A provocative, outspoken, irreverent homage to the pop single, This Is Uncool is a list of the 500 most important singles from the last 25 years of music (up to 2000). Chosen with total prejudice by music writer Garry Mulholland.
1976/77
1. Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols
2. Car Wash - Rose Royce
3. Spiral Scratch EP - Buzzcocks
4. More Than A Feeling - Boston
5. Boogie Nights - Heatwave
6. Neat Neat Neat - The Damned
7. Knowing Me Knowing You -Abba
8. Less Than Zero - Elvis Costello
9. Marquee Moon - Television
10. White Riot - The Clash
11. Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
12. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones
13. God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols
14. Disco Inferno - Trammps
15. Alison - Elvis Costello
16. Chinese Rocks/Born To Lose - The Heartbreakers
17. Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers
18. Spanish Stroll - Mink DeVille
19. I Feel Love - Donna Summer
20. All Around The World - The Jam
21. Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols
22. I Can't Stand My Baby - The Rezillos
23. Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts
24. Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric
25. No More Heroes - The Stranglers
26. Complete Control - The Clash
27. Best Of My Love - The Emotions
28. Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
29. Heroes - David Bowie
30. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
31. Holidays In The Sun - Sex Pistols
32. Brick House - The Commodores
33. Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks
34. Oh Bondage - Up Yours! - X-Ray Spex
35. Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
36. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
37. Uptown Top Ranking - Althia And Donna
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1999
488. No Scrubs - TLC
489. Windowlicker - Aphex Twin
490. My Name Is... - Eminem
491. To Lose La Trek - Campag Velocet
492. Run On - Moby
493. Six Secs - Cobra Killer
494. Coffee And TV - Blur
495. Guilty Conscience - Eminem
496. New York City Boy - Pet Shop Boys
497. Coded Language - Krust featuring Saul Williams
498. Jump 'n' Shout - Basement Jaxx
499. Got Your Money - Ol' Dirty Bastard
500. Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta - The Artful Dodger