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    The Best Song Ever By 203 Famous Rock Bands

    Here it is – the ultimate argument settler!

    1. AC/DC - "Highway to Hell"

    2. Aerosmith - "What It Takes"

    3. Against Me! - "Unconditional Love"

    4. Alice In Chains - "Would?"

    5. Allman Brothers Band - "Mountain Jam"

    6. Animal Collective - "Peacebone"

    7. Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"

    8. Archers of Loaf - "Let the Loser Melt"

    9. Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor"

    10. Beck - "Nicotine and Gravy"

    11. Bee Gees - "How Deep Is Your Love?"

    12. Belle & Sebastian - "Judy and the Dream of Horses"

    13. Big Star - "The Ballad of El Goodo"

    14. Bikini Kill - "Feels Blind"

    15. Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"

    16. Blink-182 - "I Miss You"

    17. Blondie - "Heart of Glass"

    18. Blur - "The Universal"

    19. Bob Dylan - "Ballad of a Thin Man"

    20. Bon Jovi - [has no good songs]

    21. Bright Eyes - "The Calendar Hung Itself"

    22. Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - "Born to Run"

    23. Built to Spill - "Else"

    24. Bush - "Swallowed"

    25. Buzzcocks - "Everybody's Happy Nowadays"

    26. Can - "Halleluwah"

    27. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - "Moonlight on Vermont"

    28. Cheap Trick - "Surrender"

    29. Chicago - "25 or 6 to 4"

    30. Clinic - "Distortions"

    31. Coldplay - "Clocks"

    32. Counting Crows - "Have You Seen Me Lately?"

    33. Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love"

    34. Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son"

    35. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - "Our House"

    36. Dave Matthews Band - "Don't Drink the Water"

    37. David Bowie - "TVC-15"

    38. Dead Kennedys - "We've Got A Bigger Problem Now"

    39. Death Cab for Cutie - "Crooked Teeth"

    40. Deerhunter - "Helicopter"

    41. Def Leppard - "Pour Some Sugar on Me"

    42. Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"

    43. Devo - "Girl U Want"

    44. Destroyer - "Kaputt"

    45. Dinosaur Jr. - "Little Fury Things"

    46. Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf"

    47. Eagles - "Heartache Tonight"

    48. Echo and the Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"

    49. Elastica - "Line Up"

    50. Electric Light Orchestra - "Telephone Line"

    51. Elton John - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

    52. Elvis Costello and The Attractions - "Beyond Belief"

    53. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - "Jerusalem"

    54. Eurythmics - "Love Is A Stranger"

    55. Evanescence - "Call Me When You're Sober"

    56. Faith No More - "Epic"

    57. Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"

    58. Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal"

    59. Fleetwood Mac - "Dreams"

    60. Foo Fighters - "This Is A Call"

    61. Fugazi - "Target"

    62. Gang of Four - "At Home He's A Tourist"

    63. Garbage - "I Think I'm Paranoid"

    64. Genesis - "Invisible Touch"

    65. Grateful Dead - "St. Stephen"

    66. Green Day - "Brain Stew"

    67. Guns N' Roses - "Paradise City"

    68. Hall & Oates - "You Make My Dreams"

    69. Heart - "These Dreams"

    70. Helium - "Pat's Trick"

    71. Hole - "Violet"

    72. Huey Lewis and The News - "If This Is It"

    73. Hüsker Dü - "Celebrated Summer"

    74. Iggy Pop and The Stooges - "Search & Destroy"

    75. INXS - "Never Tear Us Apart"

    76. Interpol - "Evil"

    77. Iron Maiden - "Number of the Beast"

    78. Jane's Addiction - "Jane Says"

    79. Jimi Hendrix Experience - "The Wind Cries Mary"

    80. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

    81. Judas Priest - "Living After Midnight"

    82. King Crimson - "One More Red Nightmare"

    83. Kiss - "Rock and Roll All Nite"

    84. Korn - "Freak On A Leash"

    85. Led Zeppelin - "Kashmir"

    86. Lenny Kravitz - "It Ain't Over Til It's Over"

    87. Limp Bizkit - "Nookie"

    88. Linkin Park - "In the End"

    89. Liz Phair - "Nashville"

    90. Madness - "Our House"

    91. Marilyn Manson - "The Dope Show"

    92. Metallica - "Enter Sandman"

    93. Metric - "Police and the Private"

    94. Ministry - "Stigmata"

    95. Mission of Burma - "Academy Fight Song"

    96. Modest Mouse - "Polar Opposites"

    97. Mötley Crüe - "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)"

    98. Mumford & Sons - "I Will Wait"

    99. Muse - "Madness"

    100. My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow"

    101. My Chemical Romance - "Teenagers"

    102. Neil Young - "Harvest Moon"

    103. Neutral Milk Hotel - "King of Carrot Flowers Pt 1"

    104. New Order - "Age of Consent"

    105. Nickelback - "Photograph"

    106. Nine Inch Nails - "Somewhat Damaged"

    107. Nirvana - "All Apologies"

    108. No Doubt - "Rock Steady"

    109. Oasis - "Champagne Supernova"

    110. of Montreal - "Suffer for Fashion"

    111. Pantera - "Mouth for War"

    112. Paramore - "Misery Business"

    113. Pavement - "Here"

    114. Pearl Jam - "Corduroy"

    115. Phish - "Carini"

    116. Phoenix - "Lisztomania"

    117. Pink Floyd - "Us and Them"

    118. Pixies - "Debaser"

    119. Primal Scream - "Shoot Speed/Kill Light"

    120. Prince and The Revolution - "U Got the Look"

    121. Pulp - "Common People"

    122. Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"

    123. R.E.M. - "Life and How to Live It"

    124. Radiohead - "Airbag"

    125. Rage Against the Machine - "Bulls On Parade"

    126. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Sir Psycho Sexy"

    127. Roxy Music - "Do the Strand"

    128. Royal Trux - "Back to School"

    129. Rush - "Tom Sawyer"

    130. Sebadoh - "Give Up"

    131. Sex Pistols - "Anarchy in the U.K."

    132. Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Kiss Them for Me"

    133. Slayer - "Raining Blood"

    134. Sleater-Kinney - "Get Up"

    135. Sleigh Bells - "Crown on the Ground"

    136. Sly and The Family Stone - "You Can Make It If You Try"

    137. Sonic Youth - "Teenage Riot"

    138. Soundgarden - "The Day I Tried to Live"

    139. Spiritualized - "Don't Just Do Something"

    140. Spoon - "The Beast and Dragon, Adored"

    141. Steely Dan - "Peg"

    142. Steve Miller Band - "Fly Like An Eagle"

    143. Stone Temple Pilots - "Big Bang Baby"

    144. Sunny Day Real Estate - "The Blankets Were the Stairs"

    145. Superchunk - "Like A Fool"

    146. Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime"

    147. Tears for Fears - "Head Over Heels"

    148. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - "Bottled In Cork"

    149. Television - "Marquee Moon"

    150. The B-52's - "Dance This Mess Around"

    151. The Band - "Chest Fever"

    152. The Bangles - "Eternal Flame"

    153. The Beach Boys - "God Only Knows"

    154. The Beatles - [too hard, pass!]

    155. The Black Keys - "Gold on the Ceiling"

    156. The Breeders - "London Song"

    157. The Cars - "You're All I've Got Tonight"

    158. The Clash - "The Magnificent Seven"

    159. The Cure - "Close to Me"

    160. The Decemberists - "16 Military Wives"

    161. The Doors - "Break On Through (To the Other Side)"

    162. The Fall - "The Classical"

    163. The Flaming Lips - "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles"

    164. The Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed"

    165. The Killers - [they have no good songs]

    166. The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset"

    167. The Lemonheads - "Rudderless"

    168. The Monkees - "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"

    169. The National - "Fake Empire"

    170. The New Pornographers - "The Laws Have Changed"

    171. The Police - "Message In A Bottle"

    172. The Pretenders - "Brass In Pocket"

    173. The Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"

    174. The Replacements - "Swingin' Party"

    175. The Rolling Stones - "Monkey Man"

    176. The Shins - "Phantom Limb"

    177. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Soma"

    178. The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?"

    179. The Stone Roses - "I Wanna Be Adored"

    180. The Strokes - "Last Nite"

    181. The Velvet Underground - "Rock and Roll"

    182. The Verve - "On Your Own"

    183. The Walkmen - "We've Been Had"

    184. The White Stripes - "Ball and Biscuit"

    185. The Who - "Baba O'Riley"

    186. The Zombies - "This Will Be Our Year"

    187. Thee Oh Sees - "Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster"

    188. They Might Be Giants - "Birdhouse In Your Soul"

    189. Thin Lizzy - "Dancing in the Moonlight"

    190. Todd Rundgren - "I Saw the Light"

    191. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Don't Do Me Like That"

    192. Tool - "Ænema"

    193. TV on the Radio - "Crying"

    194. U2 - "The Fly"

    195. Vampire Weekend - "Don't Lie"

    196. Van Halen - "Jump"

    197. Veruca Salt - "Don't Make Me Prove It"

    198. Weezer - "Say It Ain't So"

    199. Wilco - "I'm the Man Who Loves You"

    200. Wire - "Outdoor Miner"

    201. X - "The Unheard Music"

    202. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps"

    203. Yo La Tengo - "Tom Courtenay"

    Here's most of the songs in a Spotify playlist. Not all of them are available!

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    This is all alphabetical, so the flow is kinda horrible. Sorry!