In da Club (2003)
600
“Paid in Full was kind of light and fun, even if its subject matter was dead serious. Getting paid for studio work? Not the corner? Not the grind? The future was wide open. A moody, atypical fusion full of stark dub-like dropouts, mod stutter effects, and flat production". - Jess Harvell
Paid in Full (1987)
599
Master Blaster (Jammin') (1980)
598
Runnin' With the Devil (1978)
597
Please Please Me (1963)
596
Ain't That Peculiar (1965)
595
“Sultans of Swing was not a hit at first. Despite the album’s positive reception in the band’s homeland, they couldn’t crack the singles chart. Not until five months later, that is, when American radio stations picked up on the tune. Knopfler sang like Dylan, his guitar playing was crystalline and devoid of rough edges". - Best Classic Bands Staff
Sultans of Swing (1978)
594
"The song, “Been Caught Stealing” is a perfect example. More than two and a half decades later and it still sounds better than just about any contemporary rock song you can think of. The banter is funny, if a bit odd, but that’s kind of what we’ve come accustomed from the quirky singer". - John Moore
Been Caught Stealing (1990)
593
"It was the song which made Glen Campbell a star, thanks to a perfect combination of song, singer and arrangement. It is still an all-time, cross-genre classic, instantly recognisable and exceptionally good. A beautiful melody and wistful vocal are matched by a heavily orchestrated arrangement, which sweetens the record for pop consumption despite the bittersweet lyric, which tells of a man leaving his lover while she sleeps". - Occasional Hope
By the Time I Get to Phoenix (1967)
592
"Come Together was one of the Beatles' tougher and bluesier late-'60s rockers. The pop appeal of the song rests mostly with the chorus, which is among the most anthemic and instantly catchy of any in late-period Beatles songs". - Richie Unterberger
Come Together (1969)
591
"Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” resides in that pantheon of great songs that have been sung to death. However, Leonard Cohen didn’t make the song famous, Jeff Buckley did. He interpreted the music and the lyrics into a beautiful reflection on brokenness, imperfect love, and most importantly, grace". - Nathan Chang
Hallelujah (1994)
590
"This time, Robinson wrote about a difficult kind of love, the kind that burns brightly one moment and goes unrequited the next. During “I Second That Emotion,” the narrator puts his foot down, refusing to be strung along by a woman. Robinson certainly wasn’t the first musician to sing about it. Still, “I Second That Emotion” marches to the beat of its own drum, thanks to three stanzas of crafty doo-wop poetry and one punny one-liner". - Andrew Leahey
I Second That Emotion (1967)
589
"Never has a song used the word ‘fuck’ so much and to such good effect. The song is based around a throwaway line from Steely Dan’s ‘Showbiz Kids’ which starts innocuously enough and just explodes into a crescendo over the aforemented sample". - Nialler9
The Man Don't Give a Fuck (1996)
588
"Fatboy Slim hit the stratosphere thanks to the international hit "The Rockafeller Skank." The single's organized around an old-school vocal sample and a fab guitar groove, borrowed from a mid-'60s John Barry recording. It also highlights Cook's knowledge of pacing and use of heavy climaxes for maximum dancefloor impact". - John Bush
The Rockafeller Skank (1998)
587
"It's an anthemic enough number. The pace of the song is easy and loose, its charm best found in the way it's performed and arranged. Noel Gallagher's guitar is the real winner, from the slow, scraping notes at the beginning to the main rhythm crunch and softly spiraling solos at the end". - Ned Raggett
Supersonic (1994)
586
"A few songs are de facto anthems for musical genres. Doo-wop’s pièce de résistance is arguably this one. “Only You” was also one of the earliest major “crossover” hits by a black act, at a time when “race” records rarely reached white audiences or the pop charts. The very nature of the song is also illustrative of a transitional period in music". - Yoshi Kato
Only You (And You Alone) (1955)
585
"Piano Man itself presents a sentimentalised view of Joel's time as a lounge pianist, though if it was that great, one wonders why Joel chose to pursue international stardom instead". - Michael Hann
Piano Man (1973)
584
Ball of Confusion (1970)
583
Fever (1956)
582
Goodnight Irene (1935)
581
Under the Bridge (1991)
580
Maybe (1958)
579
"It manages to combine Burt Bacharach pastiche and chilling, cinematic strings. Suddenly the mad swirl of cocaine and champagne fall like a curtain, revealing a bleak tenement world of isolation and obsession. “What exactly do you do for an encore? Cos’ this hardcore,” Cocker croons sarcastically". - Kevin Orton
This Is Hardcore (1998)
578
Roxanne (1978)
577
Temptation (1982)
576
Crazy Train (1980)
575
Once in a Lifetime (1980)
574
This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both of Us (1974)
573
"I realized it wasn't really my song anymore. It just gave me goose bumps up and down my spine. It's an unbelievably powerful piece of work. After he passed away I remember feeling saddened, but being honored to have framed the end of his life in something that is very tasteful". - Trent Reznor
Hurt (2002)
572
Boom Boom (1962)
570
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983)
569
"A truly special, infectious and surprising side-project single. Although the song would be something very different without Doherty involvement, the absence of grumbling guitars, a stripped bare melody and twinkling piano lines leave us with something quite beautiful. Actually, maybe it’s the sentiment". - Ross Bennett
For Lovers (2004)
568
Rockin' in the Free World (1989)
567
Donna (1958)
565
Lithium (1991)
564
Please Mr. Postman (1961)
563
Buddy Holly (1994)
562
Super Freak (1981)
560
Rocket Man (1972)
559
All Right Now (1970)
558
Over and Over (2006)
557
"A completely cracked psychedelic-easy listening masterpiece. Bizarre and nihilistic. The song is constructed of two entirely separate tunes edited together. Hazlewood's part of the song mines the same slightly aggressive, countrified pose that was his stock in trade, while Sinatra's is a delicate waltz that features the prettiest, least mannered singing of her career". - Stewart Mason
Some Velvet Morning (1968)
556
I Can't Make You Love Me (1991)
555
Summer in the City (1966)
554
Going to a Go-Go (1965)
553
Always on My Mind (1972)
551
Get off of My Cloud (1965)
550
Green River (1969)
549
Bring It On Home To Me (1962)
548
Wish You Were Here (1975)
547
Lean on Me (1972)
546
Without You (1971)
545
Tequila (1958)
544
Who'll Stop the Rain (1970)
543
Candle in the Wind (1973)
542
Love Shack (1989)
541
Birthday (1987)
540
Alright (1995)
539
Californication (1999)
538
Telegram Sam (1972)
537
Voodoo Ray (1988)
536
I'm a Believer (1966)
535
"Nicky Wire delivers a staunch defense of working class identity and a belief in the importance of self-improvement and solidarity as political power attempts to oppress you at every turn– ‘libraries gave us power’ indeed. Drenched in strings, regret and a kind of redemption of somehow getting through a tragedy so close to home". - Bill Cummings
A Design for Life (1996)
534
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1970)
533
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1982)
532
The One I Love (1987)
531
Do I Wanna Know? (2013)
529
I Melt With You (1982)
528
"Distilled down to its pith, the entirety of gangsta rap imagery is Tupac; he is the archetypal gangsta rapper. And the origination of that version of him was him on "California Love", when Dr. Dre stood back behind him in the Thunderdome and framed his mania, and it was so exciting and obvious when it happened". - Shea Serrano
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California Love (1996)
527
Mind Playing Tricks on Me (1991)
526
Paradise City (1987)
525
Dry Your Eyes (2004)
524
You Oughta Know (1995)
523
Fell in Love With a Girl (2001)
522
I Saw Her Standing There (1963)
521
Follow the Leader (1988)
520
"One of rock’s most resonant protest songs. Pressed into action when David Crosby showed Neil Young harrowing photos of the shootings in Ohio during a protest published in Life magazine, he wrote the song in a day. Though hugely successful, had mostly showcased four separate performers. “Ohio” was captured live in the studio". - David Roberts
Ohio (1970)
519
Shake Some Action (1976)
518
"Debaser opens with a single, throbbing bass line from Kim Deal, before Santiago’s blazing riff and the throaty yelp of Francis.It’s enough to make your scalp tingle. With the lyrics, Francis’s chief interest seemed to lie in the construction and impact of the words themselves. It remains one of the most incendiary opening shots of any album". - Rob Hughes
Debaser (1989)
517
Disco Inferno (1976)
516
Girls and Boys (1994)
515
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (1966)
514
"Is one golden example of doo woop genre, which helped to form and define American popular music.The sweet harmonies, the interweaving background and lead vocals with bass and falsetto sharing the spotlight, cool-hot guitar leads, nasty tenor sax solos, singing of love as if life depended on it". - Ty Hussell
Sh-Boom (1954)
513
Watching the Detectives (1977)
512
Flash Light (1977)
511
Paper Planes (2007)
510
Under the Boardwalk (1964)
509
"Holland/Dozier/Holland, handed her a surefire hit. The curious lyrics, still ripe for interpretation, describe a young marriage gone terribly wrong on a honeymoon spent in separate rooms.Thanks to Payne’s heroic delivery, the song becomes an old-fashioned somebody-done-somebody-wrong anthem". - Jim Harrington
Band of Gold (1970)
508
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (1978)
507
Give It Away (1991)
506
Geno (1980)
505
"She Is Beyond Good and Evil remains utterly unique, utterly spellbinding: an existential love song that posits a Nietzscheian worldview over a dub-funk maelstrom that perfectly echoes the lyric's fraught articulation of all-consuming desire". - Sean O'Hagan
She Is Beyond Good and Evil (1979)
504
Standing in the Shadows of Love (1966)
503
My Way (1969)
502
