Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Music VF: Songs of the Year, 1900-2025

Music VF:

Songs of the Year, 1900-2025

Music VF is an online database of more than 120,000 U.S. and UK chart hits. One can search for top songs and artists by year and by decade. Here are the top songs of each year according to Music VF:

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First posted 4/8/2019; last updated 12/31/2025.

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Spotify: Songs of the Year (1960-2025)

Spotify:

Songs of the Year, 1960-2025

These are the top songs each year (1960 to present) according to most streams on Spotify.

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2020-2029: Top 50 Songs of the Decade So Far

Top 50 Songs of the Decade (so far):

2020-2029

These are the top 100 songs from the 2020s according to Dave’s Music Database. Rankings are figured by combining sales figures, chart data, radio airplay, video airplay, streaming figures, awards, and appearances on best-of lists.

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  1. Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (2023)
  2. Harry Styles “As It Was” (2022)
  3. The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber “Stay” (2021)
  4. Dua Lipa with DaBaby “Levitating” (2020)
  5. Glass Animals “Heat Waves” (2020)
  6. Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License” (2021)
  7. Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (2024)
  8. The Weeknd with Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears” (2020)
  9. Adele “Easy on Me” (2021)
  10. Olivia Rodrigo “Good 4 U” (2021)

  11. Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak) “Leave the Door Open” (2021)
  12. Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP” (2020)
  13. Xiao Zhan “Spotlight” (2020)
  14. Teddy Swims “Lose Control” (2023)
  15. Lil Nas X “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” (2021)
  16. 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood” (2020)
  17. Benson Boone “Beautiful Things” (2024)
  18. BTS “Dynamite” (2020)
  19. Hozier “Too Sweet” (2024)
  20. Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero” (2022)

  21. SZA “Kill Bill” (2022)
  22. Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits” (2021)
  23. Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us” (2024)
  24. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (2023)
  25. Alex Warren “Ordinary” (2025)
  26. Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow “Industry Baby” (2021)
  27. Lizzo “About Damn Time” (2022)
  28. Noah Kahan “Stick Season” (2022)
  29. Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso” (2024)
  30. Billie Eilish “Birds of a Feather” (2024)

  31. Justin Bieber with Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Peaches” (2021)
  32. BTS “Butter” (2021)
  33. Chappell Roan “Good Luck, Babe!” (2024)
  34. DaBaby with Roddy Ricch “Rockstar” (2020)
  35. Post Malone & Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help” (2024)
  36. Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die with a Smile” (2024)
  37. SZA “Snooze” (2022)
  38. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (2023)
  39. Steve Lacy “Bad Habit” (2022)
  40. Billie Eilish “What Was I Made For?” (2023)

  41. Sam Smith & Kim Petras “Unholy” (2022)
  42. Beyoncé “Texas Hold ‘Em” (2024)
  43. Zach Bryan with Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (2023)
  44. Rema with Selena Gomez “Calm Down” (2022)
  45. Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé “Savage” (remix) (2020)
  46. Jack Harlow “First Class” (2022)
  47. Jawsh 685 with Jason Derulo “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” (2020)
  48. Encanto Cast “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (2021)
  49. Luke Combs “Fast Car” (2023)
  50. Taylor Swift “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” (2021)

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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

The Top 100 Songs of Pre-Recorded Music History

Pre-Recorded Music History:

Top 100 Songs

The history of recorded music is generally marked as beginning with the introduction of the phonograph by Thomas Edison in 1877. With a few exceptions, this list focuses on music written before that era. These are songs which have been around 150 years or more and have entered the public conscience because of the song itself instead of its performance by a specific artist. This list consists of Christmas songs, children’s songs and nursery rhymes, hymns, and patriotic songs. Songs are listed first by the writers (m=music, w=words), song titles, and year of publication.

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DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Katharine Lee Bates (lyrics) & Samuel A. Ward (music) “America the Beautiful” (1895)
  2. James M. Black & Katharine E. Purvis (songwriters) “When the Saints Go Marching In” (1896)
  3. Joseph Mohr (w), Franz Gruber (m), John Freeman Young (English translation) “Silent Night” (1818)
  4. Francis Scott Key (lyrics), John Stafford Smith (music) “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814)
  5. Stephen Foster (lyrics/music) “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (1851)
  6. John Newton (w) “Amazing Grace” (1779)
  7. John Kelly, later adapted by Don George “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (1853)
  8. Patty S. Hill & Mildred J. Hill (songwriters) “Happy Birthday to You” (1893)
  9. Julia Ward Howe (w) and William Steffe (m) “The Battle Hymn of the Republic (aka ‘Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!’)” (1861)
  10. Stephen Foster (m/w) “Oh! Susanna” (1847)

  11. Dr. Brewster M. Higley (w), Daniel E. Kelly (m) “Home on the Range” (1874)
  12. traditional/George Washington Dixon, Bob Farrell, Otto Bunnell “Turkey in the Straw” (1820)
  13. Richard Milburn (m), Septimus Winner as Alice Hawthorne (w) “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1856)
  14. Dr. Richard Schukburgh (w), traditional (m) “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)” (1754)
  15. Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore (w), unknown (m) “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” (1863)
  16. John Howard Payne (w), Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (m) “Home Sweet Home” (1823)
  17. Daniel Decatur Emmett (m/w) “Dixie” (1859)
  18. James S. Pierpont (m/w) “Jingle Bells” (1857)
  19. Stephen Foster (m/w) “Camptown Races (Gwine to Run All Night)” (1850)
  20. Robert Burns (adapted by) “Auld Lang Syne” (1796)

  21. Frank Kidson “Scarborough Fair” (1891)
  22. Samuel Francis Smith (w), traditional (m) “God Save the King” (1740) / “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” (1831)
  23. traditional “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” (1894)
  24. Thomas d’Urfey (m), Frederick Thomas Nettleingham (w) “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” (1706)
  25. Jane Taylor (w), unknown (m) “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (1806) / “The Alphabet Song (The ABC Song)” (1834) / “Baa Baa Black Sheep” (1879)
  26. Percy Montrose “Clementine” (1884)
  27. Wallace Willis, Henry Thacker Burleigh (arranged by) “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (1872)
  28. traditional/credited to Daniel Decatur Emmett “Jimmy Crack Corn (The Blue Tail Fly)” (1846)
  29. traditional “On Top of Old Smoky” (1841)
  30. Effie I. Canning (m/w) “Rock-a-Bye Baby” (1884)

  31. traditional “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain” (1899)
  32. Charles E. Pratt “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” (1881)
  33. George Frideric Handel (m), Isaac Watts (w), Lowell Mason (arranged) “Joy to the World” (1719)
  34. unknown “O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)” (1751)
  35. Felix Mendelssohn (m), Charles Wesley (w) “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” (1855)
  36. James A. Bland (m/w) “Dem Golden Slippers” (1879)
  37. George Leybourne & Alfred Lee “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” (1867)
  38. Cool White (w) “Buffalo Gals (Will You Come Out Tonight)” (1844)
  39. Eliphalet Oram Lyte “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” (1852)
  40. writer(s) unknown “Greensleeves” (1580) / William Chatterton Dix (w), “Greensleeves” (m) “What Child Is This?” (1865)

  41. traditional “Red River Valley” (1896)
  42. “Ave Maria” (Schubert/Scott: 1825, J.S. Bach/Gounod: 1859)
  43. George F. Root (composer) “The Battle Cry of Freedom” (1862)
  44. Lowell Mason (m), Sarah Josepha Hale (w) “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (1830)
  45. unknown (w/m) “Shenandoah” (1837)
  46. James Ramsey Murray (m) and Charles H. Gabriel (w) “Away in a Manger” (1882)
  47. traditional “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” (1863)
  48. Daniel Decatur Emmett “Polly Wolly Doodle (All the Day)” (1843)
  49. Augustus Montague Toplady (w), Thomas Hastings (m) “Rock of Ages” (1763)
  50. Carl Sandburg “Skip to My Lou” (1832)

  51. Stephen Foster (m/w) “Beautiful Dreamer” (1864)
  52. writer(s) unknown “London Bridge is Falling Down” (1744)
  53. Stephen Foster (m/w) “I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair” (1854)
  54. Eugene Raymond (adapted by) “Pop Goes the Weasel” (1852)
  55. anonymous “Froggie Went A-Courtin’” (1549)
  56. Davies Gilbert “The First Noel” (1823)
  57. Thomas P. Westendorf (m/w) “I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen” (1875)
  58. Lewis Redner (m), Phillips Brooks (w) “O Little Town of Bethlehem” (1868)
  59. unknown “Frère Jacques (Are You Sleeping?)” (1780)
  60. Henry C. Work (m/w) “Grandfather’s Clock” (1876)

  61. Septimus Winner (m/w) “O Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone” (1864)
  62. John Henry Hopkins Jr. (m/w) “We Three Kings of Orient Are” (1857)
  63. Adolphe Adam and John Sullivan Dwight (composers) “O Holy Night” (1847)
  64. Rev. Edmund Hamilton Sears (w) and Richard Storrs Willis (m) “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (1850)
  65. Daniel Decatur Emmett “Old Dan Tucker” (1843)
  66. traditional “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” (1709)
  67. traditional “God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman” (1760)
  68. Sanford F. Bennett (w), Joseph Philbrick Webster (m) “In the Sweet By-and-By” (1868)
  69. Rev. H.D.L. Webster (w), Joseph Philbrick Webster (m) “Lorena” (1857)

    DMDB Top 2%:

  70. Sabine Baring-Gould (w) and Sir Arthur Sullivan (m) “Onward Christian Soldiers” (1871)

  71. traditional “Alouette” (1879)
  72. Philip Phile (m), Joseph Hopkinson (w) “Hail Columbia (The President’s March)” (1789)
  73. Frederic Austin, traditional “Twelve Days of Christmas” (1780)
  74. traditional “This Old Man (Nick Nack Pattiwack)” (1842)
  75. Bill Dooley “Frankie and Johnny” (1899)
  76. unknown “What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?” (1740)
  77. unknown “Three Blind Mice” (1609)
  78. Joseph Eastburn Winter “The Little Brown Jug” (1869)
  79. Thomas Oliphant (w), Nos Galan (m) “Deck the Halls” (1862)
  80. Billy Reeves (w), Frank Campbell (m), and Rollin Howard (arranger) “Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me” (1869)

  81. Jay Roberts (copyrighted by) “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” (1865)
  82. unknown “Bingo (B-I-N-G-O)” (1780)
  83. James Sanderson (m), Albert Gamse (w) “Hail to the Chief” (1810)
  84. unknown “Blow the Man Down” (1849)
  85. Johannes Brahms (composer) “Brahms’ Lullaby (Wiegenleid) (aka “Cradle Song”) (1868)
  86. Dr. Theodore Baker (translated and arranged by) “We Gather Together (Thanksgiving Prayer)” (1630)
  87. unknown “Old King Cole” (1708)
  88. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (writer) “Go Tell Aunt Rhody” (1752)
  89. Hartius Bonar (w), Charles Crozat Converse (m) “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” (1868)
  90. traditional “Sing a Song of Sixpence” (1744)

  91. John Wesley Work (composer) “Go Tell It on the Mountain” (1865)
  92. Ben Johnson (w), traditional (m) “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes” (1616)
  93. unknown “The Hokey Pokey” (1826)
  94. unknown “Humpty Dumpty” (1797)
  95. Carl Boberg (w) “How Great Thou Art” (1885)
  96. unknown “The Wayfaring Stranger” (1807)
  97. Thomas Haynes Bayly (m/w) “Long, Long Ago” (1843)
  98. unknown “The Farmer in the Dell” (1883)
  99. traditional/James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (publisher) “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” (1842)
  100. Ernst Anschütz (w), “Ach Tannenbaum” (m) “O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)” (1824)

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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Lesley Nelson/Contemplator.com: Traditional American Tunes

Lesley Nelson/Contemplator.com:

Traditional American Tunes

Lesley Nelson helmed Contemplator.com, which focused on traditional folk music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and America. As she explained on her website, her interest in history and folk music led to her creating pages focused on a variety of regions, eras, and themes.

This page ranks the 46 songs listed on Nelson’s page on “Traditional American Tunes” based on how many lists the songs are featured on according to Dave’s Music Database. Songs are identified by title, year of publication, and writers.

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1. “Amazing Grace” (1772) by John Newton
2. “The Battle Hymn of the Republic (aka ‘Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!’)” (1861) by Julia Ward Howe & William Steffe
3. “Home on the Range” (1873) by Dr. Brewster M. Higley & Daniel E. Kelly
4. “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)” (1754) by Dr. Richard Schukburgh
5. “Oh! Susanna” (1847) by Stephen Foster
6. “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” (1863) by Louis Lambert as Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore
7. “Dixie” (1859) by Daniel Decatur Emmett
8. “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (1853) by Edwin Christy, John Kelly, & Don George
9. “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” (1881) by Charles E. Pratt
10. “The Battle Cry of Freedom” (1862) by Geoge Frederick Root

11. “Polly Wolly Doodle (All the Day)” (1843) by Daniel Decatur Emmett
12. “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” (1863) traditional
13. “Red River Valley” (1895) traditional
14. “Shenandoah” (1837) unknown
15. “My Wild Irish Rose” (1899) by Chauncey Olcott
16. “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby)” (1913) by James R. Shannon
17. “I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair” (1854) by Stephen Foster
18. “I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen” (1875) by Thomas Paine Westendorf
19. “Eternal Father, Strong to Save (The Navy Hymn)” by William Whiting & John Bacchus Dykes
20. “Lorena” (1857) by Rev. Henry David Webster & Joseph Philbrick Webster

21. “Dem Golden Slippers” (1879) by James A. Bland
22. “Taps” (1860) arranged by Daniel Butterfield
23. “Go Tell It on the Mountain” (1865) writer unknown
24. “Down in the Valley” (1835) by Frank Luther/traditional
25. “When You and I Were Young, Maggie” (1866) by George W. Johnson & J.A. Butterfield
26. “The Bonnie Blue Flag” (1961) by Annie Chabers-Ketchum & Henry “Harry” Macarthy
27. “Dill, Ye Terriers, Drill” (1888) anonymous
28. “I Gave My Love a Cherry” (1785) unknown
29. “Follow the Drinking Gourd” (1860) by Epe Sargent & Henry Russell
30. “Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie” (1910) unknown

31. “Goober Peas” (1866) by A. Pindar & P. Nutt
32. “Lily of the West” (1857) unknown
33. “The Lakes of Pontchartrain” (1900) unknown
34. “Sweet Rosie O’Grady” (1895) by Maud Nugent
35. “Chester” (1778) by William Billings
36. “A Life on the Ocean Wave” (1838) by Epe Sargent & Henry Russell
37. “The Greenland Whale Fishery” (1725) unknown
38. “Green Grow the Lilacs” (1800) unknown
39. “Aura Lea” (1861) adapted by Ken Darby
40. “All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight” (1864) by Lamar Fontaine & John Hill Hewitt

41. “Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies” (1904) unknown
42. “The Rose of Alabama” (1846) by S.S. Steele/anonymous
43. “Skibberdeen” (1869) unknown
44. “I’m a Good Old Rebel” (1857) by Major James M. Dacy
45. “Lady Mary” (1930) collected by Carl Sandburg
46. “Molly and Tenbrooks” (late 19th century) unknown

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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Ballad of America: Top 40 Songs

Ballad of America:

Top 40 Songs

According to their website, Ballad of America is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to the preservation and celebration of music from American history. Their website features a music library of 40 titles, in alphabetical order, that represent American history. The website provides links to each song that offer more detailed backgrounds on the songs.

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1. “Across the Western Ocean” (19th century)
2. “America the Beautiful” (1895)
3. “American Taxation” (1811)
4. “The Battle Cry of Freedom” (1862)
5. “Brave Wolfe” (late 1790s)
6. “The Brazos River” (1942)
7. “Buffalo Gals (Will You Come Out Tonight)” (1844)
8. “The Crawdad Song” (1917)
9. “Dem Golden Slippers” (1879)
10. “The Distressed Damsel” (1680s)

11. “Down in the Valley (Birmingham Jail)” (1835)
12. “Get on Board” (1872)
13. “Ho! For California!” (1849)
14. “Home on the Range” (1874)
15. “Home Sweet Home” (1823)
16. “Jimmy Crack Corn (The Blue Tail Fly)” (1846)
17. “Lincoln and Liberty” (1860)
18. “The Lovely Ohio” (1842)
19. “O! Say Bonny Lass” (1783)
20. “Oh Freedom!” (post-Civil War)

21. “Oh! Susanna” (1846)
22. “The Old Chisholm Trail” (1910)
23. “Old Settler’s Song” (1870s)
24. “Old Sister Phoebe” (first half of 19th century)
25. “Once More A-Lumbering Go” (1851)
26. “Paddy Works on the Railway” (1864)
27. “Railroad Bill” (1895)
28. “The Rambling Gambler” (1938)
29. “Red River Valley” (1896)
30. “Shenandoah” (1837)

31. “The Streets of Laredo” (1911)
32. “Swannanoa Tunnel” (1917)
33. “Sweet Betsy from Pike” (1851)
34. “Tenting on the Old Campground” (1864)
35. “This Little Light of Mine” (1925)
36. “Wanderin’” (1950)
37. “We Shall Not Be Moved” (1909)
38. “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” (1863)
39. “The Wisconsin Emigrant” (1931)
40. “Woried Man Blues” (1930)

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Theodore Raph The American Song Treasury

Theodore Raph:

The American Song Treasury

First published in 1964, this book collects lyrics and offers commentary for 100 American favorites from 1620 to 1958. The book presents the songs in chronological order but I have re-ordered the songs based on how many total lists these songs appear on in the Dave’s Music Database of standards. Publication years for songs are indicated, but no specific artist is attached to each song.

Click here to see other lists from critics and individuals and here to see other lists from publications and/or organizations.

1. “When the Saints Go Marching In” (1880)
2. “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (1906)
3. “Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home?” (1902)
4. “Home on the Range” (1873)
5. “America the Beautiful” (1895)
6. “Give My Regards to Broadway” (1904)
7. “Yankee Doodle Boy” (1905)
8. “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)” (1754)
9. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (1806)
10. “Oh! Susanna” (1846)

11. “Hello Ma Baby” (1899)
12. “After the Ball” (1892)
13. “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” (1863)
14. “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” (1894)
15. “Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis” (1904)
16. “Camptown Races (Gwine to Run All Night)” (1850)
17. “In the Good Old Summertime” (1902)
18. “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (1853)
19. “Auld Lang Syne” (1799)
20. “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” (1892)

21. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (1873)
22. “On Top of Old Smoky” (1841)
23. “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain” (1870)
24. “Clementine” (1884)
25. “My Old Kentucky Home” (1853)
26. “Jimmy Crack Corn (The Blue Tail Fly)” (1846)
27. “The Sidewalks of New York” (1894)
28. “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” (1881)
29. “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” (1927)
30. “In My Merry Oldsmobile” (1905)

31. “Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie” (1905)
32. “Skip to My Lou” (1832)
33. “My Gal Sal” (1905)
34. “Pop Goes the Weasel” (1853)
35. “The Marines’ Hymn” (1919)
36. “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” (1893)
37. “Polly Wolly Doodle (All the Day)” (1843)
38. “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” (1867)
39. “Beautiful Dreamer” (1864)
40. “The Band Played On” (1895)

41. “Red River Valley” (1896)
42. “Shenandoah” (1837)
43. “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1897)
44. “Hail Columbia (The President’s March)” (1789)
45. “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1855)
46. “My Wild Irish Rose” (1899)
47. “Buffalo Gals (Will You Come Out Tonight)” (1844)
48. “Mighty Like a Rose (aka ‘Mighty Lak a Rose’)” (1901)
49. “I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen” (1875)
50. “Froggie Went A-Courtin’” (1549)

51. “I Love You Truly” (1906)
52. “Greensleeves” (1580)
53. “Because” (1902)
54. “The Little Brown Jug” (1869)
55. “Dem Golden Slippers” (1879)
56. “Mary's a Grand Old Name” (1906)
57. “Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)” (1861)
58. “What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?” (1740)
59. “Sweet Betsy from Pike” (1851)
60. “When You and I Were Young, Maggie” (1866)

61. “Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?” (1792)
62. “Billy Boy” (1800)
63. “Vive la Compagnie (Vive l’Amour)” (1818)
64. “Oh Promise Me” (1889)
65. “Tom Dooley” (1929)
66. “Long, Long Ago” (1843)
67. “The Rosary” (1898)
68. “The Girl I Left Behind” (1650)
69. “Blow the Man Down” (1849)
70. “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes” (1616)

71. “Love’s Old Sweet Song” (1887)
72. “Wait for the Wagon” (1851)
73. “The Wayfaring Stranger” (1807)
74. “The Foggy, Foggy Dew” (1804)
75. “I Gave My Love a Cherry” (1785)
76. “Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo (Mademoiselle from Armentieres)” (1918)
77. “There’s a Tavern in the Town” (1883)
78. “Wabash Cannonball” (1882)
79. “We Gather Together (Thanksgiving Song)” (1630)
80. “Barbara Allen” (1622)

81. “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” (1949)
82. “While Strolling Through the Park One Day (The Fountain in the Park)” (1884)
83. “Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms” (1808)
84. “The Wearing of the Green” (1797)
85. “Bell Bottom Trousers” (1945)
86. “Flow Gently Sweet Afton” (1838)
87. “The Blue Bells of Scotland” (1800)
88. “The Campbells Are Coming” (1847)
89. “Dear Old Girl” (1903)
90. “Where Did You Get That Hat?” (1888)

91. “Down in the Valley (Birmingham Jail)” (1835)
92. “Careless Love Blues” (1925)
93. “Aura Lee” (1861)
94. “Annie Laurie” (1838)
95. “St. Patrick’s Day” (1865)
96. “All Through the Night” (1825)
97. “John Peel” (1820)
98. “Charlie Is My Darling” (1830)
99. “Cindy” (1857)
100. “Ida” (1903)

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Monday, December 8, 2025

Today in Music (1967): The Rolling Stones Their Satanic Majesties Request released

Their Satanic Majesties Request

The Rolling Stones

Released: December 8, 1967

Peak: 2 US, 3 UK, -- CN, 13 AU Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, 0.06 UK, 2.50 world (includes US and UK), 4.24 EAS

Genre: classic rock

Tracks:

  1. Sing This All Together [3:46]
  2. Citadel [2:50]
  3. In Another Land (Wyman) [3:15]
  4. 2000 Man [3:07]
  5. Sing This All Together (See What Happens) [8:33]
  6. She's a Rainbow [4:35]
  7. The Lantern [4:23]
  8. Gomper [5:08]
  9. 2000 Light Years from Home [4:45]
  10. On with the Show [3:39]
Songs written by Jagger/Richards unless indicated otherwise.

Total Running Time: 43:28

The Players:

  • Mick Jagger (vocals, tambourine, harmonica, maracas)
  • Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals)
  • Brian Jones (guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, tambourine)
  • Bill Wyman (bass, backing vocals)
  • Charlie Watts (drums)
  • Ian Stewart (keyboards)

Rating:

3.713 out of 5.00 (average of 26 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Album

“Without a doubt, no Rolling Stones album--and, indeed, very few rock albums from any era--split critical opinion as much as the Rolling Stones' psychedelic outing. Many dismiss the record as sub-Sgt. Pepper posturing; others confess, if only in private, to a fascination with the album's inventive arrangements, which incorporated some African rhythms, mellotrons, and full orchestration. Never before or since did the Stones take so many chances in the studio. This writer, at least, feels that the record has been unfairly undervalued, partly because purists expect the Stones to constantly champion a blues ‘n’ raunch worldview.” AM

“About half the material is very strong, particularly the glorious She's a Rainbow, with its beautiful harmonies, piano, and strings; the riff-driven Citadel; the hazy, dream-like In Another Land, Bill Wyman's debut writing (and singing) credit on a Stones release; and the majestically dark and doomy cosmic rocker 2000 Light Years from Home, with some of the creepiest synthesizer effects (devised by Brian Jones) ever to grace a rock record.” AM

“The downfall of the album was caused by some weak songwriting on the lesser tracks, particularly the interminable psychedelic jam Sing This All Together (See What Happens).” AM

“It's a much better record than most people give it credit for being, though, with a strong current of creeping uneasiness that undercuts the gaudy psychedelic flourishes. In 1968, the Stones would go back to the basics, and never wander down these paths again, making this all the more of a fascinating anomaly in the group’s discography.” AM

Resources/References:

  • AM AllMusic.com review by Richie Unterberger
  • MG Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon (2022). The Rolling Stones: All the Songs. Hachette Book Group: New York, NY.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Today in Music (1965): The Rolling Stones December’s Children (And Everybody’s) releeased

December’s Children (And Everybody’s)

The Rolling Stones

Released: December 11, 1965

Peak: 4 US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, -- UK, 1.0 world (includes US and UK), 4.39 EAS

Genre: classic rock

Tracks:

Click on a song title for more details.
  1. She Said Yeah [1:35]
  2. Talkin’ ‘Bout You [2:31]
  3. You Better Move On [2:40]
  4. Look What You’ve Done [2:16]
  5. The Singer Not the Song [2:23]
  6. Route 66 (live) [2:40]
  7. Get Off of My Cloud [2:56]
  8. I’m Free [2:24]
  9. As Tears Go By [2:46]
  10. Gotta Get Away [2:07]
  11. Blue Turns to Grey [2:29]
  12. I’m Movin’ On (live) [2:13]

Total Running Time: 29:04

The Players:

  • Mick Jagger (vocals, tambourine, harmonica)
  • Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals)
  • Brian Jones (guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, tambourine, maracas)
  • Bill Wyman (bass, backing vocals)
  • Charlie Watts (drums)

Rating:

3.807 out of 5.00 (average of 23 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Album

In the first half of the sixties, the UK and United States approached albums differently. While the UK treated them as separate entities from singles, the United States included singles on the albums. This meant that American versions of albums from British groups were cobbled together collections of singles, B-sides, and album cuts that sometimes adhered fairly close to the original UK and sometimes veered greatly.

In the U.S., there were two albums that didn’t have UK counterparts – 12 x 5 in 1964 and December’s Children (And Everybody’s) in 1965. “Haphazard assembly aside, much of it’s great.” AM The latter included four cuts from the UK version of Out of Our Heads – “a breathless run-though of Larry Williams’ ‘She Said Yeah,’” AM “Gotta Get Away,” “a sultry Chuck Berry cover” AM of “Talkin’ ‘Bout You,” and “I’m Free.” There was also a live version of “Route 66;” the original studio version first appeared on the Rolling Stones’ self-titled UK debut in 1964. The album also pulled “one of their best and most tender soul covers,” AM “You Better Move On,” from the Stones’ 1964 self-titled EP.

The album also included the singles “Get Off of My Cloud” and the B-sides “The Singer Not the Song” and “the controversial, string-laden acoustic ballad ‘As Tears Go By.’” AM Rounding out the album were “Look What You’ve Done,” “Blue Turns to Grey,” and a live version of Hank Snow’s “I’m Moving On” that first appeared on the UK live EP Got Live if You Want It!

This was the last Stones’ album in which 50% of the material consisted of covers. AM However, the “Jagger-Richards' songwriting partnership had now developed to the extent that several non-A-side tracks were reasonably strong in their own right, such as ‘I’m Free’ and ‘The Singer Not the Song.’” AM

The Songs

Here’s a breakdown of each of the individual songs.

She Said Yeah

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Sonny Bono, Roddy Jackson

Recorded: ?

Released: Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

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

About the Song:

A

Talkin’ ‘Bout You

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Chuck Berry

Recorded: ?

Released: Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

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

About the Song:

A

You Better Move On

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Arthur Alexander

Recorded: ?

Released: The Rolling Stones (EP, 1964), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

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

About the Song:

A

Look What You’ve Done

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Muddy Waters

Recorded: ?

Released: December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

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

About the Song:

A

The Singer Not the Song

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): ?

Recorded: ?

Released: 10/22/1965 (UK B-side of “Get Off of My Cloud”), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

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

About the Song:

A

Get Off of My Cloud

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

Recorded: ?

Released: 9/25/1965 (US single), 10/22/1965 (UK single), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965), Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) (1966), Hot Rocks (1971), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989), Forty Licks (2002), Grrr! (2012)

Peak: 1 BB, 1 CB, 2 HR, 1 CL, 1 UK, 1 CN, 2 AU Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 3.0 radio, -- video, -- streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

A

I’m Free

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

Recorded: ?

Released: 9/24/1965 (US, B-side of “Get Off of My Cloud”), Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965)

Peak: 41 CL Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

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

About the Song:

A

As Tears Go By

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham

Recorded: ?

Released: 12/18/1965 (US single), 2/4/1966 (UK B-side of “19th Nervous Breakdown”), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965), Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) (1966), Hot Rocks (1971), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989), Grrr! (2012)

Peak: 12/18/65, 6 BB, 10 AC Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 2.0 radio, -- video, -- streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

A

Gotta Get Away

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

Recorded: ?

Released: Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

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

About the Song:

A

Blue Turns to Grey

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

Recorded: ?

Released: December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

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

About the Song:

A

I’m Moving On (live)

The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Hank Snow

Recorded: ?

Released: Got Live if You Want It (UK live EP, 1965), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

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

About the Song:

A

Resources/References:

  • AM AllMusic.com review by Richie Unterberger
  • MG Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon (2022). The Rolling Stones: All the Songs. Hachette Book Group: New York, NY.

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