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The 100 Best Singles of All Time

Source: Berlin Media
Year: 1998
100 songs
5 voters

Weight: 35%

How much this list influences our overall rankings. Higher weight means more reliable data.

Penalties Applied:

Voters: are mostly from a single country/location: 10%
Voters: Voter Count: 39.9%
Voters: Unknown Names: 10%
Voters: Estimated Count: 5%

Berlin Media (Germany) – The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1998) is a ranked Top 100 songs/singles poll compiled from votes by Berlin-based music journalists and associated with radioeins’s “Millennium Music Mix” project. The surviving references describe it as a straightforward countdown with no accompanying commentary, and they don’t preserve (or at least don’t make accessible) a full voter roster or the exact vote-count/methodology.

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Rank Song Artists Year
#1 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 1965
#2 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye 1968
#3 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 1965
#4 (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding 1964
#5 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 1966
#6 Respect Aretha Franklin 1967
#7 Be My Baby The Ronettes 1963
#8 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 1956
#9 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 1967
#10 Jumping Jack Flash (original Mono mix) The Rolling Stones 2002
#11 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 1971
#12 River Deep Mountain High Ike & Tina Turner 1973
#13 Hey Jude The Beatles 1968
#14 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 1991
#15 London Calling The Clash 1979
#16 Reach Out I'll Be There Four Tops 1967
#17 Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones 1969
#18 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Righteous Brothers 1964
#19 Imagine John Lennon 1971
#20 Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds 1965
#21 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 1966
#22 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 1975
#23 Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix 1999
#24 That'll Be the Day Buddy Holly, The Crickets 1959
#25 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles 1963
#26 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag James Brown 1977
#27 The Tracks of My Tears The Miracles 1965
#28 Dancing in the Street Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 1964
#29 I Want You Back The Jacksons 1969
#30 You Really Got Me The Kinks 1964
#31 I Get Around The Beach Boys 1964
#32 Don't Be Cruel Elvis Presley 1956
#33 Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran 1958
#34 I Walk the Line Johnny Cash 1969
#35 Shake Sam Cooke 1986
#36 Mystery Train Elvis Presley 1955
#37 When Doves Cry Prince, The Revolution 1984
#38 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 1980
#39 My Generation The Who 1965
#40 Only the Lonely Roy Orbison 1987
#41 Ghost Town The Specials 1981
#42 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O'Connor 1990
#43 Da Doo Ron Ron The Crystals 1963
#44 Let's Stay Together Al Green 1971
#45 Anarchy in the U.K. Sex Pistols 1976
#46 Stop! In the Name of Love The Supremes 1965
#47 Runaway Del Shannon 1961
#48 I Can't Stand the Rain Ann Peebles 1973
#49 The Message Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 1982
#50 Family Affair Sly & the Family Stone 1971
#51 A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 1967
#52 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Jerry Lee Lewis 1957
#53 Louie Louie The Kingsmen 1963
#54 What'd I Say Ray Charles 1965
#55 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley 1969
#56 In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett 1965
#57 Cathy's Clown The Everly Brothers 1960
#58 Hotel California Eagles 1976
#59 Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones 1971
#60 Little Red Corvette Prince 1982
#61 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 1966
#62 The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore The Walker Brothers 1966
#63 When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge 1968
#64 Paperback Writer The Beatles 1966
#65 Virginia Plain Roxy Music 1972
#66 God Save the Queen Sex Pistols 1977
#67 House of the Rising Sun The Animals 1984
#68 Oh Pretty Woman (Oh Pretty Woman) Roy Orbison 1980
#69 Gloria Them 1964
#70 Move It! Cliff Richard, The Drifters 1958
#71 All Along the Watchtower The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968
#72 Wonderwall Oasis 1995
#73 Superstition Stevie Wonder 1972
#74 Light My Fire The Doors 1967
#75 Space Oddity David Bowie 1969
#76 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 1967
#77 Live Forever Oasis 1994
#78 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 1991
#79 Loser Beck 1993
#80 Every Breath You Take The Police 1983
#81 Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell 1968
#82 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 1972
#83 Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry 1958
#84 Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969
#85 Psychedelic Situation Jimmy Curtiss 1985
#86 White Man in Hammersmith Palais The Clash 1978
#87 Ticket to Ride The Beatles 1965
#88 Another Girl, Another Planet The Only Ones 1978
#89 Let's Spend the Night Together The Rolling Stones 1967
#90 "Heroes" David Bowie 1977
#91 Tainted Love Soft Cell 1981
#92 For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield 1966
#93 Alison Elvis Costello 1977
#94 Accidents Will Happen Elvis Costello 1989
#95 California Dreamin' The Mamas & the Papas 1965
#96 Why Do Fools Fall in Love? The Teenagers 1977
#97 Thats Alright Mama Elvis Presley 1990
#98 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 1980
#99 In My Room The Beach Boys 1963
#100 Runaround Sue Dion 1971

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