My Top 400 Songs Of All-Time (out of date)
Submitted by Wezzo on Mon, 08/01/2005 - 04:21
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- THIS LIST IS OUT OF DATE. SEE MY TOP 1000 HERE
- Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
- Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
- Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
- Billy Joel - Only The Good Die Young
- REM - At My Most Beautiful
- Sha-Na-Na - Those Magic Changes
- Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Waiting
- They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
- Billy Joel - Piano Man
- REM - Near Wild Heaven
- The Pogues - A Fairytale Of New York
- The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
- U2 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- Phil Collins - Against All Odds
- REM - Aftermath
- The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
- Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
- Ronnie Milsap - A Legend In My Time
- Roger Miller - King Of The Road
- Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
- Status Quo - All Around My Hat
- Phil Collins - Easy Lover
- Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
- Abba - Fernando
- Bryan Adams - Cloud No. 9
- Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
- Abba - The Winner Takes It All
- The Police - Every Breath You Take
- Stroke 9 - Washin' & Wonderin'
- The Push Stars - Drunk Is Better Than Dead
- Barenaked Ladies - Falling For The First Time
- Eagle-Eye Cherry - Been Here Once Before
- Elton John - Sacrifice
- REM - Imitation Of Life
- The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
- Boyzone - Key To My Life
- Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
- The Bee Gees - You Win Again
- The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
- REM - Daysleeper
- Weezer - Island In The Sun
- They Might Be Giants - New York City
- Roger Whittaker - Streets Of London
- Queen - You're My Best Friend
- They Might Be Giants - Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal
- ELO - Wild West Hero
- Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
- Simon & Garfunkel - I Am A Rock
- Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
- Michael Jackson - Human Nature
- A-ha - Take On Me
- The Monkees - Daydream Believer
- Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
- Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
- Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again
- Divine Comedy - The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count
- Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
- Michael Jackson - Beat It
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Supergrass - Alright
- Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
- Val Doonican - Walk Tall
- The Beatles - Penny Lane
- Val Doonican - Two Streets
- Lighthouse Family - High
- Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn
- Phil Collins - True Colours
- REM - Losing My Religion
- Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born
- Mac Davis - Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me
- Travis - Side
- Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
- Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
- Robbie Williams - Strong
- Meat Loaf - You Took The Words
- Lindsay Buckingham - Holiday Road
- Elton John - Your Song
- U2 - With Or Without You
- Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
- Boyzone - A Different Beat
- David Bowie - Life On Mars
- Beautiful South - Don't Marry Her
- John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights
- Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways
- Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
- East 17 - Stay Another Day
- Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
- James - I Know What I'm Here For
- Scooch - More Than I Needed To Know
- REM - Nightswimming
- They Might Be Giants - Destination Moon
- Queen - Killer Queen
- Stereophonics - Pick A Part That's New
- Abba - Does Your Mother Know?
- Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
- Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
- Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
- Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
- Tom Petty - American Girl
- Ben Folds - Landed
- Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
- Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
- They Might Be Giants - The End Of The Tour
- REM - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
- Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well
- Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
- The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
- Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis
- U2 - The Sweetest Thing
- Robbie Williams - No Regrets
- Marillion - Kayleigh
- Spandau Ballet - True
- Sha-Na-Na - Tears On My Pillow
- The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
- REM - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
- Jam - Going Underground
- Undertones - Teenage Kicks
- They Might Be Giants - Experimental Film
- Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
- Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
- Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
- Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
- Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
- REM - Fall On Me
- Hot Chocolate - I'll Put You Together Again
- Phil Collins - Two Hearts
- The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- Robbie Williams - Angels
- Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
- Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
- The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
- The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin'
- The Strawbs - Part Of The Union
- John Lennon & Yoko Ono - War Is Over
- Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
- Travis - Turn
- REM - Find The River
- The Beatles - Let It Be
- No Doubt - Don't Speak
- Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
- The Carpenters - Superstar
- They Might Be Giants - 'Til My Head Falls Off
- Journey - Remember Me
- Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
- Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
- Val Doonican - Elusive Butterfly
- Gary Glitter - Another Rock'n'Roll Christmas
- U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Madness - House Of Fun
- CCR - Bad Moon Rising
- Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
- REM - Man On The Moon
- Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives
- Barry Manilow - Looks Like We Made It
- Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely?
- The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
- Chumbawumba - Tubthumpin'
- Bob Dylan - The Times, They Are A-Changin'
- Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
- Billy Joel - Scenes From An Italian Restuarant
- John Lennon - Woman
- Perry Como - Christmas Dream
- Boyzone - Love Me For A Reason
- Rod Stewart - Handbags and Gladrags
- The Bee Gees - For Whom The Bell Tolls
- Radiohead - No Surprises
- Scooch - One Of These Days
- Human League - Don't You Want Me
- Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense And Peppermints
- Hanson - Mmmmbop
- Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
- Queen - I Want To Break Free
- Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
- Rod Stewart - Maggie May
- Weird Al - Hardware Store
- Boyzone - All That I Need
- Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
- REM - It's The End Of The World As We Know It
- Ultravox! - Vienna
- Oasis - Wonderwall
- Robbie Williams - Let Love Be Your Energy
- Barry Manilow - One Voice
- John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want
- U2 - One Tree Hill
- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Phil Collins - One More Night
- Blondie - Atomic
- Ash - Burn Baby Burn
- Oasis - Whatever
- REM - Stand
- The Beach Boys - Bluebirds Over The Mountain
- Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down
- Abba - Take A Chance On Me
- Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
- Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
- Take That - Back For Good
- Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
- U2 - One
- Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
- Alanis Morisette - Ironic
- John Lennon - Imagine
- The Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun
- Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
- They Might Be Giants - Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
- Queen - We Are The Champions
- Mike Curb Congregation - Burning Bridges
- Julian Lennon - Saltwater
- Pulp - Common People
- They Might Be Giants - I Palindrome I
- REM - Leaving New York
- Don McLean - Vincent
- Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
- James - Sit Down
- Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies
- Phil Collins - Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
- Don McLean - American Pie
- Kinks - Days
- Val Doonican - If I Knew Then What I Know Now
- Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning
- Hanson - Smile
- They Might Be Giants - Mammal
- Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces
- Flying Pickets - Only You
- Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heaven's Door
- REM - Everybody Hurts
- Less Than Jake - We're All Dudes
- Green Day - Minority
- Jamie Cullum - Everlasting Love
- Queen - Radio Gaga
- Camille Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
- Abba - One Of Us
- Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You)
- Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
- They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start
- REM - The Great Beyond
- Abba - Dancing Queen
- Val Doonican - What Would I Be
- They Might Be Giants - The World's Address
- Leann Rimes - How Do I Live
- Spunge - Kickin' Pigeons In The Park
- Weird Al - eBay
- Keane - Everybody's Changin'
- Queen - Las Palabras De Amor
- John Travolta - Greased Lightnin'
- Tom Petty - Even The Losers
- Travis - Flowers In The Window
- Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Cabelle - Barcelona
- The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You
- Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling
- Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
- REM - Driver 8
- They Might Be Giants - We're The Replacements
- Stevie Nicks - After The Glitter Fades
- Boyzone - I Love The Way You Love Me
- Robbie Williams - Millennium
- Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
- The Beatles - Hey Jude
- Wham! - Freedom
- Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
- The Cure - Just Like Heaven
- The Beach Boys - California Girls
- Benny Hill - Ernie The Fastest Milkman In The West
- They Might Be Giants - No-one Knows My Plan
- Casuals - Jesamine
- U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
- The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
- Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
- Tony Christie - Las Vegas
- Heart - Alone
- The Byrds - (To Everything) Turn, Turn, Turn (There Is A Season)
- Michael Jackson - Black Or White
- Elton John - Are You Ready For Love?
- ELO - Mr Blue Sky
- They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
- Alice Band - One Day At A Time
- Goldfinger - Superman
- Abba - Waterloo
- Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
- Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
- New Radicals - You Get What You Give
- George Michael - Careless Whisper
- White Plains - When You Are A King
- Val Doonican - If The Whole World
- Texas - Summer Son
- Bellamy Brothers - If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body
- REM - Make It All Okay
- Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
- The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
- Mud - Lonely This Christmas
- They Might Be Giants - Why Must I Be Sad?
- Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
- The Beach Boys - Sloop John B.
- The Polyphonic Spree - Section 9 (Reach for the Sun)
- ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman
- REM - Leave
- Guided By Voices - Hold On Hope
- Keane - This Is The Last Time
- Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind Of Love
- Billy Joel - This Is The Time To Remember
- Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You
- U2 - Angel Of Harlem
- Robbie Williams - Supreme
- REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling
- Travis - Tied to the '90s
- M*A*S*H - Suicide Is Painless
- Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train
- Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon
- The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
- U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
- Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
- Disneyland Paris - Parade
- REM - I'll Take The Rain
- Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Roger Whittaker - Durham Town
- REM - Strange Currencies
- They Might Be Giants - I've Got A Match
- Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
- USA For Africa - We Are The World
- They Might Be Giants - Dead
- Meme - Look Into My Eyes
- The Osmonds - One Bad Apple
- Radiohead - Creep
- The Proclaimers - Letter From America
- James Last - Concerto Di Aranjuez
- Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
- Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
- Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
- U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Madonna - Material Girl
- The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
- Tears For Fears - Mad World
- Tom Jones - I'm Coming Home
- Kraftwerk - The Model
- Tammy Wynette - Divorce
- Queen - I Want It All
- Weezer - Buddy Holly
- REM - The Outsiders
- Travis - Driftwood
- Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
- Abba - The Day Before You Came
- Soft Cell - Tainted Love
- Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
- The Fall - Wings
- Bryan Adams - East Side Story
- Colin Hay - Overkill
- Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
- Human League - Together In Electric Dreams
- Black - Wonderful Life
- Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
- REM - New Test Leper
- The Fall - Smile
- The Eagles - Take It To The Limit
- Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- They Might Be Giants - Mr. Me
- Bay City Rollers - I Only Wanna Be With You
- The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda
- The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
- Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
- Blue Mink - Banner Man
- Blondie - Heart of Glass
- Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York
- Cindy Bullens - It's Raining On Prom Night
- The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
- The Beach Boys - Do It Again
- Oasis - Little By Little
- ELO - Strange Magic
- Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World
- REM - Perfect Circle
- Michael Jackson - Earth Song
- Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
- Jigsaw - Sky High
- Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
- The Beach Boys - Breakaway
- John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
- Lighthouse Family - Lifted
- They Might Be Giants - Museum Of Idiots
- REM - Time After Time (Annelise)
- Patsy Cline - Crazy
- Paul Simon - Diamonds On the Soles Of Her Shoes
- Peter Sarstedt - Frozen Orange Juice
- Andy Abraham - The Greatest Love Of All
- Wizzard - Angel Fingers
- Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 and 35
- Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
- James Blunt - You're Beautiful
- They Might Be Giants - The Guitar
- REM - We Walk
- Daniel Powter - Bad Day
- Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight
- Kenny Rogers - You Decorated My Life
- Queen - Breakthru
- Jack Johnson - Inaudible Melodies
- Squeeze - Up The Junction
- Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
- Bryan Adams - This Side of Paradise
- Bruce Springsteen - Night
- REM - Endgame
- The Bee Gees - Massachusetts
- Slade - Far Far Away
Author Comments:
In a rather vague order. I've tried to make it as accurate as possible, based on the past three years, so bear in mind that just because I adored the Bay City Rollers' "I Only Wanna Be With You" three years ago doesn't mean I do now. (Though I actually do still like that. Hmm.) Actually, the top 100 and the bottom 100 are the songs I like most right now, for the most part: the all-time favourites, and the songs that are slowly climbing their way up the chart having been favourites of recent months.
And, er, yes, I do have a very unusual taste.. :) But I defy you to find another "greatest songs" list with The Fall, Val Doonican and They Might Be Giants.
Additions in bold. Additions last update in italics.
Requirements of the list:
-Known for more than 2 months
-In my personal top 5 for more than 1 month within past 3 years
-I still somewhat enjoy it as of now
Artists with 3 songs or more in the list:
REM - 26
They Might Be Giants - 21
Queen - 12
U2 - 10
The Beach Boys - 10
Phil Collins - 9
Abba - 8
The Beatles - 8
Michael Jackson - 7
Billy Joel - 7
Robbie Williams - 6
Travis - 6
Val Doonican - 6
Boyzone - 5
Elton John - 5
Oasis - 5
Bryan Adams - 5
Bruce Springsteen - 5
Tom Petty - 4
ELO - 4
Roger Whittaker - 3
The Police - 3
Keane - 3
Slade - 3
The Bee Gees - 3
Tony Christie - 3
John Travolta - 3 (inc. 2 with Olivia Newton-John)
Olivia Newton-John - 3 (inc. 2 with John Travolta)
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Most of your choices I like, particularly the ones where my favourite artists crop up, though I have to say I'm not a fan of Queen's Las Palabras De Amor. More like Las Palabras De A-Bore! Oh, I'm ever so witty!
Ahh, ain't ya just ;)
I really like Las Palabras though. Among Queen's most underrated I've always thought.. and of course your post proves that I suppose :) Not their best, mind... that honour belongs with Don't Stop Me Now.
Does anyone else know Sha-Na-Na's Those Magic Changes?
I have never heard that song before...
Hehe, excellent! I'm not alone then. :)
Do you happen to like it?
I certainly happen to like it... but no more and no less than that. It makes me sad because it reminds me of how much I used to love Billy Joel.
Cool list, because there is a lot of REM and a lot of Billy Joel (7 songs). Also glad to see Moonlight Shadow up there. Great song.
Thanks for the comment! Glad you like it. Billy Joel is great, an often underrated artist.
(oh, and well done for noticing there are 7 Billy songs, not 6, fixed now).
Great list, Wezzo! I think you have quite an eclectic taste in music. :)
I think so too, heh! Thanks. :D (Sorry that the Gibbs only show up twice! Massachusetts is on its way to this list though..)
Hey, I'm glad that the Gibbs show up at all. I think most 15-year-olds wouldn't like the Bee Gees; some of them probably don't even know who they are!
Good news about Massachusetts...that was their first number one...October 1967, I think. What do you think of "I Started a Joke", by the way? I really like Robin's voice, so that's one of my favourite Bee Gees songs.
Did you like the Bee Gees when Maurice died? I'd been a fan for almost two years then (I started liking them in April 2001 when I was 12) and was very upset when that happened.
True, true - then again, not many 15-year-olds are a fan of '50s crooner Val Donnican. :D
Yep, I also like "I Started A Joke" - in fact, of those I know, there are very few songs of theirs that I actively dislike at all; it's just that I probably haven't listened to them all enough to put them on this list (except for the two on here and soon Massachusetts). Actually, How Deep Is Your Love? could go on here too..
Yeah, I've known a lot of their songs since I was probably 6 or 7 as my mum used to play them in the car; and I'd imagine I started liking You Win Again a lot around 2001. I remember hearing the news Maurice had died, and I definitely knew some of their songs by then as I was quite shocked.