#660 - "King Of Pain" - The Police - Synchronicity - The third of five Police songs on the countdown, "King Of Pain" is the one song by the Police that most closely reminds me of Sting's solo work as it's more personal than their songs usually are.
#659 - "Blue Monday" - New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies - The second and highest-charting New Order song on the list, "Blue Monday" is easily the band's crowning achievement, especially in it's original radio-unfriendly version with the long intro.
#658 - "Dead Souls" - Joy Division - Still - The first of two Joy Division songs in the top 1000, "Dead Souls" was released as a single though it ended up being one of the band's most famous songs, thanks in part to NIN's cover on the Crow Soundtrack. "Dead Souls" is one of the few songs by JD that invokes anger rather than sorrow.
#657 - "White Wedding" - Billy Idol - Billy Idol - The second and highest charting song by Billy Idol on the countdown, "White Wedding" is his one true 80's punk classic and one of the greatest goth rock songs ever written.
#656 - "Mad World" - Gary Jules - Donnie Darko Soundtrack - The first and only Gary Jules song on the list, "Mad World" is famous for it's presence as the centerpiece of the film Donnie Darko. I don't know anything else about Gary Jules, but I've heard more enough in this song to put him on the top 1000 artists list I'm counting down.
#655 - "The End" - The Doors - The Doors - The fourth of ten Doors songs on the countdown, "The End" is another film that features prominently in a great movie as it served as the backdrop for the climax of the all-time film great Apocalypse Now.
#654 - "Penny Lane" - The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - The fourth of twenty-two Beatles songs on the list, "Penny Lane" is the most mainstream of all the songs on the acid-soaked Magical Mystery Tour album. It's not quite a throwback to their original pop sound, but it comes close.
#653 - "Up Around The Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory - The second of five CCR songs in the top 1000, "Up Around The Bend" is one of the heavier songs that the band produced in their brief time at the top and features one of their best choruses.
#652 - "Heart In The Hand Of The Matter" - And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes - The second of three Trail Of Dead songs on the list, "Heart" could have been a big hit if the band got better marketing support from their label, but that's been a common theme throughout the band's unfortunately obscure career.
#651 - "Every Day Is A Winding Road" - Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow - The second and highest-charting song for Sheryl Crow, "Every Day" is the pinnacle for Sheryl as it was the best song off of her second album, a follow-up to her brilliant debut, and her music has gotten progressively worse and worse ever since.
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