With The List, American Songwriter details the best, the brightest, the most enduring, the worst, the most hated, and the most surprising songs ever–among many other qualifiers. If you’re looking for our definitive rankings on music, you’ll find them below.
28th July 1992: American musician Bruce Springsteen sits on a trunk with his feet up backstage at the Brendan Byrne Arena in the Meadowlands sports complex, East Rutherford, New Jersey. Springsteen wears a casual shirt with faded jeans and a pair of cowboy boots with chains and metal tips. (Photo by Keith Meyers/New York Times Co./Getty Images)
Portrait of Danbert Nobacon and June Abbott, of Chumbawamba in Belfast, Northern Ireland , United Kingdom, 1992. (Photo by Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images)
American rock guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) performs live on stage playing a white Fender Stratocaster guitar with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 24th February 1969. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
Thom Yorke of British rock group Radiohead performs on the main stage at the V Festival near Chelmsford in Essex, 19 August 2006. Radiohead announced Monday 01 October 2007 that they will be selling their latest album at a bargain price: whatever the customer wants to pay for the download. "It's up to you" says a website message instead of a price for the record, "In Rainbows," to be released on 10 October 2007, although a hard copy packaged version will also be available for 40 pounds. AFP PHOTO/LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images)
