Songs Featured in The Series
Dates given are by earliest release. When cited as from an album, charting data is for the album. Recording and release dates are given if released posthumously.
| Artist | Song | Release | UK Chart |
US Chart |
Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Purple Haze" | 1967 | 3 | 65 | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Wild Thing" | Rec:1967 Rel:1970 (Monterey International Pop Festival Album) | - | 16 | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix | "Hear My Train A-Comin" | 1970 (Band of Gypsys Album) | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Howlin' Wolf | "How Many More Years" | 1951 | - | - | 1 |
| The Rolling Stones | "Little Red Rooster" | 1964 | 1 | - | 1 |
| The Rolling Stones | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | 1965 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| The Yardbirds | "Over Under Sideways Down" | 1966 | 10 | - | 1 |
| Bob Dylan | "Subterranean Homesick Blues" | 1965 | 9 | 39 | 1 |
| Bob Dylan | "Like a Rolling Stone" | 1965 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| The Who | "I Can't Explain" | 1965 | 8 | 97 | 1 |
| The Who | "My Generation" | 1965 | 2 | 74 | 1 |
| Tim Rose | "Hey Joe" | 1966 | - | - | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix | "Hey Joe" | 1966 | 6 | - | 1 |
| Cream | "White Room" | 1968 (Wheels of Fire Album) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Cream | "Crossroads" | 1968 (Wheels of Fire Album) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Killing Floor" | Rec:1967 Rel:1986 (Jimi Plays Monterey Album) | - | - | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Foxy Lady" | 1967 | 6 | 67 | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Like a Rolling Stone" | Rec:1967 Rel:1970 (Monterey International Pop Festival Album) | - | 16 | 1 |
| The Beatles | "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" | 1967 (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| The Beatles | "A Day in the Life" | 1967 (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| The Beatles | "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" | 1967 (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix | "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" | Rec: 1970 Rel:1972 (Hendrix in the West Album) | 12 | - | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Gypsy Eyes" | 1968 ("Crosstown Traffic" B-Side) | - | 52 | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience | "All Along the Watchtower" | 1968 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
| The Rolling Stones | "Gimme Shelter" | 1969 (Let It Bleed Album) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| The Rolling Stones | "Sympathy for the Devil" | 1968 (Beggars Banquet Album) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix | "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Rec:1970 Rel:1971 (Rainbow Bridge Album) | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix | "Voodoo Chile" | 1968 (Electric Ladyland Album) | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Pink Floyd | "Arnold Layne" | 1967 | 20 | - | 2 |
| Pink Floyd | "See Emily Play" | 1967 | 6 | 134 | 2 |
| Pink Floyd | "Interstellar Overdrive" | 1967 (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Album) | 6 | 131 | 2 |
| The Velvet Underground | "White Light/White Heat" | 1968 | - | - | 2 |
| The Velvet Underground | "I'm Waiting for the Man" | 1967 (The Velvet Underground & Nico Album) | - | 171 | 2 |
| The Velvet Underground | "All Tomorrow's Parties" | 1966 | - | - | 2 |
| The Velvet Underground | "Venus in Furs" | 1967 (The Velvet Underground & Nico Album) | - | 171 | 2 |
| Pink Floyd | "Jugband Blues" | 1968 (A Saucerful of Secrets Album) | 9 | - | 2 |
| David Bowie | "Space Oddity" | 1969 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
| Hype | "I'm Waiting For The Man" | Rec:1972 Rel:1994 (Santa Monica '72 Album) | - | - | 2 |
| David Bowie | "Ziggy Stardust" | 1972("The Jean Genie" b-side) | 2 | 72 | 2 |
| David Bowie | "Starman" | 1972 | 10 | 65 | 2 |
| David Bowie | "Five Years" | 1972 (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Album) | 5 | 75 | 2 |
| Pink Floyd | "Echoes" | 1971 (Meddle Album) | 3 | 70 | 2 |
| Pink Floyd | "Time" | 1973 (The Dark Side of the Moon Album) | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pink Floyd | "Brain Damage" | 1973 (The Dark Side of the Moon Album) | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pink Floyd | "Money" | 1973 | - | 13 | 2 |
| David Bowie | "Hang On to Yourself" | 1971 | - | - | 2 |
| Roxy Music | "Re-Make/Re-Model" | 1972 (Roxy Music Album) | 10 | - | 2 |
| Roxy Music | "Virginia Plain" | 1972 | 4 | - | 2 |
| Roxy Music | "Ladytron" | 1972 (Roxy Music Album) | 10 | - | 2 |
| Genesis | "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" | 1973 | 17 | - | 2 |
| Genesis | "Supper's Ready" | 1972 (Foxtrot Album) | 10 | - | 2 |
| Pink Floyd | "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" | 1979 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pink Floyd | "Goodbye Cruel World" | 1979 (The Wall album) | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Pink Floyd | "Comfortably Numb" | 1979 (The Wall album) | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Iggy And The Stooges | "No Fun" | 1969 (The Stooges Album) | - | - | 3 |
| The Ramones | "Blitzkrieg Bop" | 1975 | - | - | 3 |
| The Ramones | "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" | 1976 (Ramones Album) | - | 111 | 3 |
| The Ramones | "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" | 1976 (Ramones Album) | - | 111 | 3 |
| Richard Hell and the Voidoids | "Blank Generation" | 1976 (Another World EP track) | - | - | 3 |
| Patti Smith | "Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer (de)" | 1975 (Horses Album) | - | 47 | 3 |
| Patti Smith | "Gloria" | 1975 (Horses Album) | - | 47 | 3 |
| Television | "Little Johnny Jewel" | 1975 | - | - | 3 |
| The Damned | "New Rose" | 1976 | - | - | 3 |
| Sex Pistols | "Anarchy in the U.K." | 1976 | 38 | - | 3 |
| The Sex Pistols | "God Save the Queen" | 1977 | 2 | - | 3 |
| The Sex Pistols | "Pretty Vacant" | 1977 | 6 | 93 | 3 |
| The Clash | "White Riot" | 1977 | 38 | - | 3 |
| The Clash | "London Calling" | 1979 | 11 | - | 3 |
| The Clash | "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" | 1978 | 32 | - | 3 |
| Buzzcocks | "Boredom" | 1976 (Spiral Scratch (EP)) | - | - | 3 |
| The Buzzcocks | "Time's Up" | 1976 ("Spiral Scratch" (EP)) | - | - | 3 |
| The Buzzcocks | "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" | 1978 | 12 | - | 3 |
| The Slits | "Typical Girls" | 1979 | 60 | - | 3 |
| The Slits | "Instant Hit" | 1979 (Cut Album) | - | - | 3 |
| The Slits | "So Tough" | 1979 (Cut Album) | - | - | 3 |
| The Sex Pistols | "No Fun" | 1977 (B-Side To "Pretty Vacant") | 28 | - | 3 |
| Public Image Ltd | "Poptones" | 1979 (Metal Box Album) | 18 | - | 3 |
| Black Sabbath | "Paranoid" | 1970 | 4 | 61 | 4 |
| Black Sabbath | "N.I.B." | 1970 | - | - | 4 |
| Black Sabbath | "Black Sabbath" | 1970 | - | - | 4 |
| Deep Purple | "Black Night" | 1970 | 2 | 66 | 4 |
| Deep Purple | "Smoke on the Water" | 1972 (Machine Head Album) | - | 4 | 4 |
| Black Sabbath | "Snowblind" | 1972 | - | - | 4 |
| Black Sabbath | "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" | 1973 | - | - | 4 |
| Judas Priest | "Breaking the Law" | 1980 | 12 | - | 4 |
| Judas Priest | "Rock Forever" | 1978 (Killing Machine Album) | 32 | 128 | 4 |
| Judas Priest | "Hell Bent for Leather" | 1978 (Killing Machine Album) | 32 | 128 | 4 |
| Judas Priest | "Living After Midnight" | 1980 | 12 | - | 4 |
| Iron Maiden | "Iron Maiden" | 1979 (The Soundhouse Tapes EP) | - | - | 4 |
| Iron Maiden | "Running Free" | 1980 | 34 | - | 4 |
| Iron Maiden | "Run to the Hills" | 1982 | 7 | - | 4 |
| Iron Maiden | "The Number of the Beast" | 1982 | 18 | - | 4 |
| Mötley Crüe | "Take Me to the Top" | 1981 (Too Fast For Love Album) | - | - | 4 |
| Mötley Crüe | "Looks That Kill" | 1983 (Shout at the Devil Album) | - | 17 | 4 |
| Ozzy Osbourne | "Crazy Train" | 1980 | 49 | 9 (Main. Rk) |
4 |
| Ozzy Osbourne | "Mr Crowley" | 1980 | 46 | - | 4 |
| Mötley Crüe | "Girls, Girls, Girls" | 1987 | 26 | - | 4 |
| Metallica | "No Remorse" | 1983 (Kill 'Em All Album) | - | - | 4 |
| Metallica | "Master of Puppets" | 1986 | - | - | 4 |
| Mötley Crüe | "Dr Feelgood" | 1989 | 50 | - | 4 |
| Metallica | "Enter Sandman" | 1991 | 5 | 16, 10 (Main. Rk) |
4 |
| Led Zeppelin | "Rock and Roll" | 1971 (Led Zeppelin IV album) | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Led Zeppelin | "Stairway to Heaven" | 1971 (Led Zeppelin IV album) | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Queen | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 1975 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Queen | "We Will Rock You" | 1977 ("We Are The Champions" B-Side) | 11 | 4 | 5 |
| Queen | "We Are The Champions" | 1977 | 11 | 4 | 5 |
| Kiss | "Rock and Roll All Nite" | 1975 | - | 68 | 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | "Thunder Road" | 1975 (Born To Run Album) | 36 | 3 | 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | "Born to Run" | 1975 | - | 23 | 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" | 1973 (The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Album) | - | 59 | 5 |
| The Police | "Roxanne" | 1978 | - | - | 5 |
| The Police | "Can't Stand Losing You" | 1978 | 42 | - | 5 |
| Queen | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | 1979 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Queen | "I Want To Break Free" | 1984 | 3 | 45 | 5 |
| The Police | "Every Breath You Take" | 1983 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| The Police | "Walking on the Moon" | 1979 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | "Dancing In The Dark" | 1984 | 4 | 2, 1 (Main. Rk) |
5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | 1984 | 5 | 9, 8 (Main. Rk) |
5 |
| Dire Straits | "Brothers in Arms" | 1985 | 16 | - | 5 |
| Dire Straits | "Money for Nothing" | 1985 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Dire Straits | "Walk of Life" | 1985 | 7 | 7, 6 (Main. Rk) |
5 |
| Queen | "Radio Ga Ga" | 1984 | 2 | 16 | 5 |
| U2 | "Sunday Bloody Sunday" | 1983 | - | 7 (Main. Rk) |
5 |
| U2 | "Bullet the Blue Sky" | 1987 (The Joshua Tree Album) | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| U2 | "Angel of Harlem" | 1988 | 9 | 14, 1 (Main. Rk) |
5 |
| R.E.M. | "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" | 1987 | 39 | 69, 16 (Main. Rk) |
6 |
| Black Flag | Six Pack | 1981 | - | - | 6 |
| Black Flag | "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" | 1981 (Damaged Album) | - | - | 6 |
| R.E.M. | "Radio Free Europe" | 1981 | - | - | 6 |
| The Replacements | "Here Comes A Regular" | 1985 (Tim Album) | - | 183 | 6 |
| The Replacements | "Left Of The Dial" | 1985 (Tim Album) | - | 183 | 6 |
| Hüsker Dü | "Pink Turns To Blue" | 1984 (Zen Arcade Album) | - | - | 6 |
| R.E.M. | "The One I Love" | 1987 | 51 | 9, 2 (Main. Rk) |
6 |
| Mudhoney | "Touch Me I'm Sick" | 1988 | - | - | 6 |
| Nirvana | "About a Girl" | 1989 (Bleach Album) | 33, 8 (Indie) | 89 | 6 |
| R.E.M. | "Turn You Inside Out" | 1988 (Green album) | 27 | 10 | 6 |
| R.E.M. | "Losing My Religion" | 1991 | 4 | 19, 1 (Main. Rk/Mod. Rk) |
6 |
| Nirvana | "Verse Chorus Verse" | 1993 (uncredited contribution to No Alternative Album) | - | - | 6 |
| Pearl Jam | "Alive" | 1991 (Ten Album) | 18 | 2 | 6 |
| Pixies | "Gouge Away" | 1989 (Doolittle Album) | 8, 1 (Indie) | 98 | 6 |
| Pixies | "Where Is My Mind?" | 1988 (Surfer Rosa Album) | 8, 2 (Indie) | 98 | 6 |
| Nirvana | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | 1991 | 7 | 6, 1 (Mod. Rk) |
6 |
| Nirvana | "Something In The Way" | 1991 (Nevermind Album) | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| R.E.M. | "Nightswimming" | 1992 (Automatic For The People Album) | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| R.E.M. | "Everybody Hurts" | 1992 (Automatic For The People Album) | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Nirvana | "Serve The Servants" | 1993 (In Utero Album) | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Nirvana | "Come As You Are" | 1991 (Nevermind Album) | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Nirvana | "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" | Rec:1993 Rel:1994 (MTV Unplugged in New York Album) | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| The Smiths | "This Charming Man" | 1983 | 25, 1 (Indie) | - | 7 |
| The Smiths | "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" | 1984 | 12, 1 (Indie) | - | 7 |
| The Jesus and Mary Chain | "In a Hole" | 1985 (Psychocandy Album) | 31 | 188 | 7 |
| The Smiths | "Hand in Glove" | 1983 | 124, 3 (Indie) | - | 7 |
| The Stone Roses | "Waterfall" | 1989 (The Stone Roses Album) | 9, 1 (Indie) | 86 | 7 |
| The Stone Roses | "I Wanna Be Adored" | 1989 (The Stone Roses Album) | 9, 1 (Indie) | 86 | 7 |
| The Stone Roses | "I Am The Resurrection" | 1989 | 8 | - | 7 |
| Happy Mondays | "Step On" | 1990 | 5 | 57, 9 (Mod. Rk) |
7 |
| Inspiral Carpets | "She Comes in the Fall" | 1990 | 27 | - | 7 |
| Blur | "There's No Other Way" | 1991 | 8 | 82, 5 (Mod. Rk) |
7 |
| Oasis | "I Am the Walrus" | 1994 ("Cigarettes and Alcohol" B-Side) | 7 | - | 7 |
| Oasis | "Live Forever" | 1994 | 10 | 2 (Mod. Rk) |
7 |
| Suede | "Metal Mickey" | 1992 | 17, 1 (Indie) | 7 (Mod. Rk) |
7 |
| Suede | "Animal Nitrate" | 1993 | 7, 1 (Indie) | - | 7 |
| Blur | "For Tomorrow" | 1993 | 28 | - | 7 |
| Blur | "Girls & Boys" | 1994 | 5 | 59, 4 (Mod. Rk) |
7 |
| Oasis | "Shakermaker" | 1994 | 11, 1 (Indie) | - | 7 |
| Oasis | "Cigarettes & Alcohol" | 1994 | 7 | - | 7 |
| Blur | "Country House" | 1995 | 1 | - | 7 |
| Oasis | "Roll with It" | 1995 | 2, 1 (Indie) | - | 7 |
| Oasis | "Wonderwall" | 1995 | 2, 1 (Indie) | 8, 1 (Mod. Rk) |
7 |
| Oasis | "Champagne Supernova" | 1995 ((What's the Story) Morning Glory? Album) | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Coldplay | "Yellow" | 2000 | 4 | 48, 6 (Mod. Rk) |
7 |
| Stereophonics | Have A Nice Day | 2001 | 5 | - | 7 |
| The Libertines | "The Boys in the Band" | 2002 (Up The Bracket Album) | 35 | - | 7 |
| The Libertines | "The Boy Looked at Johnny" | 2002 (Up The Bracket Album) | 35 | - | 7 |
| The Libertines | "Can't Stand Me Now" | 2004 | 2, 1 (Indie) | - | 7 |
| Arctic Monkeys | "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" | 2005 | 1, 1 (Indie) | 103, 7 (Mod. Rk) |
7 |
| Franz Ferdinand | "Do You Want To" | 2005 | 4 | 76, 9 (Mod. Rk) |
7 |
| Kaiser Chiefs | "Na Na Na Na Naa" | 2005 (Employment Album) | 2 | 86 | 7 |
| Franz Ferdinand | "Take Me Out" | 2004 | 3, 1 (Indie) | 66, 3 (Mod. Rk) |
7 |
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