17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs

Source: Mucchio Selvaggio

Year: 2002

705 songs

17 voters

Weight: 80%

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Voters: are mostly from a single country/location: 10%

List: contains over 500 items(Quantity over Quality): 10%

In 2002 Italian Rock Magazine "Il Mucchio Selvaggio" (The Wild Bunch) asked each critic of the magazine's staff to make a list of the top 50 songs of all time. Published on Mucchio Selvaggio n. 498 (2nd September 2002)

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Rank	Song	Artists	Year
#99	Honey Don't Think	Grant Lee Buffalo	1993
#99	Wharf Rat	Grateful Dead	-
#99	Middle of July	Hayden	1996
#99	The Trooper	Iron Maiden	1983
#99	Lilac Wine	Jeff Buckley	1994
#99	Song for Adam	Jackson Browne	1971
#99	Jojo	Jacques Brel	1977
#99	I Would for You	Jane's Addiction	-
#99	Return of the Grievous Angel	Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris	1974
#99	Hewlett's Daughter	Grandaddy	2000
#99	Sex Beat	The Gun Club	1981
#99	Shine On	The House of Love	1987
#99	Back Door Man	Howlin' Wolf	1961
#99	Nutbush City Limits	Ike & Tina Turner	1973
#99	In the City	The Jam	1977
#99	Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine	James Brown	1970
#99	Bad Time	Grand Funk Railroad	1974
#99	Dust in the Wind	Kansas	1986
#99	Love Like Blood	Killing Joke	1985
#99	Piece of My Heart	Janis Joplin	1971
#99	Some Candy Talking	The Jesus and Mary Chain	1986
#99	Living in the Past	Jethro Tull	1969
#99	Hey Joe	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1966
#99	Little Wing	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1967
#99	The Wind Cries Mary	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1967
#99	Just Now	John Martyn	1971
#99	Woodstock	Joni Mitchell	1970
#99	Bill Drummond Said	Julian Cope	1984
#99	Reynard the Fox	Julian Cope	1984
#99	Moonchild (including The Dream and The Illusion)	King Crimson	1969
#99	Louie Louie	The Kingsmen	1963
#99	Out of Reach	John Mayall	2021
#99	Apapaia	Litfiba	1986
#99	Io vorrei… non vorrei… ma se vuoi	Lucio Battisti	1972
#99	Quello che conta	Luigi Tenco	1967
#99	Pas assez de toi	Mano Negra	1989
#99	Hotel	Mark Lanegan	1998
#99	Rock and Roll	Led Zeppelin	1971
#99	Ten Years Gone	Led Zeppelin	1975
#99	Walk Away Renee	The Left Banke	1966
#99	Everybody Knows	Leonard Cohen	1988
#99	Joan of Arc	Leonard Cohen	1971
#99	Perfect Day	Lou Reed	1972
#99	Walk on the Wild Side	Lou Reed	1972
#99	Alone Again Or	Love	1967
#99	Do You Believe in Magic	The Lovin' Spoonful	1965
#99	Busby Berkeley Dreams	The Magnetic Fields	1999
#99	Love Gun	KISS	1977
#99	Helicon 1	Mogwai	2001
#99	1930's Beach House	Movietone	2000
#99	Let's Get It On	Marvin Gaye	1973
#99	Spanish Stroll	Mink DeVille	1977
#99	Hymn of the Big Wheel	Massive Attack	1991
#99	Fade to Black	Metallica	1984
#99	8:05	Moby Grape	1967
#99	Summer (Priority)	Mogwai	1997
#99	Hoochie Coochie Man	Muddy Waters	1987
#99	Sometimes	My Bloody Valentine	1991
#99	Cortez the Killer	Neil Young, Crazy Horse	1975
#99	Don't Let It Bring You Down	Neil Young	1970
#99	Two‐Headed Boy	Neutral Milk Hotel	1998
#99	Denial	New Order	1981
#99	I Let Love In	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	1994
#99	The Mercy Seat	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	1989
#99	Cara Valentina	Max Gazzè	1998
#99	The Man	Patto	1970
#99	Jim Dean of Indiana	Phil Ochs	1970
#99	Arnold Layne	Pink Floyd	1967
#99	Love Too Soon	Pascal Comelade	2000
#99	Way to Blue	Nick Drake	1969
#99	Polly	Nirvana	1991
#99	Serve the Servants	Nirvana	1993
#99	Wonderwall	Oasis	1995
#99	Panis et circenses	Os Mutantes	1968
#99	I've Been Loving You Too Long	Otis Redding	1965
#99	Frederick	Patti Smith	1990
#99	Trigger Cut	Pavement	1992
#99	Jeremy	Pearl Jam	1991
#99	Just Good Friends	Peter Hammill	1983
#99	The Great Gig in the Sky	Pink Floyd	1973
#99	Debaser	Pixies	1989
#99	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd	1979
#99	A Pair of Brown Eyes	The Pogues	1985
#99	Lil Wallet Picture	Richard Buckner	1996
#99	Can't Stand Losing You	The Police	1978
#99	Every Breath You Take	The Police	1983
#99	So Lonely	The Police	1978
#99	Defecting Grey	The Pretty Things	1967
#99	A Whiter Shade of Pale	Procol Harum	1967
#99	Disco 2000	Pulp	1995
#99	Who Do You Love	Quicksilver Messenger Service	1968
#99	Fall on Me	R.E.M.	1986
#99	Maps and Legends	R.E.M.	1985
#99	Nightswimming	R.E.M.	1992
#99	Why Not Smile	R.E.M.	1998
#99	Creep	Radiohead	1992
#99	Fake Plastic Trees	Radiohead	1994
#99	Karma Police	Radiohead	1997
#99	Guilty	Randy Newman	1974
#99	Leave Them All Behind	Ride	1992