Saturday, January 28, 2023

Miley Cyrus “Flowers” debuted at #1

Flowers

Miley Cyrus

Writer(s): Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein, Michael Pollack (see lyrics here)


Released: January 12, 2023


First Charted: January 28, 2023


Peak: 18 BB, 118 BA, 15 DG, 14 ST, 110 RR, 134 AC, 117 A40, 110 UK, 115 UK, 112 AU, 22 DF (Click for codes to charts.)


Sales (in millions): -- US, 1.8 UK, 7.36 world (includes US + UK)


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 1097.22 video, 1888.78 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

“Flowers” became the biggest hit of Miley Cyrus’s career. It was her second time to ascend to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, following “Wrecking Ball” a decade earlier. When she first topped the charts, she was 21 years old but already a veteran of the music industry. She starred in the Disney TV series Hannah Montana from 2006 to 2011, playing a pop star who maintains a secret identity as a more normal person.

In the real world, she started collecting hits under the “Hannah Montana” banner but then launched her career as Miley Cyrus, achieving success with “Party in the U.S.A.” (#2, 2009), “The Climb” (#4, 2009), and eventually the #1 hit “Wrecking Ball” in 2013. As of this writing, 2023’s “Flowers” was her tenth of eleven top-10 hits.

“Flowers,” the lead single from her eight studio album Endless Summer Vacation, topped the charts in 38 countries WK and became the fastest song in Spotify history to reach one billion streams (112 days). WK It won Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

The lyrics follow the protaganist’s efforts after a breakup to celebrate her independence and realize she is responsible for her own happiness. They make reference to her real-life relationship with actor Liam Hemsworth, who she married in 2018 and divorced in 2020. The song interpolates the melody from Gloria Gaynor’s 1978 women’s empowerment anthem “I Will Survive” WK and adapts some of the lyrics from Bruno Mars’ 2013 chart-topper “When I Was Your Man.” SF

Consequence.com’s Mary Siroky said “Flowers” sounds like “if the hazy, peaceful California tone of ‘Malibu’ were to be applied to a dance pop track.” WK The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis compared the song’s “shimmering electric guitar and understated yacht-rock mood” to Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 classic album Rumours. WK


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First posted 1/2/2024; last updated 10/12/2024.

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1920-1929

USA’s #1 Pop Songs:

1920-1929

These are the #1 pop songs on the United States pop charts from 1920 to 1929. Songs could have hit #1 on either of these charts:

The date indicates the song’s first appearance at #1, regardless of which chart it was. The act associated with the song is then listed. The Gardner book does not indicate specific artists, so the artists identified here are those which also hit #1 on another chart, are the highest-ranked version according to Dave’s Music Database, or are spotlighted as the top version by Gardner.

Then come the letter codes indicating which charts the song topped. The number following that is the number of weeks at #1. The Gardner charts are monthly and not weekly so the #of weeks has been adjusted by multiplying the song’s number of months at #1 by 4. Meanwhile the Sharon Mawer charts are bi-weekly (dated the first and fifteenth of the month) so to reflect a more accurate depiction of how many weeks the song spent at #1, the original # was doubled.

Click here to access a full list of #1 songs from 1890 to present. See other chart-based lists here.


1920:

  1. 1/15: Elizabeth Spencer & Charles Hart “Let the Rest of the World Go By” (GA: 12, SM: 8)
  2. 1/17: Al Jolson “I’ve Got My Captain Working for Me Now” (PM: 2)
  3. 1/31: Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (PM: 13, SM: 6, GA: 4)
  4. 5/1: Ted Lewis “When My Baby Smiles at Me” (PM: 7, SM: 2)
  5. 5/1: Edith Day “Alice Blue Gown” (PM: 1)
  6. 5/8: Al Jolson “Swanee” (PM: 9, SM: 4, GA: 4)
  7. 6/15: Henry Burr “Rose of Washington Square” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  8. 7/15: Art Hickman “Hold Me” (GA: 8, PM: 3)
  9. 9/15: John Steel “The Love Nest” (GA: 8, PM: 4, SM: 4)
  10. 9/25: Marion Harris “St. Louis Blues” (PM: 3)
  11. 10/15: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Whispering” (PM: 11, SM: 10, GA: 8)
  12. 10/16: Art Hickman “The Love Nest” (PM: 2)
  13. 12/11: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “The Japanese Sandman” (PM: 2)

1921:

  1. 1/1: Al Jolson “Avalon” (GA: 4, SM: 2)
  2. 1/29: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Wang Wang Blues” (PM: 6)
  3. 2/1: Gene Rodemich “Margie” (GA: 8, SM: 8)
  4. 2/28: Eddie Cantor “Margie” (GA: 8, PM: 5)
  5. 2/28: Al Jolson “Yoo-Hoo” (GA: 4)
  6. 4/1: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Bright Eyes” (SM: 6, GA: 4)
  7. 4/16: Al Jolson “O-H-I-O (O-My! O!)” (PM: 4)
  8. 5/14: Marion Harris “Look for the Silver Lining” (PM: 3)
  9. 5/15: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “My Mammy” (GA: 8, SM: 6, PM: 5)
  10. 7/1: Van & Schenck “Ain’t We Got Fun?” (SM: 6, GA: 4, PM: 2)
  11. 7/8: Nora Bayes “Make Believe” (PM: 3)
  12. 7/30: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Cherie” (PM: 6)
  13. 8/15: Ted Lewis “All by Myself” (SM: 10, GA: 8, PM: 4)
  14. 8/31: Billy Jones as Victor Roberts “Peggy O’Neil” (GA: 1)
  15. 9/24: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Song of India” (PM: 5)
  16. 11/1: Ted Lewis “Ma, He’s Making Eyes at Me” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  17. 11/26: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Say It with Music” (GA: 8, SM: 6, PM: 5)
  18. 12/31: Isham Jones “Wabash Blues” (PM: 6, SM: 2)

1922:

  1. 2/1: Al Jolson “April Showers” (PM: 11, SM: 2)
  2. 2/15: Ray Miller “The Sheik of Araby” (SM: 8, GA: 4)
  3. 3/25: Fanny Brice “My Man” (PM: 1)
  4. 4/15: Ray Miller “On the Gin-Gin-Ginny Shore” (GA: 4, SM: 2)
  5. 5/1: Al Jolson “Angel Child” (PM: 5, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  6. 6/1: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Three O’Clock in the Morning” (SM: 14, GA: 12, PM: 8)
  7. 6/10: Isham Jones “On the Alamo” (PM: 4)
  8. 7/1: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Stumbling” (SM: 8, GA: 8, PM: 6)
  9. 7/8: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Do It Again” (PM: 2)
  10. 9/2: Ernest Hare & Billy Jones “Mr. Gallagher & Mr. Shean” (GA: 8, PM: 2)
  11. 9/16: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Hot Lips” (PM: 6)
  12. 10/28: Gallagher & Shean “Mr. Gallagher & Mr. Shean” (GA: 8, PM: 6, SM: 4)
  13. 12/9: Henry Burr “My Buddy” (SM: 2, PM: 1)

1923:

  1. 1/1: Van & Schenck “Carolina in the Morning” (GA: 8, SM: 8, PM: 3)
  2. 1/6: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise” (PM: 1)
  3. 1/13: Al Jolson “Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo’bye)” (PM: 4)
  4. 3/1: Nora Bayes “Lovin’ Sam, the Sheik of Alabam’” (SM: 2)
  5. 3/15: Paul Specht “When Hearts Are Young” (GA: 4, SM: 2)
  6. 4/1: Marion Harris “Aggravatin’ Papa” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  7. 4/7: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” (PM: 7)
  8. 5/1: Sophie Tucker “You’ve Got to See Mama Ev’ry Night or You Can’t See Mama at All” (GA: 4, SM: 2)
  9. 5/15: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Bambalina” (SM: 2, PM: 1)
  10. 5/26: Carl Fenton “Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses” (PM: 3)
  11. 6/1: Isham Jones “Who’s Sorry Now” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  12. 6/23: Art Landry “Dreamy Melody” (PM: 3)
  13. 7/1: Billy Jones “Yes! We Have No Bananas” (SM: 10, GA: 8, PM: 5)
  14. 7/14: Bessie Smith “Down Hearted Blues” (PM: 4)
  15. 7/31: Ben Selvin “Yes! We Have No Bananas” (GA: 8, PM: 2)
  16. 8/11: Isham Jones “Swingin’ Down the Lane” (PM: 6)
  17. 9/15: Henry Burr “Just a Girl That Men Forget” (GA: 4, SM: 2)
  18. 10/1: Billy Murray & Ed Smalle “That Old Gang of Mine” (GA: 8, SM: 8, PM: 6)
  19. 12/1: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “I Love You” (SM: 10, GA: 8)
  20. 12/22: Eddie Cantor “No, No, Nora” (PM: 2)

1924:

  1. 1/5: Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians “Sleep” (PM: 5)
  2. 1/26: Arthur Gibbs “Charleston” (PM: 1)
  3. 2/15: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Linger Awhile” (GA: 8, SM: 6, PM: 4)
  4. 2/16: Wendell Hall “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’” (GA: 8, PM: 6, SM: 4)
  5. 3/29: Ted Weems “Somebody Stole My Gal” (PM: 5)
  6. 4/1: Al Jolson “California, Here I Come!” (PM: 6, SM: 6, GA: 4)
  7. 6/15: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “What’ll I Do?” (SM: 16, GA: 12, PM: 5)
  8. 7/19: Isham Jones “Spain” (PM: 2)
  9. 9/6: Isham Jones “It Had to Be You” (PM: 5)
  10. 10/11: Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians “Memory Lane” (PM: 5)
  11. 10/15: International Novelty Orchestra with Billy Murray “Charley, My Boy” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  12. 11/15: Al Jolson “I Wonder What’s Become of Sally?” (GA: 12, SM: 8, PM: 3)
  13. 12/6: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Somebody Loves Me” (PM: 5)

1925:

  1. 1/10: Al Jolson “All Alone” (SM: 12, GA: 8, PM: 5)
  2. 2/7: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “All Alone” (PM: 3)
  3. 2/28: Marion Harris “Tea for Two” (PM: 3)
  4. 3/21: Johm McCormack “All Alone” (PM: 2)
  5. 4/4: Isham Jones with Ray Miller’s Orchestra “I’ll See You in My Dreams” (PM: 7, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  6. 5/15: Blossom Seeley “Alabamy Bound” (GA: 4, SM: 2)
  7. 5/23: Ted Lewis “O! Katharina” (PM: 1)
  8. 5/30: Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song” (PM: 12, GA: 8, SM: 8)
  9. 6/15: Gene Austin “Yearning Just for You” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  10. 7/4: Ben Bernie “Sweet Georgia Brown” (PM: 5)
  11. 7/15: Eddie Cantor “If You Knew Susie” (GA: 8, PM: 5, SM: 4)
  12. 8/15: Fred Waring “Collegiate” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  13. 9/12: Gene Austin with Billy Carpenter “Yes Sir! That’s My Baby” (SM: 8, PM: 7, GA: 4)
  14. 10/31: Ben Selvin “Oh, How I Miss You Tonight” (PM: 3)
  15. 11/15: Isham Jones “Remember” (SM: 6, GA: 4, PM: 1)
  16. 11/21: Ben Selvin “Manhattan” (PM: 4)
  17. 11/30: John McCormack “Moonlight and Roses Bring Mem’ries of You” (GA: 1)

1926:

  1. 2/13: George Olsen “Who?” (PM: 6)
  2. 3/15: Cliff Edwards “Dinah” (SM: 2)
  3. 3/27: Ben Bernie “Sleepy Time Gal” (PM: 4)
  4. 4/17: Al Jolson “I’m Sitting on Top of the World” (PM: 2)
  5. 4/30: George Olsen with Fran Frey, Bob Rice, & Edward Joyce “Always” (GA: 12, SM: 10, PM: 3)
  6. 4/30: Vincent Lopez “Always” (GA: 12, PM: 2)
  7. 5/22: Gene Austin “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue” (PM: 1)
  8. 6/15: Gene Austin with Fran Frey “Horses” (SM: 4)
  9. 6/19: “Whispering” Jack Smith “Gimme a Lil’ Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?” (PM: 2)
  10. 7/3: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra with Franklyn Baur “Valencia (A Song of Spain)” (PM: 11, GA: 8, SM: 4)
  11. 7/31: Al Jolson “I’d Climb the Highest Mountain if I Knew I’d Find You” (GA: 4)
  12. 9/4: Gene Austin “Bye Bye, Blackbird” (GA: 4, SM: 4, PM: 3)
  13. 10/2: Al Jolson “When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin’ Along” (PM: 2)
  14. 10/15: Jan Garber with Benny Davis “Baby Face” (PM: 6, SM: 6, GA: 4)
  15. 11/27: Johnny Marvin “Breezin’ Along with the Breeze” (PM: 2)
  16. 12/1: Johnny Hamp “Black Bottom” (SM: 2)
  17. 12/11: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “The Birth of the Blues” (PM: 4)
  18. 12/15: Henry Burr “Because I Love You” (GA: 4, SM: 2)

1927:

  1. 1/1: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra with Jack Fulton “In a Little Spanish Town” (SM: 10, GA: 8, PM: 8)
  2. 3/5: Sophie Tucker with Ted Lewis “Some of These Days” (PM: 5)
  3. 3/15: Ben Selvin “Blue Skies” (GA: 8, SM: 6, PM: 2)
  4. 4/9: Gene Austin “Tonight You Belong to Me” (PM: 3)
  5. 5/1: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “It All Depends on You” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  6. 5/14: Ben Bernie “Ain’t She Sweet?” (PM: 4)
  7. 6/1: Nick Lucas “I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  8. 6/11: George Olsen “At Sundown (When Love Is Calling Me Home)” (PM: 3)
  9. 7/1: Roger Wolfe Kahn “Russian Lullaby” (GA: 4, SM: 4, PM: 3)
  10. 7/2: Moran & Mack “Two Black Crows – Parts 1 & 2 (The Early Bird Catches the Worm)” (PM: 5)
  11. 8/1: “Whispering” Jack Smith “Me and My Shadow” (GA: 4, PM: 4, SM: 4)
  12. 8/6: Gene Austin “Forgive Me” (PM: 1)
  13. 9/1: Guy Lombardo “Charmaine!” (SM: 10, GA: 8, PM: 7)
  14. 11/15: Ben Selvin “Miss Annabelle Lee (Who’s Wonderful, Who’s Marvelous)” (GA: 4, SM: 2)
  15. 11/19: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “My Blue Heaven” (PM: 1)
  16. 11/26: Red Nichols “Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider” (PM: 3)
  17. 12/1: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Just a Memory” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  18. 12/17: Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (PM: 13, GA: 8, SM: 8)

1928:

  1. 3/1: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Among My Souvenirs” (SM: 6, GA: 4, PM: 4)
  2. 4/14: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Together” (GA: 4, PM: 2, SM: 2)
  3. 4/28: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Ol’ Man River” (PM: 1)
  4. 5/1: Gene Austin “Ramona” (GA: 12, SM: 12, PM: 8)
  5. 5/5: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Ramona” (GA: 12, PM: 3)
  6. 7/21: Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians “Laugh, Clown, Laugh!” (PM: 1)
  7. 7/28: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “My Angel (Angela Mia)” (GA: 8, PM: 6)
  8. 8/1: Vincent Lopez “My Angel (Angela Mia)” (GA: 8, SM: 8)
  9. 9/8: Gene Austin “Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time)” (GA: 8, SM: 6, PM: 5)
  10. 10/13: Cliff Edwards as Ukelele Ike “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” (PM: 1)
  11. 10/20: Al Jolson “Sonny Boy” (PM: 12, GA: 8, SM: 8)
  12. 12/1: Al Jolson “There’s a Rainbow Round My Shoulder” (PM: 2)

1929:

  1. 1/15: Ben Selvin with Jack Palmer “You’re the Cream in My Coffee” (SM: 2)
  2. 1/26: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “Sweethearts on Parade” (GA: 4, SM: 4, PM: 3)
  3. 2/16: Gene Austin “Carolina Moon” (PM: 7, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  4. 3/1: Ruth Etting “I’ll Get by As Long As I Have You” (SM: 2)
  5. 3/23: George Olsen with Ethel Sutta “A Precious Little Thing Called Love” (PM: 2, SM: 4)
  6. 4/15: Rudy Vallee “Weary River” (GA: 4, SM: 2)
  7. 4/20: Rudy Vallee “Honey” (PM: 8, SM: 2)
  8. 5/31: Leo Reisman “The Wedding of the Painted Doll” (GA: 8, PM: 4, SM: 4)
  9. 7/1: Bob Haring with the Copley Plaza Orchestra “Pagan Love Song” (GA: 8, SM: 8, PM: 4)
  10. 8/10: Cliff Edwards as Ukelele Ike “Singin’ in the Rain” (PM: 3)
  11. 8/31: Al Jolson “Little Pal” (PM: 5)
  12. 9/1: Ethel Waters “Am I Blue?” (GA: 8, SM: 6, PM: 2)
  13. 10/15: Nick Lucas “Tip Toe Through the Tulips” (SM: 12, PM: 10, GA: 8)
  14. 12/28: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Great Day” (PM: 2)

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First posted 1/28/2023.

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Shania Twain: Top 40 Songs

Shania Twain

Top 40 Songs

Country singer Shania Twain was born Eileen Regina Edwards on August 28, 1965, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Her self-titled debut album in 1993 went nowhere, peaking at #67 on the country chart and not even making the pop chart.

However, her sophomore album, 1995’s The Woman in Me, sold 20 million copies worldwide, making it one of the top 100 albums of all time. Her next album, 1997’s Come on Over, sold twice that number, putting it in the top ten of all time. When her next album, 2002’s Up!, was certified for eleven million, it made her the only female artist in history to have three consecutive albums certified diamond by the Recording Industry Assocation of America (RIAA).

It would be fifteen years before she released another album, 2017’s Now. It was her fifth #1 country album. During her hiatus, she dealt with Lyme disease and dysphonia as well as a 2010 divorce with Mutt Lange, who had produced her trio of ten-million-selling albums. 2023 marked the release of her sixth studio release, Queen of Me.

For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

Awards:


Top 40 Songs


Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to singles charts.)

DMDB Top 1%:

1. You’re Still the One (1997)

DMDB Top 2%:

2. Man! I Feel Like a Woman! (1997)

DMDB Top 5%:

3. From This Moment On (with Bryan White, 1997)
4. That Don’t Impress Me Much (1997)
5. Forever and for Always (2002)

DMDB Top 20%:

6. I’m Gonna Getcha Good! (2002)
7. Any Man of Mine (1995)
8. If You’re Not in It for Love, I’m Outta Here (1995)
9. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (1995)
10. You’ve Got a Way (1997)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

11. Up! (2002)
12. Party for Two (with Mark McGrath or Billy Currington, 2004)
13. Come on Over (1997)
14. Don’t Be Stupid, You Know I Love You (1997)
15. It Only Hurts When I’m Breathing (2002)
16. Don’t (2004)
17. Honey, I’m Home (1997)
18. Love Gets Me Every Time (1997)
19. She’s Not Just a Pretty Face (2002)
20. Endless Love (with Lionel Richie, 2012)

21. When You Kiss Me (2002)
22. Today Is Your Day (2011)
23. You Win My Love (1995)
24. Rock This Country (1997)
25. Life’s About to Get Good (2017)
26. God Bless This Child (1995)
27. No One Needs to Know (1995)
28. Waking Up Dreaming (2022)
29. Ka-Ching (2002)
30. Thank You Baby for Makin’ Someday Come So Soon (2002)

31. I Ain’t No Quitter (2004)
32. When (1997)
33. Coat of Many Colors (with Alison Krauss & Union Station, 2003)
34. Shoes (2005)
35. The Woman in Me Needs the Man in You (1995)
36. What Made You Say That (1993)
37. Dance with the One That Brought You (1993)
38. Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (1995)
39. You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me (1993)
40. Giddy Up! (2023)


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First posted 1/24/2023.

Crosby Stills Nash Young: Top 100 Songs

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Top 100 Songs

This page celebrates the 100 best works, collectively, from David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham, Nash, and Neil Young. Crosby, Stills, & Nash came together as a folk-rock trio in 1969. They were considered a supergroup given their pedegrees in previous groups. Crosby had been in the Byrds (1964-67, 1973, 1990), Stills in Buffalo Springfield (1966-68), and Nash in the Hollies (1962-68, 1981-83). On some of their albums, they were joined by Stills’ Buffalo Springfield bandmate Neil Young. Stills also formed the group Manassas (1971-73).

For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

Awards (CSN):


Awards (Buffalo Springfield):


Awards (Byrds):


Awards (The Hollies):


Awards (Young):


Top 100 Songs


Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. This list includes songs from Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Still, Nash & Young; the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Hollies, and solo work from David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Mr. Tambourine Man (Byrds, 1965)
2. For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield, 1966)
3. Heart of Gold (Neil Young, 1972)
4. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (Byrds, 1965)
5. Eight Miles High (Byrds, 1966)

DMDB Top 2%:

6. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (CSN, 1969)
7. Ohio (CSNY, 1970)
8. Rockin’ in the Free World (Young, 1989)

DMDB Top 5%:

9. Teach Your Children (CSNY, 1970)
10. Old Man (Young, 1972)

11. Cinnamon Girl (Young, 1969)
12. Love the One You’re With (Stills, 1970)
13. Woodstock (CSNY, 1970)
14. Bus Stop (Hollies, 1966)
15. My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (Young, 1979)
16. Harvest Moon (Young, 1992)
17. Marrakesh Express (CSN, 1969)
18. Carrie Anne (Hollies, 1967)

DMDB Top 10%:

19. So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star (Byrds, 1967)
20. Our House (CSNY, 1970)
21. My Back Pages (Byrds, 1967)
22. The Needle and the Damage Done (Young, 1972)
23. Southern Man (Young, 1970)
24. I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better (Byrds, 1965)
25. Just a Song Before I Go (CSN, 1977)
26. Southern Cross (CSN, 1982)
27. Wooden Ships (CSN, 1969)
28. Wasted on the Way (CSN, 1982)
29. Hero (Crosby with Phil Collins, 1993)
30. Stop Stop Stop (Hollies, 1966)

31. Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) (Young, 1979)
32. Like a Hurricane (Young, 1977)
33. Down by the River (Young, 1969)

DMDB Top 20%:

34. Helplessly Hoping (CSNY, 1969)
35. Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
36. Mr. Spaceman (Byrds, 1965)
37. American Dream (CSNY, 1988)
38. Cortez the Killer (Young, 1975)
39. All I Really Want to Do (Byrds, 1965)
40. Expecting to Fly (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)

41. War Games (CSN, 1983)
42. Philadelphia (Young, 1994)
43. Stop! In the Name of Love (Hollies, 1983)
44. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Young, 1970)
45. Carry On/Questions (CSNY, 1970)
46. Immigration Man (Crosby/Nash, 1972)
47. Change Partners (Stills, 1971)
48. Helpless (CSNY, 1970)
49. Got It Made (CSNY, 1988)
50. Déjà Vu (CSNY, 1970)

51. Chicago (Nash, 1971)
52. Sugar Mountain (Young, 1968)
53. Just One Look (Hollies, 1964)
54. Long May You Run (Stills/Young, 1976)
55. Carry Me (Crosby/Nash, 1975)
56. Cowgirl in the Sand (Young, 1969)
57. A Man Needs a Maid (Young, 1972)
58. Pay You Back with Interest (Hollies, 1966)
59. Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
60. Military Madness (Nash, 1971)

61. On a Carousel (Hollies, 1967)
62. Tonight’s the Night (Young, 1973)
63. King Midas in Reverse (Hollies, 1967)
64. Fair Game (CSN, 1977)
65. War of Man (Young, 1992)
66. In My Life (CSNY, 1994)
67. Music Is Love (Crosby, 1971)
68. Blackbird (CSNY, 1969)
69. Look Through Any Window (Hollies, 1965)
70. Four Strong Winds (Young, 1978)

71. Almost Cut My Hair (CSNY, 1970)
72. Jennifer Eccles (Hollies, 1968)
73. Rock and Roll Woman (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
74. Find the Cost of Freedom (CSNY, 1970)
75. Broken Arrow (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
76. Marianne (Stills, 1971)
77. Long Walk Home (Young, 1987)
78. This Note’s for You (Young, 1988)
79. Goin’ Back (Byrds, 1967)
80. After the Gold Rush (Young, 1970)

DMDB Beyond the Top 20%:

81. Long Time Gone (CSN, 1969)
82. Sit Yourself Down (Stills, 1970)
83. Chimes of Freedom (Byrds, 1965)
84. It Won’t Be Wrong (Byrds, 1965)
85. Shadow Captain (CSN, 1977)
86. Turn Back the Pages (Stills, 1975)
87. I Can’t Let Go (Hollies, 1966)
88. 5D (Fifth Dimension) (Byrds, 1966)
89. Live It Up (CSN, 1990)
90. It Doesn’t Matter (Manassas, 1972)

91. This Old House (CSNY, 1988)
92. Drive My Car (Crosby, 1989)
93. No Tears Left (CSNY, 1999)
94. Southern Pacific (Young, 1981)
95. Have You Seen Her Face (Byrds, 1967)
96. I’m Alive (Hollies, 1965)
97. Lady Friend (Byrds, 1967)
98. Guinnevere (CSN, 1969)
99. War Song (Young/Nash, 1972)
100. I Am a Child (Buffalo Springfield, 1968)


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First posted 1/20/2023; last updated 1/24/2023.