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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
#601 Left and Leaving The Weakerthans 2010
#602 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight R.E.M. 1999
#603 Don't Want to Know If You're Lonely Hüsker Dü 2025
#604 (I Keep a) Close Watch John Cale 1975
#605 Changes Sugar 1992
#606 Pinball Wizard The Who 1969
#607 Zombie Fela Kuti 1976
#608 Nuttin' but a G Thang Dr. Dre 2000
#609 Soul Makossa Manu Dibango 1973
#610 Jesus Built My Hotrod Ministry -
#611 Atomic Blondie 1979
#612 New Noise Refused 1997
#613 Weißes Papier Element of Crime 2019
#614 Born to Be Wild Steppenwolf 1968
#615 You're So Vain Carly Simon 1972
#616 Heroes and Villains The Beach Boys 1967
#617 Dance to the Music Sly & the Family Stone 1967
#618 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 1975
#619 Let's Go Crazy Prince, The Revolution 1984
#620 All Things Must Pass George Harrison 1970
#621 Rip It Up Orange Juice 1982
#622 Cowgirl in the Sand Neil Young, Crazy Horse 1969
#623 Graceland Paul Simon 1986
#624 Fade Into You Mazzy Star 1993
#625 Love and Death Ebo Taylor, Uhuru Yenzu 1980
#626 Surfer Girl The Beach Boys 1963
#627 A New England Billy Bragg 1983
#628 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 1983
#629 Clampdown The Clash 1979
#630 So Far Away Stephen Duffy, The Lilac Time 2003
#631 Thirteen Big Star 1972
#632 Skinny Love Bon Iver 2007
#633 Heaven and Hell William Onyeabor 2013
#634 Ballade de Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg 1971
#635 Gigantic Pixies 1988
#636 Where Did Our Love Go The Supremes 1964
#637 Exit Music (for a Film) Radiohead 1997
#638 Little Red Corvette Prince 1982
#639 Samson Regina Spektor -
#640 Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime The Korgis 1999
#641 Private Dancer Tina Turner 1984
#642 A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins 1996
#643 Our House Madness 1982
#644 Junge Römer Falco 1991
#645 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Dusty Springfield 1966
#646 Uptown Girl Billy Joel 2007
#647 Bring the Noise Public Enemy 1987
#648 Feeling Good Nina Simone 1965
#649 Niggas in Paris JAY‐Z, Ye 2011
#650 Learning to Fly Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1991
#651 Newtown The Slits 1979
#652 Papa Was a Rolling Stone The Temptations 1980
#653 My Girl The Temptations 1964
#654 Desolation Row Bob Dylan 1965
#655 Showdown Electric Light Orchestra 1973
#656 The Underdog Spoon 2007
#657 Wouldn't It Be Nice The Beach Boys 1966
#658 Sometimes My Bloody Valentine 1991
#659 DMD KIU LIDT Ja, Panik 2011
#660 Are 'Friends' Electric? Tubeway Army 1979
#661 Do You Realize?? The Flaming Lips 2002
#662 Sexx Laws Beck 1999
#663 This Guy's in Love With You Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass 1968
#664 I Want You Back The Jacksons 1969
#665 Queen Bitch David Bowie 1971
#666 All My Friends LCD Soundsystem 2007
#667 He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot Grandaddy 2000
#668 Love to Love You Baby Donna Summer 1975
#669 I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues Elton John 1983
#670 Der brennende Junge Die Antwort 1987
#671 Sex Drug and Rock'n'Roll Ian Dury 1999
#672 Alive Pearl Jam 1991
#673 Sea Breezes Roxy Music 1972
#674 Deutschland muss sterben Slime 1989
#675 Freedom 90 George Michael 1990
#676 Break On Through (to the Other Side) The Doors 1967
#677 Sunny Afternoon The Kinks 1966
#678 Shout to the Top The Style Council 1985
#679 Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam Nirvana 1994
#680 Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash 1955
#681 Higher Ground Stevie Wonder 1973
#682 Ballad of a Thin Man Bob Dylan 1965
#683 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 1969
#684 Music For Girls Baxendale 2003
#685 Modern Love David Bowie 1983
#686 Ne me quitte pas Jacques Brel 1959
#687 In My Life The Beatles 1965
#688 Suzanne Leonard Cohen 1967
#689 Doo Wop (That Thing) Lauryn Hill 1998
#690 Song To The Siren This Mortal Coil 1983
#691 Mother John Lennon 1970
#692 Who by Fire Leonard Cohen 1974
#693 Smile Nat King Cole 1991
#694 Crazy in Love Beyoncé, JAY‐Z 2003
#695 Born Slippy Underworld 1995
#696 Appletree Erykah Badu 1997
#697 Wondering Van der Graaf Generator 2018
#698 On Your Own The Verve 1995
#699 Waterfalls TLC 1994
#700 Nightclubbing Grace Jones 1981

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