Note- This is not a personal favorite list. This list was compiled to recognize the most influential, celebrated, and initially and continually popular songs of heavy metal, glam, grunge, alternative rock, thrash, nu metal, and punk rock.


1. Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
2. Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses
3. Jeremy by Pearl Jam
4. Jump by Van Halen
5. Enter Sandman by Metallica
6. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
7. Back In Black by AC/DC
8. Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. Photograph by Def Leppard
10. Rooster by Alice In Chains
11. Pride (In The Name Of Love) by U2
12. Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi
13. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by Aerosmith
14. Lithium by Nirvana
15. Alive by Pearl Jam
16. One by Metallica
17. Freak On A Leash by Korn
18. Right Now by Van Halen
19. You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC
20. Plush by Stone Temple Pilots
21. November Rain by Guns N' Roses
22. Hunger Strike by Temple Of The Dog
23. Cemetery Gates by Pantera
24. Limelight by Rush
25. Would? by Alice In Chains
26. Dr. Feelgood by Motley Crue
27. Epic by Faith No More
28. Spoonman by Soundgarden
29. Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne
30. Jane Says by Jane's Addiction
31. Beautiful Day by U2
32. Panama by Van Halen
33. You've Got Another Thing Comin' by Judas Priest
34. Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden
35. Empire by Queensryche
36. Paradise City by Guns N' Roses
37. Janie's Got A Gun by Aerosmith
38. Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers
39. Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana
40. Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against The Machine
41. Still Of The Night by Whitesnake
42. Even Flow by Pearl Jam
43. Drive by Incubus
44. Rock You Like A Hurricane by Scorpions
45. Schism by Tool
46. The Unforgiven by Metallica
47. Hell's Bells by AC/DC
48. Where The Streets Have No Name by U2
49. Wild Side by Motley Crue
50. More Human Than Human by White Zombie
51. Tom Sawyer by Rush
52. You Give Love A Bad Name by Bon Jovi
53. Outshined by Soundgarden
54. Eyes Of A Stranger by Queensryche
55. In The End by Linkin Park
56. You've Got Me Rockin' by The Rolling Stones
57. Closer by Nine Inch Nails
58. Flight Of Icarus by Iron Maiden
59. Hot For Teacher by Van Halen
60. Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard
61. Alive by P.O.D.
62. Knockin' At Your Back Door by Deep Purple
63. No More Tears by Ozzy Osbourne
64. Breaking The Law by Judas Priest
65. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
66. Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N' Roses
67. Dude (Looks Like A Lady) by Aerosmith
68. Angry Chair by Alice In Chains
69. Walk by Pantera
70. The Cult Of Personality by Living Colour
71. Foolin' by Def Leppard
72. Creep by Stone Temple Pilots
73. Dreams by Van Halen
74. Alone by Heart
75. Youth Of The Nation by P.O.D.
76. Blinded By Rainbows by The Rolling Stones
77. Guerilla Radio by Rage Against The Machine
78. Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
79. Slow An' Easy by Whitesnake
80. Headin' Out To The Highway by Judas Priest
81. Subdivisions by Rush
82. Jesus Christ Pose by Soundgarden
83. One Step Closer by Linkin Park
84. Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2
85. 18 And Life by Skid Row
86. Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue
87. Fall To Pieces by Velvet Revolver
88. Got The Life by Korn
89. Jet City Woman by Queensryche
90. Midlife Crisis by Faith No More
91. It's Been Awhile by Staind
92. All Apologies by Nirvana
93. Voodoo by Godsmack
94. Lay Your Hands On Me by Bon Jovi
95. Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots
96. Better Man by Pearl Jam
97. Down With The Sickness by Disturbed
98. Sober by Tool
99. Head Like A Hole by Nine Inch Nails
100. Round And Round by Ratt

i like the soundgarden choices. but your forgeting cochise by auioslave. if you've let rubbish like linkin park on the list you definatley need audioslave to make up for it.

Cochise is a great song, and Audioslave's best (though Audioslave doesn't come close to Rage Against The Machine or Soundgarden)