10 favorite songs per year.

Submitted by Jeandré on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 11:16
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  1. Since I've been a kid I've liked romantic-era classical music, as a teenager I found '60s-'90s top 40 pop, then rock, hard rock, grunge, and since my 20s it's been more adult contemporary and score.
  2.  
  3. Classical
  4. Unknown year
  5. 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1930s
  6. 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1940s
  7. 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950s
  8. 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1960s
  9. 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1970s
  10. 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1980s
  11. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1990s
  12. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2000s
  13. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2010s
  14. All

  15. 2012

  16. 1. "Ho hey"* - The lumineers

  17. 2011

  18. 1. "Holocene" - Bon iver [Justin Vernon]
  19. 2. "Time after time (accoustic)"* - Eva Cassidy [Rob Hyman, Cyndi Lauper]

  20. 2010

  21. 1. "Change of seasons"* - Sweet thing [Owen Carrier, Tyler Kyte, Alex Last, Tim Nussey, Nick Rose, Morgan Waters]
  22. 2. "My love"* - Sia
  23. 3. "Take on me"* - Graziella Schazad [Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar]
  24. 4. "Dance mother"* - Sweet thing

  25. 2009

  26. 1. "Memories (someone we'll never know)" - Clint Mansell [Clint Mansell]
  27. 2. "Somebody loved (Adam version)"* - The weepies [Deb Talan, Steve Tannen (2003)]
  28. 3. "Smoke without fire"* - Duffy [Duffy, Bernard Butler]

  29. 2008

  30. 1. "Diamond ring" - Sheryl Crow [Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott]
  31. 2. "Ships" - Josh Woodward [Josh Woodward]
  32. 3. "Chasing pavements" - Adele [Adele, Eg White]

  33. 2007

  34. 1. "Farsi prayer" - Lisbeth Scott, Robert Duncan [Robert Duncan (The unit 2.14)]
  35. 2. "Hometown glory" - Adele [Adele]
  36. 3. "She remained" - Josh Woodward [Josh Woodward]
  37. 4. "Falling slowly"* - Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová [Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová (2006)]
  38. 5. "Low is a height"* - Great northern

  39. 2006

  40. 1. "What he means"* - Just jinjer
  41. 2. "Inside job" - Pearl jam [Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder]
  42. 3. "Gone" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  43. 4. "Hurt"* - Christina Aguilera [Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry, Mark Ronson]

  44. 2005

  45. 1. "Less than a pearl"* - Enya [Enya, Roma Ryan]
  46. 2. "The funeral" - unknown [Greg Edmonson (Firefly) (2003)]
  47. 3 . Going for a ride" - Hollywood studio symphony [David Newman]
  48. 4 . Hide and seek"* - Imogen Heap [Imogen Heap]

  49. 2004

  50. 1. "Somewhere only we know" - Keane [Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes]
  51. 2. "Breathe me" - Sia [Sia Furler, Dan Carey]
  52. 3. "The heart asks pleasure first - The promise (edit)" - Michael Nyman, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra [Michael Nyman]
  53. 4. "How it ends"* - DeVotchKa
  54. 5. "Jesus is on the main line"* - Tracy Bonham, Aerosmith [traditional, Fred McDowell]
  55. 6. "I'd like"* - Freshlyground

  56. 2003

  57. 1. "Chosen (long version)" - Robert Duncan [Robert Duncan (Buffy 7.22)]
  58. 2. "Hymn I (axion esti)" - Vassilis Tsabropoulos [Vassilis Tsabropoulos, traditional hymn]
  59. 3. "The boys of summer" - The ataris [Don Henley, Mike Campbell (1984)]
  60. 4. "Such great heights"* - Iron and wine [Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello]
  61. 6. "Man of the hour" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  62. 5. "Into the west" - Annie Lennox [Fran Walsh, Howard Shore]
  63. 7. "Prayer" - Vassilis Tsabropoulos [Vassilis Tsabropoulos]
  64. 8. "Friend of the devil" - Counting crows [Jerry Garcia, John Dawson, Robert Hunter (1970)]
  65. 9. "Hymn III (Ek nyktos)" - Vassilis Tsabropoulos [Vassilis Tsabropoulos, traditional hymn]
  66. 10. "Hymn V (Anastasis)" - Vassilis Tsabropoulos [Vassilis Tsabropoulos, traditional hymn]

  67. 2002

  68. 1. "Mad world"* - Michael Andrews, Gary Jules [Roland Orzabal]
  69. 2. "Gollum's song" - Emiliana Torrini [Fran Walsh, Howard Shore]
  70. 3. "Arc" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  71. 4. "I'm with you"* - Avril Lavigne [Avril Lavigne, Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards]
  72. 5. "A little less conversation (Junkie XL remix, radio edit)" - Elvis Presley [Mac Davis, Billy Strange (c1968)]
  73. 6. "The man comes around"* - Johnny Cash [Johnny Cash]
  74. 7. "Can't keep" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]

  75. 2001

  76. 1. "Smooth criminal" - Alien ant farm [Michael Jackson (1988)]
  77. 2. "Jaded" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler, Marti Frederiksen]
  78. 3. "Drops of Jupiter (tell me)" - Train [Pat Monahan]
  79. 4. "May it be"* - Enya [Enya, Roma Ryan]

  80. 2000

  81. 1. "Hanging by a moment" - Lifehouse [Jason Wade]
  82. 2. "The time is now"* - Moloko [Róisín Murphy, Mark Brydon]
  83. 3. "Speak the word" - Tracy Chapman [Tracy Chapman]

  84. 1999

  85. 1. "Colorblind" - Counting crows [Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham]
  86. 2. "Higher" - Creed [Mark Tremonti, Scott Stapp]
  87. 3. "Blue eyes" - Springbok nude girls
  88. 4. "The dolphin's cry" - Live [Ed Kowalczyk]
  89. 5. "Last kiss" - Pearl jam [Wayne Cochran, Joe Carpenter, Randall Hoyal, Bobby McGlon (1961)]
  90. 6. "Dance with you" - Live [Ed Kowalczyk]
  91. 7. "She"* - Elvis Costello [Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer (1974)
  92. 8. "Disappearing one" - Chris Cornell [Chris Cornell, Alain Johannes, Natasha Shneider]
  93. 9. "Hey Leonardo (she likes me for me)"* - Blessid union of souls [Eliot Sloan, Jeff Pence]
  94. 10. "Steel rain" - Chris Cornell [Chris Cornell]

  95. 1998

  96. 1. "Whiskey in the jar" - Metallica [traditional (1600s)]
  97. 2. "Wishlist" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  98. 3. "Believe" - K's choice [Sarah Betten, Gert Betten]
  99. 4. "My favourite game" - The cardigans [Peter Svensson, Nina Persson]
  100. 5. "Uninvited" - Alanis Morissette [Alanis Morissette]
  101. 6. "Music sounds better with you"* - Stardust [Thomas Bangalter, Benjamin Cohen, Alain Quême]
  102. 7. "Given to fly" - Pearl jam [Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder]
  103. 8. "Come with me (instrumental)"* - Jimmy Page, Tom Morello [Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, Sean Combs, Mark Curry]
  104. 9. "Iris"* - Goo goo dolls [John Rzeznik]
  105. 10. "Lullaby"* - Shawn Mullins [Shawn Mullins]

  106. 1997

  107. 1. "Good riddance (time of your life)"* - Green day [Billie Joe Armstrong]
  108. 2. "Pink" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler, Richie Supa, Glen Ballard]
  109. 3. "The departure" - unknown [Michael Nyman]
  110. 4. "Bitch" - Meredith Brooks [Meredith Brooks, Shelly Peiken]
  111. 5. "Bitter sweet symphony"* - The verve [Richard Ashcroft, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
  112. 6. "If God will send his angels (single version)" - U2 [U2]
  113. 7. "The morrow" - unknown [Michael Nyman]
  114. 8. "Sunshower" - Chris Cornell [Chris Cornell]
  115. 9. "When we dance (edit)" - Sting [Sting (1994)]
  116. 10. "Save tonight"* - Eagle-Eye Cherry [Eagle-Eye Cherry]

  117. 1996

  118. 1. "Angels of the silences" - Counting crows [Adam Duritz, David Bryson]
  119. 2. "Blue moon revisited (song for Elvis)" - Cowboy junkies [Margo Timmins, Michael Timmins, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart]
  120. 3. "Walls (circus)" - Tom Petty and the heartbreakers, Lindsey Buckingham [Tom Petty]
  121. 4. "King of New Orleans"* - Better than Ezra [Kevin Griffin]
  122. 5. "Hey Jupiter" - Tori Amos [Tori Amos]
  123. 6. "Susan's house"* - Eels [Mark Oliver Everett, Jim Jacobsen, and Jim Weatherly]
  124. 7. "Feelin' love" - Paula Cole [Paula Cole]
  125. 8. "Breathe" - Midge ure [Midge Ure]
  126. 9. "Hard to make a stand (accoustic)"* - Sheryl Crow [Bill Bottrell, R.S. Bryan, Sheryl Crow, Todd Wolfe]
  127. 10. "Bulls on parade"* - Rage against the machine [Rage Against the Machine, Zack de la Rocha.]

  128. 1995

  129. 1. "Don't speak" - No doubt [Gwen Stefani, Eric Stefani]
  130. 2. "The promise" - Tracy Chapman [Tracy Chapman]
  131. 3. "1979" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  132. 4. "Your house" - Alanis Morissette [Alanis Morissette]
  133. 5. "Thirty-three" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  134. 6. "Tonight, tonight" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  135. 7. "Zero" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  136. 8. "Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me" - U2 [U2]
  137. 9. "Bullet with butterfly wings" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  138. 10. "Army of me"* - Björk [Björk, Graham Massey]

  139. 1994

  140. 1. "Cornflake girl" - Tori Amos [Tori Amos]
  141. 2. "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley [Leonard Cohen (1984)]
  142. 3. "I alone"* - Live [Live]
  143. 4. "The day I tried to live" - Soundgarden [Chris Cornell]
  144. 5. "4th of July" - Soundgarden [Chris Cornell]
  145. 6. "Better man" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  146. 7. "Corduroy" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  147. 8. "Fell on black days" - Soundgarden [Chris Cornell]
  148. 9. "Black hole sun" - Soundgarden [Chris Cornell]
  149. 10. "Lightning crashes"* - Live [Live]

  150. 1993

  151. 1. "Into dust" - Mazzy star [Hope Sandoval, David Roback]
  152. 2. "Run, baby, run" - Sheryl Crow [David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Sheryl Crow]
  153. 3. "Daughter" - Pearl jam [Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder]
  154. 4. "Are you gonna go my way?" - Lenny Kravitz [Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross]
  155. 5. "Bolero, red" - Sinfonia varsovia [Zbigniew Preisner]
  156. 6. "Livin' on the edge" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson]
  157. 7. "The crossing (Osiyeza)" - Johnny Clegg and Savuka [Johnny Clegg]
  158. 8. "Eat the rich" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance]
  159. 9. "Disarm" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  160. 10. "I shall believe" - Sheryl Crow [Bill Bottrell, Sheryl Crow]

  161. 1992

  162. 1. "Smells like teen spirit" - Tori Amos [Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic (1991)]
  163. 2. "Runaway train" - Soul asylum [Dave Pirner]
  164. 3. "Everybody hurts"* - R.E.M. [Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, John Paul Jones]
  165. 4. "Somebody to shove" - Soul asylum [Dave Pirner]
  166. 5. "I want you" - Sophie B. Hawkins [Bob Dylan (1966)]
  167. 6. "Cat's in the cradle" - Ugly kid Joe [Harry Chapin, Sandra Chapin (1974)]
  168. 7. "What's up?" - 4 non blondes [Linda Perry]
  169. 8. "Wake up"* - Rage against the machine [Zack de la Rocha]
  170. 9. "Creep"* - Radiohead [Radiohead, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood]
  171. 10. "Black gold" - Soul asylum [Dave Pirner]

  172. 1991

  173. 1. "Main title from Terminator 2"* - Brad Fiedel [Brad Fiedel]
  174. 2. "Love... thy will be done" - Martika [Martika, Prince]
  175. 3. "Black" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard]
  176. 4. "Nothing else matters" - Metallica [James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich]
  177. 5. "The show must go on" - Queen [Queen]
  178. 6. "Jeremy" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament]
  179. 7. "Walking in Memphis" - Marc Cohn [Marc Cohn]
  180. 8. "The unforgiven" - Metallica [James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett]
  181. 9. "Jesus Christ pose" - Soundgarden [Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell, Ben Shepherd, Kim Thayil]
  182. 10. "Can't stop this thing we started"* - Bryan Adams [Bryan Adams, Robert Lange]

  183. 1990

  184. 1. "I can see clearly now" - Hothouse flowers [Johnny Nash]
  185. 2. "Farewell and end title" - unknown [John Barry (Dances with wolves)]
  186. 3. "Nothing compares 2 u" - Sinéad O'Connor [Prince]
  187. 4. "The John Dunbar theme (initial)" - unknown [John Barry (Dances with wolves)]
  188. 5. "Moneytalks"* - AC/DC [Angus Young, Malcolm Young]
  189. 6. "Thunderstruck"* - AC/DC [Angus Young, Malcolm Young]
  190. 7. "Bird on a wire"* - The Neville brothers [Leonard Cohen (1969)]
  191. 8. "Crying in the rain"* - A-ha [Howard Greenfield, Carole King]
  192. 9. "Suicide blonde"* - INXS [Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence]
  193. 10. "Little fluffy clounds [ambient mk 1]"* - The orb [Alex Paterson, Martin Glover, Rickie Lee Jones, Ennio Morricone, Steve Reich, Harry Nilsson]

  194. 1989

  195. 1. "The downeaster 'Alexa'" - Billy Joel [Billy Joel]
  196. 2. "Janie's got a gun" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton]
  197. 3. "Closer to fine" - Indigo girls, Hothouse flowers, Luka Bloom, Paulinho da Costa [Emily Saliers]
  198. 4. "Leningrad" - Billy Joel [Billy Joel]
  199. 5. "If I could turn back time"* - Cher [Diane Warren]
  200. 6. "Black velvet" - Alannah Myles [David Tyson, Christopher Ward]
  201. 7. "Let the river run"* - Carly Simon [Carly Simon]
  202. 8. "I wish it would rain down" - Phil Collins [Phil Collins]
  203. 9. "Like a prayer"* - Madonna [Madonna, Patrick Leonard]
  204. 10. "New York minute"* - Don Henley [Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Jai Winding]

  205. 1988

  206. 1. "Bullet the blue sky (Rattle and hum, live)" - U2 [U2]
  207. 2. "Watermark" - Enya [Enya]
  208. 3. "Everybody knows" - Leonard Cohen [Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson]
  209. 4. "I'm gonna be (500 miles)" - The proclaimers [Craig Reid, Charlie Reid]
  210. 5. "Stand" - R.E.M. [Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe]
  211. 6. "Desire" - U2 [U2]
  212. 7. "Talkin' bout a revolution" - Tracy Chapman [Tracy Chapman]
  213. 8. "Where is my mind?" - Pixies [Black Francis]
  214. 9. "The living years" - Mike the mechanics [Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson]
  215. 10. "She drives me crazy" - Fine young cannibals [Fine young cannibals]

  216. 1987

  217. 1. "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" - U2 [U2]
  218. 2. "China in your hand" - T'Pau [Carol Decker, Ron Rogers]
  219. 3. "With or without you" - U2 [U2]
  220. 4. "Where the streets have no name" - U2 [U2]
  221. 5. "Hungry eyes"* - Eric Carmen [John DeNicola, Franke Previte]
  222. 6. "Mothers of the disappeared" - U2 [U2]
  223. 7. "Beds are burning" - Midnight oil [Rob Hirst, James Moginie, Peter Garrett]
  224. 8. "Fragile" - Sting [Gordon Sumner]
  225. 9. "The movie" - Aerosmith, Christine Arnott (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer]
  226. 10. "Love bites" - Def leppard [Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Rick Savage, Robert John Lange]

  227. 1986

  228. 1. "Almaz" - Randy Crawford
  229. 2. "Live to tell"* - Madonna [Madonna, Patrick Leonard]
  230. 3. "True colors"* - Cyndi Lauper [Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg, Cyndi Lauper]
  231. 4. "Don't give up"* - Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush [Peter Gabriel]
  232. 5. "Who wants to live forever" - Queen [Brian May]
  233. 6. "Take my breath away"* - Berlin [Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock]
  234. 7. "Ever fallen in love" - Fine young cannibals [Pete Shelley]
  235. 8. "You can call me Al"* - Paul Simon [Paul Simon]
  236. 9. "The final countdown"* - Europe [Joey Tempest]

  237. 1985

  238. 1. "Walking on sunshine" - Katrina and the waves [Kimberley Rew]
  239. 2. "Somewhere" - Barbra Streisand [Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim]
  240. 3. "Clouds across the moon"* - The RAH band [Richard Anthony Hewson]
  241. 4. "Don't come around here no more"* - Tom Petty and the heartbreakers [Tom Petty, David A. Stewart]
  242. 5. "One vision" - Queen [Queen]
  243. 6 "We don't need another hero (Thunderdome)"* - Tina Turner [Terry Britten, Graham Lyle]
  244. 7. "Russians" - Sting [Sting]
  245. 8. "Suspicious minds" - Fine young cannibals [Mark James]

  246. 1984

  247. 1. "Fade to black" - Metallica [James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett]
  248. 2. "99 red balloons"* - Nena [Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Carlo Karges, Kevin McAlea]
  249. 3. "One knight in Bangkok" - Murray Head, Anders Glenmark [Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Tim Rice]
  250. 4. "Against all odds (take a look at me now)"* - Phil Collins [Phil Collins]
  251. 5. "Radio ga ga" - Queen [Roger Taylor‎]
  252. 6. "Holding out for a hero"* - Elizabeth Daily [Jim Steinman, Dean Pitchford]
  253. 7. "Dancing in the dark"* - Bruce Springsteen [Bruce Springsteen]
  254. 8. "Pride (in the name of love)" - U2 [U2]
  255. 9. "Drive" - The cars [Ric Ocasek]
  256. 10. "We belong"* - Pat Benatar [Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro]

  257. 1983

  258. 1. "Song to the siren"* - This mortal coil [Larry Beckett, Tim Buckley (1969)]
  259. 2. "Every breath you take" - The police [Sting]
  260. 3. "All time high" - Rita Coolidge [John Barry, Tim Rice]
  261. 4. "Sunday bloody Sunday" - U2 [U2]
  262. 5. "New year's day" - U2 [U2]
  263. 6. ""40"" - U2 [U2]
  264. 7. "Uptown girl" - Billy Joel [Billy Joel]
  265. 8. "Girls just want to have fun"* - Cyndi Lauper [Robert Hazard (1979)]
  266. 9. "Time after time"* - Cyndi Lauper [Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman]
  267. 10. "Theme from Antarctica"* - Vangelis [Vangelis]

  268. 1982

  269. 1. "Jack & Diane" - John Mellencamp [John Mellencamp]
  270. 2. "Africa"* - Toto [David Paich, Jeff Porcaro]
  271. 3. "Eye of the tiger"* - Survivor [Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik]
  272. 4. Bad to the bone"* - George Thorogood and the destroyers (1982) [George Thorogood]
  273. 5. "Total eclipse of the heart" - Bonnie Tyler [Jim Steinman]
  274. 6. "Hurts so good"* - John Mellencamp [John Mellencamp, George Green]

  275. 1981

  276. 1. "October" - U2 [U2]
  277. 2. "In the air tonight" - Phil Collins [Phil Collins]
  278. 3. "Under pressure" - Queen, David Bowie [Queen, David Bowie]
  279. 4. "For your eyes only" - Sheena Easton [Bill Conti, Mick Leeson]
  280. 5. I love rock 'n roll"* - Joan Jett & the blackhearts [Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker (1975)]
  281. 6. "We kill the world (don't kill the world)"* Boney M. - [Frank Farian, Giorgio Sgarbi, Giusela Sgarbi]
  282. 7. "Bette Davis eyes" - Kim Carnes [Donna Weiss, Jackie DeShannon]
  283. 8. "Kids in America" - Kim Wilde [Marty Wilde, Ricky Wilde]
  284. 9. "Hold on tight"* - Electric light orchestra [Jeff Lynne]

  285. 1980

  286. 1. "Don't stand so close to me" - The police [Sting]
  287. 2. "Take that look off your face" - Marti Webb [Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black]

  288. 1979

  289. 1. "My Sharona" - The knack [Doug Fieger, Berton Averre]
  290. 2. "The ballad of Lucy Jordan" - Marianne Faithfull [Shel Silverstein]
  291. 3. "Video killed the radio star" - The buggles [Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley]
  292. 4. "I don't like Mondays"* - Boomtown rats [Bob Geldof]

  293. 1978

  294. 1. "Baker street" - Gerry Rafferty [Gerry Rafferty]
  295. 2. "We've got tonight"* - Bob Seger [Bob Seger]
  296. 3. "You needed me"* - Anne Murray [Randy Goodrum]
  297. 4. "Song for Guy"* - Elton John [Elton John]
  298. 5. "Mary's boy child; Oh my Lord"* - Boney M. [Jester Hairston, Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Hela Lorin]

  299. 1977

  300. 1. "Dust in the wind"* - Kansas [Kerry Livgren]
  301. 2. "Nobody does it better" - Carly Simon [Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager]
  302. 3. "We will rock you" - Queen [Brian May]
  303. 4. "Kings and queens" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Jack Douglas]
  304. 5. "Cocaine"* - Eric Clapton [JJ Cale]
  305. 6. "Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs"* - Brian and Michael

  306. 1976

  307. 1. "Hotel California"* - Eagles [Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley]
  308. 2. "Blowin' in the wind" - Joan Baez [Bob Dylan (1963)]
  309. 3. "More than a feeling"* - Boston [Tom Scholz]
  310. 4. "(Don't fear) the reaper"* - Blue öyster cult [Buck Dharma]
  311. 5. "Go your own way"* - Fleetwood mac [Lindsey Buckingham]
  312. 6. "Livin' thing"* - Electric light orchestra [Jeff Lynne]
  313. 7. "Alpha" - Vangelis [Vangelis]
  314. 8. "Somebody to love" - Queen [Freddie Mercury]

  315. 1975

  316. 1. "At seventeen" - Janis Ian [Janis Ian]
  317. 2. "Symphony to the powers b, movement 3" - Vangelis, English chamber choir, Guy Protheroe [Vangelis]
  318. 3. "Bohemian rhapsody" - Queen [Freddie Mercury]
  319. 4. "Sister golden hair"* - America [Gerry Beckley]
  320. 5. "All by myself (single edit)"* - Eric Carmen [Eric Carmen]
  321. 6. "Space oddity (UK reissue)"* - David Bowie [David Bowie (1969)]

  322. 1974

  323. 1. "Seasons in the sun"* - Terry Jacks [Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen]
  324. 2. "Sweet home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd [Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant]
  325. 3. "Dark lady" - Cher [John Durrill]
  326. 4. "Mandy"* - Barry Manilow [Scott English, Richard Kerr]

  327. 1973

  328. 1. "Angie" - The rolling stones [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
  329. 2. "Killing me softly with his song" - Roberta Flack [Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel]
  330. 3. "Jolene"* - Dolly Parton [Dolly Parton]
  331. 4. "Piano man" - Billy Joel [Billy Joel]
  332. 5. "The free electric band" - Albert Hammond [Albert Hammond, Mike Hazelwood]
  333. 6. "Dream on" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler]
  334. 7. "Long train runnin'"* - The doobie brothers [Tom Johnston]

  335. 1972

  336. 1. "Perfect day" - Lou Reed [Lou Reed]
  337. 2. "The first time ever I saw your face" - Roberta Flack [Ewan MacColl]
  338. 3. "Walk on the wild side"* - Lou Reed [Lou Reed]
  339. 4. "Rocket man"* - Elton John [Elton John, Bernie Taupin]
  340. 5. "Can't keep it in"* - Cat Stevens [Cat Stevens]
  341. 6. "Lean on me"* - Bill Withers [Bill Withers]
  342. 7. Time in a bottle"* - Jim Croce [Jim Croce]
  343. 8. "Stuck in the middle with you" - Stealers wheel [Gerry Rafferty, Joe Egan]
  344. 9. "The way of love"* - Vikki Carr [Jack Diéval, Michel Rivgauche]

  345. 1971

  346. 1. "Imagine" - John Lennon [John Lennon]
  347. 2. "Joy to the world" - Three dog night [Hoyt Axton]
  348. 3. "American pie"* - Don McLean [Don McLean]
  349. 4. "Stairway to heaven" - Led zeppelin [Jimmy Page, Robert Plant]
  350. 5. "Happy xmas (war is over)" - John & Yoko/Plastic Ono band with the Harlem community choir [John Lennon, Yoko Ono]
  351. 6. "Long cool woman in a black dress" - The hollies [Allan Clarke, Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway]
  352. 7. "Going to California" - Led zeppelin [Jimmy Page, Robert Plant]
  353. 8. "Riders on the storm" - The doors [Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore]
  354. 9. "The revolution will not be televised" - Gil Scott-Heron [Gil Scott-Heron]
  355. 10. "Black dog" - Led zeppelin [Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones]

  356. 1970

  357. 1. "Lady D'Arbanville" - Cat Stevens [Cat Stevens]
  358. 2. "Mr. Bojangles" - The nitty gritty dirt band [Jerry Jeff Walker (1968)]
  359. 3. "Lookin' out my back door"* - Creedence clearwater revival [John Fogerty]
  360. 4. "Up around the bend"* - Creedence clearwater revival [John Fogerty]
  361. 5. "Layla"* - Derek and the dominos [Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon]
  362. 6. "Sugar man"* - Rodriquez [Sixto Diaz Rodriguez]
  363. 7. "Bridge over troubled water" - Simon and Garfunkel [Paul Simon]
  364. 8. "Father and son"* - Cat Stevens [Cat Stevens]
  365. 9. "Ain't no mountain high enough (single edit)"* - Diana Ross [Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson (1966)]
  366. 10. "Paranoid"* - Black sabbath [Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward]

  367. 1969

  368. 1. "Fortunate son" - Creedence clearwater revival [John Fogerty]
  369. 2. "Where do you go to (my lovely)" - Peter Sarstedt [Peter Sarstedt]
  370. 3. "Spirit in the sky"* - Norman Greenbaum [Norman Greenbaum]
  371. 4. "Streets of London"* - Ralph McTell [Ralph McTell]
  372. 5. "Sugar, sugar"* - The Archies [Andy Kim, Jeff Barry]
  373. . "Don't let me be misunderstood" - Nina Simone [Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus]
  374. 7. "Angel of the morning"* - Dusty Springfield [Chip Taylor]
  375. 8. "Little green bag" - George Baker selection [Jan Visser, George Baker]
  376. 9. "Conversations"* - Cilla Black
  377. 10. "My way"* - Frank Sinatra [Claude François, Jacques Revaux (1967), Paul Anka]

  378. 1968

  379. 1. "Sympathy for the devil" - The rolling stones [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
  380. 2. "Born to be wild"* - Steppenwolf [Mars Bonfire]
  381. 3. "In the year 2525 (exordium and terminus)"* - Zager and Evans [Rick Evans]
  382. 4. "Jesamine"* - The casuals
  383. 5. "Magic carpet ride"* - Steppenwolf [Rushton Moreve, John Kay]
  384. 6. "All along the watchtower"* - The Jimi Hendrix experience [Bob Dylan (1967)]

  385. 1967

  386. 1. "Can't take my eyes off you" - Frankie Valli [Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio]
  387. 2. "A whiter shade of pale" - Procol harum [Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher]
  388. 3. "So long, Marianne" - Leonard Cohen [Leonard Cohen]
  389. 4. "Ruby Tuesday" - The rolling stones [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
  390. 5. "Respect" - Aretha Franklin [Otis Redding (1965)]
  391. 6. "For what it's worth" - Buffalo Springfield [Stephen Stills]
  392. 7. "Somebody to love"* - Jefferson airplane [Darby Slick]
  393. 8. "She's a rainbow" - The rolling stones
  394. 9. "Heroin" - The velvet underground [Lou Reed (1964)]
  395. 10. "Little boxes"* - Malvina Reynolds [Malvina Reynolds]

  396. 1966

  397. 1. "Paint it black" - The rolling stones [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
  398. 2. "Wild thing"* - The troggs [Chip Taylor (1965)]
  399. 3. Reach out I'll be there"* - Four tops [Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr.]
  400. 4. "Don't explain" - Nina Simone [Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.]
  401. 5. "Wouldn't it be nice?" - Beach boys [Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, Mike Love]
  402. 6. "Scarborough Fair"* - Simon & Garfunkel [traditional, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel]
  403. 7. "No milk today"* - Herman's hermits [Graham Gouldman]
  404. 8. "You don't have to say you love me"* - Dusty Springfield [Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell]
  405. 9. "Love me or leave me" - Nina Simone [Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn, Nina Simone]
  406. 10. "God only knows"* - The beach boys [Brian Wilson, Tony Asher]

  407. 1965

  408. 1. "Strange fruit" - Nina Simone [Abel Meeropol (aka Lewis Allan) (1939)]
  409. 2. "The sounds of silence" - Simon and Garfunkel [Paul Simon]
  410. 3. "We gotta get out of this place" - The animals [Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil]
  411. 4. "California dreamin'" - The mamas and the papas [John Phillips, Michelle Phillips]
  412. 5. "Mr. tamborine man" - The byrds [Bob Dylan]
  413. 6. "You've got to hide your love away" - The beatles [John Lennon]
  414. 7. "Play with fire" - The rolling stones [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman]
  415. 8. "Turn, turn, turn (to everything there is a season)" - The byrds [Solomon, Pete Seeger]
  416. 9. "Michelle"* - The beatles [Paul McCartney, John Lennon]

  417. 1964

  418. 1. "House of the rising sun" - The animals [traditional]
  419. 2. "Fly me to the moon (in other words)"* - Frank Sinatra [Bart Howard]
  420. 3. "Anyone who had a heart"* - Cilla Black [Burt Bacharach, Hal David]
  421. 4. "The times they are a-changin'"* - Bob Dylan [Bob Dylan]
  422. 5. "High hopes"* - Doris Day [Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn]

  423. 1963

  424. 1. "Twist and shout"* - The beatles [Phil Medley, Bert Russell (1961)]

  425. 1962

  426. 1. "Green onions"* - Booker T and the MGs [Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewis Steinberg, Al Jackson, Jr.]
  427. 2. "Boom boom"* - John Lee Hooker [John Lee Hooker]

  428. 1961

  429. 1. "At last" - Etta James [Mack Gordon, Harry Warren (1941)]
  430. 2. "Stand by me" - Ben E. King [Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller]
  431. 3. "Runaway"* - Del Shannon [Del Shannon, Max Crook]
  432. 4. "Jump in the line (shake, senora)"* - Harry Belafonte [Aldwyn Roberts]

  433. 1960

  434. 1. "Only the lonely (know how I feel)"* - Roy Orbison [Roy Orbison, Joe Melson]

  435. 1959

  436. 1. "Sleep walk" - Santo and Johnny [Santo Farina, Johnny Farina]
  437. 2. "Take five" - The Dave Brubeck quartet [Paul Desmond]
  438. 3. "Mack the knife"* - Bobby Darin [Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein, Turk Murphy]

  439. 1958

  440. 1. "All I have to do is dream"* - The Everly brothers [Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant]

  441. 1956

  442. 1. "Day-o (banana boat song)"* - Harry Belafonte [William Attaway, Harry Belafonte]

  443. 1954

  444. 1. "Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight"* - The spaniels [Calvin Carter, James "Pookie" Hudson]
  445. 2. "Smile"* - Nat King Cole [Charlie Chaplin (1936), John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons]

  446. 1948

  447. 1. "Nature boy" - Nat King Cole [eden ahbez (1947)]

  448. 1939

  449. 1. "In the mood"* - Glenn Miller [Joe Garland, Glenn Miller, Andy Razaf]

  450. Unknown year

  451. 1. "My baby just cares for me" - Nina Simone [Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson (1928)]
  452. 2. "Reflections (China Beach version)"* - Diana Ross and the supremes [Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.]
  453. 3. "Sizo ngena" - ANC choir Angola

  454. Classical

  455. [Barber (1936)] "Adagio for strings" - The Philadelphia orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1985)
  456. [Debussy (1905)] "Clair de lune" - Alexis Weissenberg
  457. [Beethoven (1812)] "Symphony 7, 2 allegretto" - BBC philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
  458. [Elgar] "Enigma variations, Nimrod" - London symphony orchestra, Adrian Boult
  459. [Mozart (1791)] "Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor)" - London philharmonic choir and orchestra, David Bell (1990)
  460. [Beethoven (1801)] "Moonlight sonata, 1 Adagio sostenuto" - Dubravka Tomsic (1993)
  461. [David (c. 1000 BCE), Allegri (c. 1635)] "Miserere mei, Deus 1-4, 17-20" - Choir of king's college, Cambridge, Timothy Beasley-Murray, Gerald Finley, Stephen Cleobury (1984)
  462. [Rachmaninov (1934)] "Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, variation 18: andante cantabile" - Cécile Ousset, City of Birmingham symphony orchestra (1984)
  463. [Bach (1748)] "Violin concerto 1 in A minor, 2 Andante, BWV 1041" - Yehudi Menuhin, Bath festival orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
  464. [Orff (1936)] "Dulcissime (Carmina Burana, Cour d'amours)" - Gerda Harman, Salzburg Mozarteum orchestra and chorus, Kurt Prestel
  465. [Beethoven (1810)] "Egmont overture" - London symphony orchestra, Alfred Scholz (1993)
  466. [Puccini] "Turandot, Nessun dorma" - José Carreras, Chœurs de l'opéra du Rhin, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard
  467. [Orff (1936)] "O fortuna (Carmina Burana)" - Atlanta symphony orchestra and chorus
  468. [Handel (1727)] "Zadok the priest" - Ambrosian singers, Menuhin festival orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
  469. [Prokofiev] "Romeo and Juliet, Montagues and Capulets (dance of the knights)" - The Philadelphia orchestra, Riccardo Muti
  470. [Delibes] "Lakmé, Viens, Malika (flower duet)" - Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, Orchestre du théâtre national de l'opéra-comique, Alain Lombard
  471. [Donizetti, Cammarano (1835)] "Il dolce suono (Lucia di Lammermoor)"* - Inva Mula, London symphony orchestra
  472. [Bach (c. 1738)] "Harpsichord concerto 5 in F minor, BWV 1056, 2 Largo" - George Malcolm, Menuhin festival orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
  473. [Verdi] "Messa de requiem, Dies irae" - Philharmonic chorus and orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

  474. 2010s

  475. 1. "Change of seasons"* - Sweet thing (2010)
  476. 2. "My love"* - Sia (2010)
  477. 3. "Holocene" - Bon iver (2011)
  478. 4. "Ho hey"* - The lumineers (2012)
  479. 5. "Time after time (accoustic)"* - Eva Cassidy (2011)
  480. 6. "Take on me"* - Graziella Schazad (2010)
  481. 7. "Dance mother"* - Sweet thing (2010)

  482. 2000s

  483. 1. "Memories (someone we'll never know)" - Clint Mansell (2009)
  484. 2. "Smooth criminal" - Alien ant farm (2001)
  485. 3. "Farsi prayer" - Lisbeth Scott (2007)
  486. 4. "Somewhere only we know" - Keane (2004)
  487. 5. "Hometown glory" - Adele (2007)
  488. 6. "Mad world"* - Michael Andrews and Gary Jules (2002)
  489. 7. "Chosen (long version)" - unknown [Robert Duncan (Buffy 7.22)] (2003)
  490. 8. "Diamond ring" - Sheryl Crow [Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott] (2008)
  491. 9. "Hymn I (axion esti)" - Vassilis Tsabropoulos (2003)
  492. 10. "The boys of summer" - The ataris (2003)

  493. 1990s

  494. 1. "Angels of the silences" - Counting crows (1996)
  495. 2. "I can see clearly now" - Hothouse flowers (1990)
  496. 3. "Colorblind" - Counting crows (1999)
  497. 4. "Blue moon revisited (song for Elvis)" - Cowboy junkies (1996)
  498. 5. "Into dust" - Mazzy star (1993)
  499. 6. "Higher" - Creed (1999)
  500. 7. "Whiskey in the jar" - Metallica (1998)
  501. 8. "Walls (circus)" - Tom Petty and the heartbreakers, Lindsey Buckingham (1996)
  502. 9. "Cornflake girl" - Tori Amos (1994)
  503. 10. "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley (1994)

  504. 1980s

  505. 1. "Walking on sunshine" - Katrina and the waves (1985)
  506. 2. "October" - U2 (1981)
  507. 3. "Almaz" - Randy Crawford (1986)
  508. 4. "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" - U2 (1987)
  509. 5. "Live to tell"* - Madonna (1986)
  510. 6. "Somewhere" - Barbra Streisand (1985)
  511. 7. "Fade to black" - Metallica (1984)
  512. 8. "Song to the siren" - This mortal coil (1983)
  513. 9. "The downeaster 'Alexa'" - Billy Joel (1989)
  514. 10. "Janie's got a gun" - Aerosmith (1989)

  515. 1970s

  516. 1. "Perfect day" - Lou Reed (1972)
  517. 2. "My Sharona" - The knack (1979)
  518. 3. "Imagine" - John Lennon (1971)
  519. 4. "The first time ever I saw your face" - Roberta Flack (1972)
  520. 5. "The ballad of Lucy Jordan" - Marianne Faithfull (1979)
  521. 6. "Angie" - The rolling stones (1973)
  522. 7. "Seasons in the sun"* - Terry Jacks (1974)
  523. 8. "Lady D'Arbanville" - Cat Stevens (1970)
  524. 9. "At seventeen" - Janis Ian (1975)
  525. 10. "Joy to the world" - Three dog night (1971)

  526. 1960s

  527. 1. "Paint it black" - The rolling stones (1966)
  528. 2. "Strange fruit" - Nina Simone (1965)
  529. 3. "At last" - Etta James (1961)
  530. 4. "Can't take my eyes off you" - Frankie Valli (1967)
  531. 5. "The sounds of silence" - Simon and Garfunkel (1965)
  532. 6. "A whiter shade of pale" - Procol harum (1967)
  533. 7. "Stand by me" - Ben E. King (1961)
  534. 8. "Fortunate son" - Creedence clearwater revival (1969)
  535. 9. "Where do you go to (my lovely)" - Peter Sarstedt (1969)
  536. 10. "Sympathy for the devil" - The rolling stones (1968)

  537. 1950s

  538. 1. "Sleep walk" - Santo and Johnny (1959)
  539. 2. "Take five" - The Dave Brubeck quartet (1959)
  540. 3. "Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight"* - The spaniels (1954)
  541. 4. "Smile"* - Nat King Cole (1954)
  542. 5. "All I have to do is dream"* - The Everly brothers (1958)
  543. 6. "Day-o (banana boat song)"* - Harry Belafonte (1956)
  544. 7. "Mack the knife"* - Bobby Darin (1959)

  545. 1940s

  546. 1. "Nature boy" - Nat King Cole (1948)

  547. 1930s

  548. 1. "In the mood"* - Glenn Miller (1939)

  549. All

  550. 1. "Paint it black" - The rolling stones (1966)
  551. 2. "Angels of the silences" - Counting crows (1996)
  552. 3. "Perfect day" - Lou Reed (1972)
  553. 4. [Barber (1936)] "Adagio for strings" - The Philadelphia orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1985)
  554. 5. "Strange fruit" - Nina Simone (1965)
  555. 6. "Memories (someone we'll never know)" - Clint Mansell (2009)
  556. 7. "Walking on sunshine" - Katrina and the waves (1985)
  557. 8. "I can see clearly now" - Hothouse flowers (1990)
  558. 9. "Colorblind" - Counting crows (1999)
  559. 10. "Smooth criminal" - Alien ant farm (2001)
Author Comments: 

75-79, 80-89, 90-100

Artists most represented:
13 Pearl jam
13 (1) U2
9 Aerosmith
8 Queen
6 (1) The rolling stones
6 The smashing pumpkins
5 (1) Nina Simone
5 Soundgarden
4 Billy Joel
4 Live
4 Metallica
4 Sheryl Crow
4 Vassilis Tsabropoulos
3 beatles, The
3 Cat Stevens
3 Chris Cornell
3 (2) Counting crows
3 Creedence clearwater revival
3 Cyndi Lauper
3 Enya
3 Fine young cannibals
3 Led zeppelin
3 London symphony orchestra
3 Phil Collins
3 Simon and Garfunkel
3 Soul asylum
3 Sting
3 Tori Amos
3 Tracy Chapman
3 Vangelis

5 unknown

staup200502/13/2011

Great idea...I'm in the process of doing this list myself, I guess great minds think alike! ;) Some great choices...glad to see 1986 contains Madonna's "Live To Tell" just a great song and also the incomparable Nina Simone's with 1965's "Strange Fruit", just haunting! I can't wait to see more!

Jeandré02/13/2011

For the listies: songs, I'm using your Favorite Tracks (under construction) list - please ping me when your year list is published.

staup200502/13/2011

Sure thing.

Jeandré02/02/2012

Favorite covers:

1. Strange fruit - Nina Simone [Billie Holliday]
2. I can see clearly now - The hothouse flowers [Jimmy Nash]
3. Smooth criminal - Alien ant farm [Michael Jackson]
4. Whiskey in the jar - Metallica [traditional]
5. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley [Leonard Cohen]
6. At last - Etta James [Ray Eberle, Pat Friday, Glenn Miller]
7. Somewhere - Barbra Streisand [Reri Grist]
8. Mad world - Michael Andrews and Gary Jules [Tears for Fears]
9. The first time ever I saw your face - Roberta Flack [Peggy Seeger]
10. The boys of summer - The Ataris [Don Henley]
11. The ballad of Lucy Jordan - Marianne Faithfull [Dr Hook]
12. Such great heights - Iron and wine [The postal service]
13. My baby just cares for me - Nina Simone [Eddie Cantor]
14. Nothing compares 2 u - Sinéad O'Connor [The family]
15. Smells like teen spirit - Tori Amos [Nirvana]