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 – FEBRUARY 01: Photo of Animotion (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
CIRCA 1977: Tommy Shaw, John Panozzo, James Young, Dennis DeYoung and Chuck Panozzo of the rock quintet "Styx" pose for a portrait in circa 1977. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
ATLANTA – FEBRUARY 17: Country singer Waylon Jennings performs at Alex Cooley's Capri Ballroom on February 17, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images)
UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 11: January 11, 1967. The ROLLING STONES, composed from left to right of the drummer Charlie WATTS, the singer Mick JAGGER, the bass player Bill WYMAN and the guitarists Keith RICHARD and Brian JONES taking a walk through Green Park, London. The ROLLING STONES left a few days later for the United States to appear on the ED SULLIVAN show. Their album "BETWEEN THE BUTTONS'' came out on January 27. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
Country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson performs at the Great Southeast Music Hall on October 27, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images)
(GERMANY OUT) Paul McCartney, Mitglied der Musikgruppe "Beatles", im Jahr 1966 auf Tournee in Hamburg, wo die "Beatles" zwei 30minütige Konzerte in der Ernst-Merck-Halle gaben. (Photo by Peter Timmullstein bild via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 16: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs during Pearl Jam: MTV Unplugged at Kaufman Astoria Studios on March 16, 1992 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
Alvin Lee (1944 – 2013, right), frontman of British blues rock band Ten Years After performs with bassist Leo Lyons (left) at the Fillmore East in the East Village, New York City, USA, 26th February 1970. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
