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.
Country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson performs at the Great Southeast Music Hall on October 27, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images)
UNITED KINGDOM – AUGUST 01: WEMBLEY STADIUM Photo of BONO and U2, Bono performing live onstage on PopMart tour, playing Gretsch 6119 Chet Atkins Tennessean guitar (Photo by Patrick Ford/Redferns)
The Beatles answer questions for newsmen and journalists in New York after their arrival for their first tour of America. Left to right: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon. 7th February 1964. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
ST. PAUL, MN. – SEPTEMBER 1977: Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac during a concert September 12, 1977 at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minn., part of the band's Rumours Tour. Minneapolis Star staff photo by Tom Sweeney. (Photo by Tom Sweeney/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO — Episode 2129 — Pictured: Musical guest Train (l-r) Rob Hotchkiss, Charlie Colin, Scott Underwood, Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford performs on September 26, 2001 — (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
