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	Only Love Can Bring You Peace	Simon Joyner	2001
#99	Emily's Changed	The Gun Club	1990
#99	Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa	Sigur Rós	1999
#99	Dead Pop Stars	Altered Images	1981
#99	Esco	Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti	1996
#99	Suzie Q	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1968
#99	When Doves Cry	Prince, The Revolution	1984
#99	R.I.P. (Requiescant in pace)	Banco del Mutuo Soccorso	1972
#99	Mama Kin	Aerosmith	1973
#99	Tower	Angel	1975
#99	All I Need	Air	1998
#99	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Al Green	1972
#99	Mundana humana instrumentalis	Argine	1997
#99	Strategie	Afterhours	1995
#99	We Gotta Get Out of This Place	McCulloch's "The Animals"	1995
#99	Respect	Aretha Franklin	1967
#99	Flim	Aphex Twin	1997
#99	Ready for Love	Bad Company	1974
#99	Stone on the Water	Badly Drawn Boy	2000
#99	I Shall Be Released	The Band	1968
#99	The Weight	The Band	1968
#99	The Sweetest Embrace	Barry Adamson	1996
#99	Surfin' USA	The Beach Boys	1963
#99	Eleanor Rigby	The Beatles	1966
#99	Escape From the Planet Earth	The Alley Cats	1982
#99	Great Balls of Fire	Jerry Lee Lewis	1957
#99	Penny Lane	The Beatles	1967
#99	Loser	Beck	1993
#99	Blue Moon	Billie Holiday	1962
#99	Even Thieves Couldn't Lie	The Black Heart Procession	1998
#99	Stand by Me	Ben E. King	1962
#99	Astronomy	Blue Öyster Cult	1974
#99	Greetings to the New Brunette	Billy Bragg	1986
#99	Dead Joe	The Birthday Party	1982
#99	I Fought in a War	Belle and Sebastian	2003
#99	Spread Your Love	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	2001
#99	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	1970
#99	Parklife	Blur	1994
#99	Roadrunner	Bo Diddley	1960
#99	I Want You	Bob Dylan	1966
#99	Masters Of War	Bob Dylan	1963
#99	Katie's Been Gone	Bob Dylan, The Band	1975
#99	No Woman No Cry	Bob Marley & The Wailers	1984
#99	By This River	Brian Eno	1977
#99	La suonatrice di Hammond	Cesare Basile	2001
#99	Born to Run	Bruce Springsteen	1975
#99	Not Fade Away	Buddy Holly	1977
#99	Sleepwalk	Christian Death	1984
#99	I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better	The Byrds	1965
#99	The Girl With No Name	The Byrds	1967
#99	Alegria, alegria	Caetano Veloso	1968
#99	Paperhouse	Can	1971
#99	Surrender	Cheap Trick	1978
#99	Walk on By	Burt Bacharach	1965
#99	Little Queenie	Chuck Berry	1959
#99	Clash City Rockers	The Clash	1978
#99	Remote Control	The Clash	1977
#99	An Hour Before the Light	The Clientele	1999
#99	Fly	Nick Drake	1971
#99	Across the Border	Bruce Springsteen	1995
#99	A Gothic Love Song	Current 93	1998
#99	Misguided Angel	Cowboy Junkies	1988
#99	Bad Moon Rising	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1969
#99	Proud Mary	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1969
#99	Who'll Stop the Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1970
#99	Frasi da dimenticare	Daniele Silvestri	1995
#99	Then He Kissed Me	The Crystals	1963
#99	Love Removal Machine	The Cult	1987
#99	Boys Don't Cry	The Cure	1979
#99	Lullaby	The Cure	1989
#99	Prima di essere un uomo	Daniele Silvestri	1995
#99	Sick of Being Sick	The Damned	1977
#99	"Heroes"	David Bowie	1977
#99	Life on Mars?	David Bowie	1971
#99	The Man Who Sold the World	David Bowie	1970
#99	Triad	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1971
#99	Burn	Deep Purple	1974
#99	Child in Time	Deep Purple	1970
#99	Boston	The Dream Syndicate	1986
#99	Merritville	The Dream Syndicate	2004
#99	Freak Scene	Dinosaur Jr.	1988
#99	One World	Dire Straits	1985
#99	Spanish Caravan	The Doors	1968
#99	She	Edie Brickell & New Bohemians	1988
#99	Thats Alright Mama	Elvis Presley	1990
#99	Money Honey	The Drifters	1956
#99	Just a Little Lovin'	Dusty Springfield	1968
#99	Novocaine for the Soul	EELS	1996
#99	I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)	The Electric Prunes	1966
#99	Between the Bars	Elliott Smith	1997
#99	All Shook Up	Elvis Presley	1957
#99	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)	Eurythmics	1982
#99	Gimme the Heat	dEUS	1996
#99	Verranno a chiederti del nostro amore	Fabrizio De André	1973
#99	Just a Man	Faith No More	1995
#99	Deep Fascination	The Feelies	1988
#99	Farewell, Farewell	Fairport Convention	1969
#99	Who Knows Where the Time Goes?	Fairport Convention	1969
#99	Hot Burrito #1 (I'm Your Toy)	The Flying Burrito Brothers	1969
#99	The Rockafeller Skank	Fatboy Slim	1998