#560 - "All Because Of You Days" - Echo And The Bunnymen - Siberia - The first of two Echo songs on the list, "All Because Of You Days" is the best song on the band's most recent album. It features a great chorus and great guitar work throughout.
#559 - "Pretend We're Dead" - L7 - Bricks Are Heavy - The first and only L7 song on the countdown is also the band's biggest hit and closest thing to a crossover as it has a great beat and a fantastic chorus.
#558 - "Atlantic City" - Bruce Springsteen - The River - The fifth of eleven Springsteen songs in the top 1000, "Atlantic City" highlights Bruce's great storytelling ability as his song paints almost as vivid a picture in less than 10 minutes as Robert Altman's film of the same name did in more than two hours.
#557 - "Live And Let Die" - Paul McCartney - Wings Over America - The second and highest-charting McCartney song on the list, "Live And Let Die" was easily the greatest James Bond theme ever created, featuring one of the great rock riffs of all time and Paul's best solo lyrics by far.
#556 - "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)" - Elton John - Honky Chateau - The fourth of eight Elton John songs on the list, "Rocket Man" is sort of Elton's response to David Bowie's "Space Oddity" as it also tells a science fiction story from a very personal perspective.
#555 - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - The tenth of twenty-two Beatles songs on the countdown, "Strawberry Fields" was one of the band's first ventures into psychedelic music and with it's backward playback, the song was one of the most innovative and inspiring songs of the 60's.
#554 - "Walk On The Wild Side" - Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side - The first and only Lou Reed song in the top 1000, "Walk On The Wild Side" is far and away Reed's best and most popular song as a solo artist with it's clever lyrics and trendsetting beat.
#553 - "Sweet Jane" - The Velvet Underground - Loaded - The sixth of seven Velvet songs on the list, "Sweet Jane" is the Velvet's most popular song with it's radio-friendly chorus and sweeping vocals.
#552 - "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan - Biograph - The sixth of fifteen Dylan songs on the countdown, "4th Street" is Dylan at his most angry and bitter (and that's saying something) as he viciously attacks an ex or his former fans or his enemies or anyone and everyone who has ever pissed him off or betrayed him. This is possibly the greatest "fuck you" song ever written.
#551 - "Whip It" - Devo - Freedom Of Choice - The fourth of five Devo songs on the list, "Whip It" is the band's most popular song (enough to get them labeled as a one-hit wonder rather than a no-hit band) and features one of the quirkiest hooks of the 80's.
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