Lists from Movement, a New Zealand magazine.
Thanks to William Lovin for sending me all these lists.
The 100 greatest songs of all time plus 300 songs that almost made the list (2004) 1. New Order “Blue Monday” + New Order “Temptation” + New Order “True Faith” + New Order ”Crystal” 2. The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” + The Rolling Stones “Satisfaction” + The Rolling Stones ”Jumpin’ Jack Flash” + The Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” 3. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations + The Beach Boys “I Get Around” + The Beach Boys ”Wouldn’t It Be Nice” + The Beach Boys “Heroes and Villains” 4. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” + Joy Division “Digital” + Joy Division “Transmission” + Joy Division “She’s Lost Control” 5. The Temptations “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” + The Temptations “My Girl” + The Temptations “I Wish It Would Rain” + The Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” 6. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” + Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” + Sex Pistols “Holidays in the Sun” + Sex Pistols “Pretty Vacant” 7. R.E.M. “Radio Free Europe” + R.E.M. “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I feel fine)” + R.E.M. “The One I Love” + R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” 8. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” + The Troggs “Wild Thing” + Procol Harem “A Whiter Shade of Pale” + The Isley Brothers “Twist and Shout” 9. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” + The Kinks “All Day and All of the Night” + The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” + The Kinks “Lola” 10. Aretha Franklin “Respect” + Aretha Franklin “Natural Woman” + Aretha Franklin “Chain of Fools” + Aretha Franklin “I Say a Little Prayer” 11. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” + Bob Dylan “Blowin’ in the Wind” + Bob Dylan “Subterranean Homesick Blues” + Bob Dylan “Tangled Up in Blue” 12. The Beatles “Hey Jude” + The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” + The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” + The Beatles “Yesterday” 13. CCR “Fortunate Son” + CCR “Proud Mary” + CCR “Bad Moon Rising” + CCR “Green River” 14. The Stone Roses “Fools Gold” + The Stone Roses “Made of Stone” + The Stone Roses ”I Wanna Be Adored” + Ned’s Atomic Dustbin “Grey Cell Green” 15. Beck “Loser” + Beck “Pay No Mind” + Beck “Where It’s At” + Beck “Devil’s Haircut” 16. The Who “My Generation” + The Who “Can’t Explain” + The Who “Pinball Wizard” + The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again” 17. Buzzcocks “Ever Fallen in Love?” + Buzzcocks “Orgasm Addict” + Buzzcocks “What Do I Get?” + The Undertones “Teenage Kicks” 18. ‘Tennessee’ Ernie Ford “16 Tons” + Ray Price “Crazy Arms” + Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans” + Glen Campbell “Wichita Lineman” 19. David Bowie “Heroes” + David Bowie “Changes” + David Bowie “Ziggy Stardust” + David Bowie “Rebel Rebel” 20. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” + Marvin Gaye “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” + Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On?” + Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On” 21. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” + The Verve “The Drugs Don’t Work” + Richard Ashcroft ”A Song for the Lovers” + The Beta Band “Dry the Rain” 22. Otis Redding “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay + Otis Redding “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” + Otis Redding “Tenderness” + Otis Redding “Tramp” 23. The Clash “(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais” + The Clash “White Riot” + The Clash “London Calling” + The Clash “Rock the Casbah” 24. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” + Elvis Presley “Blue Moon of Kentucky” + Elvis Presley “Mystery Train” + Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” 25. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” + Public Enemy “Rebel Without a Pause” + Public Enemy “Bring the Noise” + Public Enemy “Don’t Believe the Hype” 26. Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime” + Talking Heads “Psycho Killer” + Talking Heads “Burning Down the House” + Talking Heads “Road to Nowhere” 27. The Smiths “This Charming Man” + The Smiths “What Difference Does It Make?” + The Smiths “How Soon Is Now?” + The Smiths “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” 28. Velvet Underground “Waiting for the Man” + Velvet Underground “ + Velvet Underground “ + Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” 29. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” + Chuck Berry “Maybellene” + Chuck Berry “Memphis, Tennessee” + Chubby Checker “The Twist” 30. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” + Nirvana “About a Girl” + Nirvana “Heart-Shaped Box” + Mudhoney “Touch Me, I’m Sick” 31. Pink Floyd “See Emily Play” + Pink Floyd “Arnold Lane” + Pink Floyd “Wish You Were” + Pink Floyd ”Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2" 32. Johnny Cash ”I Walk the Line” + Johnny Cash “Folsom Prison Blues” + Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue” + Johnny Cash “Hurt” 33. Blur “For Tomorrow + Blur “Girls and Boys” + Blur “Song 2" + Blur “Out Of Time” 34. Hank Williams “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” + Hank Williams “Lovesick Blues” + Hank Williams “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive” + Hank Williams “Your Cheatin’ Heart” 35. Devo “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” + Devo “Jocko Homo” + Kraftwerk “Autobahn” + Kraftwerk “Tans-Europa Express” 36. Bauhaus “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” + Love and Rockets “No New Tale to Tell” + Love and Rockets “So Alive” + Psychedelic Furs “Pretty in Pink” 37. The Police “Roxanne” + The Police “Message in a Bottle” + The Police “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” + The Police “Every Breath You Take” 38. Prince “When Doves Cry” + Prince “Purple Rain” + Prince “Kiss” + Prince “Get Off” 39. Sonic Youth “Teenage Riot” + Sonic Youth “Death Valley ‘69" + Sonic Youth “The Diamond Sea” + Dinosaur Jr. “Freak Scene” 40. Isaac Hayes “Shaft Theme” + James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” + James Brown “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” + James Brown “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine” 41. Violent Femmes “Blister in the Sun” + Violent Femmes “Add It Up” + Violent Femmes “Children of the Revolution” + Pretenders “Back on the Chain Gang” 42. The Animals “House of the Rising Sun” + AC/DC “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” + AC/DC “Highway to Hell” + Ash “Girl from Mars” 43. The LA’s “There She Goes” + The Fall “Cruisers Creek” + The Fall “Victoria” + A Guy Called Gerald “Voodoo Ray” 44. Public Image Limited “Rise” + P.I.L. “Public Image” + P.I.L. “This Is Not a Love Song” + Butthole Surfers “Pepper” 45. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” + Ramones “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” + Ramones “I Wanna Be Sedated” + Ramones “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg” 46. Radiohead “Fake Plastic Trees” + Radiohead “Paranoid Android” + Radiohead “Pyramid Song” + Mancic Street Preachers ”Motorcycle Emptiness” 47. Soft Cell “Tainted Love” + Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget About Me” + Killing Joke “Requiem” + Killing Joke “Eighties” 48. Buddy Holly & The Crickets “Not Fade Away” + Buddy Holly & The Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” + Buddy Holly & The Crickets “Peggy Sue” + Buddy Holly “Rave On” 49. Mission of Burma “That’s When I Reach for My Revolver” + Romeo Void “Never Say Never” + Gang of Four “Damaged Goods” + The Birthday Party “Release the Bats” 50. Pulp “Common People” + Pulp “Sorted By E’s and Wiss” + Pulp “This Is Harcore” + The Charaltans “The Only One I Know” 51. T. Rex “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” + T. Rex “Telegram Sam” + T. Rex “Children of the Revolution” + T. Rex “20th Century Boy” 52. The Eagles “Hotel California” + The Eagles “One of These Nights” + The Eagles “Life in the Fastlane” + Santana “Black Magic Woman” 53. The Replacements “Alex Chilton” + The Replacements “I Will Dare” + The Replacements “Left of the Dial” + Husker Du “Makes No Sense at All” 54. Weezer “Say It Ain’t So” + Weezer “Buddy Holly” + Weezer “El Scorcho” + Weezer “Island in the Sun” 55. The Jam “Going Underground” + The Jam “In the City” + The Jam “Down in the Tubestation at Midnight” + The Jam “Town Called Malice’ 56. The Breeders “Cannonball” + L7 “Pretend We’re Dead” + Veruca Salt “Seether” + No Doubt “I’m Just a Girl” 57. The Cure “Just Like Heaven” + The Cure “Boys Don’t Cry” + The Cure “A Forest” + The Cult “She Sells Sanctuary” 58. Echo and the Bunnymen “The Killing Moon” + Echo and the Bunnymen “The Cutter” + Echo and the Bunnymen “Lips Like Sugar” + The Nails “88 Lines About 44 Women” 59. Big Star “September Gurls” + Teenage Fanclub “Ain’t That Enough?” + Cheap Trick “Surrender” + Cheap Trick “I Want You to Want Me” 60. Fugazi “Waiting Rom + Minor Threat “Minor Threat“ + Socials Distortion “Ball & Chain” + Sunny Day Real Estate “Pillars” 61. They Might Be Giants “Birdhouse In Your Soul” + They Might Be Giants “Ana Ng” + They Might Be Giants “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” + Tenacious D. “Tribute” 62. U2 “One” + U2 “I Will Follow” + U2 “New Years Day” + Wall of Voodoo “Mexican Radio” 63. George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today” + George Jones “White Lightning” + George Jones “She Thinks I Still Care” + Garth Brooks “Friends in Low Places” 64. Pavement “Summer Babe” + Pavement “Frontwards” + Pavement “Cut Your Hair” + Pavement “Shady Lane” 65. Beastie Boys “Intergalactic” + Beastie Boys “Fight for Your Right (to party)” + Beastie Boys “Hey Ladies!” + Beastie Boys “Sabotage” 66. Jesus and Mary Chain “Just Like Honey” + Jesus and Mary Chain “Never Understand” + My Bloody Valentine “Only Shallow” + BRMC “Whatever Happened to My Rock ‘n’ Roll” 67. Dead Kennedy's "Too Drunk to Fuck" + Dead Kennedy’s “Holiday in Cambodia” + Human League “Don’t You Want Me?” + Black Flag “Rise Above” 68. Camper Van Beethoven “Take the Skinheads Bowling” + Cracker “Teen Angst” + Cracker “Low” + Cake “The Distance” 69. Black Sabbath “Paranoid” + Black Sabbath “Iron Man” + Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild” + Steppenwolf “Magic Carpet Ride” 70. Led Zeppelin “Rock & Roll” + Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” + Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” + Motorhead “Ace of Spades” 71. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” + Tom Petty “American Girl” + Tom Petty “Refuge’” + Wilco “Heavy Metal Drummer” 72. Depeche Mode “Never Let Me Down Again” + Depeche Mode “Personal Jesus” + Depeche Mode “Enjoy the Silence” + Department S "Is Vick There?" 73. Green Day “Longview” + The Offspring “Self Esteem” + Rancid “Ruby Soho” + Blink-182 “What’s My Age Again?” 74. Pixies “Monkey Gone to Heaven” + Pixies “Where Is My Mind?” + The Knack “My Sharona” + The Knack “Good Girls Don’t” 75. The B-52's “Rock Lobster” + The B-52's “Private Idaho” + Dead Milkmen “Bitchin’ Camaro” + Dead Milkmen “Punk Rock Girl” 76. MC5 “Kick Out the Jams” + The Stooges “Search & Destroy” + The Stooges “I Wanna Be Your Dog” + Iggy Pop “Lust for Life” 77. The Strokes “Reptilia” + The Strokes “Hard to Explain” + Kings of Leon “Molly’s Chamber” + Spoon “The Way We Get By” 78. Madness “One Step Beyond” + Madness “Our House” + The Specials “Ghost Town” + Sublime “What I Got” 79. The Flaming Lips “Race for the Prize” + The Flaming Lips “She Don’t Use Jelly” + The Flaming Lips “Do You Realize?” + The Flaming Lips “Fight Test” 80. Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun” + Soundgarden “Fell on Black Days” + The Smashing Pumpknis “Today” + Soul Coughing “Super Bon Bon” 81. Underworld “Born Slippy (NUXX) + Orbital “Chime” + Fatboy Slim “The Rockerfeller Skank” + Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood” 82. Supergrass “Richard III” + Supergrass “Caught by the Fuzz” + Supergrass “Alright” + Supergrass “Going Out” 83. Happy Mondays “Kinky Afro” + Happy Mondays ”Step On” + Primal Scream “Higher than the Sun” + A Certain Ration “All Shack Up” 84. Oasis “Live Forever” + Oasis “Supersonic” + Oasis “Wonderwall” + Travis “Sing” 85. Elvis Costello “Radio Radio” + Elvis Costello “Allison” + Joe Jackson “Is She Really Going Out with Him?” + Eels “Novocaine for the Soul” 86. Super Furry Animals “The Man Don’t Give a Fuck” + Garbage “Stupid Girl” + The Coral “Dreaming of You” + McClusky “To Hell with Good Intentions” 87. The Chemical Brothers “Setting Sun” + The Chemical Brothers “Block Rockin’ Beats” + The Chemical Brothers “The Test” + Fatboy Slim “Praise You” 88. Jimi Hendrix “All Along the Watchtower” + Jimi Hendrix “Hey Joe” + Jimi Hendrix “Purple Haze” + Living Colour “Cult of Personality” 89. Simon and Garfunkel “The Sounds of Silence” + Simon and Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson” + Simon and Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” + Paul Simon “Graceland” 90. The Everly Brothers “Bye Bye Love” + The Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie” + The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” + The Stanley Brothers “Rank Stranger” 91. Gary Numan “Cars” + Pet Shop Boys “Opportunities (let’s make lots of money)” + Pet Shop Boys “Being Boring” + The Streets “Weak Become Heroes” 92. Grandmaster Flash “The Message” + Grandmaster Flash “White Lines” + Nas “If I Ruled the World” + Notorious B.I.G. “Mo Money Mo Problems” 93. Missy Elliott “Work It” + Missy Elliott “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” + Missy Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” + Lauryn Hill “Doo-wop (that thing)” 94. The Dandy Warhols “Bohemian Like You” + Material Issue “Valerie Loves Me”” + Semisonic “Closing Time” + New Radicals “You Get What You Give 95. Dolly Parton “Jolene” + Dolly Parton “Coat of Many Colors” + Loretta Lynn “Coal Miners Daughter” + Tammy Wynette “Stand By Your Man” 96. The Doors “Light My Fire” + The Doors “Break on Through (to the other side)” + The Doors “Hello, I Love You” + The Doors “Riders in the Storm” 97. Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” + Madonna “Vogue” + Madonna “Like a Virgin” + Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” 98. Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” + Massive Attack “Rising Sun” + Tricky “Black Steel” + Portishead “Sour Times” 99. Don Henley “Boys of Summer” + Matthew Sweet “Girlfriend” + Foo Fighters “Everlong” + Foo Fighters “Monkey Wrench” 100. Michael Jackson “Billlie Jean” + Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough” + The Cars “Let the Good Times Roll” + The Cars “Just What I Needed” |