Because I had nothing better to do this weekend, I attempted to list my 338 favourite songs, in order! The catch? I could only choose one song by any artist.*
*Regarding cover versions. If I placed a cover song in the list, the artist who recorded that version could not appear again. However, the artist who wrote the original could appear again. However, the list could not contain two versions of the same song. These were the arbitrary rules I set myself.
1. Ceremony — New Order
2. There is a light that never goes out — The Smiths
3. PDA — Interpol
4. Damaged Goods — Gang of Four
5. God Only Knows — The Beach Boys
6. Shipbuilding — Robert Wyatt
7. The Rat — The Walkman
8. Can’t Hardly Wait — The Replacements
9. Everything Flows — Teenage Fanclub
10. Outdoor Miner — Wire
11. Transatlanticism — Death Cab for Cutie
12. Floating in The Forth — The Twilight Sad
13. Song to The Siren — Wolf Alice
14. Another Day(live) — Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
15. Losing my religion — REM
16. Comfort — Petal
17. Let Me Down — Orville Peck
18. Enola Gay — OMD
19. Waiting for The Great Leap Forward — Billy Bragg
20. Sometimes — My Bloody Valentine
21. Perfect Day — Lou Reed
22. Continuous Thunder — Japandroids
23. Thirteen — Big Star
24. Love Will Tear Us Apart — Joy Division
25. Torn — Natalie Imbruglia
26. Boys Don’t Cry — The Cure
27. Maps — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
28. The Paris Match — The Style Council
29. Vapour Trail — Ride
30. Between the Bars — Elliott Smith
31. Someone Great — LCD Soundsystem
32. Dancing On My Own — Robyn
33. Running up that hill — Kate Bush
34. It’s Obvious — Au Pairs
35. The Ghost in You — Counting Crows
36. Sea of Love — Cat Power
37. Tuned to a Difference Station — Dogs
38. New Birds (live) — Arab Strap
39. California — EMA
40. Linger — The Cranberries
41. Don’t Dream it’s Over — Crowded House
42. The Killing Moon — Echo & The Bunnymen
43. Mr November — The National
44. All my little words — The Magnetic Fields
45. Harvest Moon — Sunflower Beam
46. Sweet Child O’ Mine — Luna
47. Dammit — Blink 182
48. Our Mutual Friend — The Divine Comedy
49. Rehearsals for Retirement — Phil Ochs
50. Bankrupt on Selling — Modest Mouse
51. Nothing Compares to You — Sinead O’Connor
52. Dying on the Vine — John Cale
53. Wishing you were here — Sparklehorse
54. The ’59 Sound — The Gaslight Anthem
55. Another Sunny Day — Belle & Sebastian
56. Mr Brightside — The Killers
57. Live Forever — Oasis
58. I’m so unclean — Evans the Death
59. Waterloo Sunset — The Kinks
60. You Me Dancing — Los Campesinos
61. Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole — Martha Wainwright
62. Seventeen Going Under — Sam Fender
63. French Navy — Camera Obscura
64. Everyday is like Sunday — Morrissey
65. Where were you — The Mekons
66. Non Me Quitte Pas — Jacques Brel
67. Fade into You — Mazzy Star
68. Always on my mind — Pet Shop Boys
69. The Winner Takes it All — ABBA
70. Lazy Eye — Silversun Pick-ups
71. Ex-Con — Smog
72. Somebody that I used to know — Gotya
73. Brassneck — The Wedding Present
74. Tomarum — For a Minor Reflection
75. The Great Skua — Sea Power
76. Don’t Speak — No Doubt
77. To Know Your Mission — Jens Lekman
78. Getting Away With It — Electronic
79. Popular — Nada Surf
80. Can’t Stand Me Now — The Libertines
81. Alternative Ulster — Stiff Little Fingers
82. Chelsea Hotel No2 — Rufus Wainwright
83. C’mon C’mon — The Von Bondies
84. Random Rules — Silver Jews
85. Hurt- Johnny Cash
86. Like a Prayer — Madonna
87. Siren Song — Bat For Lashes
88. Lost Coastlines — Okkervil River
89. Complicated — Avril Lavigne
90. Grounded — Pavement
91. When You Were Mine — Cyndi Lauper
92. Svefn-g-Englar — Sigur Ros
93. Good luck Babe — Chappell Roan
94. Sometimes — James
95. Say it Ain’t So — Weezer
96. To Build a Home — The Cinematic Orchestra
97. Perfect — The Lightning Seeds
98. Terra Nova — ILikeTrains
99. The Flood — Apartment
100. Rattlesnakes — Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
101. The Modern Way of Letting Go — Idlewild
102. Salattu Suru — The Agents
103. Heroes — David Bowie
104. Angels — Robbie Williams
105. Someone like You — Adele
106. Trains to Brazil — Guillemots
107. Oblivious — Aztec Camera
108. Buck Rogers — Feeder
109. Take Me Out — Franz Ferdinand
110. Falling & Laughing — Orange Juice
111. Need You Around — Smoking Popes
112. I was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar — Jonathan Richman
113. The Ocean — Richard Hawkey
114. Shack Up — A Certain Ratio
115. This is a Low — Blur
116. Lady Hear Me Tonight — Modjo
117. MakeDamnSure — Taking Back Sunday
118. We Used to Vacation — Cold War Kids
119. All I Need — Air
120. Dancing in the Dark — Bruce Springsteen
121. Caught by the Fuzz — Supergrass
122. I heard it on the grapevine — Marvin Gaye
123. Fell in Love With a Girl — The White Stripes
124. Hallelujah — Jeff Buckley
125. Paradise — Jean Adebambo
126. Don’t Bother — Shakira
127. Missing — Everything But the Girl
128. Story of Us — Taylor Swift
129. Disco 2000 — Pulp
130. Back on the Chain Gang — Pretenders
131. Tears Are In Your Eyes — Yo La Tengo
132. Chicago — Sufjan Stevens
133. Noccalula — Waxahatchee
134. Lovefool — The Cardigans
135. Ladies & Gentleman We’re Floating In Space — Spiritualized
136. Last Christmas — Wham
137. Run — Snow Patrol
138. Nothing Better — The Postal Service
139. Emma’s House — The Field Mice
140. Sketch for Summer — The Durutti Column
141. Margaritas at the Mall — Purple Mountains
142. You Said Something — PJ Garvey
143. I Still Remember — Bloc Party
144. You Oughta Know — Alanis Morissette
145. Palace — The Antlers
146. Party Fears Two — The Associates
147. Since You’ve Been — Kelly Clarkson
148. You Get What You Give — New Radicals
149. A song from under the floorboards — Magazine
150. One More Time — Daft Punk
151. Careless Whisper — George Michael
152. Brighter — The Railway Children
153. American Teenager — Ethel Cain
154. Caroline — Arlo Parks
155. Three Cigarettes in the Ashtray — Caitlin Rose
156. Ambulance Blues — Neil Young
157. Together We Will Live Forever — Clint Mansell
158. She Cuts Hair — Darren Hanlon
159. Chandelier — Sia
160. Dreams — Fleetwood Mac
161. Hellhole Ratrace — Girls
162. Winter — Tori Amos
163. Marquee Moon — Television
164. Just Like Honey — The Jesus & Mary Chain
165. New Rose — The Damned
166. Love Goes On — The Go Betweens
167. Mind Your Own Business — Delta 5
168. Proof — I am Kloot
169. Wherever You Will Go — The Calling
170. Kiss me — Sixpence None the Wiser
171. The Mother We Share — Chvrches
172. Fairytales of New York — The Pogues
173. I want it that way — Backstreet Boys
174. Teardrop — Massive Attack
175. Hold on Hope — Guided by Voices
176. The Story of The Blues — The Might Wah!
177. Gin & Listerine — Martha
178. Boredom — The Buzzcocks
179. Dreaming of You — The Coral
180. Come Pick Me Up — Ryan Adams
181. Truly Madly Deeply — Savage Garden
182. Alison — Slowdive
183. Town Called Malice — The Jam
184. Bad Romance — Lady Gaga
185. Robbers — The 1975
186. Misery Business — Paramore
187. Paris — Friendly Fires
188. Good 4 U — Olivia Rodrigo
189. I can’t seem to make you mine — The Clientele
190. Joanna — Scott Walker
191. Never Tear Us Apart — INXS
192. Piledriver Waltz — Alex Turner
193. Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart
194. Your Best American Girl — Mitski
195. Basket Case — Green Day
196. Over the Counter Culture — The Ordinary Boys
197. Run Away With Me — Carly Rae Jepson
198. Pounding — Doves
199. When The Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease — Roy Harper
200. The Blower’s Daughter — Damien Rice
201. Nearer Than Heaven — The Delays
202. Geraldine — Glasvegas
203. I don’t know what I can save you from (Röyksopp remix) — Kings of Convenience
204. Strasbourg — The Rakes
205. Timeless Melody — The La’s
206. Don’t You Want Me — The Human League
207. Scott Street — Phoebe Bridgers
208. Hey Jealousy — The Gin Blossoms
209. The Summer Ends — American Football
210. Teenage Riot — Sonic Youth
211. Threnody — Goldmund
212. Delete Forever — Grimes
213. Dry the Rain — The Beta Band
214. I love you, Honeybear — Father John Misty
215. Happy — The Wrens
216. Don’t Want to Know if You Are Lonely — Husker Du
217. Summertime Sadness — Lana Del Rey
218. Birthday Girl — Microdisney
219. Snow Leopard — Shearwater
220. Mardy Bum — Arctic Monkeys
221. Writing to reach you — Travis
222. You Make My Dreams (Come True) — Hall & Pats
223. Get Away — Yuck
224. Rebellion (Lies) — Arcade Fire
225. Golden Girl — The Rabble
226. Plug in Baby — Muse
227. Girl from Mars — Ash
228. Moonshiner — Uncle Tupelo
229. Held Down — Laura Marling
230. L.E.S Artistes — Santigold
231. We fell in love in October — Girl in Red
232. Johnny Mathis Feet — American Music Club
233. The Homosexual — Momus
234. You’ve had me everywhere — Of Montreal
235. Secret Smile — Semisonic
236. By the time I get to Phoenix — Glenn Campbell
237. Another Chance — Robert Sanchez
238. Waiting Around to Die — Townes van Zandt
239. Cherry-Coloured Funk — Cocteau Twins
240. The Sporting Life — The Decemberists
241. Morden — Good Shoes
242. Cosmopolitan — Nine Black Alps
243. Jeremy — Muncie Girls
244. Archie, Marry Me — Alvvays
245. The Look of Love — ABC
246. Hero — Enriques Inglesias
247. Iris — Goo Goo Dolls
248. My Forgotten Favourite — Velocity Girls
249. Runner — Tennis
250. Nightcall — Kavinsky
251. Murder on the Dancefloor — Sophie Ellis-Baxter
252. The Middle — Jimmy Eat World
253. Don’t Panic — Coldplay
254. First Day of My Life — Bright Eyes
255. Without You — Harry Nilsson
256. If There is Something — Roxy Music
257. Laid — The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
258. Mr Peterson — Perfume Genius
259. Since I Left You — The Avalanches
260. So hot you’re hurting my feelings — Squirrel Flower
261. South of the Border — William
262. Animal Nitrate — Suede
263. Golden Brown — The Stranglers
264. Pale Blue Eyes — Velvet Underground
265. Pink Frost — The Chills
266. Eple — Röyksopp
267. Temptation — Heaven 17
268. Bleeding Love — Leonie Lewis
269. Teenage Kicks — The Understones
270. Bored Teenagers — The Adverts
271. Mrs Robinson — The Lemonheads
272. Mallory — The History of Apple Pie
273. O Maybe I — Chapel Club
274. Sheets — Damien Jurado
275. New Grass — Talk Talk
276. Only You — Yazoo
277. Be My Baby — The Ronettes
278. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For — U2
279. An Honest Mistake — The Bravery
280. Pick a part that’s new — Stereophonics
281. A Little Respect — Erasure
282. Praise You — Fatboy Slim
283. Test Card Girl — White Rose Movement
284. The King of Rock n Roll — Prefab Sprout
285. Time to Pretend — MGMT
286. Unchained Melody — The Righteous Brothers
287. Two Doors Down — Mystery Jets
288. French Disko — Stereolab
289. Formed a Band — Art Brut
290. Music Sounds Better with You — Stardust
291. Something to Talk About — Bradley Drawn Boy
292. Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors — Editors
293. Brick — Ben Folds Five
294. Counterpoint — Delphic
295. Teenage Dirtbag — Wheatus
296. Seasons Change (I’ve been waiting on you) — Future Islands
297. J’en ai marre! — Alizée
298. In Dreams — Roy Orbison
299. R U Still into it — Mogwai
300. Latchmere — The Maccabees
301. How it all went wrong — Les Incompetents
302. Here’s when the story ends — The Sundays
303. Children — Robert Miles
304. The Greatest Light is the Great Shade — The Joy Formidable
305. That’s when I reach for my revolver — Mission of Burma
306. Made of Stone — The Stone Roses
307. Help — The Beatles
308. Blinding Lights — The Weeknd
309. Luka (acoustic) — Suzanne Vega
310. Cut Your Bangs — Girlpool
311. Lost in the Plot — The Dears
312. Standing Next to Me — The Last Shadow Puppets
313. Last Nite — The Strokes
314. Cover Me Up — Jason Isbell
315. Hope There’s Someone — Antony & The Johnsons
316. New Slang — The Shins
317. Standing on my own again — Graham Coxon
318. All along the Watchtower — Jimi Hendrix
319. Lost Myself — Longpigs
320. Waiting Room — Fugazi
321. Come As You Are — Nirvana
322. Sidewalk — Hatcham Social
323. Just can’t get enough — Depeche Mode
323. You Send Me Messages — Filthy Dukes
325. Caravan of Love — The Housemartins
326. Birthday — The Sugarcubes
327 Help — The Beatles
328. Sleep — Azure Ray
329. When You Are Who You Are — Gil Scott-Heron
330. Katy Song — Red House Painters
331. A Girl Like You — Edwyn Collins
332. Sometime Around Midnight — The Airborne Toxic Event
333. Fever Dreaming — No Age
334. Golden Touch — Razorlight
335. Keep on Keeping On — The Redskins
336. Brother — The Organ
337. Now We Can See — The Thermals
338. The Boys are Back in Town — Thin Lizzy
