Top 100 Alternative Rock Songs -

The ultimate class-warfare anthem disguised as a dance-rock track. The acoustic version at Glastonbury 1995 is the peak of Britpop.

Eddie Vedder’s gibberish scat singing over Stone Gossard’s hypnotic riff. It represents the communal, mosh-pit spirit of early 90s Seattle.

Damon Albarn’s joke about American grunge accidentally became the soundtrack for every sports highlight reel for 25 years. "WOO-HOO!" Alternative rock’s greatest gag.

The blueprint for "space rock" and a direct influence on Deafheaven and Deftones. "She wants to know what the stars are... she wants to blow them out." Heavy, melodic, perfect.

The watery chorus effect on the guitar. The message of inclusion for the outcasts. It is the most inviting song ever written about alienation. 10-1: The Mount Rushmore 10. "Everlong" – Foo Fighters (1997) Dave Grohl’s masterpiece. The dropped tuning, the shifting time signatures, the desperate, ragged vocal. It is a love song that feels like a panic attack. For many millennials, this is the greatest rock song, period.

Before this, RHCP were funk-punks singing about socks. This acoustic ballad about John Frusciante’s addiction and loneliness was a left turn into vulnerability. It humanized the genre.