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List of Famous Alternative Music

by Viv 12/11/2012 13:47:00 0 comments 1718 Views

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year	Last Rank	Change
1	Paranoid Android	Radiohead	OK Computer	1997	11	10
2	Bittersweet Symphony	The Verve	Urban Hymns	1997	4	2
3	Smells like Teen Spirit	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991	3	0
4	Say it ain't so	Weezer	Blue Album	1994	90	86
5	Karma Police	Radiohead	OK Computer	1997	1	-4
6	One Headlight	The Wallflowers	Bringing Down the Horse	1996	6	0
7	1979	Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness	1995	10	3
8	Down in a Hole	Alice in Chains	Dirt	1992	12	4
9	The Man who Sold the World (Cover)	Nirvana	MTV Unplugged in New York	1994	28	19
10	Lithium	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991	9	-1

Songs 11-20: While still mainly blockbuster singles, the next 10 songs dig a little bit deeper and include album tracks by some of the eras best bands in REM, Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins. Also, you'll see a lot of songs that have shot up in ranking since my last update.

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year	Last Rank	Change
11	Find the River	REM	Automatic for the People	1992	62	51
12	Everlong	Foo Fighters	The Colour and the Shape	1997	16	4
13	Lucky	Radiohead	OK Computer	1997	78	65
14	Losing my Religion	REM	Out of Time	1991	15	1
15	All the Small Things	Blink-182	Enema of the State	1999	40	25
16	Carnival	Natalie Merchant	Tigerlily	1995	92	82
17	Only in Dreams	Weezer	Blue Album	1994	106	89
18	Under the Bridge	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik	1991	34	16
19	Heaven Beside you	Alice in Chains	Alice in Chains	1995	5	-14
20	Soma	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream	1993	56	36

Songs 21-30: Joining alternative classics like “Self Esteem” and “Mr. Jones” are songs like “The Way” and “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth.” One hit wonders like these two will frequent the list and added some flash in the pan charm to a pretty serious decade.

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year	Last Rank	Change
21	Self Esteem	The Offspring	Smash	1994	69	48
22	The Way	Fastball	All the Pain Money can Buy	1998	20	-2
23	December	Collective Soul	Collective Soul	1995	46	23
24	Mr. Jones	Counting Crows	August and Everything After	1993	32	8
25	Mayonaise	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream	1993	48	23
26	Ænima	Tool	Ænima	1996	30	4
27	Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth	Primitive Radio Gods	Rocket	1996	29	2
28	Jesus Christ Pose	Soundgarden	Badmotorfinger	1991	7	-21
29	Nothing Compares 2 U (Cover)	Sinead O'Connor	I don't want what I haven't got	1990	New	n/a
30	Heart Shaped Box	Nirvana	In Utero	1993	26	-4

Songs 31-40: The next ten songs are pretty grunge heavy. Two songs each for grunge titans AIC, Nirvana and STP. Though I've tried to be a little more selective on which grunge songs to include, I cannot exclude these essential 6 songs.

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year	Last Rank	Change
31	Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm	Crash Test Dummies	God Shuffled his Feet	1993	64	31
32	Come as you are	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991	18	-14
33	No Excuses	Alice in Chains	Jar of Flies	1994	2	-31
34	Low	Cracker	Kerosene Hat	1993	66	32
35	You Ought to Know	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	1995	44	9
36	A Long December	Counting Crows	Recovering the Satellites	1996	50	14
37	Interstate Love Song	Stone Temple Pilots	Purple	1994	68	31
38	Nutshell	Alice in Chains	Jar of Flies	1994	13	-25
39	In Bloom	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991	24	-15
40	Creep	Stone Temple Pilots	Core	1992	23	-17

Songs 41-50: “Only Shallow” and “Cool you Boots” from the next set of ten songs are the first few examples of the type of indie rock songs that will now find their homes on these lists. These shoegaze classics had some much deserved chart success (of course mainly in Britain where the charts aren't indie-phobic).

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year	Last Rank	Change
41	Burden in my Hand	Soundgarden	Down on the Upside	1996	55	14
42	Cherub Rock	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream	1993	17	-25
43	Bullet with Butterfly Wings	Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness	1995	8	-35
44	Run	Collective Soul	Dosage	1999	61	17
45	Only Shallow	My Bloody Valentine	Loveless	1991	New	n/a
46	Dirt	Alice in Chains	Dirt	1992	47	1
47	Tighter & Tighter	Soundgarden	Down on the Upside	1996	105	58
48	Cool your Boots	Ride	Going Blank Again	1992	New	n/a
49	Santa Monica	Everclear	Sparkle & Fade	1995	51	2
50	What's the Frequency, Kenneth?	REM	Monster	1994	91	41

Songs 51-60: Below you will see several heavyweights from the Isles across the Atlantic that flexed their muscles in the 90s and added a much needed charm and swagger to a genre that people all too often associate with American bands.

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year	Last Rank	Change
51	Would?	Alice in Chains	Dirt	1992	41	-10
52	Linger	The Cranberries	Everybody Else is Doing it	1993	95	43
53	Wonderwall	Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	1995	19	-32
54	Lucky Man	The Verve	Urban Hymns	1997	71	17
55	Drive	REM	Automatic for the People	1992	80	25
56	Late in the Day	Supergrass	In it for the Money	1997	New	n/a
57	Flagpole Sitta	Harvey Danger	Where have all the Merrymakers gone?	1998	58	1
58	In the Meantime	Spacehog	Resident Alien	1995	42	-16
59	Grind	Alice in Chains	Alice in Chains	1995	31	-28
60	Counting Blue Cars	Dishwalla	Pet your Friends	1995	53	-7

Songs 61-70: A decidedly mellow series of songs heavy on a TRC trademark... ballads! Also, for one reason or the other, several bands that I don't really like – Living Colour, Goo Goo Dolls, and Megadeth – make their first and only appearance on this list.

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year	Last Rank	Change
61	Song 2	Blur	Blur	1997	49	-12
62	Motorcycle Emptiness	Manic Street Preachers	Generation Terrorists	1992	New	n/a
63	Nothingness	Living Colour	Stain	1993	New	n/a
64	Californication	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication	1999	29	-35
65	Iris	Goo Goo Dolls	Dizzy up the Girl	1998	81	16
66	Touch, Peel and Stand	Days of the New	Days of the New	1997	36	-30
67	No Surprises	Radiohead	OK Computer	1997	New	n/a
68	All I want	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Fear	1991	45	-23
69	Rotten Apple	Alice in Chains	Jar of Flies	1994	25	-44
70	A Tout le Monde	Megadeth	Youthanasia	1994	63	-7

Songs 71-80: Another segment of songs that feature some big time gains from my last update of this list. Most of you will agree that it's about time I give songs like “Killing in the Name of,” “Fake Plastic Trees” and “Fade to you” a bit more recognition.

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year	Last Rank	Change
71	Tyler	Toadies	Rubberneck	1994	77	6
72	Dumb	Nirvana	In Utero	1993	43	-29
73	Killing in the Name of	Rage Against the Machine	Rage Against the Machine	1992	107	34
74	Hand in my Pocket	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	1995	102	28
75	Fake Plastic Trees	Radiohead	The Bends	1995	132	57
76	Losing a Whole Year	Third Eye Blind	Third Eye Blind	1997	96	20
77	Nearly Lost you	Screaming Trees	Sweet Oblivion	1992	89	12
78	Sour Girl	Stone Temple Pilots	No. 4	1999	87	9
79	My Love Life	Morrissey	Single	1991	New	n/a
80	Fade into you	Mazzy Star	So Tonight that I Might See	1993	149	69

Songs 81-90: Many veteran rockers have their trademark jams featured on this set of songs, including NIN, Weezer and Third Eye Blind. Sprinkled within we have some pretty unlikely, terrific songs by White Town and a great unknown duet by Dan Wilson and Bic Runga.

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year	Last Rank	Change
81	Enjoy the Silence	Depeche Mode	Violator	1990	131	50
82	Rhinoceros	Smashing Pumpkins	Gish	1991	101	19
83	Closer	Nine Inch Nails	Downward Spiral	1994	171	88
84	Your Woman	White Town	Women in Technology	1997	38	-46
85	Take a Picture	Filter	Title of Record	1999	116	31
86	Semi Charmed Life	Third Eye Blind	Third Eye Blind	1997	72	-14
87	Good Morning Baby	Bic Runga and Dan Wilson	Soundtrack: American Pie	1999	114	31
88	Today	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream	1993	82	-6
89	Buddy Holly	Weezer	Blue Album	1994	54	-35
90	Zombie	The Cranberries	No Need to Argue	1994	111	21

Songs 91-100: You would be hard pressed to find a set of 10 more eclectic songs on this entire list. Everything ranging from indie rock, synthpop, metal, grunge, trip hop and punk rock populates this batch of songs.

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year	Last Rank	Change
91	Velouria	Pixies	Bossanova	1990	New	n/a
92	Personal Jesus	Depeche Mode	Violator	1990	33	-59
93	Closing Time	Semisonic	Feeling Strangely Fine	1998	88	-5
94	Crazy Life	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Coil	1997	93	-1
95	Enter Sandman	Metallica	Metallica	1991	59	-26
96	Bound for the Floor	Local H	As Good as Dead	1996	35	-61
97	Runaway Train	Soul Asylum	Grave Dancer's Union	1992	98	1
98	Jeremy	Pearl Jam	Ten	1991	163	65
99	Glory Box	Portishead	Dummy	1994	New	n/a
100	Whats my Age Again?	Blink-182	Enema of the State	1999	120	20