IN DEVELOPMENT - IGNORE FOR NOW My Top 300 Songs (upd. 30th Aug 2006)
Submitted by Wezzo on Wed, 08/30/2006 - 03:11
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- Latest Significant Edits: 30th August 2006
- Currently including August 2005 to August 2006 favourites
- Check out my previous Top 400 of all-time for an all-time list; this list is much more focused on what I enjoy now and ignores songs I haven't enjoyed for the past year or more. More details at the bottom of the list. Enjoy!
- Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
- Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
- Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
- Billy Joel - Only The Good Die Young
- REM - At My Most Beautiful
- Sha-Na-Na - Those Magic Changes
- Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Waiting
- They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
- Billy Joel - Piano Man
- REM - Near Wild Heaven
- The Pogues - A Fairytale Of New York
- The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
- U2 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- Phil Collins - Against All Odds
- REM - Aftermath
- The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
- Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
- Ronnie Milsap - A Legend In My Time
- Roger Miller - King Of The Road
- Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
- Status Quo - All Around My Hat
- Phil Collins - Easy Lover
- Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
- Abba - Fernando
- Bryan Adams - Cloud No. 9
- Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
- Abba - The Winner Takes It All
- The Police - Every Breath You Take
- Stroke 9 - Washin' & Wonderin'
- The Push Stars - Drunk Is Better Than Dead
- Barenaked Ladies - Falling For The First Time
- Eagle-Eye Cherry - Been Here Once Before
- Elton John - Sacrifice
- REM - Imitation Of Life
- The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
- Boyzone - Key To My Life
- Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
- The Bee Gees - You Win Again
- The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
- REM - Daysleeper
- Weezer - Island In The Sun
- They Might Be Giants - New York City
- Roger Whittaker - Streets Of London
- Queen - You're My Best Friend
- They Might Be Giants - Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal
- ELO - Wild West Hero
- Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
- Simon & Garfunkel - I Am A Rock
- Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
- Michael Jackson - Human Nature
- A-ha - Take On Me
- The Monkees - Daydream Believer
- Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
- Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
- Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again
- Divine Comedy - The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count
- Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
- Michael Jackson - Beat It
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Supergrass - Alright
- Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
- Val Doonican - Walk Tall
- The Beatles - Penny Lane
- Val Doonican - Two Streets
- Lighthouse Family - High
- Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn
- Phil Collins - True Colours
- REM - Losing My Religion
- Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born
- Mac Davis - Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me
- Travis - Side
- Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
- Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
- Robbie Williams - Strong
- Meat Loaf - You Took The Words
- Lindsay Buckingham - Holiday Road
- Elton John - Your Song
- U2 - With Or Without You
- Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
- Boyzone - A Different Beat
- David Bowie - Life On Mars
- Beautiful South - Don't Marry Her
- John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights
- Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways
- Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
- East 17 - Stay Another Day
- Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
- James - I Know What I'm Here For
- Scooch - More Than I Needed To Know
- REM - Nightswimming
- They Might Be Giants - Destination Moon
- Queen - Killer Queen
- Stereophonics - Pick A Part That's New
- Abba - Does Your Mother Know?
- Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
- Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
- Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
- Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
- Tom Petty - American Girl
- Ben Folds - Landed
- Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
- Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
- They Might Be Giants - The End Of The Tour
- REM - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
- Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well
- Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
- The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
- Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis
- U2 - The Sweetest Thing
- Robbie Williams - No Regrets
- Marillion - Kayleigh
- Spandau Ballet - True
- Sha-Na-Na - Tears On My Pillow
- The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
- REM - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
- Jam - Going Underground
- Undertones - Teenage Kicks
- They Might Be Giants - Experimental Film
- Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
- Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
- Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
- Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
- Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
- REM - Fall On Me
- Hot Chocolate - I'll Put You Together Again
- Phil Collins - Two Hearts
- The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- Robbie Williams - Angels
- Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
- Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
- The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
- The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin'
- The Strawbs - Part Of The Union
- John Lennon & Yoko Ono - War Is Over
- Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
- Travis - Turn
- REM - Find The River
- The Beatles - Let It Be
- No Doubt - Don't Speak
- Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
- The Carpenters - Superstar
- They Might Be Giants - 'Til My Head Falls Off
- Journey - Remember Me
- Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
- Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
- Val Doonican - Elusive Butterfly
- Gary Glitter - Another Rock'n'Roll Christmas
- U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Madness - House Of Fun
- CCR - Bad Moon Rising
- Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
- REM - Man On The Moon
- Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives
- Barry Manilow - Looks Like We Made It
- Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely?
- The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
- Chumbawumba - Tubthumpin'
- Bob Dylan - The Times, They Are A-Changin'
- Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
- Billy Joel - Scenes From An Italian Restuarant
- John Lennon - Woman
- Perry Como - Christmas Dream
- Boyzone - Love Me For A Reason
- Rod Stewart - Handbags and Gladrags
- The Bee Gees - For Whom The Bell Tolls
- Radiohead - No Surprises
- Scooch - One Of These Days
- Human League - Don't You Want Me
- Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense And Peppermints
- Hanson - Mmmmbop
- Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
- Queen - I Want To Break Free
- Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
- Rod Stewart - Maggie May
- Weird Al - Hardware Store
- Boyzone - All That I Need
- Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
- REM - It's The End Of The World As We Know It
- Ultravox! - Vienna
- Oasis - Wonderwall
- Robbie Williams - Let Love Be Your Energy
- Barry Manilow - One Voice
- John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want
- U2 - One Tree Hill
- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Phil Collins - One More Night
- Blondie - Atomic
- Ash - Burn Baby Burn
- Oasis - Whatever
- REM - Stand
- The Beach Boys - Bluebirds Over The Mountain
- Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down
- Abba - Take A Chance On Me
- Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
- Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
- Take That - Back For Good
- Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
- U2 - One
- Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
- Alanis Morisette - Ironic
- John Lennon - Imagine
- The Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun
- Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
- They Might Be Giants - Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
- Queen - We Are The Champions
- Mike Curb Congregation - Burning Bridges
- Julian Lennon - Saltwater
- Pulp - Common People
- They Might Be Giants - I Palindrome I
- REM - Leaving New York
- Don McLean - Vincent
- Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
- James - Sit Down
- Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies
- Phil Collins - Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
- Don McLean - American Pie
- Kinks - Days
- Val Doonican - If I Knew Then What I Know Now
- Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning
- Hanson - Smile
- They Might Be Giants - Mammal
- Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces
- Flying Pickets - Only You
- Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heaven's Door
- REM - Everybody Hurts
- Less Than Jake - We're All Dudes
- Green Day - Minority
- Jamie Cullum - Everlasting Love
- Queen - Radio Gaga
- Camille Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
- Abba - One Of Us
- Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You)
- Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
- They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start
- REM - The Great Beyond
- Abba - Dancing Queen
- Val Doonican - What Would I Be
- They Might Be Giants - The World's Address
- Leann Rimes - How Do I Live
- Spunge - Kickin' Pigeons In The Park
- Weird Al - eBay
- Keane - Everybody's Changin'
- Queen - Las Palabras De Amor
- John Travolta - Greased Lightnin'
- Tom Petty - Even The Losers
- Travis - Flowers In The Window
- Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Cabelle - Barcelona
- The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You
- Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling
- Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
- REM - Driver 8
- They Might Be Giants - We're The Replacements
- Stevie Nicks - After The Glitter Fades
- Boyzone - I Love The Way You Love Me
- Robbie Williams - Millennium
- Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
- The Beatles - Hey Jude
- Wham! - Freedom
- Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
- The Cure - Just Like Heaven
- The Beach Boys - California Girls
- Benny Hill - Ernie The Fastest Milkman In The West
- They Might Be Giants - No-one Knows My Plan
- Casuals - Jesamine
- U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
- The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
- Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
- Tony Christie - Las Vegas
- Heart - Alone
- The Byrds - (To Everything) Turn, Turn, Turn (There Is A Season)
- Michael Jackson - Black Or White
- Elton John - Are You Ready For Love?
- ELO - Mr Blue Sky
- They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
- Alice Band - One Day At A Time
- Goldfinger - Superman
- Abba - Waterloo
- Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
- Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
- New Radicals - You Get What You Give
- George Michael - Careless Whisper
- White Plains - When You Are A King
- Val Doonican - If The Whole World
- Texas - Summer Son
- Bellamy Brothers - If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body
- REM - Make It All Okay
- Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
- The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
- Mud - Lonely This Christmas
- They Might Be Giants - Why Must I Be Sad?
- Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
- The Beach Boys - Sloop John B.
- The Polyphonic Spree - Section 9 (Reach for the Sun)
- ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman
- REM - Leave
- Guided By Voices - Hold On Hope
- Keane - This Is The Last Time
- Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind Of Love
- Billy Joel - This Is The Time To Remember
- Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You
- U2 - Angel Of Harlem
- Robbie Williams - Supreme
- REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling
- Travis - Tied to the '90s
- M*A*S*H - Suicide Is Painless
- Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train
- Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon
- The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
- U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
- Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
- Disneyland Paris - Parade
- REM - I'll Take The Rain
- Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Roger Whittaker - Durham Town
- REM - Strange Currencies
- They Might Be Giants - I've Got A Match
- Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
- USA For Africa - We Are The World
- They Might Be Giants - Dead
- Meme - Look Into My Eyes
- The Osmonds - One Bad Apple
- Radiohead - Creep
- The Proclaimers - Letter From America
- James Last - Concerto Di Aranjuez
- Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
- Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
- Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
- U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Madonna - Material Girl
- The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
- Tears For Fears - Mad World
- Tom Jones - I'm Coming Home
- Kraftwerk - The Model
- Tammy Wynette - Divorce
- Queen - I Want It All
- Weezer - Buddy Holly
- REM - The Outsiders
- Travis - Driftwood
- Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
- Abba - The Day Before You Came
- Soft Cell - Tainted Love
- Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
- The Fall - Wings
- Bryan Adams - East Side Story
- Colin Hay - Overkill
- Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
- Human League - Together In Electric Dreams
- Black - Wonderful Life
- Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
- REM - New Test Leper
- The Fall - Smile
- The Eagles - Take It To The Limit
- Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- They Might Be Giants - Mr. Me
- Bay City Rollers - I Only Wanna Be With You
- The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda
- The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
- Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
- Blue Mink - Banner Man
- Blondie - Heart of Glass
- Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York
- Cindy Bullens - It's Raining On Prom Night
- The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
- The Beach Boys - Do It Again
- Oasis - Little By Little
- ELO - Strange Magic
- Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World
- REM - Perfect Circle
- Michael Jackson - Earth Song
- Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
- Jigsaw - Sky High
- Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
- The Beach Boys - Breakaway
- John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
- Lighthouse Family - Lifted
- They Might Be Giants - Museum Of Idiots
- REM - Time After Time (Annelise)
- Patsy Cline - Crazy
- Paul Simon - Diamonds On the Soles Of Her Shoes
- Peter Sarstedt - Frozen Orange Juice
- Andy Abraham - The Greatest Love Of All
- Wizzard - Angel Fingers
- Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 and 35
- Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
- James Blunt - You're Beautiful
- They Might Be Giants - The Guitar
- REM - We Walk
- Daniel Powter - Bad Day
- Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight
- Kenny Rogers - You Decorated My Life
- Queen - Breakthru
- Jack Johnson - Inaudible Melodies
- Squeeze - Up The Junction
- Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
- Bryan Adams - This Side of Paradise
- Bruce Springsteen - Night
- REM - Endgame
- The Bee Gees - Massachusetts
- Slade - Far Far Away
Cloned From:
In a rather vague order. Now focused far more on current favourites; all-time favourites I no longer enjoy won't be found here - they can be found at the still-periodically-updated top 400 of all-time.
Each update of this list will be saved as a separate edition.
And, er, yes, I do have a very unusual taste.. :) But I defy you to find another "greatest songs" list with The Fall, Val Doonican and They Might Be Giants.
Requirements of the list:
-Known for more than two weeks
-In my personal top 20 within the past year
Beyond that, it's down to my circumstantial opinion.
Artists with 3 songs or more in the list:
REM - 26
They Might Be Giants - 21
Queen - 12
U2 - 10
The Beach Boys - 10
Phil Collins - 9
Abba - 8
The Beatles - 8
Michael Jackson - 7
Billy Joel - 7
Robbie Williams - 6
Travis - 6
Val Doonican - 6
Boyzone - 5
Elton John - 5
Oasis - 5
Bryan Adams - 5
Bruce Springsteen - 5
Tom Petty - 4
ELO - 4
Roger Whittaker - 3
The Police - 3
Keane - 3
Slade - 3
The Bee Gees - 3
Tony Christie - 3
John Travolta - 3 (inc. 2 with Olivia Newton-John)
Olivia Newton-John - 3 (inc. 2 with John Travolta)