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. 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1940s
  6. 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950s
  7. 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1960s
  8. 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1970s
  9. 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1980s
  10. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1990s
  11. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2000s
  12. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2010s
  13. All

  14. 2011

  15. 2010

  16. 1. "Change of seasons"* - Sweet thing
  17. 2. "Take on me"* - Graziella Schazad [Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar]
  18. 3. "Dance mother"* - Sweet thing

  19. 2009

  20. 1. "Memories (someone we'll never know)" - Clint Mansell [Clint Mansell]
  21. 2. "Somebody loved (Adam version)"* - The weepies [Deb Talan, Steve Tannen (2003)]

  22. 2008

  23. 1. "Diamond ring" - Sheryl Crow [Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott]
  24. 2. "Ships" - Josh Woodward [Josh Woodward]
  25. 3. "Chasing pavements" - Adele [Adele, Eg White]

  26. 2007

  27. 1. "Farsi prayer" - Lisbeth Scott [Robert Duncan (The unit 2.14)]
  28. 2. "She remained" - Josh Woodward [Josh Woodward]
  29. 3. "Hometown glory" - Adele [Adele]

  30. 2006

  31. 1. "Inside job" - Pearl jam [Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder]
  32. 2. "What he means"* - Just jinjer
  33. 3. "Gone" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]

  34. 2005

  35. 1. "Less than a pearl"* - Enya [Enya, Roma Ryan]
  36. 2. "The funeral" - unknown [Greg Edmonson (Firefly) (2003)]

  37. 2004

  38. 1. "Somewhere only we know" - Keane [Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes]
  39. 2. "Breathe me" - Sia Furler [Sia Furler, Dan Carey]
  40. 3. "The heart asks pleasure first - The promise (edit)" - Michael Nyman, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra [Michael Nyman]
  41. 4. "How it ends"* - DeVotchKa [DeVotchKa]
  42. 5. "Jesus is on the main line"* - Aerosmith [traditional]

  43. 2003

  44. 1. "Chosen (long version)" - unknown [Robert Duncan (Buffy 7.22)]
  45. 2. "Hymn I (axion esti)" - Vassilis Tsabropoulos [Vassilis Tsabropoulos, traditional hymn]
  46. 3. "The boys of summer" - The ataris [Don Henley, Mike Campbell (1984)]
  47. 4. "Such great heights"* - Iron and wine [Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello]
  48. 5. "Into the west" - Annie Lennox [Fran Walsh, Howard Shore]
  49. 6. "Man of the hour" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  50. 7. "Prayer" - Vassilis Tsabropoulos [Vassilis Tsabropoulos]
  51. 8. "Friend of the devil" - Counting crows [Jerry Garcia, John Dawson, Robert Hunter (1970)]

  52. 2002

  53. 1. "Mad world"* - Michael Andrews and Gary Jules [Roland Orzabal]
  54. 2. "Gollum's song" - Emiliana Torrini [Fran Walsh, Howard Shore]
  55. 3. "Arc" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  56. 4. "A little less conversation (Junkie XL remix, radio edit)" - Elvis Presley [Mac Davis, Billy Strange (c1968)]
  57. 5. "Can't keep" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]

  58. 2001

  59. 1. "Smooth criminal" - Alien ant farm [Michael Jackson (1988)]
  60. 2. "Jaded" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler, Marti Frederiksen]
  61. 3. "Drops of Jupiter (tell me)" - Train [Pat Monahan]

  62. 2000

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

  66. 1999

  67. 1. "Colorblind" - Counting crows [Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham]
  68. 2. "Higher" - Creed [Mark Tremonti, Scott Stapp]
  69. 3. "Blue eyes" - Springbok nude girls
  70. 4. "The dolphin's cry" - Live [Ed Kowalczyk]
  71. 5. "Last kiss" - Pearl jam [Wayne Cochran, Joe Carpenter, Randall Hoyal, Bobby McGlon (1961)]
  72. 6. "Dance with you" - Live [Ed Kowalczyk]
  73. 7. "Where fishes go" - Live [Ed Kowalczyk]

  74. 1998

  75. 1. "Whiskey in the jar" - Metallica [traditional (1600s)]
  76. 2. "Wishlist" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  77. 3. "Believe" - K's choice [Sarah Betten, Gert Betten]
  78. 4. "My favourite game" - The cardigans [Peter Svensson, Nina Persson]
  79. 5. "Uninvited" - Alanis Morissette [Alanis Morissette]
  80. 6. "Music sounds better with you"* - Stardust [Thomas Bangalter, Benjamin Cohen, Alain Quême]
  81. 7. "Everything for free" - K's choice [Sarah Betten, Gert Betten]
  82. 8. "Given to fly" - Pearl jam [Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder]
  83. 9. "Come with me (instrumental)"* - Jimmy Page, Tom Morello [Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, Sean Combs, Mark Curry]
  84. 10. "Lullaby"* - Shawn Mullins [Shawn Mullins]

  85. 1997

  86. 1. "Good riddance (time of your life)"* - Green day [Billie Joe Armstrong]
  87. 2. "Pink" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler, Richie Supa, Glen Ballard]
  88. 3. "Bitter sweet symphony" The verve [Richard Ashcroft, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
  89. 4. "Bitch" - Meredith Brooks [Meredith Brooks, Shelly Peiken]
  90. 5. "The departure" - unknown [Michael Nyman (Gattaca)]
  91. 6. "If God will send his angels (single version)" - U2 [U2]
  92. 7. "When we dance (edit)" - Sting [Sting (1994)]

  93. 1996

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

  104. 1995

  105. 1. "Don't speak" - No doubt [Gwen Stefani, Eric Stefani]
  106. 2. "The promise" - Tracy Chapman [Tracy Chapman]
  107. 3. "1979" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  108. 4. "Your house" - Alanis Morissette [Alanis Morissette]
  109. 5. "Thirty-three" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  110. 6. "Tonight, tonight" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  111. 7. "Zero" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  112. 8. "Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me" - U2 [U2]
  113. 9. "Bullet with butterfly wings" - The smashing pumpkins [Billy Corgan]
  114. 10. "Down by the water" - PJ Harvey [PJ Harvey]

  115. 1994

  116. 1. "Cornflake girl" - Tori Amos [Tori Amos]
  117. 2. "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley [Leonard Cohen (1984)]
  118. 3. "I alone"* - Live [Live]
  119. 4. "The day I tried to live" - Soundgarden [Chris Cornell]
  120. 5. "4th of July" - Soundgarden [Chris Cornell]
  121. 6. "Better man" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  122. 7. "Corduroy" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder]
  123. 8. "Fell on black days" - Soundgarden [Chris Cornell]
  124. 9. "Black hole sun" - Soundgarden [Chris Cornell]
  125. 10. "Lightning crashes"* - Live [Live]

  126. 1993

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

  137. 1992

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

  148. 1991

  149. 1. "Main title from Terminator 2"* - Brad Fiedel [Brad Fiedel]
  150. 2. "Walking in Memphis" - Marc Cohn [Marc Cohn]
  151. 3. "Love... thy will be done" - Martika [Martika, Prince]
  152. 4. "Black" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard]
  153. 5. "Nothing else matters" - Metallica [James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich]
  154. 6. "The show must go on" - Queen [Queen]
  155. 7. "The unforgiven" - Metallica [James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett]
  156. 8. "Jeremy" - Pearl jam [Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament]
  157. 9. "Jesus Christ pose" - Soundgarden [Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell, Ben Shepherd, Kim Thayil]
  158. 10. "Civil war"* - Guns n' roses [Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan]

  159. 1990

  160. 1. "I can see clearly now"* - The hothouse flowers [Johnny Nash]
  161. 2. "Farewell and end title" - unknown [John Barry (Dances with wolves)]
  162. 3. "Nothing compares 2 u" - Sinéad O'Connor [Prince]
  163. 4. "The John Dunbar theme (initial)" - unknown [John Barry (Dances with wolves)]
  164. 5. "Moneytalks"* - AC/DC [Angus Young, Malcolm Young]
  165. 6. "Thunderstruck"* - AC/DC [Angus Young, Malcolm Young]
  166. 7. "Bird on a wire"* - The Neville brothers [Leonard Cohen (1969)]
  167. 8. "Crying in the rain"* - A-ha [Howard Greenfield, Carole King]
  168. 9. "Suicide blonde"* - INXS [Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence]

  169. 1989

  170. 1. "The downeaster 'Alexa'" - Billy Joel [Billy Joel]
  171. 2. "Janie's got a gun" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton]
  172. 3. "Closer to fine" - Indigo girls, Hothouse flowers, Luka Bloom, Paulinho da Costa [Emily Saliers]
  173. 4. "Leningrad" - Billy Joel [Billy Joel]
  174. 5. "I wish it would rain down" - Phil Collins [Phil Collins]
  175. 6. "Another day in paradise" - Phil Collins [Phil Collins]
  176. 7. "Something happened on the way to heaven" - Phil Collins [Phil Collins, Daryl Stuermer]
  177. 8. "The best" - Tina Turner [Mike Chapman, Holly Knight]
  178. 9. "Free fallin'" - Tom Petty [Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne]
  179. 10. "Like a prayer"* - Madonna [Madonna, Patrick Leonard]

  180. 1988

  181. 1. "Bullet the blue sky (Rattle and hum, live)" - U2 [U2]
  182. 2. "Watermark" - Enya [Enya]
  183. 3. "Everybody knows" - Leonard Cohen [Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson]
  184. 4. "I'm gonna be (500 miles)" - The proclaimers [Craig Reid, Charlie Reid]
  185. 5. "Stand" - R.E.M. [Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe]
  186. 6. "Desire" - U2 [U2]
  187. 7. "Talkin' bout a revolution" - Tracy Chapman [Tracy Chapman]
  188. 8. "Where is my mind?" - Pixies [Black Francis]
  189. 9. "The living years" - Mike the mechanics [Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson]
  190. 10. "Fast car" - Tracy Chapman [Tracy Chapman]

  191. 1987

  192. 1. "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" - U2 [U2]
  193. 2. "China in your hand" - T'Pau [Carol Decker, Ron Rogers]
  194. 3. "With or without you" - U2 [U2]
  195. 4. "Where the streets have no name" - U2 [U2]
  196. 5. "Hungry eyes"* - Eric Carmen [John DeNicola, Franke Previte]
  197. 6. "Mothers of the disappeared" - U2 [U2]
  198. 7. "Beds are burning" - Midnight oil [Rob Hirst, James Moginie, Peter Garrett]
  199. 8. "Fragile" - Sting [Gordon Sumner]
  200. 9. "The movie" - Aerosmith, Christine Arnott (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer]
  201. 10. "Englishman in New York" - Sting [Sting]

  202. 1986

  203. 1. "Almaz" - Randy Crawford
  204. 2. "Live to tell"* - Madonna [Madonna, Patrick Leonard]
  205. 3. "Who wants to live forever" - Queen [Brian May]
  206. 4. "You can call me Al"* - Paul Simon [Paul Simon]

  207. 1985

  208. 1. "Walking on sunshine" - Katrina and the waves [Kimberley Rew]
  209. 2. "Somewhere" - Barbra Streisand [Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim]
  210. 3. "Clouds across the moon"* - The RAH band [Richard Anthony Hewson]
  211. 4. "Don't come around here no more"* - Tom Petty and the heartbreakers [Tom Petty, David A. Stewart]
  212. 5. "One vision" - Queen [Queen]
  213. 6 "We don't need another hero (Thunderdome)"* - Tina Turner [Terry Britten, Graham Lyle]
  214. 7. "Russians" - Sting [Sting]

  215. 1984

  216. 1. "Fade to black" - Metallica [James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett]
  217. 2. "99 red balloons"* - Nena [Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Carlo Karges, Kevin McAlea]
  218. 3. "One knight in Bangkok" - Murray Head, Anders Glenmark [Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Tim Rice]
  219. 4. "Against all odds (take a look at me now)"* - Phil Collins [Phil Collins]
  220. 5. "Radio ga ga" - Queen [Roger Taylor‎]
  221. 6. "Pride (in the name of love)" - U2 [U2]
  222. 7. "Drive" - The cars [Ric Ocasek]
  223. 8. "We belong"* - Pat Benatar [Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro]

  224. 1983

  225. 1. "Song to the siren"* - This mortal coil [Larry Beckett, Tim Buckley (1969)]
  226. 2. "Every breath you take" - The police [Sting]
  227. 3. "All time high" - Rita Coolidge [John Barry, Tim Rice]
  228. 4. "Sunday bloody Sunday" - U2 [U2]
  229. 5. "New year's day" - U2 [U2]
  230. 6. ""40"" - U2 [U2]
  231. 7. "Uptown girl" - Billy Joel [Billy Joel]

  232. 1982

  233. 1. "Jack and Diane"* - John Mellencamp [John Mellencamp]
  234. 2. "Africa"* - Toto [David Paich, Jeff Porcaro]

  235. 1981

  236. 1. "October" - U2 [U2]
  237. 2. "In the air tonight" - Phil Collins [Phil Collins]
  238. 3. "Under pressure" - Queen, David Bowie [Queen, David Bowie]
  239. 4. "Bette Davis eyes" - Kim Carnes [Donna Weiss, Jackie DeShannon]
  240. 5. "Kids in America" - Kim Wilde [Marty Wilde, Ricky Wilde]

  241. 1980

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

  244. 1979

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

  249. 1978

  250. 1. "Baker street" - Gerry Rafferty [Gerry Rafferty]

  251. 1977

  252. 1. "Dust in the wind"* - Kansas [Kerry Livgren]
  253. 2. "Kings and queens" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Jack Douglas]
  254. 3. "We will rock you" - Queen [Brian May]

  255. 1976

  256. 1. "Hotel California"* - Eagles [Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley]
  257. 2. "Blowin' in the wind" - Joan Baez [Bob Dylan (1963)]
  258. 3. "Alpha" - Vangelis [Vangelis]

  259. 1975

  260. 1. "At seventeen" - Janis Ian [Janis Ian]
  261. 2. "Symphony to the powers b, movement 3" - Vangelis [Vangelis]
  262. 3. "Bohemian rhapsody" - Queen [Freddie Mercury]

  263. 1974

  264. 1. "Seasons in the sun"* - Terry Jacks [Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen]
  265. 2. "Sweet home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd [Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant]

  266. 1973

  267. 1. "Angie" - The rolling stones [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
  268. 2. "Piano man" - Billy Joel [Billy Joel]
  269. 3. "The free electric band" - Albert Hammond [Albert Hammond, Mike Hazelwood]
  270. 4. "Dream on" - Aerosmith [Steven Tyler]

  271. 1972

  272. 1. "Perfect day" - Lou Reed [Lou Reed]
  273. 2. "The first time ever I saw your face" - Roberta Flack [Ewan MacColl]
  274. 3. "Walk on the wild side"* - Lou Reed [Lou Reed]
  275. 4. "Rocket man"* - Elton John [Elton John, Bernie Taupin]
  276. 5. "Stuck in the middle with you" - Stealers wheel [Gerry Rafferty, Joe Egan]

  277. 1971

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

  288. 1970

  289. 1. "Lady D'Arbanville"* - Cat Stevens [Cat Stevens]
  290. 2. "Mr. Bojangles" - The nitty gritty dirt band [Jerry Jeff Walker (1968)]
  291. 3. "Lookin' out my back door"* - Creedence clearwater revival [John Fogerty]
  292. 4. "Up around the bend"* - Creedence clearwater revival [John Fogerty]
  293. 5. "Layla"* - Derek and the dominos [Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon]
  294. 6. "Sugar man"* - Rodriquez [Sixto Diaz Rodriguez]
  295. 7. "Bridge over troubled water" - Simon and Garfunkel [Paul Simon]
  296. 8. "Instant karma!" - John Lennon [John Lennon]

  297. 1969

  298. 1. "Fortunate son" - Creedence clearwater revival [John Fogerty]
  299. 2. "Where do you go to (my lovely)" - Peter Sarstedt [Peter Sarstedt]
  300. 3. "Spirit in the sky"* - Norman Greenbaum [Norman Greenbaum]
  301. 4. "Streets of London"* - Ralph McTell [Ralph McTell]
  302. 5. "Don't let me be misunderstood" - Nina Simone [Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus]
  303. 6. "Little green bag" - George Baker selection [Jan Visser, George Baker]

  304. 1968

  305. 1. "Sympathy for the devil" - The rolling stones [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
  306. 2. "Born to be wild"* - Steppenwolf [Mars Bonfire]
  307. 3. "All along the watchtower"* - The Jimi Hendrix experience [Bob Dylan (1967)]
  308. 4. "In the year 2525 (exordium and terminus)"* - Zager and Evans [Rick Evans]

  309. 1967

  310. 1. "Can't take my eyes off you"* - Frankie Valli [Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio]
  311. 2. "A whiter shade of pale" - Procol harum [Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher]
  312. 3. "So long, Marianne" - Leonard Cohen [Leonard Cohen]
  313. 4. "Ruby Tuesday" - The rolling stones [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
  314. 5. "Respect" - Aretha Franklin [Otis Redding (1965)]
  315. 6. "Hey, that's no way to say goodbye" - Leonard Cohen [Leonard Cohen]
  316. 7. "She's a rainbow" - The rolling stones
  317. 8. "Heroin" - The velvet underground [Lou Reed (1964)]

  318. 1966

  319. 1. "Paint it black" - The rolling stones [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
  320. 2. "Wild thing"* - The troggs [Chip Taylor (1965)]
  321. 3. "Don't explain" - Nina Simone [Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.]
  322. 4. "Wouldn't it be nice?" - Beach boys [Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, Mike Love]
  323. 5. "Scarborough Fair"* - Simon & Garfunkel [traditional, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel]

  324. 1965

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

  333. 1964

  334. 1. "House of the rising sun" - The animals [traditional]
  335. 2. "Fly me to the moon (in other words)"* - Frank Sinatra [Bart Howard]
  336. 3. "The times they are a-changin'"* - Bob Dylan [Bob Dylan]

  337. 1963

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

  339. 1962

  340. 1. "Boom boom"* - John Lee Hooker [John Lee Hooker]

  341. 1961

  342. 1. "At last" - Etta James [Mack Gordon, Harry Warren (1941)]
  343. 2. "Stand by me"* - Ben E. King [Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller]

  344. 1960

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

  346. 1959

  347. 1. "Sleep walk" - Santo and Johnny [Santo Farina, Johnny Farina]
  348. 2. "Take five" - The Dave Brubeck quartet [Paul Desmond]

  349. 1948

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

  351. Unknown year

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

  355. Classical

  356. "Adagio for strings" - The Philadelphia orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1985) [Samuel Barber (1936)]
  357. "Clair de lune" - Alexis Weissenberg [Claude Debussy (1905)]
  358. "Symphony 7, 2 allegretto" - BBC philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda [Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)]
  359. "Enigma variations, Nimrod" - London symphony orchestra, Adrian Boult [Edward Elgar]
  360. "Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor)" - London philharmonic choir and orchestra, David Bell (1990) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)]
  361. "Moonlight sonata, 1 Adagio sostenuto" - Dubravka Tomsic (1993) [Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)]
  362. "Miserere mei, Deus 1-4, 17-20" - Choir of king's college, Cambridge, Timothy Beasley-Murray, Gerald Finley, Stephen Cleobury (1984) [David (c. 1000 BCE), Gregorio Allegri (c. 1635)]
  363. "Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, variation 18: andante cantabile" - Cécile Ousset, City of Birmingham symphony orchestra (1984) [Sergei Rachmaninov (1934)]
  364. "Violin concerto 1 in A minor, 2 Andante, BWV 1041" - Yehudi Menuhin, Bath festival orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin [Johann Sebastian Bach (1748)]
  365. "Dulcissime (Carmina Burana, Cour d'amours)" - Gerda Harman, Salzburg Mozarteum orchestra and chorus, Kurt Prestel [Karl Orff (1936)]
  366. "Turandot, Nessun dorma" - José Carreras, Chœurs de l'opéra du Rhin, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard [Giacomo Puccini]
  367. "O fortuna (Carmina Burana)" - Atlanta symphony orchestra and chorus [Carl Orff (1936)]
  368. "Egmont overture" - London symphony orchestra, Alfred Scholz (1993) [Ludwig van Beethoven (1810)]
  369. "Zadok the priest" - Ambrosian singers, Menuhin festival orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin [George Frideric Handel (1727)]
  370. "Romeo and Juliet, Montagues and Capulets (dance of the knights)" - The Philadelphia orchestra, Riccardo Muti [Sergei Prokofiev]
  371. "Lakmé, Viens, Malika (flower duet)" - Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, Orchestre du théâtre national de l'opéra-comique, Alain Lombard [Léo Delibes]
  372. "Harpsichord concerto 5 in F minor, BWV 1056, 2 Largo" - George Malcolm, Menuhin festival orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin [Johann Sebastian Bach (c. 1738)]
  373. "Messa de requiem, Dies irae" - Philharmonic chorus and orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [Giuseppe Verdi]

  374. 2010s

  375. 1. "Change of seasons"* - Sweet thing (2010)
  376. 2. "Dance mother"* - Sweet thing (2010)

  377. 2000s

  378. 1. "Memories (someone we'll never know)" - Clint Mansell (2009)
  379. 2. "Smooth criminal" - Alien ant farm (2001)
  380. 3. "Farsi prayer" - Lisbeth Scott (2007)
  381. 4. "Somewhere only we know" - Keane (2004)
  382. 5. "Mad world"* - Michael Andrews and Gary Jules (2002)
  383. 6. "Chosen (long version)" - unknown [Robert Duncan (Buffy 7.22)] (2003)
  384. 7. "Diamond ring" - Sheryl Crow [Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott] (2008)
  385. 8. "Hymn I (axion esti)" - Vassilis Tsabropoulos (2003)
  386. 9. "The boys of summer" - The ataris (2003)
  387. 10. "Such great heights"* - Iron and wine (2003)

  388. 1990s

  389. 1. "Angels of the silences" - Counting crows (1996)
  390. 2. "I can see clearly now"* - The hothouse flowers (1990)
  391. 3. "Colorblind" - Counting crows (1999)
  392. 4. "Blue moon revisited (song for Elvis)" - Cowboy junkies (1996)
  393. 5. "Into dust" - Mazzy star (1993)
  394. 6. "Higher" - Creed (1999)
  395. 7. "Whiskey in the jar" - Metallica (1998)
  396. 8. "Walls (circus)" - Tom Petty and the heartbreakers, Lindsey Buckingham (1996)
  397. 9. "Cornflake girl" - Tori Amos (1994)
  398. 10. "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley (1994)

  399. 1980s

  400. 1. "Walking on sunshine" - Katrina and the waves (1985)
  401. 2. "October" - U2 (1981)
  402. 3. "Almaz" - Randy Crawford (1986)
  403. 4. "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" - U2 (1987)
  404. 5. "Live to tell"* - Madonna (1986)
  405. 6. "Somewhere" - Barbra Streisand (1985)
  406. 7. "Fade to black" - Metallica (1984)
  407. 8. "Song to the siren" - This mortal coil (1983)
  408. 9. "The downeaster 'Alexa'" - Billy Joel (1989)
  409. 10. "Janie's got a gun" - Aerosmith (1989)

  410. 1970s

  411. 1. "Perfect day" - Lou Reed (1972)
  412. 2. "My Sharona" - The knack (1979)
  413. 3. "Imagine" - John Lennon (1971)
  414. 4. "The first time ever I saw your face" - Roberta Flack (1972)
  415. 5. "Ballad of Lucy Jordan" - Marianne Faithfull (1979)
  416. 6. "Angie" - The rolling stones (1973)
  417. 7. "Seasons in the sun"* - Terry Jacks (1974)
  418. 8. "Lady D'Arbanville"* - Cat Stevens (1970)
  419. 9. "At seventeen" - Janis Ian (1975)
  420. 10. "Joy to the world" - Three dog night (1971)

  421. 1960s

  422. 1. "Paint it black" - The rolling stones (1966)
  423. 2. "Strange fruit" - Nina Simone (1965)
  424. 3. "Can't take my eyes off you"* - Frankie Valli (1967)
  425. 4. "The sounds of silence"* - Simon and Garfunkel (1965)
  426. 5. "At last" - Etta James (1961)
  427. 6. "A whiter shade of pale" - Procol harum (1967)
  428. 7. "Stand by me"* - Ben E. King (1961)
  429. 8. "Fortunate son" - Creedence clearwater revival (1969)
  430. 9. "Where do you go to (my lovely)" - Peter Sarstedt (1969)
  431. 10. "Sympathy for the devil" - The rolling stones (1968)

  432. 1950s

  433. 1. "Sleep walk" - Santo and Johnny (1959)
  434. 2. "Take five" - The Dave Brubeck quartet (1959)

  435. 1940s

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

  437. All

  438. 1. "Paint it black" - The rolling stones (1966)
  439. 2. "Angels of the silences" - Counting crows (1996)
  440. 3. "Perfect day" - Lou Reed (1972)
  441. 4. "Adagio for strings" - The Philadelphia orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (1985) [Samuel Barber (1936)]
  442. 5. "Strange fruit" - Nina Simone (1965)
  443. 6. "Memories (someone we'll never know)" - Clint Mansell (2009)
  444. 7. "Walking on sunshine" - Katrina and the waves (1985)
  445. 8. "I can see clearly now"* - The hothouse flowers (1990)
  446. 9. "Colorblind" - Counting crows (1999)
  447. 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
7 Queen
6 (1) The rolling stones
6 The smashing pumpkins
5 Live
5 Phil Collins
5 Soundgarden
4 Billy Joel
4 Metallica
4 (1) Nina Simone
4 Sheryl Crow
4 Tracy Chapman
3 (2) Counting crows
3 Creedence clearwater revival
3 Led zeppelin
3 Leonard Cohen
3 Simon and Garfunkel
3 Soul asylum
3 Sting
3 Tori Amos

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]