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.
MONTEREY, CA – Soul singer Otis Redding performs onstage at the Monterey International Pop Festival on June 17, 1967 in Monterey, California. (Photo by Bob Buchanan/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
George Strait during 22nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 17: Rick Springfield performs during an acoustic tour, co-headlining with Richard Marx at the Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort on August 17, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Palms Casino Resort)
LONDON, ENGLAND – Keith Flint of The Prodigy perform live on stage at O2 Academy Brixton on December 21, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images)
PARK CITY, UT – DECEMBER 03: Musician Dierks Bentley performs onstage at the 2016 Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest on December 3, 2016 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
Canadian Folk and Rock musician Neil Young plays guitar as he performs, with his band, onstage at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, August 15, 1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
