A

A-HA
    "Crying in the Rain" (1990; this excellent cover of the Everly Brothers hit peaked at No. 13 in the U.K. but did not reach the U.S. Hot 100)

THE ALBUM LEAF
    "There Is a Wind" (2010)

LILY ALLEN
    "Straight to Hell" (2009; with guest Mick Jones; a cover of a Clash song)

AMBROSIA
    "And ... Somewhere I've Never Travelled" (1976)

THERESA ANDERSSON
    "Birds Fly Away" (2008)

ARGENT
    "Be Free" (1970)
    "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" (1973; covered by KISS for the 1991 film
        "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey")

JOAN ARMATRADING
    "Love and Affection" (1976; a Top 10 hit in the U.K.)

AUDIENCE
    "Indian Summer" (1971; reached only No. 74 on the U.S. chart and didn't even chart in the group's native U.K.)

KYLIE AULDIST
    "Make Me Want More" (2009)

AZTEC TWO-STEP
    "Dancers All" (1972)

B

BADFINGER
    "It's Over" (1972)

THE BAND
    "Chest Fever" (1968)

THE BEACH BOYS
    "Feel Flows" (1971; used in the film "Almost Famous")

THE BELOVED
    "Sweet Harmony" (1993; went Top 10 in the U.K.)

THE B-52's
    "Summer of Love" (1986)

BON JOVI
    "Wild in the Streets" (1986; B-side of "Livin' On a Prayer")

BIG STAR
    "I'm in Love With a Girl" (1974)
    "In the Street" (1972; covered by Cheap Trick for the "That '70s Show" theme)
    "O My Soul" (1974)
    "Thirteen" (1972)

BLONDIE
    "T-Birds" (1980)

BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
    "God Bless the Child" (1969)
    "I Can't Quit Her" (1968)
    "My Days Are Numbered" (1968)

BON JOVI
    "Wild in the Streets" (1986; B-side of "Livin' On a Prayer")

THE BOO RADLEYS
    "Lazarus" (1993; went Top 50 in the U.K.)

DAVID BOWIE
    "Fascination" (1975)
    "Who Can I Be Now?" (1975)

BROKEN BELLS
    "The High Road" (2009)

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
    "Soul Drifter" (1992)

BUCKINGHAM NICKS
    "Long Distance Winner" (1973)

R.L. BURNSIDE
    "It's Bad You Know" (1998)

C

THE CARDIGANS
    "Erase/Rewind" (1998)

THE CARS
    "Moving in Stereo" (1978)

CATHERINE WHEEL
    "Crank" (1993)

CHICAGO
    "Street Player" (1979; sampled heavily by The Bucketheads on their 1995 hit
        "The Bomb! [These Sounds Fall Into My Mind]")

THE CLEAN
    "In the Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul" (2009)

COCTEAU TWINS
    "Heaven or Las Vegas" (1990)
    "Iceblink Luck" (1990)

COLDPLAY
    "The Scientist" (2002; made the Top 10 in the U.K. but did not chart on Billboard's Hot 100)

SHAWN COLVIN
    "Nothin' on Me" (1997; theme song to "Suddenly Susan")

COWSILLS
    "Christmastime (A Song for Marissa)" (2007)

THE CRAMPS
    "Twist and Shout" (1979)

THE CURE
    "Where the Birds Always Sing" (2000)

CUT COPY
    "Where I'm Going" (2011)

D

THE DAMNED
    "Grimly Fiendish" (1985; Top 25 in the U.K.)
    "Is It a Dream" (1985; Top 40 in the U.K.)
    "The Shadow of Love" (1985; Top 25 in the U.K.)

VANESSA DAOU
    "The Long Tunnel of Wanting You" (1995)

DEAD CAN DANCE
    "The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove" (1993)

DESTINY'S CHILD VS. STEVIE WONDER
    "Bootystition" (200?)

DEVICE
    "Who's On the Line?" (1986)

DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND
    "Hard Times" (1976)

DOLLAR
    "Who Were You With in the Moonlight" (1979; Top 20 in the U.K.)

ELIZA DOOLITTLE
    "Pack Up" (2010; went Top 5 in the U.K. but didn't chart in the U.S.)

DOVES
    "The Man Who Told Everything" (2000)

THE DREAM ACADEMY
    "This World" (1985)
    "Indian Summer" (1987)
    "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" (1986; a cover of The
        Smiths; an instrumental version was used in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off")

DREAM WARRIORS
    "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" (1991)

DUB PISTOLS
    "I'm in Love" (2009)

E

THE EASYBEATS
    "Good Times" (1968)

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
    "Boy Blue" (1974)
    "The Diary of Horace Wimp" (1979; went Top 10 in the U.K.)
    "Julie Don't Live Here" (1981)
    "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (1974; Top 25 in the U.K.)
    "10538 Overture" (1972; Top 10 in the U.K.)
    "Rockaria!" (1976; Top 10 in the U.K.)
    "Wild West Hero" (1977; Top 10 in the U.K.)

ELECTRONIC
    "Feel Every Beat" (1991; went Top 40 in the U.K., did not chart in U.S.)

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
    "Fanfare for the Common Man" (1977)

THE ENGLISH BEAT
    "Best Friend" (1980)

ERASURE
    "Hallowed Ground" (1988)
    "Victim of Love" (1987; Top 10 in the U.K. but did not chart in the U.S.)

EUROGLIDERS
    "We Will Together" (1985)

EURYTHMICS
    "I Saved the World Today" (1999; Top 10 hit in the U.K. but never released as a single in the U.S.)

PHIL EVERLY
    "She Means Nothing to Me" (1983; this duet with Cliff Richard went Top 10 in the U.K.)

F

FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS
    "The Flame" (1996)

FLEETWOOD MAC
    "Emerald Eyes" (1973)
    "Silver Springs" (1977; B-side of "Go Your Own Way"; eventually released as a
        single from the 1997 live album "The Dance")

THE FIREMAN
    "Sing the Changes" (2008)

THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS
    "Christine's Tune" (1969)

DAN FOGELBERG
    "There's a Place in the World For a Gambler" (1974)

ELLEN FOLEY
    "We Belong to the Night" (1979)

THE FRESH PRINCE
    "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990)

FURY IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE
    "Every Generation Got Its Own Disease" (1994)

G

THE GAP BAND
    "Party Train" (1983)

GENE LOVES JEZEBEL
    "Gorgeous" (1987)

GENESIS
    "The Carpet Crawlers" (1974)
    "In Limbo" (1969)
    "Mad Man Moon" (1976)

GOLDHEART ASSEMBLY
    "King of Rome" (2010)

JAKI GRAHAM & DAVID GRANT
    "Mated" (1986; a Top 20 hit in the U.K. but nowhere in the U.S.; written by
        Todd Rundgren)

GROOVE ARMADA
    "Superstylin' " (2001)

GUSGUS
    "Ladyshave" (1999)

H

JAN HAMMER
    "Crockett's Theme" (1987; reached No. 2 in the U.K. but failed to chart in the U.S.)

GEORGE HARRISON
    "Awaiting On You All" (1970)
    "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)" (1970)
    "Cheer Down" (1989)

DONNY HATHAWAY
    "Someday We'll All Be Free" (1973)

SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS
    "I Put a Spell On You" (1956)

JOHN HIATT
    "Memphis in the Meantime" (1987)

MURRAY HEAD
    "Say It Ain't So, Joe" (1975)

THE HEART THROBS
    "Dreamtime" (1990)

THE HORRORS
    "Still Life" (2011)

HOTHOUSE FLOWERS
    "Don't Go" (1988)
    "Give It Up" (1990)
    "I Can See Clearly Now" (1990)
    "I'm Sorry" (1988)
    "Thing of Beauty" (1993)

THE HUES CORPORATION
    "I Caught Your Act" (1977; only reached No. 92)

THE HUMAN LEAGUE
    "Stay With Me Tonight" (1996; reached the U.K. Top 40, did not chart in U.S.)

I

ICEHOUSE
    "Hey Little Girl" (1982)

IMAGINATION
    "Music and Lights" (1982; Top 10 in the U.K.)

INXS
    "By My Side" (1990)
    "The Gift" (1993)
    "Just Keep Walking" (1993)
    "Mystify" (1987)

J

THE JACKSON 5
    "Hum Along and Dance" (1973)
    "2-4-6-8" (1970)

JAM
    "That's Entertainment" (1981; reached No. 21 in the U.K.)

JAMIROQUAI
    "Virtual Insanity" (1997; Top 5 in the U.K. but did not reach the U.S. pop chart)

THE JAYHAWKS
    "Blue" (1995)

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
    "She Has Funny Cars" (1967)

JETHRO TULL
    "Aqualung" (1971)
    "Bouree" (1969)
    "Cross-Eyed Mary" (1971)
    "Inside" (1970)
    "A New Day Yesterday" (1969)
    "Nothing Is Easy" (1969)
    "Teacher" (1970; a Top 5 U.K. hit)
    "Thick As a Brick" (1972)
    "With You There to Help Me" (1970)

ELTON JOHN
    "Come Down in Time" (1970)
    "Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (1973)
    "Harmony" (1973)
    "Love Song" (1970)
    "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (1972)
    "Since God Invented Girls" (1988)

JOHNNY HATES JAZZ
    "Me and My Foolish Heart" (1986)

JOURNEY
    "Ask the Lonely" (1983)

JUDAS PRIEST
    "Breaking the Law" (1980)

JUDYBATS
    "Being Simple" (1993)

K

KAJAGOOGOO
    "The Lion's Mouth" (1984; Top 25 in the U.K.)

KANSAS
    "Song for America" (1975)

NIK KERSHAW
    "Somebody Loves You" (1999)

L

LED ZEPPELIN
    "Dancing Days" (1973)
    "Hey Hey What Can I Do" (1970; B-side of "Immigrant Song")
    "Misty Mountain Hop" (1971)
    "Rain Song" (1973)
    "Ramble On" (1969)
    "Tangerine" (1970)
    "Thank You" (1969)
    "That's the Way" (1970)
    "Your Time Is Gonna Come" (1969)

LEVEL 42
    "It's Over" (1987; went Top 10 in the U.K.)
    "Leaving Me Now" (1986; went Top 15 in the U.K.)

LINA
    "Come to Mama" (2005)

LIONROCK
    "Rude Boy Rock" (1998; Top 20 in the U.K. but nowhere stateside)

THE LOVER SPEAKS
    "No More I Love You's" (1986; only reached No. 58 in the U.K.)

M

BOB MARLEY
    "Iron Lion Zion" (1992, originally recorded in 1973 or 1974; Top 5 in the U.K. but nowhere stateside)

PAUL McCARTNEY
    "Bluebird" (1973)
    "Every Night" (1970)
    "Too Many People" (1971; B-side of "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey")

MILKY
    "Just the Way You Are" (2002; Top 10 in the U.K., reached No. 1 on the U.S. dance chart but did not reach the U.S. pop chart)

JONI MITCHELL
    "Car On a Hill" (1974)
    "River" (1971)

MGMT
    "Electric Feel" (2008)

THE MOODY BLUES
    "Lovely to See You" (1969)

N

NAKED EYES
    "Emotion in Motion" (1983)

GRAHAM NASH
    "I Used to Be a King" (1971)

NEW MUSIK
    "Straight Lines" (1979)

O

OFFICE
    "Wound Up" (2005)

THE ONE AND THE OTHER
    "Optimistic" (2008)

ROY ORBISON
    "She's a Mystery to Me" (1989)

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK
    "Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme)" (1993; went Top 25 in the U.K.)
    "Souvenir" (1981; reached No. 3 in the U.K.)

SHUGGIE OTIS
    "Strawberry Letter 23" (1972; a Top 10 hit for The Brothers Johnson in 1977)

BUCK OWENS
    "Act Naturally" (1963)

P

ROBERT PALMER
    "Johnny and Mary" (1980)

THE PAYOLAS
    "Eyes of a Stranger" (1982)

PERSEPHONE'S BEES
    "Nice Day" (2006)

PET SHOP BOYS
    "Can You Forgive Her?" (1993)
    "Dreaming of the Queen" (1993)
    "Home and Dry" (2002)
    "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More" (1999)
    "I'm With Stupid" (2006)
    "Two Divided By Zero" (1986)

THE POLICE
    "Darkness" (1981)

IGGY POP
    "Lust For Life" (1977; charted in the U.K. in 1996)

COZY POWELL
    "Dance With the Devil" (1974; only reached No. 49 in the U.S., went to No. 3 in the U.K. in 1973)

PORCUPINE TREE
    "Blackest Eyes" (2002)

PREFAB SPROUT
    "When Love Breaks Down" (1985; from the Thomas Dolby-produced
       album "Steve McQueen"; went to No. 25 in the U.K.)

THE PRETENDERS
    "Day After Day" (1986)
    "Human" (1999; Top 35 in the U.K.)
    "Hymn to Her" (1986)
    "I Go to Sleep" (1981; Top 10 in the U.K.)
    "Kid" (1980; Top 35 in the U.K.)

    "Message of Love" (1981; reached No. 11 in the U.K.)
    "My City Was Gone" (1984)
    "Talk of the Town" (1980; Top 10 in the U.K.)
    "2000 Miles" (1984; Top 15 in the U.K.)

THE PRODUCERS
    "She Sheila" (1982)

Q

QUEEN
    "God Save the Queen" (1975)
    "I'm in Love With My Car" (1975)
    "Love of My Life" (1975)
    "She Makes Me (Stormtroopers in Stilettos)" (1974)
    "The Show Must Go On" (1991)

R

RAMATAM
    "The Land/Rainy Sunday Evening" (1973)

THE RAVE-UPS
    "Positively Lost Me" (1985; used in the film "Pretty in Pink")

RINGSIDE
    "Tired of Being Sorry" (2005)

ROBBIE ROBERTSON
    "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" (1987)

TODD RUNDGREN
    "Love of the Common Man" (1976)
    "Sons of 1984" (1974)

    "Stood Up" (2004)

RUNT
    "Boat on the Charles" (1971)

S

SADE
    "Clean Heart" (1988)

SAINT ETIENNE
    "Nothing Can Stop Us" (1991; charted briefly in the U.K., reaching No. 54, but never appeared on the U.S. chart)

BOZ SCAGGS
    "Harbor Lights" (1976)
    "We're All Alone" (1976)
    "What Do You Want the Girl to Do" (1976; written by Allen Toussaint)

GIL SCOTT-HERON/BRIAN JACKSON
    "The Bottle" (1974)

JILL SCOTT
    "Family Reunion" (2004)
    "Golden" (2004)

SCRITTI POLITTI
    "Absolute" (1985; Top 20 in the U.K.)
    "The Boom Boom Bap" (2006)
    "Oh, Patti (Don't Feel Sorry for Loverboy)" (1988; reached No. 13 in the U.K.)

SEAL
    "Human Beings" (1998)

SHEILA AND B. DEVOTION
    "Spacer" (1979; went Top 20 in the U.K.)

THE SHORE
    "Hard Road" (2004)

SIMON & GARFUNKEL
    "The Only Living Boy in New York" (1970; B-side to "Cecilia")

SIMPLY RED
    "Sunrise" (2003; song is built around a loop of Hall & Oates' "I Can't Go For
        That"; went Top 10 in the U.K.)

SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
    "Face to Face" (1992; reached No. 21 in the U.K.)

SISTER SLEDGE
    "Lost in Music" (1979; cracked the U.K. chart twice but did not chart in the
        U.S.)
    "Mama Never Told Me" (1975; Top 20 in the U.K.)

SLOAN
    "Everything You've Done Wrong" (1996)
    "The Good in Everyone" (1996)

SMASH MOUTH
    "Waste" (1999)

ELLIOTT SMITH
    "Pretty (Ugly Before)" (2004)

THE SMITHS
    "Well I Wonder" (1985)

SOFT CELL
    "Bed Sitter" (1981; Top 5 in the U.K.)

SPANDAU BALLET
    "Through the Barricades" (1986; Top 10 in the U.K., but failed to chart in the U.S.)

SPARKS
    "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way' " (1998)

SPLIT ENZ
    "Message to My Girl" (1984)

FREDRIKA STAHL
    "Song of July" (2010)

STEELY DAN
    "Aja" (1977)
    "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" (1974)
    "Babylon Sisters" (1980)
    "Black Cow" (1977)
    "Bodhisattva" (1973)
    "Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)" (1972)
    "The Caves of Altamira" (1976)
    "Cousin Dupree" (2000)
    "Dirty Work" (1972)
    "Fire in the Hole" (1972)
    "Green Earrings" (1976)
    "Haitian Divorce" (1976)

STELLASTARR*
    "Sweet Troubled Soul" (2005)

AL STEWART
    "Lord Grenville" (1976; from "Year of the Cat" album)

STYLE COUNCIL, THE
    "Shout to the Top" (1984; Top 5 in Britain; did not chart in U.S.)
    "Walls Come Tumbling Down!" (1985; Top 10 in Britain; did not chart in U.S.)

SUEDE
    "She's in Fashion" (1999; Top 20 in the U.K.)

THE SUNDAYS
    "Summertime" (1997; reached No. 15 in the U.K.)

T

TALK TALK
    "Living in Another World" (1986; reached No. 48 in the U.K.)
    "Such a Shame" (1984; only reached No. 89 in the U.S.)

THE TAMPERER FEAT. MAYA
    "If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better" (1998; went Top 5 in the U.K.)

10cc
    "Life Is a Minestrone" (1975)

THOMPSON TWINS
    "If You Were Here" (1983; used in the movie "Sixteen Candles")

THIEVERY CORPORATION
    "Revolution Solution" (2005; featuring Perry Farrell)

THIN LIZZY
    "Dancin' in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)" (1977; Top 15 in the
        U.K.)
    "My Sarah" (1979; Top 25 in the U.K.)
    "Roisin Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" (1979)
    "Whiskey in the Jar" (1973; Top 10 in the U.K.)

IRMA THOMAS
    "Time Is On My Side" (1964)

THE THRILLS
    "Big Sur" (2003; a Top 20 hit in the U.K.)

'TIL TUESDAY
    "You Know the Rest" (1985)

TIMBUK 3
    "Reckless Driver" (1988)

THE TING TINGS
    "Hands" (2010; Top 30 in the U.K.)

TOTAL COELO
    "Milk From the Coconut" (1983)

BONNIE TYLER
    "Loving You's a Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It" (1986; a duet with Todd
        Rundgren)

U

UB40
    "One in Ten" (1981; Top 10 in the U.K., did not chart in the U.S.)

U2
    "Bad" (1984)
    "Discotheque" (1997)
    "A Sort of Homecoming" (1984)
    "Two Hearts Beat As One" (1983)
    "Until the End of the World" (1991)
    "Zooropa" (1993)

V

VAN HALEN
    "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (1978)
    "Everybody Wants Some!!" (1980)
    "Eruption" (1978; B-side of "Runnin' With the Devil")
    "Ice Cream Man" (1978)
    "I'm the One" (1978)
    "Jamie's Cryin' " (1978)
    "Unchained" (1981)

VITAMIN Z
    "Circus Ring" (1985)

VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE
    "Don't Call Me Baby" (1988; did not chart in the U.S., went Top 15 in the U.K.)

W

JOE WALSH
    "County Fair" (1974)
    "Days Gone By" (1973)
    "Indian Summer" (1978)

WAR
    "City, Country, City" (1972)

WAY OF THE WEST
    "City For Lovers" (1984)

PAUL WELLER
    "Wake Up the Nation" (2010)

WHEN IN ROME
    "Heaven Knows" (1989; follow-up single to "The Promise" only reached No. 95
        in the U.S.)

BRIAN WILSON
    "In Blue Hawaii" (2004)
    "Rio Grande" (1988)

THE WONDER STUFF
    "Unbearable" (1987)

WORLD PARTY
    "When the Rainbow Comes" (1990)

X

XTC
    "Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" (1992)
    "Dear God" (1987)
    "King For a Day" (1989)
    "Life Begins at the Hop" (1979)
    "Making Plans for Nigel" (1980; Top 20 in the U.K.)
    "Senses Working Overtime" (1982; their only Top 10 hit in the U.K.)

Y

NEIL YOUNG
    "Comes a Time" (1978)
    "Down By the River" (1969)
    "Harvest Moon" (1992)
    "Like a Hurricane" (1977)
    "The Loner" (1968)

Z

WARREN ZEVON
    "Excitable Boy" (1978)
    "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (1976)
    "Lawyers, Guns and Money" (1978)
    "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (1976)

ZZ TOP
    "Got Me Under Pressure" (1983)
    "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" (1979)
    "Pearl Necklace" (1981)