Top Gothic Rock Songs
Rank All Time Artist Song Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
773
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Mercy Seat Post-Punk 1988
2
802
 The Cure A Forest Post-Punk 1980
3
827
 Bauhaus Bela Lugosi's Dead Post-Punk 1979
4
1522
 This Mortal Coil Song to the Siren Ethereal Wave Ambient Pop, Dream Pop 1983
5
1574
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Red Right Hand Alternative Rock 1994
6
1865
 The Cult She Sells Sanctuary Alternative Rock, Post-Punk 1985
7
2087
 The Cure Lullaby Dream Pop, Post-Punk 1989
8
2961
 The Sisters of Mercy This Corrosion 1987
9
3040
 Siouxsie and The Banshees Cities in Dust Post-Punk 1985
10
3130
 Joy Division Shadowplay Post-Punk 1979
11
3507
 Savages Shut Up Post-Punk 2013
12
4591
 The Birthday Party Release the Bats Noise Rock 1981
13
4772
 Cocteau Twins Lorelei Ethereal Wave Dream Pop 1984
14
4977
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Weeping Song Punk Blues, Singer/Songwriter 1990
15
5059
 The Cure Fascination Street Alternative Rock, Post-Punk 1989
16
5066
 Savages She Will Post-Punk 2013
17
5236
 Bauhaus She's in Parties Post-Punk 1983
18
5550
 Soda Stereo En la ciudad de la furia Post-Punk 1988
19
5808
 Caifanes Viento Post-Punk 1988
20
5986
 The Cure Disintegration Alternative Rock, Post-Punk 1989
21
6077
 Héroes del Silencio Entre dos tierras Hard Rock 1990
22
6087
 Killing Joke Love Like Blood Post-Punk 1985
23
6293
 The Cure Charlotte Sometimes Post-Punk 1981
24
6315
 Cocteau Twins Sugar Hiccup Ethereal Wave Dream Pop 1983
25
6878
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Do You Love Me? Alternative Rock 1994
26
6948
 The Cure A Night Like This Alternative Rock, Post-Punk 1985
27
7016
 Joy Division Heart and Soul Post-Punk 1980
28
7042
 The Sisters of Mercy Temple of Love (1992) 1992
29
8035
 Peter Murphy Cuts You Up Alternative Rock 1990
30
8230
 Siouxsie and The Banshees Spellbound Post-Punk 1981
31
8251
 Cocteau Twins Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops Ethereal Wave Dream Pop 1984
32
8906
 Santa Sabina Azul casi morado Alternative Rock 1992
33
8991
 The Cure Primary Post-Punk 1981
34
9208
 The Cure All Cats Are Grey Post-Punk 1981
35
9369
 The Mission Tower of Strength 1987
36
9558
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Carny Dark Cabaret, Post-Punk 1986
37
9571
 Bauhaus Kick in the Eye Post-Punk 1981
38
9924
 Bauhaus Dark Entries Post-Punk 1980
39
9932
 Siouxsie and The Banshees Dear Prudence Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Punk 1983

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000:
Joy Division Decades Coldwave 1980
Jenny Hval Female Vampire Ethereal Wave Art Pop, Dream Pop 2016
Sumo Mañana en el Abasto Ethereal Wave Post-Punk 1987
Don Cornelio y La Zona Ella vendrá Post-Punk 1987
Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie & Simon Raymonde Sea, Swallow Me Ethereal Wave Ambient Pop, Dream Pop 1986
Héroes del Silencio Maldito duende 1990
Siouxsie and The Banshees Arabian Knights Post-Punk 1981
The Sisters of Mercy Alice Synth Punk 1982
The Associates Kitchen Person Experimental Rock, Post-Punk 1981
Bauhaus The Passion of Lovers Post-Punk 1981
Sky Ferreira Downhill Lullaby Ethereal Wave Dream Pop 2019
Cocteau Twins From the Flagstones Ethereal Wave Dream Pop 1983
Swans New Mind Experimental Rock, Industrial Rock 1987
The Sisters of Mercy Lucretia My Reflection 1987
The Cure The Hanging Garden Post-Punk 1982
The Cult Spiritwalker Post-Punk 1984
Cocteau Twins The Spangle Maker Ethereal Wave Dream Pop 1984
The Southern Death Cult Moya Death Rock 1982
The Southern Death Cult Fatman Death Rock 1982