Best Alternative Songs Ranked
|
Rank |
Title |
Artist |
Year |
|
1 |
Falling Out of Love with You |
6ths, The |
1995 |
|
2 |
Beat Box (Diversion One) |
Art of Noise, The |
1984 |
|
3 |
Strangelove |
Depeche Mode |
1987 |
|
4 |
Moments in Love |
Art of Noise, The |
1983 |
|
5 |
Really Saying Something |
Bananarama |
1982 |
|
6 |
Dr. Mabuse |
Propaganda |
1985 |
|
7 |
Close (To the Edit) |
Art of Noise, The |
1984 |
|
8 |
Blue Monday |
New Order |
1983 |
|
9 |
Legs |
Art of Noise, The |
1985 |
|
10 |
Work for Love |
Ministry |
1983 |
|
11 |
The Model |
Kraftwerk |
1978 |
|
12 |
Smells Like Teen Spirit |
Nirvana |
1991 |
|
13 |
Cruel Summer |
Bananarama |
1984 |
|
14 |
Peter Gunn |
Art of Noise, The |
1986 |
|
15 |
Bizarre Love Triangle |
New Order |
1986 |
|
16 |
Computer Love |
Kraftwerk |
1981 |
|
17 |
Melting in the Sun |
INXS |
1984 |
|
18 |
Next One Is Real |
Minimal Compact |
1984 |
|
19 |
Tour de France |
Kraftwerk |
1983 |
|
20 |
Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing |
Martha & The Muffins |
1983 |
|
21 |
Uncertain Smile |
The The |
1982 |
|
22 |
Golden Brown |
Stranglers, The |
1981 |
|
23 |
What We All Want |
Gang of Four |
1981 |
|
24 |
Planet Claire |
B-52's, The |
1979 |
|
25 |
Whip It |
Devo |
1980 |
|
26 |
A Day at the Races |
Art of Noise, The |
1987 |
|
27 |
Boy |
Book of Love |
1985 |
|
28 |
True Faith |
New Order |
1987 |
|
29 |
Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow) |
Martha & The Muffins |
1983 |
|
30 |
Wuthering Heights |
Bush, Kate |
1978 |
|
31 |
Love Action (I Believe in Love) |
Human League |
1981 |
|
32 |
Love & Pride |
King |
1984 |
|
33 |
Absolute |
Scritti Politti |
1985 |
|
34 |
How Soon Is Now? |
Smiths, The |
1985 |
|
35 |
Cities in Dust |
Siouxsie & The Banshees |
1985 |
|
36 |
(Feels Like) Heaven |
Fiction Factory |
1984 |
|
37 |
Babooshka |
Bush, Kate |
1980 |
|
38 |
The One Thing |
INXS |
1982 |
|
39 |
The Perfect Kiss |
New Order |
1985 |
|
40 |
Pocket Calculator |
Kraftwerk |
1981 |
|
41 |
Private Idaho |
B-52's, The |
1980 |
|
42 |
Da Da Da |
Trio |
1982 |
|
43 |
Boys Don't Cry |
Cure, The |
1980 |
|
44 |
P-Machinery |
Propaganda |
1985 |
|
45 |
Communication Breakdown |
Doppelganger |
1985 |
|
46 |
Genius of Love |
Tom Tom Club |
1981 |
|
47 |
Situation |
Yaz |
1982 |
|
48 |
Do You Wanna Hold Me? |
Bow Wow Wow |
1983 |
|
49 |
Ashes to Ashes |
Bowie, Davie |
1980 |
|
50 |
Lie to Me |
Depeche Mode |
1983 |
|
51 |
Robert De Niro's Waiting |
Bananarama |
1984 |
|
52 |
Desperate But Not Serious |
Adam Ant |
1982 |
|
53 |
Go! |
Tones On Tail |
1984 |
|
54 |
World Destruction |
Time Zone |
1984 |
|
55 |
Move Your Feet |
Junior Senior |
2003 |
|
56 |
Pop Muzik |
M |
1979 |
|
57 |
Jumping Someone Else's Train |
Cure, The |
1980 |
|
58 |
Train in Vain (Stand by Me) |
Clash, The |
1980 |
|
59 |
Rock the Casbah |
Clash, The |
1982 |
|
60 |
Computer World |
Kraftwerk |
1981 |
|
61 |
Nouveau Mouvement |
Octobre |
1983 |
|
62 |
Summer of Love |
B-52's, The |
1986 |
|
63 |
This Is Fascism |
Consolidated |
1991 |
|
64 |
The Future of the Future (Stay Gold) |
Everything But the Girl |
1999 |
|
65 |
Appetite |
Prefab Sprout |
1985 |
|
66 |
Electric Café |
Kraftwerk |
1986 |
|
67 |
Can I Get Get Get |
Junior Senior |
2007 |
|
68 |
In-Between Days |
Cure, The |
1985 |
|
69 |
E=MC2 |
Big Audio Dynamite |
1985 |
|
70 |
I Got You |
Split Enz |
1980 |
|
71 |
Video Killed the Radio Star |
Buggles, The |
1979 |
|
72 |
Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) |
Bananarama |
1982 |
|
73 |
The Lebanon |
Human League |
1984 |
|
74 |
Every Day Is Halloween |
Ministry |
1984 |
|
75 |
Christine |
Siouxsie & The Banshees |
1980 |
|
76 |
Disappointed |
Electronic |
1992 |
|
77 |
Pull Out the Pin |
Bush, Kate |
1982 |
|
78 |
Feel Good, Inc. |
Gorillaz |
2005 |
|
79 |
Rock Lobster |
B-52's, The |
1979 |
|
80 |
Biting My Nails |
Renegade Soundwave |
1990 |
|
81 |
Watusi Rodeo |
Guadalcanal Diary |
1984 |
|
82 |
The Boy With the Thorn in His Side |
Smiths, The |
1986 |
|
83 |
Legal Tender |
B-52's, The |
1983 |
|
84 |
Sat in Your Lap |
Bush, Kate |
1982 |
|
85 |
Rock Me Amadeus |
Falco |
1985 |
|
86 |
Take My Time |
Junior Senior |
2007 |
|
87 |
Angel No |
Yello |
1985 |
|
88 |
Your Silent Face |
New Order |
1983 |
|
89 |
Beatback |
Art of Noise, The |
1986 |
|
90 |
Goody Two Shoes |
Adam Ant |
1982 |
|
91 |
I Touch Roses |
Book of Love |
1985 |
|
92 |
Maybe for Sure |
Harry, Deborah |
1990 |
|
93 |
Brighter |
Railway Children, The |
1987 |
|
94 |
Sex Object |
Kraftwerk |
1986 |
|
95 |
Weirdo |
New Order |
1986 |
|
96 |
Policy of Truth |
Depeche Mode |
1990 |
|
97 |
52 Girls |
B-52's, The |
1979 |
|
98 |
Immigrant Song |
Minimal Compact |
1987 |
|
99 |
Ahead |
Wire |
1987 |
|
100 |
New Toy |
Lovich, Lene |
1981 |
|
101 |
Turning Japanese |
Vapors, The |
1980 |
|
102 |
I Wanted to Tell Her |
Ministry |
1983 |
|
103 |
Just Like Heaven |
Cure, The |
1987 |
|
104 |
Bring on the Dancing Horses |
Echo & The Bunnymen |
1985 |
|
105 |
There Goes a Tenner |
Bush, Kate |
1982 |
|
106 |
Suspended in Gaffa |
Bush, Kate |
1982 |
|
107 |
Barbarism Begins at Home |
Smiths, The |
1985 |
|
108 |
She Blinded Me With Science |
Dolby, Thomas |
1982 |
|
109 |
Natural One |
Folk Implosion |
1995 |
|
110 |
Doctor Love |
Bananarama |
1982 |
|
111 |
Erase/Rewind |
Cardigans, The |
1998 |
|
112 |
Home Computer |
Kraftwerk |
1981 |
|
113 |
Rough Justice |
Bananarama |
1984 |
|
114 |
Beautiful World |
Devo |
1981 |
|
115 |
Fences |
Phoenix |
2009 |
|
116 |
I Could Be Happy |
Altered Images |
1982 |
|
117 |
Black Stations/White Stations |
Martha & The Muffins |
1984 |
|
118 |
Paranoimia |
Art of Noise, The |
1986 |
|
119 |
Deceive Yourself (In Ignorant Heaven) |
Del Amitri |
1985 |
|
120 |
The High Road |
Broken Bells |
2010 |
|
121 |
Bigmouth Strikes Again |
Smiths, The |
1986 |
|
122 |
Tinseltown in the Rain |
Blue Nile, The |
1984 |
|
123 |
Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) |
Icicle Works |
1983 |
|
124 |
Push |
Cure, The |
1985 |
|
125 |
Cake |
B-52's, The |
1981 |
|
126 |
St. Croix |
Family of the Year |
2012 |
|
127 |
Fly on the Windscreen |
Depeche Mode |
1985 |
|
128 |
Bittersweet Symphony |
Verve, The |
1997 |
|
129 |
Cuts You Up |
Murphy, Peter |
1989 |
|
130 |
Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland |
B-52's, The |
1986 |
|
131 |
Leave It Open |
Bush, Kate |
1982 |
|
132 |
Snow in California |
Stills, The |
2008 |
|
133 |
Void |
Mary Onettes, The |
2007 |
|
134 |
Never Let Me Down Again |
Depeche Mode |
1987 |
|
135 |
Oh Yeah |
Yello |
1985 |
|
136 |
What Do You Want from Me? |
Monaco |
1997 |
|
137 |
He Is So |
Harry, Deborah |
1989 |
|
138 |
Lips Like Sugar |
Echo & The Bunnymen |
1987 |
|
139 |
Castles in Spain |
Armoury Show, The |
1985 |
|
140 |
I Eat Cannibals (Part One) |
Total Coelo |
1982 |
|
141 |
It's More Fun to Compute |
Kraftwerk |
1981 |
|
142 |
Sign of the Times |
Belle Stars, The |
1983 |
|
143 |
Soul Meets Body |
Death Cab For Cutie |
2005 |
|
144 |
Hong Kong Garden |
Siouxsie & The Banshees |
1978 |
|
145 |
Wrong |
Everything But the Girl |
1996 |
|
146 |
Infected |
The The |
1986 |
|
147 |
Pushing up Daisies |
Colourfield, The |
1985 |
|
148 |
Tainted Love |
Soft Cell |
1981 |
|
149 |
Usually |
Trash Can Sinatras, The |
2004 |
|
150 |
Bittersweet |
Hoodoo Gurus |
1985 |
|
151 |
Aphrodisiac |
Bow Wow Wow |
1983 |
|
152 |
Promised You a Miracle |
Simple Minds |
1982 |
|
153 |
Less Than Zero |
Costello, Elvis |
1977 |
|
154 |
An Honest Mistake |
Bravery, The |
2005 |
|
155 |
Cloudbusting |
Bush, Kate |
1985 |
|
156 |
Everything Is Everything |
Phoenix |
2004 |
|
157 |
I Send a Message |
INXS |
1984 |
|
158 |
Brimful of Asha |
Cornershop |
1998 |
|
159 |
Gender Bombs |
Stills, The |
2003 |
|
160 |
Start the Commotion |
Wiseguys, The |
1998 |
|
161 |
Noticeable Ones |
Missing Persons |
1982 |
|
162 |
I Will Dare |
Replacements, The |
1984 |
|
163 |
Twisterella |
Ride |
1992 |
|
164 |
Confetti |
Lemonheads, The |
1992 |
|
165 |
You Don't Understand |
House of Love, The |
1992 |
|
166 |
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) |
Scritti Politti |
1985 |
|
167 |
Liar Liar |
Harry, Deborah |
1988 |
|
168 |
Everything Counts |
Depeche Mode |
1983 |
|
169 |
Hey Jack Kerouac |
10,000 Maniacs |
1987 |
|
170 |
Friday I'm in Love |
Cure, The |
1992 |
|
171 |
The Itchy Glowbo Blow |
Cocteau Twins, The |
1988 |
|
172 |
Jolene |
Strawberry Switchblade |
1985 |
|
173 |
Imitation of Life |
R.E.M. |
2001 |
|
174 |
Catch the Sun |
Doves |
2000 |
|
175 |
Just Can't Get Enough |
Depeche Mode |
1981 |
|
176 |
The Great Beyond |
R.E.M. |
1999 |
|
177 |
Corpses in Their Mouths |
Ian Brown |
1998 |
|
178 |
Mothers Talk |
Tears for Fears |
1985 |
|
179 |
Christine |
House of Love, The |
1988 |
|
180 |
Two Tribes (Annihilation) |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
1984 |
|
181 |
I Imagine |
Minimal Compact |
1987 |
|
182 |
Love Song |
Cure, The |
1989 |
|
183 |
Everyday Is Like Sunday |
Morrissey |
1988 |
|
184 |
Lava |
B-52's, The |
1979 |
|
185 |
Song for a Future Generation |
B-52's, The |
1983 |
|
186 |
Slight Return |
Bluetones, The |
1995 |
|
187 |
Walking Wounded |
Everything But the Girl |
1996 |
|
188 |
The Baby Screams |
Cure, The |
1985 |
|
189 |
Devil's Haircut |
Beck |
1996 |
|
190 |
Perfume Garden |
Chameleons, The |
1985 |
|
191 |
Love Vigilantes |
New Order |
1985 |
|
192 |
It's No Good |
Depeche Mode |
1997 |
|
193 |
Another Town |
Railway Children, The |
1987 |
|
194 |
Ambitious |
Wire |
1987 |
|
195 |
That Certain Smile |
Ure, Midge |
1985 |
|
196 |
A Million Miles From Happiness |
Simon F |
1985 |
|
197 |
Is It Love |
Gang of Four |
1983 |
|
198 |
Wonderwall |
Oasis |
1995 |
|
199 |
This Woman's Work |
Bush, Kate |
1989 |
|
200 |
Beds Are Burning |
Midnight Oil |
1988 |
|
201 |
Big Hollow Man |
Dax, Danielle |
1988 |
|
202 |
Thieves Like Us |
New Order |
1984 |
|
203 |
Legend of a Cowgirl |
Imani Coppola |
1997 |
|
204 |
The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get |
Morrissey |
1994 |
|
205 |
Sour Times |
Portishead |
1994 |
|
206 |
Crystal Clear |
Darling Buds, The |
1990 |
|
207 |
Loser |
Beck |
1994 |
|
208 |
King for a Day |
XTC |
1989 |
|
209 |
Dance This Mess Around |
B-52's, The |
1979 |
|
210 |
Reptile |
Church, The |
1988 |
|
211 |
Nowhere Fast |
Smiths, The |
1985 |
|
212 |
Shallow |
Catherine Wheel |
1992 |
|
213 |
Frozen Faces |
Propaganda |
1985 |
|
214 |
Broken English |
Marianne Faithfull |
1979 |
|
215 |
And as for Myself |
King |
1984 |
|
216 |
A Gentle Sound |
Railway Children, The |
1987 |
|
217 |
People Are People |
Depeche Mode |
1984 |
|
218 |
Black Metallic |
Catherine Wheel |
1992 |
|
219 |
As Girls Go |
Vega, Suzanne |
1992 |
|
220 |
Radio, Radio |
Costello, Elvis & The Attractions |
1978 |
|
221 |
I Kissed the Spikey Fridge |
King |
1984 |
|
222 |
Careful |
Railway Children, The |
1987 |
|
223 |
Alex Chilton |
Replacements, The |
1987 |
|
224 |
Dancing Barefoot |
Patti Smith Group |
1979 |
|
225 |
Relax |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
1984 |
|
226 |
The Ghost in You |
Psychedelic Furs, The |
1983 |
|
227 |
Don't Stop the Dance |
Ferry, Bryan |
1985 |
|
228 |
Way Down Now |
World Party |
1990 |
|
229 |
Kitchen of Life |
Fetchin Bones |
1985 |
|
230 |
Now This Is Fun |
Depeche Mode |
1984 |
|
231 |
Just Got Lucky |
Jo Boxers, The |
1983 |
|
232 |
Here's a New Thing |
Paul Weller Movement, The |
1991 |
|
233 |
Walking Down Madison |
MacColl, Kirsty |
1991 |
|
234 |
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before |
Smiths, The |
1987 |
|
235 |
Sub-Culture |
New Order |
1985 |
|
236 |
Giant |
The The |
1983 |
|
237 |
Lucky Number |
Lovich, Lene |
1979 |
|
238 |
Radio Free Europe |
R.E.M. |
1983 |
|
239 |
I Want You Back |
Hoodoo Gurus |
1984 |
|
240 |
Alison |
Costello, Elvis |
1977 |
|
241 |
Sing |
Travis |
2001 |
|
242 |
Side |
Travis |
2001 |
|
243 |
Close to Me |
Cure, The |
1985 |
|
244 |
Koladi-Ola |
Yello |
1985 |
|
245 |
Positively Lost Me |
Rave-Ups, The |
1985 |
|
246 |
Soul on My Boots |
King |
1984 |
|
247 |
Leilani |
Hoodoo Gurus |
1984 |
|
248 |
So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) |
R.E.M. |
1984 |
|
249 |
Television Man |
Talking Heads |
1985 |
|
250 |
(Don't Go Back to) Rockville |
R.E.M. |
1984 |
|
251 |
Perfect Way |
Scritti Politti |
1985 |
|
252 |
Trying to Forget You |
Foxton, Bruce |
1984 |
|
253 |
Trail of Tears |
Guadalcanal Diary |
1984 |
|
254 |
Love in Itself |
Depeche Mode |
1983 |
|
255 |
Every Word Means No |
Let's Active |
1983 |
|
256 |
Let Me Go |
Heaven 17 |
1983 |
|
257 |
Burning Down the House |
Talking Heads |
1983 |
|
258 |
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) |
Bush, Kate |
1985 |
|
259 |
The Blood |
Cure, The |
1985 |
|
260 |
The Murder of Love |
Propaganda |
1985 |
|
261 |
When Love Breaks Down |
Prefab Sprout |
1985 |
