Best Alternative Rock Songs: Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s as an alternative to mainstream rock and pop music. It encompasses a diverse range of sounds and styles that often defy traditional genre categorizations. Alternative rock is known for its independent and non-conformist spirit, embracing innovation, and pushing boundaries.
The term “alternative” in alternative rock refers to the music’s departure from the mainstream commercial sound, offering an alternative to the dominant styles of popular music at the time. Alternative rock gained popularity in the 1990s with bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, and R.E.M., who brought the genre into the mainstream consciousness.
Top Alternative Rock Songs
1- “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – Nirvana
2- “Creep” – Radiohead
3- “Losing My Religion” – R.E.M.
4- “Black Hole Sun” – Soundgarden
5- “Bitter Sweet Symphony” – The Verve
6- “Everlong” – Foo Fighters
7- “Wonderwall” – Oasis
8- “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” – The Smashing Pumpkins
9- “Under the Bridge” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
10- “1979” – The Smashing Pumpkins
11- “Jeremy” – Pearl Jam
12- “Come As You Are” – Nirvana
13- “Yellow” – Coldplay
14- “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” – Green Day
15- “The Man Who Sold the World” – Nirvana (David Bowie cover)
16- “Karma Police” – Radiohead
17- “Mr. Brightside” – The Killers
18- “Basket Case” – Green Day
19- “Clocks” – Coldplay
20- “Californication” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
21- “Black” – Pearl Jam
22- “I Will Follow You into the Dark” – Death Cab for Cutie
23- “Smoking Outside the Hospital Doors” – Editors
24- “No Rain” – Blind Melon
25- “Fake Plastic Trees” – Radiohead
26- “Float On” – Modest Mouse
27- “Crazy” – Gnarls Barkley
28- “Times Like These” – Foo Fighters
29- “Paranoid Android” – Radiohead
30- “Maps” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
31- “Champagne Supernova” – Oasis
32- “Scar Tissue” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
33- “Crystal” – New Order
34- “The Scientist” – Coldplay
35- “Seven Nation Army” – The White Stripes
36- “Today” – The Smashing Pumpkins
37- “Sex on Fire” – Kings of Leon
38- “Disarm” – The Smashing Pumpkins
39- “Plush” – Stone Temple Pilots
40- “Yellow Ledbetter” – Pearl Jam
41- “Run” – Snow Patrol
42- “Chasing Cars” – Snow Patrol
43- “Dani California” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
44- “Don’t Look Back in Anger” – Oasis
45- “Alive” – Pearl Jam
46- “Numb” – Linkin Park
47- “The Way I Am” – Eminem
48- “Viva la Vida” – Coldplay
49- “Song 2” – Blur
50- “Hey Jealousy” – Gin Blossoms
