Top 100 Alternative Rock | Songs

The filthiest song to ever top the alternative charts. Trent Reznor turned industrial noise into a dancefloor anthem about self-hatred and desire. It expanded the definition of "rock."

Thanks to Fight Club , this became the sound of existential crisis. The hypnotic piano and surreal lyrics are timeless. TOP 100 ALTERNATIVE ROCK SONGS

Borrowing heavily from Wire (and winning a lawsuit about it), this track is two minutes of robotic, sexy, minimalist garage rock. The filthiest song to ever top the alternative charts

"I ain't wasting no more time." A simple sentiment wrapped in a jangly, melancholic riff. It’s the hangover after the party in "Last Nite." The hypnotic piano and surreal lyrics are timeless

Jarvis Cocker’s spoken-word meditation on the emptiness of rave culture. The most British song on the list, dripping with wit and melancholy.

The song that Thom Yorke hates but the world loves. It is the ultimate alternative anthem: a quiet, self-loathing verse that explodes into a violent, distorted cry of "I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo." It gave a voice to every outsider in the 1990s.