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-''[[The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present]]'' ([[2008]])+:''[[Pitchfork]], [[late 20th century music]]'' .
-by [[Scott Plagenhoef]] and [[Ryan Schreiber]]+ 
 +'''''The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present''''' is a book compiling the greatest songs from 1977 to 2006, published in 2008 by [[Scott Plagenhoef]] and [[Ryan Schreiber]] of [[Pitchfork Media]]. The book focuses on specific genres including [[indie rock]], [[hip-hop]], [[electronic music|electronic]], [[pop music|pop]], [[heavy metal music|metal]], and experimental underground. The book is broken down into 9 chronological periods, each period beginning with a description of the music scene before the featured artists, and how those artists changed the music scene.
 + 
 +== Statistics ==
 +[[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and [[Talking Heads]] had the most songs featured on the list with four each ([[New Order]] (3) and the band from which it arose, [[Joy Division]] (2), total five). [[The Clash]], [[The Cure]], New Order, [[OutKast]], [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]], [[Pixies]], [[Radiohead]], and [[The Smiths]] received three spots each. 38 bands had at least two songs listed.
 + 
 +The 1977–1979 period had the most songs on the list with 66, and 1997–1999 had the fewest with 38.
 + 
 +==1977–1979==
 +* [[David Bowie]] – [[Heroes (David Bowie song)|"Heroes"]]
 +* [[Iggy Pop]] – [[The Passenger (song)|The Passenger]]
 +* [[Lou Reed]] – [[Street Hassle (song)|Street Hassle]]
 +* [[Kraftwerk]] – [[Trans-Europe Express (album)|Trans-Europe Express]]
 +* [[Brian Eno]] – [[Music for Airports|1/1]]
 +* [[Ramones]] – [[Rocket to Russia|Rockaway Beach]]
 +* [[Talking Heads]] – [[Psycho Killer]]
 +* [[Television (band)|Television]] – [[Marquee Moon (song)|Marquee Moon]]
 +* [[Patti Smith]] – [[Rock N Roll Nigger]]
 +* [[Sex Pistols]] – [[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]
 +* [[The Clash]] – [[(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais]]
 +* [[Buzzcocks]] – [[Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?]]
 +* [[Subway Sect|Vic Godard and the Subway Sect]] – Parallel Lines
 +* [[X-Ray Spex]] – [[Oh Bondage! Up Yours!]]
 +* [[The Adverts]] – [[Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts|One Chord Wonders]]
 +* [[Wire (band)|Wire]] – [[Pink Flag|Ex-Lion Tamer]]
 +* [[Donna Summer]] – [[I Feel Love]]
 +* [[Giorgio Moroder]] – [[The Chase]]
 +* [[Chic (band)|Chic]] – [[Good Times (Chic song)|Good Times]]
 +* [[Thelma Houston]] – [[Don't Leave Me This Way]]
 +* [[Gloria Gaynor]] – [[I Will Survive]]
 +* [[Michael Jackson]] – [[Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough]]
 +* [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] – [[Flash Light (song)|Flash Light]]
 +* [[Marvin Gaye]] – [[Got To Give It Up]]
 +* [[Public Image Ltd]] – [[First Issue|Public Image]]
 +* [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] – [[Entertainment!|Damaged Goods]]
 +* [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]] – [[Shot by Both Sides]]
 +* [[The Cramps]] – [[Gravest Hits|Human Fly]]
 +* [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]] – [[Night of the Living Dead (song)|Night of the Living Dead]]
 +* [[Wire]] – [[Chairs Missing|Outdoor Miner]]
 +* [[Joy Division]] – [[Unknown Pleasures|Disorder]]
 +* [[Althea and Donna]] – [[Uptown Top Ranking]]
 +* [[Lee Perry]] – [[Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread|Roast Fish and Cornbread]]
 +* [[The Congos]] – [[Heart of the Congos|Fisherman]]
 +* [[Willi Williams]] – Armagideon Time
 +* [[This Heat]] – [[24 Track Loop]]
 +* [[The Slits]] – [[Cut (The Slits album)|Typical Girls]]
 +* [[The Pop Group]] – [[Y (album)|She Is Beyond Good and Evil]]
 +* [[The Clash]] – [[The Guns of Brixton]]
 +* [[James Chance and the Contortions]] – [[Buy (album)|Contort Yourself]]
 +* [[Suicide (band)|Suicide]] – [[Dream Baby Dream]]
 +* [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]] – [[Nag Nag Nag]]
 +* [[Throbbing Gristle]] – [[20 Jazz Funk Greats|Hot on the Heels of Love]]
 +* [[Devo]] – [[Mongoloid (song)|Mongoloid]]
 +* [[Candido Camero|Candido]] – [[Jingo]]
 +* [[Dinosaur L|Dinosaur]] – [[Kiss Me Again]]
 +* [[Machine (band)|Machine]] – [[There but for the Grace of God Go I]]
 +* [[Kate Bush]] – [[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]
 +* [[Goblin (band)|Goblin]] – [[Suspiria (soundtrack)|Suspiria]]
 +* [[Blue Öyster Cult]] – [[(Don't Fear) The Reaper]]
 +* [[AC/DC]] – [[Highway to Hell (song)|Highway to Hell]]
 +* [[Van Halen]] – [[Runnin' with the Devil]]
 +* [[Fleetwood Mac]] – [[The Chain]]
 +* [[Steely Dan]] – [[Deacon Blues]]
 +* [[Electric Light Orchestra]] – [[Mr. Blue Sky]]
 +* [[The Only Ones]] – [[Another Girl, Another Planet]]
 +* [[The Undertones]] – [[Teenage Kicks]]
 +* [[Plastic Bertrand]] – [[Ça Plane Pour Moi]]
 +* [[The Records]] – [[Starry Eyes]]
 +* [[Cheap Trick]] – [[Surrender (Cheap Trick song)|Surrender]]
 +* [[The Cars]] – [[Just What I Needed]]
 +* [[Elvis Costello and the Attractions]] – [[Radio Radio]]
 +* [[The Cure]] – [[Boys Don't Cry (song)|Boys Don't Cry]]
 +* [[XTC]] – [[Drums and Wires|Making Plans for Nigel]]
 +* [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] – [[Atomic (song)|Atomic]]
 +* [[Talking Heads]] – [[Fear of Music (album)|Memories Can't Wait]]
 + 
 +==1980–1982==
 +* [[Kurtis Blow]] – [[The Breaks (song)|The Breaks]]
 +* [[Spoonie Gee]] Meets [[The Sequence]] – Monster Jam
 +* [[The Sugarhill Gang]] – [[Eighth Wonder (song)|Eighth Wonder]]
 +* [[The Treacherous Three]] – The New Rap Language
 +* [[The Clash]] – [[The Magnificent Seven (song)|The Magnificent Seven]]
 +* [[Talking Heads]] – [[Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)]]
 +* [[Yoko Ono]] – [[Walking on Thin Ice]]
 +* [[Klein + MBO]] – [[Dirty Talk]]
 +* [[ESG (band)|ESG]] – [[Come Away with ESG|Moody]]
 +* [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]] – [[The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel]]
 +* [[Funky 4+1]] – That's The Joint
 +* [[Kraftwerk]] – [[Computer World|Numbers/Computer World 2]]
 +* [[Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force]] – [[Planet Rock (song)|Planet Rock]]
 +* [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]] – [[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]
 +* [[Glenn Branca]] – "[[Lesson No. 1|Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar]]"
 +* [[Laurie Anderson]] – [[O Superman (For Massenet)]]
 +* [[Joy Division]] – [[Atmosphere (Joy Division song)|Atmosphere]]
 +* [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] – Totally Wired
 +* [[Elvis Costello and the Attractions]] – [[Imperial Bedroom|Beyond Belief]]
 +* [[The Pretenders]] – [[Back on the Chain Gang]]
 +* [[The B-52's]] – [[Private Idaho]]
 +* [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] – [[Searching for the Young Soul Rebels|There There My Dear]]
 +* [[Young Marble Giants]] – Final Day
 +* [[Altered Images]] – [[Happy Birthday (Altered Images album)|Happy Birthday]]
 +* [[The Specials]] – [[Ghost Town]]
 +* [[Robert Wyatt]] – [[Shipbuilding (song)|Shipbuilding]]
 +* [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] – [[The Sky's Gone Out|Third Uncle]]
 +* [[Adam and the Ants]] – [[Kings of the Wild Frontier]]
 +* [[Scritti Politti]] – [[The Sweetest Girl]]
 +* [[The Human League]] – [[Don't You Want Me]]
 +* [[Soft Cell]] – [[Tainted Love]]
 +* [[Associates (duo)|The Associates]] – [[Sulk (album)|Party Fears Two]]
 +* [[ABC (band)|ABC]] – [[All of My Heart]]
 +* [[New Order]] – [[Temptation (New Order song)|Temptation]]
 +* [[The Jam]] – [[Town Called Malice]]
 +* [[Duran Duran]] – [[Rio (album)|The Chauffeur]]
 +* [[The Beat (band)|The Beat]] – [[Special Beat Service|Save It for Later]]
 +* [[The Go-Go's]] – [[Our Lips Are Sealed]]
 +* [[Tom Tom Club]] – [[Genius of Love]]
 +* [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] – [[Dirty Mind (song)|Dirty Mind]]
 +* [[Daryl Hall & John Oates]] – [[I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)]]
 +* [[Michael Jackson]] – [[Billie Jean]]
 +* [[Abba]] – [[The Day Before You Came]]
 +* [[Roxy Music]] – [[More Than This (song)|More Than This]]
 +* [[Queen (band)|Queen]] & David Bowie – [[Under Pressure]]
 +* [[Bruce Springsteen]] – [[Atlantic City (song)|Atlantic City]]
 +* [[Journey (band)|Journey]] – [[Don't Stop Believing]]
 +* [[Bad Brains]] – [[Pay to Cum]]
 +* [[Minor Threat]] – [[First Two 7"s on a 12"|Minor Threat]]
 +* [[Dead Kennedys]] – [[Holiday in Cambodia]]
 +* [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] – [[Rise Above (song)|Rise Above]]
 +* [[Wipers]] – [[Youth of America]]
 +* [[Flipper (band)|Flipper]] – [[Album - Generic Flipper|Sex Bomb]]
 +* [[Motörhead]] – [[Ace of Spades (song)|Ace of Spades]]
 +* [[Iron Maiden]] – [[Run to the Hills]]
 +* [[Orange Juice]] – Blue Boy
 +* [[The Television Personalities|Television Personalities]] – [[And Don't the Kids Just Love It|This Angry Silence]]
 +* [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] – [[Hex Enduction Hour|The Classical]]
 +* [[The Clean]] – Tally Ho!
 +* [[The Feelies]] – [[Crazy Rhythms|The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness]]
 +* [[R.E.M.]] – [[Radio Free Europe (song)|Radio Free Europe]]
 +* [[Violent Femmes]] – [[Blister in the Sun]]
 +* [[Mission of Burma]] – [[That's When I Reach for My Revolver]]
 + 
 +==1983–1986==
 +* [[The Smiths]] – [[This Charming Man]]
 +* [[Sonic Youth]] – [[Death Valley '69]]
 +* [[Hüsker Dü]] – [[Zen Arcade|Pink Turns to Blue]]
 +* [[Meat Puppets]] – [[Plateau (song)|Plateau]]
 +* [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] – [[I Will Dare]]
 +* [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] – [[Double Nickels on the Dime|History Lesson (Part II)]]
 +* [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M]] – [[So. Central Rain]]
 +* [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] – [[The Killing Moon]]
 +* [[The Cure]] – [[Close to Me (The Cure song)|Close to Me]]
 +* [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] – [[Cities in Dust]]
 +* [[Run-D.M.C.]] – [[It's like That (Run-D.M.C. song)|It's Like That]]
 +* [[Crash Crew]] – On the Radio
 +* [[Rammellzee]] vs [[K-Rob]] – [[Beat Bop]]
 +* [[Boogie Down Productions]] – [[Criminal Minded|South Bronx]]
 +* [[New Order]] – [[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]
 +* [[Prince and the Revolution]] – [[When Doves Cry]]
 +* [[Talking Heads]] – [[This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)]]
 +* [[Kate Bush]] – [[Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)]]
 +* [[U2]] – [[New Year's Day (song)|New Year's Day]]
 +* [[Simple Minds]] – [[Don't You (Forget About Me)]]
 +* [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] – [[Bastards of Young]]
 +* [[The Mekons]] – [[Fear and Whiskey|Last Dance]]
 +* [[Big Black]] – [[Atomizer (album)|Kerosene]]
 +* [[Scratch Acid]] – [[Scratch Acid (EP)|The Greatest Gift]]
 +* [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] – [[Just Like Honey]]
 +* [[The Smiths]] – [[How Soon Is Now?]]
 +* [[Cocteau Twins]] – [[Treasure (Cocteau Twins album)|Lorelei]]
 +* [[New Order]] – [[Bizarre Love Triangle]]
 +* [[Billy Bragg]] – [[A New England]]
 +* [[Metallica]] – [[Battery (song)|Battery]]
 +* [[Slayer]] – [[Angel of Death (song)|Angel of Death]]
 +* [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]] – [[Born Too Late|Clear Windowpane]]
 +* [[Einstürzende Neubauten]] – [[Halber Mensch]]
 +* [[Art of Noise]] – [[Beat Box (song)|Beat Box (Diversion One)]]
 +* [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] – [[Relax (song)|Relax]]
 +* [[Liquid Liquid]] – Optimo
 +* [[Alexander Robotnick]] – [[Problèmes d'Amour]]
 +* [[Shannon (singer)|Shannon]] – [[Let the Music Play (song)|Let the Music Play]]
 +* [[Section 25]] – Looking from a Hilltop (Restructure)
 +* [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] – [[Holiday (Madonna song)|Holiday]]
 +* [[Cyndi Lauper]] – [[Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]
 +* [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] – [[Kiss (song)|Kiss]]
 +* [[Run-D.M.C.]] – [[Rock Box]]
 +* [[LL Cool J]] – [[I Can't Live Without My Radio]]
 +* [[Beastie Boys]] – [[No Sleep till Brooklyn]]
 +* [[Mantronix]] – [[Mantronix: The Album|Needle to the Groove]]
 +* [[The Go-Betweens]] – [[Cattle and Cane]]
 +* [[The Chills]] – [[Kaleidoscope World (The Chills album)|Pink Frost]]
 +* [[Felt (band)|Felt]] – [[Ignite the Seven Cannons|Primitive Painters]]
 +* [[The Smiths]] – [[There Is a Light That Never Goes Out]]
 +* [[Tom Waits]] – [[Rain Dogs|Jockey Full of Bourbon]]
 +* [[Bruce Springsteen]] – [[I'm on Fire]]
 +* [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]] – [[Climate of Hunter|Rawhide]]
 +* [[U2 (band)|U2]] – [[Bad (U2 song)|Bad]]
 +* [[Don Henley]] – [[The Boys of Summer (song)|The Boys of Summer]]
 +* [[Paul Simon]] – [[Graceland (song)|Graceland]]
 +* [[Wayne Smith (musician)|Wayne Smith]] – [[Under Me Sleng Teng]]
 +* [[Anthony Red Rose]] – Tempo
 +* [[Juan Atkins|Model 500]] – [[No UFOs]]
 + 
 +==1987–1990==
 +* [[Larry Heard|Mr Fingers]] – [[Can You Feel It?]]
 +* [[Rhythim Is Rhythim]] – [[Strings of Life]]
 +* [[A Guy Called Gerald]] – [[Voodoo Ray]]
 +* [[MARRS]] – [[Pump Up the Volume (song)|Pump Up The Volume]]
 +* [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] – [[You Made Me Realise]]
 +* [[Spacemen 3]] – [[The Perfect Prescription|Walking With Jesus]]
 +* [[Ride (band)|Ride]] – [[Nowhere (album)|Dreams Burn Down]]
 +* [[Galaxie 500]] – [[On Fire (Galaxie 500 album)|Blue Thunder]]
 +* [[Happy Mondays]] – [[Kinky Afro]]
 +* [[The Stone Roses]] – [[She Bangs the Drums]]
 +* Sonic Youth – [[Teen Age Riot]]
 +* [[Dinosaur Jr]] – [[Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album)|Freak Scene]]
 +* [[Butthole Surfers]] – [[Locust Abortion Technician|Human Cannonball]]
 +* [[Pixies]] – [[Where Is My Mind?]]
 +* [[Fugazi]] – [[13 Songs|Waiting Room]]
 +* [[Audio Two]] – [[Top Billin']]
 +* [[Eric B & Rakim]] – [[I Know You Got Soul (Eric B. & Rakim song)|I Know You Got Soul]]
 +* [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] – [[Rebel Without a Pause]]
 +* [[N.W.A|NWA]] – [[Straight Outta Compton (song)|Straight Outta Compton]]
 +* [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] – [[The Mercy Seat (song)|The Mercy Seat]]
 +* [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] – [[Stigmata (song)|Stigmata]]
 +* The Jesus and Mary Chain – [[Head On (song)|Head On]]
 +* [[The Sugarcubes]] – [[Birthday (The Sugarcubes song)|Birthday]]
 +* The Cure – [[Just Like Heaven (song)|Just Like Heaven]]
 +* [[Morrissey]] – [[Everyday Is Like Sunday]]
 +* [[The Pogues]] – [[Fairytale of New York]]
 +* [[The Wedding Present]] – [[George Best (album)|My Favourite Dress]]
 +* [[The Field Mice]] – [[Emma's House]]
 +* [[Another Sunny Day]] – You Should All Be Murdered
 +* [[The Dead Milkmen]] – [[Punk Rock Girl]]
 +* [[The Primitives]] – [[Crash (The Primitives song)|Crash]]
 +* [[The La's]] – [[There She Goes]]
 +* [[They Might Be Giants]] – [[Birdhouse in Your Soul]]
 +* [[Superchunk]] – [[Superchunk (album)|Slack Motherfucker]]
 +* Fugazi – [[Repeater (album)|Merchandise]]
 +* [[The Jesus Lizard]] – [[Goat (album)|Mouth Breather]]
 +* [[Slick Rick]] – [[The Great Adventures of Slick Rick|Children's Story]]
 +* [[Gang Starr]] – [[Step in the Arena|Just to Get a Rep]]
 +* [[Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock]] – [[It Takes Two (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock song)|It Takes Two]]
 +* [[Salt n Pepa]] – [[Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song)|Push It]]
 +* Beastie Boys – [[Hey Ladies]]
 +* [[De La Soul]] – [[Me Myself and I (De La Soul song)|Me Myself and I]]
 +* [[Biz Markie]] – [[Just a Friend]]
 +* Public Enemy – [[Fight the Power]]
 +* [[Guns N Roses]] – [[Welcome to the Jungle]]
 +* [[Swans (band)|Swans]] – [[Children of God (album)|Beautiful Child]]
 +* [[John Zorn]] – [[The Sicilian Clan]]
 +* Prince and the Revolution – [[If I Was Your Girlfriend]]
 +* Madonna – [[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]
 +* [[Deee-Lite]] – [[Groove Is in the Heart]]
 +* [[Pet Shop Boys]] – [[Being Boring]]
 +* [[Sinéad O'Connor]] – [[Nothing Compares 2 U]]
 +* [[The Orb]] – [[Little Fluffy Clouds]]
 +* [[The KLF]] – [[Chill Out|Wichita Lineman Was a Song I Once Heard]]
 +* [[808 State]] – Pacific State
 +* [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]] – [[Chime (song)|Chime]]
 +* [[Depeche Mode]] – [[Enjoy the Silence]]
 +* My Bloody Valentine – [[Glider (EP)|Soon]]
 +* [[The Vaselines]] – [[Son of a Gun (EP)|Son of a Gun]]
 +* [[Beat Happening]] – [[Jamboree (Beat Happening album)|Indian Summer]]
 +* [[Daniel Johnston]] – Some Things Last a Long Time
 +* [[Mudhoney]] – [[Touch Me I'm Sick]]
 +* Pixies – [[Doolittle (album)|Wave of Mutilation]]
 + 
 +==1991–1993==
 +* [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] – [[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]
 +* [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] – [[Summer Babe]]
 +* [[Archers of Loaf]] – [[Icky Mettle|Web in Front]]
 +* [[Yo La Tengo]] – [[Painful (album)|From a Motel 6]]
 +* [[Sebadoh]] – [[Sebadoh III|The Freed Pig]]
 +* [[A Tribe Called Quest]] – [[Check the Rhime]]
 +* De La Soul – [[De La Soul Is Dead|A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays]]
 +* [[Black Sheep (hip hop group)|Black Sheep]] – [[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Black Sheep album)|The Choice Is Yours]]
 +* [[Massive Attack]] – [[Unfinished Sympathy]]
 +* [[Tricky]] – [[Maxinquaye|Aftermath (Version 1)]]
 +* [[Primal Scream]] – [[Screamadelica|Higher Than the Sun]]
 +* [[Spiritualized]] – [[Lazer Guided Melodies|Step into the Breeze]]
 +* [[Slowdive]] – [[Alison (Slowdive song)|Alison]]
 +* [[Aphex Twin]] – [[Selected Ambient Works 85–92|Xtal]]
 +* [[Talk Talk]] – [[Laughing Stock (album)|Ascension Day]]
 +* [[Slint]] – [[Spiderland|Good Morning, Captain]]
 +* [[Disco Inferno (band)|Disco Inferno]] – [[The Last Dance (EP)|The Last Dance]]
 +* [[Stereolab]] – [[Refried Ectoplasm|French Disko]]
 +* [[Acen]] – [[75 Minutes|Trip II the Moon Pts. 1 and 2]]
 +* [[The Future Sound of London]] – [[Papua New Guinea (song)|Papua New Guinea]]
 +* [[Human Resource (band)|Human Resource]] – [[Dominator (song)|Dominator (Joey Beltram Mix)]]
 +* [[Metalheadz]] – Terminator
 +* [[Omni Trio]] – Renegade Snares
 +* [[Red House Painters]] – [[Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)|New Jersey]]
 +* [[Teenage Fanclub]] – [[Bandwagonesque|The Concept]]
 +* [[Heavenly (British band)|Heavenly]] – [[Le Jardin de Heavenly|C Is the Heavenly Option]]
 +* [[Tindersticks]] – [[Tindersticks (1993 album)|City Sickness]]
 +* [[Unrest (band)|Unrest]] – Make Out Club
 +* [[Tenor Saw]] & [[Buju Banton]] – Ring the Alarm Quick
 +* [[Dr Dre]] – [[Nuthin' but a G Thang]]
 +* [[Ice Cube]] – [[It Was a Good Day]]
 +* [[2Pac]] – [[I Get Around (2Pac song)|I Get Around]]
 +* [[Souls of Mischief]] – [[93 'til Infinity (song)|93 'til Infinity]]
 +* [[Suede (band)|Suede]] – [[The Drowners]]
 +* [[Blur (band)|Blur]] – [[For Tomorrow]]
 +* [[Elastica]] – [[Stutter (Elastica song)|Stutter]]
 +* [[Ween]] – [[The Pod|Doctor Rock]]
 +* [[Wu-Tang Clan]] – [[Protect Ya Neck]]
 +* [[Geto Boys]] – [[Mind Playing Tricks on Me]]
 +* [[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]] – [[They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)]]
 +* [[Bikini Kill]] – [[Pussy Whipped|Rebel Girl]]
 +* [[Melvins]] – [[Houdini (album)|Hooch]]
 +* Dinosaur Jr – [[Where You Been|Start Choppin]]
 +* Pixies – [[U-Mass]]
 +* [[Liz Phair]] – [[Exile in Guyville|Divorce Song]]
 +* [[PJ Harvey]] – [[Rid of Me]]
 +* [[The Afghan Whigs]] – [[Gentlemen (album)|Debonair]]
 +* [[Rage Against the Machine]] – [[Killing in the Name]]
 +* [[The Lemonheads]] – [[It's a Shame About Ray]]
 +* [[Beck]] – [[Loser (Beck song)|Loser]]
 +* [[The Breeders]] – [[Cannonball (The Breeders song)|Cannonball]]
 +* Nirvana – [[Scentless Apprentice]]
 + 
 +==1994–1996==
 +* [[Hole (band)|Hole]] – [[Violet (song)|Violet]]
 +* [[Smashing Pumpkins]] – [[1979 (song)|1979]]
 +* [[Green Day]] – [[Longview (song)|Longview]]
 +* [[Weezer]] – [[Say It Ain't So]]
 +* Blur – [[Girls & Boys (Blur song)|Girls & Boys]]
 +* [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] – [[Live Forever]]
 +* [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] – [[Common People]]
 +* [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] – [[Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Juicy]]
 +* [[Nas]] – [[It Ain't Hard to Tell]]
 +* [[Mobb Deep]] – [[Shook Ones, Pt. 2]]
 +* [[GZA]] – [[Liquid Swords|4th Chamber]]
 +* Pavement – [[Gold Soundz]]
 +* [[Built to Spill]] – [[There's Nothing Wrong with Love|Car]]
 +* [[Modest Mouse]] – [[Broke (Modest Mouse song)|Broke]]
 +* [[Frank Black]] – [[Teenager of the Year|Headache]]
 +* [[The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion]] – [[Orange (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)|Bellbottoms]]
 +* [[Guided by Voices]] – [[I Am a Scientist]]
 +* [[Nine Inch Nails]] – [[Closer (Nine Inch Nails song)|Closer]]
 +* [[Björk]] – [[Hyper-Ballad]]
 +* Beck – [[Devils Haircut]]
 +* [[Portishead]] – [[Sour Times]]
 +* [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]] – [[Like a Motorway]]
 +* [[Basic Channel]] – Octagon
 +* [[Carl Craig|Paperclip People]] – [[Throw]]
 +* [[DJ Shadow]] – [[Midnight in a Perfect World]]
 +* [[Dr. Octagon]] – [[Dr. Octagonecologyst|Blue Flowers]]
 +* [[Common (artist)|Common]] – [[I Used to Love H.E.R.]]
 +* [[Jeff Buckley]] – [[Grace (Jeff Buckley song)|Grace]]
 +* [[Mazzy Star]] – [[Fade Into You]]
 +* [[Arthur Russell (musician)|Arthur Russell]] – This Is How We Walk on the Moon
 +* [[Low (band)|Low]] – [[I Could Live in Hope|Words]]
 +* [[The Auteurs]] – [[After Murder Park|Unsolved Child Murder]]
 +* [[Jawbox]] – [[Savory (song)|Savory]]
 +* [[Drive Like Jehu]] – [[Yank Crime|Luau]]
 +* [[Brainiac (band)|Brainiac]] – [[Hissing Prigs in Static Couture|Pussyfootin']]
 +* [[Napalm Death]] – [[Fear, Emptiness, Despair|Twist the Knife (Slowly)]]
 +* [[Darkthrone]] – [[Transilvanian Hunger|En As I Dype Skogen]]
 +* [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]] – [[Brooklyn Zoo]]
 +* [[Snoop Doggy Dogg]] – [[Gin and Juice]]
 +* [[Luniz]] – [[I Got 5 on It]]
 +* [[Cutty Ranks]] – Limb by Limb
 +* [[The Prodigy]] – [[No Good (Start the Dance)]]
 +* [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] – [[Born Slippy .NUXX]]
 +* [[The Chemical Brothers]] – [[Setting Sun]]
 +* [[Daft Punk]] – [[Da Funk]]
 +* [[Belle and Sebastian]] – [[Tigermilk|The State I Am In]]
 +* [[Elliott Smith]] – [[Needle in the Hay]]
 +* [[The Magnetic Fields]] – [[Holiday (The Magnetic Fields album)|Take Ecstasy with Me]]
 +* [[Palace Music]] – [[Viva Last Blues|New Partner]]
 +* [[Arab Strap (band)|Arab Strap]] – [[The First Big Weekend]]
 +* [[Tortoise (band)|Tortoise]] – [[Millions Now Living Will Never Die|Gamera]]
 +* [[The Sea and Cake]] – [[Nassau (album)|Parasol]]
 +* Pavement – [[Rattled by the Rush]]
 +* Guided by Voices – [[Game of Pricks]]
 +* Weezer – [[El Scorcho]]
 + 
 +==1997–1999==
 +* [[Radiohead]] – [[Paranoid Android]]
 +* [[Björk]] – [[Jóga]]
 +* [[The Verve]] – [[Bitter Sweet Symphony]]
 +* [[Elliott Smith]] – [[Between the Bars]]
 +* [[Cat Power]] – [[Cross Bones Style]]
 +* [[The Clientele]] – [[Suburban Light|Reflections After Jane]]
 +* [[Bonnie "Prince" Billy]] – [[I See a Darkness]]
 +* [[Smog (band)|Smog]] – [[Knock Knock (album)|Teenage Spaceship]]
 +* [[Silver Jews]] – [[American Water (album)|Random Rules]]
 +* [[Autechre]] – [[LP5|Arch Carrier]]
 +* [[Boards of Canada]] – [[Music Has the Right to Children|Happy Cycling]]
 +* [[Matthew Herbert|Herbert]] – [[Around the House|So Now]]
 +* [[Aphex Twin]] – [[Windowlicker]]
 +* [[Uilab]] – [[St. Elmo's Fire (song)|St. Elmo's Fire]]
 +* [[Air (band)|Air]] – [[Premiers Symptômes|Le Soleil est Pres de Moi]]
 +* [[Massive Attack]] – [[Teardrop (song)|Teardrop]]
 +* [[Black Star (hip hop group)|Black Star]] – [[Respiration (song)|Respiration]]
 +* [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] – [[Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Hypnotize]]
 +* [[OutKast]] – [[Aquemini|Spottieottiedopaliscious]]
 +* [[The Roots]] – [[The Next Movement]]
 +* [[The Flaming Lips]] – [[Waitin' for a Superman]]
 +* [[The Beta Band]] – [[Dry the Rain]]
 +* [[The Olivia Tremor Control]] – [[Hideway]]
 +* [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] – [[Holland, 1945]]
 +* [[Super Furry Animals]] – [[Ice Hockey Hair]]
 +* [[Stardust (band)|Stardust]] – [[Music Sounds Better with You]]
 +* [[Basement Jaxx]] – [[Jump N' Shout]]
 +* [[Wilco]] – [[Summerteeth|Via Chicago]]
 +* [[Pulp]] – [[This Is Hardcore]]
 +* [[Belle & Sebastian]] – [[Lazy Line Painter Jane]]
 +* [[Yo La Tengo]] – [[Autumn Sweater]]
 +* [[Sleater-Kinney]] – [[One More Hour]]
 +* [[Refused]] – [[The Shape of Punk to Come|New Noise]]
 +* [[The Dismemberment Plan]] – [[Emergency & I|The City]]
 +* [[Boredoms]] – [[Super æ|Super Shine]]
 +* [[Mogwai]] – [[Like Herod]]
 +* [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] – [[Halfway to a Threeway]]
 +* [[Sigur Rós]] – [[Svefn-g-englar]]
 + 
 +==2000–2002==
 +* Daft Punk – [[One More Time (Daft Punk song)|One More Time]]
 +* Radiohead – [[Idioteque]]
 +* [[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]] – [[Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven|Storm]]
 +* [[The Avalanches]] – [[Since I Left You]]
 +* [[Broadcast (band)|Broadcast]] – [[The Noise Made by People|Come On Let's Go]]
 +* [[Aaliyah]] – [[Try Again]]
 +* [[Justin Timberlake]] – [[Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)|Cry Me a River]]
 +* [[Luomo]] – [[The Present Lover|Tessio]]
 +* [[Vitalic]] – [[OK Cowboy|La Rock 01]]
 +* [[Kylie Minogue]] – [[Love at First Sight (Kylie Minogue song)|Love at First Sight]]
 +* [[Jay-Z]] – [[Big Pimpin']]
 +* Outkast – [[B.O.B. (song)|B.O.B.]]
 +* [[Eminem]] – [[The Real Slim Shady]]
 +* [[Ghostface Killah]] – [[Supreme Clientele|Nutmeg]]
 +* [[Missy Elliott]] – [[Get Ur Freak On]]
 +* [[The White Stripes]] – [[Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground]]
 +* [[The Strokes]] – [[The Modern Age]]
 +* [[…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead]] – [[Another Morning Stoner]]
 +* [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] – [[Obstacle 1]]
 +* [[Electric Six]] – [[Danger! High Voltage]]
 +* Golden Boy with [[Miss Kittin]] – Rippin Kittin'
 +* [[Jürgen Paape]] – [[Total 3|So Weit Wie Noch Nie]]
 +* [[Osymyso]] – [[Intro-Inspection]]
 +* [[The Knife]] – [[Heartbeats]]
 +* [[LCD Soundsystem]] – [[Losing My Edge]]
 +* [[The Rapture (band)|The Rapture]] – [[Echoes (The Rapture album)|House of Jealous Lovers]]
 +* [[The Streets]] – [[Weak Become Heroes]]
 +* [[Aesop Rock]] – [[Daylight (Aesop Rock album)|Daylight]]
 +* [[RJD2]] – [[Deadringer (album)|Good Times Roll Pt. 2]]
 +* [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]] – [[Fevers and Mirrors|The Calendar Hung Itself]]
 +* Wilco – [[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot|Poor Places]]
 +* [[Queens of the Stone Age]] – [[No One Knows]]
 +* [[My Morning Jacket]] – [[At Dawn|The Way That He Sings]]
 +* Modest Mouse – [[The Moon & Antarctica|3rd Planet]]
 +* [[Clinic (band)|Clinic]] – [[Internal Wrangler|Distortions]]
 +* [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]] – [[Prayer to God]]
 +* [[Mclusky]] – [[To Hell with Good Intentions]]
 +* [[Lightning Bolt (band)|Lightning Bolt]] – [[Ride the Skies|Ride the Sky]]
 +* [[The Microphones]] – [[The Glow Pt. 2|The Moon]]
 +* [[The New Pornographers]] – [[Letter from an Occupant]]
 +* [[The Shins]] – [[New Slang]]
 +* [[The Decemberists]] – [[Castaways and Cutouts|Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect]]
 +* Radiohead – [[Life in a Glasshouse]]
 +* [[Broken Social Scene]] – [[Cause = Time]]
 +* [[Deerhoof]] – [[Reveille (album)|This Magnificent Bird Will Rise]]
 +* [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]] – [[Kill the Moonlight|The Way We Get By]]
 +* [[Dizzee Rascal]] – [[I Luv U (Dizzee Rascal song)|I Luv U]]
 +* [[M.O.P.]] – [[Warriorz|Ante Up]]
 +* [[Clipse]] – [[Grindin']]
 +* [[Talib Kweli]] – [[Get By]]
 +* Jay-Z – [[Takeover (song)|Takeover]]
 + 
 +==2003–2006==
 +* Outkast – [[Hey Ya]]
 +* [[Kanye West]] – [[Through The Wire]]
 +* [[R. Kelly]] – [[Ignition (Remix)]]
 +* [[Beyonce]] – [[Crazy in Love (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Crazy In Love]]
 +* [[Gnarls Barkley]] – [[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]
 +* [[!!!]] – [[Louden Up Now|Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)]]
 +* [[TV on the Radio]] – [[Staring at the Sun (TV on the Radio song)|Staring at the Sun]]
 +* [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] – [[Maps (song)|Maps]]
 +* [[The Walkmen]] – [[Bows + Arrows|The Rat]]
 +* [[Devendra Banhart]] – [[Rejoicing in the Hands|A Sight to Behold]]
 +* [[Joanna Newsom]] – [[Peach, Plum, Pear]]
 +* [[Sufjan Stevens]] – [[Illinois (album)|Casimir Pulaski Day]]
 +* [[Antony and the Johnsons]] – [[Hope There's Someone]]
 +* [[Animal Collective]] – [[Sung Tongs|Leaf House]]
 +* [[The Books]] – [[Take Time]]
 +* [[M83 (band)|M83]] – [[Before the Dawn Heals Us|Don't Save Us from the Flames]]
 +* [[The Postal Service]] – [[Such Great Heights]]
 +* [[Annie (Norwegian singer)|Annie]] – [[Heartbeat (Annie song)|Heartbeat]]
 +* [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] – [[Galang]]
 +* The White Stripes – [[Seven Nation Army]]
 +* [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] – [[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]
 +* [[The Fiery Furnaces]] – [[EP (The Fiery Furnaces album)|Here Comes the Summer]]
 +* [[The Mountain Goats]] – [[Tallahassee (album)|No Children]]
 +* [[The Wrens (band)|The Wrens]] – [[The Meadowlands (album)|She Sends Kisses]]
 +* [[Les Savy Fav]] – [[Inches (album)|The Sweat Descends]]
 +* [[Ted Leo and the Pharmacists]] – [[Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?]]
 +* [[The Exploding Hearts]] – [[Guitar Romantic|Modern Kicks]]
 +* [[Art Brut]] – [[Formed a Band]]
 +* [[Boris (band)|Boris]] – [[Pink (Boris album)|Farewell]]
 +* [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] – [[Blood Mountain (album)|Sleeping Giant]]
 +* [[Madvillain]] – [[America's Most Blunted]]
 +* [[T.I.]] – [[What You Know]]
 +* [[Kelly Clarkson]] – [[Since U Been Gone]]
 +* [[Amerie]] – [[1 Thing]]
 +* [[Ciara]] – [[Oh (Ciara song)|Oh]]
 +* [[The Go! Team]] – [[The Power Is On]]
 +* [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] – [[Mushaboom (song)|Mushaboom]]
 +* [[Arcade Fire]] – [[Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels)|Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)]]
 +* [[Wolf Parade]] – [[I'll Believe in Anything]]
 +* [[Band of Horses]] – [[The Funeral (song)|The Funeral]]
 +* [[The Hold Steady]] – [[Boys and Girls in America|Stuck Between Stations]]
 +* [[Beirut (band)|Beirut]] – [[Gulag Orkestar|Postcards from Italy]]
 +* [[Johnny Boy]] – [[Johnny Boy (album)|You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve]]
 +* [[Love Is All]] – [[Nine Times That Same Song|Busy Doing Nothing]]
 +* [[Jens Lekman]] – [[Maple Leaves (EP)|Black Cab]]
 +* [[Christian Falk]] – [[Dream On (Christian Falk song)|Dream On]]
 +* [[Peter Bjorn and John]] – [[Young Folks]]
 +* [[Justice (French band)|Justice]] vs. [[Simian (band)|Simian]] – [[We Are Your Friends]]
 +* [[Hot Chip]] – [[Boy from School]]
 +* [[Animal Collective]] – [[Grass (song)|Grass]]
 +* [[Black Dice]] – Cone Toaster
 +* [[Liars (band)|Liars]] – [[The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack]]
 +* [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]] – [[Bro's]]
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The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present is a book compiling the greatest songs from 1977 to 2006, published in 2008 by Scott Plagenhoef and Ryan Schreiber of Pitchfork Media. The book focuses on specific genres including indie rock, hip-hop, electronic, pop, metal, and experimental underground. The book is broken down into 9 chronological periods, each period beginning with a description of the music scene before the featured artists, and how those artists changed the music scene.

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Prince and Talking Heads had the most songs featured on the list with four each (New Order (3) and the band from which it arose, Joy Division (2), total five). The Clash, The Cure, New Order, OutKast, Pavement, Pixies, Radiohead, and The Smiths received three spots each. 38 bands had at least two songs listed.

The 1977–1979 period had the most songs on the list with 66, and 1997–1999 had the fewest with 38.

1977–1979

1980–1982

1983–1986

1987–1990

1991–1993

1994–1996

1997–1999

2000–2002

2003–2006


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