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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
#401 Odessa Caribou 2011
#402 All Along the Watchtower The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968
#403 Ghost Town The Specials 1981
#404 Astronomy Domine Pink Floyd 1967
#405 Street Fighting Man The Rolling Stones 1968
#406 The Only One I Know The Charlatans 1990
#407 Crosstown Traffic The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968
#408 Come as You Are Nirvana 1991
#409 Crystalised The xx 2009
#410 It's a Sin Pet Shop Boys 1987
#411 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 1992
#412 Paranoid Black Sabbath 1970
#413 Such a Shame Talk Talk 1984
#414 Lean on Me Bill Withers 1972
#415 Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane 1967
#416 Limit to Your Love James Blake 2010
#417 The Time Is Now Moloko 2001
#418 Let's Push Things Forward The Streets 2003
#419 Yellow Coldplay 2000
#420 Was hat dich bloß so ruiniert? Die Sterne 1996
#421 Are You Experienced The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967
#422 She's a Rainbow The Rolling Stones 1967
#423 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Michael Jackson 1982
#424 It's a Man's Man's World James Brown 1966
#425 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 2005
#426 California Dreamin' (California Dreamin') The Mamas & the Papas 1980
#427 How Soon Is Now? The Smiths 1984
#428 Slave to the Rhythm Grace Jones 2001
#429 A House Is Not a Motel Love 1967
#430 Tausend Tränen tief Blumfeld 1999
#431 Hey Ya OutKast 2003
#432 Wild Thing The Troggs 1966
#433 Stop! In the Name of Love The Supremes 1965
#434 Come On Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners 1982
#435 Being Boiled The Human League 2002
#436 Instant Karma (We All Shine on) John Lennon 1970
#437 That's Entertainment The Jam 1980
#438 Da Da Da (Ich lieb' dich nicht du liebst mich nicht, Aha Aha Aha) Trio 2007
#439 Bad Michael Jackson 1987
#440 Machine Gun Portishead 2008
#441 Summer Wine Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood 1968
#442 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 1989
#443 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 1992
#444 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) The Byrds 1965
#445 She Loves You The Beatles 1963
#446 You Really Got Me The Kinks 1964
#447 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley 1969
#448 The One I Love R.E.M. 1987
#449 Sing It Back Moloko 1999
#450 Monkey Gone to Heaven Pixies 1989
#451 Yesterday The Beatles 1965
#452 The Man Who Sold the World David Bowie 1970
#453 Rebellion (Lies) Arcade Fire 2004
#454 Panic The Smiths 1986
#455 A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 1967
#456 Ace of Spades Motörhead 1980
#457 Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran 1958
#458 Jesus to a Child George Michael 2007
#459 Animal Nitrate Suede 1993
#460 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 1995
#461 Stand by Me Ben E. King 1962
#462 Empire State of Mind JAY‐Z 2009
#463 Video Games Lana Del Rey 2011
#464 Prisencolinensinainciusol Adriano Celentano 1972
#465 House of Jealous Lovers The Rapture 2000
#466 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat 1984
#467 Sunny Bobby Hebb 1998
#468 Time to Pretend MGMT 2007
#469 Just Like Honey The Jesus and Mary Chain 1985
#470 Karma Police Radiohead 1997
#471 Teardrop Massive Attack 1998
#472 Rent Pet Shop Boys 1987
#473 Jackpot Tocotronic 1999
#474 Everyday People Sly & the Family Stone 1968
#475 Ruby Tuesday The Rolling Stones 1967
#476 Banquet Bloc Party 2004
#477 Sugar Man Rodriguez 1970
#478 Disco 2000 Pulp 1995
#479 More Than This Roxy Music 1982
#480 I Got a Woman Ray Charles 1958
#481 Touch Me I'm Sick Mudhoney 1988
#482 Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds 1965
#483 Fade to Grey Visage 1999
#484 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 2003
#485 Ever Fallen in Love Buzzcocks 1979
#486 These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Nancy Sinatra 1966
#487 Seasons in the Sun Terry Jacks 1973
#488 Damaged Goods Gang of Four 1978
#489 People Are Strange The Doors 1967
#490 One Harry Nilsson 1968
#491 The Letter The Box Tops 1967
#492 American Girl Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1976
#493 Got to Give It Up Marvin Gaye 1977
#494 I Knew I'd Want You The Byrds 1965
#495 Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 1970
#496 The Day Before You Came ABBA 1982
#497 Video Killed the Radio Star Buggles 1979
#498 Reasons Minnie Riperton 2008
#499 Rock With You Michael Jackson 1979
#500 Tender Blur 1999

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