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100 Greatest Songs of All Time

Source: Mojo
Year: 2000
100 songs
44 voters

Weight: 100%

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MOJO’s 2000 feature “The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time” is a ranked canon assembled from ballots by an invited panel of renowned songwriters—among them Paul McCartney, Carole King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Cynthia Weil & Barry Mann, Jimmy Webb, Brian Wilson, Johnny Marr, Rod Temperton, Jeff Tweedy, and Paul Weller—augmented by MOJO’s writers and editors. The package emphasizes songs-as-standards (not just hit singles), often identifying a “definitive version,” and spans Tin Pan Alley, soul, rock, folk, and pop. The published list in MOJO #81 (Aug 2000) reflects the combined votes of roughly 44 named contributors and includes short essays/context on each selection.

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Rank Song Artists Year
#1 In My Life The Beatles 1965
#2 (I Can't Get No Satisfaction) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 1977
#3 Over the Rainbow Judy Garland 1993
#4 Here, There and Everywhere The Beatles 1966
#5 The Tracks of My Tears The Miracles 1965
#6 The Times They Are A‐Changin' Bob Dylan 1964
#7 Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 1939
#8 I Can't Make You Love Me Bonnie Raitt 1991
#9 People Get Ready Aretha Franklin 1968
#10 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Righteous Brothers 1964
#11 Yesterday The Beatles 1965
#12 I Say a Little Prayer Dionne Warwick 1967
#13 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 1966
#14 Something Frank Sinatra 1970
#15 Every Time We Say Goodbye Ella Fitzgerald 1956
#16 Fire and Rain The Isley Brothers 1971
#17 Moon River Andy Williams 1962
#18 Stand by Me Ben E. King 1962
#19 Eleanor Rigby The Beatles 1966
#20 Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers 1971
#21 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye 1968
#22 Be My Baby The Ronettes 1963
#23 Many Rivers to Cross Jimmy Cliff 1969
#24 Without You Harry Nilsson 1971
#25 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 1986
#26 Somewhere Barbra Streisand 1985
#27 Jersey Girl Tom Waits 1980
#28 I Go to Sleep Pretenders 1981
#29 Hey Jude The Beatles 1968
#30 I Think It's Going to Rain Today Randy Newman 1968
#31 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin 1959
#32 It's Too Late Carole King 1971
#33 Tired of Being Alone Al Green 1971
#34 There She Goes The La's 1990
#35 Stone in Love With You The Stylistics 1972
#36 Just Like a Woman Bob Dylan 1966
#37 Feel Like Going Home Charlie Rich 1973
#38 Song to the Siren Tim Buckley 1970
#39 Live Forever Oasis 1994
#40 In the Ghetto Elvis Presley 1969
#41 Love Letters Ketty Lester 1962
#42 River Man Nick Drake 1969
#43 The Long and Winding Road The Beatles 1969
#44 Dark End of the Street James Carr 1967
#45 America Simon & Garfunkel 1968
#46 Tower of Song Leonard Cohen 1988
#47 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack 1969
#48 Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground 1970
#49 Its All in the Game (1958 version) Tommy Edwards 1958
#50 Everybody's Talkin' Fred Neil 1967
#51 Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry 1958
#52 A Case of You Joni Mitchell 1971
#53 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley 1969
#54 Who Knows Where the Time Goes? Fairport Convention 1969
#55 The Weight The Band 1968
#56 Walk Away Renée The Left Banke 1966
#57 Someone to Watch Over Me Frank Sinatra 1954
#58 Only Love Can Break Your Heart Saint Etienne 1990
#59 If You Don't Know Me by Now Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes 1972
#60 Let It Be The Beatles 1970
#61 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 1967
#62 Windmills of Your Mind Noel Harrison 1968
#63 White Christmas Bing Crosby, Ken Darby Singers 1999
#64 God Bless the Child Billie Holiday, Tony Scott and His Orchestra 1956
#65 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel 1970
#66 Baby I Need Your Loving Four Tops 1964
#67 Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack 1973
#68 Ne me quitte pas Jacques Brel 1959
#69 Jealous Guy John Lennon 1971
#70 One for My Baby Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle 2025
#71 To Love Somebody Bee Gees 1967
#72 Walking in Memphis Marc Cohn 1991
#73 Blue Moon Elvis Presley 1956
#74 Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) The Temptations 1971
#75 What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Jimmy Ruffin 1983
#76 Superstition Stevie Wonder 1972
#77 Maybe I'm Amazed Paul McCartney 1970
#78 Guantanamera Pérez Prado 1991
#79 My Funny Valentine Chet Baker 1954
#80 Different Drum Linda Ronstadt 1986
#81 Make It Easy on Yourself The Walker Brothers 1965
#82 Summertime Janis Joplin 1971
#83 Makin' Whoopee Ray Charles 1965
#84 By Time I Get to Phoenix Glen Campbell 1967
#85 September Song Walter Huston 1984
#86 Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969
#87 What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong 1967
#88 Always on My Mind Willie Nelson 1982
#89 Reason to Believe Tim Hardin 1966
#90 This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie 1956
#91 Ode to Billie Joe Bobbie Gentry 1967
#92 Losing My Mind Julia McKenzie 1990
#93 As Time Goes By Dick Haymes 2013
#94 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 1991
#95 Irene (Goodnight Irene) Lead Belly 1943
#96 The Moon's A Harsh Mistress Glen Campbell 1974
#97 …Baby One More Time Britney Spears 1998
#98 Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) Buzzcocks 1978
#99 We Shall Overcome Joan Baez 1963
#100 Desperado Eagles 1973

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