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.
US singer and songwriter Dolly Parton arrives for the 57th Academy of Country Music awards at the Allegiant stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 7, 2022. (Photo by Bridget BENNETT / AFP) (Photo by BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)
Photo of WINGS and Paul McCARTNEY; performing live onstage with Wings, playing Rickenbacker 4001S bass guitar / Elton John performing in concert on August 10, 1976 at Madison Square Garden in New York City (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns; Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
The Human League performing to their single 'Love Action (I Believe In Love)' on the BBC TV music show, 'Top Of The Pops', London, 6th August 1981. Left to right: Phil Oakey, Susanne Sulley and Joanne Catherall. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
UNSPECIFIED – JANUARY 01: Photo of EAGLES; L-R: Bernie Leadon, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Don Felder – posed, group shot, c.1974/1975 (Photo by Gems/Redferns)
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)
