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.
UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 01: Photo of Loretta LYNN (Photo by Sylvia Pitcher/Redferns)
(MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Van Halen live at Nippon Budokan, The three gathering around David Lee Roth, Tokyo, September 1979. (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
British-born Australian Pop singer Olivia Newton-John (1948 – 2022) performs onstage at Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, New York, New York, August 13, 1982. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
British singer, songwriter and guitarist Eric Clapton, wearing a white blazer over a white shirt, with his Fender Stratocaster, 'Blackie', in concert, circa 1990. (Photo by Suzie Gibbons/Redferns/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) : The Beastie Boys are shown performing on stage with an audience member dancing on stage. Undated. (Photo by Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
OLLYWOOD – DECEMBER 13, 1975: Disco singer Gloria Gaynor performs a song on December 13, 1975, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
