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.
Portrait of The Strokes backstage at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA on 16th October 2001, L-R Fabrizio Moretti, Albert Hammond Jr, Nick Valensi, Julian Casablancas and Nikolai Fraiture. (Photo by Anthony PIdgeon/Redferns)