Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit From Worst to Best

168. Belly – “Feed the Tree” 167. Silverchair – “Tomorrow” 166. Nine Inch Nails – “Survivalism” 165. New Order – “Regret” 164. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “By the Way” 163. Depeche Mode – “I Feel You” 162. The Psychedelic Furs – “Until She Comes” 161. Foo Fighters – “Let It Die” 160. Tracy Bonham – “Mother Mother” 159. Linkin Park – “Faint” 158. The Presidents of the United States of America – “Lump” 157. Green Day – “J.A.R.” 156. Pearl Jam – “Who You Are” 155. Morrissey – “The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get” 154. R.E.M. – “Stand” 153. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – “Not Sleeping Around” 152. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “My Friends” 151. XTC – “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” 150. Lou Reed – “Dirty Blvd.” 149. World Party – “Way Down Now” 148. The Psychedelic Furs – “All That Money Wants” 147. Bush – “Comedown” 146. Camper Van Beethoven – “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 145. The Charlatans – “Weirdo” 144. Bleachers – “I Wanna Get Better” 143. Cake – “Never There” 142. Lou Reed – “What’s Good” 141. Faith No More – “Midlife Crisis” 140. Nirvana – “You Know You’re Right” 139. Bastille – “Pompeii” 138. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey” 137. The Cranberries – “Zombie” 136. Peter Gabriel – “Digging in the Dirt” 135. Sinéad O’Connor – “The Emperor’s New Clothes” 134. Bush – “The Chemicals Between Us” 133. Foo Fighters – “DOA” 132. Linkin Park – “In the End” 131. Butthole Surfers – “Pepper” 130. Beck – “E-Pro” 129. Alanis Morissette – “Hand in My Pocket” 128. R.E.M. – “Drive” 127. Pearl Jam – “Brother” 126. Kings of Leon – “Notion” 125. The Juliana Hatfield 3 – “My Sister” 124. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians – “So You Think You’re in Love” 123. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Can’t Stop” 122. The Black Keys – “Fever” 121. Elle King – “Ex’s & Oh’s” 120. INXS – “Suicide Blonde” 119. Porno for Pyros – “Pets” 118. Marcy Playground – “Sex and Candy” 117. Cage the Elephant – “Back Against the Wall” 116. Green Day – “Holiday” 115. Incubus – “Megalomaniac” 114. The Sugarcubes – “Hit” 113. U2 – “Staring at the Sun” 112. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man” 111. Cage the Elephant – “Cigarette Daydreams” 110. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks” 109. The Psychedelic Furs – “House” 108. The Cure – “High” 107. Sublime – “What I Got” 106. Nine Inch Nails – “Every Day Is Exactly the Same” 105. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Soul to Squeeze” 104. Talking Heads – “Sax and Violins” 103. Green Day – “Minority” 102. System of a Down – “Aerials” 101. Cage the Elephant – “Mess Around” 100. The Cranberries – “Salvation” 99. Foo Fighters – “Walk” 98. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Otherside” 97. Cold War Kids – “First” 96. Cage the Elephant – “Come a Little Closer” 95. Green Day – “American Idiot” 94. The Wallflowers – “One Headlight” 93. R.E.M. – “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” 92. Blink-182 – “I Miss You” 91. Eels – “Novocaine for the Soul” 90. Muse – “Uprising” 89. Goo Goo Dolls – “Iris” 88. The White Stripes – “Icky Thump” 87. Big Audio Dynamite – “Rush” 86. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Californication” 85. Blind Melon – “No Rain” 84. Nirvana – “About a Girl” 83. Weezer – “Perfect Situation” 82. Modest Mouse – “Lampshades on Fire” 81. Blink-182 – “All the Small Things” 80. The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Blues from a Gun” 79. Coldplay – “Paradise” 78. R.E.M. – “Orange Crush” 77. The Black Keys – “Lonely Boy” 76. Concrete Blonde – “Joey” 75. Bush – “Glycerine” 74. Alanis Morissette – “Ironic” 73. Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” 72. Kings of Leon – “Sex on Fire” 71. Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Peek-a-Boo” 70. Foo Fighters – “Rope” 69. Live – “Lightning Crashes” 68. Gotye featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know” 67. Nine Inch Nails – “Only” 66. Incubus – “Drive” 65. Green Day – “Basket Case” 64. Goo Goo Dolls – “Name” 63. The Replacements – “I’ll Be You” 62. Depeche Mode – “Policy of Truth” 61. Pearl Jam – “Daughter” 60. Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks” 59. Peter Gabriel – “Steam” 58. The Cure – “Fascination Street” 57. The Black Keys – “Gold on the Ceiling” 56. Foo Fighters – “Learn to Fly” 55. Kings of Leon – “Use Somebody” 54. The Raconteurs – “Steady, As She Goes” 53. Cage the Elephant – “Shake Me Down” 52. Jimmy Eat World – “Pain” 51. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait” 50. Green Day – “Longview” 49. Jane’s Addiction – “Stop!” 48. Hole – “Celebrity Skin” 47. Kate Bush – “Love and Anger” 46. Foo Fighters – “The Pretender” 45. Silversun Pickups – “Panic Switch” 44. The Sundays – “Here’s Where the Story Ends” 43. Linkin Park – “Numb” 42. The Offspring – “Come Out and Play” 41. Nirvana – “Heart-Shaped Box” 40. U2 – “Desire” 39. Oasis – “Champagne Supernova” 38. Elvis Costello – “Veronica” 37. Foo Fighters – “Best of You” 36. Nine Inch Nails – “The Hand That Feeds” 35. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Give It Away” 34. Garbage – “#1 Crush” 33. Cracker – “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” 32. Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 31. U2 – “Mysterious Ways” 30. Muse – “Madness” 29. Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle” 28. The Black Keys – “Tighten Up” 27. The B-52’s – “Love Shack” 26. U2 – “One” 25. My Chemical Romance – “Welcome to the Black Parade” 24. Jane’s Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” 23. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Scar Tissue” 22. Tori Amos – “God” 21. Nirvana – “All Apologies” 20. Arctic Monkeys – “Do I Wanna Know?” 19. Phoenix – “1901” 18. Coldplay – “Viva la Vida” 17. Green Day – “When I Come Around” 16. The Cure – “Friday I’m in Love” 15. Foo Fighters – “All My Life” 14. Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.” 13. The Killers – “When You Were Young” 12. Modest Mouse – “Float On” 11. Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence” 10. Oasis – “Wonderwall” 09. Sinéad O’Connor – “Nothing Compares 2 U” 08. Queens of the Stone Age – “No One Knows” 07. Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know” 06. Beck – “Loser” 05. Lorde – “Royals” 04. R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion” 03. Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 02. The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army” 01. The Smashing Pumpkins – “1979”

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