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.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 18: Neal Schon of Journey performs onstage during the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 18, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
NEW YORK – CIRCA 1965: R&B vocal group 'The Four Tops' pose for a portrait in circa 1965 in New York City, New York. (L-R) Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Levi Stubbs, Lawrence Payton. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
1975: British rock band Queen (clockwise from top: Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon pose for an Electra Records publicity still to promote their album 'A Night at the Opera' in 1975. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
NOVEMBER 18: Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin CBE attend His Majesty's Consul General CBE Medal presentation for Bernie Taupin on November 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for British Consulate-General Los Angeles)
Tammy Wynette And George Jones, Wembley Arena, London – 1981, Tammy Wynette And George Jones, Wembley Arena, London – 1981 (Photo by Brian Rasic/Getty Images)
Portrait of American rock band Bon Jovi backstage before a performance, Illinois, early March, 1987. Pictured are, from left, David Bryan, Tico Torres, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Alec John Such. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
