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Because I'm dull I give you my top 100. In no particular order:
1. That's Entertainment - The Jam
2. Symphony in Blue - Kate Bush
3. Europe After The Rain - John Foxx
4. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
5. Hangman - Roy Harper
6. Mr Jones - Counting Crows
7. Caught a Light Sneeze - Tori Amos
8. American Tune - Paul Simon
9. Englishman in New York - Sting
10. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty Maccoll
11. Ode to My Family - The Cranberries
12. Ad Nauseum - Fad Gadget
13. 1959 - Sisters of Mercy
14. Nightporter - Japan
15. Bad Reputation - Thin Lizzy
16. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles
17. Vicar in a Tutu - The Smiths
18. Kilty Stone - Nick Harper
19. Dark Entries - Bauhaus
20. I am the Resurrection - Stone Roses
21. April - Simon and Garfunkel
22. Hide and Seek - Howard Jones
23. The Chauffeur - Duran Duran
24. Cool for Cats - Squeeze
25. Changing Man - Paul Weller
26. Edge of the Deep Green Sea - The Cure
27. Parking Lot - Joni Mitchell
28. Black Lung Song - Frank Tovey
29. Pale Shelter - Tears for Fears
30. Photographic - Depeche Mode
31. Heads We're Dancing - Kate Bush
32. Top of the World - The Carpenters
33. Under the Gun - Sisters of Mercy
34. Crucify - Tori Amos
35. Step Off - Happy Mondays
36. Are Friends Electric - Gary Numan
37. Wheels of Fortune - Fad Gadget
38. Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
39. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
40. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
41. Wonderwall - Oasis
42. You Spin Me - Dead or Alive
43. Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
44. Walk Away - Sisters of Mercy
45. Yes Anastasia - Tori Amos
46. Let's Go to Bed - The Cure
47. Chelsea Morning - Joni Mitchell
48. American Pie - Don Mclean
49. Right Now - The Creatures
50. All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit - Half Man Half Biscuit
51. Frozen - Madonna
52. Ever Changing Moods - The Style Council
53. She's The One - Roy Harper
54. Stay - Lisa Loeb
55. P-Machinery - Propaganda
56. Deeper Understanding - Kate Bush
57. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
58. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths
59. Brighton Rock - Queen
60. Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats
62. Evita - Sarah Brightman?
63. Taxi Ride - Tori Amos
64. Not a Pretty Girl - Ani Difranco
65. Graceland - Paul Simon
66. Caroline Says - Lou Reed
67. Start - The Jam
68. Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
69. Neun und Neunzig Luftballon - Nena
70. Drop Dead Gorgeous - Elastica
71. Everybody Laughed - Sting
72. Look of Love - ABC
73. Possession - Sarah Mclachlan
74. Trumpton Riots - Half Man Half Biscuit
75. Running Across Thin Ice with Tigers - John Foxx
76. Under Cover - The Rolling Stones
77. Circle Square - Wonderstuff
78. Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Barenaked Ladies
79. Uncle Knobby - The Macc Lads
80. Black Crow - David Sylvian
81. Don't Let Me Down Gently - Wonderstuff
82. Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
83. Heatwave - Marilyn Monroe
84. Black Night - Deep Purple
85. Candle in the Wind - Elton John
86. Everyone Thinks that He Looks Daft - The Wedding Present
87. Pictures of You - The Cure
88. Swimming Horses - Siouxsie and the Banshees
89. Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos
90. Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney
91. Is She Really Going Out With Him - Joe Jackson
92. She Moves Through the Fair - All About Eve
93. The Days of Pearly Spencer - Marc Almond
94. Three Magpies - Nick Harper
95. Seven Days - Sting
96. One Week - Barenaked Ladies
97. She-bop - Cyndi Lauper
98. Devil Went To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
99. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
100. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Tori Amos' version
You'll note that Eminem doesn't feature heavily on this list (sic) but would feature heavily in a bottom 100.