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.
UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970: Photo of Bruce Springsteen Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
HOLLYWOOD, CA – CIRCA 1980s: Bassist Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads performs at a concert circa the early-1980s in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American musician Ricky Skaggs plays guitar as he performs onstage at the Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, November 30, 1984. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
