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.
1989: Congolese fashion model and singer Felly Kilingi of Belgian music group Technotronic. (Photo by BSR Agency/Gentle Look via Getty Images)
Boston, MA – August 28: Billy Idol performs live in concert at the Paradise Theater in 1982. The venue is now known as the Paradise Rock Club. (Photo by Jim Wilson/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON — Pictured: (l-r) Tony Moore, Kevin MacMichael, Nick Van Eede of musical guest Cutting Crew perfomr on October 23, 1987 — (Photo by: Wendy Perl/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)
