#300 - "1979" - The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - #3/7 - One of the band's biggest hits, "1979" is one of their better ballads and one of the best song on one of the greatest albums of the 90's.
#299 - "Zero" - The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - #4/7 - The polar opposite of "1979", "Zero" is a fast-paced and intense goth punk song from start to finish.
#298 - "Dragula" - Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe - #1/1 - Rob's best solo work, "Dragula" is one of the best metal songs of the past 10 years and has the perfect mix of crunchy metal and brilliant lyrics that helped to transition Zombie from his old band to his new solo career.
#297 - "The Day I Tried To Live" - Soundgarden - Superunknown - #7/11 - Yet another fantastic song off of Soundgarden's brilliant breakthrough album, "The Day I Tried To Live" showcases Cornell's vocals as always and features one of the band's best choruses.
#296 - "The Seeker" - The Who - The Who By Numbers - #3/9 - This song stands out to me in part because of it's association with "American Beauty", but also in that it was one of the most important and best songs of the proto-punk era. The attitude and snark of this song was one of the key turning points in rock history.
#295 - "There's No Other Way" - Blur - Leisure - #2/3 - Another great song from the band that enjoyed incredible success in England only to become a one-hit wonder in America. This song isn't their one American hit, but it is one of their all-time best with one of Brit-pop's best hooks.
#294 - "The Guns Of Brixton" - The Clash - London Calling - #10/18 - The Clash were huge fans of reggae and this song is a clear indication of the type of revolution rock fused with world music that the band would go on to make their signature style.
#293 - "Into The Great Wide Open" - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open - #13/17 - The semi-autobiographical song was one of the best slow Petty songs of the early 90's and displayed Petty's lyrical brilliance as well as any song from the middle period of his career.
#292 - "The Passenger" - Iggy Pop - Lust For Life - #1/5 - Of all the great Iggy Pop songs, this one is probably the least known, though it is getting more exposure now in commercials on the FX network. The great thing about "The Passenger" is the lyrics, though you can't deny the fun of the "la la" chorus.
#291 - "Cult Of Personality" - Living Colour - Vivid - #1/1 - One of the greatest one-hit wonder songs ever written, Living Colour hit it out of the park with their debut single about the dangers of relying on personality to choose leaders. It's a shame that they never had another song of this caliber in them.
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