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
#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