This is certainly not complete. It is restricted by the rules we at Treble created to limit our field, and I had my own special rules to follow to limit myself lest this list get to 800 or 1000.
1. Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again”
2. New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle”
3. Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
4. U2 – “Running to Stand Still”
5. Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Killing Moon”
6. The Church – “Under the Milky Way”
7. U2 – “With or Without You”
8. The Smiths – “How Soon is Now”
9. Prince – “Baby I’m a Star”
10. New Order – “Ceremony”
11. The Waterboys – “This is the Sea”
12. Fugazi – “Waiting Room”
13. The Smiths – “Rubber Ring”
14. Simple Minds – “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
15. Jesus and Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey”
16. Public Enemy – “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos”
17. Bruce Springsteen – “I’m on Fire”
18. Tom Waits – “Innocent When You Dream”
19. R.E.M. – “Fall on Me”
20. Prince – “Purple Rain”
21. The Waterboys – “The Whole of the Moon”
22. Kate Bush – “This Woman’s Work”
23. The Smiths – “This Charming Man”
24. Madonna – “Crazy for You”
25. The Cure – “Just Like Heaven”
26. New Order – “Perfect Kiss”
27. Prince – “Little Red Corvette”
28. Nik Kershaw – “Wouldn’t it Be Good”
29. OMD – “If You Leave”
30. The Dream Academy – “Life in a Northern Town”
31. The Jam – “Going Underground”
32. Joy Division – “Atmosphere”
33. Robbie Robertson – “Broken Arrow”
34. Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes”
35. Jane’s Addiction – “Jane Says”
36. The Smiths – “Cemetry Gates”
37. Depeche Mode – “Shake the Disease”
38. The Replacements – “Alex Chilton”
39. Morrissey – “Everyday is Like Sunday”
40. New Order – “Blue Monday”
41. Prince – “I Would Die 4 U”
42. The Bangles – “Eternal Flame”
43. Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels”
44. Kate Bush – “Running Up that Hill”
45. Leonard Cohen – “Everybody Knows”
46. Depeche Mode – “Lie to Me”
47. The Cure – “In Between Days”
48. Nine Inch Nails – “Head Like a Hole”
49. Prince – “When Doves Cry”
50. R.E.M. – “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”
51. The Clash – “Train in Vain”
52. Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure”
53. Depeche Mode – “Get the Balance Right”
54. XTC – “Dear God”
55. Siouxsie & the Banshees – “Cities in Dust”
56. New Order – “True Faith”
57. The Cure – “Fascination Street”
58. Aztec Camera – “Oblivious”
59. Til Tuesday – “Voices Carry”
60. The La’s – “There She Goes”
61. Tears for Fears – “Shout”
62. The Silencers – “Painted Moon”
63. The Lightning Seeds – “Pure”
64. The Smiths – “What Difference Does it Make?”
65. Blondie – “Atomic”
66. Echo & the Bunnymen – “Rescue”
67. Tom Waits – “Jersey Girl”
68. R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe”
69. U2 – “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
70. Tom Waits – “Time”
71. The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty in Pink”
72. David Bowie – “Ashes to Ashes”
73. R.E.M. – “The One I Love”
74. Scritti Politti – “Perfect Way”
75. Echo & the Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar”
76. The Cure – “The Walk”
77. X- “Los Angeles”
78. The Pixies – “Where Is My Mind?”
79. Stone Roses – “Fools Gold”
80. Scritti Polittii – “Absolute”
81. Altered Images – “Happy Birthday”
82. Morrissey – “Suedehead”
83. The Pixies – “Gigantic”
84. Billy Bragg – “Greetings to the New Brunette”
85. Jane’s Addiction – “Ocean Size”
86. Sugarcubes – “Birthday”
87. The Specials – “Ghost Town”
88. Duran Duran – “Planet Earth”
89. Scritti Politti – “Wood Beez”
90. The Clash – “Rock the Casbah”
91. Heaven 17 – “Let Me Go”
92. Yazoo – “Situation”
93. David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
94. The Jam – “That’s Entertainment”
95. The Cure – “Lovecats”
96. Depeche Mode – “Just Can’t Get Enough”
97. Stone Roses – “I Wanna Be Adored”
98. The Fixx – “One Thing Leads to Another”
99. Split Enz – “Six Months in a Leaky Boat”
100. Siouxsie & the Banshees – “The Last Beat of My Heart”
101. Stevie Nicks – “Edge of Seventeen”
102. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen”
103. Eric B. & Rakim – “Paid in Full”
104. The Sundays – “Here’s Where the Story Ends”
105. The Go-Go’s – “This Town”
106. The Psychedelic Furs – “Love My Way”
107. They Might Be Giants – “Ana Ng”
108. Alphaville – “Forever Young”
109. Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty – “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”
110. The Police- “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic”
111. Bow Wow Wow – “Do You Wanna Hold Me”
112. The Go-Go’s – “Get Up and Go”
113. AC/DC – “Back in Black”
114. Crowded House – “Into Temptation”
115. A Flock of Seagulls – “Space Age Love Song”
116. Elvis Costello – “Everyday I Write the Book”
117. The Go-Go’s – “Our Lips are Sealed”
118. The English Beat – “Save it for Later”
119. Michael Penn – “No Myth”
120. Tears for Fears – “Mad World”
121. Devo – “Beautiful World”
122. Mission of Burma – “That’s When I Reach for My Revolver”
123. M – “Pop Muzik”
124. The English Beat – “I Confess”
125. OMD – “Souvenir”
126. Thompson Twins – “Lay Your Hands on Me”
127. Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter”
128. Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur”
129. Split Enz – “One Step Ahead”
130. Haircut 100 – “Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)”
131. Elvis Costello – “Shipbuilding”
132. Hall & Oates – “Private Eyes”
133. Adam & the Ants – “Prince Charming”
134. Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut”
135. English Beat – “Mirror in the Bathroom”
136. Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place”
137. The Clash – “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
138. The Jam – “A Town Called Malice”
139. Split Enz – “I Got You”
140. Haircut 100 – “Love Plus One”
141. A Flock of Seagulls – “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph)”
142. Stray Cats – “Rock This Town”
143. Simple Minds – “Up on the Catwalk”
144. The Romantics – “Talking in Your Sleep”
145. Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up”
146. Vanity 6 – “Nasty Girl”
147. Hall & Oates – “Everytime You Go Away”
148. Squeeze – “Tempted”
149. Kajagoogoo – “Too Shy”
150. Modern English – “I Melt With You”
151. Pretenders – “Talk of the Town”
152. Joe Jackson – “Breaking Us in Two”
153. The Go-Go’s – “We Got the Beat”
154. Adam & the Ants – “Stand and Deliver”
155. Blondie – “Call Me”
156. The Cars – “Since You’re Gone”
157. U2 – “I Will Follow”
158. The Korgis – “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime”
159. Joan Jett – “Bad Reputation”
160. Thomas Dolby – “Hyperactive”
161. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – “Refugee”
162. Frankie Goes to Hollywood – “Relax”
163. Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me With Science”
164. Iron Maiden – “Run to the Hills”
165. Judas Priest – “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming”
166. Pretenders – “Brass in Pocket”
167. Elvis Costello – “Clubland”
168. Squeeze – “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)”
169. Wall of Voodoo – “Mexican Radio”
170. The Buggles – “Video Killed the Radio Star”
171. The Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song”
172. Devo – “Freedom of Choice”
173. A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran”
174. Human League – “Don’t You Want Me”
175. Pat Benatar – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”
176. Duran Duran – “Save a Prayer”
177. The Police – “Don’t Stand So Close to Me”
178. Tom Waits – “Way Down in the Hole”
179. Peter Gabriel – “Games without Frontiers”
180. Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime”
181. A-ha – “Take on Me”
182. Big Country – “In a Big Country”
183. Echo & the Bunnymen – “Villiers Terrace”
184. Orange Juice – “Falling and Laughing”
185. Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy”
186. Peter Gabriel – “Shock the Monkey”
187. Tom Tom Club – “Genius of Love”
188. Pete Shelley – “Homosapien”
189. Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart”
190. Asia – “Heat of the Moment”
191. The Vapors – “Turning Japanese”
192. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – “Love Missile F1-11”
193. ABC – “The Look of Love”
194. Scandal – “Goodbye to You”
195. Billy Squier – “My Kinda Lover”
196. Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes”
197. Lene Lovich – “New Toy”
198. Oingo Boingo – “Only a Lad”
199. The Clash – “Magnificent Seven”
200. The Cars – “Shake It Up”
201. Rolling Stones – “Waiting on a Friend”
202. Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight”
203. Guns n Roses – “Welcome to the Jungle”
204. The Time – “Jungle Love”
205. Motley Crue – “Home Sweet Home”
206. Hall & Oates – “M.E.T.H.O.D. of Modern Love”
207. Bryan Ferry – “Slave to Love
208. Level 42 – “Something About You”
209. The Hooters – “All You Zombies”
210. Depeche Mode – “Fly on the Windscreen”
