250 All-Time Favorite Songs:

Top 50, Ordered:
  1. "Bad" - U2
  2. "Fake Plastic Trees" - Radiohead
  3. "Every Breath You Take" - The Police
  4. "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
  5. "Where the Streets Have No Name" - U2
  6. "The Model" - Belle and Sebastian
  7. "Running to Stand Still" - U2
  8. "Let Down" - Radiohead
  9. "Scared" - The Tragically Hip
  10. "Under Pressure" - Queen
  11. "With or Without You" - U2
  12. "Born to Run" - Bruce Springsteen
  13. "Space Oddity" - David Bowie
  14. "Creep" - Radiohead
  15. "A Sort of Homecoming" - U2
  16. "November Rain" - Guns 'n Roses
  17. "Freshmen" - The Verve Pipe
  18. "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd
  19. "Everybody Hurts" - REM
  20. "Linger" - The Cranberries
  21. "Come on Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners
  22. "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" - U2
  23. "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor
  24. "Elvis Presley and America" - U2
  25. "Watching the Detectives" - Elvis Costello
  26. "Gold Mine Gutted" - Bright Eyes
  27. "Bad Timing" - Blue Rodeo
  28. "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" - Ultravox
  29. "The End of the World as We Know it" - REM
  30. "The Drugs Don't Work" - The Verve
  31. "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" - Soft Cell
  32. "The Promise" - When in Rome
  33. "Karma Police" - Radiohead
  34. "Hand in Pocket" - Alanis Morisette
  35. "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie
  36. "Common People" - Pulp
  37. "Stay" - The Tragically Hip
  38. "Apparitions" - Matthew Good Band
  39. "Sun Comes Up, it's Tuesday Morning" - Cowboy Junkies
  40. "The Whole of the Moon" - The Waterboys
  41. "Baby Can I Hold You Tonight" - Tracy Chapman
  42. "A Heart Full of Love" - From 'Les Miserables'
  43. "Close to Me" - The Cure
  44. "All these Things that I've Done" - the Killers
  45. "New Slang" - The Shins
  46. "Stay (Far Away, So Close)" - U2
  47. "Fight the Power" - Public Enemy
  48. "Long December" - Counting Crows
  49. "Nightswimming" - REM
  50. "All I Want is You" - U2
51-250, Alphabetically:
  • "1979" - Smashing Pumpkins
  • "99 Red Balloons" - Nena
  • "A Letter to Elise" - The Cure
  • "A Man I'll Never Be" - Boston
  • "A Praise Chorus" - Jimmy Eat World
  • "Africa" - Toto
  • "Ahead by a Century" - The Tragically Hip
  • "Alison Road" - Gin Blossoms
  • "All Out of Love" - Air Supply
  • "Amanda" - Boston
  • "America" - Simon and Garfunkel
  • "American Girl" - Tom Petty
  • "Anything for You" - Gloria Estefan
  • "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-a-Lot
  • "Bed of Roses" - John Bon Jovi
  • "Being Boring" - Pet Shop Boys
  • "Benediction" - The Weakerthans
  • "Bizarre Love Triangle" - New Order
  • "Black" - Pearl Jam
  • "Blown Wide Open" - Big Wreck
  • "Bohemia" - Mae Moore
  • "Bowl of Oranges" - Bright Eyes
  • "Break My Stride" - Matthew Wilder
  • "Break Your Heart" - Natalie Merchant
  • "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkle
  • "Brilliant Mistake" - Elvis Costello
  • "Bring tha Noize" - Public Enemy and Anthrax
  • "Brother's Gonna Work it Out" - Public Enemy
  • "Call and Answer" - Barenaked Ladies
  • "Candle in the Wind" - Elton John
  • "Can't Fight this Feeling" - REO Speedwagon
  • "Changes" - Tupac Shakur
  • "China" - Tori Amos
  • "Closer to the Heart" - Rush
  • "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd
  • "Dancing in the Dark" - Bruce Springsteen
  • "Dancing with Myself" - Billy Idol
  • "Desperado" - The Eagles
  • "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - From 'Evita'
  • "Don't Dream it's Over" - Crowded House
  • "Don't Get Me Wrong" - The Pretenders
  • "Don't Go Away" - Oasis
  • "Don't Look Back in Anger" - Oasis
  • "Don't Stop Believing" - Journey
  • "Dreaming" - Blondie
  • "Dreaming" - OMD
  • "Dreams" - Cranberries
  • "Dreams" - Van Halen
  • "Drops of Jupiter" - Train
  • "Everlong" - Foo Fighters
  • "Every Day is Like Sunday" - Morrissey
  • "Fall at Your Feet" - Crowded House
  • "Father and Son" - Cat Stevens
  • "Fernando" - Abba
  • "Fields of Gold" - Sting
  • "Firestarter" - The Prodigy
  • "Foolish Games" - Jewel
  • "Forever Young" - Alphaville
  • "Forget about Dre" - Dr. Dre and Eminem
  • "From a Balance Beam" - Bright Eyes
  • "Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying" - Belle and Sebastian
  • "Getting Back to Good" - Matchbox 20
  • "Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac
  • "Going Down to Liverpool" - The Bangles
  • "Gravity" - Vienna Teng
  • "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" - Chicago
  • "Heartland" - U2
  • "Heaven" - Bryan Adams
  • "Here" - Pavement
  • "Here's Where the Story Ends" - The Sundays
  • "Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms
  • "Holland, 1945" - Neutral Milk Hotel
  • "Hollyann" - Boston
  • "Hotel California" - The Eagles
  • "How Deep Is Your Love?" - Bee Gees
  • "Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
  • "I Dreamed a Dream" - From 'Les Miserables'
  • "I Remember You" - Skid Row
  • "I Will Remember You" - Sarah McLaughlin
  • "I Would Be Good" - Alanis Morisette
  • "If God Would Send His Angels" - U2
  • "I'll Melt with You" - Modern English
  • "I'm Alive" - Jackson Browne
  • "In Between Days" - The Cure
  • "In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel
  • "Intergalactic" - Beastie Boys
  • "Into Temptation" - Crowded House
  • "Jealousy" - Pet Shop Boys
  • "Jezebel" - 10,000 Maniacs
  • "Joan of Arc" - OMD
  • "Judy and the Dream of Horses" - Belle and Sebastian
  • "Jump Around" - House of Pain
  • "Jump" - Van Halen
  • "King of Carrot Flowers, Part I" - Neutral Milk Hotel
  • "Kite" - U2
  • "Laid" - James
  • "Last Worthless Evening" - Don Henley
  • "Left and Leaving" - The Weakerthans
  • "Letter From an Occupant" - The New Pornographers
  • "Live to Tell" - Madonna
  • "Losing My Religion" - REM
  • "Mad About You" - Belinda Carlisle
  • "Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
  • "Marathon" - Rush
  • "Mine is not a High Horse" - The Shins
  • "Missing You" - John Waite
  • "Modern Love" - David Bowie
  • "Money Changes Everything" - Cyndi Lauper
  • "More than this" - Roxy Music
  • "Mr. Brightside" - the Killers
  • "Mr. Jones" - Counting Crows
  • "Mr. Tambourine Man" - The Byrds
  • "My Wandering Days Are Over" - Belle and Sebastian
  • "My, How You've Grown" - 10,000 Maniacs
  • "Nautical Disaster" - The Tragically Hip
  • "Never Say Goodbye" - Bon Jovi
  • "Never Surrender" - Corey Hart
  • "Never Tear Us Apart" - INXS
  • "New Year's Day" - U2
  • "Nothing Better" - The Postal Service
  • "No One Is to Blame" - Howard Jones
  • "No Sensitivity" - Jimmy Eat World
  • "No Surprises" - Radiohead
  • "Oh Sherry" - Steve Perry
  • "Oh Very Young" - Cat Stevens
  • "Oliver's Army" - Elvis Costello
  • "On My Own" - From 'Les Miserables'
  • "One" - U2
  • "Open Arms" - Journey
  • "Out of Control" - U2
  • "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" - Meatloaf
  • "Path of Thorns" - Sarah McLaughlin
  • "Philadelphia" - Neil Young
  • "Possession" - Sarah McLaughlin
  • "Psalm for The Elks Lodge Last Call" - The Weakerthans
  • "Pure and Simple" - The Lightning Seeds
  • "Purple Rain" - Prince
  • "Red Hill Mining Town" - U2
  • "Red Vines" - Amy Mann
  • "Reservations" - Wilco
  • "Rio" - Duran Duran
  • "Rocket Man" - Elton John
  • "Sabotage" - Beastie Boys
  • "Semi-Charmed Life" - Third-Eye Blind
  • "September Morn" - Neil Diamond
  • "She Believes in Me" - Kenny Rogers
  • "She's a Rainbow" - Rolling Stones
  • "Shipbuilding" - Elvis Costello
  • "Smashing Young Man" - Collective Soul
  • "So Cruel" - U2
  • "So Lonely" - The Police
  • "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" - Elton John
  • "Something On" - The Tragically Hip
  • "Something Vague" - Bright Eyes
  • "Stanlow" - OMD
  • "Starlight Express" - From 'Starlight Express'
  • "Stay" - Lisa Loeb
  • "Stockton Gala Days" - 10,000 Maniacs
  • "Suburbia" - Pet Shop Boys
  • "Summer of '69" - Bryan Adams
  • "Super Trouper" - Abba
  • "Take it Easy (Love Nothing)" - Bright Eyes
  • "Take On Me" - A-Ha
  • "Tear in Your Hand" - Tori Amos
  • "Tell Me on A Sunday" - From 'Song and Dance'
  • "The Bends" - Radiohead
  • "The Boxer" - Simon and Garfunkle
  • "The Boy With the Arab Strap" - Belle and Sebastian
  • "The Boys of Summer" - Don Henley
  • "The District Sleeps Tonight" - The Postal Service
  • "The End of the Innocence" - Don Henley
  • "The Name of the Game" - Abba
  • "The Obvious Child" - Paul Simon
  • "The Scientist" - Coldplay
  • "The Space Between" - Dave Matthews Band
  • "The Sun Always Shines on TV" - A-Ha
  • "The Winner Takes it All" - Abba
  • "The World I Know" - Collective Soul
  • "These are Days" - 10,000 Maniacs
  • "Thirty-Three" - Smashing Pumpkins
  • "Those Were the Days of Our Lives" - Queen
  • "Thunder Road" - Bruce Springsteen
  • "Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper
  • "Time of Your Life" - Green Day
  • "Time Stand Still" - Rush
  • "Torch" - Soft Cell
  • "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
  • "Toronto #4" - The Tragically Hip
  • "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
  • "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" - Meatloaf
  • "Vienna" - Ultravox
  • "Voices Carry" - Til Tuesday
  • "Welcome to the Terrordome" - Public Enemy
  • "What Does it Take to Be a Man?" - Boston
  • "Where it's at" - Beck
  • "Winter" - Tori Amos
  • "Wild World" - Cat Stevens
  • "You Might Think" - The Cars
  • "You Will. You. Will You?...." - Bright Eyes
  • "Your Song" - Elton John
  • "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie