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.
Bon Jovi performing at Monsters of Rock, Castle Donington. Pictured, Richie Sambora. 22nd August 1987. (Photo by Birmingham Post and Mail Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
US Bruce Springsteen performs, on June 29, 1985 in La Courneuve, outside Paris. (Photo by MICHEL GANGNE / AFP) (Photo by MICHEL GANGNE/AFP via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS – MARCH 20: Uncle Tupelo performs at First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 20, 1994. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
MAC DAVIS: I BELIEVE IN MUSIC — Aired 11/24/1973 — Pictured:(l-r) Singer Rita Coolidge, Kris Kristofferson (Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
