| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Gloria | Patti Smith | 4 | 5:53 |
| 2 | (I'm) Stranded | The Saints | 4 | 3:31 |
| 3 | Sheena Is a Punk Rocker | Ramones | | 2:45 |
| 4 | Got to Give It Up (Part 1) | Marvin Gaye | 4.15 | 4:10 |
| 5 | Another Girl, Another Planet | The Only Ones | 4.35 | 3:01 |
| 6 | New Race | Radio Birdman | | 2:44 |
| 7 | London Calling | The Clash | 4.1 | 3:19 |
| 8 | Typical Girls | The Slits | 5 | 3:56 |
| 9 | We Can Get Together | Flowers | | 3:48 |
| 10 | Love Will Tear Us Apart- producer:
- Joy Division and Martin Hannett
- bass:
- Peter Hook
- drums (drum set):
- Stephen Morris
- guitar:
- Bernard Albrecht
- vocals:
- Bernard Albrecht and Ian Curtis
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Factory Communications Ltd. (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Strawberry Studios in Stockport, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- part of:
- triple j’s Hottest 100 (number: 1989 (All-time)), triple j’s Hottest 100 (number: 1990 (All-time)), Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 5), Q50 – December 2005 (number: 6), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 14), NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 19), Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 41) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 179)
- recording of:
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- lyricist:
- Ian Curtis
- composer:
- Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner
- publisher:
- Fractured Music and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
| Joy Division | 4.5 | 3:23 |
| 11 | Whip It | DEVO | 4.5 | 2:40 |
| 12 | Boys in Town | Divinyls | 3 | 2:52 |
| 13 | Alone With You | Sunnyboys | | 4:00 |
| 14 | Local &/Or General | Models | | 3:23 |
| 15 | Quasimodo's Dream | The Reels | | 4:10 |
| 16 | Ever So Lonely | Monsoon | | 4:19 |
| 17 | Never Say Never | Romeo Void | | 3:30 |
| 18 | Power and the Passion | Midnight Oil | 4 | 5:42 |
| 19 | Blue Monday | New Order | 3.7 | 7:29 |
| 20 | Throw Your Arms Around Me | Hunters & Collectors | | 3:27 |
| 21 | From St Kilda to Kings Cross | Paul Kelly | 4 | 2:55 |
| 22 | Like Wow - Wipeout! | Hoodoo Gurus | 5 | 3:13 |
| 23 | (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party) | Beastie Boys | 4.1 | 3:29 |
| 24 | West End Girls- engineer:
- David Jacob
- producer:
- Stephen Hague
- additional vocals:
- Helena Springs (from 1984 until 1986)
- performer:
- Chris Lowe (from 1984 until 1986) and Neil Tennant (from 1984 until 1986)
- recorded at:
- Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden , Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom (from 1984 until 1986)
- engineered at:
- Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden , Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 189) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 433)
- recording of:
- West End Girls (from 1984 until 1986)
- writer:
- Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant
- publisher:
- 10 Music Ltd., Edition Meridian, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) , Cage Music Ltd. (from 1984 to present) and CBS, Inc. (from 1984 to present)
| Pet Shop Boys | 4 | 4:47 |
| 25 | Wide Open Road | The Triffids | 3 | 4:08 |
| 26 | Mandinka | Sinéad O’Connor | 3.75 | 3:47 |
| 27 | Just Like Heaven | The Cure | | 3:33 |
| 28 | Streets of Your Town | The Go‐Betweens | 5 | 3:35 |
| 29 | Fuck tha Police | N.W.A | | 5:47 |
| 30 | Monkey Gone to Heaven | Pixies | 3.9 | 2:57 |
| 31 | Fools Gold | The Stone Roses | 4.4 | 4:17 |
| 32 | Cherry-Coloured Funk | Cocteau Twins | | 3:12 |
| 33 | Lock It | Falling Joys | | 4:39 |
| 34 | Can I Kick It? | A Tribe Called Quest | 3.65 | 4:13 |
| 35 | Treaty | Yothu Yindi | | 4:04 |
| 36 | Killing in the Name- additional assistant recording engineer:
- Craig Doubet
- assistant recording engineer:
- Jeff Sheehan
- recording engineer:
- GGGarth and Stan Katayama
- producer:
- GGGarth and Rage Against the Machine
- mixer:
- Andy Wallace
- drums (drum set):
- Brad Wilk
- electric bass guitar:
- Tim Commerford
- electric guitar:
- Tom Morello
- lead vocals:
- Zack de la Rocha
- arranger:
- Rage Against the Machine
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Epic Records (in 1992) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1992)
- recorded at:
- Scream Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States and Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States
- mixed at:
- Quantum Sound Studios in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
- music videos:
- Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine
- part of:
- Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 8), NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (number: 32), Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 38) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 207)
- recording of:
- Killing in the Name
- lyricist:
- Zack de la Rocha
- composer:
- Tim Commerford, Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha and Brad Wilk
| Rage Against the Machine | 4.25 | 5:15 |
| 37 | Pretend We're Dead | L7 | 4.3 | 3:55 |
| 38 | Berlin Chair | You Am I | 3.5 | 2:36 |
| 39 | Insane in the Brain | Cypress Hill | 3.95 | 3:28 |
| 40 | Cornflake Girl | Tori Amos | 3.9 | 5:07 |
| 41 | Vow | Garbage | 3.65 | 4:32 |
| 42 | Apartment | Custard | | 2:25 |
| 43 | Time Bomb | Rancid | | 2:26 |
| 44 | Hell Is Round the Corner | Tricky | 4.35 | 3:48 |
| 45 | Down by the Water | PJ Harvey | 5 | 3:13 |
| 46 | Firestarter- additional recording engineer:
- Neil McLellan
- producer and mixer:
- Liam Howlett
- guitar:
- Jim Davies and Jim Davis
- vocals:
- Keith Flint
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- XL‐Recordings Ltd. (in 1996)
- recorded at:
- Strongroom in Shoreditch, Hackney, London , England, United Kingdom
- mixed at:
- Earthbound in Bradwell, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- produced at:
- Earthbound in Bradwell, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- samples:
- Close (to the Edit) by Art of Noise and S.O.S. by The Breeders
- part of:
- NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (number: 30)
- recording of:
- Firestarter
- writer:
- Kim Deal, Anne Dudley , Keith Flint , Trevor Horn, Liam Howlett, J.J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan and Paul Morley
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , EMI Virgin Music Ltd. , EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd., MCA Music , Perfect Songs , Unforgettable Songs Ltd. and Zomba Music
- is based on:
- S.O.S.
- quotes music from:
- Close (to the Edit)
| The Prodigy | 4.05 | 4:43 |
| 47 | Paranoid Android- recorded in:
- United Kingdom (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- recording engineer and producer:
- Nigel Godrich and Radiohead
- programming:
- Thom Yorke
- assistant engineer:
- Jon Bailey , Gerard Navarro and Chris Scard
- mixer and editor:
- Nigel Godrich
- bass guitar and bass synthesizer:
- Colin Greenwood (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- drums (drum set):
- Philip Selway (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- effects and background vocals:
- Ed O’Brien (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- glockenspiel, keyboard, mellotron and organ:
- Jonny Greenwood (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- guitar:
- Jonny Greenwood (from 1996-07 until 1997-03), Ed O’Brien (from 1996-07 until 1997-03) and Thom Yorke (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- percussion:
- Colin Greenwood (from 1996-07 until 1997-03), Ed O’Brien (from 1996-07 until 1997-03) and Philip Selway (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- piano:
- Jonny Greenwood (from 1996-07 until 1997-03) and Thom Yorke (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- vocals:
- Thom Yorke (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- conductor:
- Nick Ingman (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- strings arranger:
- Radiohead
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- XL Recordings Ltd. (in 2017)
- music videos:
- Paranoid Android by Radiohead
- part of:
- Triple J’s Hottest 100: Twenty Years (number: 13), Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 20), NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (number: 38) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 256)
- recording of:
- Paranoid Android (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
- writer:
- Colin Greenwood , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O’Brien , Philip Selway and Thom Yorke
| Radiohead | 4.4 | 6:24 |
| 48 | Into My Arms- assistant recording engineer:
- Paul Hicks and Paul Wright
- recording engineer:
- Paul Corkett
- producer:
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Flood
- assistant mixer:
- Chris Scard
- mixer:
- Flood
- bass:
- Martyn P. Casey
- piano:
- Nick Cave
- vocals:
- Nick Cave
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Mute Records Ltd. (in 1997)
- additionally recorded at:
- Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London , England, United Kingdom
- recorded at:
- Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom (in 1996-07)
- mixed at:
- The Church Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (in 1996-09)
- recording of:
- Into My Arms
- lyricist and composer:
- Nick Cave
- publisher:
- Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Mute Song and Mute Song Ltd.
| Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | 4.15 | 4:14 |
| 49 | Sing It Back (Boris Dlugosch musical mix edit) | Moloko | 3.45 | 4:40 |
| 50 | Wait and Bleed | Slipknot | | 2:33 |
| 51 | Ms. Jackson (radio mix) | OutKast | 4.15 | 4:32 |
| 52 | My Happiness (radio edit) | Powderfinger | 4 | 4:38 |
| 53 | Frontier Psychiatrist | The Avalanches | 4.45 | 4:50 |
| 54 | Get Ur Freak On | Missy Elliott | 4 | 3:57 |
| 55 | Chop Suey! | System of a Down | 4.35 | 3:33 |
| 56 | Monsters | Something for Kate | | 3:40 |
| 57 | Do You Realize?? | The Flaming Lips | 3.95 | 3:33 |
| 58 | The Nosebleed Section | Hilltop Hoods | 4 | 3:39 |
| 59 | Fix Up, Look Sharp | Dizzee Rascal | 4 | 3:46 |
| 60 | Take Me Out | Franz Ferdinand | 4.15 | 3:59 |
| 61 | Joker and the Thief | Wolfmother | 3.65 | 4:40 |
| 62 | One Crowded Hour | Augie March | | 4:14 |
| 63 | Electric Feel | MGMT | 4.25 | 3:51 |
| 64 | My People | The Presets | 4.35 | 4:28 |
| 65 | Better Than | John Butler Trio | 4.5 | 3:29 |
| 66 | We Won't Run | Sarah Blasko | 3.5 | 3:57 |
| 67 | Lisztomania | Phoenix | 4.2 | 4:02 |
| 68 | Runaway | Kanye West feat. Pusha T | | 5:39 |
| 69 | Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) | The Wombats | | 3:39 |
| 70 | Shake It Out | Florence + the Machine | 3.85 | 4:36 |
| 71 | Little Talks | Of Monsters and Men | 3.85 | 4:14 |
| 72 | Breezeblocks | alt‐J | 4.3 | 3:48 |
| 73 | Feels Like We Only Go Backwards | Tame Impala | 4.15 | 3:14 |
| 74 | Holdin On | Flume | 3 | 2:34 |
| 75 | 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 | 3.75 | 3:12 |
| 76 | Do I Wanna Know? | Arctic Monkeys | 4.2 | 4:34 |
| 77 | Riptide | Vance Joy | 3.95 | 3:22 |
| 78 | Is This How You Feel? | The Preatures | | 3:35 |
| 79 | High | Peking Duk feat. Nicole Millar | 3 | 3:48 |
| 80 | Talk Is Cheap | Chet Faker | 4 | 3:39 |