Who topped the Indie 500 Countdown from SiriusXMU and Pandora?

From Arcade Fire to Bon Iver and Vampire Weekend to Death Cab for Cutie and beyond, check out SiriusXM and Pandora’s definitive list of the greatest indie music songs of all time.

by:
Caitlin Carter
January 11, 2022

The Indie 500 Countdown previously aired on SiriusXMU (Ch. 35). See the tracklist below.

SiriusXM’s indie-music channel SiriusXMU teamed up with Pandora to count down the top 500 indie songs of all time. The Indie 500 Countdown was tabulated taking into account over a decade of SiriusXMU airplay and “thumbs up” ratings from millions of Pandora listeners. Now that the broadcast has aired, here is the final list, which you can now listen to On Demand on the SiriusXM app!


500 – Fill In The Blank by Car Seat Headrest
499 – Borrowed Time by Parquet Courts
498 – Whiteout Conditions by New Pornographers
497 – The Ground Walks With Time In A Box by Modest Mouse
496 – I Am A Scientist by Guided By Voices
495 – Sister Of Pearl by Baio
494 – Burn The Witch by Radiohead
493 – Coffee & TV by Blur
492 – Plumb Line by Archers Of Loaf
491 – Acid Tongue by Jenny Lewis
490 – Sour Cherry by The Kills
489 – Get Away by Yuck
488 – Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey
487 – Lights And Music by Cut Copy
486 – Little Fury Things by Dinosaur Jr.
485 – Return To The Moon by El Vy
484 – If I Ever Feel Better by Phoenix
483 – DLZ by TV On The Radio
482 – Our Way To Fall by Yo La Tengo
481 – July, July by Decemberists
480 – Pattern Recognition by Sonic Youth
479 – Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cutie
478 – Here Comes The Night Time by Arcade Fire
477 – Calgary by Bon Iver
476 – Your Dog by Soccer Mommy
475 – New York City Cops by The Strokes
474 – Amor Fati by Washed Out
473 – Terrible Love by The National
472 – Step Into My Office, Baby by Belle & Sebastian
471 – Who by St. Vincent & David Byrne
470 – Apocalypse by Cigarettes After Sex
469 – Be Apart by Porches
468 – Dramamine by Modest Mouse
467 – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High by Arctic Monkeys
466 – Apple Blossom by The White Stripes
465 – Road Head by Japanese Breakfast
464 – Never Run Away by Kurt Vile
463 – Do You Remember The First Time by Pulp
462 – The Rat by Walkmen
461 – Modern Girl by Sleater-Kinney
460 – Accident Prone by Jawbreaker
459 – No Woman by Whitney
458 – Rattled By The Rush by Pavement
457 – I Don’t Believe You by Magnetic Fields
456 – New Person, Same Old Mistakes by Tame Impala
455 – Never Said by Liz Phair
454 – Seed Toss by Superchunk
453 – Watch The Tapes by LCD Soundsystem
452 – Elevator Operator by Courtney Barnett
451 – Impossible Germany by Wilco
450 – Deep Blue by Arcade Fire
449 – Can’t Do Without You by Caribou
448 – Car by Built To Spill
447 – Lauging With A Mouth Of Blood by St. Vincent
446 – Old Friends by Pinegrove
445 – Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes by Modest Mouse
444 – Nantes by Beirut
443 – Lofticries by Purity Ring
442 – Mutiny, I Promise by New Pornographers
441 – Flesh Without Blood by Grimes
440 – Knives Out by Radiohead
439 – Will Do by TV On The Radio
438 – Radio by Sylvan Esso
437 – Holding On by War On Drugs
436 – Nothing Ever Happened by Deerhunter
435 – Mansard Roof by Vampire Weekend
434 – So Good At Being In Trouble by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
433 – When I’m With You by Best Coast
432 – Get Myself Into It by Rapture
431 – All The Rage Back Home by Interpol
430 – Dreams Tonite by Alvvays
429 – Rebound by Sebadoh
428 – Sixteen Salteens by Jack White
427 – Stillness Is The Move by Dirty Projectors
426 – The House That Heaven Built by Japandroids
425 – Start A War by National
424 – Cheated Hearts by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
423 – Should Have Known Better by Sufjan Stevens
422 – Barely Legal by The Strokes
421 – Blue Ridge Mountains by Fleet Foxes
420 – Son Of Sam by Elliott Smith
419 – Severed by Decemberists
418 – Sugarcube by Yo La Tengo
417 – On Hold by xx
416 – Seeing Other People by Belle & Sebastian
415 – Edge Of Town by Middle Kids
414 – True Love Waits by Radiohead
413 – No No No by Beirut
412 – Master Of None by Beach House
411 – No One’s Gonna Love You by Band of Horses
410 – Chinatown by Wild Nothing
409 – Black Hearted Love by PJ Harvey
408 – Over Everything by Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
407 – Web In Front by Archers Of Loaf
406 – Knife by Grizzly Bear
405 – Mercy by TV On The Radio
404 – Elephant Woman by Blonde Redhead
403 – Creature Comfort by Arcade Fire
402 – Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill
401 – King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 by Neutral Milk Hotel
400 – Call The Police by LCD Soundsystem
399 – Missed The Boat by Modest Mouse
398 – San Francisco by Foxygen
397 – Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens
396 – Velouria by Pixies
395 – Oh! by Sleater-Kinney
394 – Hard To Say Goodbye by Washed Out
393 – Expectation by Tame Impala
392 – Shady Lane by Pavement
391 – Under The Sun by DIIV
390 – Talk Show Host by Radiohead
389 – Ready For The Floor by Hot Chip
388 – The Strangers by St. Vincent
387 – Eyes Of The Muse by King Tuff
386 – I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab For Cutie
385 – Nobody Cares If You Don’t Go To The Party by Courtney Barnett
384 – Anyone’s Ghost by National
383 – She’s Not Me by Jenny Lewis
382 – Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect by Decemberists
381 – When My Boy Walks Down The Street by Magnetic Fields
380 – Reflektor by Arcade Fire
379 – Hyper-Ballad by Bjork
378 – The World At Large by Modest Mouse
377 – Black Out Days by Phantogram
376 – Rent I Pay by Spoon
375 – I Might Be Wrong by Radiohead
374 – Lust For Life by Girls
373 – Ocean by Sebadoh
372 – Nameless, Faceless by Courtney Barnett
371 – Real Love Baby by Father John Misty
370 – Baby by Ariel Pink
369 – Our Deal by Best Coast
368 – Salad Days by Mac DeMarco
367 – The End Has No End by The Strokes
366 – Third of May/Odaigahara by Fleet Foxes
365 – Sheela-Na-Gig by PJ Harvey
364 – Tall Man, Skinny Lady by Ty Segall
363 – Re: Stacks by Bon Iver
362 – Dirty Boots by Sonic Youth
361 – Video Games by Lana Del Rey
360 – The Concept by Teenage Fanclub
359 – Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley
358 – Brill Bruisers by New Pornographers
357 – Crooked Teeth by Death Cab For Cutie
356 – Berlin Got Blurry by Parquet Courts
355 – Friday I’m In Love by Yo La Tengo
354 – Leave A Trace by CHVRCHES
353 – Cause I’m A Man by Tame Impala
352 – Freedom at 21 by Jack White
351 – I Want The World To Stop by Belle & Sebastian
350 – Shadow People by Dr. Dog
349 – History Eraser by Courtney Barnett
348 – New Dorp, New York by SBTRKT feat. Ezra Koenig
347 – Fineshrine by Purity Ring
346 – The Plan by Built To Spill
345 – The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness by National
344 – Start Choppin by Dinosaur Jr.
343 – Plimsoll Punks by Alvvays
342 – No Surprises by Radiohead
341 – Driveway To Driveway by Superchunk
340 – Here Comes Your Man by Pixies
339 – Lover I Don’t Have To Love by Bright Eyes
338 – VCR by xx
337 – Heart It Races by Architecture In Helsinki
336 – Breaker by Deerhunter
335 – Date With The Night by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
334 – Major League by Pavement
333 – Too Much by Sufjan Stevens
332 – You Only Live Once by The Strokes
331 – Three Rings by Grizzly Bear
330 – I Am Trying To Break Your Heart by Wilco
329 – Young Adult Friction by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
328 – Convenient Parking by Modest Mouse
327 – New York by St. Vincent
326 – M79 by Vampire Weekend
325 – Supernova by Liz Phair
324 – Under Cover Of Darkness by The Strokes
323 – Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for two virgins) by Father John Misty
322 – Other People by Beach House
321 – Dancing Choose by TV On The Radio
320 – Lasso by Phoenix
319 – Optimistic by Radiohead
318 – This Mess We’re In by PJ Harvey & Thom Yorke
317 – Your Number by Foals
316 – In The New Year by Walkmen
315 – Words And Guitar by Sleater-Kinney
314 – Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys
313 – Queen by Perfume Genius
312 – Feeling OK by Best Coast
311 – There Goes The Fear by Doves
310 – Keep The Car Running by Arcade Fire
309 – All I Know by Washed Out
308 – The Sporting Life by Decemberists
307 – Darling by Real Estate
306 – Untitled by Interpol
305 – Fortress by Pinback
304 – The Denial Twist by The White Stripes
303 – An Ocean In Between The Waves by War On Drugs
302 – I Was Born (A Unicorn) by Unicorns
301 – Helicopter by Bloc Party
300 – I Think I Need A New Heart by Magnetic Fields
299 – Angels by xx
298 – Oh Baby by LCD Soundsystem
297 – Flume by Bon Iver
296 – Mind Mischief by Tame Impala
295 – Life Like This by Kurt Vile
294 – Fall In Love by Phantogram
293 – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi by Radiohead
292 – The Big Guns by Jenny Lewis
291 – We Used To Be Friends by Dandy Warhols
290 – Santa Fe by Beirut
289 – Hey Mami by Sylvan Esso
288 – Don’t Swallow The Cap by National
287 – Parklife by Blur
286 – Drag by Day Wave
285 – Polish Girl by Neon Indian
284 – Machu Pichu by The Strokes
283 – Doused by DIIV
282 – Spit On A Stranger by Pavement
281 – Fire It Up by Modest Mouse
280 – It’s A Hit by Rilo Kiley
279 – Can’t Keep Checking My Phone by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
278 – Gouge Away by Pixies
277 – Teenage FBI by Guided By Voices
276 – Chained by xx
275 – Waltz #2 by Elliott Smith
274 – Lemon Glow by Beach House
273 – House Of Jealous Lovers by Rapture
272 – The Letter by PJ Harvey
271 – Lisztomania by Phoenix
270 – Pain by War On Drugs
269 – Piazza, New York Catcher by Belle & Sebastian
268 – The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts by Sufjan Stevens
267 – To Know You by Wild Nothing
266 – O.N.E. by Yeasayer
265 – Y Control by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
264 – Photobooth by Death Cab For Cutie
263 – Reckoner by Radiohead
262 – Big Dipper by Built To Spill
261 – New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down by LCD Soundsystem
260 – Coming Down by Dum Dum Girls
259 – Heart In A Cage by The Strokes
258 – Stoned And Starving by Parquet Courts
257 – Superstar by Sonic Youth
256 – Province by TV On The Radio
255 – Cousins by Vampire Weekend
254 – In Undertow by Alvvays
253 – For Emma by Bon Iver
252 – Go by M83
251 – Cherry Chapstick by Yo La Tengo
250 – Prince Johnny by St. Vincent
249 – Entertain by Sleater-Kinney
248 – Inside Out by Spoon
247 – She Don’t Use Jelly by Flaming Lips
246 – Postcards From Italy by Beirut
245 – Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
244 – La La Love You by Pixies
243 – 15 Step by Radiohead
242 – Water Fountain by Tune-Yards
241 – Sing Me Spanish Techno by New Pornographers
240 – Lazuli by Beach House
239 – Gold Soundz by Pavement
238 – Army Of Me by Bjork
237 – Jukebox by The Strokes
236 – Skull by Sebadoh
235 – It Is Not Meant To Be by Tame Impala
234 – Fade Into You by Mazzy Star
233 – It All Feels Right by Washed Out
232 – So Says I by The Shins
231 – The Wheel by PJ Harvey
230 – Drunk Girls by LCD Soundsystem
229 – Birthday by Sugarcubes
228 – Happy Idiot by TV On The Radio
227 – Go Outside by Cults
226 – I’m Always In Love by Wilco
225 – The Blues Are Still Blue by Belle & Sebastian
224 – Basic Space by xx
223 – When You Sleep by My Bloody Valentine
222 – We Both Go Down Together by Decemberists
221 – The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance by Vampire Weekend
220 – Just One Of The Guys by Jenny Lewis
219 – Sleeping Ute by Grizzly Bear
218 – Graceless by National
217 – 6’1″ by Liz Phair
216 – Depreston by Courtney Barnett
215 – You Got Yr Cherry Bomb by Spoon
214 – Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead
213 – California Nights by Best Coast
212 – Sleeping Lessons by The Shins
211 – We Used To Wait by Arcade Fire
210 – Slack Motherfucker by Superchunk
209 – Gravity Rides Everything by Modest Mouse
208 – Archie, Marry Me by Alvvays
207 – Nothing To Hide by Yo La Tengo
206 – Comfy In Nautica by Panda Bear
205 – Shuggie by Foxygen
204 – On The Level by Mac DeMarco
203 – The Sound Of Settling by Death Cab For Cutie
202 – Monkey Gone To Heaven by Pixes
201 – The Wagon by Dinosaur Jr.
200 – Natural One by Folk Implosion
199 – Home by LCD Soundsystem
198 – Cruel by St. Vincent
197 – So Many Details by Toro y Moi
196 – Wakin On A Pretty Day by Kurt Vile
195 – Careful You by TV On The Radio
194 – Stereo by Pavement
193 – The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
192 – Norway by Beach House
191 – 100% by Sonic Youth
190 – The Modern Age by The Strokes
189 – Lucidity by Tame Impala
188 – Decepticon by Le Tigre
187 – Yet Again by Grizzly Bear
186 – Just Like Honey by Jesus & Mary Chain
185 – Zero by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
184 – Alec Eiffel by Pixies
183 – Come On! Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens
182 – Holland, 1945 by Neutral Milk Hotel
181 – Obstacle 1 by Interpol
180 – Portions For Foxes by Rilo Kiley
179 – Ya Hey by Vampire Weekend
178 – Mistaken For Strangers by National
177 – Heart Skipped A Beat by xx
176 – Afterlife by Arcade Fire
175 – Do You by Spoon
174 – Debaser by Pixies
173 – Twin Cinema by New Pornographers
172 – Mourning Sound by Grizzly Bear
171 – Good Fortune by PJ Harvey
170 – Eventually by Tame Impala
169 – North American Scum by LCD Soundsystem
168 – Hard To Explain by The Strokes
167 – Kool Thing by Sonic Youth
166 – Mr. Tough by Yo La Tengo
165 – Die Young by Sylvan Esso
164 – Freak Scene by Dinosaur Jr.
163 – Australia by The Shins
162 – 7/4 Shoreline by Broken Social Scene
161 – Bury Our Friends by Sleater-Kinney
160 – Another Sunny Day by Belle & Sebastian
159 – Polar Opposites by Modest Mouse
158 – Bon Iver by Blood Bank
157 – I Wanna Be Adored by Stone Roses
156 – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire
155 – Hotel Yorba by The White Stripes
154 – Brother Sport by Animal Collective
153 – Actor Out Of Work by St. Vincent
152 – Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend
151 – Pedestrian At Best by Courtney Barnett
150 – The Heinrich Maneuver by Interpol
149 – Loud Places by Jamie xx
148 – Title And Registration by Death Cab For Cutie
147 – Summer Babe (Winter Version) by Pavement
146 – 10 Mile Stero by Beach House
145 – Gigantic by Pixies
144 – 12:51 by The Strokes
143 – Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem
142 – Under The Pressure by War On Drugs
141 – The Greatest by Cat Power
140 – The Way We Get By by Spoon
139 – Gold Lion by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
138 – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight by Postal Service
137 – I Need My Girl by National
136 – Time To Pretend by MGMT
135 – White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes
134 – Sparks by Beach House
133 – Pretty Pimpin’ by Kurt Vile
132 – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) by Arcade Fire
131 – Let It Happen by Tame Impala
130 – Idioteque by Radiohead
129 – Dashboard by Modest Mouse
128 – Kim And Jessie by M83
127 – Step by Vampire Weekend
126 – Crystalized by xx
125 – We Will Become Shilhouettes by Postal Service
124 – Incinerate by Sonic Youth
123 – Turn A Square by The Shins
122 – While You Wait For The Others by Grizzly Bear
121 – Shark Smile by Big Thief
120 – No Cars Go by Arcade Fire
119 – Someday by The Strokes
118 – PDA by Interpol
117 – Everything In It’s Right Place by Radiohead
116 – Don’t You Evah by Spoon
115 – Disparate Youth by Santigold
114 – I Can Change by LCD Soundsystem
113 – I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor by Arctic Monkeys
112 – Zebra by Beach House
111 – Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings by Father John Misty
110 – Use It by New Pornographers
109 – Caring Is Creepy by The Shins
108 – Birth In Reverse by St. Vincent
107 – Staring At The Sun by TV On The Radio
106 – Anthem For A Seveteen Year Old Girl by Broken Social Scene
105 – Holocene by Bon Iver
104 – Diane Young by Vampire Weekend
103 – Solitude Is Bliss by Tame Impala
102 – Electric Feel by MGMT
101 – Neighborhood #3 by Arcade Fire
100 – Bull In The Heather by Sonic Youth
99 – Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales by CAR SEAT HEADREST
98 – Wide Eyes by Local Natives
97 – Needle In The Hay by Elliott Smith
96 – The Party Line by Belle & Sebastian
95 – Revival by Deerhunter
94 – Heavy Metal Drummer by Wilco
93 – Chamber Of Reflection by Mac DeMarco
92 – Bohemian Like You by Dandy Warhols
91 – Your Best American Girl by Mitski
90 – Seven by Sunny Day Real Estate
89 – Autumn Sweater by Yo La Tengo
88 – Lampshades On Fire by Modest Mouse
87 – The Mother We Share by CHVRCHES
86 – Mr. November by National
85 – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards by Tame Impala
84 – Wave Of Mutilation by Pixies
83 – Someone Great by LCD Soundsystem
82 – Space Song by Beach House
81 – Carry The Zero by Built To Spill
80 – Good To Sea by Pinback
79 – Avant Gardner by Courtney Barnett
78 – Ready To Start by Arcade Fire
77 – Heartbeats by Knife
76 – Range Life by Pavement
75 – Common People by Pulp
74 – The Underdog by Spoon
73 – Only Shallow by My Bloody Valentine
72 – Reptilia by The Strokes
71 – Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney
70 – Phantom Limb by The Shins
69 – Slow Hands by Interpol
68 – It’s Real by Real Estate
67 – Shut Up, Kiss Me by Angel Olsen
66 – Elephant by Tame Impala
65 – Wraith Pinned To The Mist (And Other Games) by of Montreal
64 – Cannonball by Breeders
63 – Fake Empire by National
62 – Mykonos by Fleet Foxes
61 – Banquet by Bloc Party
60 – Red Eyes by War On Drugs
59 – Daft Punk Is Playing At My House by LCD Soundsystem
58 – Boyfriend by Best Coast
57 – Fell In Love With A Girl by The White Stripes
56 – Coffee by Sylvan Esso
55 – 16 Military Wives by Decemberists
54 – Unbelievers by Vampire Weekend
53 – Liar by Built To Spill
52 – Digital Witness by St. Vincent
51 – Paranoid Android by Radiohead
50 – Walking With A Ghost by Tegan and Sara
49 – Ocean Breathes Salty by Modest Mouse
48 – Seasons (Waiting On You) by Future Islands
47 – Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
46 – The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
45 – Ceremony by New Order
44 – Oblivion by Grimes
43 – Do You Realize by Flaming Lips
42 – The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian
41 – Soul Meets Body by Death Cab For Cutie
40 – Midnight City by M83
39 – Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
38 – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by Smiths
37 – Kids by MGMT
36 – Dance Yrself Clean by LCD Soundsystem
35 – Teenage Riot by Sonic Youth
34 – Rebellion (lies) by Arcade Fire
33 – Down By The Water by PJ Harvey
32 – First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes
31 – Feel The Pain by Dinosaur Jr.
30 – Bloodbuzz Ohio by National
29 – Skinny Love by Bon Iver
28 – The Funeral by Band of Hourses
27 – My Girls by Animal Collective
26 – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
25 – Feel It All Around by Washed Out
24 – Wolf Like Me by TV On The Radio
23 – I Turn My Camera On by Spoon
22 – I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab For Cutie
21 – Young Folks by Peter Bjorn & John
20 – Myth by Beach House
19 – Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear
18 – Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
17 – The Less I Know The Better by Tame Impala
16 – Evil by Interpol
15 – Such Great Heights by Postal Service
14 – Intro by xx
13 – Karma Police by Radiohead
12 – 1901 by Phoenix
11 – Cut Your Hair by Pavement
10 – A Punk by Vampire Weekend
9 – Do I Wanna Know? by Arctic Monkeys
8 – Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7 – All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem
6 – Last Nite by The Strokes
5 – Where Is My Mind by Pixies
4 – Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
3 – New Slang by The Shins
2 – Float On by Modest Mouse
1 – Wake Up by Arcade Fire



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