The List

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.

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3 Songs From the 1960s That Will Turn You Into a Classic Rock Fan

By Jacob Uitti
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4 Top 40 Hits From 1969 That Every Baby Boomer Can Still Sing by Heart

Once a hit, always a hit.

By Melanie Davis
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4 Songs From 1981 Every 80s Kid Heard While Riding the Bus to School Each Morning

By Em Casalena
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3 Songs That Used the Fairlight CMI: The DAW That Helped Compose the 80s’ Most Dynamic Tracks

By Kat Caudill
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3 Pop Songs That Were Secret Thank-You Notes

By Alex Hopper
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4 Country Songs From 1998 That Every 90s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today

By Gayle Thompson
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3 Songs From 1979 That Teens Couldn’t Stop Playing in Their First Car

By Em Casalena
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7 Rock Songs From the 1970s That Only Sound Good When They’re Played Loud

Go ahead and start adjusting the volume dial now.

By Melanie Davis
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3 Rock Singing Voices From the 1950s That You’ll Recognize in About Two Seconds

By Jacob Uitti
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Term of Endearment: 4 Dreamy Songs With “Darling” in the Title

By Jim Beviglia
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Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Pop Jams From 1976

By Em Casalena
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3 of the Best First No. 1 Hits of 70s Glam Rock

By Kat Caudill

The List

3 Songs From the 1960s That Will Turn You Into a Classic Rock Fan

4 Top 40 Hits From 1969 That Every Baby Boomer Can Still Sing by Heart

4 Songs From 1981 Every 80s Kid Heard While Riding the Bus to School Each Morning

3 Songs That Used the Fairlight CMI: The DAW That Helped Compose the 80s’ Most Dynamic Tracks

3 Pop Songs That Were Secret Thank-You Notes

4 Country Songs From 1998 That Every 90s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today

3 Songs From 1979 That Teens Couldn’t Stop Playing in Their First Car

7 Rock Songs From the 1970s That Only Sound Good When They’re Played Loud

3 Rock Singing Voices From the 1950s That You’ll Recognize in About Two Seconds

Term of Endearment: 4 Dreamy Songs With “Darling” in the Title

Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Pop Jams From 1976

3 of the Best First No. 1 Hits of 70s Glam Rock

‘The Voice’: Queen Latifah Pairs Two Four-Chair Turns for Incredible Little Big Town Cover, Leading to the Season’s First Steal

Riley Green’s ‘Voice’ Contestants—Who Started Dating After Meeting on the Show—Flirt While Performing Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Duet

Riley Green Assigns His Own Song for His First-Ever Battle on ‘The Voice’—And the Contestants Crush It

Born 88 Years Ago Today in the Windy City, the Girl Group Soprano Who Sang Alongside Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, and Tom Jones