| Rank | Artist - Song |
| 2010 | Westerberg, Paul - Making Me Go |
| 2009 | Cure - The Hanging Garden |
| 2008 | Tenacious D - Wonderboy |
| 2007 | Blind Melon - Tones Of Home |
| 2006 | Stone Temple Pilots - Dancing Days |
| 2005 | Placebo - 20Th Century Boy |
| 2004 | Violent Femmes - Country Death Song |
| 2003 | Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? |
| 2002 | Ronson, Mark Feat. Lily Allen - Oh My God |
| 2001 | Yorn, Pete - Crystal Village |
| 2000 | Lowe, Nick - Cruel To Be Kind |
| 1999 | Prince & The Revolution - Mountains |
| 1998 | Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors |
| 1997 | Bowie, David - Be My Wife |
| 1996 | Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day |
| 1995 | J Mascis & The Fog - Where'd You Go |
| 1994 | Morrissey - You Have Killed Me |
| 1993 | Wombats - Kill The Director |
| 1992 | Switches - Drama Queen |
| 1991 | Gnarls Barkley - Going On |
| 1990 | Mother Love Bone - Stargazer |
| 1989 | XTC - Ball And Chain |
| 1988 | Sweet, Matthew - Ultrasuede |
| 1987 | American Music Club - Rise |
| 1986 | Blur - Music Is My Radar |
| 1985 | Audioslave - Original Fire |
| 1984 | Bowie, David - Blue Jean |
| 1983 | Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire (Come And Get It) |
| 1982 | Television - Friction |
| 1981 | Talking Heads - Crosseyed And Painless |
| 1980 | Violent Femmes - Faith |
| 1979 | Violent Femmes - Gimme The Car |
| 1978 | Be Your Own Pet - The Kelly Affair |
| 1977 | Remy Zero - Save Me |
| 1976 | Goo Goo Dolls - We Are The Normal |