17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs

Source: Mucchio Selvaggio
Year: 2002
705 songs
17 voters

Weight: 80%

How much this list influences our overall rankings. Higher weight means more reliable data.

Penalties Applied:

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)

Rank Song Artists Year
#1 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 1991
#2 London Calling The Clash 1979
#2 Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen 1975
#4 Sympathy for the Devil The Rolling Stones 1968
#4 My Generation The Who 1965
#4 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 1980
#4 Imagine John Lennon 1971
#4 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 1971
#4 Phantasmagoria in Two Tim Buckley 1967
#4 A Day in the Life The Beatles 1967
#4 Andmoreagain Love 1967
#4 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 1991
#12 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 1967
#12 Redemption Song Bob Marley & The Wailers 1980
#12 Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry 1958
#12 You're Gonna Miss Me 13th Floor Elevators 1966
#12 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 1965
#12 Where Is My Mind? Pixies 1988
#12 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 1986
#12 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 1967
#12 (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding 1964
#12 So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star The Byrds 1967
#12 Holiday in Cambodia Dead Kennedys 1980
#12 Be My Baby The Ronettes 1963
#12 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye 1968
#12 The Passenger Iggy Pop 1977
#12 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 1977
#12 Venus in Furs The Velvet Underground 1967
#12 Willin' Little Feat 1972
#12 Knockin' on Heaven's Door Bob Dylan 1973
#12 See Emily Play Pink Floyd 1967
#32 Shipbuilding Elvis Costello & The Attractions 1983
#32 The Dolphins Fred Neil 1967
#32 Ice Cold Ice Hüsker Dü 1987
#32 Eternal Life Jeff Buckley 1993
#32 Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles 1966
#32 The Ballad of El Goodo Big Star 1972
#32 Instant Street dEUS 1999
#32 The River Bruce Springsteen 1980
#32 Alison Elvis Costello 1977
#32 White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane 1967
#32 Voodoo Chile The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968
#32 Ring of Fire Johnny Cash 1963
#32 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 1966
#32 Annarella CCCP – Fedeli alla linea 1990
#32 Powderfinger Neil Young, Crazy Horse 1979
#32 Saturday Sun Nick Drake 1969
#32 Time Has Told Me Nick Drake 1969
#32 Because the Night Patti Smith 1978
#32 Monkey Gone to Heaven Pixies 1989
#32 The One I Love R.E.M. 1987
#32 Blank Generation Richard Hell & the Voidoids 1977
#32 God Save the Queen Sex Pistols 1977
#32 Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones 1969
#32 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 1966
#32 Marquee Moon Television 1977
#32 Buzzin' Fly Tim Buckley 1969
#32 Song to the Siren Tim Buckley 1970
#32 Martha Tom Waits 1973
#32 I Will Follow U2 1980
#32 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 1983
#32 Sunday Morning The Velvet Underground 1966
#32 Senses Working Overtime XTC 1982
#32 Suzanne Leonard Cohen 1967
#32 The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen 1967
#32 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 1956
#32 Spoonful Howlin' Wolf 1960
#32 Lather Jefferson Airplane 1968
#32 Where the Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue 1999
#32 (I Keep a) Close Watch John Cale 1975
#32 Roadrunner Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers 1978
#32 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 1971
#32 Pink Moon Nick Drake 1972
#32 Things Behind the Sun Nick Drake 1972
#32 Anarchy in the UK Sex Pistols 1977
#32 Message in a Bottle The Police 1979
#32 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker Ramones 1977
#32 Sea Song Robert Wyatt 1974
#32 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 1965
#32 Jumpin' Jack Flash The Rolling Stones 1968
#32 Matilda Mother Pink Floyd 1967
#32 Venus Television 1977
#32 Once I Was Tim Buckley 1967
#32 Innocent When You Dream (78) Tom Waits 1987
#32 Creuza de ma Fabrizio De André 1984
#32 Los Angeles X 1979
#32 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 1966
#32 Yesterday The Beatles 1965
#32 Thirteen Big Star 1972
#32 Simple Twist Of Fate Bob Dylan 1975
#32 Ever Fallen in Love Buzzcocks 1979
#32 Still Holding on to You The Dream Syndicate 1984
#32 The Dark End of the Street James Carr 1967
#32 Femme Fatale The Velvet Underground 1966
#32 John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic 1970
#32 Fire in Cairo The Cure 1979
#32 I Often Dream of Trains Robyn Hitchcock 1984
#32 Blue Tears The Black Heart Procession 1999
#99 When Doves Cry Prince, The Revolution 1984
#99 Mama Kin Aerosmith 1973