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.
Retro des concerts de Prince car il entame une tournée mondiale avec son album a Los Angeles, 1 janvier 1986. (Photo by Bill Marino/Sygma via Getty Images)
Musician/Singer Dwight Twilley (L) and Drummer/Singer Phil Seymour of the Dwight Twilley Band pose in Hollywood, CA 1976. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/Getty Images)
American Folk and Pop musician Paul Simon plays guitar as he performs onstage at the Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 1980. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
