The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born

451. Country Grammar (Hot Shit)
Nelly [2000]
Cornell Haynes' killer debut single and one killer jumprope chant.
Available on: Country Grammar (Universal)

452. All the Things She Said
t.A.T.u. [200]
Like when Marisa kissed Alex—only in Russian!
Available on: 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane (Interscope)

453. Don't Wanna Know Why
Whiskeytown [2001]
From Ryan Adams, pretty alt-rock about being a heartless bastard.
Available on: Pneumonia (Lost Highway)

454. Untitled (How Does It Feel)
D'Angelo [2000]
Mercury-busting slow jam from the fittest abs in R&B.
Available on: Voodoo (Virgin)

455. Lover I Don't Have to Love
Bright Eyes [2002]
Conor Oberst's spookily symphonic tale of a hook-up gone bad.
Available on: Lifted, or The Story Is In the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Saddle Creek)

456. Too Drunk to Fuck
The Dead Kennedys [1981]
Gleeful gross-out from Hyannis Port's least favorite Frisco punks.
Available on: Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (Alternative Tentacles)

457. Right Here
Go-Betweens [1987]
Aussie pop so lovely even "you're 32 but you look 55" sounds romantic.
Available on: Tallulah (Beggars Banquet)

458. Come Out and Play
Offspring [1994]
One of pop-punk's most nagging riffs coupled with one wussy anti-gun theme.
Available on: Smash (Epitaph)

459. Don't Know Why
Norah Jones [2002]
Care for some delicately forlorn crooning with your mimosa?
Available on: Come Away With Me (Blue Note)

460. P.S.K. What Does it Mean?
Schooly D [1986]
Proto-gangsta missive featuring one thumpalicious beat.
Available on: Schoolly D (Jive)

461. Hail Mary
Makaveli (aka 2Pac) [1996]
An ominous church-bell beat and murderous threats from beyond the grave
Available on: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (Death Row)

462. Judy and the Dream of Horses
Belle and Sebastian [1996]
Scottish popsters' brassy, strummy ode to a bookish lass.
Available on: If You're Feeling Sinister (Matador)

463. Hate It or Love It
The Game [2005]
A beat from Kanye, a hook from 50—how could he go wrong?
Available on: The Documentary (G-Unit/Aftermath/Interscope)

464. Trapped in the Closet
R. Kelly [2005]
Five times the intrigue! Five times the sex! Five times the gay clergy!
Available on: TP.3 Reloaded (Jive)

465. Let the Music Play
Shannon [1984]
About drowning your sorrow in hot electro beats (and coke, probably).
Available on: Let the Music Play (Mirage)

466. Baby Got Back
Sir Mix-a-Lot [1992]
Seattle's favorite portly pimp puts the ass in bass.

Available on: Mack Daddy (C2)

467. Brick
Ben Folds Five [1996]
Haunting piano ballad about abortion and (all) its victims.
Available on: Whatever and Ever Amen (550/Epic)

468. Papa Don't Preach
Madonna [1986]
Like Roe v. Wade—but with a killer dance beat!
Available on: True Blue (Sire)

469. Radiation Vibe
Fountains of Wayne [1996]
Thermonuclearly sunny singalong from NYC hookmeisters' early days.
Available on: Fountains of Wayne (Tag/Atlantic)

470. They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth [1992]
Gorgeously meditative hip-hop from grieving beat-nuts.
Available on: Mecca and the Soul Brother (Elektra/Asylum)

471. Hunger Strike
Temple of the Dog [1990]
Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder wail beautifully at the moneyed classes.
Available on: Temple of the Dog (A&M)

472. Small Stakes
Spoon [2002]
Austin indie-rock lifers deliver a tart slap to…other indie lifers.
Available on: Kill the Moonlight (Merge Records)

473. Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo [1997]
From New Jersey, organ-driven indie pop about social anxiety and romance.
Available on: I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (Matador)

474. Gigantic
Pixies [1988]
The ultimate wedding song for people who hate wedding songs.
Available on: Surfer Rosa (4AD/ Elektra)

475. I Alone
Live [1994]
Great, blustery, epistemological grunge from a truly horrible band.
Available on: Throwing Copper (Radioactive)

476. Strictly Business
EPMD [1988]
Funky Long Island mushmouths sample Bob Marley, say no to drugs.
Available on: Strictly Business (Priority)

477. C.R.E.A.M.
Wu-Tang Clan [1993]
A song where crack dealing isn't a badge of cred—it's a cross to bear.
Available on: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Loud)

478. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
Busta Rhymes [1997]
Grammatically inventive bounce from Brooklyn Wildman.
Available on: When Disaster Strikes (Elektra)

479. Santa Monica
Everclear [1995]
Terrific SoCal bubblegrunge they never came close to matching.
Available on: Sparkle and Fade (Capitol)

480. Guilty Conscience
Eminem [1999]
Em's the devil, Dre's the angel—guess who wins?
Available on: The Slim Shady LP (Aftermath/Interscope)

481. Lake of Fire
Meat Puppets [1983]
Kurt Cobain–approved Minnesotans serve up warped limericks about hell.
Available on: Meat Puppets II (SST)

482. Man on the Moon
R.E.M. [1992]
A twangy, beguiling tribute to comedian/prankster Andy Kaufman.
Available on: Automatic for the People (Warner Bros)

483. Passing Me By
Pharcyde [1992]
Bay Area alt-rap standard about pimping exactly zero girls.

Available on: Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (Delicious)

484. I Wanna Be Adored
Stone Roses [1989]
Spacious Britpop gem about the devil and low self-esteem.
Available on: The Stone Roses (Silvertone)

485. We Are All on Drugs
Weezer [2005]
A chiding Rivers Cuomo inadvertently writes the Being Bobby Brown theme.
Available on: Make Believe (Geffen)

486. Can't Stand It
Wilco [1999]
Americana deconstructionists make deep despair sound like a stroll in the park.
Available on: Summerteeth (Reprise)

487. Regulate
Warren G [1994]
Dr. Dre's cuz and Nate Dogg make gangbanging go down smooove.
Available on: Regulate…G Funk Era (Def Jam)

488. Murderer
Buju Banton [1995]
Rootsy Jamaican giant loses a friend, finds God and soothes an entire country.
Available on: 'Til Shiloh (Loos Cannon)

489. Da' Butt
E.U. [1988]
Slinky D.C. go-go recalls the badonkadonk-ing good ol' days.
Available on: School Daze soundtrack (EMI)

490. History Lesson Part 2
Minutemen [1984]
On the eve of disbanding, SoCal punks get misty-eyed about a hugely tiny career.
Available on: Double Nickels on the Dime (SST)

491. Common People
Pulp [1995]
An infectious tale of slumming rich girls, from these Britpop smarties.
Available on: Different Class (Island)

492. Here Comes the Hotstepper
Ini Kamoze [1995]
Jamaica's lyrical gangster toasts himself over a bassline like a bucking horse.
Available on: Here Comes the Hotstepper (Columbia)

493. Born Slippy (Nuxx)
Underworld [1996]
Techno trio evokes a thumping house party and remorseful morning after.
Available on: Trainspotting (OST) (Capitol)

494. I'll Be You
Replacements [1989]
The Minnesota garage-punks' lone Top 200 hit, about "a rebel without a clue."
Available on: Don't Tell a Soul (Sire)

495. Don't Speak
No Doubt [1995]
Gwennie leaps from ska-punk brat to pop ballad princess.
Available on: Tragic Kingdom (Interscope)

496. 1979
The Smashing Pumpkins [1995]
Soaring suburban nostalgia for jaded Gen-X'ers.
Available on: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Virgin)

497. I Believe in a Thing Called Love
The Darkness [2001]
Amp-exploding rawk from a Queen fan whose catsuit is a size too small.
Available on: Permission to Land (Atlantic)

498. Somebody's Baby
Jackson Browne [1982]
Hella-smooth El Lay pop, and one of cinema's greatest musical moments.
Available on: Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack (Elektra)

499. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Aerosmith [1998]
An epic love ballad to destroy giant asteroids to.
Available on: Armageddon soundtrack (Sony)

500. Yellow
Coldplay [1999]
Hey, Chris Martin: Bono called—he wants his awesomeness back!
Available on: Parachutes (Capitol)