| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Boys Don’t Cry | The Cure | 4.45 | 2:41 |
| 2 | Black Hole Sun | Soundgarden | 4.05 | 5:19 |
| 3 | Bring Me to Life | Evanescence | 4.45 | 3:56 |
| 4 | 1979 | The Smashing Pumpkins | 4.45 | 4:27 |
| 5 | What’s Up?- recording engineer:
- David Tickle (in 1992) and Mark Hensley (in 1992)
- additional engineer:
- Jessie Kanner , Kent Mactke, Laurent Tardy and Paul Dieter
- producer and mixer:
- David Tickle
- acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
- Linda Perry (in 1992)
- bass and background vocals:
- Christa Hillhouse (in 1992)
- drums (drum set):
- Dawn Richardson (in 1992)
- guitar:
- Louis Metoyer (in 1992) and Roger Rocha (in 1992)
- piano:
- Laurent Tardy (in 1992)
- lead vocals:
- Linda Perry (in 1992)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Interscope Records (in 1992)
- recorded at:
- Groove Masters in Santa Monica, California, United States (in 1992), The Bunker (in 1992) and The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California, United States (in 1992)
- mixed at:
- The Bunker
- music videos:
- What’s Up? by 4 Non Blondes
- part of:
- Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 46), BILLIONS CLUB and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 486)
- recording of:
- What’s Up? (in 1992)
- lyricist and composer:
- Linda Perry
- publisher:
- Famous Music Corporation , Famous Music Publishing Germany GmbH & Co. KG, Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC , Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK, Stuck in the Throat and Stuck in the Throat Music
| 4 Non Blondes | 3.85 | 4:52 |
| 6 | Everybody Hurts- additional engineer:
- George Cowan , Mark Howard , John Keane , Ted Malia and Andrew Roshberg
- engineer:
- Clif Norrell
- producer:
- Scott Litt and R.E.M.
- additional mixer:
- Ed Brooks
- assistant mixer:
- Tod Lemkuhl
- mixer:
- Scott Litt and Clif Norrell
- guest cello:
- Kathleen Kee, Daniel Laufer and Elizabeth Proctor Murphy
- guest oboe:
- Deborah Workman
- guest viola:
- Reid Harris, Paul Murphy and Heidi Nitchie
- guest violin:
- Denise Berginson-Smith , Patti Gouvas, Lonnie Ottzen , Sandy Salzinger , Sou-Chun Su and Jody Taylor
- vocals:
- Michael Stipe
- conductor:
- George Hanson
- orchestrator:
- John Paul Jones
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- R.E.M./Athens, Ltd. (in 1992) and R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. (in 2017)
- additionally recorded at:
- Bosstown Recording Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, John Keane Studios in Athens, Georgia, United States and Kingsway Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- recorded at:
- Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States and Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
- mixed at:
- Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, United States
- part of:
- Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 203)
- recording of:
- Everybody Hurts
- writer:
- Bill Berry , Peter Buck , Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
- publisher:
- Night Garden Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
| R.E.M. | 4.6 | 5:19 |
| 7 | Zombie- assistant engineer and assistant producer:
- Julie Gardiner
- engineer and producer:
- Stephen Street
- acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
- Noel Hogan and Dolores O’Riordan
- bass guitar:
- Mike Hogan
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Fergal Lawler
- keyboard and lead vocals:
- Dolores O’Riordan
- background vocals:
- Noel Hogan
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- The Island Def Jam Music Group , Island Records, Inc. (in 1994), UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1994) and Island Records (in 2002)
- recorded at:
- The Manor in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-08) and The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London , England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-08)
- mixed at:
- The Manor in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London , England, United Kingdom
- part of:
- triple j’s Hottest 100 (number: 1994) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 234)
- recording of:
- Zombie
- lyricist and composer:
- Dolores O’Riordan
- publisher:
- Island Music Ltd., Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG and Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
| The Cranberries | 4.35 | 5:07 |
| 8 | Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) | The Offspring | 3.85 | 3:08 |
| 9 | Don’t Speak | No Doubt | 4.15 | 4:23 |
| 10 | Buddy Holly | Weezer | 4.2 | 2:39 |
| 11 | Common People (full length version)- programming:
- Olle Romo (from 1995-01-18 until 1995-01-24)
- assistant engineer:
- Pete Lewis
- engineer:
- David Nicholas
- producer:
- Chris Thomas
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Island Records Ltd. (in 1995)
- recorded at:
- The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London , England, United Kingdom (from 1995-01-18 until 1995-01-24)
- mixed at:
- The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London , England, United Kingdom
- music videos:
- Common People by Pulp
- part of:
- NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 3), Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 63) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 75)
- recording of:
- Common People (from 1995-01-18 until 1995-01-24)
- lyricist:
- Jarvis Cocker
- composer:
- Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Russell Senior
- premiered at:
- Reading Festival (1994-08-27)
- publisher:
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. , Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. , Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , Universal/Island Music Ltd. , シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) , ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 , フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2018-03-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
| Pulp | 4.7 | 5:49 |
| 12 | Mr. Brightside | The Killers | 4.3 | 3:44 |
| 13 | Happy House | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 4.65 | 3:52 |
| 14 | Behind Blue Eyes | Limp Bizkit | 4.4 | 4:29 |
| 15 | Celebrity Skin | Hole | 4.45 | 2:43 |
| 16 | Last Resort | Papa Roach | 3.6 | 3:20 |
| 17 | The Dolphin’s Cry | Live | 4 | 4:24 |
| 18 | All I Wanna Do- engineer:
- Blair Lamb
- producer:
- Bill Bottrell
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- A&M Records, Inc. (in 1993) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1993)
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 405)
- recording of:
- All I Wanna Do
- writer:
- David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow and Kevin Gilbert
- publisher:
- Almo Music Corp. , Ignorant Music , Old Crow Music , Reservoir One America, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC , Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , WB Music Corp. , WC Music Corp. and Zen of Iniquity
| Sheryl Crow | 3.9 | 4:33 |
| 19 | The Drugs Don’t Work | The Verve | 3.7 | 5:05 |
| 20 | Teardrop | Massive Attack | 4.15 | 5:31 |
| 21 | Thnks fr th Mmrs | Fall Out Boy | 4.45 | 3:25 |
| 22 | Blue Jeans- producer:
- Emile Haynie
- assistant mixer:
- Duncan Fuller
- mixer:
- Dan Grech‐Marguerat
- drums (drum set), guitar and keyboard:
- Emile Haynie
- vocals:
- Lana Del Rey
- conductor:
- Dan Heath
- strings arranger:
- Dan Heath
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Lana Del Rey (in 2011, in 2012, in 2013)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Stranger Records Limited (in 2011)
- music videos:
- Blue Jeans by Lana Del Rey and Blue Jeans (Lana Del Rey version) by Lana Del Rey
- recording of:
- Blue Jeans
- writer:
- Dan Heath , Lana Del Rey and Emile Haynie
- premiered at:
- Born to Die Tour: Manchester (2011-11-04)
- publisher:
- EMI , EMI Music Publishing Germany GmbH , Heavycrate Publishing, KMR Music Royalties II SCSp, Songs of SMP, Universal Music Corp. and Yorkshire Moors
- sub-publisher:
- Because Éditions, EMI Music Publishing France, Kobalt Music Publishing France, Ram Island Songs, Songs Music Publishing France, Universal MCA Music Publishing , Universal Music Publishing France , シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント , ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 , 日音 Synch事業部 , イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Lana Del Rey | 4 | 3:30 |
| 23 | Somewhere Only We Know | Keane | 4.45 | 3:56 |
| 24 | Mr. Jones- recorded in:
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- recording engineer:
- Pat McCarthy
- additional engineer:
- Robert Hart , Steve Holroyd and Howard Willing
- assistant engineer:
- Mark Guilbeault and Brant Scott
- executive producer:
- Gary Gersh
- producer:
- T‐Bone Burnett
- mixer:
- Scott Litt and Pat McCarthy
- accordion, chamberlin and Hammond organ:
- Charlie Gillingham
- additional drums (drum set) and additional percussion:
- Denny Fongheiser
- additional guitar:
- T‐Bone Burnett , Bill Dillon and David Immerglück
- additional guitorgan:
- Bill Dillon
- additional mandocello, additional mandolin, additional pedal steel guitar and additional vocals:
- David Immerglück
- bass guitar:
- Matt Malley
- guitar:
- David Bryson and Matt Malley
- harmonica and lead vocals:
- Adam Duritz
- piano:
- Adam Duritz and Charlie Gillingham
- additional background vocals:
- Gary Louris, Maria McKee and Mark Olson
- vocals:
- Steve Bowman, David Bryson, Charlie Gillingham and Matt Malley
- additionally recorded at:
- Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Kiva West Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States, Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and The Village Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States
- mixed at:
- Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- music videos:
- Mr. Jones by Counting Crows
- part of:
- Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 474)
- recording of:
- Mr. Jones
- lyricist:
- Adam Duritz
- composer:
- David Bryson and Adam Duritz
| Counting Crows | 3.9 | 4:33 |
| 25 | Shiny Happy People | R.E.M. | 3.9 | 3:46 |
| 26 | You Get What You Give | New Radicals | 4.65 | 5:00 |
| 27 | Glory Box | Portishead | 3.95 | 5:09 |
| 28 | The Bad Touch | Bloodhound Gang | 3.75 | 4:20 |
| 29 | Royals- engineer, producer and mixer:
- Joel Little
- instruments:
- Joel Little
- lead vocals:
- Ella Yelich O’Connor
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Universal Music New Zealand (in 2013) and Universal Music New Zealand Limited (in 2013)
- recorded at:
- Golden Age in Auckland, Auckland , North Island, New Zealand
- music videos:
- Royals by Lorde and Royals by Lorde
- part of:
- Grammy Award: Best Pop Solo Performance nominees (number: 2014 winner), Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 11), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2013 (number: 15), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2014 (number: 20), Stereogum: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 23), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 30), Billboard Decade End Chart: Streaming Songs (number: 35), Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 77), Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 98), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 111) and Pitchfork: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 129)
- recording of:
- Royals
- writer:
- Ella Yelich O’Connor and Joel Little
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , EMI April Music Inc. and Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
- sub-publisher:
- Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) , イーエムアイ音楽出版 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
- part of:
- Matuschkes Lieblinge 2013 and APRA Silver Scroll Awards Winners (number: 2013)
| Lorde | 3.8 | 3:10 |
| 30 | Anybody Seen My Baby?- producer:
- The Dust Brothers , The Glimmer Twins and Don Was
- bass:
- Jamie Muhoberac
- drums (drum set):
- Charlie Watts
- guitar:
- Mick Jagger , Keith Richards , Ronnie Wood and Waddy Wachtel
- keyboard:
- Jamie Muhoberac and Don Was
- tambourine:
- Blondie Chaplin
- background vocals:
- Blondie Chaplin , Bernard Fowler and Keith Richards
- lead vocals:
- Mick Jagger
- recording of:
- Anybody Seen My Baby?
- lyricist:
- Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
- composer:
- Mick Jagger , k.d. lang, Ben Mink and Keith Richards
- publisher:
- Bumstead Productions U.S. Inc., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. , Promopub. B.V. and Zavion Enterprises, Inc.
| The Rolling Stones | 4.25 | 4:31 |
| 31 | Dreams | The Cranberries | 4.55 | 4:31 |
| 32 | Disco 2000- programming:
- Matthew Vaughan
- additional engineer:
- Pete Lewis
- assistant engineer:
- Julie Gardner and Pete Lewis
- engineer:
- David "Chipper" Nicholas
- producer:
- Chris Thomas
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Island Records Ltd. (in 1995)
- recorded at:
- The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London , England, United Kingdom (from 1995-06 until 1995-07)
- mixed at:
- The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London , England, United Kingdom
- recording of:
- Disco 2000
- lyricist:
- Jarvis Cocker
- composer:
- Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey , Russell Senior and Mark Andrew Webber
- premiered at:
- Glastonbury Festival 1995, day 2: Pyramid Stage (1995-06-24)
- publisher:
- Island Music Ltd.
| Pulp | 3.75 | 4:34 |
| 33 | Fly Away- programming:
- Lenny Kravitz, Terry Manning , Matthew Knobel and Eric Rehl
- engineer and mixer:
- Terry Manning
- producer:
- Lenny Kravitz
- bass, drums (drum set), guitar, background vocals and lead vocals:
- Lenny Kravitz
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1998), Virgin Records America, Inc. (in 1998), Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2018) and Universal Music Operations Ltd. (in 2018)
- recording of:
- Fly Away
- lyricist and composer:
- Lenny Kravitz
- publisher:
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. , Miss Bessie Music and Virgin Records America, Inc.
| Lenny Kravitz | 4 | 3:42 |
| 34 | Bullet With Butterfly Wings | The Smashing Pumpkins | 4.55 | 4:18 |
| 35 | If It Makes You Happy- assistant recording engineer:
- Ron Black, S. “Husky” Höskulds, Cappy Japngie and John Paterno
- recording engineer:
- Tchad Blake, Blair Lamb, Bob Salcedo and Trina Shoemaker
- producer:
- Sheryl Crow
- mixer:
- Tchad Blake
- drums (drum set):
- Michael Urbano
- electric bass guitar [bass]:
- Dan Rothchild
- guitar [guitars]:
- Jeff Trott
- keyboard:
- Sheryl Crow
- vocals:
- Sheryl Crow
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- A&M Records, Inc. (in 1996)
- recording of:
- If It Makes You Happy
- writer:
- Sheryl Crow and Jeff Trott
- publisher:
- Ole Media Management LP II, Reservoir One America, Old Crow Music (in 1996), Trottsky Music (in 1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (in 1996)
- live recording of:
- If It Makes You Happy
- writer:
- Sheryl Crow and Jeff Trott
- publisher:
- Ole Media Management LP II, Reservoir One America, Old Crow Music (in 1996), Trottsky Music (in 1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (in 1996)
| Sheryl Crow | 4.1 | 5:25 |
| 36 | Let Forever Be | The Chemical Brothers | 3.95 | 3:56 |
| 37 | Smooth Criminal | Alien Ant Farm | 4.2 | 3:29 |
| 38 | Spoonman | Soundgarden | 3.7 | 4:07 |
| 39 | Just Like Heaven | The Cure | | 3:32 |
| 40 | Hella Good- recording engineer:
- Greg Collins
- programming:
- Fabien Waltmann
- additional engineer:
- Simon Gogerly
- assistant engineer:
- Anthony Kilhoffer and Ian Rossiter
- producer:
- Nellee Hooper and No Doubt
- mixer:
- Mark “Spike” Stent
- recorded at:
- Home Recordings in Barnet , London , England, United Kingdom and Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- mixed at:
- The Mix Suite in London , England, United Kingdom
- part of:
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2002 (number: 59)
- recording of:
- Hella Good
- writer:
- Chad Hugo, Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams
- publisher:
- Chase Chad Music , EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing , Songs MP, Universal‐MCA Music Publishing , Waters of Nazareth Publishing and World of the Dolphin Music
| No Doubt | 3.85 | 4:03 |
| 41 | Say It Ain’t So | Weezer | 3.85 | 4:19 |
| 42 | Bitter Sweet Symphony | The Verve | 4.3 | 5:57 |
| 43 | One Headlight | The Wallflowers | 4.35 | 5:17 |
| 44 | Spellbound | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 4.85 | 3:17 |
| 45 | Here Without You- additional recording engineer:
- Steve Churchyard
- assistant recording engineer:
- Honchol Sin and Tom Sweeney
- recording engineer:
- Steve Churchyard, Geoff Ott and Rick Parashar
- miscellaneous support:
- Susie Katayama
- assistant engineer:
- Gordon Sran and Latif Tayour
- engineer:
- Geoff Ott, Rick Parashar and Steve Churchyard
- producer:
- Rick Parashar
- assistant mixer:
- Dean Maher and Paul Silveira
- mixer:
- Jack Joseph Puig and Randy Staub
- editor:
- Geoff Ott and Rick Parashar
- bass guitar:
- Todd Harrell
- drums (drum set):
- Josh Freese
- guitar:
- Chris Henderson and Matt Roberts
- Hammond organ [Hammond B3]:
- Rick Hopkins
- percussion:
- Matthew Burgess
- strings:
- David Campbell
- lead vocals:
- Brad Arnold
- conductor:
- David Campbell
- strings arranger:
- David Campbell
- concertmaster:
- Joel G. Derouin
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Universal Records (in 2002)
- recorded at:
- Greenhouse Studios in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, London Bridge Studios in Seattle, Washington, United States and Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- mixed at:
- Armory Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- remixed at:
- Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- recording of:
- Here Without You
- writer:
- Brad Arnold , Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson and Matt Roberts
- publisher:
- Escatawpa Songs and Songs of Universal, Inc.
| 3 Doors Down | 4.4 | 3:59 |
| 46 | Heads Will Roll | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 4.2 | 3:41 |
| 47 | Take a Look Around | Limp Bizkit | 4.15 | 5:20 |
| 48 | Somebody Told Me | The Killers | 3.85 | 3:21 |
| 49 | Mouth (The Stingray mix) | Bush | | 5:59 |
| 50 | The Kids Aren’t Alright | The Offspring | 4.25 | 3:00 |