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
#301	Some of These Days	Sophie Tucker	1911
#302	Down Hearted Blues	Bessie Smith	1923
#303	New San Antonio Rose	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	1940
#304	How High the Moon	Les Paul & Mary Ford	1951
#305	Im Sorry	Brenda Lee	1985
#306	Everyday People	Sly & the Family Stone	1968
#307	When Will I Be Loved	Linda Ronstadt	1974
#308	Uncle John's Band	Grateful Dead	1970
#309	Faith	George Michael	1987
#310	Up Where We Belong	Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes	1982
#311	All my rowdy friends are coming over	Hank Williams, Jr.	1984
#312	Candle in the Wind	Elton John	1973
#313	El Shaddai	Amy Grant	1982
#314	Salt Peanuts	Dizzy Gillespie	1955
#315	Vesti la giubba	Enrico Caruso	1907
#316	Whispering	Paul Whiteman	2020
#317	Blue Yodel (T For Texas)	Jimmie Rodgers	1927
#318	Boogie Chillun	John Lee Hooker	1962
#319	Battle of New Orleans	Johnny Horton	1959
#320	She Works Hard for the Money	Donna Summer	1983
#321	I Want You Back	The Jacksons	1969
#322	He Stopped Loving Her Today	George Jones	1980
#323	Men in Black	Will Smith	1997
#324	El Paso	Marty Robbins	1959
#325	I'll Fly Away	The Chuck Wagon Gang	1990
#326	Rockit	Herbie Hancock	1983
#327	King Porter Stomp	Jelly Roll Morton	1923
#328	Cross Road Blues	Robert Johnson	1936
#329	Cattle Call	Eddy Arnold	1963
#330	Tiger Rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	1918
#331	The Prisoner's Song	Vernon Dalhart	1924
#332	Yakety Yak	The Coasters	1959
#333	Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	1970
#334	Higher Love	Steve Winwood	1986
#335	No Charge	Shirley Caesar	1975
#336	My Home's in Alabama	Alabama	1979
#337	One Sweet Day	Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey	1995
#338	I Hope You Dance	Lee Ann Womack	2000
#339	Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around	The Fairfield Four	1999
#340	The "In" Crowd	The Ramsey Lewis Trio	1965
#341	Near You	Francis Craig	1947
#342	Sing Me Back Home	Merle Haggard	1967
#343	Django	The Modern Jazz Quartet	1956
#344	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers	1971
#345	Doo Wop (That Thing)	Lauryn Hill	1998
#346	Mama He's Crazy	The Judds	1984
#347	No Scrubs	TLC	1999
#348	Saturday in the Park	Chicago	1972
#349	Bills Bills Bills	Destiny's Child	1999
#350	Addictive Love	BeBe & CeCe Winans	1991
#351	All Along the Watchtower	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1968