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Sunday, March 22, 2026

Crosby Stills Nash Young: Top 100 Songs

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Top 100 Songs

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

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

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Awards (Young):

Top 100 Songs

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

DMDB Top 1%:

1. For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield, 1966)
2. Heart of Gold (Neil Young, 1972)
3. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (CSN, 1969)

DMDB Top 2%:

4. Ohio (CSNY, 1970)
5. Rockin’ in the Free World (Young, 1989)
6. Teach Your Children (CSNY, 1970)
7. Cinnamon Girl (Young, 1969)
8. Love the One You’re With (Stills, 1970)
9. Our House (CSNY, 1970)

DMDB Top 5%:

10. Woodstock (CSNY, 1970)

11. Old Man (Young, 1972)
12. Harvest Moon (Young, 1992)
13. Marrakesh Express (CSN, 1969)
14. Southern Cross (CSN, 1982)
15. Southern Man (Young, 1970)
16. My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (Young, 1979)
17. Helplessly Hoping (CSNY, 1969)
18. Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
19. Wooden Ships (CSN, 1969)

DMDB Top 10%:

20. The Needle and the Damage Done (Young, 1972)
21. Down by the River (Young, 1969)
22. Expecting to Fly (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
23. Helpless (CSNY, 1970)
24. Just a Song Before I Go (CSN, 1977)
25. After the Gold Rush (Young, 1970)
26. Like a Hurricane (Young, 1977)
27. Wasted on the Way (CSN, 1982)
28. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Young, 1970)
29. Cowgirl in the Sand (Young, 1969)
30. Hero (Crosby with Phil Collins, 1993)

31. Cortez the Killer (Young, 1975)

DMDB Top 20%:

32. Carry On (CSNY, 1970)
33. Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) (Young, 1979)
34. Long Time Gone (CSN, 1969)
35. Rock and Roll Woman (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
36. War Games (CSN, 1983)
37. Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
38. Almost Cut My Hair (CSNY, 1970)
39. Philadelphia (Young, 1994)
40. American Dream (CSNY, 1988)

41. Sugar Mountain (Young, 1968)
42. Are You Ready for the Country? (Young, 1972)
43. Immigration Man (Crosby/Nash, 1972)
44. Got It Made (CSNY, 1988)
45. Broken Arrow (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
46. Chicago (Nash, 1971)
47. Déjà Vu (CSNY, 1970)
48. Change Partners (Stills, 1971)
49. Carry Me (Crosby/Nash, 1975)
50. Guinnevere (CSN, 1969)

51. Long May You Run (Stills/Young, 1976)
52. Shadow Captain (CSN, 1977)
53. Blackbird (CSNY, 1969)
54. Fair Game (CSN, 1977)
55. You Don’t Have to Cry (CSN, 1969)
56. Dark Star (CSN, 1977)
57. Military Madness (Nash, 1971)
58. Find the Cost of Freedom (CSNY, 1970)
59. Tonight’s the Night (Young, 1973)
60. Southbound Train (Crosby & Nash, 1972)

61. No Tears Left (CSNY, 1999)
62. A Man Needs a Maid (Young, 1972)
63. War of Man (Young, 1992)
64. 4 + 20 (CSNY, 1970)
65. This Note’s for You (Young, 1988)
66. In My Life (CSNY, 1994)
67. Live It Up (CSN, 1990)
68. Powderfinger (Young, 1979)

DMDB Beyond the Top 20%:

69. Turn Back the Pages (Stills, 1975)
70. Music is Love (Crosby, 1971)

71. Drive My Car (Crosby, 1989)
72. Sit Yourself Down (Stills, 1970)
73. Four Strong Winds (Young, 1978)
74. Long Walk Home (Young, 1987)
75. Marianne (Stills, 1971)
76. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Young, 1969)
77. Sit Yourself Down (Stills, 1970)
78. This Old House (CSNY, 1988)
79. When You Dance I Can Really Love (Young, 1970)
80. I Am a Child (Buffalo Springfield, 1968)

81. Southern Pacific (Young, 1981)
82. It Doesn’t Matter (Manassas, 1972)
83. Cathedral (CSN, 1977)
84. Innocent Eyes (Nash, 1986)
85. We Can Change the World (Nash, 1971)
86. War Song (Young/Nash, 1972)
87. Change Your Mind (Young, 1994)
88. Walk On (Young, 1974)
89. Isn’t It About Time (Manassas, 1973)
90. Ten Men Workin’ (Young, 1988)

91. Downtown (Young, 1995)
92. That Girl (CSNY, 1988)
93. Love is a Rose (Young, 1974)
94. Too Much Love to Hide (CSN, 1982)
95. Unknown Legend (Young, 1992)
96. Johnny’s Garden (Manassas, 1972)
97. No More (Young, 1989)
98. On the Way Home (Buffalo Springfield, 1968)
99. Dear Mr. Fantasy (Stills/Nash, 1980)
100. A Child’s Claim to Fame (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)

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First posted 1/20/2023; last updated 3/22/2026.

Sunday, May 9, 2021

British Invasion: Top 100 Songs

British Invasion, 1962-1967:

Top 100 Songs

The British Invasion was marked by the infiltration of the United States pop charts by a slew of British artists in the mid-‘60s. The most prominent acts were the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Kinks.

This list was compiled by aggregating multiple lists. Those songs which made 3 or more lists were then ranked based on their overall status in Dave’s Music Database.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

1. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
2. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
3. The Beatles “Yesterday” (1965)
4. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
5. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
6. The Who “My Generation” (1965)
7. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
8. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
9. The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin” (1967)
10. The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (1966)

11. The Beatles “Help!” (1965)
12. The Beatles “Twist and Shout” (1963)
13. The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (1964)
14. The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964)
15. The Beatles “Penny Lane” (1967)
16. The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” (1967)
17. The Troggs “Wild Thing” (1966)
18. Petula Clark “Downtown” (1964)
19. The Beatles “I Feel Fine” (1964)
20. The Beatles “We Can Work It Out” (1965)

21. Spencer Davis Group “Gimme Some Lovin’” (1966)
22. The Beatles “Ticket to Ride” (1965)
23. The Rolling Stones “Get Off of My Cloud” (1965)
24. The Beatles “Day Tripper” (1965)
25. Manfred Mann “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (1964)
26. The Beatles Paperback Writer” (1966)
27. The Beatles “I Saw Her Standing There” (1963)
28. The Rolling Stones “Ruby Tuesday” (167)
29. Them “Gloria” (1965)
30. The Who “I Can See for Miles” (1967)

31. The Tornadoes “Telstar” (1962)
32. The Beatles “Hello Goodbye” (1967)
33. The Beatles “Love Me Do” (1962)
34. Lulu “To Sir with Love” (1967)
35. The Zombies “She’s Not There” (1964)
36. Donovan “Sunshine Superman” (1966)
37. The Yardbirds “For Your Love” (1965)
38. The Who “I Can’t Explain” (1965)
39. The Kinks “All Day and All of the Night” (1964)
40. Engelbert Humperdinck “Release Me” (1967)

41. The Small Faces “Itchycoo Park” (1967)
42. The Easybeats “Friday on My Mind” (1966)
43. The Beatles “Please Please Me” (1963)
44. The Beatles “Yellow Submarine” (1966)
45. The Searchers “Needles and Pins” (1964)
46. The Animals “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” (1965)
47. Dave Clark Five “Glad All Over” (1963)
48. The Beatles “Eight Days a Week” (1964)
49. Donovan “Mellow Yellow” (1966)
50. The Beatles “Nowhere Man” (1965)

51. Donovan “Catch the Wind” (1965)
52. The Animals “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (1965)
53. Peter & Gordon “World Without Love” (1964)
54. The Yardbirds “Heart Full of Soul” (1965)
55. The Rolling Stones “19th Nervous Breakdown” (1966)
56. The Yardbirds “Shapes of Things” (1966)
57. Herman’s Hermits “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” (1965)
58. The Hollies “Bus Stop” (1966)
59. Tom Jones “It’s Not Unsual” (1965)
60. The Rolling Stones “Mother’s Little Helper” (1966)

61. The Rolling Stones “The Last Time” (1965)
62. The Beatles “Do You Want to Know a Secret” (1963)
63. The Rolling Stones “Time Is on My Side” (1964)
64. The Moody Blues “Go Now” (1964)
65. The Rolling Stones “As Tears Go By” (1965)
66. The Hollies “Carrie Anne” (1967)
67. Dusty Springfield “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” (1966)
68. The Mindbenders “A Groovy Kind of Love” (1966)
69. The Kinks “Tired of Waiting for You” (1965)
70. The Kinks “Sunny Afternoon” (1966)

71. The Zombies “Tell Her No” (1965)
72. Gerry & the Pacemakers “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (1963)
73. Herman’s Hermits “I’m into Something Good” (1964)
74. The Mindbenders “Game of Love” (1964)
75. Freddie & the Dreamers “I’m Telling You Now” (1963)
76. Gerry & the Pacemakers “Ferry Cross the Mersey” (1964)
77. Spencer Davis Group “I’m a Man” (1967)
78. The Kinks “A Well Respected Man” (1965)
79. Herman’s Hermits “I’m Henry VIII, I Am” (1965)
80. Dave Clark Five “Bits and Pieces” (1964)

81. Petula Clark “My Love” (1965)
82. Spencer Davis Group “Keep on Runnin’” (1965)
83. Them “Here Comes the Night” (1965)
84. Shirley Bassey “Goldfinger” (1964)
85. Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas “Bad to Me” (1963)
86. Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas “Little Children” (1964)
87. The Swinging Blue Jeans “Hippy Hippy Shake” (1963)
88. Dave Clark Five “Catch Us if You Can” (1965)
89. Dave Clark Five “Over and Over” (1965)
90. Dave Clark Five “Because” (1964)

91. The Beatles “She’s a Woman” (1964)
92. Dusty Springfield “I Only Want to Be with You” (1963)
93. Gerry & the Pacemakers “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” (1964)
94. The Hollies “Stop Stop Stop” (1966)
95. The Searchers “Love Potion No. 9” (1964)
96. Chad & Jeremy “A Summer Song” (1964)
97. The Honeycombs “Have I the Right?” (1964)
98. Dusty Springfield “Wishin’ and Hopin’” (1964)
99. The Bachelors “Diane” (1964)
100. Dave Clark Five “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” (1964)

Resources and Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Other Genre/Category Song Lists”

First posted 4/17/2020; last updated 5/9/2021.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Last week, the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were announced. At the onset of the year, I inducted myself into the world of blogging by scrawling down my humble opinions about the 2009 crop of Rock Hall inductees (“How to Get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”). Obviously someone in high-up places at the Hall read my blog and made some adjustments, albeit minor ones.

A year ago I whined about an apparent bias against progressive rock. This year Genesis has finally broken down that door. Hopefully, Yes, Rush, King Crimson, and others will follow. Now, do we get to see Gabriel on stage with Collins, Rutherford, and Banks? Performing something from Lamb Lies Down on Broadway perhaps?

I also complained about an overemphasis on R&B acts and, lo and behold, this year there are no one-hit wonder doo wop groups from the ‘50s on the list. Instead we have Jimmy Cliff, a reggae artist who is best known for the soundtrack for The Harder They Come, not exactly a must-have for the average fan.

Then again, if it were just about the fans, the Stooges might have prolonged their decade-and-a-half overdue entrance into the Hall. Amongst this year’s batch, no act has more “rock cred.” As architects of what became the punk movement in the ‘70s, Iggy & Co. also can lay claim to being the godfathers of most of the alternative music that followed. The Nirvanas and Pearl Jams that are shoo-in inductees within the next-half decade wouldn’t be here if weren’t for the Stooges.

I also lamented a year ago that being a true rock and roll act doesn’t seem to be a requirement. The Rock Hall made it clear long ago that they were more about popular music of the rock era than actual rock. As such, Abba isn’t exactly what people have in mind when they utter the phrase “rock and roll,” but there’s no question they belong in a pop music hall of fame.

Finally, there’s The Hollies, which sort of straddle the line between pop and rock, but do so in such a way that they deserve being regarded as one of the important bands of the British Invasion.

On the nonperformer end of things, apparently there was an all-out effort to correct some gross oversights. David Geffen, the man who founded Geffen Records and signed artists like the Eagles; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Jackson Browne; and Linda Ronstadt, wasn’t in yet? How about Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, who helped define the “Brill Building” sound with classics such as “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” which alone should have been an automatic ticket to induction years ago. Similarly, the writing team of Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry, who crafted the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” and Ike & Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High,” have been astonishingly overlooked for years.

And when it comes to overlooked songwriters, how has Otis Blackwell been passed over for so long? Songs like “Great Balls of Fire” and “Don’t Be Cruel” are foundations of rock and roll and their creator wasn’t in the Hall yet? There’s also Mort Shuman, who along with Doc Pomus, wrote songs like “Save the Last Dance for Me” and “Viva Las Vegas.” Similarly, Jesse Stone crafted gems like “Shake, Rattle, and Roll” and “Money Honey.”

There’s still acts that need to be inducted (Kiss, Deep Purple, Rush, and more), especially in light of the head-scratching acts whose influence on rock and roll is questionable. Nonetheless, I tip my hat to some of the oversights which the Rock Hall has corrected this time around. I’m so glad I could be a voice of reason for you last year.