Friday, July 31, 2026

Jimi Hendrix: Recording Sessions (10/22/68 to 12/15/69)

Jimi Hendrix

Recording Sessions: 10/22/68 to 12/15/69

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released three albums in 1967 and 1968 before breaking up. Hendrix would finally release Band of Gypsys in 1970, but there was a wealth of unreleased material in between. This page highlights those songs recorded durin that era that would eventually see the light of day on various posthumous releases.

Tracks:

Click on a song title for more details including recording date, chart data, and album appearances.
  1. Look Over Yonder
  2. Peace in Mississippi
  3. Here He Comes (Lover Man)
  4. Gloria
  5. Electric Church Red House
  6. Sunshine of Your Love
  7. Crying Blue Rain
  8. The Star-Spangled Banner
  9. Let Me Move You
  10. Georgia Blues
  11. Trash Man
  12. Midnight
  13. Lullaby for the Summer
  14. Hear My Train A Comin’ (aka “Hear My Train”)
  15. Ships Passing Through the Night
  16. Mannish Boy
  17. Crash Landing
  18. Things I Used to Do
  19. Jam 292 (aka “Jelly 292”)
  20. Villanova Junction Blues
  21. Easy Blues
  22. Izabella
  23. $20 Fine
  24. Woodstock
  25. Jungle
  26. Born Under a Bad Sign


Spotify Playlist

Here’s my Jimi Hendrix: Recording Sessions (10/22/68 to 12/15/69) playlist at Spotify for the above songs.

The Songs

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

Look Over Yonder

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 10/22/68 at TTG Studios in Hollywood, California


Released: Rainbow Bridge (soundtrack, 1971), South Saturn Delta (1997)


Peak: 33 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.91 streaming


About the Song:

This song was originally considered for Axis: Bold As Love. It is a reworked version of “Mr. Bad Luck,” a song dating back to Hendrix’s days as Jimmy James. “It’s a high-energy opener from the Experience with Hendrix coaxing a playful riff. The falsetto backing vocals raise the excitement, and the drop in intensity near the close helps to keep the attention.” ES-110

Peace in Mississippi

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 10/24/68 at TTG Studios in Hollywood, California


Released: Crash Landing (1975)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.54 streaming


About the Song:

This is “a rollicking instrumental that makes the title seem ironic.” ES-89 “The piece is partly Hendrix’s response to egregious racism – mush publisher Bumps Blackwell had told Hendrix of the time when he’d worked for Little Richard and had sent out a black employee in a convertible to buy sandwiches. The employee was brought back by the police, but when a white employee explained the situation, the were…told to keep the black people out of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Upon hearing this, Hendrix changed the title of the track from ‘Peace Alone’ to ‘Peace in Mississippi.’ It’s both a hopeful cut and a most powerful and eloquent riposte to hatred.” ES-89

Here He Comes (Lover Man)

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 10/29/68 at TTG Studios in Hollywood, California; 2/16/69 at Olympic Studios; 12/15/69; 12/18/69 or 12/19/69 at Baggy’s in New York City


Released: South Saturn Delta (1997), The Baggy’s Rehearsal Sessions (2002), Both Sides of the Sky (2018)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 21.06 streaming


About the Song:

This was “one of Hendrix’s favourite tracks.” ES-110 He “kept returning to this song but never found what he sought” ES-128 performing “it with all of his bands from The Experience onwards” ES-110 but “no definitive version was made.” ES-128 “Numerous live renditions of Lover Man have been released following Hendrix’s death.” WK

“Hendrix is the lover quitting the house before being caught by his lover’s other man. It’s a rollicking blues…that was inspired by B.B. King’s fertile ‘Rock Me Baby’” ES-121 and “Lover Man.” ES-110 “It’s a fiery piece with an effortlessy controlled solo that segues into the Batman theme, adding a sly humour and again merging the ‘mojo man’ of the blues with the cartoon superhero. This is continued towards the end, when there’s a shift, and a new riff emerges, seeming to announce the lover man cometh.” ES-128

Gloria

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Van Morrison


Recorded: 10/29/68 at TTG Studios in Hollywood, California


Released: July 1978 (single), The Essential (compilation, 1978)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


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


About the Song:

“This is a riotous and raucous version of Them’s ‘Gloria’…flaunting an unrestrained live atmosphere…blending garage rock and blues to create a simply thrilling noise.” ES-88 “Hendrix amplifies the implied naughtiness and goes on to describe his time with Gloria as ‘freaking, smoking and joking.’” ES-88

Electric Church Red House

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 10/29/68 at TTG Studios in Hollywood


Released: Blues (1994)


Peak: 31 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.82 streaming


About the Song:

This features Lee Michaels (best known for the 1971 hit “Do You Know What I Mean”) on organ. The song is a composite of two separate jams at TTG Studios.

Sunshine of Your Love

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Pete Brown


Recorded: 2/16/69 at Olympic Studios


Released: Valleys of Neptune (2010)


Peak: 24 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 5.30 streaming


About the Song:

“In 1969, Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love was a concert staple of the Experience, and Hendrix maneuvers through this classic with the meticulousness of a surgeon, his play ranging from bold and brash to restrained and intricate.” MM Hendrix’s “most subversive moments often revolve around his reconstructing/deconstructing others’ work, and this interpretation ranks high amongst them.” ES-120

It “opens with a fast take on the famous riff, with some splashier drums before moving into a loose section where the rhythm alters to a samba…There’s a superb bass solo as Hendrix damps his strings behind it, before the drums return with an almost military-style fill; the track builds until Hendrix’s guitar is once again blazing into an ascending run between arriving at the central riff; now fattened with some trills and lambent notes between.” ES-121

Read more about the original Cream song here.

Crying Blue Rain

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 2/16/69 at Olympic Studios


Released: Valleys of Neptune (2010)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.32 streaming


About the Song:

“Crying Blue Rain” is “an atmospheric piece showing that The Experience were far from moribund at this time.” ES-122 It is “a cool riposte to the heat of ‘Lullaby for the Summer.’ Strictly speaking, Hendrix sings a little, but it’s merely ‘yeah yeah’ here and there.” ES-122

“Opening a little similarly to ‘Voodoo Chile,’ the rhythm then shifts to something more syncopated that creates a sense of anticipation. The guitar tone is fatter, matched by Mitchell’s fills creating the sibilance of wheels through water. The tempo abruptly increases in the second half, and the backing struggle to lock in with this, the drums stammering and lagging somewhat.” ES-122

The Star-Spangled Banner

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Francis Scott Key


Recorded: studio: 3/18/69 at the Record Plant in New York City


Released: 10/23/71 (B side of “Dolly Dagger”), Rainbow Bridge (soundtrack, 1971), Ultimate Hendrix (compilation, 1992), Experience Hendrix (compilation, 1997)


Peak: 6 CL, 2 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.58 streaming


About the Song:

The national anthem took on a protest spirit when track and field athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the black-power salute while standing on the winners’ podium at the 1968 Olympics. “The anthem was no longer a simple message of unthinking patriotism but a way of holding a nation to account.” ES-89

Jimi Hendrix gave one of the most memorable performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner” with his instrumental interpretation to close out the Woodstock festival in August 1969. “A morning-after victory song was almost perfect for the last bleary hours of Woodstock.” ES-90 It has become “a defining artefact of the 20th century.” ES-91

Read more about the song here.

Let Me Move You

Jimi Hendrix with Lonnie Youngblood

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 3/18/69 at Record Plant Studios


Released: People, Hell and Angels (2013)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.62 streaming


About the Song:

“This is an exciting collaboration showing that Hendrix could be a tour de force – even when not being the main man, and even when someone else was singing a song he’d written. Here, Lonnie Youngblood takes the vocal, but it doesn’t suffer like some of the Band of Gypsys cuts where Hendrix skates on the edge of anonymity. There’s a thick sound to this one-off band, in which Hendrix’s guitar seems to cry even louder. Hank Anderson is on bass, with John Winfield on organ, and drummer Jimmi Mayes of the Starliters and later Marvin Gaye’s backing band.” ES-124 “The group was assembled as a kind of celebration because they were able to work on a 16-track for the first time. There’s certainly something triumphant about it.” ES-124

Georgia Blues

Jimi Hendrix with Lonnie Youngblood

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 3/19/69


Released: Both Sides of the Sky (2018)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 8.26 streaming


About the Song:

“Opening with slinking bass and sauntering licks, this is a casually cool blues with Lonnie Youngblood from Curtis Knight and the Squires on vocals, grieving for a lost love. Hendrix’s guitar weeps, wails and whimpers throughout this standout track.” ES-131 Youngblood recounts his misery and asks for help from his mama and God, as his little girl and all of his friends have let him down. Albeit, they are the most cliched of blues lyrics but are given a resonance and pathos through the superior backing. Jimmi Mayes of the Starliters is on drums, with the Squires’ Hank Anderson…on bass and John Winfield on organ.” ES-131

“Admittedly, Youngblood’s saxophone is sometimes a little ill-conceived, and its quacking tone ruptures the atmosphere, but in the main, its rancorous whimper is woeful. It also highlights how tasteful Hendrix’s improvisations are and how elastic his tone is.” ES-131

Trash Man

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 2/14/69 at Olympic Studios; 4/3/69 at Olmstead Studios in New York


Released: Midnight Lightning (1975)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.39 streaming


About the Song:

“A sort of ‘Purple Haze’ without the psychedelic trappings, this is an electrifying instrumental with some wild but simultaneously controlled guitar, and a shift in the second half to a dreamier refrain and slower tempo.” ES-122

Midnight

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 4/3/69 at Olmstead Studios


Released: War Heroes (1972), South Saturn Delta (1997)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.84 streaming


About the Song:

This is “a brooding track…with a lighter middle section, as if caught between night and day. It was previously called ‘Midnight Lightning,’ hinting at this blending of light and dark. The guitar tone has a forked, flashing feel about it, and The Experience provide an implacable backing, with Redding’s bass a gloomy cloud behind the streaking riffs.” ES-113

Lullaby for the Summer

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 4/7/69 at the Record Plant


Released: Valleys of Neptune (2010)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.73 streaming


About the Song:

“The Experience recorded this embryonic version of ‘Ezy Ryder’ in New York. At this point it’s an instrumental that takes some inspiration from ‘Fire’ in terms of its rhythm as well as the call and response between bass and guitar with Redding’s bass looking ahead to Billy Cox’s work in Band of Gypsys.” ES-121

“It’s notable for the guitar distortion…which is getting closer in parts to the synth sound from the studio version of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ The track is a fruitful blend of R&B rhythms and phrasing, with a range of rock trilling and bending on the lead guitar licks that thread over one another in true Hendrix fashion.” ES-122

Hear My Train A Comin’ (aka “Hear My Train”)

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: studio: 4/7/69 and 4/9/69 at the Record Plant; live: 1/1/70 at Fillmore East in New York City; live: 5/30/1970 at Berkeley Community Theatre in Berkeley, California


Released: Band of Gypsys (1970), Rainbow Bridge (soundtrack, 1971), Aug. ’73 (single), Midnight Lightning (1975), Blues (1994), Valleys of Neptune (2010), People, Hell and Angels (2013), Both Sides of the Sky (2018)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 40.62 streaming


About the Song:

“The bluesy Hear My Train A Comin’,” MM is “a concert favorite turned in with studio precision.” JZ “The first studio release…was a heavily-edited recording on 1975’s Midnight Lightning, while a live version was originally featured on Rainbow Bridge (and later Blues) and an acoustic version on Blues.” WK “Most listeners will already be familiar with the 12-string acoustic version of this song, but being plugged in and backed here by a full band allows Hendrix the amplitude to reach additional emotional levels both vocally and on guitar.” MM

The Experience had worked on the track but the first in-studio recording was from the first recording session by the Band of Gypsys. ES-124 “Its atmosphere is cooly controlled, sounding like a blues classic that has already been around for at least a decade.” ES-128

Ships Passing Through the Night

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 4/14/69 at the Record Plant


Released: Valleys of Neptune (2010)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.72 streaming


About the Song:

“This embryonic version of ‘Night Bird Flying’ was lost for a time but is a very interesting discovery.” ES-121 It “is captivating in its own right. It also shows that Hendrix could probably have taken The Experience sound further.” ES-121 “The tempo is slower here, with a feeling of The Move’s ‘Brontosaurus’ in the bass riff, and some sudden pauses and shifts in rhythm not troubling the rhythm section at all. Different guitar licks pass each other like those ships.” ES-121

Mannish Boy

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Muddy Waters, Mel London, Ellas McDaniel


Recorded: 4/22/69


Released: Blues (1994), Both Sides of the Sky (2018)


Peak: 28 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 20.81 streaming


About the Song:

“As Charles Shaar Murray pointed out, Muddy Waters’ ‘Mannish Boy’ from 155 is much more than a macho brag, with the racist overtone of the term ‘boy’ being implicitly addressed here. Waters built on Bo Diddley’s ‘I’m a Man’ (also from 1955) with both songs spelling out their humanity – M, A, N – regardless of race.” ES-127

“This shift from sexual bragging and innuendo is an acknowledgement of the halted potential of people of colour. Furthermore, Waters also adds that he’s ‘a rolling stone,’ in defiance of vagrancy laws. Not that Waters eschews the libidinous completely, and he would sometimes enhance the song’s performance by using a beer bottle as a phallus.” ES-128

“Hendrix’s version is certainly an adult interpretation, with a change to the tempo that lends a self-assured power. Indeed, this is a poised performance; it isn’t at all obvious that it’s from the Gypsy’s first session, with a strongly controlled vocal from Hendrix and some unironic falsetto that adds a pure joy to his proclamation.” ES-128

Crash Landing

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 4/24/69


Released: Crash Landing (1975), People, Hell and Angels (2013)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.49 streaming


About the Song:

“This is Hendrix working through the ideas for what would become ‘Freedom.’ Some falsetto singing from him is effective. Isaac’s drumming has a nervous energy about it and it’s clear it’ll burst into something, but it’s not there yet. The organ – uncredited – bleats in to try and vary the track, but it becomes momentous.” ES-125

Things I Used to Do

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Guitar Slim


Recorded: 5/7/69


Released: Both Sides of the Sky (2018)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 6.36 streaming


About the Song:

“Hendrix was inspired by Guitar Slim’s distortion innovations…Hendrix’s interpretation is less weary and resigned than the original and is a very grown-up, measured blues. He also includes a snippet from Bo Diddley’s ‘Before You Accuse Me.’” ES-130 “Johnny Winter joins on astute slide guitar, along with Crosby, Stills & Nash drummer Dallas Taylor.” ES-130

Jam 292 (aka “Jelly 292”)

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 5/14/69 at the Record Plant in New York City


Released: Loose Ends (1974), Blues (1994)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.62 streaming


About the Song:

This is an uptempo jam based on Duke Ellington’s “Dooji Wooji.” It is known both as “Jam 292” (the first take of the song) and “Jelly 292” (the second take of the song.

Villanova Junction Blues

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 5/21/69 at Record Plant Studios


Released: People, Hell and Angels (2013)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 2.59 streaming


About the Song:

“This is a snippetof the piece that Hendrix would play at Woodstock, backed by the Band of Gypsys. It’s a fragment that rounds off the [People, Hell and Angels] album almost casually for Hendrix, it was this easy.” ES-125

Easy Blues

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 5/21/69 at Record Plant Studios


Released: People, Hell and Angels (2013)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.77 streaming


About the Song:

“This instrumental showcases some great playing by Cox and Mitchell’s jazz-like fills are tightly controlled, with Hendrix’s playing a squalling rhythm attack, and then behind that, some buzzing licks.” ES-124

Izabella

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 8/28/69 and 8/29/69 at the Hit Factory in New York City


Released: 4/13/70 (B side of “Stepping Stone”), War Heroes (1972), First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997), People, Hell and Angels (2013)


Peak: 46 CL, 18 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.93 streaming


About the Song:

“Izabella comes from the root name Elizabeth, meaning ‘God is my oath’; a suitable switch for a song about vowing to fight on…The lyrics recount how the speaker’s ‘fighting a war’ for Izabella and the children of the world.” ES-98 The song “makes effective use of damping the strings to imply impatience, and there’s a powerfully squalling solo.” ES-98

The version on People, Hell and Angels “lacks the intensity that the lyrical content requires…However, old friend Larry Lee – who’s on rhythm guitar and would go on to play with Al Green and Albert King – had recently returned from Vietnam lending the lyrics more weight, and possibly inspiring the content in the first place.” ES-124

$20 Fine

Jimi Hendrix with Stephen Stills

Writer(s): Stephen Stills


Recorded: 9/30/69


Released: Both Sides of the Sky (2018)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 4.59 streaming


About the Song:

“A Stephen Stills composition with some effective flares of organ, this song demonstrates the band working as one. As well as Stills on vocals and organ, there’s Duane Hitchings from The Buddy Miles Express…on piano and Mitchell on drums. But, surprisingly, the weak link is Hendrix: his licks and solo are almost pedestrian, as though he’s struggling for ideas. This isn’t aided by him forgoing his usual mastery of sustain, and playing a series of short notes around some repetitive licks that can’t help but be sunk by the organ. This is rectified towards the end when the damping, scratch strumming and note bends spring alive.” ES-129

“There’s an ear-catching opening riff – a Hendrix trademark of course – with prints of ‘Under My Thumb.’…Overall, the song is fairly engaging and has a memorable chorus hook, but it fails as a Hendrix collaboration.” ES-129

Woodstock

Jimi Hendrix with Stephen Stills

Writer(s): Joni Mitchell


Recorded: 9/30/69


Released: Both Sides of the Sky (2018)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.25 streaming


About the Song:

“This has Stephen Stills on vocals and organ and Hendrix on bass.” ES-131 Of course, Stills recorded the Joni Mitchell song with Crosby, Stills & Nash but “Less well known is how Hendrix was also a big fan of Joni Mitchell, even asking if he could record one of her gigs in Ottawa. Mitchell agreed and Hendrix crouched by the stage with his recorder for her entire performance.” ES-132

“The song doesn’t gain much from being reworked as a straight-up rock track – some of Stills’ phrasing suffers, and the organ jam at the end is rather dull with Hendrix’s bass cocking impatiently behind it.” ES-131

Stills said of working with Jimi, “A little wisp of a guy. Very soft-spoken…But he was funny and he taught me a great deal about playing lead…Very dear, a dear soul.” ES-132

Jungle

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix


Recorded: 11/14/69


Released: Both Sides of the Sky (2018)


Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 38.01 streaming


About the Song:

“Only Hendrix and Buddy Miles appear on this initially laid-back instrumental. Rustling cymbals highlight a gently picked riff with some precise Uni-Vibe effects, and it has the feel of a nocturnal animal slinking low in the undergrowth. Miles’ drumming shifts to a more native feel before the second half picks up speed with a scratchier riff that fades out too quickly. This is another fine example of Hendrix creating evocative soundscapes that didn’t need to be delineated by lyrics.” ES-130

Born Under a Bad Sign

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Booker T. Jones, William Bell


Recorded: 12/15/69 at Record Plant in New York City


Released: Blues (1994)


Peak: 29 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 18.99 streaming


About the Song:

This is an instrumental jam of a blues song made famous by Albert King.

Resources/References:

  • AM Amazon.com review of Valleys of Neptune
  • MM Matt Melis, Consequence of Sound
  • ES Emma Stott (2022). On Track…Every Album, Every Song. Sonic Bond Publishing: United Kingdom.
  • WK Wikipedia page for Valleys of Neptune
  • JZ Jonathan Zwickel, The Seattle Times review of Valleys of Neptune


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First posted 7/31/2026; last updated 8/1/2026.

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Jimi Hendrix: Top 50 Songs

Jimi Hendrix

Top 50 Songs

Legendary psychedelic-blues/rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix was born Johnny Allen Hendrix on 11/27/1942 in Seattle, Washington. He was only 27 when he died of a drug overdose in London on 9/18/1970 but his is one of rock music’s greatest legacies.

He first worked as a sideman with Rosa Lee Brooks (1964), Isley Brothers (1964), Buddy & Stacey and the Upsetters (1965); Little Richard, Curtis Knight, and Ronnie Youngblood. He formed Jimmy James and the Blue Flames in 1965. The next year he was discovered by the Animals’ Chas Chandler at New York City’s Café Wha? He went to London and formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience (1966-1969) with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. He also helmed the Band of Gypsys with drummer Buddy Miles and bassist Buddy Cox from 1969 to 1970.

His albums Are You Experienced (1967) and Electric Ladyland (1968) are featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Albums of All Time. His cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” (1968) is featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era 1954-1999.

Awards:


Top 50 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.

1. All Along the Watchtower (1968)
2. Purple Haze (1967)
3. Hey Joe (1966)
4. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) (1968)
5. The Star Spanged Banner (live, 1969)

6. Foxey Lady (1967)
7. Little Wing (1967)
8. Over the Rainbow (1968)
9. The Wind Cries Mary (1967)
10. Crosstown Traffic (1968)

11. Fire (1967)
12. Are You Experienced? (1967)
13. Red House (1967)
14. Dolly Dagger (1970)
15. Stone Free (1966)

16. Manic Depression (1967)
17. If 6 Was 9 (1967)
18. Freedom (1970)
19. Angel (1970)
20. Third Stone from the Sun (1967)

21. Burning of the Midnight Lamp (1967)
22. Up from the Skies (1967)
23. Izabella (1970)
24. Castles Made of Sand (1967)
25. Stepping Stone (1970)

26. Like a Rolling Stone (live, 1967)
27. Gloria (live, 1968)
28. Wild Thing (live, 1967)
29. I Don’t Live Today (1967)
30. Spanish Castle Magic (1967)

31. Gypsy Eyes (1968)
32. Have You Ever Been to Electric Ladyland? (1968)
33. Johnny B. Goode (live, 1970)
34. Drifting (1970)
35. Love or Confusion (1967)

36. Bold As Love (1967)
37. May This Be Love (1967)
38. Earth Blues (1969)
39. Sunshine of Your Love (1968)
40. Here He Comes (Lover Man) (1968)

41. Hear My Train A-Comin’ (1967)
42. Power of Soul (1969)
43. Ezy Ryder (1969)
44. Hound Dog (live, 1967)
45. Night Bird Flying (1970)

46. Blue Suede Shoes (1970)
47. Day Tripper (live, 1967)
48. Message to Love (1969)
49. The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice (1967)
50. Machine Gun (1970)


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First posted 5/21/2019; last updated 7/30/2026.

Saturday, July 4, 2026

90.9 The Bridge: Top 909 Cover Songs of All Time

90.9 The Bridge:

Top 909 Cover Songs of All Time

Over the 4th of July weekend in 2026, the Kansas City radio station 90.9 The Bridge did a countdown of the top 909 cover songs of all time as voted on by listeners. Here were the results.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

1. “Hurt” Johnny Cash
2. “The Man Who Sold the World” Nirvana
3. “Killing Me Softly” Fugees
4. “Hallelujah” Jeff Buckley
5. “Nothing Compares 2U” Sinead O'Connor
6. “All Along the Watchtower” Jimi Hendrix Experience
7. “Smooth Criminal” Alien Ant Farm
8. “I Will Survive” Cake
9. “Sweet Jane” Cowboy Junkies
10. “A Hazy Shade of Winter” Bangles

11. “Take Me to the River” Talking Heads
12. “Personal Jesus” Johnny Cash
13. “In Bloom” Sturgill Simpson
14. “Mad World” Michael Andrews w/ Gary Jules
15. “Jolene” White Stripes
16. “Me and Bobby McGee” Janis Joplin
17. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Devo
18. “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” Nirvana
19. “Wild Horses” Sundays
20. “Respect” Aretha Franklin

21. “The Sound of Silence” Disturbed
22. “With a Little Help from My Friends” Joe Cocker
23. “I Will Always Love You” Whitney Houston
24. “Landslide” Smashing Pumpkins
25. “Proud Mary” Ike & Tina Turner
26. “Mrs. Robinson” Lemonheads
27. “Superstar” Sonic Youth
28. “Because the Night (Unplugged)” 10,000 Maniacs
29. “Heartbeats” Jose Gonzalez
30. “Valerie” Mark Ronson f. Amy Winehouse

31. “Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go” Soft Cell
32. “It's Oh So Quiet” Bjork
33. “Hard to Handle” Black Crowes
34. “Everybody Knows” Concrete Blonde
35. “What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding” Elvis Costello
36. “Lake of Fire (Unplugged)” Nirvana
37. “Last Kiss” Pearl Jam
38. “Angel from Montgomery” Bonnie Raitt
39. “Boyz-n-the-Hood” Dynamite Hack
40. “Across the Universe” Fiona Apple

41. “Close to Me” Get Up Kids
42. “Such Great Heights” Iron & Wine
43. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World” Israel Kamakawiwo?ole
44. “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” They Might Be Giants
45. “Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!” The Beatles
46. “Nothing Compares 2 U” Chris Cornell
47. “Save It for Later” Eddie Vedder
48. “Knockin' on Heaven's Door” Guns N' Roses
49. “I Love Rock and Roll” Joan Jett
50. “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” Marilyn Manson

51. “Try a Little Tenderness” Otis Redding
52. “Mahna Mahna” Cake
53. “Gloria” Patti Smith
54. “Common People” William Shatner
55. “I Think We're Alone Now” Tiffany
56. “Twist and Shout” Beatles
57. “You Really Got Me” Van Halen
58. “Toxic” Calvin Arsenia
59. “Easy” Faith No More
60. “Got to Get You into My Life” Earth Wind & Fire

61. “House of the Rising Sun” Animals
62. “Sea of Love” Cat Power
63. “Just Like Heaven” Dinosaur Jr.
64. “Live and Let Die” Guns N' Roses
65. “Hallelujah” Rufus Wainwright
66. “Big Yellow Taxi” Counting Crows
67. “Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen” Santana
68. “Doin' Time” Lana Del Rey
69. “Darling Nikki” Foo Fighters
70. “Pressure Drop” The Clash

71. “Stop Your Sobbing” Pretenders
72. “Love Song” 311
73. “The Boys of Summer” The Ataris
74. “Take on Me” Reel Big Fish
75. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Tori Amos
76. “Summer Breeze (Part 1)” The Isley Brothers
77. “Changes” Charles Bradley
78. “People Are Strange” Echo & the Bunnymen
79. “Blinded by the Light” Manfred Mann's Earth Band
80. “You Found Me” Waxahatchee & Kevin Morby

81. “War Pigs” Cake
82. “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window`” Joe Cocker
83. “The Chain” Highwomen
84. “99 Red Balloons” Goldfinger
85. “American Woman” Lenny Kravitz
86. “Running Up That Hill” Meg Myers
87. “Pictures of Matchstick Men” Camper Van Beethoven
88. “Always on My Mind” Pet Shop Boys
89. “Make You Feel My Love” Adele
90. “Baker Street” Foo Fighters

91. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” Slits
92. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Toots and the Maytals
93. “Rusty Cage” Johnny Cash
94. “I Fought the Law” Clash
95. “Walk This Way” Run-DMC / Aerosmith
96. “Come Together” Aerosmith
97. “Dancing Barefoot” U2
98. “Come on Eileen” Save Ferris
99. “Blackbird” Billy Preston
100. “Iron Man” Cardigans


101. “You're Still the One” Lake Street Dive
102. “Eleanor Rigby” Aretha Franklin
103. “Pinball Wizard” Hillbenders
104. “Dear Prudence” Siouxsie and the Banshees
105. “Got My Mind Set on You” George Harrison
106. “When You Were Mine” Cyndi Lauper
107. “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” Breeders
108. “Weird Fishes” Lianne La Havas
109. “Once in a Lifetime” Angelique Kidjo
110. “Romeo & Juliet” Indigo Girls

111. “The Loco-Motion” Grand Funk Railroad
112. “Billie Jean” The Civil Wars
113. “Gloria” Laura Branigan
114. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Brandi Carlile
115. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” Marvin Gaye
116. “I Feel for You” Chaka Khan
117. “Without You” Harry Nilsson
118. “Higher Ground” Red Hot Chili Peppers
119. “Kansas City Star” Kacey Musgraves
120. “Dancing in the Dark” Lucy Dacus

121. “Running Up That Hill” Placebo
122. “Police and Thieves” Clash
123. “Torn” Natalie Imbruglia
124. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Otis Redding
125. “Beautiful Strangers” Mavis Staples
126. “Ring of Fire” Social Distortion
127. “Head On” Pixies
128. “Landslide” The Chicks
129. “Love Hurts” Nazareth
130. “La Bamba” Los Lobos

131. “Heroes” The Wallflowers
132. “Life on Mars” Seu Jorge
133. “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl” Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso
134. “The Weight” Aretha Franklin
135. “Renegades of Funk” Rage Against the Machine
136. “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” Eddie Vedder
137. “Behind Blue Eyes” Limp Bizkit
138. “Africa” Weezer
139. “Wish You Were Here” Milk Carton Kids
140. “Billie Jean” Chris Cornell

141. “Viva Las Vegas” Dead Kennedys
142. “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Annie Lennox
143. “Red Red Wine” UB40
144. “The Boxer” Mumford and Sons
145. “Jolene” Beyonce
146. “I'm a Believer” Smash Mouth
147. “Love Rollercoaster” Red Hot Chili Peppers
148. “Ain’t That a Shame” Cheap Trick
149. “Hey Jude” Wilson Pickett
150. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” Elton John

151. “War Pigs (Live)” Faith No More
152. “Everybody Hurts” Al Green
153. “Mony Mony” Billy Idol
154. “Morning Has Broken” Cat Stevens
155. “At Last” Etta James
156. “Murder on the Dancefloor” Royel Otis
157. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Tom Jones
158. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Aretha Franklin
159. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris
160. “Land of Confusion” Disturbed

161. “Driver 8” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
162. “Hound Dog” Elvis Presley
163. “Patience” Chris Cornell
164. “Imagine” A Perfect Circle
165. “In Between Days” Ben Folds
166. “Suspicious Minds” Dwight Yoakam
167. “California Sun” Ramones
168. “Bizarre Love Triangle” Frente
169. “My Funny Valentine” Elvis Costello and the Attractions
170. “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” Amy WInehouse

171. “Linger” Lake Street Dive
172. “California Man” Cheap Trick
173. “Crimson and Clover” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
174. “Whole Lotta Love” Dread Zeppelin
175. “Addicted to Love” Florence + the Machine
176. “I Shot the Sheriff” Eric Clapton
177. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” Al Green
178. “Kids in America” Muffs
179. “Unchained Melody” The Righteous Brothers
180. “The Letter” Joe Cocker

181. “I Put a Spell on You” Nina Simone
182. “Raspberry Beret” Hindu Love Gods
183. “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” Aerosmith
184. “Helter Skelter (Live)” U2
185. “Wichita Lineman” Flea, Nick Cave
186. “There She Goes” Sixpence None the Richer
187. “Born Under Punches” Angelique Kidjo
188. “Friday I'm in Love” Yo La Tengo
189. “Summertime Blues (Live)” Who
190. “Signs” Tesla

191. “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman” Carole King
192. “Ball of Confusion” Love and Rockets
193. “Down in the Park” Foo Fighters
194. “Border Song (Holy Moses)” Aretha Franklin
195. “Dancing Days” Stone Temple Pilots
196. “Do You Wanna Dance?” Ramones
197. “Time After Time” Willie Nelson
198. “Warm Leatherette” Grace Jones
199. “32 Flavors” Alana Davis
200. “Rockin' in the Free World (Live)” David Byrne


201. “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” The Soggy Bottom Boys
202. “Footsteps in the Dark” Cannons
203. “Just a Girl” Florence + the Machine
204. “Thirteen” Elliott Smith
205. “Helter Skelter” Aerosmith
206. “Pictures of Lily” David Bowie
207. “Purple Haze” The Cure
208. “Oh Pretty Woman” Van Halen
209. “Statesboro Blues” Allman Brothers Band
210. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Lana Del Rey

211. “Just Like Heaven (with Robert Smith)” Olivia Rodrigo
212. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” P!nk, Brandi Carlile, Dolly Parton
213. “American Girl” Frank Turner
214. “Mr. Blue Sky” Antennas Up
215. “All Tomorrow's Parties” St. Vincent
216. “All by Myself” Sheryl Crow
217. “Downpressor Man” Sinead O'Connor
218. “Whole Lotta Love” Hozier
219. “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” Rancid
220. “One” Johnny Cash

221. “Can't Get Enough of You Baby” Smash Mouth
222. “Bury a Friend” Duran Duran
223. “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” Hot Chip and Peter Gabriel
224. “Heartbreak Hotel” Willie Nelson
225. “Pride and Joy” Bonnie Raitt
226. “Summertime” The Fun Boy Three
227. “Dancing in the Dark” Cannons
228. “No Scrubs” Weezer
229. “My Back Pages” The Ramones
230. “Bigmouth Strikes Again” Placebo

231. “Enjoy the Silence” Tori Amos
232. “Hey, Hey, What Can I Do” Hootie and the Blowfish
233. “Fall on Me” Death Cab for Cutie
234. “Making Plans for Nigel” The Rembrandts
235. “So Far Away” Lake Street Dive
236. “True Faith” Sophie Ellis-Bextor
237. “God Only Knows” David Bowie
238. “Dreams” The Corrs
239. “California Girls” David Lee Roth
240. “That's When I Reach for My Revolver” Moby

241. “Summertime Blues” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
242. “Space Oddity” Brandi Carlile
243. “Psycho Killer” Velvet Revolver
244. “Don't Worry, Baby” She & Him
245. “Out of Time” The Ramones
246. “Shake Some Action” Cracker
247. “A Face in the Crowd” Spoon
248. “Gypsy Woman” David Byrne
249. “Come Together” Gary Clark, Jr.
250. “Route 66” Depeche Mode

251. “Where Is My Mind?” Placebo
252. “Louie Louie” The Kingsmen
253. “I'm on Fire” Johnny Cash
254. “I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone” Sex PIstols
255. “Why Can't We Be Friends?” Smash Mouth
256. “Blue” Sarah McLachlan
257. “D'yer Mak'er” Sheryl Crow
258. “Video Killed the Radio Star” Erasure
259. “Crosstown Traffic” Living Colour
260. “I Walk on Gilded Splinters” Paul Weller

261. “It's My Life” No Doubt
262. “Rockin' in the Free World (Live in Kansas City)” Pearl Jam
263. “Hungry Heart” The Mavericks
264. “China Girl” David Bowie
265. “Superman” R.E.M.
266. “Mama Told Me Not to Come” Tom Jones and Stereophonics
267. “All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks)” Dave Matthews Band
268. “Fade into You” Valerie June
269. “Wichita Lineman” Johnny Cash
270. “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” Cyndi Lauper

271. “The First Cut is the Deepest” Sheryl Crow
272. “911 Is a Joke” Duran Duran
273. “Whole Lotta Love” Ike and Tine Turner
274. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Cat Power
275. “Love is the Drug” Grace Jones
276. “#9 Dream” R.E.M.
277. “Gin and Juice” The Gourds
278. “Personal Jesus” Trevor Horn, Iggy Pop, Phoebe Lunny
279. “Whiskey in the Jar” Metallica
280. “I Don't Want to Grow Up” Ramones

281. “Breakdown” Spoon
282. “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
283. “Ball of Confusion” Duran Duran
284. “That Don't Impress Me Much” Haim
285. “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” En VOgue
286. “Bette Davis Eyes” Kim Carnes
287. “Behind Blue Eyes” Sheryl Crow
288. “Caroline, No” The Wedding Present
289. “Go Your Own Way” The Cranberries
290. “Creep” Arlo Parks

291. “Bohemian Rhapsody” Elton John with Axl Rose
292. “Oh My God” Mark Ronson f/ Lily Allen
293. “Yesterday” Willie Nelson
294. “Summertime” Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
295. “She Don't Use Jelly” Ben Folds Five
296. “There She Goes Again” King Princess
297. “Clocks” Rhythms Del Mundo with Coldplay
298. “The Ballroom Blitz” Tia Carrere
299. “Let's Have a Party” Spencer Davis Group
300. “Get Your Kicks on Route 66” The Rolling Stones


301. “53rd and 3rd” Metallica
302. “Don't Think Twice It's Alright” Johnny Marr
303. “In the Air Tonight” Lucy Dacus
304. “Good Vibrations” Todd Rundgren
305. “Something in the Way” Rufus Du Sol
306. “Mama Told Me Not to Come” Wilson Pickett
307. “All Along the Watchtower” U2
308. “Sweet Jane” Sweet
309. “American Girl” Everclear
310. “Can't Help Falling in Love with You” UB40

311. “Such Great Heights” Postmodern Jukebox f. Kiah Victoria
312. “Can't Take My Eyes Off of You” Lauryn Hill
313. “Don't Let Me Down” Stereophonics
314. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Weezer
315. “Little Wing” Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
316. “Blueberry Hill” Elton John
317. “Sad But True” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
318. “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” Rolling Stones
319. “Guitar Man” The Jesus and Mary Chain
320. “Hey Bulldog” Toad the Wet Sprocket

321. “Disguises” The Jam
322. “Fast Car” Luke Combs
323. “Wonderwall” Mike Flowers Pops
324. “Thirteen” Wilco
325. “Watching the Detectives” Duran Duran
326. “China Girl” James
327. “Enjoy the Silence” Foushee
328. “You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks” Brittany Howard
329. “Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps” Cake
330. “Rockin' in the Free World” Simple Minds

331. “Graceland” Willie Nelson
332. “God Only Knows” Daniel Johnston
333. “The Train from Kansas City” Neko Case
334. “Gimme Shelter” Voice of the Beehive and Jimmy Sommerville
335. “Friend of the Devil” Counting Crows
336. “Don't Be Cruel” Cheap Trick
337. “Born to Run” Cowboy Mouth
338. “Honky Tonk Women” Tom Jones
339. “Sunshine on My Shoulders” Train
340. “Viva Las Vegas” ZZ Top

341. “Spanish Castle Magic” Santana
342. “Always Something There to Remind Me” Naked Eyes
343. “Wouldn't It Be Nice” She & Him, Zoey Deschanel, M Ward
344. “Where Is My Mind” Tkay Maidza
345. “Heroes” Oasis
346. “I'm a Believer” EMF with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
347. “Dear God” Sarah McLachlan
348. “Paint It, Black” Duran Duran
349. “Running Up That Hill” Kiki Dee
350. “Wichita Lineman” R.E.M.

351. “Come Together” Sugababes
352. “Cum on Feel the Noize” Oasis
353. “I'm Only Sleeping” The Vines
354. “My Back Pages” The Hollies
355. “Whiskey in the Jar” The Pogues
356. “The Way You Do the Things You Do” UB40
357. “Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In” Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
358. “Bein' Green” Andrew Bird
359. “Route 66 (Live)” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
360. “Summertime” Billie Holiday

361. “Good Lovin'“ The Rascals
362. “Good Guys” Heidi Lynne Gluck
363. “Hey Joe” Wilson Pickett
364. “I Just Wasn't Made for These Times” Jim James
365. “White Lines” Duran Duran
366. “Get Rhythm” Little Richard
367. “Solsbury Hill” Erasure
368. “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Elton John
369. “Stand by Your Man” The Chicks
370. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Making Movies

371. “Enjoy the Silence” Bell X1
372. “Twist and Shout” The Isley Brothers
373. “The Best” Tina Turner
374. “This Is Radio Clash” The Urge
375. “The Ghost in You” Counting Crows
376. “Mama Told Me Not to Come” Three Dog Night
377. “A Forest” British Sea Power
378. “No Woman, No Cry” Fugees
379. “Sad But True” Royal Blood
380. “King of Carrot Flowers Part One” Death Cab for Cutie

381. “Never Going Back Again” matchbox twenty
382. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (We-Mo-Weh)” The Tokens
383. “Gold Dust Woman” Warren Haynes
384. “Love Buzz” Nirvana
385. “When Doves Cry” Patti Smith
386. “They Don't Know” Tracey Ullman
387. “Whole Wide World” Cage the Elephant
388. “Second Hand News” Tonic
389. “Rudie Can't Fail” The MIghty Mighty Bosstone
390. “I'll Take You There” General Public

391. “Love Hurts” Joan Jett
392. “No More I Love You's” Annie Lennox
393. “Love Song” The Big Pink
394. “Creep” Macy Gray
395. “Life During Wartime” Staple Singers
396. “Fascination Street” Monotony Street
397. “Rapper's Delight” Sugarhill Gang with Ellen Dow
398. “Wind of Change” AWOLNATION f. Brandon Boyd and Portugal. the Man
399. “Patience (Thundergong)” Ted Lasso
400. “What to Do” Meat Puppets


401. “Golden” Cannons
402. “Take Me Home Country Roads” Olivia Newton-John
403. “Burning Down the House” Bonnie Raitt
404. “Come and Get It” The Beatles
405. “Heroes” Janelle Monae
406. “I Can't Explain” Snuff
407. “The Chain” Shawn Colvin
408. “Manic Monday” Billie Joe Armstrong
409. “Papa Was a Rollin' Stone” Temptations
410. “Gimme Some Truth” Crew ft. Krystle Warren

411. “Tangerine” Big Head Todd and the Monsters
412. “Route 66” The Brian Setzer Orchestra
413. “I've Been Loving You Too Long” Tina Turner
414. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” Bette Midler
415. “Burning Love” Ronnie Spector
416. “Working Class Hero” Screaming Trees
417. “Whatta Man” Salt-N-Pepa
418. “Ring of Fire`” Ray Charles
419. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” Pete Yorn
420. “This Old Heart of Mine” Rod Stewart with Ron Isley

421. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” Sophie B. Hawkins
422. “Dreams” The Kills
423. “Don't Be Cruel” The Mavericks
424. “Pinball Wizard” Elton John
425. “Use Me” Mick Jagger
426. “You'll Never Walk Alone” Brittany Howard
427. “Redemption Song” Wyclef Jean
428. “The Greatest Love of All” Whitney Houston
429. “Baby One More Time” Tenacious D
430. “Paint It, Black” The Flaming Groovies

431. “You Really Got Me” Robert Palmer
432. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Sammy Rae
433. “No Matter What” The Knack
434. “Here Comes the Sun” Peter Tosh
435. “Band on the Run” Foo Fighters
436. “I Wanna Be Sedated” The Offspring
437. “Here Comes Your Man” Teenage Fanclub
438. “Don't Stop” Elton John
439. “Spirit in the Sky” The Blind Boys of Alabama
440. “The Scientist” Natasha Bedingfield

441. “You Keep Me Hanging On” Madness
442. “Take a Chance on Me” AWOLNATION ft. Jewel
443. “Roll Over Beethoven” The Beatles
444. “Inspiration Information” Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
445. “Creep” Postmodern Jukebox f. Haley Reinhart
446. “Seven Nation Army” The Flaming Lips
447. “Let's Stay Together” Tina Turner
448. “Gold Dust Woman” Sister Hazel
449. “Let It Be” Tito Nieves and Tito Puente
450. “You Spin Me Round Like a Record” Sweet

451. “Harvest Moon” Sunflower Bean
452. “Miss Otis Regrets” The Lemonheads
453. “Fool in the Rain” O.A.R. and Robert Randolph
454. “Dancing in the Moonlight” Smashing Pumpkins
455. “I'm Free” Soup Dragons f/ Junior Reid
456. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Jimmy Barnes
457. “Ziggy Stardust” Seu Jorge
458. “Whiskey in the Jar” Pulp
459. “Hotel Yorba (Playback)” Katy Guillen & the Drive
460. “Please Mr. Postman” The Beatles

461. “Good Vibrations” The Troggs
462. “Blitzkrieg Bop” Sweet
463. “Hello, Dolly” Louis Armstrong
464. “Piece of My Heart” Melissa Etheridge
465. “Folsom Prison Blues” Keb' Mo'
466. “Spanish Castle Magic” Spin Doctors
467. “Sunday Morning” Michael Stipe
468. “You Want It Darker” Iggy Pop
469. “All Through the Night” Cyndi Lauper
470. “Police on My Back” Billie Joe Armstrong

471. “Mighty Quinn” Manfred Mann
472. “Reason to Believe” Rod Stewart
473. “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Joe Cocker
474. “House of the Rising Sun” Nina Simone
475. “Walkin' After Midnight” Patsy Cline
476. “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Samantha Mumba
477. “Soak Up the Sun” Soccer Mommy
478. “Oh! You Pretty Things” Lisa Hannigan
479. “Like a Rolling Stone” Michael Bolton
480. “Maniac” AWOLNATION

481. “I'll Be There (MTV Unplugged) ft Trey Lorenz)” Mariah Carey
482. “In My Life” Jose Feliciano
483. “Back Home Again” Old Crow Medicine Show
484. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” The Vaccines
485. “Let My Love Open the Door” Natalie Imbruglia
486. “Senses Working Overtime” Spacehog
487. “Long Black Train” Cadillac Flambe
488. “Downbound Train” Raul Malo
489. “That's All for Everyone” Tame Impala
490. “Gone Daddy Gone” Gnarls Barkely

491. “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” Hootie & the Blowfish
492. “Just Dropped In” Kenny Rogers
493. “Pet Sounds” Architecture in Helsinki
494. “Mack the Knife” Louis Armstrong
495. “Queen of Hearts” Juice Newton
496. “The Tracks of My Tears” Go West
497. “Uncle John's Band” Lucius
498. “Light My Fire” Shirley Bassey
499. “Barracuda” Fergie
500. “Imagine” Gerry and the Pacemakers


501. “Here Comes Your Man” Kate Roges
502. “I'm Bad I'm Nationwide” Dwight Yoakam
503. “Guns of Brixton” Unwritten Law
504. “Misty Mountain Hop” 4 Non Blondes
505. “Ain’t That a Shame” John Lennon
506. “The Sky Is Crying” Stevie Ray Vaughan
507. “The E Street Shuffle” John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
508. “Many Shades of Black” The Raconteurs with Adele
509. “I'll Be Your Mirror” Courtney Barnett
510. “Heroes” Blondie

511. “Fade into You” Maximo Park
512. “The Loco-Motion” Kylie Minogue
513. “She's Leaving Home” Billy Bragg
514. “Route 66” Chuck Berry
515. “Secret Garden” Tom Cochrane and Damhnait Doyle
516. “Lola” Madness
517. “Working in a Coal Mine” Devo
518. “Right Down the Line” Local Natives
519. “Femme Fatale” Sharon Van Etten
520. “I Get a Kick Outta You” Louis Armstrong

521. “I Shall Be Released” Paul Weller
522. “Gimme Some Truth” Billie Joe Armstrong
523. “Games People Play” Lissie
524. “Stacy's Mom” Postmodern Jukebox f. Casey Abrams
525. “Can't Help Falling in Love” Hall and Oates
526. “Boys Don't Cry” Lostprophets
527. “Can't Get Enough of You Baby” The Colourfield
528. “Wooden Indian” Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
529. “Dead Flowers” Cowboy Junkies
530. “Alone Again (Naturally)” AWOLNATION

531. “Stayin' Alive” Rhythms Del Mundo f. Wyclef Jean
532. “You Really Got a Hold on Me” The Beatles
533. “Fantastic Voyage” Coolio
534. “Positively 4th Street” Paul Westerberg
535. “The Black Angel's Death Song” Fontaines D.C.
536. “All Along the Watchtower” The Fratelli's
537. “Rebel Rebel” Rickie Lee Jones
538. “I'm Waiting for the Man” Matt Berninger
539. “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Michael McDonald
540. “Message in a Bottle” Maxi Priest

541. “Rolling in the Deep” Aretha Franklin
542. “You Make Loving Fun” Jewel
543. “Hey Bulldog” Fanny
544. “Lullaby” Editors
545. “Brilliant Disguise” Elvis Costello
546. “Rave On” M Ward ft. Zoey Deschanel
547. “I Don't Want to Know” Goo Goo Dolls
548. “Uncle John's Band” Jimmy Buffet
549. “Jack Straw” Bruce Hornsby and the Range
550. “Ring of Fire” Def Leppard

551. “Love Me Tender” Linda Ronstadt
552. “I Want to Break Free” Lisa Stansfield
553. “Lady Madonna” Fats Domino
554. “I Won't Back Down” Kris Kristofferson
555. “Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things” Kirsty MacColl ft. the Pogues
556. “Like a Rolling Stone” Jimi Hendrix
557. “Shadows of the Night” Pat Benatar
558. “Some Kind of Wonderful” Joss Stone
559. “Real Wild Child (Wild One)” Iggy Pop
560. “I Say a Little Prayer” Aretha Franklin

561. “White Riot” Cracker
562. “Fade into You” Gregory Alan Isakov, Sylvan Esso
563. “Royals” Postmodern Juke f. Puddles Pity Party
564. “Devil with the Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly” Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
565. “Money (That's What I Want)” Flying Lizards
566. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Diana Ross
567. “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” The Go-Go's
568. “Born to Run” Frank Turner
569. “Just a Friend” AWOLNATION
570. “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin

571. “Red House” Buddy Guy
572. “Baby I Love Your Way” Big Mountain
573. “Seven Nation Army” Hard-Fi
574. “Dream Baby” Hootie & the Blowfish
575. “Wild World” Jimmy Cliff
576. “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” Earth, Wind and Fire
577. “Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher” Eileen
578. “Radio Ga Ga” Paul Young
579. “Straight to Hell” Moby featuring Heather Nova
580. “Babe I'm Gonna Leave You” Led Zeppelin

581. “The Tide is High” Blondie
582. “Silver Springs” Lykke Li
583. “Ship of Fools” Elvis Costello
584. “Instant Karma!” Paul Weller
585. “If It Be Your Will” Mavis Staples
586. “Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You” The Charlatans
587. “Let ‘Em In” Dr. John
588. “Der Kommisar” After the Fire
589. “Songbird” Duncan Shiek
590. “Piece of My Heart” Big Brother & the Holding Company

591. “Hold on I'm Comin” Aretha Franklin
592. “It Ain’t Me Babe” Nancy Sinatra
593. “Love Song” Adele
594. “Spirit in the Sky” Dr. and the Medics
595. “Bad Romance” Lissie
596. “Foxey Lady” Cee-Lo Green
597. “All You Pretty Girls” Crash Test Dummies
598. “Eye in the Sky” AWOLNATION f. Beck
599. “Marquee Moon” Kronos Quartet
600. “That Thing You Do!” Billie Joe Armstrong


601. “Sad Songs and Waltzes” Cake
602. “Jailhouse Rock” John Cougar Mellencamp
603. “Laid” Better Than Ezra
604. “I Go Blind” Hootie & the Blowfish
605. “Dream a Little Dream” Eddie Vedder
606. “If I Can't Have You” Eve's Plum
607. “Everyday is Like Sunday” Chrissie Hynde
608. “Suspicious Minds” Fine Young Cannibals
609. “Rebel Rebel” Jimmy Cliff
610. “Ain’t That a Shame” Pat Boone

611. “A Hard Day's Night” Johnny Rivera
612. “Working in the Coal Mine” Devo
613. “I Won't Back Down” John Fogerty
614. “Things We Said Today” Bob Dylan
615. “Mind Games” George Clinton
616. “Love Cats” The Futureheads
617. “Use Me” Hootie & the Blowfish
618. “Dazed and Confused” Led Zeppelin
619. “Maybe I'm Amazed” Billy Joel
620. “Drive” AWOLNATION

621. “It's All Over Now Baby Blue” Echo and the Bunnymen
622. “Live to Tell” Berlin
623. “I Want to Take You Higher” Ike & Tina Turner
624. “I Think We're Alone” Billie Joe Armstrong
625. “I Turn My Camera On” Rock Kills Kid
626. “Ziggy Stardust” Bauhaus
627. “Sloop John B” Dick Dale and His Del-Tones
628. “Hey Jude” Elvis Presley
629. “Iko Iko” Belle Stars
630. “The Spider and the Fly” Buffalo Tom

631. “Strawberry Letter 23” Brothers Johnson
632. “Rihannon” Best Coast
633. “Miss Otis Regrets” Bette Midler
634. “Help Me” kd lang
635. “Burning Down the House” Cardigans with Tom Jones
636. “Material Girl” AWOLNATION f. Taylor Hanson
637. “Landslide” Allison Russell
638. “I Just Wanna Have Something to Do” Garbage
639. “One Way Out” Allman Brothers Band
640. “Ring of Fire” Dwight Yoakam

641. “More, More, More (Part 1)” Babes in Toyland
642. “Lola” Andy Taylor
643. “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” Junior Walker & the All Stars
644. “Tomorrow Never Knows” Jimi Hendrix featuring Jim Morrison
645. “Wild World” Maxi Priest
646. “A New England” Billie Joe Armstrong
647. “Denis” Blondie
648. “When I'm 64” Barry Gibb
649. “Ob La Di Ob La Da” Celia Cruz
650. “Light My Fire” Clarence Carter

651. “Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)” Lenny Kravitz
652. “Stayin' Alive” Dweezil Zappa
653. “Imagine” Blues Traveler
654. “Beds Are Burning” AWOLNATION
655. “Addicted to Love” Alex Clare
656. “Life During Wartime” Ben Lee
657. “I Believe in Miracles” Eddie Vedder with Zeke
658. “The Wind Cries Mary” Sting
659. “You Keep Me Hanging On” Kim Wilde
660. “This Used to Be My Playground” A Flock of Seagulls

661. “Bring the Noise (Thundergong)” Flava Flav and Jason Sudeikis
662. “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” UB40
663. “That's What Friends Are For” Dionne Warwick and Friends
664. “We Are Family” The Chipmunks and the Chipettes
665. “My Back Pages” Joan Osbourne and Jackson Browne
666. “Day Tripper” Otis Redding
667. “The Boho Dance” Bjork
668. “Anyhow, Anyway, Anywhere” The Flaming Lips
669. “Bennie and the Jets” Beastie Boys with Biz Markie
670. “Cello Song” Fontaines D.C.

671. “You Better Run” Pat Benatar
672. “Revolution” The Radiators
673. “Maggie's Farm” The Specials
674. “Material Girl” KMFDM
675. “Who Are You” Stereophonics
676. “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension
677. “Casey Jones” Warren Zevon with David Linley
678. “Need You Tonight” Level 42
679. “Blue Monday” Randy Newman
680. “The Crying Game” Boy George

681. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” The Crickets
682. “New York Groove” Ace Frehley
683. “Maybe I'm Amazed” Jem
684. “Jackie Wilson Said” Dexy's Midnight Runners
685. “Band on the Run” Heart
686. “Walking on the Moon” Hot Chocolate
687. “When Doves Cry” Razorlight
688. “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” Nancy Sinatra
689. “Oh Pretty Woman” Al Green
690. “Beat on the Brat” U2

691. “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” Linda Ronstadt
692. “The Kids Are Alright” Pearl Jam
693. “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” The Subway
694. “High and Dry” Jamie Cullum
695. “How Lucky” Kurt Vile with John Prine
696. “Pancho and Lefty” Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
697. “I'm a Believer” The Monkees
698. “Midnight at the Oasis” That Dog
699. “Looking Out My Back Door” The Stray Cats
700. “Like a Rolling Stone” Mick Ronson with David Bowie


701. “Dancing on My Own” Kings of Leon
702. “Every Breath You Take” Shirley Bassey
703. “Like a Virgin” Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow
704. “Truckin'“ Dwight Yoakam
705. “Oh! You Pretty Things” Herman's Hermits
706. “5.15” Phish
707. “China Doll” Suzanne Vega
708. “Sunny Afternoon” Bob Geldof
709. “All Day and All of the Night” The Stranglers
710. “Uncle John's Band” Indigo Girls

711. “Think About Me” The New Pornographers
712. “Some Kind of Wonderful” Grand Funk Railroad
713. “Feelin’ Alright” Paul Weller
714. “Havana Affair” Red Hot Chili Peppers
715. “New York” Cat Power
716. “Hey Joe” Jimi Hendrix Experience
717. “I Only Have Eyes for You” Flamingos
718. “I'm Walkin'“ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
719. “Suspicious Minds” Candi Staton
720. “Everybody’s Talkin’” Harry Nilsson

721. “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” Angelique Kidjo
722. “Ain’t That a Shame” Edwyn Collins
723. “Stand by Your Man” Tina Turner
724. “Can't Buy Me Love” Ella Fitzgerald
725. “It's Now or Never” Paul McCartney
726. “Fell in Love with a Boy” Joss Stone
727. “I Hear You Knocking” Dave Edmunds
728. “Use Me” Isaac Hayes
729. “America the Beautiful” Ray Charles
730. “Can't Get Enough of You Baby” ? and the Mysterians

731. “Every 1's a Winner” Ty Segall
732. “Wharf Rat” Midnight Oil
733. “Hello Goodbye” The Cure f. James McCartney
734. “Addicted to Love” Eagles of Death Metal
735. “I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself” White Stripes
736. “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat” Beck
737. “Do You Love Me” Nirvana
738. “Jump Jive an' Wail” The Brian Setzer Orchestra
739. “Jump” Aztec Camera
740. “Killing in the Name” My Brothers and Sisters

741. “Cheat” Rancid
742. “Dizzy” Vic Reeves and the Wonder Stuff
743. “Enter Sandman” Mac DeMarco
744. “Eight Miles High” Husker Du
745. “Louie Louie” Ike & Tina Turner
746. “Linger” Royel Otis
747. “Nightclubbing” Grace Jones
748. “All My Loving” Maxi Priest
749. “How Will I Know” Sam Smith
750. “Time Warp” Tenacious D

751. “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” Liza Minelli
752. “Brand New Cadillac” The Clash
753. “Secret Agent Man” Devo
754. “Gallows Pole” Led Zeppelin
755. “Sad But True” St. Vincent
756. “Lost in the Supermarket” Afghan Whigs
757. “If You Leave” Nada Surf
758. “Back on the Chain Gang” Morrissey
759. “Love Is All Around” R.E.M.
760. “Space Oddity” Natalie Merchant

761. “Wedding Bell Blues” Morrissey w Billiy Joe Armstrong
762. “In the Summertime” Yes You Are
763. “Yesterday” Gladys Knight and the Pips
764. “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” The Mavericks
765. “Spanish Harlem” Aretha Franklin
766. “Beyond the Sea” Bobby Darin
767. “Girl from the North Country” M Ward, Connor Oberst, Jim James
768. “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” Robert Palmer
769. “Farewell Transmission” Kevin Morby & Waxahatchee
770. “Down the Line” The Hollies

771. “Let It Be” Chrissie Hynde
772. “Right Down the Line” Bonnie Raitt
773. “Waterloo Sunset” David Essex
774. “Lady Madonna” Allen Toussaint
775. “Purple House” Prince
776. “Atlantic City” Ed Sheeran
777. “The Scientist” Willie Nelson
778. “How Sweet It Is” James Taylor
779. “Have a Cigar” Foo Fighters and Brian May
780. “Dream Baby” Wayne Newton

781. “Living After Midnight” LA Guns
782. “I Wanna Be Your Dog” Uncle Tupelo
783. “Lotta Love” Nicolette Larson
784. “Whole Lotta Love” Beth Hart
785. “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” David Byrne
786. “Land of 1000 Dances” Wilson Pickett
787. “Start Me Up” Manic Street Preachers
788. “Don't You Evah” Spoon
789. “Love Hurts” Sinead O'Connor
790. “La Vie En Rose” Lucy Dacus

791. “Baby Blue” Aimee Mann
792. “Debaser” Rogue Wave
793. “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” Third Eye Blind
794. “Let My Love Open the Door” Mitski
795. “Summertime Blues” Blue Cheer
796. “Dance Me to the End of Love” Madeleine Peyroux
797. “Someday” Julia Jacklin
798. “Our Lips Are Sealed” Fun Boy Three
799. “Obsession” Animotion
800. “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” Saint Etienne


801. “Handle with Care (Thunder Gong)” Jason Sudeikis, Wil Forte, Fred Armisen
802. “Tears of a Clown” The Beat
803. “Cats in the Cradle” Ugly Kid Joe
804. “Like a Prayer” Loleatta Holloway
805. “Head Over Heels” Japanese Breakfast
806. “Steal My Sunshine” Portugal. the Man f/. Cherry Glaze
807. “A Groovy Kind of Love” Phil Collins
808. “Manic Monday” Bangles
809. “My Way” Sex Pistols
810. “Running Up That Hill” Car Seat Headrest

811. “Bad Romance (Thundergong 2022)” Brendan Hunt
812. “Oye Como Va” Santana
813. “Take Me to Tomorrow” Dave Matthews
814. “Mr. Tambourine Man” Byrds
815. “I Can See Clearly Now” Jimmy Cliff
816. “Nothing Else Matters” Phoebe Bridgers
817. “Jealous Guy” Collective Soul
818. “Champagne Supernova” Matt Pond PA
819. “Espresso” Good Neighbours
820. “Sexual Healing” Soul Asylum

821. “Dancing in the Street” David Bowie and Mick Jagger
822. “Purple Haze” Robert Randolph and the Family Band
823. “Summer Breeze” Type O Negative
824. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” My Morning Jacket
825. “Fast Car” Black Pumas
826. “Careless Whisper” Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
827. “Spirit in the Sky” Elton John
828. “Twist and Shout” Mamas & the Papas
829. “A Case of You” Prince
830. “Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird” Will to Power

831. “Help!” Deep Purple
832. “What a Wonderful World” Joey Ramone
833. “With a Little Help from My Friends” Wet Wet Wet
834. “Higher Ground” Jass
835. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Robert Glasper
836. “Bette Davis Eyes” Kylie Minogue
837. “Go Your Own Way” Lissie
838. “Time After Time” Everything But the Girl
839. “Friend of the Devil” Lyle Lovett
840. “Clampdown” Indigo Girls

841. “Harvest Moon” SYML
842. “Smalltown Boy” Dido
843. “Here Comes the Sun” Nina Simone
844. “Crossroads” Cream (Eric Clapton)
845. “Shout (Parts 1 & 2)” The Isley Brothers
846. “Free Man in Paris” Sufjan Stevens
847. “Blue Suede Shoes” Elvis Presley
848. “California Sun” The Rivieras
849. “Ring of Fire” Lykke Li
850. “Imagine” Dolly Parton

851. “Summertime” Big Brother & the Holding Company
852. “People Get Ready” Rod Stewart
853. “Light My Fire” Stevie Wonder
854. “Instant Karma!” Toad the Wet Sprocket
855. “You Really Got Me” Iggy Pop
856. “Gold Dust Woman (Live)” Sheryl Crow
85. “Jailhouse Rock” The Cramps
858. “Baby I Love Your Way” Diana Ross
859. “Should I Stay or Should I Go” Kaiser Chiefs
860. “Waterfalls” Death Cab for Cutie

861. “Working Class Hero” Green Day
862. “One Step Beyond” Madness
863. “Wild Thing” Divinyls
864. “Mahna Mahna” The Fray
865. “Hateful” No Doubt
866. “Cherry Bomb” L7 and Joan Jett
867. “Love Will Tear Us Apart” Not a Planet
868. “Breaking the Law” Motorhead
869. “Heroes” TV on the Radio
870. “Let's Dance” The Ramones

871. “Dancing in the Dark” Bastille
872. “Dreams” Letters to Cleo
873. “Money Changes Everything” Cyndi Lauper
874. “I Want Candy” Bow Wow Wow
875. “Burning Down the House” Paramore
876. “Wide Open Spaces” Soccer Mommy
877. “Drive” The Script
878. “Holiday” Heaven 17
879. “Ziggy Stardust” Def Leppard
880. “Driver 8” Hootie & the Blowfish

881. “Fire” Pointer Sisters
882. “Venus and Mars Rock Show” KISS
883. “Crazy” Patsy Cline
884. “Just” Mark Ronson f/ Alex Greenwald
885. “Hot Rod Lincoln” Commander Cody and His Lost Planet
886. “Viva Las Vegas” Reverend Horton Heat
887. “Laid” Matt Nathanson
888. “Money (That's What I Want)” Beatles
889. “Video Killed the Radio Star” The Presidents of the United States of America
890. “Safety Dance” Angel Olsen

891. “Crazy Train” Pat Boone
892. “California” Mates of State
893. “Cum on Feel the Noize” Quiet Riot
894. “Flagpole Sitta” AWOLNATION
895. “Sex on Fire” Cannons
896. “Rainbow Connection” Weezer and Hayley Williams
897. “Venus” Bananarama
898. “Take a Chance on Me” Erasure
899. “Lola (909 Session)” Lake Street Dive
900. “The Muppet Show Theme Song” OK Go


901. “Get It on (Bang a Gong)” Power Station
902. “Express Yourself” Information Society
903. “Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio” KISS
904. “White Man in Hammersmith Palais” 311
905. “Kids in America” Billie Joe Armstrong
906. “Born to Run” Frankie Goes to Hollywood
907. “Psycho Killer ft. Victoria De Angelis” Duran Duran
908. “Baby One More Time” Fountains of Wayne
909. “Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody” David Lee Roth

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First posted July 4, 2026.