100 Songs - The 1980s

1 Richard & Linda Thompson "Wall of Death"
2 Dire Straits "Tunnel of Love"
3 Bob Dylan "Blind Willie McTell"
4 Blue Rodeo "Rose Coloured Glasses"
5 Replacements "Unsatisfied"
6 Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime"
7 Waterboys "Whole of the Moon"
8 Steve Earle "Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough)"
9 Pretenders "Middle of the Road"
10 Danny Wilson "Mary's Prayer"

11 Kate Bush "This Woman's Work
12 Peter Gabriel "Family Snapshot"
13 Cyndi Lauper "Money Changes Everything"
14 Public Image Ltd "Rise"
15 The Jam "That's Entertainment"
16 Neil Young "Rockin' In the Free World"
17 Madonna "Express Yourself"
18 Bruce Springsteen "Brilliant Disguise"
19 Paul McCartney "Wanderlust"
20 Prince "I Would Die 4 U"

21 Leonard Cohen "Take This Waltz"
22 Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself"
23 Lone Justice "Sweet, Sweet Baby (I'm Falling)"
24 XTC "Dear God"
25 The Clash "The Call Up"
26 Stan Ridgway "Mexican Radio"
27 Midnight Oil "The Dead Heart"
28 Jim Carroll Band "People Who Died"
29 Van Morrison "Vanlose Stairway"
30 Bruce Cockburn "Tokyo"

31 Tom Cochrane & Red Rider "Good Times"
32 Lyle Lovett "God Will"
33 Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
34 Rosanne Cash "Seven Year Ache"
35 R.E.M. "Pretty Persuasion"
36 Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy"
37 Sarah McLachlan "Steaming"
38 Big Country "In a Big Country"
39 Rick Springfield "Love Somebody"
40 John Lennon "Watching the Wheels"

41 Squeeze "Tempted"
42 Police "Every Breath You Take"
43 Kate & Anna McGarrigle "Love Over and Over"
44 Queen "Under Pressure"
45 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers "The Waiting"
46 Alison Moyet "Love Resurrection"
47 Long Ryders "Gunslinger Man"
48 Rough Trade "High School Confidential"
49 The Cure "In Between Days"
50 Pete Townshend "Rough Boys"

51 Don Henley "A Month of Sundays"
52 Martha & the Muffins "Black Stations White Stations"
53 Rolling Stones "Mixed Emotions"
54 Ry Cooder "Get Rhythm"
55 Rickie Lee Jones "We Belong Together"
56 Pete Shelley "Homosapien"
57 Kim Mitchell "Patio Lanterns"
58 B-52s "Love Shack"
59 Robert Plant "Tall Cool One"
60 Culture Club "Church of the Poison Mind"

61 Jane Siberry "One More Colour"
62 Iggy Pop "Cold Metal"
63 Human League "The Lebanon"
64 Concrete Blonde "God Is a Bullet"
65 Ah-Ha "Take On Me"
66 Blondie "Rapture"
67 Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
68 Falco "Der Komissar"
69 Weather Girls "It's Raining Men"
70 Neneh Cherry "Buffalo Stance"

71 Roy Orbison "She's a Mystery Girl"
72 Smiths "What Difference Does It Make"
73 Pursuit of Happiness "Hard to Laugh"
74 Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over"
75 Motels "Take the L"
76 Roxy Music "Avalon"
77 Living Color "Open Letter (to a Landlord)"
78 Art Bergmann "Our Little Secret"
79 Tom Waits "On the Nickel"
80 Ian Hunter "Central Park and West"

81 Public Enemy "Fight the Power"
82 Fine Young Cannibals "Johnny Come Home"
83 Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams"
84 Psychedelic Furs "Heaven"
85 Warren Zevon "Boom Boom Mancini"
86 Jane Weidlin "Rush Hour"
87 Traveling Wilburys "End of the Line"
88 Tina Turner "What's Love Got to Do With It"
89 Tragically Hip "Last American Exit"
90 Paul Simon "The Boy in the Bubble"

91 U2 "Where the Streets Have No Name"
92 Sheena Easton "I'm Not Worth the Hurt"
93 Little Steven "Undefeated"
94 Bangles "Eternal Flame"
95 Artists United Against Apartheid "Sun City"
96 English Beat "Mirror in the Bathroom"
97 Carole Pope "I'm Not Blind"
98 Shriekback "All Lined Up"
99 Katrina & the Waves "Walking on Sunshine"
100 Cars "Magic"

100 Songs - The 1970s

  1 The Clash "Death or Glory"
  2 Warren Zevon "Desperados Under the Eaves"
  3 Bob Dylan "Tangled Up in Blue"
  4 Sex Pistols "Pretty Vacant"
  5 The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
  6 Mott the Hoople "The Golden Age of Rock and Roll"
  7 Bruce Springsteen "Incident on 57th Street"
  8 Badfinger "No Matter What"
  9 Rod Stewart "Every Picture Tells a Story"
 10 Rolling Stones "Brown Sugar"

 11 Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Powderfinger"
 12 Paul McCartney "Maybe I'm Amazed"
 13 Van Morrison "Domino"
 14 David Bowie "Five Years"
 15 Joni Mitchell "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio""
 16 John Lennon "Instant Karma"
 17 Kinks "No More Looking Back"
 18 David Johansen "Donna"
 19 Elliott Murphy "Last of the Rock Stars"
 20 Elvis Presley "Burning Love"

 21 Thunderclap Newman "Something in the Air"
 22 Elvis Costello "Two Little Hitlers"
 23 Al Stewart "Roads to Moscow"
 24 Gram Parsons "Return of the Grievous Angel"
 25 Grin "You're The Weight"
 26 New York Dolls "Personality Crisis"
 27 Roxy Music "Mother of Pearl"
 28 Led Zeppelin "Rock and Roll"
 29 Bob Marley & the Wailers "Want More"
 30 Michel Pagliaro "What The Hell I Got"

 31 Ian Hunter "It Ain't Easy When You Fall"
 32 Thin Lizzy "Wild One"
 33 George Harrison "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long"
 34 Graham Parker "Nobody Hurts You"
 35 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers "I Need to Know"
 36 Big Star "When My Baby's Beside Me"
 37 Steely Dan "Boston Rag"
 38 Cockney Rebel "Tumbling Down"
 39 Kate Bush "L'Amour Looks Something Like You"
 40 Allman Brothers Band "Please Call Home"

 41 Elton John "Levon"
 42 The Band "Acadian Driftwood"
 43 Blues Image "Ride Captain Ride"
 44 Doors "Roadhouse Blues"
 45 Captain Beefheart "Low Yo Yo Stuff"
 46 Randy Newman "Sail Away"
 47 Todd Rundgren "Just One Victory"
 48 Traffic "John Barleycorn"
 49 Velvet Underground "Sweet Jane"
 50 Alice Cooper "Ballad of Dwight Frye"

 51 Eno "Driving Me Backwards"
 52 Creedence Clearwater Revival "Hey Tonight"
 53 Spirit "Mr Skin"
 54 Little Feat "Long Distance Love"
 55 Rory Gallagher "Cradle Rock"
 56 T.Rex "Get It On"
 57 Waylon Jennings "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
 58 Garland Jeffreys "Lift Me Up"
 59 John Cale "Heartbreak Hotel"
 60 Talking Heads "Life During Wartime"

 61 Raspberries "Overnite Sensation"
 62 Bob Seger "Get Out of Denver"
 63 Isaac Hayes "Theme From 'Shaft'"
 64 Dr John "Right Place Wrong Time"
 65 Jackson Browne "For a Dancer"
 66 Eagles "Doolin-Dalton"
 67 Lynyrd Skynyd "Gimme Three Steps"
 68 Poco "Let's Dance Tonight"
 69 Ringo Starr "Photograph"
 70 Stevie Wonder "Superstition"

 71 Roy Wood "Rock Down Low"
 72 Vickie Sue Robinson "Turn the Beat Around"
 73 Sparks "Moon Over Kentucky"
 74 ZZ Top "La Grange"
 75 Parliament "Give Up the Funk"
 76 Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes "Love on the Wrong Side of Town"
 77 Be-Bop Deluxe "Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus"
 78 ELO "Can't Get it Out of my Head"
 79 Leonard Cohen "Famous Blue Raincoat"
 80 Gary Stewart "I See the Want To In Your Eyes"

 81 Fleetwood Mac "The Chain"
 82 Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here"
 83 Patti Smith "Gloria"
 84 Dwight Twilley "Trying to Find My Baby"
 85 Arlo Guthrie "City of New Orleans"
 86 Peter Gabriel "Humdrum"
 87 Emmmylou Harris "Easy From Now On"
 88 Jimmy Webb "If You See Me Getting Smaller, I'm Leaving"
 89 Blondie "Hanging on the Telephone"
 90 Television "Elevation"

 91 Boomtown Rats "I Never Loved Eva Braun"
 92 Public Image Ltd "Public Image"
 93 Steve Forbert "It Isn't Gonna Be That Way"
 94 Jules & the Polar Bears "Following Every Finger"
 95 Joe Jackson "Different For Girls"
 96 Police "Message in a Bottle"
 97 Townes Van Zandt "Pancho and Lefty"
 98 XTC "Making Plans For Nigel"
 99 David Essex "Rock On"
100 Billy Swan "I Can Help"