The ranking of the 50 greatest indie rock debut singles, according to Radio X magazine

Which artists kicked off their career in the best possible way? Here are 50 of the greatest indie-rock debut singles of all time, according to British magazine Radio X. As the magazine puts it, these are 50 great examples of how a debut single can do its job perfectly: instantly defining an artist's identity, delivering two or three minutes of pure adrenaline, and making the listener want to drop the needle again to hear it one more time.
In compiling the list — in strict alphabetical order — Radio X followed a few rules: EPs, tracks taken from compilations and similar releases are excluded. Only singles conceived and released specifically as such were considered.

So here's the ranking of the greatest indie-rock debut singles of all time, according to Radio X magazine (full feature here).

Arctic Monkeys – I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Björk – Human Behaviour
Bloc Party – She’s Hearing Voices
Blossoms – Blow
Blur – She’s So High
Bon Iver – Skinny Love
Catfish And The Bottlemen – Homesick
The Charlatans – Indian Rope
The Clash – White Riot
Courteeners – Cavorting
Editors – Bullets
Elastica – Stutter
Elbow – Red
Embrace – All You Good Good People
Sam Fender – Play God
Florence + The Machine – Kiss With A Fist
Foo Fighters – This Is A Call
Franz Ferdinand – Darts Of Pleasure
Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood
The Jam – In The City
Joy Division – Transmission
Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My God
The Killers – Mr Brightside
LCD Soundsystem – Losing My Edge
The Libertines – What A Waster
MGMT – Time To Pretend
New Order – Ceremony
Nirvana – Love Buzz
Oasis – Supersonic
Pearl Jam – Alive
The Prodigy – Charly
Radiohead – Creep
Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name
Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
Royal Blood – Out Of The Black
Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK
The Smiths – Hand In Glove
Stereophonics – Local Boy In The Photograph
The Streets – Has It Come To This?
Suede – The Drowners
Supergrass – Caught By The Fuzz
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
The Vaccines – Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra)
Weezer – Undone (The Sweater Song)
Wet Leg – Chaise Longue
Wolf Alice – Fluffy
The Wombats – Moving To New York
The xx – Crystalised

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