The Top 1000 Songs of AllTime - Mangham Math

[Pages:20]The Top 1000 Songs of All-Time

1900-2013

Based on chart performance, awards, surveys, and lists.

Shaded songs are not listed in the Top 40 Songs of Each Year. These are songs that were not high charting singles, but have earned critical acclaim and become

more popular over time.

Rank

Song

1 White Christmas 2 Hey Jude 3 Every Breath You Take 4 Mack the Knife 5 Rock Around the Clock 6 I Want to Hold Your Hand 7 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 8 The Twist 9 (Everything I Do) I Do it For You 10 Bridge Over Troubled Water 11 When Doves Cry 12 Call Me 13 Bette Davis Eyes 14 I Will Always Love You 15 Over the Rainbow 16 American Pie 17 Flashdance... What a Feeling 18 The Way We Were 19 I Heard it Through the Grapevine 20 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 21 Nothing Compares 2 U 22 Endless Love 23 Yeah! 24 Let's Get it On 25 That's What Friends Are For 26 You Light Up My Life 27 (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay 28 Joy to the World 29 Heartbreak Hotel 30 Theme From 'A Summer Place' 31 Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In 32 I Will Survive 33 It's Too Late 34 Respect 35 Sugar Sugar 36 Stayin' Alive 37 Maggie May 38 My Heart Will Go On 39 Eye of the Tiger 40 End of the Road 41 Another One Bites the Dust 42 Billie Jean 43 Let's Stay Together 44 Battle of New Orleans 45 Oh, Pretty Woman 46 Hound Dog 47 I Love Rock 'n' Roll 48 Smooth 49 Good Vibrations 50 Physical 51 Light My Fire 52 Low 53 Hey Ya! 54 Let it Be 55 Don't Be Cruel 56 Hotel California 57 We Belong Together

Artist

Year

Bing Crosby

1942

The Beatles

1968

The Police

1983

Bobby Darin

1959

Bill Haley & his Comets

1955

The Beatles

1964

The Rolling Stones

1965

Chubby Checker

1960

Bryan Adams

1991

Simon & Garfunkel

1970

Prince

1984

Blondie

1980

Kim Carnes

1981

Whitney Houston

1993

Judy Garland

1939

Don McLean

1972

Irene Cara

1983

Barbra Streisand

1974

Marvin Gaye

1969

The Righteous Brothers

1965

Sinead O'Connor

1990

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 1981

Usher

2004

Marvin Gaye

1973

Dionne Warwick & Friends

1986

Debbie Boone

1977

Otis Redding

1968

Three Dog Night

1971

Elvis Presley

1956

Percy Faith

1960

Fifth Dimension

1969

Gloria Gaynor

1979

Carole King

1971

Aretha Franklin

1967

Archies

1969

Bee Gees

1978

Rod Stewart

1971

Celine Dion

1998

Survivor

1982

Boyz II Men

1992

Queen

1980

Michael Jackson

1983

Al Green

1972

Johnny Horton

1959

Roy Orbison

1964

Elvis Presley

1956

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 1982

Rob Thomas & Santana

1999

The Beach Boys

1966

Olivia Newton-John

1981

The Doors

1967

Flo-Rida & T-Pain

2008

OutKast

2003

The Beatles

1970

Elvis Presley

1956

Eagles

1977

Mariah Carey

2005

Rank

Song

Artist

58 Le Freak

Chic

59 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

B J Thomas

60 How High the Moon

Les Paul & Mary Ford

61 My Girl

The Temptations

62 I Can't Stop Loving You

Ray Charles

63 Killing Me Softly With His Song

Roberta Flack

64 Mona Lisa

Nat King Cole

65 In the Mood

Glenn Miller

66 She Loves You

The Beatles

67 The Letter

The Box Tops

68 Mister Sandman

The Chordettes

69 Careless Whisper

George Michael

70 What's Love Got to Do With It?

Tina Turner

71 I'm a Believer

The Monkees

72 Wooly Bully

Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs

73 Theme From 'Shaft'

Isaac Hayes

74 Hot Stuff

Donna Summer

75 Centerfold

J Geils Band

76 Honky Tonk Woman

The Rolling Stones

77 I'll Be There

The Jackson 5

78 Gangsta's Paradise

Coolio

79 Yesterday

The Beatles

80 My Sharona

The Knack

81 Tennessee Waltz

Patti Page

82 Reach Out (I'll Be There)

The Four Tops

83 California Dreamin'

The Mamas & The Papas

84 Jailhouse Rock

Elvis Presley

85 Irreplaceable

Beyonce

86 Dancing in the Street

Martha & The Vandellas

87 Rolling In The Deep

Adele

88 Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'round the Old Oak Tree Tony Orlando & Dawn

89 Stand By Me

Ben E King

90 Sentimental Journey

Les Brown & Doris Day

91 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Roberta Flack

92 Louie Louie

Kingsmen

93 Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)

Pink Floyd

94 (Just Like) Starting Over

John Lennon

95 Night Fever

Bee Gees

96 To Sir, With Love

Lulu

97 You're So Vain

Carly Simon

98 Be My Baby

The Ronettes

99 Celebration

Kool & The Gang

100 (They Long to Be) Close to You

Carpenters

101 Begin the Beguine

Artie Shaw

102 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2

103 I Want You Back

The Jackson 5

104 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Christopher Cross

105 Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Green Day

106 With Or Without You

U2

107 Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)

Rod Stewart

108 Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Elvis Presley

109 Upside Down

Diana Ross

110 Dancing Queen

Abba

111 Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns n' Roses

112 Where Did Our Love Go

The Supremes

113 Unchained Melody

The Righteous Brothers

114 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Gene Autry

Year

1979 1970 1951 1965 1962 1973 1950 1940 1964 1967 1954 1985 1984 1967

1965

1971 1979 1982 1969 1970 1995 1965 1979 1950 1966 1966 1957 2007 1964 2011 1973 1961 1945 1972 1964 1980 1981 1978 1967 1973 1963 1981 1970 1938 1987 1970 1981 2005 1987 1976 1961 1980 1977 1988 1964 1965 1949

Rank

Song

Artist

Year

115 Take My Breath Away

Berlin

1986

116 I'll Make Love to You

Boyz II Men

1994

117 Love Will Keep Us Together

Captain & Tennille

1975

118 When a Man Loves a Woman

Percy Sledge

1966

119 Walk Like an Egyptian

The Bangles

1986

120 Crazy in Love

Beyonce

2003

121 Strangers in the Night

Frank Sinatra

1966

122 You Belong to Me

Jo Stafford

1952

123 In Da Club

50 Cent

2003

124 Say You, Say Me

Lionel Richie

1986

125 We Are the World

USA For Africa

1985

126 Johnny B Goode

Chuck Berry

1958

127 Love Theme From 'A Star is Born' (Evergreen) Barbra Streisand

1977

128 Shadow Dancing

Andy Gibb

1978

129 Superstition

Stevie Wonder

1973

130 Beat It

Michael Jackson

1983

131 Night & Day

Fred Astaire & Leo Reisman 1932

132 Waterfalls

TLC

1995

133 House of the Rising Sun

The Animals

1964

134 Paper Doll

The Mills Brothers

1943

135 Downtown

Petula Clark

1965

136 I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Four Tops

1965

137 Kiss From a Rose

Seal

1995

138 Believe

Cher

1999

139 Ballad of the Green Berets

Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler

1966

140 Proud Mary

Creedence Clearwater Revival

1969

141 Too Young

Nat King Cole

1951

142 Umbrella

Rihanna & Jay-Z

2007

143 Swanee

Al Jolson

1920

144 Need You Tonight

INXS

1988

145 Like a Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan

1965

146 Lady

Kenny Rogers

1980

147 One Sweet Day

Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men 1996

148 Lean On Me

Bill Withers

1972

149 Tik-Toc

Ke$ha

2010

150 Monday Monday

The Mamas & The Papas

1966

151 What'd I Say

Ray Charles

1959

152 How You Remind Me

Nickelback

2002

153 Silly Love Songs

Wings

1976

154 My Guy

Mary Wells

1964

155 Macarena

Los Del Rio

1996

156 Goodnight, Irene

Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers

1950

157 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) The Temptations

1971

158 The Sounds of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

1966

159 Imagine

John Lennon

1971

160 Me & Bobby McGee

Janis Joplin

1971

161 Near You

Francis Craig

1947

162 What's Going On?

Marvin Gaye

1971

163 Suspicious Minds

Elvis Presley

1969

164 Ode To Billie Joe

Bobbie Gentry

1967

165 Wind Beneath My Wings

Bette Midler

1989

166 The Boy is Mine

Brandy & Monica

1998

167 Mr Tambourine Man

The Byrds

1965

168 Faith

George Michael

1987

169 Green Onions

Booker T & the MGs

1962

170 Mrs Robinson

Simon & Garfunkel

1968

Rank

Song

Artist

171 How Deep is Your Love?

Bee Gees

172 Hey There

Rosemary Clooney

173 Heart of Glass

Blondie

174 Pennies From Heaven

Bing Crosby

175 Like a Virgin

Madonna

176 Midnight Train to Georgia

Gladys Knight & The Pips

177 Help!

The Beatles

178 Tossing & Turning

Bobby Lewis

179 The Sign

Ace of Base

180 Born to Be Wild

Steppenwolf

181 Layla

Derek & The Dominos

182 I Just Wanna Be Your Everything

Andy Gibb

183 War

Edwin Starr

184 96 Tears

Question Mark & The Mysterians

185 I Get Around

The Beach Boys

186 Because You Loved Me

Celine Dion

187 Summer in the City

Lovin' Spoonful

188 Get Back

The Beatles

189 Secret Love

Doris Day

190 9 to 5

Dolly Parton

191 (Ghost) Riders in the Sky

Vaughn Monroe

192 The Loco-Motion

Little Eva

193 Play That Funky Music

Wild Cherry

194 Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

195 Little Things Mean a Lot

Kitty Kallen

196 Cry

Johnnie Ray

197 All Shook Up

Elvis Presley

198 Up Where We Belong

Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

199 Sledgehammer

Peter Gabriel

200 Fire & Rain

James Taylor

201 Stop! in the Name of Love

The Supremes

202 Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd

203 Another Day in Paradise

Phil Collins

204 Bleeding Love

Leona Lewis

205

Lady Marmalade (Voulez-Vous Coucher Aver Moi Ce Soir?)

Patti LaBelle

206 Whispering

Paul Whiteman

207 Vogue

Madonna

208 Under the Bridge

Red Hot Chili Peppers

209 Sixteen Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford

210 Sugar Shack

The Fireballs

211 Baby Love

The Supremes

212 What a Fool Believes

The Doobie Brothers

213 Lose Yourself

Eminem

214 Hello Dolly

Louis Armstrong

215 Brown Eyed Girl

Van Morrison

216 Without You

Harry Nilsson

217 Build Me Up Buttercup

The Foundations

218 We Found Love

Rihanna & Calvin Harris

219 Tears in Heaven

Eric Clapton

220 Family Affair

Sly & The Family Stone

221 All I Wanna Do

Sheryl Crow

222 Soul Man

Sam & Dave

223 Tequila

Champs

224 Rock With You

Michael Jackson

225 Livin' La Vida Loca

Ricky Martin

Year

1978 1954 1979 1936 1985 1973 1965 1961 1994 1968 1972 1977 1970

1966

1964 1996 1966 1969 1954 1981 1949 1962 1976 1976 1954 1952 1957

1982

1986 1970 1965 1974 1989 2008

1975

1920 1990 1992 1955 1963 1964 1979 2002 1964 1967 1972 1969 2012 1992 1971 1994 1967 1958 1980 1999

Rank

Song

226 Best of My Love 227 Runaway 228 Alone Again (Naturally) 229 Can't Help Falling in Love 230 My Sweet Lord 231 Runaround Sue 232 Swinging On a Star 233 Gold Digger 234 Happy Together 235 Losing My Religion 236 Heart of Gold 237 Stardust 238 Will You Love Me Tomorrow 239 You Are the Sunshine of My Life 240 You Were Meant for Me 241 Take On Me 242 Hollaback Girl 243 God Bless America 244 I Swear 245 Sunshine of Your Love 246 Firework 247 Groovin' 248 Smells Like Teen Spirit 249 Big Girls Don't Cry 250 Jack & Diane 251 Addicted to Love 252 The Last Dance 253 Georgia On My Mind 254 Money For Nothing 255 Jump 256 Vaya Con Dios (may God Be With You) 257 You'll Never Know 258 That'll Be the Day 259 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 260 Wheel of Fortune 261 When You Wish Upon a Star

262 Don't Fence Me In

263 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)

264 Volare 265 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 266 Whole Lotta Love 267 You've Got a Friend 268 Penny Lane 269 People Got to Be Free 270 Nature Boy 271 Sexyback 272 Crying 273 Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 274 Bad Girls 275 Too Close 276 I Got You Babe 277 We've Only Just Begun 278 Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) 279 Shining Star 280 Kansas City 281 Like a Prayer

Artist

The Emotions Del Shannon Gilbert O'Sullivan UB40 George Harrison Dion Bing Crosby Kanye West & Jamie Foxx The Turtles REM Neil Young Artie Shaw The Shirelles Stevie Wonder Jewel A-Ha Gwen Stefani Kate Smith All-4-One Cream Katy Perry The Young Rascals Nirvana Fergie John Cougar Mellencamp Robert Palmer Donna Summer Ray Charles Dire Straits Van Halen Les Paul & Mary Ford Dick Haymes Buddy Holly Cyndi Lauper Kay Starr Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters

The Byrds

Domenico Modugno The Eurythmics Led Zeppelin James Taylor The Beatles The Young Rascals Nat King Cole Justin Timberlake Roy Orbison Beyonce Donna Summer Next Sonny & Cher Carpenters The Crew-Cuts Earth, Wind & Fire Wilbert Harrison Madonna

Year

1977 1961 1972 1993 1971 1961 1944 2005 1967 1991 1972 1941 1961 1973 1997 1985 2005 1939 1994 1968 2011 1967 1992 2007 1982 1986 1978 1960 1985 1984 1953 1943 1957 1984 1952 1940

1944

1965

1958 1983 1970 1971 1967 1968 1948 2006 1961 2009 1979 1998 1965 1970 1954 1975 1959 1989

Rank

Song

Artist

282 Cheek to Cheek

Fred Astaire

283 Papa Was a Rolling Stone

The Temptations

284 Promiscuous

Nelly Furtado & Timbaland

285 Love Shack

The B52s

286 Funkytown

Lipps Inc

287 Crazy

Patsy Cline

288 Philadelphia Freedom

Elton John

289 Temperature

Sean Paul

290 Somebody That I Used to Know

Gotye & Kimbra

291 All I Have to Do is Dream

The Everly Brothers

292 Jessie's Girl

Rick Springfield

293 Rhinestone Cowboy

Glen Campbell

294 Blue Suede Shoes

Carl Perkins

295 Ebony & Ivory

Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder

296 I'll Never Smile Again

Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra

297 Keep On Loving You

REO Speedwagon

298 Since U Been Gone

Kelly Clarkson

299 The Way You Look Tonight

Fred Astaire

300 Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Queen

301 The Great Pretender

The Platters

302 Brown Sugar

The Rolling Stones

303 Que sera sera (Whatever will be will be)

Doris Day

304 No One

Alicia Keys

305 Bad Day

Daniel Powter

306 Boom Boom Pow

The Black Eyed Peas

307 Party Rock Anthem

LMFAO

308 Because of You

Tony Bennett

309 Chattanooga Choo Choo

Glenn Miller

310 A Whiter Shade of Pale

Procol Harum

311 Love Me Tender

Elvis Presley

312 Higher Love

Steve Winwood

313 Footloose

Kenny Loggins

314 Blurred Lines

Robin Thicke, T.I. & Pharrell Williams

315 I Just Called to Say I Love You

Stevie Wonder

316 Come Together

The Beatles

317 It's Now Or Never

Elvis Presley

318 Under the Boardwalk

The Drifters

319 Don't You Want Me

The Human League

320 You Can't Hurry Love

The Supremes

321 Fame

Irene Cara

322 Fallin'

Alicia Keys

323 Poker Face

Lady GaGa

324 Bad Romance

Lady GaGa

325 Ruby Tuesday

The Rolling Stones

326 All Night Long (All Night)

Lionel Richie

327 Baby Got Back

Sir Mix-a-Lot

328 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Jerry Lee Lewis

329 Frenesi

Artie Shaw

330 December 1963 (Oh What a Night)

The Four Seasons

331 Bad Moon Rising

Creedence Clearwater Revival

332 Abracadabra

Steve Miller Band

333 I Gotta Feeling

The Black Eyed Peas

334

The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)

Percy Faith

Year

1935 1972 2006 1989 1980 1961 1975 2006 2012 1958 1981 1975 1956

1982

1940

1981 2005 1936 1980 1956 1971 1956 2008 2006 2009 2011 1951 1941 1967 1956 1986 1984

2013

1984 1969 1960 1964 1982 1966 1980 2001 2009 2010 1967 1983 1992 1957 1940 1976

1969

1982 2009

1953

Rank

Song

335 Waiting For a Girl Like You 336 Everybody Loves Somebody 337 I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) 338 Buttons & Bows 339 It's All in the Game 340 Love Train 341 Dance to the Music 342 Candle in the Wind '97 343 Honey 344 Kiss 345 I'll Take You There 346 Paint it Black 347 Band of Gold 348 Just the Way You Are 349 Spirit in the Sky 350 Vision of Love 351 Hips don't lie 352 Till The End of Time 353 Duke of Earl 354 YMCA 355 Oh My Papa (O Mein Papa) 356 Pistol Packin' Mama 357 Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance

Now) 358 Dilemma 359 I Need You Now 360 Wanted 361 Jumpin' Jack Flash 362 Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now) 363 Tom Dooley 364 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 365 Rhapsody in Blue 366 Bennie & the Jets 367 Call Me Maybe 368 You Really Got Me 369 God Bless the Child 370 I'm Sorry 371 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown 372 I Can't Get Next to You 373 The Power of Love 374 Dreamlover 375 Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) 376 We Are Family 377 At Last 378 Brand New Key 379 I've Heard That Song Before 380 Stay (I Missed You) 381 Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? 382 Tutti Frutti 383 This Ole House 384 Please Mr Postman 385 Can't Help Falling in Love 386 Good Times 387 Something

388 (I've Had) the Time of My Life

389 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing 390 Down Hearted Blues

Artist

Foreigner Dean Martin Hall & Oates Dinah Shore Tommy Edwards The O'Jays Sly & The Family Stone Elton John Bobby Goldsboro Prince The Staple Singers The Rolling Stones Freda Payne Billy Joel Norman Greenbaum Mariah Carey Shakira & Wyclef Jean Perry Como Gene Chandler The Village People Eddie Fisher Al Dexter & his Troopers

C&C Music Factory

Nelly & Kelly Rowland Eddie Fisher Perry Como The Rolling Stones Phil Collins The Kingston Trio Elton John George Gershwin Elton John Carly Rae Jepsen The Kinks Billie Holiday Brenda Lee Jim Croce The Temptations Huey Lewis & The News Mariah Carey Roy Orbison Sister Sledge Etta James Melanie Harry James Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories Rod Stewart Little Richard Rosemary Clooney The Marvelettes Elvis Presley Chic The Beatles Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes Aerosmith Bessie Smith

Year

1981 1964 1982 1948 1958 1973 1968 1997 1968 1986 1972 1966 1970 1978 1970 1990 2006 1945 1962 1979 1954 1943

1991

2002 1954 1954 1968 1984 1958 1973 1924 1974 2012 1964 1941 1960 1973 1969 1985 1993 1960 1979 1961 1972 1943 1994 1979 1955 1954 1961 1962 1979 1969

1987

1998 1923

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