The 25 Best Punk Singles According to Radio X Magazine

Fifty years ago, on 22 October 1976, the Damned released “New Rose”, the first punk single by a British band, beating the debut album by the Sex Pistols to the punch by a month. To mark the anniversary, Radio X Classic Rock has selected 25 essential singles of the punk era: a story told through the 7-inches that distilled its urgency, provocation and drive to overturn the rules. From the Clash to the Ramones, from Buzzcocks to X-Ray Spex, the selection also brushes up against new wave and art-punk territory, with Television, Talking Heads and Devo, showing just how divergent the paths opened up by that revolution turned out to be.

Here, then, are the 25 greatest punk singles according to Radio X magazine, listed in chronological order of release (full feature here)

1. The Damned – New Rose
2. Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK
3. The Stranglers – (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
4. Buzzcocks – Boredom
5. The Clash – White Riot
6. Blondie – X Offender
7. Television – Marquee Moon
8. The Jam – In The City
9. The Adverts – One Chord Wonders
10. Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
11. Slaughter & The Dogs – Cranked Up Really High
12. The Saints – This Perfect Day
13. The Boomtown Rats – Lookin’ After Number One
14. X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage Up Yours!
15. Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Blank Generation
16. Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
17. Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device
18. Devo – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
19. Sham 69 – If The Kids Are United
20. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
21. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
22. Dead Kennedys – California Über Alles
23. The Ruts – Babylon’s Burning
24. Adam & The Ants – Zerox
25. The Slits – Typical Girls

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