the Avenger 406 XTC No Thugs in Our House 407 World Party Ship of Fools 408 U2 Trip Through Your Wires 409 The Bears Figure it Out 410 The Smiths Stop Me If You've Heard This One 411 David Bowie Scary Monsters 412 Pet Shop Boys Opportunities 413 Talk Talk Life's What You Make It 414 Joe Jackson You Can't Get What You Want 415 Style Council My Ever Changing Moods 416 Fetchin Bones Stray 417 Gene Loves Jezebel Heartache 418 Dead Milkmen You'll Dance To Anything 419 Eurythmics Love is a Stranger 420 REM Orange Crush 421 The Police Message in a Bottle 422 Howard Jones New Song 423 Flock of Seagulls Telecommunication 424 The Pogues Pair of Long Brown Eyes 425 Beat Farmers Happy Boy 426 B52's Legal Tender 427 The Damned Grimly Fiendish 428 The Bodeans Dreams 429 John Hiatt Memphis in the Meantime 430 Stan Ridgway "Drive, She Said" 431 Michelle Shocked Anchorage 432 New Order Thieves Like Us 433 Squeeze Goodbye Girl 434 Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper Elvis is Everywhere 435 Psychedelic Furs President Gas 436 Elvis Costello I Can't Stand Up/Falling Down 437 Depeche Mode Strangelove 438 Lloyd Cole Perfect Skin 439 The Feelies Slippin' Into Something 440 Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer 441 Meat Puppets Lost 442 Lone Justice Ways to be Wicked 443 Ultravox Dancing With Tears in my Eyes 444 Simple Minds Waterfront 445 The Stranglers Always the Sun 446 The Clash Police on my Back 447 The Ramones Sheena is a Punk Rocker 448 The Pretenders Kid 449 The Replacements I'll Be You 450 Dead or Alive I'll Do Anything 451 The Church Unguarded Moment 452 Circle Jerks American Heavy Metal Weekend 453 Echo & The Bunnymen Seven Seas 454 Los Lobos Shakin' Shakin' Shakes 455 Talking Heads Cross Eyed and Painless 456 Heaven 17 Penthouse and Pavement 457 INXS Guns in the Sky 458 XTC Mayor of Simpleton 459 David Bowie "John, I'm Only Dancing" 460 Art of Noise Close to the Edit 461 The Cure Shake Dog Shake 462 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Two Tribes 463 Lords of the New Church Russian Roulette 464 Let's Active Blue Line 465 The Smiths What Difference Does It Make? 466 Thompson Twins Lies 467 Suicidal Tendencies Instutionalized 468 The The Infected 469 Hoodoo Gurus I Want You Back 470 Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark So In Love 471 The Nails Let It All Hang Out 472 Jonathan Richman Dodge Vegematic 473 B52's Summer of Love 474 U2 I Threw a Brick 475 X See How We Are 476 Squeeze Cool for Cats 477 Souxsie and The Banshees Arabian Nights 478 The Buzzcocks Different Kind of Tension 479 Marshall Crenshaw Someday Someway 480 Dancing Hoods Baby's Got Rockets 481 Joe Jackson Look Sharp 482 Trio Boom Boom 483 The Fall Cab It Up 484 Book of Love I Touch Roses 485 Thomas Dolby Hyperactive 486 Living Colour Cult of Personality 487 The Jam Here Comes the Weekend 488 Shriekback Black Light Trap 489 Spandau Ballet Lifeline 490 Del Fuegos Don't Run Wild 491 Firehose For the Singer of REM 492 Janes Addiction Jane Says 493 Midnight Oil Kosclusko 494 The dB's Amplifier 495 Big Audio Dynamite Bottom Line 496 XTC Snowman 497 Sonic Youth Teenage Riot 498 Elvis Costello Mystery Dance 499 T-Bone Burnett The Strange Case of Frank Cash 500 The Proclaimers I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)