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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Rolling Stone Magazine: Songs of the Year, 1949-2024

Rolling Stone:

Songs of the Year, 1949-2024

These are the songs of each year as selected by Rolling Stone. The magazine was first published in 1967. By at least 1977, the magazine was selecting a “song of the year” annually. Prior to that, the songs of the year listed below were determined by the song with the highest ranking based on an aggregate of multiple best-of lists (see resources at bottom of page) over the years.

You can also see the result of the aggregate as a list of Rolling Stone’s top 200 songs).

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

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First posted 4/15/2019; last updated 1/3/2025.

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Monday, December 2, 2024

Rolling Stone: Albums of the Year, 1965-2024

Rolling Stone:

Albums of the Year, 1965-2024

Since 1977, the American music magazine Rolling Stone has done an annual list of the year’s best albums. This list also includes picks back to 1965, based on best-of-all-time lists created by Rolling Stone.

Check out other album of the year awards here.

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First posted 12/31/2020; last updated 12/2/2024.

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Friday, January 5, 2024

Jann Wenner: A Man of Influence and Controversy

Jann Wenner

A Man of Influence and Controversy

Overview:

While he has become a controversial figure, Jann Wenner is one of the most influential non-musicians in the history of music. He was born Jann Simon Wenner on January 7, 1946 in New York City, New York. He grew up in a secular Jewish family in the San Francisco Bay Area. He dropped out of the University of Berkeley in 1966 and founded Rolling Stone magazine the following year.

The first issue was published on November 9, 1967. It featured John Lennon on the cover. Wenner viewed it as a mix of a magazine and newspaper that covered music as well as other popular culture and current events. See the DMDB post about it here.

The magazine has published more than a thousand issues and has a circulation of 1.4 million. Wenner and the magazine played a role in launching the careers of journalist Hunter S. Thompson, critics Greil Marcus and Dave Marsh, movie director Cameron Crowe, and photographer Annie Liebovitz.

In 1983, Wenner and a small group of record company heads and music industry professionals founded the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first class on January 23, 1986. See the DMDB post about it here. The Museum opened its doors on September 2, 1995. Read about it here.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has faced criticism that a handful of people, including Jann Wenner, control the nomination process and focus on their personal tastes and nominating artists who will sell tickets to the dinner.

Wenner faced controversy in September 2023 after the publication of his book The Masters: Conversations with Dylan, Lennon, Jagger, Townshend, Garcia, Bono, and Springsteen. When asked about why no black or female artists were included, he said “none of them were articulate enough on this intellectual level.” WK The comments got him removed from the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.

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First posted 1/5/2024.

 
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Sunday, December 31, 2023

Rolling Stone: Top 100 Albums of All Time

Rolling Stone:

The Top 100 Albums

This is not an official Rolling Stone magazine list; rather it is an aggregate of nine major lists published by the magazine. (See the specific links at bottom of page). The best resource for reading more about these albums is Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time book, published in 2005 by Wenner Media, LLC. The list differs slightly from the original 2003, which was updated again in 2012 and 2020. It underwent very slight modifications in 2023. You can click on an album title to go to a DMDB page for more about that album.

Also, check out Rolling Stone’s annual picks for album of the year. They have made such picks since 1978. However, the DMDB has expanded the list back to 1965 based on the lists aggregated here.

Check out other publications and organizations’ best-of album lists here.

1. The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
2. Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (1971)
3. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
4. The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)
5. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
6. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
7. The Clash London Calling (1979)
8. The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
9. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
10. Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)

11. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
12. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)
13. The Beatles Rubber Soul (1965)
14. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
15. The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
16. Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
17. The Who Who’s Next (1971)
18. Ramones Ramones (1976)
19. Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
20. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

21. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (1968)
22. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (1971)
23. Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
24. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
25. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
26. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
27. Joni Mitchell Blue (1971)
28. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977)
29. Patti Smith Horses (1975)
30. Carole King Tapestry (1971)

31. The Band The Band (1969)
32. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
33. John Lennon Plastic Ono Band (1970)
34. Prince & the Revolution Purple Rain (soundtrack, 1984)
35. The Doors The Doors (1967)
36. Michael Jackson Off the Wall (1979)
37. The Clash The Clash (1977)
38. Sly & the Family Stone There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
39. Neil Young After the Gold Rush (1970)
40. Aretha Franklin Lady Soul (1968)

41. The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (1968)
42. Van Morrison Moondance (1970)
43. Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
44. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II (1969)
45. Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
46. Various Artists (Jimmy Cliff et al) The Harder They Come (soundtrack, 1972)
47. Pretenders Pretenders (1980)
48. The Beatles Revolver (1966)
49. Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
50. James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, 1962)

51. Neil Young Tonight’s the Night (1975)
52. Stevie Wonder Innervisions (1973)
53. Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
54. The Band Music from Big Pink (1968)
55. Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987)
56. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
57. Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
58. Miles Davis Bitches Brew (1970)
59. Elvis Costello & The Attractions This Year’s Model (1978)
60. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)

61. Stevie Wonder Talking Book (1972)
62. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
63. Talking Heads Remain in Light (1980)
64. Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis (1969)
65. David Bowie Hunky Dory (1971)
66. Dr. Dre The Chronic (1992)
67. Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)
68. Black Sabbath Paranoid (1970)
69. The Who Tommy (1969)
70. John Lennon Imagine (1971)

71. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
72. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969)
73. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
74. Derek and the Dominos Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
75. The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
76. Velvet Underground Loaded (1970)
77. Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
78. Sly & the Family Stone Greatest Hits (1970)
79. Pearl Jam Ten (1991)
80. R.E.M. Murmur (1983)

81. Elvis Costello My Aim Is True (1977)
82. Prince Dirty Mind (1980)
83. New York Dolls New York Dolls (1973)
84. Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
85. Randy Newman Sail Away (1972)
86. Madonna Like a Prayer (1989)
87. Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959)
88. Various Artists Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (compilation: 1965-68)
89. Creedence Clearwater Revival Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
90. Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York (recorded live 1993, released 1994)

91. Bob Dylan & The Band The Basement Tapes (recorded 1967, released 1975)
92. Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
93. The Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)
94. Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
95. Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (compilation: 1973-83, released 1984)
96. Chuck Berry The Great Twenty-Eight (compilation: 1955-64, released 1982)
97. Paul Simon Graceland (1986)
98. Elvis Presley The Sun Sessions (archives: 1954-55, released 1976)
99. Neil Young & Crazy Horse Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
100. AC/DC Back in Black (1980)

Resources and Related Links:

  • Dave’s Music Database: Best-of Album Lists by Publications/Organizations
  • 8/27/1987: “The 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years”
  • 5/16/1997: “The Definitive Library of the Best Albums Ever Made”
  • Dec. 1997: “Top 100 Albums” (German edition of Rolling Stone)
  • 10/17/02: “Reader’s Poll of the 100 Greatest Albums”
  • Nov. 2003: “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”

    This list was created from the results of a poll of more than 270 artists, producers, industry executives, and journalists. This links to the original list and the commentaries on the album.

  • Genius.com (2003): “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”

    List only of the 500 albums appearing on the 2003 “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”

  • 2005: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

    This book was based on the 2003 list with slight modifications. Some compilations were eliminated if they repeated material found elsewhere on the list. The two volumes of Robert Johnson’s King of the Delta Blues Singers were also combined in the more readily available Complete Recordings.

  • MusicBrainz.com (5/31/2012). “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”

    This is a link to the list only of the 2012 version of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”

  • 9/22/2020: “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”

    This fourth edition of the list was started from scratch. More than 300 artists, producers, critics, and music industry people were surveyed, each sending in a list of top 50 albums. The latest version offers 86 albums from the 21st century and 154 albums that didn’t appear on the 2003 or 2012 lists. The list was slightly modified in 2023 with seven new albums being added but they just replaced seven previous titles on the list. Otherwise the remaining 493 titles are ranked in the same positions.

  • Wikipedia (1/1/2024). “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”

    A list of all 500 albums featured in the 2020 ranking.

  • “40 Most Groundbreaking Albums of All Time”

    Lists albums in reverse chronological order from 2008 to 1940. Commentary on each album. No date given for publication of article.

First posted 11/30/2003; last updated 11/21/2024.

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 200 Songs

Rolling Stone:

Top 200 Songs

Rolling Stone magazine has published numerous best-of lists over the years. Below is an exclusive Dave’s Music Database list aggregating nine Rolling Stone lists from 1988 to 2021 into one overall list.

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

Spotify Podcast:

Check out Dave’s Music Database podcast: Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top Songs of All Time based on this list. It debuts October 12, 2021 at 7pm CST. Tune in every Tuesday at 7pm for a new episode based on the lists at Dave’s Music Database.

1. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
2. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
3. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
4. Prince “Little Red Corvette” (1983)
5. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)
6. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
7. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
8. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
9. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
10. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)

11. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
12. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
13. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message” (1982)
14. The Miracles “The Tracks of My Tears” (1965)
15. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
16. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
17. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (1971)
18. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
19. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
20. Elton John “Your Song” (1970)

21. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
22. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (1969)
23. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
24. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
25. Chic “Good Times” (1979)
26. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” (1977)
27. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
28. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
29. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
30. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)

31. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
32. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)
33. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
34. Bob Dylan “Tangled Up in Blue” (1975)
35. The Who “My Generation” (1966)
36. Jay-Z “99 Problems” (2004)
37. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
38. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003)
39. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
40. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)

41. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
42. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)
43. Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (1969)
44. The Clash “London Calling” (1980)
45. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
46. U2 “With or Without You” (1987)
47. Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep, Mountain High” (1966)
48. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
49. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)
50. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1988)

51. The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968)
52. David Bowie “Changes” (1972)
53. Wilson Pickett “In the Midnight Hour” (1965)
54. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)
55. Tom Petty “Free Fallin’” (1989)
56. The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (1971)
57. Them “Gloria” (1964)
58. Eminem with Dido “Stan” (2000)
59. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007)
60. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1983)

61. Aretha Franklin “Chain of Fools” (1967)
62. 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)
63. The Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar” (1971)
64. Blue Öyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper” (1976)
65. The Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter” (1968)
66. The Beatles “Yesterday” (1965)
67. The Beatles “A Day in the Life” (1967)
68. U2 “One” (1992)
69. The Beatles “In My Life” (1965)
70. The Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” (1968)

71. The Band “The Weight” (1968)
72. Miss “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Work It” (2002)
73. Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1964)
74. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
75. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
76. The Temptations “My Girl” (1964)
77. James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (1965)
78. The Impressions “People Get Ready” (1965)
79. The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” (1967)
80. Van Halen “Jump” (1984)

81. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
82. M.I.A. “Paper Planes” (2008)
83. Van Morrison “Brown-Eyed Girl” (1967)
84. The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (1969)
85. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
86. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1967)
87. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969)
88. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
89. Derek and the Dominos “Layla” (1970)
90. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988)

91. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Fortunate Son” (1969)
92. Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” (2004)
93. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
94. U2 “Beautiful Day” (2000)
95. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
96. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)
97. Kanye West “Jesus Walks” (2004)
98. Amy Winehouse “Rehab” (2006)
99. Bruce Springsteen “Thunder Road” (1975)
100. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” (2003)

101. Sly & the Family Stone “Family Affair” (1971)
102. Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (1964)
103. OutKast “Ms. Jackson” (2000)
104. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961)
105. Johnny Cash “Ring of Fire” (1963)
106. The Beatles “Help!” (1965)
107. Bob Dylan “Mississippi” (2001)
108. Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People” (1968)
109. Otis Redding “Try a Little Tenderness” (1966)
110. Kelly Clarkson “Since U Been Gone” (2004)

111. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
112. Prince & the Revolution “Purple Rain” (1984)
113. U2 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (1987)
114. Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On” (1973)
115. The Mamas & the Papas “California Dreamin’” (1966)
116. The Strokes “Last Nite” (2001)
117. Abba “Dancing Queen” (1976)
118. Ramones “I Wanna Be Sedated” (1978)
119. The B-52’s “Love Shack” (1989)
120. The Crystals “Da Doo Ron Ron” (1963)

121. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side”
122. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” (1989)
123. Dusty Springfield “Son of a Preacher Man” (1968)
124. James Taylor “Fire and Rain” (1970)
125. The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (1966)
126. Bill Withers “Lean on Me” (1972)
127. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)
128. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
129. Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing” (1964)
130. Stevie Wonder “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (1972)

131. Green Day “American Idiot” (2004)
132. Jefferson Airplane “Somebody to Love” (1967)
133. Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” (1984)
134. The Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)
135. Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way” (1986)
136. Elton John “Tiny Dancer” (1972)
137. Beck “Loser” (1993)
138. Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” (1992)
139. Prince “1999” (1982)
140. U2 “Pride (In the Name of Love)” (1984)

141. Public Enemy “Bring the Noise” (1988)
142. The Rolling Stones “Miss You” (1978)
143. Muddy Waters “Mannish Boy” (1955)
144. Blackstreet with Dr. Dre “No Diggity” (1996)
145. Prince “Kiss” (1986)
146. R.E.M. “Radio Free Europe” (1983)
147. Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven” (1992)
148. Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is” (1984)
149. Al Green “Tired of Being Alone” (1971)
150. The Temptations “Just My Imagination Running Away with Me” (1971)

151. The Who “Baba O’Riley” (1971)
152. Bill Withers “Ain’t No Sunshine” (1971)
153. Willie Nelson “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” (1975)
154. Elvis Costello “Alison” (1977)
155. Joni Mitchell “Help Me” (1974)
156. Metallica “Enter Sandman” (1991)
157. Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” (1983)
158. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
159. Jimmy Cliff “The Harder They Come” (1972)
160. Cheap Trick “Surrender” (1978)

161. Beastie Boys “Sabotage” (1994)
162. The Beach Boys “God Only Knows” (1966)
163. Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” (1987)
164. OutKast “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)” (2000)
165. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1964)
166. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959)
167. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
168. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977)
169. Kanye West with Pusha T “Runaway” (2010)
170. Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” (1955)

171. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
172. Bob Dylan “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1963)
173. Johnny Cash “I Walk the Line” (1956)
174. Radiohead “Idioteque” (2000)
175. Chuck Berry “Maybellene” (1955)
176. Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)
177. LCD Soundsystem “All My Friends” (2007)
178. Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (2005)
179. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
180. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know” (1995)

181. Britney Spears “Toxic” (2004)
182. Bob Marley & the Wailers “Redemption Song” (1980)
183. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
184. Ramones “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” (1977)
185. Dionne Warwick “Walk on By” (1964)
186. Buddy Holly and The Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
187. Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman, No Cry” (1975)
188. Madonna “Vogue” (1990)
189. U2 “Moment of Surrender” (2009)
190. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976)

191. Little Richard “Good Golly Miss Molly” (1958)
192. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
193. Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill” (1956)
194. Backstreet Boys “I Want It That Way” (1999)
195. Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) ” (2008)
196. Elvis Presley “Mystery Train” (1955)
197. The Five Satins “In the Still of the Nite (I’ll Remember)” (1956)
198. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
199. Patsy Cline “Crazy” (1961)
200. Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (1960)

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Saturday, December 15, 2018

Song of the Year, 1900-2019

This page has been changed. To access different "song of the year" lists, go to the Bests of Lists page, Songs by Year.
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Saturday, April 23, 2016

Beyoncé’s Lemonade released

Lemonade

Beyoncé

Released: April 23, 2016

Peak: 11 US, 110 RB, 11 UK, 11 CN, 11 AU

Sales (in millions): 3.0 US, 0.4 UK, 5.9 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: R&B

Tracks:

Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.

  1. Pray You Catch Me
  2. Hold Up (8/16/16, 13 US, 6 RB, 11 UK, 37 CN, 25 AU, platinum single)
  3. Don’t Hurt Yourself (with Jack White)
  4. Sorry (5/3/16, 11 US, 4 RB, 33 UK, 40 CN, 74 AU, platinum single)
  5. 6 Inch (with The Weeknd)
  6. Daddy Lessons
  7. Love Drought
  8. Sandcastles
  9. Forward (with James Blake)
  10. Freedom (with Kendrick Lamar) (9/6/16, 36 US, 21 RB, 40 UK, 60 CN, 62 AU)
  11. All Night (12/6/16, 38 US, 23 RB, 60 UK, 73 CN)
  12. Formation (2/6/16, 10 US, 6 RB, 31 UK, 32 CN, 17 AU, platinum single)

Total Running Time: 45:42

Rating:

4.348 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album:

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” The well-known proverb is spoken by Hattie White, Beyoncé’s grandmother-in-law, in the song “Freedom.” WK It serves as the the premise behind Beyoncé’s sixth studio album, a cathartic exploration of the emotional turmoil she endured after her husband, rapper and business mogul Jay-Z, cheated on her. In an interview with Elle magazine, she said, “Everyone experiences pain, but sometimes you need to be uncomfortable to transform.” WK

She uses “her heartbreak masterpiece, Lemonade” RS500 “to demand contrition from her adulterous partner, assert her excellence, reflect upon the bonds with the men in her life, and their relationships with other women, and wonders if her trust can be earned back.” AMG She announces on the album, “Nine times out of 10 I’m in my feelings.” RS500

However, this album goes beyond the anger and hurt of a woman scorned. This is an “expansive and personal statement, tapping into marital breakdown and the state of the nation.” RS500 The song cycle explores “her husband’s infidelity in a generational and racial context.” WK “It was a different side than she’d shown before, raging over infidelity and jealousy, but reveling in the militant-feminist-funk strut of Formation.” RS500 Melina Matsoukas, who directed that song’s video, said Beyoncé “wanted to show the historical impact of slavery on black love, and what it has done to the black family, and black men and women – how we’re almost socialized not to be together.” WK

Musically, Beyoncé is “claiming her place in all of America’s music traditions.” RS500 The album is rooted in R&B, but also incorporates Americana, blues, country, electronica, funk, gospel, hip-hop, reggae, rock, soul, and trap. WK She drew inspiration from female black singers including Bessie Smith, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Memphis Minnie, and Dionne Warwick. WK The album samples and interpolates a number of hip-hop and rock songs and also includes guest spots from James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, and Jack White. WK

There is “an apparent disregard for appealing to commercial radio that makes Lemonade a distinct addition to her catalog.” AMG It was, in fact, dropped “as a Saturday-night surprise, knocking the world sideways.” RS500 However, the album was not only commercially successful, but the most acclaimed of her career, WK landing a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and winning for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Music Video. It was named Album of the Year by Rolling Stone and Dave’s Music Database. In 2020, Pitchfork’s Marc Hogan called oit one of the great art pop albums of the last 20 years. WK The Associated Press named it the album of the decade. WK

“The cathartic and wounded moments here resonate in a manner matched by few, if any, of Beyoncé's contemporaries.” AMG “There’s more power in the few seconds she chokes back tears while singing ‘Come back’ – timed with the backing vocal in Isaac Hayes’ version of ‘Walk on By’ – than there is in most contemporary ballads.” AMG Lemonade can “be heard as the dark flipside of [previous album] Beyoncé. When ‘Dishes smashed on the counter’ is bleakly observed, just before ‘Pictures snatched out the frame/Bitch, I scratched out your name and face’ is delivered with seething wrath, it’s hard to not flash back to ‘Drunk in Love,’ in which the presumably same couple were revelrous in the same room.” AMG

“She sometimes eclipses herself in terms of raw emotion, as on the throttling…Don’t Hurt Yourself,” AMG a “blues metal with Jack White.” RS500 He said, “she took just sort of a sketch of a lyrical outline and turned it into the most bodacious, vicious, incredible song.” WK The song uses an excerpt from a Malcolm X speech and samples Led Zeppelin’s “When the Levee Breaks,” a song originally performed by Memphis Minnie that referenced the displacement of hundreds of thousands of African Americans during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. WK That song and Daddy Lessons, on which she goes “outlaw country,” RS500 illustrate how genres established by African Americans are now seen predominantly as white music. WK

“After the first three-quarters play out in compelling if somewhat erratic fashion, Lemonade closes with a torrid stretch. Freedom is a marching anthem of resilience and preservation, produced by Just Blaze with a glowing guest verse from Kendrick Lamar.” AMG “All Night is a tangle of emotions and hints at reconciliation, facilitated by the horns from OutKast’s ‘Spottie Ottie Dopaliscious.’ And then, at last, there's the strutting ‘Formation,’ simultaneously a tack-on and an ideal finale, where Beyoncé delights in her blackness, femininity, and Southern origin with supreme wordplay.” AMG

Notes: The streaming edition of the album included a demo of “Sorry.” A sixty-five minute film aired on HBO which featured 11 chapters which corresponded to the songs on the album. It was released as a second disc to Lemonade.

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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Honor Roll of Hits: Top 300 Songs

Honor Roll of Hits:

Top 300 Songs

In the 2015 edition of Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles 1955-2015, 300 songs are noted and ranked for awards and list appearances: ASCAP, BMI, Country Music Association Awards, Grammys, the Grammy Hall of Fame, Kennedy Center Honors, National Recording Registry, NPR, Oscars, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, RIAA/NEA, and Rolling Stone.

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1. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
2. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
3. Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (1964)
4. Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1959)
5. Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” (1984)
6. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (1971)
7. Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes” (1956)
8. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
9. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1965)
10. The Temptations “My Girl” (1964)

11. Simon and Garfunkel “The Sounds of Silence” (1965)
12. Martha & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street” (1964)
13. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961)
14. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959)
15. George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (1980)
16. Bill Haley & the Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
17. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
18. Jerry Lee Lewis “Great Balls of Fire” (1957)
19. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
20. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)

21. The Miracles “The Tracks of My Tears” (1965)
22. The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (1979)
23. The Beatles “Yesterday” (1965)
24. James Taylor “Fire and Rain” (1970)
25. The Impressions “People Get Ready” (1965)
26. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message” (1982)
27. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
28. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
29. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
30. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)

31. Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973)
32. Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill” (1956)
33. Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind” (1982)
34. Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” (1955)
35. Chubby Checker “The Twist” (1960)
36. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)
37. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
38. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (1969)
39. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Peggy Sue” (1957)
40. The Penguins “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)” (1954)

41. Billy Joel “Piano Man” (1974)
42. Bo Diddley “Bo Diddley” (1955)
43. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (1956)
44. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
45. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
46. Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)
47. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
48. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
49. The Mamas & Papas “California Dreamin’” (1966)
50. Van Morrison “Brown-Eyed Girl” (1967)

51. Johnny Cash “I Walk the Line” (1956)
52. Bob Dylan “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1963)
53. Sam Cooke “You Send Me” (1957)
54. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
55. Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1971)
56. The Flamingos “I Only Have Eyes for You” (1959)
57. Ritchie Valens “La Bamba” (1958)
58. Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1965)
59. The Kingston Trio “Tom Dooley” (1958)
60. Sam & Dave “Soul Man” (1967)

61. B.B. King “The Thrill Is Gone” (1969)
62. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
63. Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1962)
64. Isaac Hayes “Theme from Shaft” (1971)
65. The Temptations “Papa Was a Rollin' Stone” (1972)
66. Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (1960)
67. Tammy Wynette “Stand by Your Man” (1968)
68. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
69. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
70. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1982)

71. The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (1960)
72. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
73. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
74. 86. Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild” (1968)
75. Prince & the Revolution “Purple Rain” (1984)
76. Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (1957)
77. Booker T. & the MG’s “Green Onions” (1962)
78. Queen “We Will Rock You” / “We Are the Champions” (1977)
79. Roger Miller “King of the Road” (1965)
80. Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto “The Girl from Ipanema” (1964)

81. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
82. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
83. The Drifters “On Broadway” (1963)
84. The Five Satins “In the Still of the Nite (I’ll Remember)” (1956)
85. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
86. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
87. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)
88. Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (1969)
89. James Brown “I Got You” (I Feel Good)” (1965)
90. Chuck Berry “Maybellene” (1955)

91. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” (1956)
92. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
93. Elton John “Your Song” (1970)
94. Henry Mancini with Audrey Hepburn “Moon River” (1961)
95. Patsy Cline “I Fall to Pieces” (1961)
96. The Staple Singers “Respect Yourself” (1971)
97. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Free Bird” (1973)
98. Wilson Pickett “In the Midnight Hour” (1965)
99. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
100. Chuck Berry “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956)

101. The Isley Brothers “Shout (Parts 1 and 2)” (1959)
102. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Fortunate Son” (1969)
103. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
104. Bob Dylan “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (1964)
105. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)
106. The Platters “The Great Pretender” (1955)
107. Dion “Runaround Sue” (1961)
108. Blondie “Heart of Glass” (1978)
109. Little Eva “The Loco-Motion” (1962)
110. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)

111. The Beach Boys “California Girls” (1965)
112. Dionne Warwick “Walk on By” (1964)
113. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1967)
114. Eddie Cochran “Summertime Blues” (1958)
115. Patsy Cline “Crazy” (1961)
116. Fats Domino “Ain't That a Shame” (1955)
117. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
118. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
119. Loretta Lynn “Coal Miner's Daughter” (1970)
120. Howlin’ Wolf “Smokestack Lightning” (1956)

121. The Champs “Tequila” (1958)
122. The Box Tops “The Letter” (1967)
123. Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were” (1973)
124. U2 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (1987)
125. Mary Wells “My Guy” (1964)
126. The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go” (1964)
127. Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night” (1966)
128. Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven” (1992)
129. Roy Orbison “Crying” (1961)
130. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)

131. Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way” (1986)
132. Jackie Wilson “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher” (1967)
133. Lynyrd Skynrd “Sweet Home Alabama” (1974)
134. M.C. Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” (1990)
135. Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit” (1967)
136. Bruce Springsteen “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984)
137. Crosby, Stills & Nash with Neil Young “Ohio” (1970)
138. Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors” (1973)
139. Muddy Waters “Hoochie Coochie Man” (1954)
140. T-Bone Walker “Call It Stormy Monday” (1947)

141. John Lee Hooker “Boogie Chillen'“ (1949)
142. Hank Williams “I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry” (1949)
143. Muddy Waters “Got My Mojo Working” (1957)
144. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
145. Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings (aka "Hero")” (1989)
146. Aretha Franklin “Chain of Fools” (1967)
147. Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing” (1982)
148. Big Brother & The Holding Company “Piece of My Heart” (1968)
149. Santana & Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
150. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)

151. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
152. Bobby Gentry “Ode to Billie Joe” (1967)
153. Stevie Wonder “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (1972)
154. James Brown “Papa's Got a Brand New Bag” (1965)
155. Sammi Smith “Help Me Make It Through the Night” (1971)
156. Flatt & Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” (1950)
157. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
158. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
159. The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (1969)
160. Bill Withers “Lean on Me” (1972)

161. The Beatles “Help!” (1964)
162. The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (1965)
163. Abba “Dancing Queen” (1976)
164. The Everly Brothers “Bye Bye Love” (1957)
165. Sister Sledge “We Are Family” (1979)
166. Roy Orbison “Only the Lonely” (1960)
167. The Drifters “There Goes My Baby” (1959)
168. Billy Joel “Just the Way You Are” (1977)
169. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969)
170. Edwin Hawkins Singers “Oh Happy Day” (1969)

171. Little Richard “Long Tall Sally” (1956)
172. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (1956)
173. The 5th Dimension “Up, Up and Away” (1967)
174. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
175. Hank Williams “Lovesick Blues” (1949)
176. Etta James “At Last” (1961)
177. James Brown “Please Please Please” (1956)
178. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
179. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
180. Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans” (1959)

181. The Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie” (1957)
182. Del Shannon “Runaway” (1961)
183. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
184. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
185. The Crystals “He's a Rebel” (1962)
186. Wilbert Harrison “Kansas City” (1959)
187. Louis Armstrong “Hello Dolly!” (1964)
188. The Coasters “Yakety Yak” (1958)
189. The Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” (1964)
190. Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (1983)

191. The Miracles “Shop Around” (1960)
192. Aaron Neville “Tell It Like It Is” (1966)
193. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
194. Harry Nilsson “Everybody's Talkin'“ (1968)
195. Jackie Wilson “Lonely Teardrops” (1958)
196. Spencer Davis Group “Gimme Some Lovin'“ (1966)
197. Sly & the Family Stone “Dance to the Music” (1968)
198. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
199. Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia” (1994)
200. The Lovin’ Spoonful “Do You Believe in Magic” (1965)

201. Bobby Fuller Four “I Fought the Law” (1966)
202. Ben E. King “Spanish Harlem” (1960)
203. The Animals “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” (1965)
204. The Byrds “Eight Miles High” (1966)
205. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1973)
206. Johnny Cash “Ring of Fire” (1963)
207. Tony Bennett “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” (1962)
208. Otis Redding “I've Been Loving You Too Long” (1965)
209. Otis Redding “Try a Little Tenderness” (1966)
210. Glen Campbell “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” (1967)

211. John Lee Hooker “Boom Boom” (1962)
212. The Who “My Generation” (1965)
213. Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep, Mountain High” (1966)
214. Big Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle and Roll” (1954)
215. Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman No Cry” (1974)
216. Johnny Cash “Folsom Prison Blues” (1955)
217. Robert Johnson “I Believe I'll Dust My Broom” (1936)
218. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
219. USA for Africa “We Are the World” (1985)
220. The Drifters “Save the Last Dance for Me” (1960)

221. The Turtles “Happy Together” (1967)
222. Edwin Starr “War” (1970)
223. Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson” (1968)
224. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)
225. Kool & The Gang “Celebration” (1980)
226. Janis Joplin “Me and Bobby McGee” (1971)
227. Chic “Good Times” (1979)
228. The Staple Singers “I'll Take You There” (1972)
229. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)
230. Shania Twain “You’re Still the One” (1997)

231. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)
232. Lady Antebellum “Need You Now” (2009)
233. The Ventures “Walk Don't Run” (1960)
234. Beck “Loser” (1993)
235. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” (1977)
236. James Brown “Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine” (1970)
237. Dave Brubeck Quartet “Take Five “ (1959)
238. The Police “Roxanne” (1978)
239. The Drifters “Money Honey” (1953)
240. Bob Marley & the Wailers “Get Up Stand Up” (1973)

241. Jimmy Cliff “Many Rivers to Cross” (1969)
242. Dionne Warwick & Friends “That's What Friends Are For” (1985)
243. Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People” (1968)
244. Carpenters “They Long to Be Close to You “ (1970)
245. Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes “Up Where We Belong” (1982)
246. Lauryn “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (1998)
247. Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” (1983)
248. Earth, Wind & Fire “Shining Star” (1975)
249. Carpenters “We've Only Just Begun” (1970)
250. The Drifters “Up on the Roof” (1962)

251. Lee Ann Womack & Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance” (2000)
252. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” (1967)
253. Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World” (1967)
254. Merle Haggard “Mama Tried” (1968)
255. Howlin’ Wolf “Spoonful” (1960)
256. Little Walter Jacobs & His Night Cats “Juke” (1952)
257. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats “Rocket 88” (1951)
258. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” (1989)
259. Irene Cara “Flashdance...What a Feelin’” (1983)
260. Carole King “It’s Too Late” (1971)

261. B.J. Thomas “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” (1969)
262. Bobby McFerrin “Don't Worry Be Happy” (1988)
263. Marty Robbins “El Paso” (1959)
264. Petula Clark “Downtown” (1964)
265. Ray Charles “Hit the Road Jack” (1961)
266. Bruce Springsteen “Dancing in the Dark” (1984)
267. The Isley Brothers “It's Your Thing” (1969)
268. Bill Withers “Ain't No Sunshine” (1971)
269. Eric Clapton “Change the World” (1996)
270. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988)

271. Roger Miller “Dang Me” (1964)
272. Tom Petty “Free Fallin’“ (1989)
273. Jimmy Buffett “Margaritaville” (1977)
274. Stevie Wonder “Living for the City” (1973)
275. Four Tops “Baby I Need Your Loving” (1964)
276. Kenny Rogers “The Gambler” (1978)
277. Sam Cooke “Wonderful World” (1960)
278. Willie Nelson “On the Road Again” (1980)
279. U2 “Beautiful Day” (2000)
280. R.E.M. “Radio Free Europe” (1983)

281. Bo Diddley “I'm a Man” (1955)
282. Randy Newman “Sail Away” (1972)
283. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
284. Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
285. The Fifth Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (1969)
286. Bonnie Raitt “Something To Talk About” (1991)
287. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)
288. Eagles “Take It Easy” (1972)
289. Little Big Town “Girl Crush” (2014)
290. Henry Mancini “Days of Wine and Roses, The” (1963)

291. Ray Charles “I Gotta Woman” (1955)
292. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
293. The Everly Brothers “Cathy's Clown” (1960)
294. The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (1962)
295. Van Halen “Jump” (1983)
296. The Young Rascals “Groovin’” (1967)
297. Gene Chandler “Duke of Earl” (1962)
298. The Byrds “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” (1965)
299. Johnny Mathis “Chances Are “ (1957)
300. The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin” (1967)

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