Showing posts with label Sweet Child O' Mine. Show all posts
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Friday, November 11, 2022

Guns N’ Roses et al: Top 50 Songs

Guns N’ Roses et al

Top 50 Songs

The rock band Guns N’ Roses formed in Los Angeles, Califirnia, in 1985. The original members consisted of Axl Rose (vocals: 1985-), Saul “Slash” Hudson (guitar: 1985-1996, 2016-), Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar: 1985-1991), Duff McKagan (bass: 1985-1997, 2016-), and Steven Adler (drums: 1985-1990). Their first album, Appetite for Destruction, featured the #1 hit “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and top 10 hits “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Paradise City.” is the best-selling debut in U.S. history with 18 million copies sold (30 million worldwide).

The follow-up release, G N’ R Lies, combined the group’s 1986 EP Live Like a Suicide with four new cuts and sold 10 milion copies worldwide fueled by the top 10 song “Patience.” They followed that up with the simultaneous releases of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II in 1991. The albums combined for 35 million copies worldwide and featured two more top-10 hits – “Don’t Cry” and “November Rain.”

After the 1993 covers album The Spaghetti Incident?, all the members except Axl Rose left the band eventually as he spent fifteen years working on the follow-up, 2008’s Chinese Democracy. In the meantime, Slash, Gilby Clarke (guitar: 1991-1994), and Matt Sorum (drums: 1990-1997) worked together in Slash’s Snakepit. Slash and Sorum also worked with McKagan in Velvet Revolver (2003-2008).

Slash and McKagan came back into the fold in 2016 for the Not in This Lifetime tour, which grossed more than half a billion dollars over the next three years, becoming the third highest-grossing concert tour on record.

Other members over the years have included DJ Ashba (guitar: 2009-2015), Brain (drums: 2000-2006), Buckethead (guitar: 2000-2004), Frank Ferrer (drums: 2006-), Robin Finck (guitar: 1997-2008), Richard Fortus (guitar: 2002-), Josh Freese (drums: 1997-2000), Chris Pitman (keyboards: 1998-2016), Dizzy Reed (keyboards: 1990-), Melissa Reese (keyboards: 2016-), Tommy Stinson (bass: 1998-2014), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (guitar: 2006-2014), Paul Tobias (guitar: 1994-2002).

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

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

Awards:

Top 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. This list includes material by Velvet Revolver, Slash’s Snakepit, and Izzy Stradlin & the JuJu Hounds since they all featured former GNR members. Songs are by Guns N’ Roses unless noted otherwise.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Sweet Child O’ Mine (1987)
2. Welcome to the Jungle (1987)
3. November Rain (1991)
4. Paradise City (1987)

DMDB Top 2%:

5. Patience (1988)

DMDB Top 10%:

6. Don’t Cry (1991)
7. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1987)
8. Civil War (1990)
9. Live and Let Die (1991)

DMDB Top 20%:

10. You Could Be Mine (1991)
11. Nightrain (1987)
12. Fall to Pieces (Velvet Revolver, 2004)
13. Mr. Brownstone (1987)
14. Estranged (1991)
15. Since I Don’t Have You (1993)
16. Yesterdays (1991)
17. Slither (Velvet Revolver, 2004)
18. Hair of the Dog (1993)
19. Sympathy for the Devil (1994)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

20. Rocket Queen (1987)
21. Chinese Democracy (2008)
22. It’s So Easy (1987)
23. Used to Love Her (1988)
24. Ain’t It Fun (1993)
25. The Last Fight (Velvet Revolver, 2007)
26. Better (2008)
27. One in a Million (1988)
28. Look at Your Game, Girl (1993)
29. Pretty Tied Up (1991)
30. Shadow of Your Love (1986)

31. Coma (1991)
32. I Will Not Go Quietly (Don Henley with Axl Rose, 1989)
33. So Fine (2008)
34. Shuffle It All (Izzy Stradlin & the JuJu Hounds, 1992)
35. Double Talkin’ Jive (1991)
36. My Michelle (1987)
37. She Builds Quick Machines (Velvet Revolver, 2007)
38. You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory (1993)
39. Move to the City (1986)
40. Out ta Get Me (1987)

41. Heartbreak Hotel (1986)
42. 14 Years (1991)
43. Garden of Eden (1991)
44. Set Me Free (Velvet Revolver, 2003)
45. Dirty Little Thing (Velvet Revolver, 2004)
46. Oh My God (1999)
47. Beggars & Hangers-On (Slash’s Snakepit, 1995)
48. Dead Horse (1991)
49. Dust N’ Bones (1991)
50. Street of Dreams (2008)

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Top 100 Songs by Hair Bands

Hair Bands:

Top 100 Songs

Ah, the hair bands. This much-maligned genre was a mix of rock and pop wrapped up in big hair and leather pants. The bands – almost all white men – were known for lifestyles filled with debauchery and depravity. It was no wonder teens in the ‘80s flocked to the bands like moths to a flame.

Regardless of these bands’ lack of critical acclaim, some of these bands (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard) when on to become some of the biggest rock bands in the world – even after they cut their hair and opted for more sensible jeans. Here – love ‘em or hate ‘em – are the top songs from hair bands as determined by aggregating 21 lists and then ranking those songs featured on 3 or more lists in order of their overall DMDB points.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

1. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
2. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)
3. Van Halen “Jump” (1984)
4. Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me” (1987)
5. Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” (1987)
6. Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” (1991)
7. Whitesnake “Here I Go Again” (1987)
8. Kiss “Rock and Roll All Nite” (1975)
9. Poison “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” (1988)
10. Guns N’ Roses “Paradise City” (1987)

11. Bon Jovi “You Give Love a Bad Name” (1986)
12. Def Leppard “Photograph” (1983)
13. Scorpions “Rock You Like a Hurricane” (1984)
14. Twisted Sister “We’re Not Gonna Take It” (1984)
15. Europe “The Final Countdown” (1986)
16. Ratt “Round and Round” (1984)
17. Quiet Riot “Cum on Feel the Noize” (1983)
18. Van Halen “Runnin’ with the Devil” (1978)
19. Extreme “More Than Words” (1990)
20. Mötley Crüe “Girls, Girls, Girls” (1987)

21. Whitesnake “Is This Love” (1987)
22. Warrant “Cherry Pie” (1990)
23. Def Leppard “Love Bites” (1987)
24. Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive” (1986)
25. Mr. Big “To Be with You” (1991)
26. Night Ranger “Sister Christian” (1984)
27. Guns N’ Roses “Patience” (1988)
28. The Scorpions “No One Like You” (1982)
29. Kiss “Detroit Rock City” (1976)
30. Def Leppard “Rock of Ages” (1983)

31. Van Halen “Panama” (1984)
32. Mötley Crüe “Home Sweet Home” (1985)
33. Quiet Riot “Metal Health (Bang Your Head)” (1983)
34. Poison “Nothin’ But a Good Time” (1988)
35. Skid Row “I Remember You” (1989)
36. Tesla “Love Song” (1989)
37. Van Halen “Hot for Teacher” (1984)
38. Whitesnake “Still of the Night” (1987)
39. Mötley Crüe “Dr. Feelgood” (1989)
40. The Scorpions “Still Loving You” (1984)

41. Lita Ford “Kiss Me Deadly” (1988)
42. Skid Row “18 and Life” (1989)
43. Warrant “Heaven” (1988)
44. Cinderella…Don’t Know What You Got ‘Til It’s Gone (1988)
45. Bon Jovi “Bad Medicine” (1988)
46. Mötley Crüe “Kickstart My Heart” (1989)
47. Queensrÿche “Silent Lucidity” (1990)
48. Def Leppard “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak” (1981)
49. Lita Ford with Ozzy Osbourne “Close My Eyes Forever” (1988)
50. Poison “Talk Dirty to Me” (1986)

51. Alice Cooper “Poison” (1989)
52. Bon Jovi “Runaway” (1983)
53. Great White “Once Bitten Twice Shy” (1989)
54. Autograph…Turn Up the Radio (1984)
55. Def Leppard “Foolin’” (1983)
56. White Lion “When the Children Cry” (1987)
57. Twisted Sister “I Wanna Rock” (1984)
58. Cinderella “Nobody’s Fool” (1986)
59. Mötley Crüe “Shout at the Devil” (1983)
60. Kiss “Lick It Up” (1983)

61. Skid Row “Youth Gone Wild” (1989)
62. Poison “Something to Believe In” (1990)
63. Damn Yankees “High Enough” (1990)
64. White Lion “Wait” (1987)
65. Ozzy Osbourne “Shot in the Dark” (1986)
66. Poison “Fallen Angel” (1988)
67. Dokken “In My Dreams” (1985)
68. Slaughter “Fly to the Angels” (1990)
69. Van Halen “I’ll Wait” (1984)
70. Winger “Seventeen” (1988)

71. Kix “Don’t Close Your Eyes” (1988)
72. David Lee Roth “Yankee Rose” (1986)
73. Kiss “Heaven’s on Fire” (1984)
74. Cinderella “Gypsy Road” (1988)
75. Cinderella “Shake Me” (1986)
76. Dokken “Alone Again” (1984)
77. Firehouse “Love of a Lifetime” (1991)
78. Ugly Kid Joe “Cat’s in the Cradle” (1992)
79. Mötley Crüe “Without You” (1989)
80. Winger “Miles Away” (1990)

81. Winger “Headed for a Heartbreak” (1988)
82. Great White “Rock Me” (1987)
83. Kiss “Tears Are Falling” (1985)
84. Warrant “Down Boys” (1988)
85. Tesla “Signs” (live, 1990)
86. Slaughter “Up All Night” (1990)
87. Ratt “You’re in Love” (1985)
88. Mötley Crüe “Looks That Kill” (1983)
89. Firehouse “Don’t Treat Me Bad” (1991)
90. Vixen “Edge of a Broken Heart” (1988)

91. Guns N’ Roses “Nightrain” (1987)
92. Mötley Crüe “Live Wire” (1981)
93. Cinderella “Coming Home” (1988)
94. Warrant “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1990)
95. Mötley Crüe “Too Young to Fall in Love” (1983)
96. Faster Pussycat “House of Pain” (1989)
97. Ratt “Lay It Down” (1985)
98. Mötley Crüe “Wild Side” (1987)
99. Trixter “Give It to Me Good” (1990)
100. L.A. Guns “The Ballad of Jayne” (1989)

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First posted 1/23/2018; last updated 5/11/2021.

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

Dave's Music Database Hall of Fame: Song Inductees (April 2021)

Originally posted 4/22/2021.

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the DMDB blog on January 22, 2019, Dave’s Music Database launched its own Hall of Fame. This is the ninth set of song inductees. These inductees were selected because of their iconic presence on MTV in the 1980s. These are the 11 highest-ranked ‘80s songs on the overall DMDB list that make the DMDB’s list of the “Top 100 Videos of All Time”). It does not include previously inducted songs “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson (1982) and “Every Breath You Take” by the Police (1983).

Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1982)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

The one-two punch of Jackson’s #1 songs “Billie Jean” and “Beat It” from his monstrous Thriller album sent him into the superstar stratosphere. With Eddie Van Halen on guitar, it was the most rock-oriented song Jackson had ever done. He also broke down racial barriers as one of the first black artists to get massive airplay on MTV. The iconic video was a mini-movie version of West Side Story with rival gangs facing off in a choreographed rumble. Read more.

Michael Jackson “Thriller” (1982)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

This was the seventh and final single from Jackson’s album of the same name. It became the first album in history with seven top-ten hits. Jackson tapped director John Landis, who’d done An American Werewolf in London, to direct the nearly-fourteen-minute, zombie-themed mini movie which served as the video for the song. It became what the Library of Congress called “the most famous music video of all time.” It was the first video to be inducted into the National Film Registry in 2009. Read more.

Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” (1983)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were in the British pop group the Tourists in the latter half of the ‘70s before forming the new wave duo the Eurythmics in 1981. They released one album which went nowhere and then three singles from their second album before they found success with the title cut. It reached #2 in the UK and topped the charts in the United States, giving them what is arguably their signature song. The video, with its surreal imagery, is considered a classic of the early-MTV era. Read more.

Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (1983)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

New wave singer Robert Hazard originally wrote and recorded this song in 1979. In his hands, it came across as misogynistic, but the remake by Lauper turned it into a sing-along party anthem for women’s empowerment. It was her first single as a solo artist and went all the way to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The video, in which she got friends, family, and business assocates to serve as a volunteer cast, was a fun-filled romp that showcased her quirky look and sense of style – and played a huge role in making her a star. Read more.

Van Halen “Jump” (1983)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

In the late ‘70s, Van Halen established themselves as one of the most popular hard rock acts, thanks to Eddie Van Halen’s legendary prowess on guitar and David Lee Roth’s frontman-extrordinaire schtick. When Eddie presented the band with the synth-driven “Jump,” they initially rejected it as too much of a departure. Roth thought it would look like they were selling out for radio airplay. When producer Ted Templeman heard it, he convinced Roth to give the song lyrics and the result wasn’t just the band’s first top-10 pop hit, but a huge #1. The performance video captured the band’s charisma and playfulness and especially turned Roth into an early star of MTV. Read more.

A-ha “Take on Me” (1984)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

The pop trio A-ha first recorded “Take on Me” in 1984 and it reached #3 in their native Norway. However, after they re-recorded the song and a new video, it became an international hit. Steve Barron, who’d done Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” directed the revolutionary video which combined live action with pencil-sketch animation. It took 16 weeks to make, but got heavy rotation on MTV and won six awards at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards. The success of the video sent the song all the way to #1 on the U.S. pop charts. Read more.

Dire Straits “Money for Nothing” (1985)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

Steve Barron has a hand in three of the most important music videos ever made with Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” A-ha’s “Take on Me,” and Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing.” The video used innovative computer animation to bring to life the band’s song about working-class guys who lambast rock stars for garnering massive paychecks without having to work for their money. It gave the group a #1 hit in the United States. Read more.

Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer” (1986)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

Gabriel was the lead singer for the British progressive rock band Genesis from 1967 to 1975 and then went solo. More than a decade later, he had the biggest success of his career with “Sledgehammer,” a #1 song fueled by a wildly inventive video which incorporated Claymation, stop motion, and pixilation. It eventually became MTV’s most played video of all time. Read more.

Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way” (1986)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

The rock band Aerosmith had a top-10 hit with this song from their 1975 album Toys in the Attic. More than a decade later, the rap group Run-D.M.C. remade the song. It became even bigger, becoming the first rap song to hit the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100. The video humorously presented Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry as Run-D.M.C’s neighbors trying to out-blast each other before they unite on stage to perform together. Read more.

Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

The 1980s saw the rise of hair bands, which were pop-metal groups with decadent images outfitted in tight leather pants and – of course – the massive ozone-destroying, hairsprayed-to-the-extreme poofed-up hair. Guns N’ Roses managed to simultaneously check all the boxes while simultaneously giving the genre a grittier vibe. However, it was “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” a sentimental love ballad, which gave the group a #1 hit and made the band an inescapable presence on MTV. Read more.

Madonna “Like a Prayer” (1989)

Inducted April 2021 as “MTV in the ‘80s”

Madonna became a massive star and the Queen of MTV because of her ability to craft catchy pop songs and ooze charisma while always finding new ways to generate press with one controversy or another. The gospel-flavored “Like a Prayer” raised eyebrows with its mix of sex and religion, especially through its video fueled by images of burning crosses and Madonna kissing a black saint. In 2005, it was voted the most groundbreaking music video of all time. Read more.
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Friday, August 28, 2015

Brad Carl: 50 Songs from the 70s and 80s That Still Hold Up

Brad Carl:

50 Songs from the 70s and 80s That Still Hold Up

Brad Carl is a former radio personality who wrote this book (published 8/28/2015) in which he picked 50 songs he believes still sound good against today’s popular music. He doesn’t claim it to be a definitive list, but one which hopefully sparks conversation.

Below are the 50 songs featured in that book, as ranked by Dave’s Music Database. The top 20 songs appear in the top 1%, or roughly top 1000 songs of all time, according to Dave’s Music Database. The top 5 songs are featured in Dave’s Music Database’s book The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era, 1954-1999.

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

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
2. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
3. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
4. Eagles “Hotel California” (1977)
5. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1988)

6. Soft Cell “Tainted Love” (1981)
7. The Knack “My Sharona” (1979)
8. AC/DC “You Shook Me All Night Long” (1980)
9. Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Relax” (1983)
10. The B-52’s “Love Shack” (1989)
11. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988)
12. Boston “More Than a Feeling” (1976)
13. Dire Straits “Money for Nothing” (1985)
14. Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime” (1980)
15. Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight” (1981)
16. Phil Collins “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” (1984)
17. Ramones “I Wanna Be Sedated” (1978)
18. R.E.M. “The One I Love” (1987)
19. The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go” (1982)
20. Aerosmith “Sweet Emotion” (1975)

DMDB Top 2%:

21. UB40 “Red, Red Wine” (1983)
22. Cheap Trick “I Want You to Want Me (live)” (1979)
23. Billy Idol “White Wedding” (1982)
24. War “Low Rider” (1975)
25. Cameo “Word Up” (1986)

DMDB Top 5%:

26. Elton John “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues” (1983)
27. Stevie Nicks “Edge of Seventeen” (1981)
28. Katrina & the Waves “Walking on Sunshine” (1985)
29. U2 “Angel of Harlem” (1988)

DMDB Top 10%:

30. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians “What I Am” (1988)
31. The Church “Under the Milky Way” (1988)
32. Billy Joel “The Longest Time” (1984)
33. Enya “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)” (1988)
34. Billy Vera & the Beaters “At This Moment” (1981)
35. The Jacksons with Mick Jagger “State of Shock” (1984)
36. Whitesnake “Still of the Night” (1987)
37. Georgia Satellites “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” (1986)
38. Bangles “Hazy Shade of Winter” (1987)
39. Echo & the Bunnymen “The Killing Moon” (1984)
40. Traveling Wilburys “Hande with Care” (1988)
41. Rainbow “Since You’ve Been Gone” (1979)

DMDB Top 20%:

42. Benny Mardones “Into the Night” (1980)
43. Pixies “Where Is My Mind?” (1988)
44. Scandal “The Warrior” (1984)
45. Frida Lyngstad “I Know There’s Something Going On” (1982)
46. John Lennon “Nobody Told Me” (1984)
47. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Turn the Page (live)” (1976)
48. The Jeff Healy Band “Angel Eyes” (1988)
49. Sammy Hagar “I Can’t Drive 55” (1984)
50. The Firm “Radioactive” (1985)

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Monday, September 12, 2005

Blender: The 500 Greatest Songs (1980-2005)

Blender:

The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born (1980-2005)

Blender was an American music magazine published from 1994 to 2009. In 2005, it published its list of “The Top 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born.” In a New York Times article, Craig Marks, editor-in-chief of Blender said the article was an answer to Rolling Stone magazine’s 2004 list “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” The Blender list focused exclusively on songs from 1980 on while Rolling Stone’s list was, as Marks said, “a baby boomer notion of how our cultural history should be written.”

Here is the full list with some links to more detailed pages about songs within the DMDB blog.

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

1. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1983)
2. OutKast “Bombs Over Baghdad” (2000)
3. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1988)
4. U2 “One” (1992)
5. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
6. Madonna “Like a Prayer” (1989)
7. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
8. Run-D.M.C. “Sucker MC” (1983)
9. Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (1998)
10. 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)

11. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message” (1982)
12. Beastie Boys “You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party” (1986)
13. Eminem “My Name Is” (1998)
14. Diana Ross “I’m Coming Out” (1980)
15. AC/DC “You Shook Me All Night Long” (1980)
16. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
17. Backstreet Boys “I Want It That Way” (1999)
18. Rick James “Super Freak” (1981)
19. The Notorious B.I.G. “Hypnotize” (1997)
20. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew “The Show” (1985)

21. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” (1989)
22. Prince “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” (1987)
23. Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me” (1987)
24. Run-D.M.C. “It’s Like That” (1983)
25. Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” (1992)
26. The Cure “Just Like Heaven” (1987)
27. Biz Markie “Just a Friend” (1989)
28. Gary Numan “Cars” (1979)
29. Missy Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)
30. Jay-Z “99 Problems” (2004)

31. Method Man & Mary J. Blige “I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need” (1995)
32. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)
33. Blackstreet with Dr. Dre & Queen Pen “No Diggity” (1996)
34. B-Rock & the Bizz “My Baby Daddy” (1997)
35. Talking Heads “Cross-Eyed and Painless” (1980)
36. Rob Base “It Takes Two” (1988)
37. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
38. Destiny’s Child “Bootylicious” (2001)
39. Geto Boys “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” (1991)
40. Salt-N-Pepa “Push It” (1987)

41. Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight” (1981)
42. Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Got Your Money” (1999)
43. Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf” (1982)
44. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” (1983)
45. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (2002)
46. N.W.A. “Fuck tha Police” (1989)
47. Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is” (1984)
48. Pixies “Monkey Gone to Heaven”
49. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
50. Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing” (1982)

51. Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004)
52. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
53. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1982)
54. The Pretenders “Middle of the Road” (1983)
55. Coldplay “The Scientist” (2002)
56. Bell Biv DeVoe “Poison” (1990)
57. Pet Shop Boys “West End Girls” (1985)
58. Radiohead “Karma Police” (1997)
59. Digital Underground “The Humpty Dance” (1990)
60. John Waite “Missing You” (1984)

61. R. Kelly “Ignition (remix)” (2002)
62. Depeche Mode “Just Can’t Get Enough” (1981)
63. U2 “Beautiful Day” (2000)
64. Destiny’s Child “Say My Name” (1999)
65. Metallica “Enter Sandman” (1991)
66. Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (1998)
67. Don Henley “The Boys of Summer” (1984)
68. Funky 4 + 1 “That’s the Joint” (1980)
69. Shania Twain “You’re Still the One” (1998)
70. Bryan Adams “Summer of ‘69” (1984)

71. Fiona Apple “Criminal” (1997)
72. The Smiths “How Soon Is Now?” (1984)
73. LCD Soundsystem “Losing My Edge” (2002)
74. Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” (2004)
75. Nine Inch Nails “Head Like a Hole” (1990)
76. The Gap Band “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” (1982)
77. Mötley Crüe “Girls, Girls, Girls” (1987)
78. Freelance Hellraiser “A Stroke of Genius” (2001)
79. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)
80. Nelly “Hot in Herre” (2002)

81. M.I.A. “Galang” (2004)
82. Nirvana “Come As You Are” (1991)
83. Gang of Four “To Hell with Poverty” (1981)
84. Madonna “Borderline” (1984)
85. Snoop Dogg & Pharrell Williams “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (2004)
86. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Work It” (2002)
87. The Jam “That’s Entertainment” (1981)
88. Grace Jones “Pull Up to the Bumper” (1981)
89. Neil Young “Rockin’ in the Free World” (1989)
90. Madonna “Into the Groove” (1985)

91. Queens of the Stone Age “Feel Good Hit of the Summer” (2000)
92. Taana Gardner “Heartbeat” (1981)
93. Pavement “Cut Your Hair” (1994)
94. P.M. Dawn “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” (1991)
95. Replacements “Unsatisfied” (1984)
96. New Order “True Faith” (1987)
97. Kelly Clarkson “Since U Been Gone” (2004)
98. Prince “When You Were Mine” (1980)
99. Nirvana “All Apologies” (1993)
100. Public Enemy “Bring the Noise” (1988)

101. Positive K “I Got a Man” (1992)
102. The Rapture “House of Jealous Lovers” (2002)
103. Beastie Boys “Sabotage” (1994)
104. Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” (1987)
105. Company B “Fascinated” (1986)
106. Prince “Little Red Corvette” (1983)
107. The White Stripes “Fell in Love with a Girl” (2001)
108. Big Punisher with Joe “Still Not a Player” (1998)
109. Radiohead “Creep” (1992)
110. Britney Spears “Toxic” (2004)

111. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force “Planet Rock” (1982)
112. Ratt “Round and Round” (1984)
113. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
114. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
115. Snoop Dogg “Gin & Juice” (1994)
116. Hole “Violet” (1994)
117. Eric B. and Rakim “Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness)” (1987)
118. L’Trimm “Cars with the Boom” (1988)
119. Cypress Hill “How I Could Just Kill a Man” (1992)
120. Lil’ Jon & the East Side Boyz with the Ying Yang Twins “Get Low” (2003)

121. Linkin Park “In the End” (2001)
122. Kanye West “Through the Wire” (2003)
123. Art Brut “Formed a Band” (2004)
124. Elton John “Sad Songs Say So Much” (1984)
125. Herbie Hancock “Rock-It” (1983)
126. Ice Cube “It Was a Good Day” (1993)
127. Rage Against the Machine “Bulls on Parade” (1996)
128. Kelis “Milkshake” (2003)
129. A Flock of Seagulls “I Ran (So Far Away)” (1982)
130. LL Cool J “Mama Said Knock You Out” (1991)

131. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” (2003)
132. Elliott Smith “Waltz #2 (XO)” (1998)
133. Billy Squier “Everybody Wants You” (1982)
134. Cher “Believe” (1998)
135. Pearl Jam “Daughter” (1993)
136. Cameo “Word Up” (1986)
137. Cornershop “Brimful of Asha” (1997)
138. The Libertines “Up the Bracket” (2002)
139. Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” (1993)
140. Mobb Deep “Shook Ones (Part 2)” (1995)

141. George Michael “Freedom ‘90” (1990)
142. Kurtis Blow “The Breaks” (1980)
143. Treacherous Three “The Body Rock” (1980)
144. Buckcherry “Lit Up” (1999)
145. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories “Stay (I Missed You)” (1994)
146. Ciara “Goodies” (2004)
147. Leonard Cohen “Everybody Knows” (1988)
148. En Vogue “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” (1992)
149. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know” (1995)
150. Ghostface “Run” (2004)

151. The Human League “Don’t You Want Me?” (1981)
152. Chaka Khan “I Feel for You” (1984)
153. Duran Duran “Ordinary World” (1992)
154. Christina Aguilera “Beautiful” (2002)
155. Bob Dylan “Not Dark Yet” (1997)
156. Frankie Smith “Double Dutch Bus” (1981)
157. Blur “Girls & Boys” (1994)
158. Jay-Z “Hard Knock Life” (1998)
159. The Godfathers “Birth School Work Death” (1988)
160. New Order “Temptation” (1982)

161. Electric Six “Danger! High Voltage” (2003)
162. Night Ranger “Sister Christian” (1984)
163. OutKast “Ms. Jackson” (2000)
164. ABC “The Look of Love” (1982)
165. N Sync “Bye Bye Bye” (2000)
166. The Rolling Stones “Start Me Up” (1981)
167. Faith Hill “Breathe” (1999)
168. The Notorious B.I.G. “Juicy” (1994)
169. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
170. Van Halen “Jump” (1984)

171. Craig Mack “Flava in Ya Ear” (1994)
172. Daft Punk “Around the World” (1997)
173. Fugees “Ready or Not” (1996)
174. Liz Phair “Fuck and Run” (1993)
175. Nas “Made You Look” (2002)
176. The Old 97’s “Murder (or a Heart Attack)” (1999)
177. Phantom Planet “California” (2002)
178. Newcleus “Jam on It” (1984)
179. Death Cab for Cutie “The Sound of Settling” (2003)
180. Audio Two “Top Billin’” (1988)

181. The Go-Go’s “Our Lips Are Sealed” (1981)
182. Aerosmith “Janie’s Got a Gun” (1989)
183. Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” (1998)
184. Mazzy Star “Fade Into You” (1993)
185. Grandmaster Flash “Adventures of Grandmaster Flash” (1981)
186. Dawn Penn “You Don’t Love Me” (1982)
187. Clint Black “Killin’ Time” (1989)
188. Beastie Boys “Shake Your Rump” (1989)
189. Jennifer Paige “Crush” (1998)
190. Replacements “Bastards of Young” (1985)

191. Amerie “One Thing” (2005)
192. Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way” (1986)
193. Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark “If You Leave” (1986)
194. The Cult “Love Removal Machine” (1987)
195. Roxy Music “More Than This” (1982)
196. M.C. Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” (1990)
197. Avril Lavigne “Complicated” (2002)
198. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995)
199. Pixies “Debaser” (1989)
200. The Roots with Cody Chesnutt “The Seed (2.0)” (2003)

201. Sarah McLachlan “Building A Mystery” (1997)
202. Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg “Deep Cover” (1992)
203. Robbie Fulks “Let’s Kill Saturday Night” (1998)
204. Scissor Sisters “Take Your Mama” (2004)
205. PJ Harvey “Rid of Me” (1993)
206. Garth Brooks “Friends in Low Places” (1990)
207. Maroon 5 “This Love” (2004)
208. Ministry “Work for Love” (1982)
209. Shaggy with Ricardo “Rik Rok” Ducent “It Wasn’t Me” (2000)
210. Steve Perry “Oh Sherrie” (1984)

211. Beenie Man & Ms. Thing “Dude” (2003)
212. The Strokes “Last Nite” (2001)
213. Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” (1981)
214. U2 “I Will Follow” (1980)
215. Tom Cochrane “Life Is a Highway” (1992)
216. A Tribe Called Quest with Busta Rhymes “Scenario” (1992)
217. Junior Senior “Move Your Feet” (2003)
218. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003)
219. Sean Paul “Get Busy” (2003)
220. Third Eye Blind “Semi-Charmed Life” (1997)

221. Mission of Burma “Academy Fight Song” (1981)
222. Panjabi MC with Jay-Z “Beware of the Girls (Mundian to Bach Ke)” (2003)
223. Stacey Q “Two of Hearts” (1986)
224. Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime” (1980)
225. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988)
226. Supergrass “Alright” (1995)
227. Basement Jaxx “Where’s Your Head At” (2001)
228. The Hives “Hate to Say I Told You So” (2001)
229. Stevie Nicks “Edge of Seventeen” (1981)
230. Tone Loc “Wild Thing” (1988)

231. Portishead “Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)” (1994)
232. Das EFX “They Want EFX” EFX (1992)
233. The dB’s “Black and White” (1981)
234. Whitesnake “Here I Go Again” (1987)
235. Jermaine Stewart “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off” (1986)
236. Pixies “Where Is My Mind” (1988)
237. Strafe “Set It Off” (1984)
238. R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts” (1993)
239. Jocelyn Enriquez “Do You Miss Me” (1994)
240. Blink-182 “All the Small Things” (1999)

241. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (1997)
242. LL Cool J “I Can’t Live Without My Radio” (1985)
243. Pet Shop Boys “Being Boring” (1990)
244. Suicidal Tendencies “Institutionalized” (1983)
245. My Chemical Romance “I’m Not OK (I Promise)” (2004)
246. Wreckx N Effect “Rump Shaker” (1992)
247. Tom Waits “Downtown Train” (1985)
248. George Michael “Careless Whisper” (1984)
249. Wolfman with Pete Doherty “For Lovers” (2004)
250. Nina Sky with Jabba “Move Your Body” (2004)

251. Public Enemy “Don’t Believe the Hype” (1988)
252. Bruce Springsteen “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984)
253. Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick “La Di Da Di” (1985)
254. Jay-Z & UGK “Big Pimpin’” (2000)
255. Magnetic Fields “A Pretty Girl Is Like” (1999)
256. PJ Harvey “Down by the Water” (1995)
257. Quad City DJ’s “C’mon ‘N Ride It (The Train)” (1996)
258. Tom Tom Club “Genius Of Love” (1982)
259. Prince “Kiss” (1986)
260. LL Cool J “Goin’ Back to Cali” (1988)

261. Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream” (1983)
262. Motörhead “Ace of Spades” (1980)
263. Eminem with Dido “Stan” (2000)
264. Hole “Malibu” (1998)
265. Blondie “Call Me” (1980)
266. Sinéad O’Connor “I Want Your Hands on Me” (1987)
267. Tom Petty “Free Fallin’” (1989)
268. U2 “With or Without You” (1987)
269. The S.O.S. Band “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” (1980)
270. Mad Cobra “Flex” (1992)

271. Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’” (1981)
272. The Clash “Rock the Casbah” (1982)
273. Warren Zevon “Keep Me in Your Heart” (2004)
274. Bruce Springsteen “Brilliant Disguise” (1987)
275. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” (1987)
276. Mary J. Blige & Notorious B.I.G. “Real Love” (1992)
277. .38 Special “Hold on Loosely” (1981)
278. Elvis Costello “I Want You” (1986)
279. Ramones “Rock and Roll High School” (1979)
280. Pink “Just Like a Pill” (2002)

281. Air “Sexy Boy” (1998)
282. Cam’ron with Juelz Santana “Oh Boy” (2002)
283. Echo & The Bunnymen “Lips Like Sugar” (1987)
284. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force “Looking for the Perfect Beat” (1982)
285. Madonna “Don’t Tell Me” (2000)
286. Matthew Sweet “I’ve Been Waiting” (1991)
287. Tears for Fears “Head Over Heels” (1985)
288. At the Drive-In “One-Armed Scissor” (2000)
289. Dead Or Alive “You Spin Me ’Round Like a Record” (1984)
290. My Bloody Valentine “Only Swallow” (1991)

291. The Jim Carroll Band “People Who Died” (1980)
292. Backstreet Boys “Larger Than Life” (1999)
293. Elastica “Connection” (1994)
294. Pearl Jam “Black” (1992)
295. Yes “Owner of a Lonely Heart” (1983)
296. Aimee Mann “Save Me” (1999)
297. Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” (1991)
298. Marc Anthony “I Need to Know” (1999)
299. Michael Jackson “Smooth Criminal” (1988)
300. Bush “Everything Zen” (1994)

301. The Cure “In Between Days (Without You)” (1985)
302. Beck “Loser” (1993)
303. The Shins “Kissing the Lipless” (2003)
304. Van Halen “Hot for Teacher” (1984)
305. Psychedelic Furs “Pretty in Pink” (1981)
306. Elliott Smith “Say Yes” (1997)
307. Tupac (2pac) Shakur “I Get Around” (1993)
308. Thompson Twins “Hold Me Now” (1983)
309. Lauryn Hill “Ex-Factor” (1999)
310. The Prodigy “Firestarter” (1996)

311. Ryan Adams “Come Pick Me Up” (2000)
312. Sade “Smooth Operator” (1984)
313. Kid Rock “Bawitdaba” (1999)
314. New Order “Love Vigilantes” (1985)
315. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
316. Björk “Army of Me” (1995)
317. Dido “White Flag” (2003)
318. Juvenile “Ha” (1998)
319. Christina Aguilera “Genie in a Bottle” (1999)
320. Erykah Badu “Tyrone” (1997)

321. Jane’s Addiction “Jane Says” (1988)
322. k.d. lang “Constant Craving” (1992)
323. Tricky “Black Steel” (1995)
324. Superchunk “Slack Motherfucker” (1990)
325. House of Pain “Jump Around” (1992)
326. Metallica “Battery” (1986)
327. Twista with Kanye West & Jamie Foxx “Slow Jamz” (2003)
328. Geto Boys “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta” (1992)
329. De La Soul “Potholes in My Lawn” (1989)
330. Fabolous with Nate Dogg “Can’t Deny It” (2001)

331. The Jayhawks “Waiting for the Sun” (1992)
332. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam “I Wonder If I Take You Home” (1985)
333. The Breeders “Cannonball” (1993)
334. Sonic Youth “Teen Age Riot” (1988)
335. Black Box “Everybody Everybody” (1990)
336. Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time” (1983)
337. Fugees “Killing Me Softly” (1996)
338. Drive-By Truckers “Outfit” (2003)
339. Gwen Guthrie “Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ on But the Rent” (1986)
340. Blur “Song 2” (1997)

341. Janet Jackson “What Have You Done for Me Lately” (1986)
342. Veruca Salt “Seether” (1994)
343. Lucinda Williams “Passionate Kisses” (1988)
344. Whodini “Freaks Come Out at Night” (1985)
345. Mike Jones “Still Tippin’” (2005)
346. Chemical Brothers “Block Rockin’ Beats” (1997)
347. Beastie Boys “Girls” (1987)
348. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (2000)
349. U.T.F.O. “Roxanne Roxanne” (1985)
350. Fountains of Wayne “Stacy’s Mom” (2003)

351. Malcolm McLaren “Buffalo Gals” (1982)
352. Nirvana “Heart-Shaped Box” (1993)
353. Peter Gabriel “Games Without Frontiers” (1980)
354. Billy Bragg and Wilco “California Stars” (1998)
355. The English Beat “Save It for Later” (1983)
356. George Clinton “Atomic Dog” (1983)
357. Luther Vandross “Never Too Much” (1981)
358. Richard and Linda Thompson “Wall of Death” (1982)
359. Skee-Lo “I Wish” (1995)
360. The Lyres “Help You Ann” (1983)

361. Robyn “Show Me Love” (1993)
362. Dizzee Rascal “Fix Up Look Sharp” (2003)
363. Soft Cell “Tainted Love” (1981)
364. Weezer “Buddy Holly” (1994)
365. Run-D.M.C. “Rock Box” (1984)
366. The Divinyls “I Touch Myself” (1990)
367. Radiohead “Paranoid Android” (1997)
368. Roseanne Cash “Seven Year Ache” (1981)
369. Wheatus “Teenage Dirtbag” (2000)
370. ’Til Tuesday “Voices Carry” (1985)

371. The B-52’s “Roam” (1990)
372. DMX “Party Up (Up in Here)” (2000)
373. Kris Kross “Jump” (1992)
374. OutKast “Rosa Parks” (1998)
375. Prince & the Revolution “Purple Rain” (1984)
376. Rilo Kiley “Portions for Foxes” (2004)
377. Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun” (1994)
378. Steve Earle “Devil’s Right Hand” (1987)
379. The Bangles “Hero Takes a Fall” (1984)
380. Arcade Fire “Rebellion (Lies)” (2005)

381. Loretta Lynn “Portland Oregon” (2004)
382. Jermaine Jackson “Let’s Get Serious” (1980)
383. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (1997)
384. N.W.A. “Straight Outta Compton” (1989)
385. Pretenders “Message of Love” (1981)
386. Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983)
387. Aaliyah “Are You That Somebody” (1998)
388. Green Day “When I Come Around” (1994)
389. Mystikal “Shake Ya Ass” (2000)
390. Romeo Void “Never Say Never” (1982)

391. Shakira “Underneath Your Clothes” (2002)
392. Stone Temple Pilots “Interstate Love Song” (1994)
393. Devo “Whip It” (1980)
394. Hüsker Dü “Celebrated Summer” (1985)
395. LL Cool J “Doin’ It” (1995)
396. Mudhoney “Touch Me I’m Sick” (1988)
397. Pavement “Summer Babe (Winter Version)” (1992)
398. Neil Young “Harvest Moon” (1993)
399. Von Bondies “C’mon C’mon” (2004)
400. Eddie Money “I Wanna Go Back” (1986)

401. Madonna “Ray of Light” (1998)
402. Boogie Down Productions “South Bronx” (1986)
403. AC/DC “Back in Black” (1980)
404. Inner Circle “Bad Boys” (1993)
405. Garbage “Stupid Girl” (1996)
406. InDeep “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life” (1983)
407. Dinosaur Jr. “Freak Scene” (1988)
408. Rush “Tom Sawyer” (1981)
409. Public Enemy “Rebel Without a Pause” (1987)
410. Pete Townshend “Rough Boys” (1980)

411. The Vines “Ride” (2004)
412. Prince “If I Was Your Girlfriend” (1987)
413. Alicia Keys “Fallin’” (2001)
414. Harvey Danger “Flagpole Sitta” (1998)
415. Ludacris “Southern Hospitality” (2000)
416. TLC “Waterfalls” (1994)
417. System of a Down “Chop Suey” (2001)
418. Yazoo “Situation” (1982)
419. Timex Social Club “Rumors” (1986)
420. Bruce Springsteen “I’m on Fire” (1985)

421. Heaven 17 “Let Me Go” (1982)
422. Kool Keith “Sex Style” (1997)
423. Jeff Buckley “Last Goodbye” (1994)
424. X “We’re Desperate” (1981)
425. Jay-Z “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It to Me)” (2000)
426. Beck “Where It’s At” (1996)
427. Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1993)
428. Freedy Johnston “Bad Reputation” (1994)
429. Justin Timberlake “Cry Me a River” (2002)
430. Semisonic “Closing Time” (1998)

431. The Smiths “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” (1986)
432. The La’s “There She Goes” (1988)
433. Tori Amos “Cornflake Girl” (1994)
434. Yoko Ono “Walking on Thin Ice” (1981)
435. Chaka Demus & Pliers “Murder She Wrote” (1992)
436. Clipse “Grindin’” (2002)
437. Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God” (1985)
438. L7 “Pretend We’re Dead” (1992)
439. Mase “Feel So Good” (1997)
440. New Radicals “You Get What You Give” (1998)

441. Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget about Me” (1985)
442. Teena Marie “Square Biz” (1981)
443. U2 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (1987)
444. Wynonna Judd “Tell Me Why” (1993)
445. Bikini Kill “Rebel Girl” (1993)
446. Imagination “Just an Illusion” (1982)
447. Flaming Lips “Do You Realize?” (2002)
448. Junior M.A.F.I.A. “Player’s Anthem”. (1995)
449. LaTour “People Are Still Having Sex” (1991)
450. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)

451. Nelly “Country Grammar (Hot Shit)” (2000)
452. t.A.T.u. “All the Things She Said” (2003)
453. Whiskeytown “Don’t Wanna Know Why” (2001)
454. D’Angelo “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” (2000)
455. Bright Eyes “Lover I Don’t Have to Love” (2002)
456. Dead Kennedys “Too Drunk to Fuck” (1980)
457. Go-Betweens “Right Here” (1987)
458. The Offspring “Come Out and Play” (1994)
459. Norah Jones “Don’t Know Why” (2002)
460. Schooly D. “P.S.K. What Does It Mean?” (1985)

461. Tupac (2pac) Shakur as Makaveli “Hail Mary” (1997)
462. Belle & Sebastian “Judy and the Dream of Horses” (1996)
463. The Game with 50 Cent “Hate It Or Love It” (2005)
464. R. Kelly “Trapped in the Closet” (2005)
465. Shannon “Let the Music Play” (1983)
466. Sir Mix-A-Lot “Baby Got Back” (1992)
467. Ben Folds Five “Brick” (1997)
468. Madonna “Papa Don’t Preach” (1986)
469. Fountains of Wayne “Radiation Vibe” (1996)
470. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” (1992)

471. Temple of the Dog “Hunger Strike” (1990)
472. Spoon “Small Stakes” (2002)
473. Yo La Tengo “Autumn Sweater” (1997)
474. Pixies “Gigantic” (1988)
475. Live “I Alone” (1994)
476. E.P.M.D. “Strictly Business” (1988)
477. Wu-Tang Clan “C.R.E.A.M.” (1994)
478. Busta Rhymes “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See”
479. Everclear “Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)” (1995)
480. Eminem & Dr. Dre “Guilty Conscience” (1999)

481. Meat Puppets “Lake of Fire” (1984)
482. R.E.M. “Man on the Moon” (1992)
483. The Pharcyde “Passing Me By” (1992)
484. The Stone Roses “I Wanna Be Adored” (1989)
485. Weezer “We Are All on Drugs” (2005)
486. Wilco “Can’t Stand It” (1999)
487. Warren G & Nate Dogg “Regulate” (1994)
488. Buju Banton “Murderer” (1995)
489. E.U. “Da Butt” (1988)
490. The Minutemen “History Lesson Part 2” (1984)

491. Pulp “Common People” (1995)
492. Ini Kamoze “Here Comes the Hotstepper” (1994)
493. Underworld “Born Slippy” (1995)
494. The Replacements “I’ll Be You” (1989)
495. No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (1995)
496. Smashing Pumpkins “1979” (1995)
497. The Darkness “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” (2002)
498. Jackson Browne “Somebody’s Baby” (1982)
499. Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (1998)
500. Coldplay “Yellow” (2000) (2000)

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Guns N' Roses released Greatest Hits

Guns N’ Roses

A Retrospective: 1987-1994

Overview:

Rock group formed in Los Angeles in 1985. Their debut album, 1987’s Appetite for Destruction, was the biggest selling debut of all time with 30 million copies sold worldwide and ranks as one of the top 100 albums of all time. The follow-up albums Use Your Illusion I & II rank in the top 1000 albums of all time.

“Sweet Child O' Mine,” a #1 single from Appetite, ranks as one of the top 100 songs of all time. The songs “Welcome to the Jungle,” “Paradise City,” and “November Rain” rank in the top 1% of all time.

The Players:

  • W. Axl Rose (vocals: 1985-)
  • Saul “Slash” Hudson (guitar: 1985-1996, 2016-)
  • Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar: 1985-1991)
  • Duff McKagan (bass: 1985-1997, 2016-)
  • Steven Adler (drums: 1985-1990)
  • Dizzy Reed (keyboards: 1990-)
  • Matt Sorum (drums: 1990-1997)

On the Web:

Lists:

Awards:

Compilations:

Under each album snapshot, songs featured on the anthologies are noted. If the song charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to charts.

Appetite for Destruction (1987):

  • Welcome to the Jungle (9/28/87, 7 US, 9 CB, 13 GR, 10 RR, 37 AR, 24 UK, 41 AU, 1 DF, sales: 1.1 million worldwide) G
  • Sweet Child O' Mine (6/11/88, 12 US, 613 CB, 12 GR, 12 RR, 7 AR, 6 UK, 7 CN, 11 AU, 1 DF, sales: 4.6 million worldwide) G
  • Paradise City (11/30/88, 5 US, 4 CB, 9 GR, 4 RR, 14 AR, 6 UK, 10 CN, 48 AU, 15 DF) G

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GN’R Lies (1988):

  • Patience (12/24/88, 4 US, 4 CB, 4 GR, 6 RR, 7 AR, 10 UK, 16 AU, 1 DF) G

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Use Your Illusion I (1991):

  • Don’t Cry (9/17/91, 10 US, 7 CB, 9 GR, 13 RR, 3 AR, 8 UK, 11 CN, 5 AU, 16 DF) G
  • November Rain (9/28/91, 3 US, 13 CB, 4 GR, 2 RR, 15 AR, 4 UK, 5 CN, 5 AU, 2 DF) G
  • Live and Let Die (9/28/91, 33 US, 26 CB, 26 GR, 26 RR, 20 AR, 5 UK, 56 CN, 10 AU, 13 DF) G

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Use Your Illusion II (1991):

  • Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (9/28/87, 18 AR, 2 UK, 56 CN, 12 AU, 4 DF) G
  • Civil War (8/4/90, 4 AR, 11 UK, 45 AU, 1 DF) G
  • You Could Be Mine (6/21/91, 29 US, 3 AR, 3 UK, 30 CN, 3 AU, 16 DF) G
  • Yesterdays (10/17/92, 72 US, 58 CB, 13 AR, 8 UK, 52 CN, 14 AU, 33 DF) G

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The Spaghetti Incident? (1993):

  • Ain’t It Fun (11/13/93, 8 AR, 9 UK, 32 DF) G
  • Since I Don’t Have You (2/11/94, 69 US, 62 CB, 28 GR, 31 RR, 10 UK, 20 CN, 47 AU, 12 DF) G

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Greatest Hits

Guns N’ Roses

Released: March 23, 2004

Recorded: 1987-1994

Peak: 3 US, 13 UK, 2 CN, 2 AU, 11 DF

Sales (in millions): 6.0 US, 2.1 UK, 12.72 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: classic rock/hair band/metal

Rating:

4.067 out of 5.00 (average of 12 ratings)

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Tracks: (1) Welcome to the Jungle (2) Sweet Child O' Mine (3) Patience (4) Paradise City (5) Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (6) Civil War (7) You Could Be Mine (8) Don’t Cry (9) November Rain (10) Live and Let Die (11) Yesterdays (12) Ain’t It Fun (13) Since I Don’t Have You (14) Sympathy for the Devil

Total Running Time: 79:24

Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums:

  • Sympathy for the Devil (from the Interview with the Vampire soundtrack) (11/19/94, 55 US, 10 AR, 9 UK, 48 CN, 12 AU, 13 DF) G

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Saturday, September 10, 1988

Guns N’ Roses hit #1 with “Sweet Child O’ Mine”

Sweet Child O’ Mine

Guns N’ Roses

Writer(s): Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, Slash (see lyrics here)

Released: August 17, 1988

First Charted: June 11, 1988

Peak: 12 US, 13 CB, 12 GR, 12 RR, 7 AR, 6 UK, 7 CN, 11 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 3.4 US, 1.2 UK, 4.6 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 1188.0 video, 1544.19 streaming

Sweet Child O’ Mine

Sheryl Crow

Released: June 22, 1999

First Charted: June 26, 1999

Peak: 29 A40, 30 UK, 42 CN, 60 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 6.6 video, -- streaming

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About the Song:

In the late ‘80s, the music world hailed the return of raunchy rock with the rise of Guns N’ Roses. Ironically, though, it wasn’t a down and dirty account of drugs or depravity that launched the band, but a sentimental love song written for the daughter of musical icon Don Everly.

GNR frontman Axl Rose was dating Erin Everly when he penned what he called, “the first positive love song I’ve ever written.” FB Axl’s screech may not seem a natural fit for a romantic ballad, but it is “as eloquent – if not as ’poetic’ – as anything Joni Mitchell ever wrote” DM and “conveys an aching passion in a way that a smooth, polished performance simply couldn’t.” AMG

Of course, it doesn’t hurt to back it up with “one of the most memorable guitar intros in the history of rock & roll.” AMG Slash, the band’s guitarist, came up with the riff when he was just fiddling around. He dismissed it as silly SF and the band wasn’t impressed either. RS500 Bassist Duff McKagan said, “It was written in five minutes...It was kinda like a joke because we thought, ...It’s gonna be nothin’, it’ll be filler on the record.’” WK

However, when Rose heard Slash and Izzy Stradlin, the band’s other guitarist, working on the tune, a poem popped into his head which he’d shelved when it hit a dead end. FB The song proved to be much more than filler.

A third verse was cut from when producer Mike Clink voiced concern over the song’s running time. At his suggestion, though, the band did add the final “Where do we go? Where do we go now?” breakdown. The lines came about when Axl pondered the question aloud of exactly how they would end the song. WK

In 1998, Sheryl Crow recorded the song as a bonus cut on her Globe Sessions album and for the Big Daddy soundtrack.

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First posted 6/11/2012; last updated 7/14/2023.

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