365 Songs of the Century

Source: RIAA and NEA

Year: 2001

351 songs

200 voters

Weight: 38%

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: Unknown Names: 10%

List: only covers 1 specific location: 40%

List: number of years covered: 2.4%

Published in 2001, Songs of the Century is the RIAA/NEA project aimed at celebrating and teaching the history of recorded music in America. Roughly 200 ballots helped shape the results, producing a Top 365 that spans pop, rock, jazz, country, folk, and more, emphasizing cultural impact and lasting influence.

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Rank	Song	Artists	Year
#201	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Sons of the Pioneers	1934
#202	What the World Needs Now Is Love	Jackie DeShannon	1981
#203	Crying	Roy Orbison	1961
#204	Sweet Child o' Mine	Guns N' Roses	1987
#205	One O'Clock Jump	The Count Basie Orchestra	1937
#206	Downtown	Petula Clark	1964
#207	It's Too Late	Carole King	1971
#208	I Feel the Earth Move	Carole King	1971
#209	Celebration	Kool & the Gang	1980
#210	So in Love	The Tymes	1990
#211	You're So Vain	Carly Simon	1972
#212	Heart of Glass	Blondie	1978
#213	Blue Moon of Kentucky	Bill Monroe	2001
#214	Teen Angel	Mark Dinning	1959
#215	We Shall Overcome	Joan Baez	1963
#216	Something to Talk About	Bonnie Raitt	1991
#217	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Thomas A. Dorsey	1989
#218	Runaround Sue	Dion	1971
#219	Tea for Two	Art Tatum	1972
#220	Summertime Blues	Eddie Cochran	1958
#221	Everybody Loves Somebody	Dean Martin	1964
#222	It's My Party	Lesley Gore	1963
#223	The Loco‐Motion	Little Eva	1962
#224	On Broadway	The Drifters	1963
#225	Me and Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	1970
#226	Time in a Bottle	Jim Croce	1972
#227	Margaritaville	Jimmy Buffett	1977
#228	Kansas City	Wilbert Harrison	1969
#229	Earth Angel	The Penguins	1954
#230	Got My Mojo Working	Muddy Waters	1977
#231	People Get Ready	The Impressions	1965
#232	House of the Rising Sun	The Animals	1984
#233	White Rabbit	Jefferson Airplane	1967
#234	Graceland	Paul Simon	1986
#235	Love Shack	The B‐52s	1989
#236	I Believe I Can Fly	R. Kelly	1996
#237	All I Wanna Do	Sheryl Crow	1993
#238	My Heart Will Go On	Céline Dion	1997
#239	My Old Kentucky Home	Geraldine Farrar	1910
#240	Abraham, Martin and John	Dion	1968
#241	At the Hop	Danny & the Juniors	1988
#242	What'd I Say	Ray Charles	1965
#243	Mr. Sandman	The Chordettes	1957
#244	Be My Baby	The Ronettes	1963
#245	I Got You Babe	Sonny & Cher	1965
#246	Devil Went Down to Georgia	The Charlie Daniels Band	1979
#247	Flashdance… What a Feeling	Irene Cara	1983
#248	Burning Down the House	Talking Heads	1983
#249	Achy Breaky Heart	Billy Ray Cyrus	1992
#250	Wide Open Spaces	The Chicks	1998
#251	Walk On By	Dionne Warwick	1964
#252	Ramblin' Man	The Allman Brothers Band	1973
#253	Move on up a Little Higher	Mahalia Jackson	1963
#254	I'm So Excited	The Pointer Sisters	1982
#255	That Old Black Magic	Keely Smith, Louis Prima	1958
#256	Reach Out I'll Be There	Four Tops	1967
#257	Walk This Way	Aerosmith	1975
#258	Bette Davis Eyes	Kim Carnes	1981
#259	Wind Beneath My Wings	Bette Midler	1988
#260	Change the World	Eric Clapton	1996
#261	If I Didn't Care	The Ink Spots	1939
#262	Paper Doll	The Mills Brothers	1942
#263	Strange Fruit	Billie Holiday	1939
#264	Ode to Billy Joe	Bobbie Gentry	1967
#265	Strangers in the Night	Frank Sinatra	1966
#266	War	Edwin Starr	1970
#267	Behind Closed Doors	Charlie Rich	1973
#268	Old Time Rock & Roll	Bob Seger	1984
#269	We Got the Beat	Go‐Go's	1981
#270	The Message	Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five	1982
#271	You're the Top	Cole Porter	1988
#272	My Guy	Mary Wells	1964
#273	You Send Me	Sam Cooke	1957
#274	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	Glen Campbell	1967
#275	Everybody's Talkin'	Harry Nilsson	1968
#276	Heart of Gold	Neil Young	1972
#277	Jack & Diane	John Mellencamp	1982
#278	Fight the Power	Public Enemy	1989
#279	Me And My Shadow	"Whispering" Jack Smith	1927
#280	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Alvino Rey	1998
#281	For What It's Worth	Buffalo Springfield	1966
#282	That's What Friends Are For	Dionne Warwick	1985
#283	You're Still the One	Shania Twain	1997
#284	Go Your Own Way	Fleetwood Mac	1976
#285	Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1	Pink Floyd	1979
#286	Ghost Riders in the Sky	Vaughn Monroe	1983
#287	The Way We Were	Barbra Streisand	1974
#288	9 to 5	Dolly Parton	1980
#289	Cocktail (Don't Worry Be Happy)	Bobby McFerrin	2006
#290	Who's Sorry Now	Connie Francis	1957
#291	That's the Way (I Like It)	KC and the Sunshine Band	1975
#292	Yes! We Have No Bananas	Billy Jones	1923
#293	On Top of Old Smoky	The Weavers	1957
#294	You Really Got Me	The Kinks	1964
#295	Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1970
#296	Free Fallin'	Tom Petty	1989
#297	This Kiss	Faith Hill	1998
#298	Body and Soul	Coleman Hawkins	1965
#299	I Am Woman	Helen Reddy	1971
#300	This Masquerade	George Benson	1976