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The 700 Best Songs of All Time

Source: Musikexpress
Year: 2014
700 songs
214 voters

Weight: 80%

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

Musikexpress (Germany) compiled “The 700 Best Songs of All Time” for its 700th anniversary issue (on sale March 13, 2014). The ranking was assembled from an expert jury of 214 contributors—including Musikexpress editors and writers, critics from other media outlets, music-industry professionals, and a large number of musicians. The results were published as a major print special with commentary for each song; Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was ranked #1. Alongside the jury list, Musikexpress also ran an online reader poll that produced a separate Top 100 readers’ favorites.

Rank Song Artists Year
#101 Something The Beatles 1969
#102 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 1965
#103 Water No Get Enemy Fela Kuti, Africa 70 1975
#104 (They Long to Be) Close to You Carpenters 1970
#105 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 1966
#106 Holiday in Cambodia Dead Kennedys 1980
#107 Redemption Song Bob Marley & The Wailers 1980
#108 The Weight The Band 1968
#109 Superstition Stevie Wonder 1972
#110 We Need a Resolution Aaliyah, Timbaland 2001
#111 A minha menina Os Mutantes 1968
#112 I Wanna Be Your Dog The Stooges 1969
#113 Paper Planes M.I.A. 2007
#114 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Marvin Gaye 1971
#115 My Favourite Things John Coltrane 2016
#116 Still D.R.E. Dr. Dre 1999
#117 Down by the River Neil Young 1992
#118 Land Patti Smith 1976
#119 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 1956
#120 Duchess Scott Walker 1969
#121 Blues Run the Game Jackson C. Frank 1998
#122 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Nina Simone 1964
#123 My Baby Just Cares for Me Nina Simone 1958
#124 'Round Midnight Thelonious Monk 1966
#125 Let It Be The Beatles 1970
#126 Eleanor Rigby The Beatles 1966
#127 Satellite of Love Lou Reed 1972
#128 Say Yes Elliott Smith 1997
#129 While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles 1968
#130 Death Letter Blues Son House 1970
#131 Mother of Earth The Gun Club 1982
#132 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 1975
#133 Leader of the Pack The Shangri‐Las 1964
#134 I Feel Love Donna Summer 1977
#135 The Girl From Ipanema Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim 1964
#136 White Man in Hammersmith Palais The Clash 1978
#137 Call Me The Breeze J.J. Cale 1971
#138 Le Freak Chic 1978
#139 China Girl David Bowie 1983
#140 I Loves You Porgy Nina Simone 1994
#141 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Neutral Milk Hotel 1998
#142 Dreams Fleetwood Mac 1977
#143 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 1995
#144 Happiness Is a Warm Gun The Beatles 1968
#145 Kick Out The Jams MC5 1969
#146 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 1985
#147 Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers 1971
#148 Someday The Strokes 2000
#149 Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys 1964
#150 Pyramid Song Radiohead 2000
#151 Come Together The Beatles 1969
#152 Disintegration The Cure 1989
#153 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan 1965
#154 Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) Talking Heads 1980
#155 Freight Train Elizabeth Cotten 1958
#156 96 Tears ? and the Mysterians 1966
#157 Africa Toto 1982
#158 My Back Pages The Byrds 1967
#159 Landslide Fleetwood Mac 1975
#160 And It Stoned Me Van Morrison 1970
#161 Wild Is the Wind Nina Simone 1966
#162 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 1995
#163 Changes David Bowie 1971
#164 There She Goes The La's 1990
#165 One U2 1991
#166 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 1979
#167 C'est comme ca Les Rita Mitsouko 2023
#168 Simple Twist Of Fate Bob Dylan 1975
#169 Cortez the Killer Neil Young, Crazy Horse 1975
#170 Mayonaise The Smashing Pumpkins 1993
#171 Dancing on My Own Robyn 2010
#172 Across the Universe The Beatles 1970
#173 There's Only Alice Tom Waits 1999
#174 There, There, My Dear Dexys Midnight Runners 1980
#175 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix 1971
#176 Hey Jude The Beatles 1968
#177 I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton 1974
#178 Old Man Neil Young 1972
#179 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin 1969
#180 We Are the Champions Queen 1977
#181 Wonderwall Oasis 1995
#182 Lost in the Flood Bruce Springsteen 1973
#183 Raspberry Beret Prince, The Revolution 1985
#184 Stay With Me Faces 1971
#185 It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 1987
#186 Money Pink Floyd 1973
#187 What About Us Brandy 2002
#188 Into Dust Mazzy Star 1993
#189 Everything in It's Right Place Radiohead -
#190 The Look Metronomy 2011
#191 One Love Nas, Q‐Tip 1994
#192 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder 1976
#193 Je t'aime… moi non plus Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin 1969
#194 White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground 1967
#195 Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles 1966
#196 Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings Father John Misty 2012
#197 Political Science Randy Newman 1972
#198 Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground 1970
#199 Rebel Girl Bikini Kill 1992
#200 Heart of Glass Blondie 1978

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