Radiohead Dethrones Nirvana As Kings Of The Modern-Rock List Realm

noah | May 29, 2008 12:00 pm
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Radio phoenix WOXY held its yearly countdown of the top 500 songs that are still in its playlist over Memorial Day weekend, and its many quibble-worthy points (“Feel The Pain” makes the cut while “The Wagon” doesn’t? Is “Supernova” really the only Liz Phair song that’s better than “Are You Gonna Go My Way?”) are topped by the fact that heading the list up is Radiohead’s “Creep.” But I thought people were into Thom Yorke et al for their innovations! Anyhoo, Radiohead placed nine songs on the countdown, which seems to be the biggest single-band total on the list, a feat for which they’re tied with R.E.M. Also of note: Hum’s 1995 song “Stars” debuted on the list this year, for which they can likely thank Cadillac. The long, long list after the jump.

500. Feist – My Moon My Man 499. The Twilight Singers – Teenage Wristband 498. Big Country – In A Big Country 497. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen 496. Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls 495. Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains 494. Joe Jackson – I’m The Man 493. Cat Power – Cross Bones Style 492. XTC – The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead 491. Franz Ferdinand – Do You Want To 490. Sonic Youth – Incinerate 489. Matthew Sweet – Sick Of Myself 488. X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage Up Yours! 487. Ride – Vapour Trail 486. Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper – Elvis Is Everywhere 485. Buffalo Tom – Taillights Fade 484. Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl 483. Morrissey – Suedehead 482. Pinback – Fortress 481. They Might Be Giants – Ana Ng 480. Lo Fidelity All Stars – Battle Flag 479. Rogue Wave – Endless Shovel 478. Tears For Fears – Shout 477. DNA / Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner 476. Elvis Costello – Less Than Zero 475. Elbow – Forget Myself 474. Placebo – Pure Morning 473. Arcade Fire – No Cars Go 472. Portishead – All Mine 471. The The – This Is The Day 470. Roxy Music – More Than This 469. The Cure – The Lovecats 468. Afrika Bambaataa – Planet Rock 467. Junior Boys – In the Morning 466. Muse – New Born 465. The Wrens – Hopeless 464. Smoking Popes – Need You Around 463. The White Stripes – Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground 462. Julian Cope – World Shut Your Mouth 461. Doves – Black And White Town 460. Kate Bush – Hounds of Love 459. Bjork – Joga 458. LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great 457. X – 4th Of July 456. Firehose – Flyin’ The Flannel 455. Sleater-Kinney – Entertain 454. Suzanne Vega – Luka 453. Concrete Blonde – Joey 452. The National – Mistaken for Strangers 451. The Verve – Lucky Man 450. Modest Mouse – Dashboard

449. Spoon – I Turn My Camera On 448. Radiohead – There There 447. Ted Leo / Pharmacists – Me and Mia 446. Band of Horses – The Funeral 445. The Postal Service – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight 444. Stereolab – Miss Modular 443. Death Cab for Cutie – The New Year 442. Papas Fritas – Way You Walk 441. Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way? 440. Guided By Voices – My Valuable Hunting Knife 439. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Red Right Hand 438. Jonathan Richman – Dodge Vedge-O-Matic 437. The Decemberists – 16 Miliatary Wives 436. The Streets – Let’s Push Things Forward 435. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bring On The Dancing Horses 434. The Cloud Room – Hey Now Now 433. New York Dolls – Personality Crisis 432. The Sugarcubes – Hit 431. Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies) 430. Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy – Television The Drug Of A Nation 429. Split Enz – I Got You 428. Bob Marley – Redemption Song 427. Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers 426. R.E.M. – Finest Worksong 425. Belly – Feed The Tree 424. The Nails – 88 Lines About 44 Women 423. World Party – Ship Of Fools 422. Sleater-Kinney – You’re No Rock & Roll Fun 421. Broken Social Scene – 7/4 (Shoreline) 420. Ryan Adams – To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) 419. Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta 418. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy 417. The White Stripes – My Doorbell 416. Beck – Devil’s Haircut 415. Pavement – Rattled by the Rush 414. Coldplay – Yellow 413. Radiohead – No Surprises 412. Eels – Novocaine For The Soul 411. Talking Heads – Stay Up Late 410. Spiritualized – Come Together 409. Tori Amos – God 408. Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World 407. Joe Jackson – Sunday Papers 406. G. Love and Special Sauce – Cold Beverage 405. Dada – Dizz Knee Land 404. Doves – There Goes The Fear 403. TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me 402. The Cure – Fascination Street 401. Massive Attack – Protection 400. Stereo MC’s – Connected 399. Cake – The Distance 398. The Bears – Fear Is Never Boring 397. Fishbone – Party At Ground Zero 396. Squeeze – Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) 395. Iggy Pop – Real Wild Child 394. Lou Reed – Dirty Boulevard 393. Forget Cassettes – Instruments Of Action 392. Bloc Party – Banquet 391. The Vapors – Turning Japanese 390. Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party 389. Front 242 – Welcome To Paradise 388. The Art Of Noise – Close (To The Edit) 387. Sinead O’Connor – The Emperor’s New Clothes 386. The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road 385. Weezer – Say It Ain’t So 384. The National – Secret Meeting 383. Ted Leo / Pharmacists – Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone? 382. Pixies – Alec Eiffel 381. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Sometimes Always 380. Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank 379. Blind Melon – No Rain 378. Hum – Stars 377. The Charlatans UK – Weirdo 376. Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye 375. Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock 374. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks 373. Cake – Never There 372. Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science 371. The B-52’s – Love Shack 370. R.E.M. – Driver 8 369. The Black Keys – 10 A.M. Automatic 368. They Might Be Giants – Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 367. Rilo Kiley – Portions for Foxes 366. Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 365. Pulp – Disco 2000 364. Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap 363. L7 – Pretend We’re Dead 362. Superdrag – Sucked Out 361. Pixies – Velouria 360. My Morning Jacket – Off the Record 359. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Grey Cell Green 358. Yaz – Situation 357. Shriekback – Nemesis 356. Meat Puppets – Backwater 355. Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning 354. The Breeders – Divine Hammer 353. TV On The Radio – Staring At The Sun 352. Grandaddy – The Crystal Lake 351. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 350. PJ Harvey – Good Fortune 349. Killing Joke – Eighties 348. The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star 347. Grandmaster Flash – The Message 346. The Dandy Warhols – Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth 345. Paul Westerberg – Dyslexic Heart 344. The Jam – That’s Entertainment 343. Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon 342. Modest Mouse – Ocean Breathes Salty 341. Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This 340. Bright Eyes – Lover I Don’t Have to Love 339. Massive Attack – Angel 338. Bettie Serveert – Tom Boy 337. Tegan and Sara – Walking With A Ghost 336. Dinosaur Jr. – Start Choppin’ 335. Faith No More – We Care A Lot 334. Public Image Limited – Public Image 333. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth 332. Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out) 331. The Decemberists – The Bachelor And The Bride 330. Hot Chip – Over and Over 329. LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk Is Playing At My House 328. Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again 327. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground 326. Black Flag – TV Party 325. Wire – Strange 324. Mclusky – To Hell With Good Intentions 323. Tones On Tail – Go! 322. The Catherine Wheel – Black Metallic 321. The Cardigans – My Favourite Game 320. Sebadoh – Skull 319. Robyn Hitchcock – My Wife And My Dead Wife 318. The Velvet Underground – White Light / White Heat 317. Royal Crescent Mob – Get On The Bus 316. Guided By Voices – Glad Girls 315. Social Distortion – Bad Luck 314. R.E.M. – What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? 313. The Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be 312. Ministry – Stigmata 311. Suicidal Tendencies – Institutionalized 310. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) 309. Wilco – I’m The Man Who Loves You 308. They Might Be Giants – Don’t Let’s Start 307. The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York 306. The Specials – A Message To You Rudy 305. Supergrass – Caught By The Fuzz 304. Lemonheads – Into Your Arms 303. Blur – There’s No Other Way 302. Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love 301. Air – Sexy Boy 300. Bob Marley – Could You Be Loved? 299. The Sundays – Here’s Where The Story Ends 298. The New Pornographers – The Laws Have Changed 297. Doves – Catch The Sun 296. Interpol – Slow Hands 295. Nirvana – Lithium 294. The Stone Roses – Waterfall 293. New Order – Regret 292. Weezer – Buddy Holly 291. Social Distortion – Ring Of Fire 290. Morphine – Cure For Pain 289. XTC – Mayor of Simpleton 288. They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul 287. Primal Scream – Movin’ On Up 286. The Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon 285. U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name 284. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Talk About The Blues 283. Ministry – Everyday Is Halloween 282. Eels – Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues 281. The Velvet Underground – What Goes On 280. The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So 279. Public Enemy – Bring The Noise 278. !!! – Me & Guiliani Down By The Schoolyard 277. The Jam – Start! 276. Muse – Time Is Running Out 275. Nine Inch Nails – Down In It 274. Depeche Mode – Route 66 273. The Walkmen – The Rat 272. Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey 271. Elliott Smith – Waltz #2 270. MC900 Ft Jesus – The City Sleeps 269. Built to Spill – Goin’ Against Your Mind 268. Suede – Metal Mickey 267. Elastica – Connection 266. The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds 265. Beck – The New Pollution 264. Blondie – One Way Or Another 263. Juliana Hatfield – My Sister 262. Pearl Jam – Even Flow 261. Mission Of Burma – That’s When I Reach For My Revolver 260. Bjork – Big Time Sensuality 259. Blur – Coffee & TV 258. Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink 257. Depeche Mode – Policy of Truth 256. Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater 255. The Replacements – I’ll Be You 254. Modern English – I Melt With You 253. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel 252. B-52’s – Private Idaho 251. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax 250. Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks 249. The Smiths – Stop Me If You Think 248. Liz Phair – Supernova 247. Tricky – Black Steel 246. Arcade Fire – Wake Up 245. Silversun Pickups – Kissing Families 244. The Pretenders – My City Was Gone 243. Pavement – Shady Lane 242. Talk Talk – It’s My Life 241. Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer 240. Smashing Pumpkins – Disarm 239. Jeff Buckley – So Real 238. Frank Black – Headache 237. Wilco – Monday 236. Talking Heads – Crosseyed And Painless 235. The Smiths – Girlfriend In A Coma 234. The Police – Can’t Stand Losing You 233. The Clash – Lost In The Supermarket 232. Modest Mouse – Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes 231. The Strokes – Last Nite 230. Urge Overkill – Sister Havana 229. Belle & Sebastian – Your Cover’s Blown 228. Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him? 227. Tori Amos – Silent All These Years 226. Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes 225. The Charlatans UK – The Only One I Know 224. Public Enemy – Fight the Power 223. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Peek-A-Boo 222. The Rapture – House Of Jealous Lovers 221. Beastie Boys – Intergalactic 220. The Jam – In The City 219. The Smiths – Big Mouth Strikes Again 218. Romeo Void – Never Say Never 217. The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary 216. Living Colour – Cult Of Personality 215. Built to Spill – Big Dipper 214. Guided By Voices – I Am A Scientist 213. The English Beat – Save It For Later 212. Daft Punk – Da Funk 211. Happy Mondays – Step On 210. Wall Of Voodoo – Mexican Radio 209. Soul Coughing – Screenwriter’s Blues 208. Social Distortion – Ball And Chain 207. Concrete Blonde – God Is A Bullet 206. The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin’ Beats 205. Love And Rockets – So Alive 204. Bob Mould – Sunspots / Wishing Well 203. Radiohead – Optimistic 202. The White Stripes – The Hardest Button To Button 201. U2 – One 200. Blur – Girls And Boys 199. Veruca Salt – Seether 198. Oasis – Supersonic 197. Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone 196. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor 195. The La’s – There She Goes 194. Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug 193. Jim Carroll Band – People Who Died 192. Sonic Youth – 1 191. Dinosaur Jr. – Feel The Pain 190. Faith No More – Epic 189. The Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen 188. The English Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom 187. Nirvana – About A Girl 186. Elliott Smith – Miss Misery 185. Spoon – Everything Hits At Once 184. Mazzy Star – Fade Into You 183. Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up 182. Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You 181. Beastie Boys – So What’cha Want 180. Devo – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 179. R.E.M. – Stand 178. Pixies – Debaser 177. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 176. Bob Marley – Jamming 175. Guided By Voices – Teenage FBI 174. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 173. The Replacements – I Will Dare 172. The Shins – So Says I 171. The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 170. The Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 169. The Jam – Going Underground 168. XTC – Making Plans For Nigel 167. The Cure – Pictures Of You 166. Oasis – Live Forever 165. The Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly 164. Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way 163. Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives 162. Folk Implosion – Natural One 161. Interpol – Obstacle 1 160. Dramarama – Anything Anything 159. The Afghan Whigs – Debonair 158. PJ Harvey – Down By The Water 157. Cracker – Teen Angst 156. Gary Numan – Cars 155. Nine Inch Nails – Closer 154. The Clash – This Is Radio Clash 153. R.E.M. – Orange Crush 152. Talking Heads – Take Me To The River 151. Public Image Limited – Rise 150. Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence 149. The Ramones – Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio 148. The Sugarcubes – Birthday 147. Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood 146. Talking Heads – Life During Wartime 145. XTC – Senses Working Overtime 144. Squeeze – Tempted 143. Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays 142. The Stone Roses – Fools Gold 141. Pavement – Stereo 140. DJ Shadow – Midnight In A Perfect World 139. The Shins – Caring Is Creepy 138. Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box 137. Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) 136. U2 – With Or Without You 135. Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer 134. The Cure – Close To Me 133. Massive Attack – Safe From Harm 132. Sonic Youth – Kool Thing 131. Gang Of Four – I Love A Man In A Uniform 130. The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You 129. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Head On 128. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give It Away 127. Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime 126. The Dead Milkmen – Punk Rock Girl 125. The Clash – The Magnificent Seven 124. The Police – Every Breath You Take 123. The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony 122. Modest Mouse – Polar Opposites 121. Elvis Costello – Alison 120. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps 119. Smashing Pumpkins – Today 118. Cracker – Low 117. Pulp – Common People 116. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust 115. The Velvet Underground – Rock & Roll 114. The Church – Under The Milky Way 113. The Replacements – Bastards Of Young 112. Dead Kennedys – Holiday In Cambodia 111. Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend 110. Afghan Whigs – Rebirth Of The Cool 109. Bob Marley – Get Up, Stand Up 108. U2 – I Will Follow 107. Elvis Costello – Pump It Up 106. Patti Smith – Dancing Barefoot 105. Devo – Whip It 104. New Order – True Faith 103. The Smiths – Panic 102. The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize? 101. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge 100. Weezer – Undone – The Sweater Song 99. Portishead – Sour Times 98. Nine Inch Nails – Head Like A Hole 97. The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop 96. Dead Milkmen – Bitchin’ Camaro 95. Interpol – PDA 94. Oasis – Wonderwall 93. David Bowie – Suffragette City 92. Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love 91. R.E.M. – Pretty Persuasion 90. The Jam – Town Called Malice 89. Blondie – Heart Of Glass 88. Depeche Mode – People Are People 87. The Shins – New Slang 86. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Cities In Dust 85. The Postal Service – Such Great Heights 84. Blondie – Rapture 83. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out 82. The White Stripes – Fell In Love With A Girl 81. The Replacements – The Ledge 80. Camper Van Beethoven – Take The Skinheads Bowling 79. Pixies – Gigantic 78. Pearl Jam – Alive 77. XTC – Dear God 76. Radiohead – Just 75. The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes 74. The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog 73. Joy Division – She’s Lost Control 72. The Cure – Love Song 71. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored 70. Modest Mouse – Float On 69. Nirvana – In Bloom 68. The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army 67. The Clash – Train In Vain 66. Echo & The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar 65. Beck – Where It’s At 64. Violent Femmes – Kiss Off 63. Blur – Song 2 62. Beastie Boys – Fight For Your Right 61. The B-52’s – Rock Lobster 60. Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead 59. Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees 58. Pearl Jam – Jeremy 57. U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love) 56. Pixies – Here Comes Your Man 55. Iggy Pop – Lust For Life 54. The Police – Roxanne 53. Husker Du – Makes No Sense At All 52. Pavement – Cut Your Hair 51. New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle 50. Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill 49. R.E.M. – Losing My Religion 48. Nirvana – All Apologies 47. Bjork – Human Behaviour 46. The Police – Message In A Bottle 45. Elvis Costello – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding 44. The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go? 43. Beastie Boys – Sabotage 42. Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye 41. James – Laid 40. Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing 39. R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 38. David Bowie – Changes 37. The Breeders – Cannonball 36. U2 – New Year’s Day 35. Patti Smith – Gloria 34. Nirvana – Come As You Are 33. The Cure – Just Like Heaven 32. Radiohead – Karma Police 31. Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side 30. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Just Like Honey 29. Talking Heads – Burning Down The House 28. Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK 27. The Clash – Rock The Casbah 26. Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot 25. Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven 24. Jane’s Addiction – Jane Says 23. New Order – Blue Monday 22. Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus 21. My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow 20. David Bowie – Space Oddity 19. Television – Marquee Moon 18. Talking Heads – Psycho Killer 17. The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated 16. Fugazi – Waiting Room 15. Beck – Loser 14. The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry 13. The Replacements – Alex Chilton 12. Elvis Costello – Radio Radio 11. Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen 10. U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday 9. Radiohead – Paranoid Android 8. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit 7. The Clash – London Calling 6. Pixies – Where Is My Mind? 5. R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe 4. The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? 3. Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun 2. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart 1. Radiohead – Creep

Those of you who scrolled all the way down get a treat–the song that I was most happy to be reminded of, Lo-Fidelity All-Stars’ 480th-placing remix of Pigeonhed’s “Battle Flag”:

The 2008 Modern Rock 500: Final Song Listing [The Futurist; HT Stereogum] Pigeonhed, “Battleflag (Lo-Fidelity Allstars Remix) [YouTube]

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