The Who Endless Wire released

Endless Wire The Who

Released: October 30, 2006 Peak: 7 US, 9 UK, 10 CN, 63 AU Sales (in millions): 0.08 US, 0.06 UK, 0.65 world (includes US and UK) Genre: classic rock veteran

Tracks: Song Title [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts. Fragments [3:58] A Man in a Purple Dress [4:14] Mike Post Theme [4:28] In the Ether [3:35] Black Widow’s Eyes [3:07] Two Thousand Years [2:50] God Speaks of Marty Robbins [3:26] It’s Not Enough [4:02] (10/7/06, 26 AA, 37 AR) You Stand by Me [1:36] Wire & Glass: A Mini-Opera (7/17/06, --) * Sound Round [1:21] Pick Up the Peace [1:28] Unholy Trinity [2:07] Trilby’s Piano [2:04] Endless Wire [1:51] Fragments of Fragments [2:23] We Got a Hit [1:18] They Made My Dream Come True [1:13] Mirror Door [4:14] (6/06, --) Tea & Theatre [3:24] * The Wire & Glass EP consisted of “Sound Round,” “Pick Up the Peace,” “Endless Wire,” “We Got a Hit,” “They Made My Dream Come True,” and “Mirror Door.” Total Running Time: 52:35 The Players: Roger Daltrey (vocals) Pete Townshend (guitar, vocals, bass, drum, keyboards, etc.) Zak Starkey (drums on “Black Widow’s Eyes”) Pino Palladino (bass) John “Rabbit” Bundrick (keyboards, backing vocals) Simon Townshend (backing vocals)

Rating: 3.452 out of 5.00 (average of 24 ratings) Quotable: “Endless Wire is not perfect…but it is an endearingly human, impassioned work that more than justifies Townshend's and Daltrey's decision to continue working as the Who” – Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album: “Neither time, nor the deaths of founding members, nor claims that they'll never play together again seem to stop the legendary Who.” CD They “retired following their 1982 farewell tour but…seven years later, … [surviving band members] Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle…embarked on a reunion tour.” AMG More reunion tours followed over the next couple decades, but the band largely avoided the studio, failing to release any new albums for the rest of the ‘80s and the whole of the ‘90s. In 2002, yet another Who reunion tour was nearly derailed when Entwistle died the night before the tour began. The next year, Townshend faced child pornography charges which were later dropped. Townshend and Daltrey seemed to find a new bond through the hardships and “began seriously talking about recording a new Who studio album.” AMG “More than two decades removed from the Who's last studio offering, [the resulting 2006 album Endless Wire] evinces both a growth and a sense of tradition.” BN “Townshend needed to have Daltrey interpret his songs, which do confront many tough emotions and questions regarding faith, mortality and persecution, albeit often in oblique ways. For a writer as obsessed with concepts and fictionalized autobiography as Townshend, [the approach] often turns out to be more revealing than blunt confessionals.” AMG Daltrey’s singing “leans heavily on his blunt force, but also reveals a new subtlety that serves him very well.” AMG “Instead of powering through the songs as he could tend to do in the past, Daltrey is truly interpreting Townshend's songs here, giving them nuanced, textured readings that cut close to the emotional quick of the tunes.” AMG “Daltrey's voice is deeper and darker now, even in total roar – you can hear the extent to which he has punished it in long service to Townshend's songs.” RS Still, even if his voice “may have lost some of its range and power over the years…Daltrey has developed into a better singer, and he helps ground Endless Wire.” AMG “Like much of the best of the Who's work, the best of Endless Wire …connect[s] at a gut level, even if it's in a considerably different way than it was in the past: instead of being visceral and immediate, this…music carries a slow burn.” AMG “This is partially because they are no longer driven by Moon and Entwistle, but quite frankly, this most manic of rhythm sections never really anchored the Who; Townshend always did with his furious windmills and propulsive rhythms, and there was never any question that this, along with his songs, formed the complex, contradictory heart of the Who, while Daltrey gave the songs both muscle and a commonality, undercutting Townshend's pretensions — or giving him a voice behind which to hide, a voice to act out his best and worst impulses.” AMG Instead, the band is rounded out by “top-notch professional support from drummer Zak Starkey and bassist Pino Palladino” AMG along with keyboadist John Bundrick. They “coalesce to create a remarkably consistent whole” CD who “lend enough muscle to the musical attack…to recall the Who's glory days,” CD although “with their boundless energy replaced by a bittersweet melancholy undercurrent. It's a sound that fits Townshend's new songs, alternately sweetly sad, bitterly reflective and, despite it all, cautiously optimistic.” AMG “Fragments” “Opening with a synth riff [on Fragments] that strongly recalls, if not directly quotes, the famed loop underpinning ‘Baba O'Reilly,’ Endless Wire often hearkens back to previous Who albums in its themes, structure, and sound.” AMG In this “quest for spiritual enlightment,” BN “Daltrey asks ‘Are we breathing out or breathing in?’ and Townshend answers with a thrashing, crashing Gibson. When the volume is turned up, there are echoes of three decades ago.” AZ “Mike Post Theme” “The pummeling triplets of ‘The Punk Meets the Godfather’ resurface in” AMG “the powerful yet understated” AMG “Mike Post Theme.” AMG “With its quiet verse and thunderous chorus, [it] recalls ‘Goin’ Mobile’ and longs for Moon to whack it into shape.” AZ “It’s Not Enough” That song and It's Not Enough “conjure images of Entwistle and Keith Moon.” AZ The latter is a “surging rocker” AMG whose “guitars are thick and crackling…while the harmonies behind Daltrey's controlled bellow are tight and gleaming, as if he's suddenly landed in the middle of Townshend's best solo album, Empty Glass.” RS The song’s “lyrics are [also] riddled with the self-doubt” AMG of that album. “A Man in a Purple Dress” This is “a searing, bitter, anti-religion folk tune” AMG in which Townshend is “questioning faith” AZ with a “stark ’63-Dylan bite.” RS “Townshend says he wrote [the song] after seeing Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ,” RS but it also serves as commentary on “the public rush to judgment after Townshend's 2003 arrest for viewing child pornography online. (The charge was dropped.) ‘You are all the same, gilded and absurd,’ Daltrey sings with the same growling rage with which he defended his bandmate at the time.” RS “Black Widow’s Eyes” This “is literally about a love that kills, inspired by the fatal terrorist siege of a Russian school in 2005. ‘I fell right in love with you/As the blood came blowing through,’ Daltrey confesses, in Townshend's words, as the guitarist hits snarling power chords against Zak Starkey's neo-Moon-ish drumrolls and shrapnel-like cymbal spray.” RS In this song and ‘Mike Post Theme,’ “Townshend's treble stabs over a focused bed of strum… [are] like the home demos on Townshend's Scoop collections but with a live-band punch.” RS “God Speaks of Marty Robbins” “The closest thing to a good laugh on the album is God Speaks of Marty Robbins, in which Townshend, alone on vocals and guitar, dares to play Him on the eve of creation, looking forward to finishing the job so He can listen to his favorite country singer.” RS “In the Ether” The “bizarre In the Ether” AMG features both “Broadway inflections [and] ….a rare Townshend lead vocal turn” BN in which “Townshend affects Tom Waits’ patented growl.” AMG Even though the song “goes off the tracks…it feels as if it was written from the heart.” AMG “Wire & Glass” “The Who by Numbers-styled first half,” AMG marked by that album’s “stark acoustic introspection” AMG “feels curiously disjointed” AMG from the album’s second half. This “ten-song suite,” AMG called Wire & Glass, “is Townshend's score of sorts to his unpublished novella The Boy Who Heard Music.” RS The story “follows the meandering path of a rock band…that, to some degree, parallels that of the Who.” BN The band is “led by a character known as Ray High,” BN the protganist onTownshend's 1993 solo album Psychoderelict. He “functions as a semi-autobiographical distancing device for Townshend, particularly…where the narrative ebbs and flows and sometimes disappears completely.” AMG The mini-opera “also returns to themes that have consumed Townshend as a composer.” RS The theme of “technology as a revolutionary force” RS was central to “Lifehouse Chronicles, [Townshend’s] often-muddled yet often-intriguing futuristic rock opera that seemed to suggest portions of a technologically saturated internet age.” AMG There’s also the idea of “music as an instrument of spiritual transformation,” RS a central message in The Who’s most celebrated Tommy and Quadrophenia rock operas. “Townshend doesn't pull any punches in painting the protagonist, who starts off in the soaring” BN and “rampaging Sound Round,” AMG "as a tortured visionary whose troubles and/or visions land him, in the darker, more introspective Pick Up the Peace, in an institution.” BN “The album's title track is about an Internet-like invention vital to the rock & roll revolt of the opera's teenage troublemakers. But the country-rock warmth is that of Rough Mix, Townshend's wonderful 1977 album with ex-Small Face Ronnie Lane.” RS The “song cycle” BN “manages to touch on every one of the band's strengths.” AMG It “encompasses both triumph -- best revealed on the one-two punch of the eminently infectious We Got a Hit and They Made My Dream Come True…and the sort of tragedy evinced in Mirror Door.” BN The latter song’s “‘See Me, Feel Me’-like climax…sums up Townshend's lifetime pursuit of the nirvana in rock, particularly that of the Who, better than any concept album. ‘You will find me in this song,’ Daltrey sings for him – Townshend's simple admission that there is nothing better in life than to be music.” RS The album “ends with teatime instead of a bang” RS on the “haunting” AMG and “reflective finale, Tea & Theatre.” RS The approach cements the fact that “the mini-opera…is an uneven success, a lot like Tommy. For all of the latter's historic worth, the original double LP was basically one album of pivotal, great Townshend songs and one of the connective pieces that advanced the story. "Wire & Glass" has the same fragmentary quality.” RS Speaking of fragments, the song ‘We Got a Hit’ “is too paltry at 1:18…A song about a hit single should at least be hit-single length.” RS ‘Wire and Glass’ “stands as the greatest Who music since Who Are You, so it's a bit hard not to wish that the entire album had its thematic cohesion, muscular melody, and sense of purpose,” AMG but “even the best Who albums had a tendency to not quite follow through on their concepts — the mock pirate-radio broadcast of The Who Sell Out is abandoned on the second side, Who's Next was pulled together from the flailing Lifehouse.” AMG These were both “nevertheless triumphs given the sheer power of the band, or Townshend's writing.” AMG Like those records, “Endless Wire is not a slave to its concept; the songs fuel the album instead of the other way around.” AMG If sticking to the theme throughout “meant losing the quite wonderful highlights of the first half, it may not have been worth it because they're not only strong songs, they give this record its ragged heart.” AMG Endless Wire “does not rank with the band’s best work” AZ but “the novelty of new recordings from Daltrey and Townshend is probably enough…to coax classic rock diehards into peeking behind the Wire.” BN “Its parts don't quite fit together, and not all of the parts work on their own,” AMG but the “intrigue that lurks within is sure to keep folks ensnared for the long run.” BN The album “is an endearingly human, impassioned work that more than justifies Townshend's and Daltrey's decision to continue working as the Who. Hopefully, it will lead to another record or two but if it doesn't, Endless Wire is certainly a better final Who album than It's Hard, which is quite an accomplishment after a quarter-century hiatus.” AMG Notes: A special edition of the CD adds extended versions of “We Got a Hit” and the title cut as well as a seven-track bonus CD of The Who Live at Lyon. As if that’s still not enough, a five-track DVD from that same performance is also included.

Resources and Related Links: DMDB encyclopedia entry for The Who AMG All Music Guide review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine AZ Amazon.com review by Scott Holter BN Barnes & Noble review by David Sprague CD CD Universe RS Rolling Stone review by David Fricke WK Wikipedia Other Related DMDB Pages: First posted 3/23/2008; last updated 8/12/2021.

Thunder Bay Press Singles: Six Decades of Hot Hits & Classic Cuts

Thunder Day Press: Singles: Six Decades of Hot Hits & Classic CUts

This book from Thunder Bay Press features multiple authors offering commentary on more than 800 songs from 1954 to 2006. The songs are presented chronologically in the book, but I have relisted them here alphabetically by artist. Click here to see other lists from publications and/or organizations. 1. Aaliyah “Rock the Boat” (2001) 2. Abba “Waterloo” (1974) 3. Abba “Dancing Queen” (1976) 4. ABC “When Smokey Sings” (1987) 5. Johnny Ace “Pledging My Love” (1955) 6. Bryan Adams “Summer of ‘69” (1984) 7. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991) 8. Adamski “Killer” (1990) 9. Aerosmith “Dude Looks Like a Lady” (1987) 10. Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (1998) 11. Afroman “Because I Got High” (2001) 12. Christina Aguilera “Beautiful” (2002) 13. Christina Aguilera with Redman “Dirrty” (2002) 14. Air “Sexy Boy” (1998) 15. All Saints “Never Ever” (1997) 16. The Allisons “Are You Sure” (1961) 17. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass “The Lonely Bull” (1962) 18. Althia & Donna “Uptown Top Ranking” (1978) 19. America “A Horse with No Name” (1971) 20. Anastacia “I’m Outta Love” (2000) 21. Laurie Anderson “O Superman (For Massenet)” (1981) 22. Michael Andrews & Gary Jules “Mad World” (2003) 23. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)) 24. Paul Anka “Diana” (1957) 25. Adam & the Ants “Ant Music” (1980) 26. Aphex Twin “Windowlicker” (1999) 27. Aqua “Barbie Girl” (1997) 28. The Archies “Sugar Sugar” (1969) 29. Arctic Monkeys “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” (2005) 30. Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World” (1967) 31. Art of Noise “Close (To the Edit)” (1984) 32. Art of Noise with Tom Jones “Kiss” (1988) 33. Artful Dodger with Craig David “Re-Rewind the Crowd Say Bo Selecta” (1999) 34. Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish” (2002) 35. The Avalanches “Since I Left You” (2001) 36. Frankie Avalon “Venus” (1959) 37. The B-52’s “Love Shack” (1989) 38. Babylon Zoo “Spaceman” (1996) 39. Erykah Badu “On & On” (1997) 40. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force “Planet Rock” (1982) 41. Bananarama “Venus” (1986) 42. Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (1984) 43. Bangles “Manic Monday” (1986) 44. Basement Jaxx “Where’s Your Head At?” (2001) 45. Toni Basi “Mickey” (1981) 46. Les Baxter “Unchained Melody” (1955) 47. Bay City Rollers “Bye Bye Baby” (1975) 48. The Beach Boys “Surfin’ U.S.A.” (1963) 49. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966) 50. The Beach Boys “Heroes and Villains” (1967) 51. The Beach Boys “Kokomo” (1988) 52. Beastie Boys “You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party” (1986) 53. Beastie Boys “Sabotage” (1994) 54. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963) 55. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963) 56. The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964) 57. The Beatles “Yesterday” (1965) 58. The Beatles “Paperback Writer” (1966) 59. The Beatles “Rain” (1966) 60. The Beatles “Penny Lane” (1967) 61. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967) 62. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968) 63. The Beatles “Revolution” (1968) 64. The Beatles with Billy Preston “Get Back” (1969) 65. The Beatles “Free As a Bird” (1995) 66. Beats International f/ Lindy Layton “Dub Be Good to Me” (1990) 67. Beck “Loser” (1993) 68. Daniel Bedingfield “Gotta Get Thru This” (2001) 69. Natasha Bedingfield “Unwritten” (2004) 70. Bee Gees “I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You” (1968) 71. Bee Gees “Jive Talkin’” (1975) 72. Bee Gees “How Deep Is Your Love” (1977) 73. Bee Gees “Night Fever” (1977) 74. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977) 75. Harry Belafonte “Banana Boat (Day-O)” (1957) 76. Berlin “Take My Breath Away” (1986) 77. Chuck Berry “Maybellene” (1955) 78. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958) 79. Chuck Berry “My Ding-a-Ling (live)” (1972) 80. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003) 81. Jane Birkin with Serge Gainsbourg “Je T’Aime (Moi Non Plus)” (1969) 82. Björk “Human Behaviour” (1993) 83. Björk “Venus as a Boy” (1993) 84. Black Box “Ride on Time” (1989) 85. Black Eyed Peas with Justin Timberlake “Where Is the Love?” (2003) 86. Black Sabbath “Paranoid” (1970) 87. Blackstreet with Dr. Dre “No Diggity” (1996) 88. Mary J. Blige “Family Affair” (2001) 89. Blink-182 “All the Small Things” (1999) 90. Blondie “Heart of Glass” (1978) 91. Blondie “Atomic” (1980) 92. Blondie “Rapture” (1980) 93. The Bloodhound Gang “The Bad Touch” (2000) 94. Blue Öyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper” (1976) 95. James Blunt “You’re Beautiful” (2005) 96. Blur “Girls and Boys” (1994) 97. Blur “Parklife” (1994) 98. The Bobbettes “Mr. Lee” (1957) 99. Bon Jovi “You Give Love a Bad Name” (1986) 100. Gary "U.S." Bonds “Quarter to Three” (1961) 101. Boney M “Mary’s Boy Child” (1978) 102. Boney M “Rasputin” (1978) 103. Boney M “Rivers of Babylon” (1978) 104. Booker T. & the MGs “Green Onions” (1962) 105. Boomtown Rats “I Don’t Like Mondays” (1979) 106. Boston “More Than a Feeling” (1976) 107. Eve Boswell “Pickin’ a Chicken” (1955) 108. David Bowie “Space Oddity” (1969) 109. David Bowie “The Jean Genie” (1972) 110. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977) 111. David Bowie “Let’s Dance” (1983) 112. David Bowie & Mick Jagger “Dancing in the Street” (1985) 113. The Box Tops “The Letter” (1967) 114. Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (1992) 115. Brandy & Monica “The Boy is Mine” (1998) 116. Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (1996) 117. Meredith Brooks “Bitch” (1997) 118. The Brotherhood of Man “Save Your Kisses for Me” (1976) 119. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown “Fire” (1968) 120. James Brown “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (1965) 121. James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (1965) 122. James Brown “Funky Drummer (Part 1)” (1970) 123. James Brown “Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine” (1970) 124. Dave Brubeck Quartet “Take Five “ (1959) 125. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1966) 126. The Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star” (1979) 127. Kate Bush “Wuthering Heights” (1978) 128. Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” (1985) 129. Kate Bush “King of the Mountain” (2005) 130. The Buzzcocks “Ever Fallen in Love” (1978) 131. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965) 132. Glen Campbell “Wichita Lineman” (1968) 133. Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy” (1975) 134. Canned Heat “On the Road Again” (1968) 135. Irene Cara “Flashdance...What a Feelin’” (1983) 136. The Cardigans “Lovefool” (1996) 137. Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (1993) 138. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995) 139. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005) 140. Belinda Carlisle “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” (1987) 141. Carpenters “They Long to Be Close to You” (1970) 142. Carpenters “Yesterday Once More” (1973) 143. The Cars “Drive” (1984) 144. Johnny Cash “I Walk the Line” (1956) 145. Johnny Cash “Ring of Fire” (1963) 146. Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue (live)” (1969) 147. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (2002) 148. The Chairmen of the Board “Give Me Just a Little More Time” (1970) 149. The Chantels “Maybe” (1958) 150. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988) 151. Charles & Eddie “Would I Lie to You?” (1992) 152. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959) 153. Chubby Checker “The Twist” (1960) 154. Cher “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)” (1991) 155. Cher “Believe” (1998) 156. Neneh Cherry “Buffalo Stance” (1988) 157. Chic “Le Freak” (1978) 158. Chicago “If You Leave Me Now” (1976) 159. The Chi-Lites “Have You Seen Her” (1971) 160. The Chordettes “Mr. Sandman” (1954) 161. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997) 162. Ciara with Petey Pablo “Goodies” (2004) 163. Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven” (1992) 164. Dave Clark Five “Because” (1964) 165. Petula Clark “Downtown” (1964) 166. Kelly Clarkson “A Moment Like This” (2002) 167. The Clash “White Riot “ (1977) 168. The Clash “London Calling” (1979) 169. The Clash “Rock the Casbah” (1982) 170. Patsy Cline “Crazy” (1961) 171. Eddie Cochran “Summertime Blues” (1958) 172. Eddie Cochran “Three Steps to Heaven” (1960) 173. Joe Cocker “You Are So Beautiful” (1975) 174. Coldcut with Lisa Stansfield “People Hold On” (1989) 175. Coldplay “Yellow” (2000) 176. Coldplay “Speed of Sound” (2005) 177. Nat "King" Cole “Darlng, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup” (1955) 178. Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight” (1981) 179. Commodores “Three Times a Lady” (1978) 180. Perry Como “Catch a Falling Star” (1958) 181. Perry Como “Magic Moments” (1958) 182. Sam Cooke “Wonderful World” (1960) 183. Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise” (1995) 184. Alice Cooper “School’s Out” (1972) 185. The Corrs “What Can I Do?” (1998) 186. Elvis Costello “Pump It Up” (1978) 187. The Cranberries “Linger” (1993) 188. Crazy Frog “Axel F” (2005) 189. Cream “I Feel Free” (1966) 190. Cream “Sunshine of Your Love” (1967) 191. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Suzie Q” (1968) 192. Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (1942) 193. Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly “True Love” (1956) 194. Crosby, Stills & Nash “Marrakesh Express” (1969) 195. Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” (1993) 196. Crowded House “Don’t Dream It’s Over” (1987) 197. Julee Cruise “Falling” (1989) 198. The Crystals “There’s No Other Like My Baby” (1961) 199. The Crystals “Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)” (1963) 200. Culture Club “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” (1982) 201. The Cure “Killing an Arab” (1978) 202. The Cure “Friday I’m in Love” (1992) 203. Daft Punk “Da Funk” (1997) 204. The Damned “New Rose” (1976) 205. Danny & The Juniors “At the Hop” (1957) 206. Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1959) 207. The Darkness “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” (2002) 208. Craig David “Fill Me In” (2001) 209. Spencer Davis Group “Somebody Help Me” (1966) 210. De La Soul “Me, Myself and I” (1989) 211. Dead or Alive “You Spin Me Round Like a Record” (1984) 212. Chris DeBurgh “The Lady in Red” (1986) 213. Joey Dee & the Starliters “Shout – Part 1” (1962) 214. Deee-Lite “Groove Is in the Heart” (1990) 215. Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water” (1972) 216. Desmond Dekker & the Aces “The Israelites” (1969) 217. The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny “Quiet Village” (1959) 218. Depeche Mode “Enjoy the Silence” (1990) 219. Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1970) 220. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (2000) 221. Devo “Whip It” (1980) 222. Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Geno” (1980) 223. Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen” (1982) 224. Bo Diddley “Bo Diddley” (1955) 225. Bo Diddley “Who Do You Love” (1956) 226. Dido “Thank You” (2000) 227. Dion & the Belmonts “A Teenager in Love” (1959) 228. Dion “Runaround Sue” (1961) 229. Dion “The Wanderer” (1961) 230. Dion “Abraham, Martin and John” (1968) 231. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997) 232. Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing” (1978) 233. Dire Straits “Money for Nothing” (1985) 234. Dizzee Rascal “I Luv U” (2003) 235. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince “Summertime” (1991) 236. DNA with Suzanne Vega “Tom’s Diner” (1990) 237. Fats Domino “I’m Walkin’” (1957) 238. Lonnie Donegan “Rock Island Line” (1956) 239. Lonnie Donegan “My Old Man’s a Dustman” (1960) 240. Donovan “Mellow Yellow” (1966) 241. The Doobie Brothers “Listen to the Music” (1972) 242. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967) 243. The Doors “Riders on the Storm” (1971) 244. Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” (1992) 245. Dr. Feelgood “Milk and Alcohol” (1979) 246. Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show “The Cover of ‘Rolling Stone’” (1972) 247. Dr. Hook “A Little Bit More” (1976) 248. The Drifters “There Goes My Baby” (1959) 249. Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf” (1982) 250. Ian Dury & the Blockheads “Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick” (1979) 251. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965) 252. Bob Dylan “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (1973) 253. Eagles “Take It Easy” (1972) 254. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976) 255. Eddie & The Hot Rods “Do Anything You Wanna Do” (1977) 256. Duane Eddy “Peter Gunn” (1959) 257. Electric Light Orchestra “Livin’ Thing” (1976) 258. Electric Light Orchestra “Mr. Blue Sky” (1978) 259. Elias & His Zigzag Jive Flutes “Tom Hark” (1958) 260. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001) 261. EMF “Unbelievable” (1990) 262. Eminem “My Name Is...” (1998) 263. Eminem with Dido “Stan” (2000) 264. Enigma “Sadeness Part I” (1990) 265. David Essex “Rock On” (1973) 266. Europe “The Final Countdown” (1986) 267. Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” (1983) 268. Evanescence with Paul McCoy “Bring Me to Life” (2003) 269. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958) 270. The Everly Brothers “Claudette” (1958) 271. Everything But the Girl “Missing (Todd Terry remix)” (1995) 272. Fabian “Tiger” (1959) 273. Faith No More “Epic” (1989) 274. Marianne Faithful “As Tears Go By” (1965) 275. Falco “Rock Me Amadeus” (1986) 276. Fatboy Slim “Praise You” (1999) 277. Bryan Ferry “Let’s Stick Together” (1976) 278. The Fifth Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (1969) 279. 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002) 280. 50 Cent with Olivia “Candy Shop” (2005) 281. Fine Young Cannibals “She Drives Me Crazy” (1989) 282. Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1969) 283. The Flaming Lips “She Don’t Use Jelly” (1994) 284. The Flamingos “I Only Have Eyes for You” (1959) 285. Fleetwood Mac “Albatross” (1968) 286. Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” (1977) 287. The Floaters “Float On” (1977) 288. Focus “Hocus Pocus” (1971) 289. The Folkes Brothers “I Met a Man” (1960) 290. The Folkes Brothers “Oh Carolina” (1960) 291. Foreigner “Cold As Ice” (1977) 292. 4 Non Blondes “What’s Up?” (1993) 293. The Four Seasons “December 1963 (Oh What a Night)” (1975) 294. Four Tops “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)” (1965) 295. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966) 296. Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Relax” (1983) 297. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967) 298. Aretha Franklin “I Say a Little Prayer” (1968) 299. Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” (2004) 300. Free “All Right Now” (1970) 301. Fugees “Killing Me Softly” (1996) 302. Billy Fury “Halfway to Paradise” (1961) 303. Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer” (1986) 304. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968) 305. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971) 306. Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On” (1973) 307. Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing” (1982) 308. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978) 309. Geordie “All Because of You” (1973) 310. Gerry & the Pacemakers “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (1963) 311. Andy Gibb “An Everlasting Love” (1978) 312. Robin Gibb “Saved by the Bell” (1969) 313. Debbie Gibson “Foolish Beat” (1988) 314. Gary Glitter “Rock and Roll Part 2” (1972) 315. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006) 316. Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood” (2001) 317. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message” (1982) 318. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” (1983) 319. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (1971) 320. Al Green “Tired of Being Alone” (1971) 321. Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky” (1970) 322. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987) 323. Bill Haley & the Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954) 324. Herbie Hancock “Rock-It” (1983) 325. Hanson “Mmmbop” (1997) 326. Happy Mondays “Kinky Afro” (1990) 327. Jet Harris with Tony Meehan “Diamonds” (1962) 328. Rolf Harris “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport” (1963) 329. George Harrison “My Sweet Lord” (1970) 330. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins “I Put a Spell on You” (1956) 331. Hawkwind “Silver Machine” (1972) 332. Isaac Hayes “Theme from Shaft” (1971) 333. Heaven 17 “We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thang” (1981) 334. Richard Hell & the Voidoids “Blank Generation” (1976) 335. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967) 336. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968) 337. The Hives “Hate to Say I Told You So” (2000) 338. The Hollies “Here I Go Again” (1964) 339. The Hollies “He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother” (1969) 340. The Hollies “The Air That I Breathe” (1974) 341. Buddy Holly and The Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957) 342. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Peggy Sue” (1957) 343. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Not Fade Away” (1957) 344. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Oh Boy!” (1957) 345. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” (1959) 346. Hot Chocolate “Emma” (1974) 347. Hot Chocolate “You Sexy Thing” (1975) 348. Hot Chocolate “It Started with a Kiss” (1982) 349. House of Pain “Jump Around” (1992) 350. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” (1987) 351. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992) 352. The Human League “Don’t You Want Me?” (1981) 353. Engelbert Humperdinck “Release Me and Let Me Love Again” (1967) 354. Brian Hyland “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” (1960) 355. Billy Idol “White Wedding” (1982) 356. Enrique Iglesias “Hero” (2001) 357. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn “ (1997) 358. INXS “Never Tear Us Apart” (1988) 359. Chris Isaak “Wicked Game” (1989) 360. The Isley Brothers “Shout (Parts 1 and 2)” (1959) 361. The Isley Brothers “Harvest for the World” (1976) 362. Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun” (1974) 363. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969) 364. Janet Jackson “Nasty” (1986) 365. Michael Jackson “Rockin’ Robin” (1972) 366. Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (1979) 367. Michael Jackson with Paul McCartney “The Girl Is Mine” (1982) 368. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982) 369. Michael Jackson “Bad” (1987) 370. Michael Jackson “Black or White” (1991) 371. Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson “Scream” (1995) 372. Michael Jackson “You Are Not Alone” (1995) 373. Python Lee Jackson “In a Broken Dream” (1972) 374. The Jam “Going Underground “ (1980) 375. James “Sit Down” (1991) 376. Jamiroquai “Virtual Insanity” (1997) 377. Jean Michel Jarre “Oxygène Part IV” (1976) 378. Jay-Z “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” (2001) 379. Wycelf Jean “Gone ‘Til November” (1997) 380. Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit” (1967) 381. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981) 382. Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers “Swing the Mood” (1989) 383. Billy Joel “Uptown Girl” (1983) 384. Elton John “Your Song” (1970) 385. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997) 386. Tom Jones “It’s Not Unusual “ (1965) 387. Janis Joplin “Me and Bobby McGee” (1971) 388. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980) 389. Ini Kamoze “Here Comes the Hotstepper” (1994) 390. KC & the Sunshine Band “That’s the Way I Like It” (1975) 391. Kelis “Milkshake” (2003) 392. R. Kelly “Bump N’ Grind” (1994) 393. R. Kelly “I Believe I Can Fly” (1996) 394. R. Kelly “Ignition (remix)” (2002) 395. R. Kelly “Sex in the Kitchen” (2005) 396. R. Kelly “Trapped in the Closet” (2005) 397. Alicia Keys “Fallin’” (2001) 398. Kid Rock “Cowboy” (1999) 399. Johnny Kidd & the Pirates “Shakin’ All Over” (1960) 400. Albert King “Born Under a Bad Sign” (1967) 401. Ben E. King “Spanish Harlem” (1960) 402. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961) 403. Carole King “It Might As Well Rain Until September” (1962) 404. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963) 405. Kingston Trio “Tom Dooley” (1958) 406. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964) 407. The Kinks “Sunny Afternoon” (1966) 408. The Kinks “Lola” (1970) 409. The KLF “3 A.M. Eternal” (1991) 410. The Knack “My Sharona” (1979) 411. Kool & the Gang “Jungle Boogie” (1973) 412. Kraftwerk “Autobahn” (1974) 413. Lenny Kravitz “Are You Gonna Go My Way” (1993) 414. Kris Kross “Jump” (1992) 415. LaBelle “Lady Marmalade” (1974) 416. The La’s “There She Goes” (1988) 417. Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (1983) 418. LCD Soundsystem “Losing My Edge” (2002) 419. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969) 420. Peggy Lee “Fever” (1957) 421. Peggy Lee “Is That All There Is?” (1969) 422. Len “Steal My Sunshine” (1999) 423. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971) 424. John Lennon “Just Like Starting Over” (1980) 425. Huey Lewis & the News “The Power of Love” (1985) 426. Jerry Lee Lewis “Great Balls of Fire” (1957) 427. Limp Bizkit “Rollin’” (2000) 428. Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” (1955) 429. LL Cool J “Mama Said Knock You Out” (1991) 430. Jennifer Lopze with Ja Rul & Cadillac Tah “Ain’t It Funny” (2001) 431. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995) 432. Los Lobos “La Bamba” (1987) 433. Baz Luhrmann “Everybody’s Free to Wear Sunscreen” (1999) 434. Luniz “I Got 5 on It” (1995) 435. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers “I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent” (1956) 436. Lynyrd Skynrd “Sweet Home Alabama” (1974) 437. M “Pop Muzik” (1979) 438. Madness “House of Fun” (1982) 439. Madonna “Holiday” (1983) 440. Madonna “Angel” (1985) 441. Madonna “Into the Groove” (1985) 442. Madonna “Like a Prayer” (1989) 443. Madonna “Ray of Light” (1998) 444. Mama Cass “Dream a Little Dream of Me” (1968) 445. The Mamas & the Papas “California Dreamin’” (1966) 446. Manhattan Transfer “Chanson D’Amour” (1977) 447. The Marcels “Blue Moon” (1961) 448. Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman, No Cry” (1975) 449. Maroon 5 “This Love” (2004) 450. M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up the Volume” (1987) 451. Martha & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street” (1964) 452. Dean Martin “Return to Me” (1958) 453. Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” (1991) 454. The Mavericks “Dance the Night Away” (1998) 455. Curtis Mayfield “Superfly” (1972) 456. M.C. Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” (1990) 457. Paul McCartney & Wings “Girls’ School” (1977) 458. Paul McCartney & Wings “Mull of Kintyre” (1977) 459. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder “Ebony and Ivory” (1982) 460. Scott McKenzie “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)” (1967) 461. Malcolm McLaren “Buffalo Gals” (1982) 462. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971) 463. Meat Loaf “Bat Out of Hell” (1979) 464. Meat Loaf “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” (1993) 465. Metallica “Enter Sandman” (1991) 466. George Michael “Careless Whisper” (1984) 467. George Michael “Freedom ‘90” (1990) 468. George Michael & Elton John “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (live)” (1991) 469. Milli Vanilli “Girl You Know It’s True” (1988) 470. Kylie Minogue “I Should Be So Lucky” (1988) 471. Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan “Especially for You” (1989) 472. Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (2001) 473. Moby “Go” (1991) 474. Moby “Porcelain “ (2000) 475. Moby with Gwen Stefani “South Side” (2000) 476. The Modern Lovers “Roadrunner” (1976) 477. Moloko “Sing It Back” (1999) 478. The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (1966) 479. The Monkees “Last Train to Clarksville” (1966) 480. The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin” (1967) 481. Alanis Morissette “Ironic” (1995) 482. Mark Morrison “Return of the Mack” (1996) 483. Van Morrison “Brown-Eyed Girl” (1967) 484. Morrissey “Irish Blood, English Heart” (2004) 485. Mr. Oizo “Flat Beat” (1999) 486. Mud “Tiger Feet” (1974) 487. Mungo Jerry “In the Summertime” (1970) 488. N Sync “Pop” (2001) 489. Nate Dogg & Warren G “Regulate” (1994) 490. Naughty by Nature “O.P.P.” (1991) 491. Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry “7 Seconds” (1994) 492. Nelly “Hot in Herre” (2002) 493. Ricky Nelson “A Teenager’s Romance” (1957) 494. N*E*R*D with Lee Harvey & Vita “Lapdance” (2001) 495. New Kids on the Block “Hangin’ Tough” (1989) 496. New Order “Blue Monday” (1983) 497. New Order “World in Motion” (1990) 498. New Radicals “You Get What You Give “ (1998) 499. New Seekers “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” (1971) 500. Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want” (1978) 501. Olivia Newton-John “Magic” (1980) 502. Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra “Xanadu” (1980) 503. Ne-Yo “So Sick” (2005) 504. Harry Nilsson “Everybody’s Talkin’” (1968) 505. Harry Nilsson “Without You” (1971) 506. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991) 507. The Notorious B.I.G. with Puff Daddy & Mase “Mo Money, Mo Problems” (1997) 508. The Notorious B.I.G. with P. Diddy, Nelly, Avery Storm, & Jagged Edge “Nasty Girl” (2005) 509. Gary Numan “Cars” (1979) 510. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995) 511. Billy Ocean “Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)” (1984) 512. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990) 513. Roy Orbison “Only the Lonely” (1960) 514. Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (1964) 515. Joan Osborne “One of Us” (1995) 516. Donny Osmond “Puppy Love” (1972) 517. Outhere Brothers “Don’t Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)” (1995) 518. OutKast “Rosa Parks” (1998) 519. OutKast “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)” (2000) 520. OutKast “Ms. Jackson” (2000) 521. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003) 522. Robert Palmer “Addicted to Love” (1986) 523. Panjabi MC with Jay-Z “Beware of the Boys (Mundian to Bach Ke)” (2003) 524. Dolly Parton “Puppy Love” (1959) 525. Dolly Parton “9 to 5” (1980) 526. Les Paul & Mary Ford “Hummingbird” (1955) 527. Sean Paul “Gimme the Light” (2002) 528. Freda Payne “Band of Gold” (1970) 529. Pearl Jam “Jeremy” (1991) 530. The Penguins “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)” (1954) 531. CeCe Peniston “Finally” (1991) 532. Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes” (1956) 533. Pet Shop Boys “West End Girls” (1985) 534. Peter, Paul & Mary “If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)” (1962) 535. Peter, Paul & Mary “Puff the Magic Dragon” (1963) 536. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “American Girl” (1976) 537. Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers “Monster Mash” (1962) 538. Wilson Pickett “In the Midnight Hour” (1965) 539. Pink “Get the Party Started” (2001) 540. Pink Floyd “Arnold Layne” (1967) 541. Pink Floyd “See Emily Play” (1967) 542. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979) 543. Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards “Amazing Grace” (1972) 544. Pixies “Gigantic” (1988) 545. The Platters “Only You (And You Alone)” (1955) 546. The Platters “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (1958) 547. PM Dawn “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” (1991) 548. The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl “Fairytale of New York” (1987) 549. The Police “Message in a Bottle” (1979) 550. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983) 551. Daniel Powter “Bad Day” (2005) 552. Perez "Prez" Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (1955) 553. Elvis Presley “That’s All Right, Mama” (1954) 554. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956) 555. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956) 556. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957) 557. Elvis Presley “Stuck on You” (1960) 558. Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (1969) 559. Elvis Presley vs. JXL “A Little Less Conversation” (2002) 560. The Pretenders “Brass in Pocket (I’m Special)” (1979) 561. Pretenders “Don’t Get Me Wrong” (1986) 562. Primal Scream “Loaded” (1990) 563. Prince “1999” (1982) 564. Prince “Kiss” (1986) 565. Prince “Sign ‘O’ the Times” (1987) 566. Prince “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” (1994) 567. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967) 568. The Prodigy “Firestarter” (1996) 569. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” (1989) 570. Public Image Ltd. “Public Image” (1978) 571. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997) 572. Pulp “Common People” (1995) 573. Pussycat Dolls with will.i.am “Beep” (2006) 574. Suzi Quatro “Devil Gate Drive” (1974) 575. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975) 576. Queen with David Bowie “Under Pressure” (1981) 577. Queen “Radio Ga-Ga” (1984) 578. Queens of the Stone Age “Feel Good Hit of the Summer” (2000) 579. ? & the Mysterians “96 Tears” (1966) 580. Radiohead “Creep” (1992) 581. Radiohead “Paranoid Android” (1997) 582. Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street” (1978) 583. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976) 584. Shabba Ranks “Mr. Loverman” (1992) 585. The Rapture “House of Jealous Lovers” (2002) 586. Johnnie Ray “Just Walking in the Rain” (1956) 587. Otis Redding “Respect” (1965) 588. Otis Redding “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” (1968) 589. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1972) 590. R.E.M. “Radio Free Europe” (1981) 591. R.E.M. “The One I Love” (1987) 592. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991) 593. R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts” (1992) 594. Paul Revere & the Raiders “Kicks” (1966) 595. Cliff Richard & the Drifters “Move It” (1958) 596. Cliff Richard & the Shadows “Summer Holiday” (1963) 597. Cliff Richard “Devil Woman” (1976) 598. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love” (1981) 599. Lionel Richie “Hello” (1984) 600. Right Said Fred “I’m Too Sexy” (1991) 601. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1965) 602. Rihanna “S.O.S. (Rescue Me)” (2006) 603. LeAnn Rimes “How Do I Live” (1997) 604. The Rolling Stones “I Wanna Be Your Man” (1963) 605. The Rolling Stones “Little Red Rooster” (1964) 606. The Rolling Stones “Time Is on My Side” (1964) 607. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965) 608. The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968) 609. The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (1969) 610. The Rolling Stones “Tumbling Dice” (1972) 611. The Rolling Stones “Miss You” (1978) 612. The Rolling Stones “Start Me Up” (1981) 613. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963) 614. Diana Ross “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (1970) 615. Roxy Music “Virginia Plain” (1972) 616. Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way” (1986) 617. Run-D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins “It’s Like That” (1998) 618. Todd Rundgren “Hello It’s Me” (1972) 619. Jennifer Rush “The Power of Love” (1985) 620. Barry Ryan “Eloise” (1968) 621. Sade “Smooth Operator” (1984) 622. Salt-N-Pepa “Push It” (1987) 623. Sam & Dave “Soul Man” (1967) 624. Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs “Wooly Bully” (1965) 625. Santana “Black Magic Woman” (1970) 626. Santana & Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999) 627. Scatman John “Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)” (1995) 628. Scissor Sisters “Take Your Mama” (2004) 629. Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (1994) 630. The Searchers “Sweets for My Sweet” (1963) 631. The Seekers “The Carnival Is Over” (1965) 632. David Seville “Witch Doctor” (1958) 633. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976) 634. The Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977) 635. Sex Pistols “No One Is Innocent (A Punk Prayer by Ronald Biggs)” (1978) 636. The Shadows “Apache” (1960) 637. Shaggy “Oh Carolina” (1993) 638. Shaggy with Ricardo “Rik Rok” Ducent “It Wasn’t Me” (2000) 639. Shakira “Whenever, Wherever” (2001) 640. Tupac Shakur with Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman “California Love” (1996) 641. Tupac Shakur with Elton John “Ghetto Gospel” (2005) 642. The Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” (1964) 643. Del Shannon “Runaway” (1961) 644. Simon & Garfunkel “The Sound of Silence (aka “The Sounds of Silence”)” (1965) 645. Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson” (1968) 646. Simon & Garfunkel “The Boxer” (1969) 647. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970) 648. Carly Simon “You’re So Vain” (1972) 649. The Simpsons “Do the Bartman” (1991) 650. Frank Sinatra “Love and Marriage” (1955) 651. Frank & Nancy Sinatra “Somethin’ Stupid” (1967) 652. Frank Sinatra “My Way” (1969) 653. Nancy Sinatra “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” (1966) 654. The Singing Nun “Dominique” (1963) 655. Sir Mix-a-Lot “Baby Got Back” (1992) 656. Sister Sledge “We Are Family” (1979) 657. Sixpence None the Richer “Kiss Me” (1998) 658. The Skatalites “Guns of Navarone” (1967) 659. Skee-Lo “I Wish” (1995) 660. Slade “Merry Xmas Everybody” (1973) 661. Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966) 662. Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People” (1968) 663. Sly & the Family Stone “Family Affair” (1971) 664. The Small Faces “Itchycoo Park “ (1967) 665. Will Smith “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” (1998) 666. The Smiths “This Charming Man” (1983) 667. The Smiths “How Soon Is Now?” (1984) 668. Snap! “The Power” (1990) 669. Snoop Dogg with Pharrell Williams “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (2004) 670. Snoop Dogg “Gin & Juice” (1994) 671. Soft Cell “Tainted Love” (1981) 672. Sonny & Cher “I Got You Babe” (1965) 673. Soul II Soul “Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)” (1989) 674. Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun” (1994) 675. Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans “Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah” (1962) 676. Spandau Ballet “True” (1983) 677. Sparks “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us” (1974) 678. Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (1998) 679. Britney Spears “I’m a Slave 4 U” (2001) 680. Britney Spears “Toxic” (2004) 681. The Specials “Ghost Town” (1981) 682. Spice Girls “Wannabe” (1996) 683. Dusty Springfield “Son of a Preacher Man” (1968) 684. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975) 685. Bruce Springsteen “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984) 686. St. Winifred’s School Choir “There’s No One Quite Like Grandma” (1980) 687. Edwin Starr “War” (1970) 688. Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” (1987) 689. Status Quo “Pictures of Matchstick Men” (1967) 690. Steely Dan “Reeling in the Years” (1972) 691. Gwen Stefani “What You Waiting For” (2004) 692. Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild” (1968) 693. Stereo MCs “Connected” (1992) 694. Cat Stevens “Morning Has Broken” (1972) 695. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971) 696. Rod Stewart “Sailing” (1975) 697. The Stone Roses “Fools Gold” (1989) 698. Joss Stone “You Had Me” (2004) 699. The Stranglers “Golden Brown” (1982) 700. Stray Cats “Rock This Town” (1982) 701. The Streets “Let’s Push Things Forward” (2002) 702. The Strokes “The Modern Age” (2001) 703. Styx “Mr. Roboto” (1983) 704. Suede “The Drowners” (1992) 705. Sugababes “Freak Like Me” (2002) 706. The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (1979) 707. Donna Summer “I Feel Love” (1977) 708. Supergrass “Alright” (1995) 709. Supertramp “Goodbye Stranger” (1979) 710. The Supremes “Baby Love” (1964) 711. The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go” (1964) 712. The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (1965) 713. The Supremes & the Temptations “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” (1968) 714. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (1982) 715. Sweet “Blockbuster” (1973) 716. System of a Down “Toxicity” (2002) 717. Tag Team “Whoomp! There It Is” (1993) 718. Take That “Back for Good” (1995) 719. Talking Heads “Psycho Killer” (1977) 720. Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime” (1980) 721. The Tamperer featuring Maya “Feel It” (1998) 722. t.A.T.u. “All the Things She Said” (2003) 723. Tavares “It Only Takes a Minute” (1975) 724. Tavares “More Than a Woman” (1977) 725. James Taylor “You’ve Got a Friend” (1971) 726. Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (1985) 727. The Teddy Bears “To Know Him Is to Love Him” (1958) 728. Television “Marquee Moon” (1977) 729. The Temptations “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” (1972) 730. 10cc “I’m Not in Love” (1975) 731. Thin Lizzy “Whiskey in the Jar” (1973) 732. Thin Lizzy “The Boys Are Back in Town” (1976) 733. Sandi Thom “I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker with Flowers in My Hair” (2005) 734. B.J. Thomas “Hooked on a Feeling” (1968) 735. Carla & Rufus Thomas “Cause I Love You” (1960) 736. The Three Degrees “When Will I See You Again” (1974) 737. Three Dog Night “Mama Told Me Not to Come” (1970) 738. Thunderclap Newman “Something in the Air” (1969) 739. Tiffany “I Think We’re Alone Now” (1987) 740. Justin Timberlake “Cry Me a River” (2002) 741. The Timelords “Doctorin’ the Tardis” (1988) 742. TLC “Waterfalls” (1994) 743. Tone Loc “Wild Thing” (1988) 744. The Tornadoes “Telstar “ (1962) 745. Traffic “Hole in My Shoe” (1967) 746. The Tremelones “Silence Is Golden” (1967) 747. T-Rex “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” (1971) 748. Trio “Da Da Da” (1982) 749. The Troggs “Wild Thing” (1966) 750. Tubeway Army “Are Friends Electric?” (1979) 751. Big Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle and Roll” (1954) 752. Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep, Mountain High” (1966) 753. The Turtles “Happy Together” (1967) 754. 2 Unlimited “No Limit” (1993) 755. Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983) 756. U2 “New Year’s Day” (1983) 757. U2 “Pride (In the Name of Love)” (1984) 758. U2 “With or Without You” (1987) 759. U2 “One” (1991) 760. U2 “Beautiful Day” (2000) 761. U2 “Vertigo” (2004) 762. Ugly Kid Joe “Cat’s in the Cradle” (1993) 763. Ultravox “Vienna” (1981) 764. The Undertones “Teenage Kicks” (1978) 765. USA for Africa “We Are the World” (1985) 766. Usher “U Make Me Wanna...” (1997) 767. Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004) 768. Ritchie Valens “Donna” (1958) 769. Ritchie Valens “La Bamba” (1958) 770. Frankie Valli “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” (1967) 771. Van Halen “Jump” (1984) 772. Vanilla Fudge “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (1967) 773. The Vapors “Turning Japanese” (1980) 774. The Ventures “Walk Don’t Run” (1960) 775. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (1997) 776. Sid Vicious “My Way” (1978) 777. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (1956) 778. Bobby Vinton “Blue Velvet” (1963) 779. The Walker Brothers “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (1966) 780. The Walker Brothers “No Regrets” (1975) 781. Dionne Warwick “Walk on By” (1964) 782. Weezer “Buddy Holly” (1994) 783. Mary Wells “Bye Bye Baby” (1960) 784. Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (2005) 785. Wet Wet Wet “Love Is All Around” (1994) 786. Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” (1984) 787. The White Stripes “Hotel Yorba” (2001) 788. White Town “Your Woman” (1997) 789. Barry White “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” (1974) 790. Slim Whitman “Rose Marie” (1954) 791. The Who “My Generation” (1965) 792. The Who “I Can See for Miles” (1967) 793. The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (1971) 794. Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music” (1976) 795. Andy Williams “Can’t Get Used to Losing You” (1963) 796. Robbie Williams “Angels” (1997) 797. Jackie Wilson “Lonely Teardrops” (1958) 798. Jackie Wilson “Night” (1960) 799. Edgar Winter Group “Frankenstein” (1972) 800. Steve Winwood “Roll with It” (1988) 801. Bill Withers “Ain’t No Sunshine” (1971) 802. Wizzard “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday” (1973) 803. Little Stevie Wonder “Fingertips (Part 2)” (1963) 804. Stevie Wonder “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” (1965) 805. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972) 806. Stevie Wonder “I Just Called to Say I Love You” (1984) 807. Sheb Wooley “The Purple People Eater” (1958) 808. Link Wray & His Men “Rumble” (1958) 809. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” (2003) 810. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972) 811. Neil Young “My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)” (1979) 812. Zager & Evans “In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)” (1969) 813. The Zombies “Time of the Season” (1968) Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “Lists from other publications and/or organizations” Thunder Bay Press (2006). Singles: Six Decades of Hot Hits & Classic Cuts. By Johnny Black, et al. Outline Press Ltd.: San Diego, CA. First posted 4/11/2021; last updated 3/21/2023.