Emo
This song was controversial. The lead singer did regret the use of God in the chorus and said she did not want people to use his name wrongly.
Misery Business - Paramore
This song has been included in multiple music critics list for the best songs of 2009
Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Nate Jones of People magazine commented that the lyrics of this song were "best performed with the hand gestures seen in the video."
Flawless - Beyonce
This artist appeared on The Metallica Blacklist, which is a various artists tribute album featuring covers of every track from Metallica's 1991 self-titled album (commonly known as The Black Album).
Nothing Else Matters - Phoebe Bridgers (Metallica)
Written by the band's lead guitarist, it is widely viewed by music historians as having marked his ascendancy as a composer to the level of the other bands' principal songwriters.
Something - The Beatles
Arguably this was the song that made a certain boy band famous
Sugar We're Goin Down - Fall Out Boy
This song was the first number one charting song for the band
Beverly Hills - Weezer
The artist of this song was asked by a director to write a song to match the theme of a particular segment of the film that involved intermingled parental difficulties and a love affair.
When Doves Cry - Prince
In 2006, Pitchfork Media named this song the 57th best song of the 1960s.
Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Tommy James and The Shondells)
The line "revolution from me bed" refers to John Lennon's notorious bed-ins in 1969 as the songwriter of this band was reading Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties published in 1994.
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
The band has said this about the next song "For us, it’s a perfect emo song, and it always will be."
The Taste of Ink - The Used
The song is one of the band's most popular and is a classic rock staple.
Detroit Rock City - KISS
This song has been used as the goal song for Seattle's National Hockey League (NHL) team, the Seattle Kraken, since their inaugural season.
Lithium - Nirvana
The bands' version of this song was voted one of the greatest live covers by readers of Rolling Stone magazine.
Jolene - The White Stripes (Dolly Parton)
The vocalist of this band admitted that the song was developed after the band had listened to English art rock singer Kate Bush.
Speed of Sound - Coldplay
The music video for this song was also named number one on Fuse's 25 Greatest Videos Countdown, beating out other videos such as "Basket Case" by Green Day and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana.
I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance
During the trophy ceremony of the last Super Bowl at Allegiant Stadium, Travis Kelce, a tight end for the victorious Kansas City Chiefs, "belted out an impromptu, raggedy chorus" of the song.
Viva Las Vegas - Elvis
It was claimed that the chorus, when played in reverse, can be heard as "Decide to smoke marijuana", "It's fun to smoke marijuana", or "Start to smoke marijuana". A spokeswoman for Hollywood Records has denied that the song contains such a message.
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
The group's arrangement of this song went on to be one of the rock band's most-beloved tracks and even had the approval of the original songwriter herself.
Landslide - The Smashing Pumpkins (Fleetwood Mac)
This song remains the bands' most successful single.
Creep - Radiohead
Once the background song of every emo kid's Xanga, to this date, this song is the bands' only charting song in the United States.
What It Is To Burn - Finch
This song is a cover originally performed by The Four Lads
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
In 2012, this song was ranked number 71 in Consequence of Sound's "Top 100 Songs Ever".
Army of Me - Bjork
This song was released as a single by the band and is featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 film 50 First Dates.
Love Song - 311 (The Cure)
The Smashing Pumpkins recorded a cover of the song and released it as a B-side on their 1994 CD single "Rocket" as well as on the a tribute album For the Masses.
Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode