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.
English singer and songwriter Sting performing on stage at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, held at Wembley Stadium in London, June 11th 1988. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – DECEMBER 04: Black Sabbath perform live on stage at Paradiso in Amsterdam, Holland on December 04 1971 L-R Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)