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 STATES – JANUARY 01: NASHVILLE Photo of Johnny CASH, Posed portrait of Johnny Cash with Takamine acoustic guitar (Photo by Beth Gwinn/Redferns)
Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Don Henley and Joe Walsh of The Eagles perform on stage at Ahoy on May 11th 1977 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse performing on stage, Hammersmith Odeon, London, March 28th 1976. He is playing a Gibson Les Paul guitar with a Bigsby vibrato unit. (Photo by Dick Barnatt/Redferns)
CIRCA 1964: Rock and roll band "The Beatles" pose for a portrait in the studio with their producer George Martin in cicra 1964. (L-R) George Harrison, Paul McCartney, George Martin, John Lennon. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The TALKING HEADS with David Byrne
In Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 1977
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View of British Pop, Rock, & World musician Peter Gabriel during an interview on MTV at Teletronic Studios, New York, New York, September 23, 1982. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)