Monday, January 23, 2006

Top 50 Songs - Take 2

A while back I posted my Top 50 Songs of all time.

I have since undergone some major soul searching and have produced a revised list.

I have noted the previous position of songs and there relative movement for people to study and consider. (The number in brackets after the artist name is how many songs that artist has in the Top 50)

Rank Song / Artist / Change / Previous

1 Imagine / John Lennon (8) / = / 1
2 Bad / U2 (9) / = / 2
3 Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad / U2 (9) / ▲1 / 4
4 Beautiful Day / U2 (9) / ▲1 / 5
5 Paranoid Android / Radiohead (6) / ▲1 / 6
6 One / U2 (9) / ▲5 / 11
7 God / John Lennon (8) / ▲5 / 12
8 Bohemian Rhapsody / Queen / = / 8
9 Last Goodbye / Jeff Buckley (2) / ▲4 / 13
10 October / U2 (9) / ▼3 / 7
11 Lose Yourself / Eminem (3) / ▼8 / 3
12 Hallelujah / Jeff Buckley (2) / ▲18 / 30
13 Strawberry Fields Forever / John Lennon / Beatles (8) / ▲1 / 14
14 Stairway To Heaven / Led Zeppelin / ▼5 / 9
15 Falling At Your Feet / U2 (9) / ▲1 / 16
16 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away / John Lennon / Beatles (8) / ▲5 / 21
17 Bitter Sweet Symphony / The Verve / ▼2 / 15
18 Working Class Hero / John Lennon (8) / ▲9 / 27
19 All I Want Is You / U2 (9) / ▲6 / 25
20 A Day In The Life / John Lennon / Beatles (8) / ▼2 / 18
21 Shady Lane / Pavement / ▲5 / 26
22 With Or Without You / U2 (9) / ▲1 / 23
23 Seven Nation Army / The White Stripes / ▲12 / 35
24 Tribute / Tenacious D / new /
25 Space Oddity / David Bowie / new /
26 Island Home / Christine Anu / ▲2 / 28
27 You And Me Song / The Wannadies / ▼5 / 22
28 Just / Radiohead (6) / new /
29 Kill You / Eminem (3) / = / 29
30 Every Time I Try / Spain / ▼13 / 17
31 Creep / Radiohead (6) / ▲2 / 33
32 Under The Bridge / Red Hot Chili Peppers / ▼1 / 31
33 Wish You Were Here / Pink Floyd / new /
34 Smells Like Teen Spirit / Nirvana / ▼15 / 19
35 Where The Streets Have No Name / U2 (9) / ▼3 / 32
36 Street Spirit (Fade Out) / Radiohead (6) / ▲5 / 41
37 Heroin / The Velvet Underground / ▲12 / 49
38 Kim / Eminem (3) / ▲4 / 42
39 Yesterday / The Beatles / ▼19 / 20
40 Exit Music (For A Film) / Radiohead (6) / ▼16 / 24
41 In My Life / John Lennon / Beatles (8) / ▼7 / 34
42 The Tracks Of My Tears / Smokey Robinson & The Miracles / ▼5 / 37
43 What A Wonderful World / Louis Armstrong / ▼33 / 10
44 Karma Police / Radiohead (6) / ▼5 / 39
45 Space Moth / Stereolab / new /
46 Song 2 / Blur / = / 46
47 Good Riddance / Green Day / = / 47
48 Today / Smashing Pumpkins / new /
49 Norwegian Wood / John Lennon / Beatles (8) / ▼13 / 36
50 Like A Rolling Stone / Bob Dylan / ▼5 / 45
X God Only Knows / Beach Boys / ▼>12 / 38
X Nowhere Man / John Lennon / Beatles / ▼>10 / 40
X Never Tear Us Apart / INXS / ▼>7 / 43
X Dirty Day (Bitter Kiss) / U2 / ▼>6 / 44
X Trouble / Coldplay / ▼>2 / 48
X Blister In The Sun / Violent Femmes / ▼>1 / 50

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice list. Why'd you credit Lennon for songs like "Norwegian Wood", but not credit McCartney for "Yesterday"?

Rueben said...

Because McCartney is a wanker and Lennon is a legend

Anonymous said...

i prefer lenin.

but good on you for including the 'lab.