List: My top 10 favorite songs for each year 1955-2014

[iLoveMusic 66]

An incomplete list I started some time ago and am constantly updating as I discover news songs and feel differently about other ones. These are my top 10 favorite songs for every year, from 1955 through 2014. Again - it's still incomplete. Years for the 1950's and early 1960's I don't have enough songs for, as well as the early-to-mid 1990's, and the late 2000's (no songs from 2008 at all!). My iTunes library currently has 5,509 songs and is organized by year (because I like it that way). The songs listed are in no particular order:

 

1955:

Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnston Brothers

Book of Love - The Monotones

Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey

Ain't That A Shame - Fats Domino

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1956:

Come Go With Me - The Del-Vikings

Maybe Baby - Buddy Holly

Why Do Fools Fall In Love -  Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - Elvis Presley

Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets

Hound Dog - Elvis Presley

Please, Please, Please - James Brown

I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash

The Great Pretender - The Platters

 

1957:

To The Aisle - The Five Satins

That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly

Searchin' - The Coasters

Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley

Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers

Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly

Get A Job - The Silhouettes

Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

Little Darlin' - The Diamonds

All Shook Up - Elvis Presley

 

1958:

Volare - Dean Martin

Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners

The Stroll - The Diamonds

Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters

Tequila - The Champs

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1959:

He's The Great Imposter - The Fleetwoods

Fannie Mae - Buster Brown

Smokie, Part 2 - Bill Black's Combo

Almost Grown - Chuck Berry

I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos

Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers

Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford

There Goes My Baby - The Drifters

Don't You Just Know It - Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns

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1960:

Ain't That A Kick In The Head - Dean Martin

Surfin' Safari - The Beach Boys

This Magic Moment - The Drifters

Finger Popping Time - Hank Ballard and The Midnighters

You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful (And You're Mine) - Johnny Burnette

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1961:

Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles

The Wanderer - Dion

Runaway - Del Shannon

Stand By Me - Ben E. King

The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

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1962:

Green Onions - Booker T. and The MG's

Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler

Sam's Song - Sammy Davis Jr.

Love Me Do - The Beatles

409 - The Beach Boys

Return To Sender - Elvis Presley

Sherry - The Four Seasons

Too Close For Comfort - Sammy Davis Jr.

The Loco-Motion - Little Eva

Big Girls Don't Cry - The Four Seasons

 

1963:

I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

Catch A Wave - The Beach Boys

Wipe Out - Surfaris

Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons

From Me To You - The Beatles

Too Darn Hot - Sammy Davis Jr.

Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys

Do You Want To Know A Secret - The Beatles

Be True To Your School - The Beach Boys

She Loves You - The Beatles

 

1964:

Ticket To Ride - The Beatles

Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann

My Guy - Mary Wells

Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys

Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

My Girl - The Temptations

Bang! Bang! - Sammy Davis Jr.

Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters

Dawn (Go Away) - The Four Seasons

Don't Be A Do-Badder - Sammy Davis Jr.

 

1965:

Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

Help! - The Beatles

Straighten Up and Fly Right - Sammy  Davis Jr.

Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys

Rescue Me - Fontella Bass

I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher

In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

Day Tripper - The Beatles

I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown

 

1966:

Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys

Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones

Hanky Panky - Tommy James & The Shondells

Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations

I Don't Need No Doctor - Ray Charles

Yellow Submarine - The Beatles

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

I'm A Believer - The Monkees

Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones

But It's Alright - J.J. Jackson

 

1967:

The Beat Goes On - Sonny & Cher

I Thank You - Sam & Dave

Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix

Holiday - Bee Gees

When I'm Sixty-Four  - The Beatles

Respect - Aretha Franklin

Break On Through - The Doors

Groovin' - The Young Rascals

Hello Goodbye - The Beatles

C'mon Marianne  - The Four Seasons

 

1968:

Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues

Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones

Dear Prudence - The Beatles

Susie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Hey Jude - The Beatles

Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone

Salt And Pepper - Sammy Davis Jr.

Delilah - Tom Jones

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

 

1969:

Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

Something - The Beatles

Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Evil Ways - Santana

Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin

Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones

I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles

Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone

Make Your Kind Of Music - Mama Cass Elliot

 

1970:

Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney & Wings

Wild World - Cat Stevens

Oye Como Va - Santana

All Right Now - Free

The Long And Winding Road - The Beatles

Peace Frog - The Doors

War Pigs - Black Sabbath

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - Chicago

Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf

 

1971:

Imagine - John Lennon

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney & Wings

Another Day - Paul McCartney & Wings

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees

Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin

Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

American Pie - Don McLean

Maggie May - Rod Stewart

Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

Day After Day - Badfinger

 

1972:

Lean On Me -  Bill Withers

A Horse With No Name - America

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

You're So Vain - Carly Simon

The Cisco Kid - War

Saturday in the Park - Chicago

School's Out - Alice Cooper

Witchy Woman - The Eagles

Play Me - Neil Diamond

Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - The Spinners

 

1973:

Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings

Piano Man - Billy Joel

Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd [Full Album] - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Here I Am (Come And Take Me) - Al Green

Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin

Money - Pink Floyd

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

China Grove - The Doobie Brothers

Do It Again - Steely Dan

Brother Louie - Stories

 

1974:

Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band

The Payback - James Brown

Tell Me Something Good - Rufus and Chaka Khan

#9 Dream - John Lennon

Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Let Me Roll It - Paul McCartney & Wings

Killer Queen - Queen

Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back) - Maceo & The Macks

Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Bennie And The Jets - Elton John

 

1975:

One Of These Nights - The Eagles

Fame - David Bowie

You're My Best Friend - Queen

Who Loves You - The Four Seasons

Trampled Under Foot - Led Zeppelin

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith

Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees

Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra

Rock And Roll All Nite - Kiss

Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

 

1976:

Let 'Em In - Paul McCartney & Wings

It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) - AC/DC

Golden Years - David Bowie

Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band

Night Moves - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA

Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney & Wings

You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees

Kiss And Say Goodbye - The Manhattans

Tiny Dancer - Elton John

 

1977:

Police & Thieves - The Clash

Baby Hold On - Eddie Money

Listen - The Clash

How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees

Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles

It's A Heartache - Bonnie Tyler

Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band

Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett

Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner

 

1978:

Bye Bye Love/Moving In Stereo/All Mixed Up - The Cars (that whole album, really)

Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees

Rock Lobster - The B-52's

So Lonely - The Police

Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn

Ooh Baby Baby - Linda Ronstadt

Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh

With A Little Luck - Paul McCartney & Wings

My Life - Billy Joel

Grease - Frankie Valli

 

1979:

London Calling [Full Album] - The Clash

My Sharona - The Knack

Heartache Tonight - The Eagles

Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes

Why Can't I Touch It? - The Buzzcocks

Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang

Sure Know Something - Kiss

The Happiest Days Of Our Lives/Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' - Journey

Regatta De Blanc [Full Album] - The Police

 

1980:

Any Way You Want It - Journey

Time Is Tight - The Clash

Coming Up - Paul McCartney

Back In Black - AC/DC

Trouble In Paradise - Huey Lewis & The News

Stop This Game - Cheap Trick

You May Be Right - Billy Joel

Zenyatta Mondatta [Full Album] - The Police

Turn Me Loose - Loverboy

Love Stinks - J. Geils Band

 

1981:

Flamethrower - J. Geils Band

Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work

The Stroke - Billy Squier

Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield

I Love Rock N' Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Hall & Oates

Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

Don't You Want Me Baby - Human League

In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins

Controversy - Prince

 

1982:

Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran

Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson

True - Spandau Ballet

I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Seagulls

Africa - Toto

Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel

I Melt With You - Modern English

No One Like You - Scorpions

She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby

 

1983:

Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes

White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel

That's All - Genesis

Adult Education - Hall & Oates

Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

Cruel Summer - Bananarama

The Heart Of Rock & Roll - Huey Lewis & The News

Keep Feeling (Fascination) - Human League

Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol

 

1984:

Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen

I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman

Everything She Wants - Wham!

Easy Lover - Phil Collins (feat. Phillip Bailey)

I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner

Material Girl - Madonna

Stories Of Old - Depeche Mode

We Belong - Pat Benatar

I Feel For You - Chaka Khan

What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner

 

1985:

How Will I Know - Whitney Houston

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

This Is England - The Clash

Raspberry Beret - Prince

One More Night - Phil Collins

Yesterday's Men - Madness

These Dreams - Heart

The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News

Sidewalk Talk - Jellybean

Get It On (Bang A Gong) - The Power Station

 

1986:

I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz

Kiss - Prince

Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer

It's Tricky - Run D.M.C.

If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Higher Love - Steve Winwood

Big Time - Peter Gabriel

You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

Magic Dance - David Bowie

True Colors - Cyndi Lauper

 

1987:

Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - Aerosmith

Bad - Michael Jackson

Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil

Heaven Is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle

Rock Steady - The Whispers

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson

Need You Tonight - INXS

I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

Mony Mony - Billy Idol

 

1988:

Blackened/...And Justice For All/Eye Of The Beholder - Metallica

Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean

Streets of Gold - Ruth Pointer

She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals

What I Am - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

Kokomo - The Beach Boys

As We Go - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

The Flame - Cheap Trick

Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz

I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers

 

1989:

Here I Am (Come And Take Me) - UB40

Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins

Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty

Funky Cold Medina - Tone Lōc

Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Love Shack - The B-52's

Mr. Cab Driver - Lenny Kravitz

Like A Prayer - Madonna

I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty

 

1990:

Money Talks - AC/DC

Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode

Escapade - Janet Jackson

Burn Hollywood Burn - Public Enemy

It Takes Two - Tina Turner & Rod Stewart

Policy Of Truth - Depeche Mode

Let's Talk About Sex - Salt-N-Pepa

Blaze Of Glory - Bon Jovi

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1991:

Lithium - Nirvana

It Ain't Over 'Till It's Over - Lenny Kravitz

Black Or White - Michael Jackson

Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Mysterious Ways - U2

Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Good Vibrations - Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch

Unbelievable - EMF

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

1992:

Steam - Peter Gabriel

Pass The Mic - Beastie Boys

Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine

Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot

Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G.

So What'cha Want - The Beastie Boys

Jump Around - House of Pain

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1993:

Cannonball - The Breeders

Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana

Whatta Man - Salt-N-Pepa

All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow

Two Princes - Spin Doctors

All Apologies - Nirvana

Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz

Boom! Shake The Room - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

The Man Who Sold The World -  Nirvana

Shine - Collective Soul

 

1994:

I Alone - Live

Come Out And Play - The Offspring

Buddy Holly - Weezer

Loser - Beck

Sabotage - Beastie Boys

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1995:

All Mixed Up - 311

1979 - Smashing Pumpkins

Rock And Roll Is Dead - Lenny Kravitz

Just A Girl - No Doubt

December - Collective Soul

This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan

Jackolantern's Weather - 311

Peaches - The Presidents Of The United States Of America

Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio featuring L.V.

Big Me - Foo Fighters

 

1996:

Where It's At - Beck

Brain Stew - Green Day

Devil's Haircut - Beck

Bulls On Parade - Rage Against The Machine

Breathe - The Prodigy

Hotwax - Beck

The New Pollution - Beck

What I Got - Sublime

April 29, 1992 - Sublime

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1997:

Fly - Sugar Ray

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Walkin' On The Sun - Smash Mouth

Smack My $%&^! Up - The Prodigy

Gone Away - The Offspring

My Hero - Foo Fighters

Song 2 - Blur

Father Of Mine - Everclear

Dammit - Blink-182

El Distorto De Melodica - Everclear

 

1998:

The Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim

Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz

Got You (Where I Want You) - The Flys

Mind - System Of A Down

Kiss Me - Six Pence None The Richer

Are You Jimmy Ray? - Jimmy Ray

Cowboy - Kid Rock

This Kiss - Faith Hill

Pure Morning - Placebo

Super Disco Breakin' - Beastie Boys

 

1999:

Every Morning - Sugar Ray

Adam's Song - Blink-182

New - No Doubt

That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain

Praise You - Fatboy Slim

My Name Is - Eminem

All The Small Things - Blink-182

Disco Science - Mirwais

Someday - Sugar Ray

Beautiful Stranger - Madonna

 

2000:

Never Let You Go - Third Eye Blind

Living In Chaos - The Offspring

Trouble - Coldplay

Bathwater - No Doubt

Music - Madonna

Mixed Bizness - Beck

Safe In New York City - AC/DC

The Real Slim Shady - Eminem

I'm Like A Bird - Nelly Furtado

Original Prankster - The Offspring

 

2001:

Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Cake

Hash Pipe - Weezer

ATWA - System Of A Down

When It's Over - Sugar Ray

Flake - Jack Johnson

What's That You Say - Sprung Monkey

Hella Good - No Doubt

Needles - System Of A Down

Fat Lip - Sum 41

 

2002:

No One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age

A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

Chic 'N' Stu - System Of A Down

Institutionalized - Senses Fail

Lose Yourself - Eminem

Down With The Sickness - Disturbed

When I'm Gone - 3 Doors Down

Diamonds And Guns - Transplants

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2003:

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

Look What You've Done - JET

Where Is The Love - The Black Eyed Peas

Crazy In Love - Beyonce

Intuition - Jewel

Duke Kerb Crawler - Pest

Miss Independent - Kelly Clarkson

Burn You Up, Burn You Down - Peter Gabriel

Magic Stick - Lil' Kim ft. 50 Cent

Toxic - Britney Spears

 

2004:

Holiday - Green Day

All These Things That I've Done - The Killers

Let's Get It Started - The Black Eyed Peas

This Love - Maroon 5

Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield

Drop It Like It's Hot - Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell

Float On - Modest Mouse

Pieces Of Me - Ashlee Simpson

Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray

 

2005:

Girl - Beck

Best Of You - Foo Fighters

Dare - Gorillaz

Iron Shirt - Madness

My Doorbell - The White Stripes

Violent Pornography - System Of A Down

My Humps - The Black Eyed Peas

Filthy Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters

You're Beautiful - James Blunt

Bad Day - Daniel Powter

 

2006:

Steady, As She Goes - Raconteurs

Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake

Ленинград - Пару баб

Me & U - Cassie

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

Rehab - Amy Winehouse

Ain't No Other Man - Christina Aguilera

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2007:

Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

This Is the Sound of Underground - Jackal & Hyde

Paper Planes - M.I.A.

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2008:

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2009:

Brother Sport - Animal Collective

How You Like Me Now - The Heavy

Take Me To The Hospital - The Prodigy

Outer Space - Ronald Jenkees

Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy

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2010:

Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People

$%&^! You - Cee Lo Green

Misery - Maroon 5

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2011:

Walk - Foo Fighters

Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye

Come With Me Now - Kongos

Gold On The Ceiling - The Black Keys

California (Hustle And Flow) - Social Distortion

We Are Young - Fun.

Safe And Sound - Capital Cities

These Days - Foo Fighters

Drag On Forever - The Cars

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2012:

Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars

Ho Hey - The Lumineers

Madness - Muse

Some Nights - Fun.

Same Love - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

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2013:

God Is Dead? - Black Sabbath

Get Lucky - Daft Punk

Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

Take Back The Night - Justin Timberlake

Treasure - Bruno Mars

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2014:

Something From Nothing - Foo Fighters

Anaconda - Nicki Manaj

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Discuss your favorites as well! 

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Well, I graduated from high-school in 1955, so I assume we are of an age.

 

Pop music doesn't produce much memorable for me because much of it doesn't stand the test of time.  However:

 

Anything by Edith Piaf

 

Most of Frank Sinatra

 

Schmaltz with Bing Crosby and others of his ilk.

 

I have to say that the n men in a garage genre of pop music doesn't attract me, even today.

 

My taste in music tends to lie between the 17th and 20th century, but mostly in the classical idioms even though many were pop in their time.  I have yet to hear any 21st century music that I would not classify as noise.  The lack of good tune smiths recently might mean a flash back to earlier times.

 

At one time I rather enjoyed the Neapolitan Street Songs by De Curtis and others.  I still like O Sole Mio and Mattinata.

 

I haven't heard a memorable song in the popular genre for quite some time.  I suspect that it is because I simply don't care.

[TekindusT 3,809]

Some of the songs of the list are already regarded as classics of music. Proud Mary from CCR, Hit the Road, Jack, Superstition, to name a few... People of my generation keep listening to these songs (I have them on my library) and keep covering them; they became timeless. Some of the 90s and early 2000s songs on this list are already on the way of becoming classics, as they are still played on any hits radio station.

 

I have the hope that some of the songs produced from the mid-1990s in advance on your list will also become timeless classics that my descendants will listen to. Lose Yourself, Violent Pornography, Song 2, Blurred Lines... They're part of the soundtrack of my life, would be proud if my son and my grandson enjoyed of them.

[MandelSoft 2,769]

If people make these lists, they are not automatically that age. I'm born in 1992, but I do like quite some music from the two decades before my birthdate. I still think that "Shine On, You Crazy Diamond" from Pink Floyd is the best song ever made after WW2.

 

I also have a weak spot for the 90s. Now, every era knows its bad music, but the 90s was an era of lots of happy cheesy music with eurodance. But it was gloriously cheesy, and the music is still fun and energetic. Look up for instance Dune, 2 Unlimited and 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor. It's not the best music there was at that time, but it was (and still is) a lot of fun.

 

I have the feeling that even some tracks produced nowadays can be classics. It's not a whole lot, but they are there. There are just some tracks that will stick around. I think the following tracks have quite a chance to become classics:

• Pharell Williams - Happy (probably this will be a typical evergreen track)
• Adele - Rolling in the Deep
• Adele - Someone Like You
• Daft Punk - Get Lucky

Best,

Maarten

[iLoveMusic 66]

Well, I graduated from high-school in 1955, so I assume we are of an age.

 

Pop music doesn't produce much memorable for me because much of it doesn't stand the test of time.  However:

 

Anything by Edith Piaf

 

Most of Frank Sinatra

 

Schmaltz with Bing Crosby and others of his ilk.

 

I have to say that the n men in a garage genre of pop music doesn't attract me, even today.

 

My taste in music tends to lie between the 17th and 20th century, but mostly in the classical idioms even though many were pop in their time.  I have yet to hear any 21st century music that I would not classify as noise.  The lack of good tune smiths recently might mean a flash back to earlier times.

 

At one time I rather enjoyed the Neapolitan Street Songs by De Curtis and others.  I still like O Sole Mio and Mattinata.

 

I haven't heard a memorable song in the popular genre for quite some time.  I suspect that it is because I simply don't care.

 

All a matter of personal taste. I say there is so much great music to be heard though. Based on what you tell me, you might like some of Philip Glass's compositions - he is largely regarded as the Mozart of our time. I like his minimalist pieces from the 80's the most, be he considers himself to be a classicist, reflected in his recent work. Give him a listen if you can get around to it.

 

Some of the songs of the list are already regarded as classics of music. Proud Mary from CCR, Hit the Road, Jack, Superstition, to name a few... People of my generation keep listening to these songs (I have them on my library) and keep covering them; they became timeless. Some of the 90s and early 2000s songs on this list are already on the way of becoming classics, as they are still played on any hits radio station.

 

I have the hope that some of the songs produced from the mid-1990s in advance on your list will also become timeless classics that my descendants will listen to. Lose Yourself, Violent Pornography, Song 2, Blurred Lines... They're part of the soundtrack of my life, would be proud if my son and my grandson enjoyed of them.

 

 

If people make these lists, they are not automatically that age. I'm born in 1992, but I do like quite some music from the two decades before my birthdate. I still think that "Shine On, You Crazy Diamond" from Pink Floyd is the best song ever made after WW2.

 

I also have a weak spot for the 90s. Now, every era knows its bad music, but the 90s was an era of lots of happy cheesy music with eurodance. But it was gloriously cheesy, and the music is still fun and energetic. Look up for instance Dune, 2 Unlimited and 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor. It's not the best music there was at that time, but it was (and still is) a lot of fun.

 

I have the feeling that even some tracks produced nowadays can be classics. It's not a whole lot, but they are there. There are just some tracks that will stick around. I think the following tracks have quite a chance to become classics:

• Pharell Williams - Happy (probably this will be a typical evergreen track)
• Adele - Rolling in the Deep
• Adele - Someone Like You
• Daft Punk - Get Lucky

Best,

Maarten

Same here - born in 1992 as well. Probably my favorite period in music in general was roughly from 1964 through 1987. For the more recent years, my list will definitely grow as time goes on. There could very well be music that I like that came out this year (2014) that I won't discover for at least another couple of years, for all I know. The tracks you listed are likely to be well-regarded for years to come.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I can take Glass or leave him alone.  If I had to choose between him an Aaron Copeland, I'd take Copeland.  In that group I also am partial to Leonard Bernstein, so as you say, tastes differ.

 

I also like several things that were out before I was born that were popular with my parents.  For example: My Gal Sal.  Which was recorded later on by the Everly Brothers.  And some of the old Victrola recordings that my father had like Down By the Vinegar Works.  You'd be surprised the things that stick to one from the days of radio, especially advertising jingles and classical pieces that were used in popular serials like Liszt's Preludes which were used on The Lone Ranger.

 

Another strange thing about me, as far as many are concerned, is that I don't listen to pop channels and I am not particularly attracted to the music in current commercials.  One of the milk substitute commercials is using Zadoc the Priest, which is a coronation anthem by Handel.  We are not amused.

[MandelSoft 2,769]

"Every pop artist steals something from Bach"

-- Sting

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Chicago's Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is was actually released in 1969 from their debut album- Chicago Transit Authority.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Sting is right.  Current music using the well-tempered scale comes mostly from good ol' JSB.  Any musician worth his salt has played from at least one of Bach's books of musical essays.

[iLoveMusic 66]

Chicago's Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is was actually released in 1969 from their debut album- Chicago Transit Authority.

I wanted to include a note at the top of the post that says a few of these songs may be off by one year (but I didn't think anybody would notice  ). This is because sometimes the single in question was released either a year after or before the album, so I do have a few of them that are off like that. In fact, I think the Eagles song Life In the Fast Lane actually came out in 1976 on their Hotel California album, rather than 1977 as I listed. I've been thrown off by when the songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 as well, usually a year after the song was actually released. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970, so that's why I got that mixed up. I have some correcting to do, but with over 5000 songs in my iTunes library.....

[Duke87 1,070]

2000:

Never Let You Go - Third Eye Blind

 

This is the most well known song off of Blue, though I am firmly of the opinion that "Deep Inside of You" is a better song and doesn't deserve to play second fiddle to "Never Let You Go".

 

Also, that album came out in 1999, so you have this categorized under the wrong year.

 

 

 

I have the hope that some of the songs produced from the mid-1990s in advance on your list will also become timeless classics that my descendants will listen to. Lose Yourself, Violent Pornography, Song 2, Blurred Lines... They're part of the soundtrack of my life, would be proud if my son and my grandson enjoyed of them.

 

Eminiem is a legend and will be remembered as one. So "Lose Yourself" is a safe qualifier for classic. System of a Down will be well remembered as well, but their most well known song is and always will be "Chop Suey". "Violent Pornography" will likely be relatively unknown by people who aren't specifically into the band. "Song 2" is a great song and very iconic of the late 90s, but I see it fading into relative obscurity. It kind of already has. Ask anyone born 1995 or later whether they've ever heard this song and I feel you're going to get mostly "no" as an answer.

 

As for "Blurred Lines", it remains to be seen how well remembered it will be, but I seriously hope that rubbish is never considered "classic". It's a song about how rape is cool, and it's not even a well-written song. NO.

[iLoveMusic 66]

 

2000:

Never Let You Go - Third Eye Blind

 

This is the most well known song off of Blue, though I am firmly of the opinion that "Deep Inside of You" is a better song and doesn't deserve to play second fiddle to "Never Let You Go".

 

Also, that album came out in 1999, so you have this categorized under the wrong year.

 

OK I'll give it a listen.....also I mentioned some of the songs being off by one year in my above post.

 

Remember that this is just my list....everybody feel free to make your own and post them here! 

[Alejandro24 575]

Considering only my collection here goes my list with songs and albums.

1967

Pierre Henry-Psyché Rock

1968

Wendy Carlos-Switched on Bach (album)

1976

Vangelis-Pulstar

1978

Judas Priest-Hell Bent for Leather

1980

Judas Priest-Breaking the Law

1982

Mecano-Maquillaje

Vangelis-Blade Runner Blues

1983

Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

1984

Mecano-Aire

1986

Mecano-Hijo de la Luna, No es serio este cementerio, Cruz de navajas

1987

Enya-The Celts (album)

Delerium-Faces, Forms and Illusions (album)

Nitzer Ebb-Murderous

1988

Enya-Orinoco Flow, Exile

Mecano-Un año más, "Eugenio" Salvador Dalí, Laika

1989

Front Line Assembly-Antisocial, Digital Tension Dementia

Artefakto-Mundo sin Viento

Godflesh-Streetcleaner (album)

In Slaughter Natives-In Slaughter Natives (album)

1990
Enigma-MCMXC a.D. (album)

1991

Enya-Caribbean Blue

Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit

Metallica-Black Album (album)

1992

4 Non Blondes-What's Up?

Front Line Assembly-Tactical Neural Implant (album)

1993

Enigma-Return to Innocence

Deep Forest-Sweet Lullaby

Artefakto-Narcolepsia

Crash Test Dummies-Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

Duran Duran-Come Undone

1994

Marie Claire D'Ubaldo-Los Ojos de mi Padre

Cusco-Apurimac II (album)

Nine Inch Nails-Closer

Laura Pausini-Amores Extraños

Front Line Assembly-Millenium (album)

Delerium-Semantic Spaces (album)

1995

Deep Forest-Boheme (album)

Sacred Spirit-Yeha-Noha, Ly-O-Lay Ale Loya

Noise Unit-Bahnhof

Intermix-Future Primitives (album)

Autechre-Garbage (EP)

Megaherz-Zeit

Enya-Anywhere Is

Die Krupps-Isolation, LCD

Björk-Army of Me, It's Oh So Quiet

Artefakto-Sol Negro

1996

Mono-Life in Mono

Laura Pausini-Inolvidable

Enigma-Beyond The Invisible, T.N.T. for the Brain

Godflesh-Songs of Love and Hate (album)

1997

Ec8or-I Don't Wanna Be A Part of This

Cusco-Apurimac III (album)

Art of Noise-Moments in Love

Splendora-You're Standing on My Neck

Death In June-DISCriminate (compilation)

Noise Unit-Drill (album)

Era-Mirror, Avemano, Mother, Ameno

BT-Flaming June

Olive-You're Not Alone

Eric Serra-The Fifth Element (soundtrack)

Artefakto-Poder

Delerium-Karma (album)

Hocico-Sexo Bajo Testosterona

Die Krupps-Paradise Now (album)

Adiemus-Adiemus, In Calum Fero

Megaherz-Gott Sein, Wer Bist Du

Stahlhammer-Weiner Blut

1998

Deep Forest-Radio Belize, Media Luna

Trance Atlantic Air Waves-The Energy of Sound (album)

Front Line Assembly-FLAvour of the Weak (album)

Metallica-Garage Inc (compilation)

Megaherz-Kopfschuss, Liebestöter

Pi (soundtrack)

Mecano-Stereosexual

1999

Sister Machine Gun-Smash Your Radio!, Closer To Me, Wrong

Moenia-Manto Estelar

KMFDM-Adios (album)

Assemblage 23-Skyquake

Samael-Eternal

Nine Inch Nails-Fragile (album)

Velvet Acid Christ-Slut

Front Line Assembly-Implode (album)

Dido-Here With Me, Thank You

Moby-Porcelain

2000

Тату́-200 По Встречной (album)

Enya-Only Time

Cusco-Ancient Journeys (album)

VNV Nation-Further

Sacred Spirit-Culture Clash (album)

Laura Pausini-Entre Tu y Mil Mares, Un Error de Los Grandes

Megaherz-Himmelfahrt

Lara Fabian-Meu Grande Amor

Deep Forest-Pacifique

Delerium-Poem (album)

Enigma-The Screen Behind the Mirror (album)

Nelly Furtado-I'm Like A Bird, Turn Off The Light

Weissglut-In Mir

2001

David Lowe-BBC World: The Music (soundtrack)

Front Line Assembly-Epitaph (album)

Era-Era 2 (album)

Assemblage 23-Longevity

Felix da Housecat-Happy Hour

Laura Pausini-Volvere Junto a Ti

Urban Trad-One O Four (album)

Unheilig-Sage Ja!, The Bad And The Beautiful, My Bride Has Gone

In Slaughter Natives-Purgate My Stain (album)

Sophie Ellix-Bextor-Murder On The Dancefloor

Neuroticfish-Velocity

System Of A Down-Chop Suey

2002

Moby-Extreme Ways

KMFDM-Attak (album)

Balligomingo-Beneath The Surface (album)

Conjure One-Conjure One (album)

Assemblage 23-Defiance (album)

VNV Nation-Beloved, Carbon

Apoptygma Berzerk-Rollergirl

Megaherz-Herzwerk II (album)

Deep Forest-Music Detected (album)

Covenant-Call The Ships To Port

2003

[:SITD:]-Sronghold (album)

Suicide Commando-Cause of Death:Suicide

Von Thronstahl-Bellum, Sacrum Bellum?!, Ius Ad Bellum Et Ius In Bello

Delerium-After All, Run for It

Unheilig-Schutzengel

Nelly Furtado-Explode, Forca, Try

Bruderschaft-Forever (Original Club Mix)

Sister Machine Gun-Influence (album)

Urban Trad-Sanomi

Asura-Lost Eden (album)

Era-The Mass

Afro Celt Sound System-Rise Above It

Julieta Venegas-Lento

Metallica-St. Anger (album)

Rotersand-Almost Violent, Electronic World Transmission

Enigma-Voyageur (album)

Dido-White Flag

KMFDM-WWIII

2004

Megaherz-5

KiEw-Audiotherapy (album)

Front Line Assembly-Civilization (album)

E Nomine-Das Beste Aus... Gottes Beitrag Und Teufels Werk (compilation)

Eisbrecher-Eisbrecher (album)

Urban Trad-Elem (album)

Tanghetto-Inmigrante, Una Llamada, Alexanderplatz Tango

Laura Pausini-Escucha Atento, Víveme/Vivimi

In Strict Confidence-Seven Lives, Heal Me

Tiësto-Just Be (album)

Gwen Stefani-What You Waiting For?

Maria Barracuda-Chale

Lunascape-Reflecting Seyelence (album)

Miranda!-Don

Assemblage 23-Storm (album)

Hocico-Ecos

Unheilig-Zelluloid

2005

Enya-Amarantine (album)

[:SITD:]-Coded Message 12 (album), Odyssey: 13 (album)

Gorilaz-Dare

Belanova-Me Pregunto, Por Tí

Conjure One-Extraordinary Ways (album)

Neuroticfish-Gelb (album)

KMFDM-Hau Ruck, Mini Mini Mini, Professiona Killer

Vigilante-Heroe's Code (album)

VNV Nation-Matter+Form (album)

Depeche Mode-Precious

Moenia-Juegos de Amor

Sigur Rós-Hoppipolla, Saeglópur

Noise Unit-Voyeur (album)

Rotersand-Welcome To Goodbye (album)

Apoptygma Berzerk-In This Together, Cambodia, Lost In Translation

2006

Enigma-A Posteriori (album)

Eisbrecher-Antikörper (album)

Front Line Assembly-Artificial Soldier (album)

Suicide Commando-Bind, Torture, Kill (album)

Heimataerde-Kadavergehorsam (album)

Unheilig-Moderne Zeiten (album)

Delerium-Nuage Du Monde (album)

Kinky-¿A Dónde Van Los Muertos?

2007

Rotersand-1023 (album)

[:SITD:]-Bestie Mensch (album)

Spectra Paris-Dead Models Society (Young Ladies Homicide Club) (album)

Solar Fields-Earthshine (album)

VNV Nation-Illusion, Carry You

Heimataerde-Leben Geben Leben Nehmen (album)

Assemblage 23-Meta (album)

Einsend-Primary Motion (album)

KMFDM-Tohuvabohu (album)

2008

La Oreja de Van Gogh-Jueves

Enya-And Winter Came (album)

Kinky-Hasta Quemarnos, Marcha Atrás

Caravan Palace-Caravan Palace (album)

Patenbrigade: Wolff-Demokratischer Sektor (album)

Left Spine Down-Fighting for Voltage (album)

Megaherz-Heuchler (album)

Hocico-Memorias Atrás (album)

Unheilig-Puppenspiel (album)

Era-Reborn (album)

Enigma-Seven Lives, La Puerta del Cielo

Eisbrecher-Sünde (album)

S.A.M.-Synthetic Adrenaline Music (album)

Die Krupps-Too Much History (compilation)

The Ting Tings-We Started Nothing (album)

2009

Black Mountain Transmitter-Black Goat Of The Woods (album)

Assemblage 23-Compass (album)

S.A.M.-Destruction Unit (album)

Raubtier-Achtung Panzer

Lady Gaga-Alejandro, Bad Romance

Rome-Flowers From Exile (album)

Solitary Experiments-Rise And Fall, Road To Horizon, Darkness Falls, Déjà Vu

Nitzer Ebb-Industrial Complex (album)

Solar Fields-Movements (album)

VNV Nation-Of Faith, Power And Glory (album)

Rotersand-Random Is Resistance (album)

[:SITD:]-Rot (album)

2010

Epsilon Eridani-13.0.0.0.0: 4 Ahau 3 Kankin (album)

Asura-360 (album)

Faderhead - Black Friday (album)

S.A.M.-Brainwasher (album)

Eisbrecher-Eiszeit (album)

Unheilig-Grosse Freiheit (album)

Rob Zombie-Icon (compilation)

Arian 1-Immersion

Front Line Assembly-Improvised Electronic Device (album)

Combichrist-Throat Full Of Glass

Fear Factory-Mechanize (album)

Lady Antebellum-Need You Now (album)

Moon.74-Newborn (album)

Mind.In.A.Box-R.E.T.R.O. (album)

Ante Bellum-Siglo XIX, Sacrificio y Victoria (albums)

Kydneythieves-Trypt0fanatic (album)

Access To Arasaka-void(); (album)

Gramophonedzie-Why Don't You?

2011

Adele-21 (album)

VNV Nation-Automatic (album)

[:SITD:]-Icon Koru (album)

Cliff Martinez-Contagion (soundtrack)

Solar Fields-Cybereye (album)

Patenbrigade: Wolff-Tanzveranstaltung (compilation)

2012

Enzyme Records - A Gathering of Styles Part 04 (compilation)

Front Line Assembly - Airmech (album)

PAKT.-Berlin (album)

Assemblage 23-Bruise (album)

Eisbrecher-Die Hölle Muss Warten (album)

Megaherz-Götterdämmerung (album)

Heimataerde-Gottleich (album)

Kodaline-All I Want

Unheilig-Lichter Der Stadt (album)

Delerium-Music Box Opera (album)

Caravan Palace-Panic (album)

Psy-Gangnam Style

Solar Fields-Random Friday (album)

2013

Front Line Assembly-Echogenetic (album)

Steven Price-Gravity (soundtrack)

Die Krupps-Machinists of Joy (album)

Bruderschaft-Return (album)

VNV Nation-Transnational (album)

 

I will count 2014 untill the year ends .

The collection is truly big, its database administration runs by Aimp and Amarok. Something could be wrong, and I didn't count a lot of things.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

And then there was Carbon Paper by George Burns.

[TekindusT 3,809]

 

 

I have the hope that some of the songs produced from the mid-1990s in advance on your list will also become timeless classics that my descendants will listen to. Lose Yourself, Violent Pornography, Song 2, Blurred Lines... They're part of the soundtrack of my life, would be proud if my son and my grandson enjoyed of them.

 

Eminiem is a legend and will be remembered as one. So "Lose Yourself" is a safe qualifier for classic. System of a Down will be well remembered as well, but their most well known song is and always will be "Chop Suey". "Violent Pornography" will likely be relatively unknown by people who aren't specifically into the band. "Song 2" is a great song and very iconic of the late 90s, but I see it fading into relative obscurity. It kind of already has. Ask anyone born 1995 or later whether they've ever heard this song and I feel you're going to get mostly "no" as an answer.

 

As for "Blurred Lines", it remains to be seen how well remembered it will be, but I seriously hope that rubbish is never considered "classic". It's a song about how rape is cool, and it's not even a well-written song. NO.

 

 

The songs I posted are just mere quick examples; don't get them as "these songs and no other". There are many other 2000s and 2010s great songs on iLoveMusic's list that can achieve the "classic" status I was saying in my post. Of course System of a Down will never play in a mainstream radio 20 years from now (it hardly plays in a mainstream radio nowadays), but this song is one of the songs on my life's OST.

 

@Alejandro24: That awkward moment when you see in the same music list La Oreja de Van Gogh and Die Krupps.

[blade2k5 1,523]

 

Chicago's Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is was actually released in 1969 from their debut album- Chicago Transit Authority.

I wanted to include a note at the top of the post that says a few of these songs may be off by one year (but I didn't think anybody would notice  ). This is because sometimes the single in question was released either a year after or before the album, so I do have a few of them that are off like that. In fact, I think the Eagles song Life In the Fast Lane actually came out in 1976 on their Hotel California album, rather than 1977 as I listed. I've been thrown off by when the songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 as well, usually a year after the song was actually released. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970, so that's why I got that mixed up. I have some correcting to do, but with over 5000 songs in my iTunes library.....

 

 

Someone is always going to notice, especially those who grew up listening to the radio on a daily basis, like me for instance.

 

I always list the year the song was in heavy rotation on radio, never by the albums release date.  For instance, the Wall was released in late '79, yet Another Brick In The Wall  Pt.II was not played on radio until around Feb '80.  Another example is I Wanna Hold Your Hand from the Beatles didn't get airplay until early '64 and was one of the biggest hits from 1964 with 7 weeks logged in at number uno in the spring of that year.

 

One other thing I noticed in your list, you're the only other person I know that liked Turn Me Loose by Loverboy from 1981.  Was my favorite song that year and is still one of my favorites some 30+ years later.  Good choice.

 

Almost forgot, 1960 had another great song that was missing from your list, House Of The Rising Sun by the Animals whom CCR borrowed the style of their music from.  A lot of CCR's tunes have the similar swampy sound to them.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

I know that this is all opinion, but based on what you listen to there are a few genuinely surprising omissions:

New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Sonic Youth - Schizophenia
Soundgarden - Either Black Hole Sun, Superunknown or Burden in my Hand
R. E. M. - Everybody Hurts

Might have to do my list soon.
 

[timmie 988]

1967

Pierre Henry-Psyché Rock

 

Ah, seeing this really made me happy! It is a really great composition. Messe pour le temps présent!

[iLoveMusic 66]

And then there was Carbon Paper by George Burns.

I have something to ask you, since you were around then - for those songs in the 1950s and early 60s, do any of those on my list ring a bell to you? Do you remember hearing them at the time, and if so - what did you think of them?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Well, since you ask,

 

1955 (The year I finished high school)

Only Ya Ya by Lee Dorsey doesn't produce the tune and lyrics in my mind

 

Of the rest up to about 1975 they are all familiar, but you have to realize that at that time I was doing some serious career building and spent a lot of time in aircraft and cities around the continent.  After that, I turned my musical attention to the more serious side of things, particularly vocal and keyboard music from 1600 to the current era (about 1980).

 

I hear the pop genre now, but it doesn't sink in.