| Cover | | Date  | Title • Artist  Album | Points  | Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 06/1999 | | 537
 | US 9 UK 15 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Warner 16913] written by Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith |
 | 2. | 11/1991 | | 505
 | US 9 UK 13 US dance 42 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Island 866189-4] written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
 | 3. | 07/1998 | | 474
 | US 12 UK ✫1 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | written by Lenny Kravitz |
 | 4. | 03/1991 | | 453
 | US 4 UK 19 US AC 28 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1991]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #169] [Warner 19392] written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe |
 | 5. | 11/1996 | | 448
 | US 2 UK 54 US AC 30 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Jakob Dylan |
 | 6. | 09/1995 | | 423
 | US 5 US AC 4 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Warner 17758] written by John Rzeznik |
 | 7. | 11/1997 | | 423
 | US 8 UK 29 US rock 4 US alt. ✫1 | written by John Wozniak |
 | 8. | 01/1991 | | 420
 | US 5 UK 22 US AC 9 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [A&M 1541] written by Sting |
 | 9. | 01/1990 | | 418
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US AC 2 US rock 23 US alt. ✫1 | [MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1990]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #162] written by Prince |
 | 10. | 10/1998 | | 417
 | US 13 UK 34 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | written by E. Schrody |
 | 11. | 03/1992 | | 415
 | US 10 UK 7 US AC 24 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #36] [Island 866533] written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
 | 12. | 02/1995 | | 411
 | US 12 UK 33 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk & Chad Taylor |
 | 13. | 12/1994 | | 408
 | US 6 UK 27 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt (as Mike Pritchard) & Tré Cool (as Frank Wright) |
 | 14. | 09/1990 | | 402
 | US 9 UK 11 US dance 25 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Atlantic 4-87860] written by Andrew Farriss & Michael Hutchence |
 | 15. | 02/1993 | | 402
 | US 12 UK 4 US rock ✫1 US alt. 2 | written by Lenny Kravitz & Craig Ross |
 | 16. | 11/1995 | | 394
 | US 8 UK 2 US AC 33 US rock 9 US alt. ✫1 | [Epic 78216] written by Noel Gallagher |
 | 17. | 08/1994 | | 393
 | US 18 UK 53 US rock ✫1 US alt. 2 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Robert DeLeo & Scott Weiland |
 | 18. | 11/1993 | | 386
 | US 5 UK 28 US AC 25 US rock 2 US alt. 2 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[album cut] written by Steve Bowman, David Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham & Matt Malley |
 | 19. | 06/1995 | | 380
 | US 16 UK 2 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Island/Atlantic 87131] written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
 | 20. | 06/1991 | | 377
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US AC ✫1 US rock 10 | [A&M 1567] written by Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John "Mutt" Lange |
 | 21. | 10/1993 | | 374
 | US 97 UK 18 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | written by Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder |
| 22. | 10/1991 | | 371
 | US 61 UK ✫1 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | [Island 868885-4] written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
 | 23. | 01/1997 | | 370
 | US 10 UK ✫1 US dance ✫1 US rock 6 US alt. ✫1 | [Island 854774] written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
 | 24. | 09/1991 | | 369
 | US 6 UK 7 US dance 14 US rock 7 US alt. ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #9] written by Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic |
 | 25. | 07/1997 | | 368
 | US 2 UK 19 US rock 13 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Greg Camp, Kevin Coleman, Paul De Lisle & Steve Harwell |
 | 26. | 03/1992 | | 367
 | US 2 UK 26 US rock 2 US alt. 6 | [Warner 18978] written by Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea & Chad Smith |
 | 27. | 10/1990 | | 366
 | US 2 UK 31 US dance 29 US rock 7 US alt. ✫1 | written by Mike Edwards |
 | 28. | 03/1997 | | 361
 | US 26 UK 3 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | [Island 584972] written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
 | 29. | 05/1994 | | 361
 | US 24 UK 12 US rock ✫1 US alt. 2 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Chris Cornell |
 | 30. | 03/1997 | | 360
 | US 4 UK 33 US rock 26 US alt. ✫1 | [Elektra 64173] written by Stephan Jenkins |
 | 31. | 02/1999 | | 359
 | US 51 UK 16 US rock 6 US alt. ✫1 | [album cut] written by A. Jay Popoff & Jeremy Popoff |
 | 32. | 10/1999 | | 358
 | US 6 UK 2 US alt. ✫1 | written by Mark Hoppus & Tom DeLonge |
| 33. | 09/1992 | | 358
 | US 32 UK 10 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | [Geffen 19145] written by Peter Gabriel |
 | 34. | 11/1996 | | 357
 | US 27 UK 7 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Gavin Rossdale |
 | 35. | 07/1999 | | 355
 | US ✫1 UK 3 US AC 11 US rock 10 US alt. 24 | featuring Rob Thomas
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 2000]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 2000] [Arista 13718] written by Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas |
 | 36. | 10/1996 | | 355
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US AC 6 US alt. 2 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Eric Stefani & Gwen Stefani |
 | 37. | 09/1998 | | 354
 | US 8 UK 43 US rock 4 US alt. ✫1 | written by John Rzeznik |
 | 38. | 09/1994 | | 353
 | US 21 UK 9 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | [Warner 18050] written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe |
 | 39. | 01/1999 | | 353
 | US 73 US rock ✫1 US alt. 5 | [Atlantic album cut] written by Ed Roland |
 | 40. | 10/1999 | | 353
 | US 19 UK 21 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | written by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins & Nate Mendel |
 | 41. | 07/1997 | | 352
 | US 57 UK 94 US rock ✫1 US alt. 6 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Travis Meeks |
 | 42. | 06/1997 | | 351
 | US ✫1 UK 58 US rock 29 US alt. ✫1 | featuring Supercat [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Craig Bullock, Stan Frazier, Murphy Karges, William Maragh, Mark McGrath, Alan Shacklock & Rodney Sheppard |
| 43. | 11/1997 | | 351
 | US 3 UK 64 US AC 25 US rock 2 US alt. 3 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Rob Thomas, John Goff, Jay Stanley & Brian Yale |
 | 44. | 12/1998 | | 350
 | US 3 UK 10 US AC 27 US rock 38 US alt. ✫1 | [Lava 84462] written by Richard Bean, David Kahne, Sugar Ray, Pablo Tellez & Abel Zarate |
 | 45. | 01/1998 | | 350
 | US 21 UK 12 US rock ✫1 US alt. 3 | [Epic 78797] written by Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder |
| 46. | 05/1997 | | 350
 | US 5 UK 38 US rock 4 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Rob Thomas & Matt Serletic |
| 47. | 12/1994 | | 349
 | US 13 US rock ✫1 US alt. 2 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Eddie Vedder |
 | 48. | 04/1997 | | 349
 | US 11 US rock ✫1 US alt. 3 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Emerson Hart |
 | 49. | 10/1992 | | 348
 | US 28 UK 11 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | [Warner 18729] written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe |
 | 50. | 12/1995 | | 346
 | US 12 UK 16 US dance 17 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Virgin 38534] written by Billy Corgan |
 | 51. | 05/1999 | | 346
 | US 2 UK 42 US rock 5 US alt. 2 | [Epic 79197] written by Wayne Cochran, Joe Carpenter, Randall Hoyal & Bobby McGlon |
 | 52. | 06/1998 | | 343
 | US ✫1 UK 5 US alt. ✫1 | [Reprise 17174] written by Ed Robertson |
 | 53. | 04/1990 | | 341
 | US 2 UK 34 US rock ✫1 US alt. 7 | [Chrysalis 23509] written by Billy Idol & David Werner |
| 54. | 09/1995 | | 339
 | US 27 UK 29 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Dave Navarro & Chad Smith |
| 55. | 04/1998 | | 338
 | US 9 UK 50 US AC 22 US rock 8 US alt. ✫1 | Iris spent a record 18 weeks at number one on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, but did not hit number one on the US Hot 100 as Billboard (at the time) did not allow songs to enter the Hot 100 without a commercial single release. written by John Rzeznik |
 | 56. | 08/1997 | | 337
 | US 6 UK 2 US alt. ✫1 | [Republic 56146] written by Darren Hamer, Duncan Bruce, Paul Greco, Anne Holden, Nigel Hunter, Louise Watts & Allan Whalley |
| 57. | 02/1998 | | 337
 | US 5 UK 21 US rock 25 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Tony Scalzo |
 | 58. | 07/1993 | | 336
 | UK 17 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Capitol 15994] written by Blind Melon |
 | 59. | 01/1994 | | 334
 | US 4 UK 2 US rock 25 US alt. ✫1 | [Arista 1-2654] written by Brad Roberts |
| 60. | 04/1995 | | 330
 | US 20 US AC 14 US rock ✫1 US alt. 2 | [Atlantic 87157] written by Ed Roland |
 | 61. | 05/1998 | | 328
 | US 28 US rock 5 US alt. ✫1 | [album cut] written by Max Collins |
 | 62. | 06/1996 | | 328
 | US 10 UK 5 US rock ✫1 US alt. 27 | [Elektra 4-64276] written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich |
 | 63. | 09/1999 | | 327
 | US 67 UK 46 US rock 3 US alt. ✫1 | [Trauma album cut] written by Gavin Rossdale |
 | 64. | 03/1994 | | 325
 | US 11 UK 82 US rock ✫1 US alt. 4 | [Atlantic 87237] written by Ed Roland |
 | 65. | 07/1994 | | 325
 | US 2 UK 4 US AC ✫1 US rock 35 US alt. 4 | [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1995] [A&M 0702] written by Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell, David Baerwald & Kevin Gilbert |
 | 66. | 10/1999 | | 324
 | US 12 UK 25 US dance ✫1 US rock 4 US alt. 3 | written by Richard Patrick |
 | 67. | 01/1996 | | 323
 | US 4 UK 11 US AC 28 US rock 18 US alt. ✫1 | [Maverick/Sire 17698] written by Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard |
 | 68. | 09/1993 | | 323
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US AC 9 US rock 10 | [R] produced by Jim Steinman [MCA 54626] written by Jim Steinman |
 | 69. | 03/1996 | | 323
 | US 15 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | [A&M 581462] written by T.J. Jackson, Taj Jackson & Taryll Jackson |
 | 70. | 09/1993 | | 322
 | UK 5 US rock 4 US alt. ✫1 | written by Kurt Cobain |
 | 71. | 10/1998 | | 320
 | US 53 UK ✫1 US rock 5 US alt. 3 | [album cut] written by Dexter Holland, Noodles, Greg K. & Ron Welty |
 | 72. | 06/1992 | | 319
 | US 32 UK 12 US dance 27 US rock ✫1 US alt. 5 | [Island 866977] written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
 | 73. | 09/1992 | | 319
 | US 52 UK 24 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Geffen 19136] written by Peter Gabriel |
| 74. | 06/1993 | | 318
 | US 5 UK 7 US rock 3 US alt. 13 | [R] [Columbia 74966] written by Dave Pirner |
 | 75. | 07/1995 | | 318
 | US 28 UK 59 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Daniel Johns & Ben Gillies |
 | 76. | 09/1998 | | 315
 | US 85 UK 19 US rock 4 US alt. ✫1 | [DGC album cut] written by Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson & Billy Corgan |
 | 77. | 02/1997 | | 315
 | US 5 US rock 9 US alt. ✫1 | written by Brian Vander Ark |
 | 78. | 07/1994 | | 314
 | US 38 UK 48 US rock ✫1 US alt. 2 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo, Scott Weiland & Eric Kretz |
 | 79. | 06/1995 | | 314
 | US 13 UK 22 US rock 3 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Glen Ballard & Alanis Morissette |
 | 80. | 12/1994 | | 313
 | US 55 UK 2 US rock 4 US alt. 2 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by John Squire |
 | 81. | 01/1992 | | 313
 | US 32 UK 9 US rock 3 US alt. 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #445] written by Kurt Cobain |
| 82. | 05/1993 | | 313
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US AC 11 US alt. 11 | written by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore |
 | 83. | 11/1994 | | 313
 | US 19 UK 15 US rock 3 US alt. ✫1 | written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe |
 | 84. | 05/1998 | | 310
 | US ✫1 UK 4 US AC 13 US rock 4 | ninth song in hot 100 history to debut at #1 [Columbia 78952] written by Diane Warren |
 | 85. | 06/1996 | | 310
 | US 40 UK 33 US rock ✫1 US alt. 2 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Chris Cornell |
 | 86. | 05/1991 | | 309
 | US 10 UK 6 US AC 48 US rock 8 US alt. 3 | [Warner 4-19242] written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe |
 | 87. | 12/1995 | | 308
 | US 32 UK 29 US rock ✫1 US alt. 2 | written by Royston Langdon |
 | 88. | 10/1993 | | 308
 | US 25 UK 40 US AC 31 US rock 5 US alt. ✫1 | written by Doug Hopkins |
| 89. | 04/1991 | | 307
 | US 4 UK 2 US AC 43 US rock 2 | [Mercury 868180] written by Klaus Meine |
 | 90. | 11/1990 | | 305
 | US 6 UK 10 US AC 12 US rock 10 US alt. 2 | written by Chris Isaak |
 | 91. | 11/1990 | | 301
 | US ✫1 UK 3 US dance 9 US alt. 3 | written by James Atkin, Derry Brownson, Mark de Cloedt, Ian Dench & Zac Foley |
| 92. | 12/1995 | | 299
 | US 7 US rock 2 US alt. 3 | [Epic 78199] written by Eddie Vedder |
| 93. | 09/1999 | | 297
 | US 52 UK 47 US rock ✫1 | written by Scott Stapp & Mark Tremonti |
 | 94. | 02/1990 | | 297
 | US 47 UK 66 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Columbia 38-73250] written by Peter Garrett, Bones Hillman, Martin Rotsey, Rob Hirst & Jim Moginie |
 | 95. | 03/1992 | | 296
 | US 18 UK 6 US dance 32 US rock 21 US alt. ✫1 | written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Perry Bamonte, Porl Thompson & Boris Williams |
 | 96. | 03/1995 | | 293
 | US 30 UK 108 US rock 3 US alt. ✫1 | [Elektra 64428] written by Kevin Griffin |
 | 97. | 05/1993 | | 292
 | US 2 UK ✫1 US AC 22 US alt. 17 | [Arista 12614] written by Joker (as Jonas Berggren), Linn Berggren, Jenny Berggren & Buddha (as Ulf Ekberg) |
 | 98. | 12/1993 | | 291
 | US 45 UK 32 US rock 4 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #455] [album cut] written by Kurt Cobain |
 | 99. | 01/1997 | | 290
 | US 35 UK 29 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk & Chad Taylor |
 | 100. | 01/1993 | | 288
 | US 7 UK 3 US AC 24 US rock 2 | [Epic Associated 74804] written by Chris Barron, Aaron Comess, Eric Schenkman & Mark White |