Top 1000 Songs #860-#851

#860 - "Intervention" - The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible - The first of three Arcade Fire songs on the countdown, "Intervention" is actually their best song, which will be reflected when I revise this list down the road. The song is by far the heaviest and most passionate song that the band has released so far.

#859 - "Message In A Bottle" - The Police - Regatta De Blanc - The first of five Police songs on the countdown, "Bottle" features the band's best chorus along with the usual great songwriting story.

#858 - "Darkness" - Rage Against The Machine - The Crow Soundtrack - The third of twelve Rage songs to make the countdown, "Darkness" was the band's first major exposure to audiences as part of the Crow Soundtrack, the greatest rock soundtrack ever put together.

#857 - "A Daisy Through Concrete" - The Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy - The first of three Eels songs to make the list, "Daisy" was one of the band's bigger hits, though the focus on this one is more on atmosphere than hooky chorus.

#856 - "Give Peace A Chance" - John Lennon - Working Class Hero - The second of five Lennon songs on the countdown, "Give Peace A Chance" is his second-most well-known song, though there a few others that I prefer myself.

#855 - "Possum Kingdom" - The Toadies - Rubberneck - The first and only Toadies song on the countdown is also the band's only hit. They didn't last long, but they did manage to produce this song, which was one of the best and most widely aired hard rock songs of the 90s.

#854 - "Enjoy The Silence" - Depeche Mode - Violator - The first and only Depeche Mode song on the list (not that they didn't have other great songs, but no others quite made their mark), "Silence" is the band's biggest crossover hit and a little bit superior to "Personal Jesus".

#853 - "Hallelujah" - Leonard Cohen - Various Positions - The second of three Cohen songs on the list, "Hallelujah" is the original version of the frequently covered soundtrack favorite. Cohen's version has a darker tone than the version that made it into Shrek and gloomier than Jeff Buckley's cover, which will be featured later in the list.

#852 - "California Uber Alles" - The Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death - The first of two DK songs on the countdown, "California" is their most famous song, which they describe as a cautionary tale of fascism in disguise, specifically in the form of California Governor Jerry Brown.

#851 - "Can't You See" - The Marshall Tucker Band - Country Trucker - The first and only Tucker song on the list, "Can't You See" is a haunting Southern Rock blues ballad about the effects that lost love can have on a wounded heart.