The List

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.

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3 Songs From 1962 That Teens Couldn’t Stop Playing in Their First Car

By Em Casalena
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3 Rock Songs That Are So Complex, Artists Left Them in the Studio and off Their Setlists

By Alex Hopper
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3 Folk Songs From the 1950s You Forgot Were Essential Listening

By Jacob Uitti
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Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Country Jams From 1959

By Em Casalena
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Get Low: 4 Unforgettable Hits With the Word “Under” in the Title

By Jim Beviglia
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3 First-Time Singles That Became Major Hits in the 1970s

By Kat Caudill
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3 Solo Songs From John Lennon That Feel Like The Beatles Were Holding Him Back

By Alex Hopper
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3 Classic Rock Songs From 1989 That Felt Like the Last Night of the 80s

By Em Casalena
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3 Steely Dan Songs That Every Rock Music Fan Needs To Know

By Gayle Thompson
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4 Eyebrow-Raising Country Lyrics Every Baby Boomer Loves

These classic country songs might hav some questionable, eyebrow-raising lyrics, but baby boomers still love them just the same.

By Melanie Davis
Kyu Sakamoto. (1941-1985) Japanese singer, best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Aruko" (known as "Sukiyaki" in English-speaking markets), which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies. It reached number one in the United States Billboard Hot 100 in June 1963, making Sakamoto the first Asian recording artist to have a number one song on the chart. (Photo by Sjöberg Bildbyrå/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1960s We Hear All the Time in Shopping Malls and Grocery Stores

By Jacob Uitti
Picture taken in 1974 in Stockholm shows the Swedish pop group Abba with its members (L-R) Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus posing after winning the Swedish branch of the Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Waterloo". – Sweden's legendary disco group ABBA announced on April 27, 2018 that they have reunited to record two new songs, 35 years after their last single. The quartet split up in 1982 after dominating the disco scene for more than a decade with hits like "Waterloo", "Dancing Queen", "Mamma Mia" and "Super Trouper". (Photo by Olle LINDEBORG / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo credit should read OLLE LINDEBORG/AFP via Getty Images)

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3 Songs by ABBA That Still Make Me Want To Dance Today

By Gayle Thompson

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Alan Jackson performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on September 12, 1992 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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3 Country Songs From 1991 That Every 90s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today
PIGEON FORGE, TN – 1993: American singer and songwriter Dolly Parton poses for a portrait with her guitar at Dollywood circa 1993 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. (Photo by Ron Davis/Getty Images)

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‘The Voice’ Star Brings the Grand Ole Opry to a Standstill With Powerful Dolly Parton Tribute
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Jack White Turns “Jolene” Into a Gritty Rock Tribute to Dolly Parton, Then Points to the Sky
NASHVILLE, TN – Reba McEntire performs ontstage at The 43rd Annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center on November 11, 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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On the Charts 17 Years Ago Today, Reba McEntire Made Country Music History When She Broke This Record Previously Held by Loretta Lynn