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On October 28th 2001, KCOU counted down the Top 88.1 songs of all-time, as selected by voters at local businesses, on campus, and our promotional table set up in Brady Commons. The countdown began at noon with Frank Zappa and ended about 8 hours later. When the dust settled, The Beatles reigned supreme for the third year in a row. |
# |
Artist | Song |
| 1 |
The Beatles |
Helter Skelter |
| 2 |
The Velvet Underground |
What Goes on? |
| 3 |
Sonic Youth |
Star Power |
| 4 |
The Rolling Stones |
Paint it, Black |
| 5 |
Bob Dylan |
Desolation Row |
| 6 |
Radiohead |
Anyone Can Play Guitar |
| 7 |
Pavement |
Shoot the Singer |
| 8 |
Beach Boys |
Do You Dig Worms? |
| 9 |
R.E.M. |
The One I Love |
| 10 |
Uncle Tupelo |
Steal the Crumbs |
| 11 |
Fugazi |
Waiting Room |
| 12 |
Johnny Cash |
I Walk the Line |
| 13 |
The Clash |
Career Opportunities |
| 14 |
Tom Waits |
Big in Japan |
| 15 |
Nirvana |
Spank Thru |
| 16 |
Big Star |
Ballad of El Goodo |
| 17 |
David Bowie |
Sound + Vision |
| 18 |
Built to Spill |
Randy Described Eternity |
| 19 |
The Ramones |
Commando |
| 20 |
Neil Young |
Harvest |
| 21 |
The Who |
Pictures of Lily |
| 22 |
Elvis Costello |
(I Don’t Want to go to) Chelsea |
| 23 |
The Replacements |
Color me Impressed |
| 24 |
Yo La Tengo |
Sugarcube |
| 25 |
Tortoise |
Glass Museum |
| 26 |
Superchunk |
Seed Toss |
| 27 |
The Pixies |
Monkey Gone to Heaven |
| 28 |
Public Enemy |
By the Time I get to Arizona |
| 29 |
Elliott Smith |
Condor Ave. |
| 30 |
Slint |
Rhoda |
| 31 |
John Coltrane |
Lonny’s Lament |
| 32 |
Joy Division |
Exercise One |
| 33 |
The Stooges |
Search and Destroy |
| 34 |
Pink Floyd |
Pigs |
| 35 |
Stevie Wonder |
Isn’t She Lovely? |
| 36 |
Mission of Burma |
That’s How I Escaped my Certain Fate |
| 37 |
Wire |
Mannequin |
| 38 |
Prince |
Erotic City |
| 39 |
The Smiths |
Cemetary Gates |
| 40 |
Beastie Boys |
Skills to Pay the Bills |
| 41 |
Bikini Kill |
Carnival |
| 42 |
Guided by Voices |
Exit Flagger |
| 43 |
Sleater-Kinney |
Good Things |
| 44 |
Unwound |
Below the Salt |
| 45 |
The Sex Pistols |
Bodies |
| 46 |
Jimi Hendrix |
Spanish Castle Magic |
| 47 |
The Minutemen |
Felt Like a Gringo |
| 48 |
Magnetic Fields |
Plant White Roses |
| 49 |
Bob Marley and the Wailers |
Destiny |
| 50 |
My Bloody Valentine |
To Here Knows When |
| 51 |
Led Zeppelin |
Immigrant Song |
| 52 |
Rodan |
Shiner |
| 53 |
Weezer |
The Good Life |
| 54 |
Beck |
Hollow Log |
| 55 |
Miles Davis |
Bye Bye Blackbird |
| 56 |
Black Sabbath |
N.I.B. |
| 57 |
Otis Redding |
These Arms of Mine |
| 58 |
Minor Threat |
Screaming at a Wall |
| 59 |
Shellac |
Billiard Player Song |
| 60 |
A Tribe Called Quest |
Buggin Out |
| 61 |
Captain Beefheart |
Frownland |
| 62 |
Dinosaur Jr. |
Sludgefest |
| 63 |
Prozac Memory |
Meniscus |
| 64 |
U2 |
Lemon |
| 65 |
Hüsker Dü |
Could You be the One? |
| 66 |
Belle and Sebastian |
Expectations |
| 67 |
Buddy Holly |
Rave On |
| 68 |
Hank Williams |
Lovesick Blues |
| 69 |
The Kinks |
Tired of Waiting |
| 70 |
Modern Lovers |
Roadrunner |
| 71 |
Television |
See no Evil |
| 72 |
Sebadoh |
Gimme Indie Rock |
| 73 |
Marvin Gaye |
Mercy, Mercy Me |
| 74 |
The Byrds |
Change is Now |
| 75 |
The Cramps |
Goo Goo Muck |
| 76 |
The Cure |
Let’s Go to Bed |
| 77 |
Brian Eno |
Dead Finks Don’t Talk |
| 78 |
P.J. Harvey |
Reeling |
| 79 |
Palace |
New Partner |
| 80 |
Flying Burrito Brothers |
Devil in Disguise |
| 81 |
The Talking Heads |
Don’t Worry About the Government |
| 82 |
Patsy Cline |
Walking After Midnight |
| 83 |
Smog |
Chosen One |
| 84 |
The Revelators |
Serve the Man |
| 85 |
Cheap Trick |
Surrender |
| 86 |
Stereolab |
Ping Pong |
| 87 |
The Sonics |
Strychnine |
| 88 |
New Order |
Confusion |
| 88.1 |
Frank Zappa |
Dirty Love |
