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	Crossroads Blues	Robert Johnson	1936
#99	Together or Alone	Sebadoh	1994
#99	Angie	The Rolling Stones	1973
#99	Lady Jane	The Rolling Stones	1966
#99	Willing to Wait	Sebadoh	1996
#99	Silver Train	The Rolling Stones	1973
#99	Do the Strand	Roxy Music	1973
#99	Closer to the Heart	Rush	1977
#99	You Send Me	Sam Cooke	1957
#99	(I'm) Stranded	The Saints	1976
#99	Swords and Tequila	Riot V	1981
#99	Requiem pour un con (b.o.f.)	Serge Gainsbourg	1968
#99	Tennessee	Silver Jews	2001
#99	My Wife and My Dead Wife	Robyn Hitchcock	2005
#99	Crying	Roy Orbison	1961
#99	Tigress	Songs: Ohia	2000
#99	Cum On Feel the Noize	Slade	1973
#99	Family Affair	Sly & the Family Stone	1971
#99	Bullet With Butterfly Wings	The Smashing Pumpkins	1995
#99	Bigmouth Strikes Again	The Smiths	1986
#99	Hand in Glove	The Smiths	1983
#99	Possession	The Sound	1981
#99	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	1981
#99	Eric's Trip	Sonic Youth	1988
#99	Louie Louie	The Sonics	1966
#99	Jesus Christ Pose	Soundgarden	1991
#99	Pig	Sparklehorse	1998
#99	Sunshine	Sparklehorse	1998
#99	Ghost Town	The Specials	1981
#99	Darlin' If	Spirit	1968
#99	Alternative Ulster	Stiff Little Fingers	1978
#99	Able Hands	Sodastream	2000
#99	I Wanna Be Your Dog	The Stooges	1969
#99	Search and Destroy	The Stooges	1973
#99	Do or Die	Super Furry Animals	1999
#99	Gypsy	Suzanne Vega	1986
#99	Late Night	Syd Barrett	1970
#99	Children of the Revolution	T. Rex	1972
#99	Once in a Lifetime	Talking Heads	1980
#99	Infected	The The	1986
#99	The Boys Are Back in Town	Thin Lizzy	1976
#99	Romeo Is Bleeding	Tom Waits	1978
#99	It'll Never Happen Again	Tim Hardin	1966
#99	Marbles	Tindersticks	1993
#99	American Girl	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	1976
#99	Cold Cold Ground	Tom Waits	1987
#99	Nothing	Townes Van Zandt	2013
#99	Jockey Full of Bourbon	Tom Waits	1985
#99	Along the Banks of Rivers	Tortoise	1996
#99	House Where Nobody Lives	Tom Waits	1999
#99	Writing to Reach You	Travis	1999
#99	Wild Thing	The Troggs	1966
#99	Christian Woman	Type O Negative	1993
#99	Wonderworld	Uriah Heep	1974
#99	Children of the Winter	Warrior Soul	1991
#99	Baba O Riley	The Who	1975
#99	Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love	Van Halen	1978
#99	The Way Young Lovers Do	Van Morrison	1968
#99	At Break of Day	Bonnie "Prince" Billy	2001
#99	Don't Bang the Drum	The Waterboys	1985
#99	Say It Ain't So	Weezer	1994
#99	Heroin	The Velvet Underground	1967
#99	Oh! Sweet Nuthin'	The Velvet Underground	1970
#99	Rock and Roll	The Velvet Underground	1970
#99	Saturday Night in the City of the Dead	Ultravox	1977
#99	Never Tell	Violent Femmes	1984
#99	1000 Umbrellas	XTC	1986
#99	Dear God	XTC	1986
#99	Fall Apart	Death in June	1993
#99	La Grange	ZZ Top	1973
#99	Golden Slumbers	The Beatles	1969
#99	Nuotando nell'aria	Marlene Kuntz	1994
#99	This Is Not a Love Song	Public Image Ltd	1983
#99	Tell Me When It's Over	The Dream Syndicate	1982
#99	Nausea	X	1980
#99	The World Keep On Turning	Fleetwood Mac	1968
#99	Mountain Song	Jane's Addiction	1988
#99	We Are Underused	Pavement	1997
#99	Josiewitchgirl	Zita Swoon	2001
#99	Fools Gold	The Stone Roses	1989
#99	Pancho & Lefty	Townes Van Zandt	1972
#99	Come On	Chuck Berry	1961
#99	Memphis Tennessee	Chuck Berry	1972
#99	Death Is a Star	The Clash	1982
#99	The Guns of Brixton	The Clash	1979
#99	Yellow	Coldplay	2000
#99	Skateaway	Dire Straits	1980
#99	Sebastian	Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	1973
#99	Last Good Day of the Year	Cousteau	1999
#99	Pale Sun	Cowboy Junkies	1993
#99	Wicked Game	Chris Isaak	1989
#99	Suite: Judy Blue Eyes	Crosby, Stills & Nash	1969
#99	Da Doo Ron Ron	The Crystals	1963
#99	Sound and Vision	David Bowie	1977
#99	Laughing	David Crosby	1971
#99	Smoke on the Water	Deep Purple	1972
#99	Come On Eileen	Dexys Midnight Runners	1982
#99	Love Song	The Cure	1989
#99	Long Way to Go	Dan Reed Network	1991
#99	Illuso	Daniele Silvestri	1995