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Mine may be self-parodic. I can't use LimeWire anymore so I wasn't able to access as many of the nominations as I could for the 70s poll (which was seriously a great learning experience).

1 U2 - New Year's Day
2 Slayer - "Raining Blood"
3 Rush - "Tom Sawyer"
4 Prince and the Revolution - "When Doves Cry"
5 Metallica - "One"
6 Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
7 Police - "Synchronicity II"
8 Laurie Anderson - "O Superman (For Massenet)"
9 Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure"
10 Sonic Youth - Expressway to Yr Skull
11 Journey - "Any Way You Want It"
12 Sonic Youth - Death Valley ‘69
13 Michael Jackson - Beat It
14 Rush - "The Spirit Of Radio"
15 U2 - “With or Without You”
16 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
17 Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'"
18 Hüsker Dü - "Eight Miles High"
19 Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
20 Joy Division - Atmosphere
21 Van Halen - Jump
22 Smiths - "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"
23 Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads"
24 Police - "Tea In The Sahara"
25 Pixies - "Debaser"
26 Smiths - "How Soon is Now?"
27 Alan Parsons Project - "Eye In the Sky"
28 Smiths - "Ask"
29 Suzanne Vega - "Luka"
30 De La Soul - Eye Know
31 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
32 Smiths - "This Charming Man"
33 Kraftwerk - Computer Love
34 Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise"
35 Rick James - Super Freak
36 R.E.M. - "Fall on Me"
37 Spacemen 3 - "Revolution"
38 Hüsker Dü - "Makes No Sense At All"
39 Prince and The Revolution - "Raspberry Beret"
40 Smiths - "What Difference Does It Make?"
41 Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes"
42 Ready For The World - "Oh Sheila"
43 Def Leppard - "Rocket"
44 Pixies - "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
45 Smiths - "Back to the Old House"
46 Public Enemy - "Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos"
47 R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
48 My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
49 Smiths - "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
50 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - "I Love Rock-n-Roll"
51 LL Cool J - "Rock The Bells"
52 Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"
53 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
54 R.E.M. - "Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)”
55 Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation"
56 Guns n' Roses - "Sweet Child o' Mine"
57 Blue Oyster Cult - "Burnin' For You"
58 Morrissey - Last Of The Famous International Playboys
59 Fugazi - "Margin Walker"
60 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
61 Young MC - "Bust a Move"
62 Nena – 99 Luftballoons
63 R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
64 Madonna - "Into the Groove"
65 Morrissey - Suedehead
66 Journey - "Stone In Love"
67 Megadeth - "Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?"
68 Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
69 Madonna - "Holiday"
70 Whitney Houston - “How Will I Know”
71 Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
72 De La Soul - Me Myself and I
73 John Cougar Mellencamp - "Jack and Diane"
74 Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
75 A-ha - "Take On Me"
76 Pop Will Eat Itself - "Wise Up Sucker"
77 Guns n' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
78 Def Leppard - "Photograph"
79 Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
80 Prince - "1999"
81 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
82 Beastie Boys - "Hey Ladies"
83 Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
84 Poison - "Talk Dirty to Me"
85 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
86 Bon Jovi - "Livin' On A Prayer"
87 Men Without Hats - "Safety Dance"
88 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message"
89 Don Henley - "Boys of Summer"
90 Grandmaster and Melle Mel - "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
91 Beastie Boys - "Fight for Your Right (To Party)"
92 Cult, The - She Sells Sanctuary
93 Tears For Fears - "Head Over Heals"
94 Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over"
95 Guns n' Roses - "Patience"
96 Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon"
97 Chris Isaak - "Wicked Game"
98 Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"
99 Police - "Every Breath You Take"
100 Night Ranger - "Sister Christian"


Sundar (sundar), Saturday, 22 April 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

Were any NWA songs nominated? I must have missed them.

Sundar (sundar), Saturday, 22 April 2006 19:17 (nineteen years ago)

1.-Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
2.-Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
3.-Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
4.-Berlin - Take My Breath Away
5.-Morrissey - Suedehead
6.-Church, The - Under The Milky Way
7.-Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
8.-New Order - True Faith
9.-Bananarama - Cruel Summer
10.-Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
11.-Michael Jackson - Beat It
12.-Clash, The - Rock the Casbah
13.-Madonna - Borderline
14.-Human League - Don't You Want Me
15.-'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
16.-Madonna - Into the Groove
17.-Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
18.-Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
19.-Talk Talk - It's My Life
20.-Propaganda - P:Machinery
21.-Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
22.-Tears For Fears - Mad World
23.-Modern English - I Melt With You
24.-Visage - Fade To Grey
25.-Young MC - Bust a Move
26.-Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
27.-Sugarcubes - Birthday
28.-Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
29.-La's - There She Goes
30.-Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
31.-Salt 'n' Pepa - Push It
32.-Smiths - How Soon is Now?
33.-Roachford - Cuddly Toy
34.-Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
35.-U2 - New Year's Day
36.-Cure, The - Love Song
37.-Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
38.-Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
39.-Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
40.-Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed"
41.-New Order - Blue Monday
42.-Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
43.-Talking Heads - And She Was
44.-Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
45.-Kirsty MacColl - A New England
46.-David Bowie - Modern Love
47.-Laura Branigan - Self Control
48.-Madonna - Material Girl
49.-Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
50.-Depeche Mode - Strangelove

daavid (daavid), Saturday, 22 April 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

My feelings about the 300-100...2 scoring rules are on the noms thread. Along with (I'm sure) many of you, I ranked my #1 in that spot in order to get it into the top 100 (or more precisely, it may or may be my *true* #1 of the decade, but the scoring rules made it an easy choice).

1. Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes"
2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
3. Cure, The - "Just Like Heaven"
4. Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
5. New Order - Ceremony
6. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
7. Stone Roses - Fools Gold 9.53
8. Kraftwerk - Computer Love
9. L'il Louis - French Kiss
10. Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy

11. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
12. Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
13. Depeche Mode - "Never Let Me Down Again"
14. Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure"
15. Sons of Freedom -- The Criminal
16. Cure, The - "A Forest"
17. Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
18. Chameleons - "Swamp Thing"
19. Cocteau Twins - "Sugar Hiccup"
20. Stone Roses - I Am the Ressurection

21. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
22. Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
23. Pete Shelley - "Homosapien"
24. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
25. Police - "Every Breath You Take"
26. Art Of Noise - "Moments In Love"
27. Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know
28. New Order - Fine Time
29. Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads"
30. Inner City - “Good Life”

31. Erasure - A Little Respect
32. Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
33. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
34. Peter Murphy - "Cuts You Up"
35. Don Henley - "Boys of Summer"
36. INXS - Need You Tonight
37. Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
38. Spacemen 3 - "Revolution"
39. Cocteau Twins - "Aikea Guinea"
40. Model 500 - No UFO's

41. PTP -- Rubber Glove Seduction
42. Smiths - "How Soon is Now?"
43. Van Halen - Jump
44. Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"
45. Rythim is Rythim - Nude Photo
46. Prince and the Revolution - "Kiss"
47. My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
48. New Order - Blue Monday
49. A Guy Called Gerald - "Voodoo Ray"
50. Sonic Youth - Expressway to Yr Skull

51. New Order - Temptation
52. Rythim is Rythim - Strings of Life
53. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
54. La's - "There She Goes"
55. Joe Smooth - Promised Land
56. Depeche Mode - "Dreaming of Me"
57. Cybotron - Clear
58. Cure, The - "Inbetween Days"
59. Billy Idol, "Eyes Without A Face"
60. Shop Assistants - "Safety Net"

61. Wayne Smith - Under me sleng teng
62. Joy Division - Atmosphere
63. Roxy Music - "More Than This"
64. Tears For Fears - "Shout"
65. Def Leppard - "Photograph"
66. Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
67. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power of Love
68. Roxy Music - "Avalon"
69. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me
70. Dead or Alive - "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"

71. Adam Ant - "Goody Two Shoes"
72. De La Soul - Eye Know
73. Talk Talk - "It's My Life"
74. Prince and the Revolution - "When Doves Cry"
75. Pop Will Eat Itself - "Wise Up Sucker"
76. Pet Shop Boys - Rent
77. Klein & MBO - "Dirty Talk"
78. ABC - "All of My Heart"
79. Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
80. Blondie - Call Me

81. Ready For The World - "Oh Sheila"
82. Ray Parker Jr. - “I Still Can’t Get Over Loving You”
83. Depeche Mode - "I Just Can't Get Enough"
84. Def Leppard - "Rocket"
85. Techtronic - Pump Up the Jam
86. Shannon - Let The Music Play
87. Happy Mondays - Wrote For Luck/WFL/W.F.L.
88. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
89. When in Rome - "The Promise"
90. Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield

91. Front 242 - Headhunter
92. Killing Joke - "Love Like Blood"
93. Visage - "Fade To Grey"
94. Madonna - "Into the Groove"
95. Ice T - "Colors"
96. Elton John - I'm Still Standing
97. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
98. Cult, The - She Sells Sanctuary
99. Rush - "Tom Sawyer"
100. Trans-X - "Living On Video"

NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 22 April 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

Heh, I guessed that was you from the top 2. The top 10 cemented it.

Sundar (sundar), Saturday, 22 April 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

1. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
2. New Order - Blue Monday
3. Bon Jovi - "Livin' On A Prayer"
4. Duran Duran - "Rio"
5. Prince and The Revolution - "Raspberry Beret"
6. George Michael - Careless Whisper
7. Guns n' Roses - "Sweet Child o' Mine"
8. Squeeze - Tempted
9. Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
10. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

11. Marvin Gaye - "(Sexual) Healing"
12. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
13. Madonna - "Material Girl"
14. Prince - "Little Red Corvette”
15. Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - "The Superbowl Shuffle"
16. Outfield - "Your Love"
17. Prince and the Revolution - "When Doves Cry"
18. Guns n' Roses - "Patience"
19. Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
20. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

21. Orchestral Maneouvres in the Dark - If You Leave
22. Nena - 99 Luftballoons
23. Night Ranger - "Sister Christian"
24. Frankie Knuckles f/ Jamie Principle - "Baby Wants to Ride"
25. Pixies - "Debaser"
26. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
27. R.E.M. - "Don't Go Back to Rockville"
28. Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over"
29. Spandau Ballet - "True"
30. Violent Femmes - "Kiss Off"

31. Modern English - Melt With You
32. Tears For Fears - "Shout"
33. Suzanne Vega - "Luka"
34. Def Leppard - "Photograph"
35. Church, The - "Under The Milky Way"
36. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
37. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
38. Madonna - "Holiday"
39. Talk Talk - "It's My Life"

40. U2 - With or Without You
41. Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
42. Replacements - Alex Chilton
43. Prince - "1999"
44. Bruce Springsteen - "Glory Days"
45. Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
46. Public Enemy - "Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos"
47. R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
48. Fugazi - "Waiting Room"
49. Yazoo - "Situation"
50. Gil Scott-Heron - B Movie

andrew s (andrew s), Saturday, 22 April 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

1.Temptation - New Order
2.Like A Prayer - Madonna
3.Little Red Corvette - Prince
4.Unsatisfied - the Replacements
5.Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
6.Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and the waves
7.Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
8.Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
9.1999 - Prince
10.Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
11.Inbetween Days - The Cure
12.Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
13.The Tide is High - Blondie
14.Cars With the Boom - L'Trimm
15.There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
16.Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
17.Just Like Heaven - The Cure
18.Eight Miles High - Hüsker Dü
19.Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
20.Going down to Liverpool - Katrina & The Waves
21.Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
22.Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
23.Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
24.More Than This - Roxy Music
25.Don't Change - INXS
26.Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs
27.Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
28.Call Me - Blondie
29.Rio - Duran Duran
30.True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
31.Cool - Pylon
32.99 Luftballoons - Nena
33.Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
34.Ana Ng - They Might Be Giants
35.Alex Chilton - The Replacements
36.The Lovecats - The Cure
37.Victoria - The Fall
38.Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
39.Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
40.Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
41.The One I Love - R.E.M.
42.Word Up - Cameo
43.Under Pressure - David Bowie and Queen
44.I Think I'm Turning Japanese - The Vapors
45.Just Like Honey - Jesus and Mary Chain, The
46.Borderline - Madonna
47.Fall On Me - R.E.M.
48.Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
49.Right Here - The Go-Betweens
40.Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
51.Gloria - Laura Branigan
52.Don't Let's Start - They Might Be Giants
53.Superman - R.E.M.
54.Suedehead - Morrissey
55.A New England - Kirsty MacColl
56.The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
57.Dont You Want Me - Human League
58.(Don't Go Back To) Rockville - R.E.M.
59.Rasberry Beret - Prince
60.Academy Fight Song - Mission of Burma
61.That's The Joint - Funky 4 Plus 1
62.Gigantic - Pixies
63.Bastards Of Young - The Replacements
64.Kiss Off - Violent Femmes
65.True Faith - New Order
66.Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
67.Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
68.I Know You Got Soul - Eric B and Rakim
69.Burnin' For You - Blue Öyster Cult
70.Stool Pigeon - Kid Creole & The Coconuts
71.Rent - Pet Shop Boys
72.Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklyn) - Scritti Politti
73.To Hell With Poverty! - Gang of Four
74.Time (Clock Of The Heart) - Culture Club
75.Thieves Like Us - New Order
76.It's The End Of The World As We Know It - R.E.M.
77.The Unguarded Moment - The Church
78.Ask - The Smiths
79.Mad World - Tears For Fears
80.Wired for Sound - Cliff Richard
81.Love Vigilantes - New Order
82.Never let me down again - Depeche Mode
83.I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett
84.Every Breath You Take - The Police
85.Birthday - Sugarcubes
86.Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
87.Hero Takes A Fall - The Bangels
88.Crash - Primitives
89.Save It For Later - English Beat
90.Elephant Stone - Stone Roses
91.Tempted by the Fruit of Another - Squeeze
92.Blue Monday - New Order
93.The Last of the Famous International Playboys - Morrissey
94.Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
95.Material Girl - Madonna
96.Under The Milky Way - The Church
97.All Night Long - Lionel Richie
98.People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
99.Ceremony - New Order
100. Black and White - db's

dan. (dan.), Sunday, 23 April 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

20.-Propaganda - P:Machinery

My number one! At least that wasn't the only vote, then.

The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 23 April 2006 00:24 (nineteen years ago)

1 Camouflage - The Great Commandment
2 Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam
3 Ken Laszlo - Hey Hey Guy
4 ABBA - "The Day Before You Came"
5 Falco - Jeanny
6 Visage - "Fade To Grey"
7 Hellhammer - "Apocalyptic Raids" EP
8 Scotch - Penguins Invasion
9 Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"
10 Cure, The - "A Forest"
11 Madonna - "Into the Groove"
12 Dead or Alive - "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
13 Depeche Mode - "Everything Counts"
14 Inner City - “Good Life”
15 Slayer - "Raining Blood"
16 Opus - "Live Is Life"
17 Duran Duran - "Planet Earth"
18 Front 242 - Headhunter
19 Starlight - Numero Uno
20 S-Express - "Theme from S-Express"
21 Human League - Don't You Want Me
22 Sylvester & Patrick Cowley - "Do You Wanna Funk?"
23 Killing Joke - "Love Like Blood"
24 Kim Wilde - "Kids in America"
25 M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume"
26 DAF - Der Mussolini
27 Sisters Of Mercy - "Lucretia, My Reflection"
28 Metallica - "One"
29 Depeche Mode - "Never Let Me Down Again"
30 New Order - Blue Monday
31 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
32 Anne Clarke - "Our Darkness"
33 Madness - Baggy Trousers
34 Severed Heads - “Dead Eyes Opened”
35 Mory Kanté - "Yéké Yéké"
36 Sisters Of Mercy - "Temple of Love"
37 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
38 Stakker - Humanoid
39 Sisters Of Mercy - "This Corrosion"
40 Trans-X - "Living On Video"
41 New Order - True Faith
42 Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise"
43 Talk Talk - "It's My Life"
44 Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
45 Venom – Evil (In league with Satan)
46 Suzanne Vega - "Luka"
47 A Flock of Seagulls - "I Ran"
48 A-ha - "Take On Me"
49 Kano - "Another Life"
50 Berlin - "Take My Breath Away"
51 Blondie - Call Me
52 Charlie - "Spacer Woman"
53 Doctor's Cat - "Feel the Drive"
54 Elton John - I'm Still Standing
55 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
56 Grauzone - "Eisbär"
57 Lords Of Acid - “I Sit On Acid”
58 Cure, The - "Just Like Heaven"
59 Bruce Springsteen - "Glory Days"
60 Lipps Inc. - "Funkytown"
61 Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy"
62 Madness - Embarrassment
63 Megadeth - "Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?"
64 Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
65 Metallica - "Orion"
66 Cameo - "Word Up"
67 A-ha - "The Sun Always Shines On TV"
68 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
69 Nena – 99 Luftballoons
70 Pet Shop Boys - Rent
71 Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"
72 Madonna - "Holiday"
73 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
74 De La Soul - Me Myself and I
75 Young MC - "Bust a Move"
76 Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams
77 Hall & Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
78 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
79 Cult, The - She Sells Sanctuary
80 Yazoo - "Situation"
81 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - "I Love Rock-n-Roll"
82 Chris Isaak - "Wicked Game"
83 Raze - "Jack The Groove"
84 Cybotron - Clear
85 Kajagoogoo - "Hang On Now"
86 Rythim is Rythim - Strings of Life
87 Don Henley - "Boys of Summer"
88 Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
89 Madonna - "Borderline"
90 Trio - "DaDaDa"
91 Bon Jovi - "Livin' On A Prayer"
92 Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation"
93 Yazz & The Plastic Population - "The Only Way is Up"
94 Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over"
95 Falco - Vienna Calling
96 Spandau Ballet - "True"
97 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
98 Run-DMC f/Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
99 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
100 Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok

Siegbran (eofor), Sunday, 23 April 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

is there a thread that lists all ILM polls and related threads?

sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Sunday, 23 April 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

If I had voted...

1. the specials - ghost town
2. grandmaster flash and melle mel - white lines
3. don henley - the boys of summer
4. the pogues & kirsty maccoll - fairy tale of new york
5. bruce springsteen - atlantic city
6. tracey ullman - they don't know
7. husker du - eight miles high
8. funky 4 + 1 - that's the joint
9. sonic youth - teenage riot
10. joy division - atmosphere
11. robert wyatt - at last i am free
12. bananarama - cruel summer
13. public enemy - fight the power
14. joy division - love will tear us apart
15. the english beat - save it for later
16. the police - every breath you take
17. pet shop boys/dusty springfield - what have i done to deserve this
18. madonna - borderline
19. stan ridgway - camouflage
20. suicidal tendencies - institutionalized
21. pigbag - papa's got a brand new pigbag
22. poison - talk dirty to me
23. marvin gaye - sexual healing
24. michael jackson - beat it
25. new order - ceremony
26. les rita mitsouko - marcia baila
27. david bowie - modern love
28. grandmaster flash & the furious five - the message
29. michael jackson - billie jean
30. van halen - jump
31. journey - don't stop believin'
32. laura branigan - self control
33. prince - little red corvette
34. frankie goes to hollywood - relax
35. kool and the gang - misled
36. thompson twins - hold me now
37. ll cool j - going back to cali
38. the clash - rock the casbah
39. red hot chili peppers - knock me down
40. human league - (keep feeling) fascination
41. kate bush - running up that hill
42. yoko ono - walking on thin ice
43. joe jackson - steppin' out
44. prince - uptown
45. black flag - tv party
46. prince - when doves cry
47. the jam - going underground
48. bruce springsteen - brilliant disguise
49. madonna - holiday
50. marty balin - hearts
51. talk talk - it's my life
52. leonard cohen - everybody knows
53. grandmaster flash - the adventures of grandmaster flash on the wheels of steel
54. the cure - a forest
55. propaganda - duel
56. public image ltd - rise
57. the replacements - i will dare
58. scritti politti - the sweetest girl
59. mudhoney - touch me i'm sick
60. joan jett & the blackhearts - i love rock and roll
61. prince - i could never take the place of your man
62. tears for fears - everybody wants to rule the world
63. erasure - a little respect
64. eric b & rakim - paid in full (remix)
65. lipps inc - funkytown
66. abc - all of my heart
67. pixies - monkey gone to heaven
68. pet shop boys - west end girls
69. public enemy - night of the living baseheads
70. cyndi lauper - girls just want to have fun
71. pete shelley - homosapien
72. shannon - let the music play
73. john cougar mellencamp - pink houses
74. guns n'roses - sweet child o' mine
75. new order - bizarre love triangle
76. adam ant - goody two shoes
77. love and rockets - ball of confusion
78. kraftwerk - tour de france
79. r.e.m. - fall on me
80. madonna - like a prayer
81. the replacements - unsatisfied
82. dead or alive - you spin me round (like a record)
83. ratt - round and round
84. culture club - church of the poison mind
85. talking heads - once in a lifetime
86. stevie nicks - edge of seventeen
87. swing out sister - breakout
88. the pixies - debaser
89. s-express - theme from s-express
90. motorhead - ace of spades
91. kurtis blow - the breaks
92. flipper - sex bomb
93. the mekons - memphis, egypt
94. double dee and steinski - lesson one
95. pet shop boys - rent
96. pylon - cool
97. sly fox - let's go all the way
98. the stranglers - golden brown
99. talking heads - this must be the place
100. u2 - with or without you


Patrick (Patrick), Sunday, 23 April 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

1. Yello - "Domingo"
2. Rythim is Rythim - "Nude Photo"
3. Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy"
4. Dimples D - "Sucker DJ"
5. Jonzun Crew - "We Are The Jonzun Crew"
6. Laura Branigan - Self Control
7. Laurent X - Machines
8. Madonna - "Like a Prayer"
9. Airto - Samba de Flora
10. R-Tyme - "R-Theme"

11. Grandmaster and Melle Mel - "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
12. Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"
13. Prince and the Revolution - "When Doves Cry"
14. Sugarhill Gang - "8th Wonder"
15. A Guy Called Gerald - "Voodoo Ray"
16. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message"
17. 808 State - "Pacific"
18. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
19. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
20. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power of Love

21. Madonna - "Into the Groove"
22. Salt 'n' Pepa - "Push It"
23. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force - "Planet Rock"
24. Duran Duran - "Rio"
25. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
26. Michael Jackson - Beat It
27. Madonna - "Holiday"
28. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
29. Orbital - "Chime"
30. New Order - Blue Monday

31. Inner City - “Good Life”
32. Kraftwerk - Computer Love
33. Grandmaster Flash - “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel”
34. Prince and the Revolution - "Kiss"
35. Tears For Fears - "Mad World"
36. Bangles - "Hero Takes a Fall"
37. Chris Isaak - "Wicked Game"
38. Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
39. Rick James - Super Freak
40. M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume"/"Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)"

41. Naked Eyes - "Promises, Promises"
42. Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love"
43. LL Cool J - "Going Back to Cali"
44. Laurie Anderson - "O Superman (For Massenet)"
45. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
46. Rythim is Rythim - Strings of Life
47. Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
48. Blondie - Call Me
49. Van Halen - Jump
50. Anne Clarke - "Our Darkness"

51. Kurtis Blow - "The Breaks"
52. Paul Simon - "Graceland"
53. Marvin Gaye - "(Sexual) Healing"
54. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
55. Bangles - "Walk Like an Egyptian"
56. A-ha - "Take On Me"
57. Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
58. Prince - "1999"
59. Smiths - "This Charming Man"
60. Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise"

61. New Order - True Faith
62. Smiths - "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"
63. Art Of Noise - "Moments In Love"
64. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
65. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
66. Stevie Wonder - Do I Do
67. Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam

Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 23 April 2006 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

1 Yoko Ono - "Walking On Thin Ice"
2. Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
3. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Brand New Friend
4. Smiths - "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"
5. Strawberry Switchblade - "Since Yesterday"
6. Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams
7. Blow Monkeys - It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
8. Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - "Fairytale Of New York" 8
9. Colourfield - Thinking of You 9
10. Yazz & The Plastic Population - "The Only Way is Up"
11. Cure, The - "Inbetween Days"
12. Kate Bush - "Hounds Of Love"
13. Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"
14. Blondie - The Tide Is High
15. Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know
16. Kirsty MacColl - "A New England"
17. Human League - Don't You Want Me 17
18. Kirsty MacColl - "There's A Guy Works Down the Chipshop Swears
He's Elvis"
19. Leonard Cohen - "Everybody Knows"
20. Sylvester & Patrick Cowley - "Do You Wanna Funk?"
21. New Order - Temptation
22. Laura Branigan - Gloria
Pretenders - "Brass in Pocket" 23
Paul Simon - "Graceland" 24
Pixies - "Gigantic" 25
Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 26
Smiths - "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" 27
Odyssey - Use It Up and Wear It Out 28
New Order - True Faith 29
Lipps Inc. - "Funkytown" 30
La's - "There She Goes" 31
Korgis - "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" 32
Smiths - "How Soon is Now?" 33
Madonna - "Borderline" 34
Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - "Kiss Me" 35
Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind 36
Altered Images - "Don't Talk To Me About Love" 37
Madonna - "Like a Prayer" 38
Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield 39
A-ha - "The Sun Always Shines On TV" 40
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 41
Housemartins - Caravan Of Love 42
Cure, The - "Lovecats" * 43
Smiths - "Ask" * 44
Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way * 45
Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder * 46
New Order - Blue Monday * 47
Primitives - "Crash" * 48
Prince and the Revolution - "Kiss" * 49
Soft Cell - Tainted Love * 50
Smiths - "This Charming Man" * 51
Yazoo - "Situation" * 52
Prince and The Revolution - "Raspberry Beret" * 53
Pet Shop Boys - Rent * 54
Cyndi Lauper - True Colours * 55
Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine * 56
Kate Bush - "Cloudbusting" * 57
Psychedelic Furs - "Pretty In Pink" * 58
Propaganda - Duel * 59
Smiths - "What Difference Does It Make?" 60
Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon" * 61
Madonna - "Into the Groove" * 62
Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy" * 63
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun * 64
Morrissey - Last Of The Famous International Playboys * 65
Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This? * 66
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody * 67
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls * 68
Madonna - "Holiday" 69
Depeche Mode - "I Just Can't Get Enough" 70
Specials - "Ghost Town" 71
Madonna - "Material Girl" 72
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - "I Love Rock-n-Roll" 73
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 74
ABBA - "The Day Before You Came" 75
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 76
Prince and the Revolution - "When Doves Cry" 77
S-Express - "Theme from S-Express" 78
Altered Images - "Dead Pop Stars" 79
Kim Wilde - "Kids in America" 80
Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over" 81
S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good To Me 82
Blondie - Call Me 83
A-ha - "Take On Me" 84
Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses 85
Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination 86
Morrissey - Suedehead 87
Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure" 88
R.E.M. - "It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I feel
fine)" 89
Sugarcubes - "Birthday" 90
Depeche Mode - "Somebody" 91
U2 - With or Without You 92
Bon Jovi - Livin On A Prayer 93
Housemartins - Happy Hour 94
Chaka Khan - "I Feel For You" 95
Suzanne Vega - "Luka" 96
Smiths - "Bigmouth Strikes Again" 97
Waitresses - "Christmas Wrapping" 98
Prince - "1999" 99
Stone Roses - Elephant Stone 100

hobart paving (hobart paving), Sunday, 23 April 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

1. Peter Murphy - "Cuts You Up"
2. Sisters of Mercy - "Temple of Love"
3. Dead or Alive - "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
4. Depeche Mode - "Everything Counts"
5. Joy Division - "Atmosphere"
6. Church – “Under the Milky Way”
7. Cure - "Just Like Heaven"
8. Chameleons - "Swamp Thing"
9. Depeche Mode - "Strangelove"
10. New Order - "Blue Monday"
11. Kraftwerk – “Computer Love”
12. Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"
13. The Smiths - "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"
14. Bananarama - "Cruel Summer"
15. DAF – “Der Mussolini”
16. Killing Joke – “Love Like Blood”
17. Tones on Tail – “Go!”
18. Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Spellbound”
19. Depeche Mode – “Shake the Disease”
20. A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran”
21. Tears for Fears – “Shout”
22. New Order – “Temptation”
23. Depeche Mode – “Somebody”
24. Sisters of Mercy – “Lucretia, My Reflection”
25. A-ha – “Take on Me”
26. Smiths – “How Soon is Now?”
27. New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle”
28. Tears for Fears – “Mad World”
29. Cure – “Lovecats”
30. Depeche Mode – “I Just Can’t Get Enough”
31. Human League – “Don’t You Want Me”
32. Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me”
33. Cure – “A Forest”
34. Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels”
35. Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
36. New Order – “Everything’s Gone Green”
37. Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Israel”
38. Jesus and Mary Chain – “Never Understand”
39. New Order – “Perfect Kiss”
40. Cure – “Love Song”
41. Soft Cell – “Tainted Love”
42. Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again”
43. Cult – “She Sells Sanctuary”
44. Men Without Hats – “Safety Dance”
45. New Order – “Ceremony”
46. Smiths – “Ask”
47. Tears for Fears – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
48. Cure – “How Beautiful You Are”
49. Cure – “Primary”
50. Cure – “Inbetween Days”
51. Sisters of Mercy – “This Corrosion”
52. Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven”
53. Don Henley – “Boys of Summer”
54. U2 – “New Year’s Day”
55. Shannon – “Let the Music Play”
56. Billy Idol – “Eyes Without a Face”
57. Blue Oyster Cult – “Burnin’ For You”
58. Erasure – “A Little Respect”
59. Frankie Goes to Hollywood – “Relax”
60. Duran Duran – “Rio”
61. Duran Duran – “Girls on Film”
62. Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean”
63. Madonna – “Material Girl”
64. Cameo – “Word Up”
65. Gap Band – “You Dropped a Bomb on Me”
66. Bangles – “Walk Like an Egyptian”

FWIW my list would probably look very different if I made it now. It was a half-assed effort at the time.

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 23 April 2006 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

29. Spandau Ballet - "True"

I *heart* you, andrew s.

85 Kajagoogoo - "Hang On Now"

I *heart* you, Siegbran.

41. Naked Eyes - "Promises, Promises"

I *heart* you, Tuomas.

See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 23 April 2006 22:34 (nineteen years ago)

I am the most rockist ilXor, it appears.

Sundar (sundar), Sunday, 23 April 2006 22:37 (nineteen years ago)

1 Prince and the Revolution - "When Doves Cry"
2 John Cougar Mellencamp - "Pink Houses"
3 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - "I Wonder If I Take You Home"
4 Run-DMC - "Sucker MCs"
5 Thompson Twins - "Hold Me Now"
6 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message"
7 Tears For Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
8 Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
9 Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
10 George Clinton - Atomic Dog
11 LL Cool J - "Rock The Bells"
12 Rick James - Super Freak
13 Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
14 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
15 Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force - "Planet Rock"
16 Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
17 Tears For Fears - "Shout"
18 Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio -"Pachuco"
19 Human League - Don't You Want Me
20 R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
21 Terence Trent D'Arby - "Wishing Well"
22 Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon"
23 L'Trimm - "Cars with the Boom"
24 Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation"
25 Madonna - "Like a Prayer"
26 Adam Ant - "Goody Two Shoes"
27 Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over"
28 Guns n' Roses - "Sweet Child o' Mine"
29 MC Lyte - "I Cram to Understand U (Sam)"
30 Prince and the Revolution - "Kiss"
31 Tears For Fears - "Head Over Heels"
32 Salt 'n' Pepa - "Push It"
33 Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader
34 Prince and the Revolution - "Erotic City"
35 Bangles - "Hero Takes a Fall"
36 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
37 Sugarhill Gang - " 8th Wonder"
38 Talk Talk - "It's My Life"
39 Prince - "1999"
40 Tommy Tutone - "8675309 (Jenny)"
41 Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"
42 New Order - Blue Monday
43 Janet Jackson - "What Have You Done For Me Lately"
44 Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
45 Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - The Show
46 Clash, The - Rock the Casbah
47 Lipps Inc. - "Funkytown"
48 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
49 Heaven 17 - "Fascist Groove Thang"
50 Gap Band - "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
51 Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed"
52 Funky Four + 1 - "That's The Joint"
53 Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure"
54 John Anderson - "Swingin'"
55 John Cougar Mellencamp - "Jack and Diane"
56 Duran Duran - "Rio"
57 EPMD - "Strictly Business"
58 Cameo - "Word Up"
59 Newcleus - "Jam On It"
60 Prince and The Revolution - "Raspberry Beret"
61 Nu Shooz - "I Can't Wait"
62 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
63 Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love"
64 Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
65 Malcolm McLaren - "Buffalo Gals"
66 Haircut 100 - "Love Plus One"
67 Cult, The - She Sells Sanctuary
68 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
69 Romeo Void - "Never Say Never"
70 U2 - New Year's Day
71 R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
73 Ratt - "Round And Round"
74 A-ha - "Take On Me"
75Young MC - "Bust a Move"

Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 24 April 2006 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

1 Young Marble Giants - "Final Day"
2 This Heat - "Health and Efficiency"
3 Fall, The - "The Classical"
4 Cure, The - "Lovecats"
5 Elvis Costello - "I Want You"
6 Flipper - "Sex Bomb"
7 Fugazi - "Waiting Room"
8 Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
9 Raincoats – No One’s Little Girl
10 Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed"
11 New Order - Temptation
12 Prince and the Revolution - "Kiss"
13 Sonic Youth - Death Valley ‘69
14 Beat, The - “Twist and Crawl�
15 Soft Boys - "I Wanna Destroy You"
16 Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads"
17 Sonic Youth - Expressway to Yr Skull
18 PIL - "Flowers of Romance"
19 R.E.M. - "Superman"
20 This Mortal Coil - "Song To The Siren"

21 Joy Division - Atmosphere
22 Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"
23 Killing Joke - "Love Like Blood"
24 Laurie Anderson - "O Superman (For Massenet)"
25 Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
26 LL Cool J - "Going Back to Cali"
27 Loose Joints - "Is It All Over My Face?"
28 Mudhoney - Touch Me, I'm Sick
29 Fugazi - "Margin Walker"
30 Modern English - Melt With You
31 My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
32 Black Flag - "TV Party"
33 Negativland - Christianity is Stupid
34 New Order - Age Of Consent
35 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "The Mercy Seat"
36 Pavement - Box Elder
37 Prince and the Revolution - "Erotic City"
38 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message"
39 Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know
40 Violent Femmes - "Kiss Off"

41 XTC - "Senses Working Overtime"
42 Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
43 PIL - "Rise"
44 R.E.M. - "It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I feel fine)"
45 Prince and the Revolution - "When Doves Cry"
46 Psychedelic Furs - "Pretty In Pink"
47 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
48 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
49 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
50 Gang of Four: To Hell With Poverty
51 Cocteau Twins - "Sugar Hiccup"
52 Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
53 New Order - Everything's Gone Green
54 Pete Shelley - "Homosapien"
55 Fall, The - "Eat Y'self Fitter"
56 Cure, The - "Inbetween Days"
57 Bangles - "Walk Like an Egyptian"
58 Public Enemy - "Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos"
I59 NXS - Don't Change
60 Jam, The - "That's Entertainment"

61 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - "I Love Rock-n-Roll"
62 Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
63 Cocteau Twins - "Aikea Guinea"
64 Beat, The - "Mirror in the Bathroom"
65 Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
66 Crispy Ambulance - "The Presence"
67 23 Skidoo - "The Gospel Comes to New Guinea"
68 Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force - "Planet Rock"
69 Fall, The - "New Big Prinz"
70 Shriekback - "Nemesis"
71 Spacemen 3 - "Revolution"
72 Loose Joints - "Tell You (Today)"
73 Gil Scott-Heron - B Movie
74 Grandmaster and Melle Mel - "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
75 Liliput - “Eisiger Wind�
76 Marine Girls - "Love To Know"
77 Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
78 Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
79 R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
80 Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding

81 Prince - "1999"
82 Romeo Void - "Never Say Never"
83 Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart
84 Sugarcubes - "Birthday"
85 Jam, The - "Going Underground"
86 Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
87 Tears For Fears - "Mad World"
88 Specials - "Ghost Town"
89 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Israel
90 Blondie - Call Me
91 Mark Stewart + Maffia - "Jerusalem"
92 Sisters Of Mercy - "Temple of Love"
93 Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise"
94 Danielle Dax - "Cat House"
95 Devo - "Girl U Want"
96 Fall, The - "Victoria"
97 XTC - "Generals and Majors"
98 Beastie Boys - "Hey Ladies"
99 Guns n' Roses - "Sweet Child o' Mine"
100 Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"

sleeve (sleeve), Monday, 24 April 2006 03:54 (nineteen years ago)

i posted the top 40 on the other thread, but here's the full 100 (for the completists):

1. Prince and the Revolution -- "When Doves Cry"
2. Public Enemy -- "Fight the Power"
3. Rick James -- "Superfreak"
4. Cyndi Lauper -- "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
5. Go-Gos -- "Our Lips Are Sealed"
6. Run-DMC feat. Aerosmith -- "Walk This Way"
7. Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel -- "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
8. Human League -- "Don't You Want Me"
9. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -- "Crimson and Clover"
10. LL Cool J -- "Going Back to Cali"
11. Prince and the Revolution -- "Kiss"
12. Michael Jackson -- "Billie Jean"
13. Madonna -- "Into the Groove"
14. Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock -- "It Takes Two"
15. Pet Shop Boys -- "West End Girls"
16. Pogues and Kirsty MacColl -- "Fairytale of New York"
17. Tracy Ullman -- "They Don't Know"
18. Guns 'n Roses -- "Welcome to the Jungle"
19. Roxy Music -- "More Than This"
20. Public Enemy -- "Bring the Noise"
21. Prince -- "1999"
22. Culture Club -- "Karma Chameleon"
23. Cameo -- "Word Up"
24. Shannon -- "Let the Music Play"
25. Psychedelic Furs -- "Pretty in Pink"
26. John Cougar Mellencamp -- "Jack and Diane"
27. Josie Cotton -- "Johnny Are You Queer?"
28. Journey -- "Stone in Love"
29. The Beat -- "Save It for Later"
30. Queen and David Bowie -- "Under Pressure"
31. Prince -- "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
32. Cyndi Lauper -- "Time After Time"
33. M/A/R/R/S -- "Pump Up the Volume"
34. Technotronic -- "Pump Up the Jam"
35. Def Leppard -- "Photograph"
36. Violent Femmes -- "Blister in the Sun"
37. R.E.M. -- "Fall on Me"
38. Shriekback -- "Nemesis"
39. New Order -- "Bizarre Love Triangle"
40. Don Henley -- "Boys of Summer"
41. Prince and the Revolution -- "Raspberry Beret"
42. Steve Nicks -- "Edge of Seventeen"
43. Salt 'n Pepa -- "Push It"
44. Chaka Khan -- "I Feel for You"
45. Bangles -- "Walk Like an Egyptian"
46. Madonna -- "Like a Prayer"
47. Blondie -- "Call Me"
48. Nanci Griffith -- "Listen to the Radio"
49. Roxanne Shante -- "Roxanne's Revenge"
50. De La Soul -- "Plug Tunin"
51. Prince -- "Alphabet St."
52. Police -- "Every Breath You Take"
53. Nu Shooz -- "I Can't Wait"
54. Housemartins -- "Caravan of Love"
55. Newcleus -- "Jam On It"
56. Squeeze -- "Tempted"
57. Guns n' Roses -- "Sweet Child O' Mine"
58. Neneh Cherry -- "Buffalo Stance"
59. Heaven 17 -- "Fascist Groove Thang"
60. Prince -- "Little Red Corvette"
61. Psychedelic Furs -- "Love My Way"
62. Husker Du -- "Makes No Sense at All"
63. Steve Earle -- "Guitar Town"
64. Sonic Youth -- "Teenage Riot"
65. Janet Jackson -- "What Have You Done for Me Lately?"
66. Lipps Inc. -- "Funkytown"
67. Crowded House -- "Don't Dream It's Over"
68. Primitives -- "Crash"
69. Michael Jackson -- "Wanna Be Startin' Something"
70. Nena -- "99 Luftballoons"
71. Pete Shelley -- "Homosapien"
72. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -- "The Mercy Seat"
73. Pixies -- "Gigantic"
74. Pet Shop Boys -- "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
75. Leonard Cohen -- "Everybody Knows"
76. PIL -- "Rise"
77. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -- "I Love Rock 'n Roll"
78. Eric B. & Rakim -- "Follow the Leader"
79. INXS -- "Need You Tonight"
80. General Public -- "Tenderness"
81. Specials -- "Ghost Town"
82. Happy Mondays -- "WFL"
83. The Jam -- "Going Underground"
84. Joe Jackson -- "Steppin' Out"
85. Laurie Anderson -- "O Superman"
86. Michael Jackson -- "Beat It"
87. Loose Joints -- "Is It All Over My Face?"
88. Paula Abdul -- "Straight Up"
89. Madonna -- "Material Girl"
90. Prince -- "Uptown"
91. R.E.M. -- "It's the End of the World as We Know It"
92. When in Rome -- "The Promise"
93. Jim Carroll -- "People Who Died"
94. INXS -- "Don't Change"
95. Depeche Mode -- "Somebody"
96. De La Soul -- "Me Myself and I"
97. The Cure -- "Just Like Heaven"
98. Motorhead -- "Ace of Spades"
99. Chris Isaak -- "Wicked Game"
100. Bruce Springsteen -- "Born in the USA"

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 24 April 2006 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

1 Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy"
2 Dominatrix - "Dominatrix"
3 Dhar Braxton - "Jump Back"
4 Lipps Inc. - "Funkytown"
5 Ten City - "That's The Way Love Is"
6 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
7 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
8 Loose Joints - "Is It All Over My Face?"
9 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
10 Visage - "Fade To Grey"

11 EPMD - "Strictly Business"
12 Guns n' Roses - "Sweet Child o' Mine"
13 Frankie Knuckles f/ Jamie Principle - "Baby Wants to Ride"
14 NWA - Express Yourself
15 Raze - "Jack The Groove"
16 Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader
17 Expose - "Point Of No Return"
18 LL Cool J - "Rock The Bells"
19 Wayne Smith - Under me sleng teng
20 Adonis - “No Way Back”

21 Cameo - "Word Up"
22 Stakker - Humanoid
23 Erasure - A Little Respect
24 Smiths - "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"
25 Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
26 Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
27 Kate Bush - "Hounds Of Love"
28 Paul Parker - "Right On Target"
29 Chris Isaak - "Wicked Game"
30 Madonna - "Like a Prayer"

31 Phase II - "Reachin"
32 Rythim is Rythim - Nude Photo
33 Bangles - "Walk Like an Egyptian"
34 Company B - "Fascinated"
35 Class Action f/ Chris Wilshire - "Weekend"
36 A Guy Called Gerald - "Voodoo Ray"
37 Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
38 De La Soul - Eye Know
39 Kano - "Another Life"
40 Erasure - Sometimes

41 Run-DMC - "Sucker MCs"
42 Guns n' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
43 Hall & Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
44 Inner City - “Good Life”
45 Jam, The - "Going Underground"
46 Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
47 Public Enemy - "Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos"
48 Kate Bush - "Cloudbusting"
49 L'Trimm - "Cars with the Boom"
50 New Order - Blue Monday

51 Roxy Music - "More Than This"
52 Orbital - "Chime"
53 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
54 808 State - "Pacific"
55 Dead or Alive - "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
56 Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads"
57 Rick James - Super Freak
58 Whodini - "Friends"
59 Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin'
60 World Class Wreckin' Cru - "Surgery"

61 Rythim is Rythim - Strings of Life
62 S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good To Me
63 Prince - "Alphabet Street"
64 Smiths - "Ask"
65 TKA - "One Way Love"
66 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
67 C-Bank - One More Shot
68 New Order - Temptation
69 Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait
70 Loose Joints - "Tell You (Today)"

71 L'il Louis - French Kiss
72 Yazz & The Plastic Population - "The Only Way is Up"
73 Anne Clarke - "Our Darkness"
74 Grandmaster and Melle Mel - "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
75 Van Halen - Jump
76 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
77 De La Soul - Plug Tunin
78 D Train - "You're the One for Me"
79 Klein & MBO - "Dirty Talk"
80 Damned - "Smash it up"

81 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - "Road to the Riches"
82 Nena – 99 Luftballoons
83 Front 242 - Headhunter
84 Mantronix - "Bassline"
85 Lords Of Acid - “I Sit On Acid”
86 Techtronic - Pump Up the Jam
87 Sisters Of Mercy - "This Corrosion"
88 Newcleus - “Jam On It”
89 M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume"/"Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)"
90 Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"

91 Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
92 Young MC - "Bust a Move"

Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 24 April 2006 06:42 (nineteen years ago)

Singles (top 25 in order):

New Order, "Age of Consent"
New Order, "Ceremony"
Joy Division, "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Kate Bush, "Running Up That Hill"
Sonic Youth, "Teenage Riot"
Orange Juice, "Falling and Laughing"
Sonic Youth, "Expressway to Yr Skull"
Galaxie 500, "Blue Thunder"
Fall, "The Classical"
Kate Bush, "Hounds of Love"
Kate Bush, "Cloudbusting"
Galaxie 500, "When Will You Come Home"
Kraftwerk, "Computer Love"
Replacements, "Unsatisfied"
Pixies, "Gigantic"
Journey, "Don't Stop Believing"
Stone Roses, "I Wanna Be Adored"
Specials, "Ghost Town"
Pet Shop Boys, "West End Girls"
Dexy's Midnight Runners, "Come On Eileen"
Scritti Politti, "The Sweetest Girl"
Replacements, "I Will Dare"
Jesus & Mary Chain, "Just Like Honey"
Chameleons, "Swamp Thing"
XTC, "Earn Enough For Us"

ugh, i'm such a CIF.

poortheatre (poortheatre), Monday, 24 April 2006 11:48 (nineteen years ago)

1. Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
2. New Order - Temptation
3. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
4. Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
5. Prince - Little Red Corvette
6. Public Enemy - Bring the Noise
7. Van Halen - Jump
8. Shop Assistants - Safety Net
9. Replacements - I Will Dare
10. They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng

11. Go-Betweens - Cattle and Cane
12. Beat, The - "Save It for Later"
13. Replacements – Unsatisfied
14. Metallica - "One"
15. Mekons - Memphis, Egypt
16. Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
17. Pixies - "Debaser"
18. Fugazi - "Margin Walker
19. Guns n' Roses - "Sweet Child o' Mine"
20. Rosanne Cash - “Seven Year Ache”

21. Roxy Music - "More Than This"
22. U2 - With or Without You
23. Stone Roses - I Am the Ressurection
24. Bruce Springsteen - "Born in the U.S.A.”
25. Steve Earle - "Guitar Town"
26. Public Enemy - "Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos"
27. Pixies - "Gigantic"
28. Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"
29. Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
30. Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything

31. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
32. Def Leppard - "Photograph"
33. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message"
34. Pixies - "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
35. Don Henley - "Boys of Summer"
36. Bruce Springsteen - "Brilliant Disguise"
37. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
38. Cure, The - "Inbetween Days"
39. Blue Oyster Cult - "Burnin' For You"
40. Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed"

41. Police - "Every Breath You Take"
42. Prince and the Revolution - "When Doves Cry"
43. Guns n' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
44. Hüsker Dü - "Eight Miles High"
45. Jam, The - "Going Underground"
46. Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
47. New Order – Ceremony
48. Psychedelic Furs - "Pretty In Pink
49. Smiths - "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"
50. Human League - Don't You Want Me

51. Grandmaster and Melle Mel - "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
52. Talking Heads - And She Was
53. Peter Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
54. After The Fire - Der Kommissar
55. Beastie Boys - "Hey Ladies"
56. Cure, The - "Just Like Heaven"
57. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
58. Hall & Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
59. Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
60. R.E.M. - "Fall on Me"

61. Hüsker Dü - "Makes No Sense At All"
62. La's - "There She Goes"
63. Spandau Ballet - "True
64. Replacements - Bastards of Young
65. Replacements - Alex Chilton
66. Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"
67. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
68. Primitives - "Crash"
69. Prince and The Revolution - "Raspberry Beret"
70. R.E.M. - "The One I Love"

71. Outfield - "Your Love"
72. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
73. Peter Murphy - "Cuts You Up"
74. Soft Boys - "I Wanna Destroy You
75. David Bowie - Modern Love
76. Dramarama - "Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You)"
77. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me
78. Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes"
79. Morrissey - Last Of The Famous International Playboys
80. Smiths - "How Soon is Now?"

81. Pavement - Box Elder
82. Tears For Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
83. Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart
84. U2 - New Year's Day
85. 'Til Tuesday - "Voices Carry"
86. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
87. Haircut 100 - "Love Plus One"
88. John Cougar Mellencamp - "Jack and Diane"
89. Journey - "Any Way You Want It"
90. Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder

91. Night Ranger - "Sister Christian"
92. Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
93. Funky Four + 1 - "That's The Joint"
94. XTC - "Senses Working Overtime"
95. Sugarcubes - "Birthday
96. A-ha - "Take On Me"
97. Flipper - "Sex Bomb"
98. Clash, The - Rock the Casbah
99. Duran Duran - "New Moon on Monday"
100. Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy"

kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 24 April 2006 12:43 (nineteen years ago)

1) The Cure - "Just Like Heaven"
2) Cocteau Twins - "Aikea Guinea"
3) The Cure - "A Forest"
4) Pet Shop Boys - "Rent"
5) Chaka Khan - "I Feel For You"
6) Visage - "Fade To Grey"
7) Pixies - "Debaser"
8) Grauzone - "Eisbär"
9) Chameleons - "Swamp Thing"
10) Duran Duran - "Planet Earth"

11) Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
12) The Cure - "Inbetween Days"
13) Neon Judgement - "TV Treated"
14) Prince and the Revolution - "Kiss"
15) Shannon - "Let The Music Play"
16) Anne Clarke - "Our Darkness"
17) The Cure - "Lovecats"
18) A-Ha - "The Sun Always Shines On TV"
19) Madonna - "Like a Prayer"
20) Nina Hagen - "New York (N.Y.)"

21) Front 242 - "Headhunter"
22) Nu Shooz - "I Can't Wait"
24) Men Without Hats - "Safety Dance"
25) Les Rita Mitsouko - "Marcia Baila"
26) Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Peek-A-Boo"
27) Madonna - "Borderline"
28) New Order - "Blue Monday"
29) Yazoo - "Situation"
30) Pet Shop Boys - "Always On My Mind"

31) Madonna - "Into the Groove"
32) Bananarama - "Cruel Summer"
33) Culture Club - "Time (Clock of the Heart)"
34) Sinead O'Connor - "Troy"
35) Tones On Tail - "Go!"
36) Killing Joke - "Love Like Blood"
37) Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls"
38) Joy Division - "Atmosphere"
39) Lipps Inc. - "Funkytown"
40) S-Express - "Theme from S-Express"

41) The Cure - "How Beautiful You Are"
42) Echo & The Bunnymen - "Bring on the Dancing Horses"
43) Pop Will Eat Itself - "Wise Up Sucker"
44) Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
45) Culture Club - "Church of the Poison Mind"
46) Sugarcubes - "Birthday"
47) Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"
48) Trans-X - "Living On Video"
49) Depeche Mode - "Shake the Disease"
50) The Cure - "Primary"

51) Lords Of Acid - "I Sit On Acid"
52) Yoko Ono - "Walking On Thin Ice"
53) New Order - "Bizarre Love Triangle"
54) Dead or Alive - "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
55) Madonna - "Holiday"
56) Pet Shop Boys - "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
57) Erasure - "A Little Respect"
58) New Order - "Fine Time"
59) The Smiths - "How Soon is Now?"
60) This Mortal Coil - "Song To The Siren"

61) Prince and the Revolution - "When Doves Cry"
62) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "Souvenir"
63) Psychedelic Furs - "Love My Way"
64) Duran Duran - "Rio"
65) Pixies - "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
66) New Order - "Perfect Kiss"
67) Propaganda - "P:Machinery"
68) Sisters Of Mercy - "Temple of Love"
69) Tears For Fears - "Head Over Heels"
70) Depeche Mode - "Never Let Me Down Again"

71) Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy"
72) A Flock of Seagulls - "I Ran"
73) Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
74) Ofra Haza - "Im Nin Alu"
75) Depeche Mode - "Strangelove"
76) Prince - "1999"
77) Blondie - "The Tide Is High"
78) Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Spellbound"
79) Primitives - "Crash"
80) Kraftwerk - "Tour De France"

81) The Cult - "She Sells Sanctuary"
82) Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
83) Tears For Fears - "Mad World"
84) Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Israel"
85) The Cure - "Love Song"
86) Pixies - "Gigantic"
87) Sisters Of Mercy - "Lucretia, My Reflection"
88) Peter Murphy - "Cuts You Up"
89) Depeche Mode - "Everything Counts"
90) Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love"

91) Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
92) Cocteau Twins - "Sugar Hiccup"
93) When in Rome - "The Promise"
94) 'Til Tuesday - "Voices Carry"
95) Sly Foxx - "Let's Go All The Way"
96) Tracey Ullman - "They Don't Know"
97) Klein & MBO - "Dirty Talk"
98) Ministry - "Everyday Is Halloween"
99) PIL - "Rise"
100)The Bolshoi - "Away"

LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Monday, 24 April 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

Wait, "Fuck tha Police" wasn't even nominated? Surely it would have made the top 100 if it had.

Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 24 April 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

I'll still stick by this:

SINGLES

1. Sugarhill Gang - "8th Wonder"
2. James Brown - "Bring It On"
3. Pigbag - "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag"
4. Flipper - "Sex Bomb"
5. George Clinton - Atomic Dog
6. Kraftwerk - Tour De France
7. Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling
8. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force - "Planet Rock"
9. Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love"
10. Trio - "DaDaDa"
11. La's "There She Goes"
12. M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume"/"Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)"
13. Zapp - "More Bounce to the Ounce"
14. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message
15. Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
16. The Chills, The - Pink Frost
17. Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
18. PIL - "Flowers of Romance"
19. Specials - "Ghost Town"
20. Mantronix - "Bassline
21. Salt 'n' Pepa - "Push It"
22. Talk Talk - "I Believe In You"
23. Pop Will Eat Itself - "Wise Up Sucker"
24. Go-Betweens - Right Here
25. Beastie Boys - "Hey Ladies"
26. Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
27. Joy Division - Atmosphere
28. Young MC - "Bust a Move"
29. Cameo - “Word Up”
30. Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise"
31. Prince and the Revolution - "Kiss"
32. Gang of Four: To Hell With Poverty
33. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
34. New Order - Temptation
35.Human League - Don't You Want Me
36. Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
37. Gap Band - "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
38. Kraftwerk - Computer Love
39. Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
40. Heaven 17 - "Fascist Groove Thang"
41. Squeeze - Tempted
42. Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"
43. Aztec Camera - Oblivious
44. Funky Four + 1 - "That's The Joint"
45. Prince and the Revolution - "Erotic City"
46. Talk Talk - "It's My Life"
47. Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"
48. Junkyard Band - "The Word"
49. Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over"
50. Jam, The - "That's Entertainment"
51. Grandmaster and Melle Mel - "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
52. Dazz Band - "Let It Whip"
53. Chaka Khan - "I Feel For You"
54. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin
55. Young Marble Giants - "Final Day"
56. Weekend - The View from Her Room
57. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
58. Marvin Gaye - "(Sexual) Healing"
59. Beautiful South - "Song For Whoever"
60. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
61. Fugazi - "Margin Walker"
62. Replacements - Unsatisfied
63. Pylon - "Cool"
64. Mark Stewart + Maffia - "Jerusalem"
65. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
66. Scritti Politti - The Word Girl
67. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "The Mercy Seat"
68. Mekons - Memphis, Egypt
69. Pixies - "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
70. Fugazi - "Waiting Room"
71. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter
72. Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation"
73. Talk Talk - "Life's What You Make It"
74. Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (NaÔve Melody)
75. Pixies - "Gigantic"
76. Julian Cope - "World Shut Your Mouth"
77. Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
78. Techtronic - Pump Up the Jam
79. Shriekback - "Nemesis"
80. Killing Joke - "Love Like Blood"
81. Scritti Politti - The 'Sweetest Girl'
82. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
83. Pixies - "Debaser"
84. Mekons - Amnesia
85. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
86. Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - "Fairytale Of New York"
87. Public Enemy - "Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos"
88. Public Enemy - "Rebel Without a Pause"
89. Paul Simon - "Graceland"
90. Pete Shelley - "Homosapien"
91. PIL - "Rise"
92. Psychedelic Furs - "Pretty In Pink"
93. Prince - "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
94. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
95. Lipps Inc. - "Funkytown"
96. R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
97. Psychedelic Furs - "Love My Way"
98. Malcolm McLaren - "Buffalo Gals"
99. XTC - "Senses Working Overtime"
100.Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls

peepee (peepee), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

I really should have put more Erasure on my list.

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 26 April 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)


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