I planned to have my Top 500 in "a couple of days" and finally it was almost "a couple of weeks". Anyway here it is…
1. THE RONETTES "Be My Baby" (1963). Lead vocals: Ronnie Bennett
Recipe for an immortal pop symphony. Ingredients: Some Ellie Greenwich lyrics about a promise of teenager love 'till eternity. A bright melody by Jeff Barry. A brilliant vocal performance by Ronnie Bennett and some delicious harmonies by the other Ronettes. A mythical drum intro by Hal Blaine. Mix all these ingredients with the Wall of Sound due to the talents of Jack Nitzsche and Phil Spector. And here you have it, "pure gold coming out from the speakers" (in Spector's own words).
2. AUDREY HEPBURN "Moon River" (1961)
An unrepeatable conjunction. Truman Capote as the novel writer. Blake Edwards as the efficient director. Hubert de Givenchy as the history-making costume designer. Henry Mancini as the composer of a score straight to eternity. Johnny Mercer as the writer of the dreamy lyrics. And, of course, Audrey Hepburn creating a pop icon of her Holly Golightly. And singing sitting on her windowsill (while George Peppard is peeping) the most beautiful song ever, "Moon River."
3. BJÖRK "It's Oh So Quiet" (1995)
Lunatic Jazz. Björk previously showed in her Icelandic album "Gling-Gló" her fondness for recreating-perverting Jazz standards. But in her cover of "It's Oh So Quiet" (and in the splendid clip directed by Michel Gondry) she created a dreamy world that was a step forward from the Broadway musical comedies and served as the departure point for Von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark."
4. THE SUPREMES "Baby Love" (1964). Lead vocals: Diana Ross
Music nerds like us tend to consider the work of the auteur as more artistically valuable than the industrial approach. A more than unfair opinion if we talk about a team of producers, songwriters, musicians and singers like the Motown team. In Motown they've found the secret formula, the exact amount of every ingredient to make the best pop songs ever.
5. MASSIVE "Unfinished Sympathy" (1991). Vocals: Shara Nelson
Culling elements from diverse styles, Massive Attack designed the everlasting electronic hymn of the 90s, equally apt for dancing madly on the dance floor (courtesy of its House rhythm and Hip-Hop scratching) and for listening quietly in your bedroom (courtesy of its amazing string arrangements and the soulful Shara Nelson vocals).
6. STAN GETZ & JOÃO GILBERTO "The Girl from Ipanema" (1964). Co-lead vocals: Astrud Gilberto
7. THE POGUES "Fairytale of New York" (1987). Co-lead vocals: Kirsty MacColl
8. BILLIE HOLIDAY "Strange Fruit" (1939)
9. JANE BIRKIN avec SERGE GAINSBOURG "Je t'aime… moi non plus" (1969)
10. JUDY GARLAND "Over the Rainbow" (1939)
11. CHIC "Le Freak" (1978). Lead vocals: Alfa Anderson
12. DIONNE WARWICK "Walk on By" (1964)
13. JANIS JOPLIN "Me and Bobby McGee" (1971)
14. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL "Missing (Todd Terry Remix)" (1995). Vocals: Tracey Thorn
15. BJÖRK "Bachelorette" (1997)
16. DONNA SUMMER "I Feel Love" (1977)
17. DEEE-LITE "Groove Is in the Heart" (1990). Vocals: Lady Miss Kier
18. PORTISHEAD "Roads" (1994). Vocals: Beth Gibbons
19. ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM & ELIS REGINA "Águas de março" (1974)
20. LANA DEL REY "West Coast" (2014)
21. KYLIE MINOGUE "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (2001)
22. YOUSSOU N’DOUR with NENEH CHERRY "7 Seconds" (1994)
23. ABBA "Dancing Queen" (1976). Co-lead vocals: Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad
24. SARAH VAUGHAN "Lullaby of Birdland" (1955)
25. MERCEDES SOSA "Alfonsina y el mar" (1969)
26. AMY WINEHOUSE "Back to Black" (2006)
27. IKE & TINA TURNER "River Deep, Mountain High" (1966)
28. PATTI SMITH GROUP "Because the Night" (1978)
29. GLORIA GAYNOR "I Will Survive" (1978)
30. BLONDIE "Heart of Glass" (1978). Vocals: Debbie Harry
31. MADONNA "Into the Groove" (1985)
32. ARETHA FRANKLIN "I Say a Little Prayer" (1968)
33. GORAN BREGOVIĆ "Ederlezi" (1988). Lead vocals: Vaska Jankovska
34. THIS MORTAL COIL "Song to the Siren" (1983). Vocals: Elizabeth Fraser
35. KATE BUSH "Wuthering Heights" (1978)
36. MARY GAUTHIER "I Drink" (2005)
37. FEIST "Inside and Out" (2004)
38. LOTTE LENYA "Seeräuberjenny" (1931)
39. ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (1950)
40. KIRI TE KANAWA & KATHERINE JENKINS "Viens, Malika... Dôme épais (from 'Lakmé' Opera, Act I, No. 2)" (2006). Composer: Léo Delibes
41. TINDERSTICKS featuring CARLA TORGERSON "Travelling Light" (1995)
42. LAURYN HILL "Ex-Factor" (1998)
43. NINA SIMONE "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (1958)
44. 'WEST SIDE STORY' ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK "Somewhere" (1961). Co-lead vocals: Marni Nixon
45. THE MAMA'S & THE PAPA'S "California Dreamin'" (1965). Co-lead vocals: Cass Elliott & Michelle Phillips
46. MARLENE DIETRICH "Sag' mir, wo die Blumen sind" (1962)
47. CAMERA OBSCURA "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" (2006). Vocals: Tracyanne Campbell
48. FRANÇOISE HARDY "Tous les garçons et les filles" (1962)
49. THE CHIFFONS "One Fine Day" (1963). Lead vocals: Sylvia Peterson
50. ANAÏS MITCHELL featuring GREG BROWN "Why We Build the Wall" (2010)
51. NINA SIMONE "Wild Is the Wind" (1966)
52. ARETHA FRANKLIN "Chain of Fools" (1967)
53. ROKIA TRAORÉ "Dounia" (2008)
54. MAX ROACH "Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace" (1961). Vocals: Abbey Lincoln
55. M.I.A. "Paper Planes" (2007)
56. PJ HARVEY "C'mon Billy" (1995)
57. JULIA HOLTER "Feel You" (2015)
58. JONI MITCHELL "Big Yellow Taxi" (1970)
59. STEREOLAB "Cybele's Reverie" (1996). Vocals: Mary Hansen
60. THE SUGARCUBES "Birthday" (1987). Vocals: Björk Guðmundsdóttir
61. SUZANNE VEGA "Luka" (1987)
62. SONIC YOUTH "Kool Thing" (1990). Lead vocals: Kim Gordon
63. LOLE Y MANUEL "Tu mirá" (1976)
64. OFRA HAZA "Im Nin'alu" (1984)
65. CELIA CRUZ CON LA SONORA MATANCERA "Changó" (1965)
66. MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS "Dancing in the Street" (1964). Lead vocals: Martha Reeves
67. ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (1957)
68. JEANETTE "Porque te vas" (1974)
69. THE xx "Night Time" (2009). Vocals: Romy Madley Croft
70. BILLIE HOLIDAY "I'm a Fool to Want You" (1958)
71. BJÖRK "Violently Happy" (1993)
72. RINGO SHEENA "Sōretsu" (2003)
73. FRANCE GALL "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (1965)
74. PRETENDERS "Kid" (1979). Vocals: Chrissie Hynde
75. PIXIES "Gigantic" (1988). Lead vocals: Kim Deal
76. SOUL II SOUL "Get a Life" (1989). Co-lead vocals: Marcia Lewis
77. LA BUENA VIDA "Qué nos va a pasar" (2001). Co-lead vocals: Irantzu Valencia
78. BASEMENT JAXX "Red Alert" (1999). Vocals: Blu James
79. TLC "Waterfalls" (1994). Co-lead vocals: T-Boz & Left Eye
80. ÉDITH PIAF "La vie en rose" (1947)
81. JULEE CRUISE "Falling" (1989)
82. JULIE LONDON "Cry Me a River" (1955)
83. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO "All Tomorrow's Parties" (1966). Vocals: Nico
84. ABBIE MITCHELL "Summertime (from 'Porgy & Bess' Opera, Act I, No. 1)" (1935). Composer: George Gershwin.
85. ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS "Hope There's Someone" (2005)
86. LOTTE LENYA "Moritat vom Mackie Messer" (1955)
87. PJ HARVEY "All and Everyone" (2011)
88. PATTI SMITH GROUP "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo/Gloria (Van Morrison Version)" (1975)
89. JANELLE MONÁE "Cold War" (2010)
90. BJÖRK "Venus as a Boy" (1993)
91. ST. VINCENT "New York" (2017)
92. MASSIVE ATTACK "Teardrop" (1998). Vocals: Elizabeth Fraser.
93. GOLDFRAPP "Lovely Head" (2000)
94. MADONNA "Like a Prayer" (1989)
95. BARBARA "La solitude" (1965)
96. MARIA CALLAS "Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (from 'Carmen' Opera: Act I, No. 5)" (1964). Composer: Georges Bizet
97. NINA SIMONE "Sinnerman" (1965)
98. WILLIE MAE 'BIG MAMA' THORNTON "Hound Dog" (1953)
99. CHAVELA VARGAS "La llorona" (1961)
100. MAHALIA JACKSON "Move on Up a Little Higher" (1948)
101. BEYONCÉ feat. JAY-Z "Crazy in Love" (2003)
102. ELIZETE CARDOSO & LUIZ BONFÁ "Manhã de carnaval" (1959)
103. THE CARTER FAMILY "Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)" (1935). Lead vocals: Sara Carter
104. SADE "Hang on to Your Love" (1984). Vocals: Sade Adu
105. MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (1967)
106. CAROLE KING "It's Too Late" (1971)
107. FLEETWOOD MAC "Dreams" (1977). Lead vocals: Stevie Nicks
108. SINEAD O'CONNOR "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990)
109. BLONDIE "Dreaming" (1979). Vocals: Debbie Harry
110. SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES "Israel" (1980)
111. LUCINDA WILLIAMS "Metal Firecracker" (1998)
112. SLEATER-KINNEY "Jumpers" (2005). Lead vocals: Corin Tucker
113. BENJAMIN BIOLAY avec JEANNE CHERHAL "Brandt rhapsodie" (2009)
114. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD "The Windmills of Your Mind" (1969)
115. BESSIE SMITH "The St. Louis Blues" (1925)
116. LAURA NYRO "Stoned Soul Picnic" (1968)
117. ETTA JAMES "At Last" (1960)
118. BEACH HOUSE "Myth" (2012). Vocals: Victoria Legrand
119. ERYKAH BADU "On & On" (1997)
120. PJ HARVEY "Rid of Me" (1993)
121. EURYTHMICS "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (1983). Vocals: Annie Lennox
122. ANNIE "Anthonio" (2009)
123. KIRSTY MACCOLL "A New England" (1984)
124. ANN PEEBLES "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (1973)
125. FIRST AID KIT "My Silver Lining" (2014). Lead vocals: Klara Söderberg
126. BJÖRK "Pagan Poetry" (2001)
127. PORTISHEAD "The Rip" (2008). Vocals: Beth Gibbons
128. JOANNA NEWSOM "Emily" (2006)
129. SADE "No Ordinary Love" (1992). Vocals: Sade Adu
130. ADELE "Rolling in the Deep" (2011)
131. SPICE GIRLS "Say You'll Be There" (1996). Co-lead vocals: Emma Bunton, Mel B, Victoria Adams, Geri Halliwell & Melanie C
132. PEGGY LEE "Fever" (1958)
133. LANA DEL REY "Video Games" (2011)
134. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD "I Only Want to Be With You" (1963)
135. JANET JACKSON "Together Again" (1997)
136. FAIRPORT CONVENTION "Matty Groves" (1969). Vocals: Sandy Denny
137. BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY "Piece of My Heart" (1968). Lead vocals: Janis Joplin
138. FUGEES "Ready or Not" (1996). Co-lead vocals: Lauryn Hill
139. JAY-Z feat. ALICIA KEYS "Empire State of Mind" (2009)
140. BJÖRK "Jòga" (1997)
141. TRACY CHAPMAN "Fast Car" (1988)
142. BETH ORTON "Pass in Time" (1999)
143. BILLIE HOLIDAY "The Man I Love" (1940)
144. AGNES OBEL "Dorian" (2013)
145. MARIE LAFORÊT "La plage" (1964)
146. KRISTIN HERSH "Your Ghost" (1994)
147. VINÍCIUS DE MORAES con MARIA CREUZA y TOQUINHO "A felicidade" (1970)
148. GORAN BREGOVIĆ featuring CESÁRIA ÉVORA "Ausencia" (1995)
149. THE CRYSTALS "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" (1963). Lead vocals: Dolores "LaLa" Brooks
150. THE CHORDETTES "Mr. Sandman" (1954)
151. PIZZICATO 5 "Twiggy Twiggy" (1991). Vocals: Maki Nomiya
152. DENGUE FEVER "Tiger Phone Card" (2008). Co-lead vocals: Chhom Nimol
153. LEE HAZLEWOOD & NANCY SINATRA "Some Velvet Morning" (1967)
154. GAL COSTA "Que Pena (Ele Já Não Gosta Mais de Mim)" (1969)
155. GRIMES "REALiTi" (2015)
156. THE HUMAN LEAGUE "Don't You Want Me" (1981). Co-lead vocals: Susan Ann Sulley
157. LAURA MARLING "I Was an Eagle" (2013)
158. JUDEE SILL "The Kiss" (1973)
159. MARY MARGARET O'HARA "To Cry About" (1988)
160. THE SUNDAYS "Here's Where the Story Ends" (1990). Vocals: Harriet Wheeler
161. THE KNIFE "Heartbeats" (2002). Vocals: Karin Dreijer
162. MACY GRAY "I Try" (1999)
163. PASCAL COMELADE avec PJ HARVEY "Love Too Soon" (1998)
164. BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN MAN "Mysteries" (2002)
165. MIRIAM MAKEBA "The Click Song (Qongqothwane)" (1961)
166. AMÁLIA RODRIGUES "Ai, Mouraria" (1945)
167. BILLIE HOLIDAY "You've Changed" (1958)
168. PINK FLOYD "The Great Gig in the Sky" (1973). Vocals: Clare Torry
169. SALIF KEITA with CESÁRIA ÉVORA "Yamore" (2002)
170. JONI MITCHELL "Help Me" (1974)
171. MILLIE JACKSON "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (1974)
172. JOAN BAEZ "El Preso Número Nueve" (1960)
173. PATSY CLINE "I Fall to Pieces" (1961)
174. PORTISHEAD "Glory Box" (1994)
175. BOW WOW WOW "Chihuahua" (1981). Vocals: Annabella Lwin
176. YMA SUMAC "Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)" (1950)
177. ÉDITH PIAF "Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960)
178. LES PAUL & MARY FORD "How High the Moon" (1951)
179. DINAH WASHINGTON "Mad About the Boy" (1952)
180. ETTA JAMES "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (1960)
181. MY BLOODY VALENTINE "Only Shallow" (1991). Co-lead vocals: Bilinda Butcher
182. THE B-52'S "Private Idaho" (1980). Co-lead vocals: Kate Pierson
183. THE SHANGRI-LAS "The Leader of the Pack" (1964). Lead vocals: Mary Weiss
184. ABBA "Waterloo" (1974). Co-lead vocals: Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad
185. MISSY ELLIOTT "Get Ur Freak On" (2001)
186. NINA HAGEN BAND "African Reggae" (1979)
187. THE CARPENTERS "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1970). Lead vocals: Karen Carpenter
188. CAT POWER "The Greatest" (2006)
189. ALASKA Y DINARAMA "Cómo pudiste hacerme esto a mí" (1984)
190. CONCHA PIQUER "Ojos verdes" (1937)
191. OUM KALTHOUM "Inta Omri" (1964)
192. VIOLETA PARRA "Gracias a la vida" (1966)
193. EWA DEMARCZYK "Karuzela z Madonnami" (1967)
194. NINA SIMONE "Feeling Good" (1964)
195. BJÖRK featuring THOM YORKE "I've Seen It All" (2000)
196. kd LANG "Constant Craving" (1992)
197. MARIA DEL MAR BONET "Es fa llarg esperar" (1977)
198. VASHTI BUNYAN "Diamond Day" (1970)
199. NORAH JONES "Come Away With Me" (2002)
200. WARPAINT "Love Is to Die" (2014). Lead vocals: Emily Kokal
201. BROADCAST "Come On Let's Go" (2000). Vocals: Trish Keenan
202. KATE BUSH "Cloudbusting" (1985)
203. ROBERTA PETERS " Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from 'Die Zauberflöte' Opera, Act II, No. 11)" (1964). Composer: Wofgang Amadeus Mozart
204. THE MARVELETTES "Please Mr. Postman" (1961). Lead vocals: Gladys Horton
205. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS "No One Will Ever Love You" (1999). Vocals: Shirley Simms
206. RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" (1974)
207. MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS "Nowhere to Run" (1965). Lead vocals: Martha Reeves
208. ARETHA FRANKLIN "Respect" (1967)
209. BJÖRK "Hyperballad" (1995)
210. LAURIE ANDERSON "O Superman (For Massenet)" (1981)
211. GOLDIE "Inner City Life" (1994). Vocals: Diane Charlemagne
212. PJ HARVEY "Meet Ze Monsta" (1995)
213. LES RITA MITSOUKO "Marcia Baila" (1984). Vocals: Catherine Ringer
214. SOLANGE "Don't Wish Me Well" (2016)
215. THE PIPETTES "Pull Shapes" (2006). Co-lead vocals: Julia Clarke-Lowes, Rose Elinor Dougall and Rebecca Stephens
216. THE SHIRELLES "Baby It's You" (1961). Lead vocals: Shirley Owens
217. THE STAPLE SINGERS "I'll Take You There" (1972). Lead vocals: Mavis Staples
218. THE SUPREMES "Stop! In the Name of Love" (1965). Lead vocals: Diana Ross
219. HOLE "Malibu" (1998). Lead vocals: Courtney Love
220. MADONNA "Vogue" (1990)
221. KYLIE MINOGUE "Spinning Around" (2000)
222. FEIST "One Evening" (2004)
223. A GIRL CALLED EDDY "Golden" (2004)
224. YAZOO "Only You" (1982). Vocals: Alison Moyet
225. ROBYN "Dancing on My Own" (2010)
226. ROBERTA FLACK "Killing Me Softly With His Song" (1973)
227. EMMYLOU HARRIS "Boulder to Birmingham" (1975)
228. BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE "Universal Soldier" (1964)
229. GORAN BREGOVIĆ with OFRA HAZA "ELO Hi (Canto Nero)" (1994)
230. SAINT ETIENNE "Join Our Club" (1992). Vocals: Sarah Cracknell
231. IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE "The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak)" (2014). Vocals: Eno Williams
232. THE BANGLES "Manic Monday" (1986). Lead vocals: Susanna Hoffs
233. AIMEE MANN "Save Me" (1999)
234. ARCADE FIRE "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" (2010). Vocals: Régine Chassagne
235. NEKO CASE "Hold On, Hold On" (2006)
236. LILA DOWNS "La cumbia del mole" (2006)
237. ERYKAH BADU "Honey" (2007)
238. AMADOU & MARIAM "Sabali" (2008)
239. CESÁRIA ÉVORA "Sodade" (1992)
240. ROSALÍA "De plata" (2017)
241. LINDA PERHACS "Chimacum Rain" (1970)
242. TRICKY "Overcome" (1995). Vocals: Martina Topley-Bird
243. ST. VINCENT "Cruel" (2011)
244. NENEH CHERRY "Kisses on the Wind" (1989)
245. BAT FOR LASHES "Daniel" (2009)
246. LAURA VEIRS "July Flame" (2009)
247. MADONNA "Borderline" (1983)
248. HERBERT "It's Only" (2001). Vocals: Dani Siciliano
249. MARIANNE FAITHFULL "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" (1979)
250. WEEKEND "A View From Her Room" (1982). Vocals: Alison Statton
251. DEAD CAN DANCE "Sanvean" (1994). Vocals: Lisa Gerrard
252. SÍLVIA PÉREZ CRUZ y RAÜL FERNÁNDEZ "Gallo rojo, gallo negro" (2014)
253. LE MYSTÈRE DES VOIX BULGARES "Prïtourïtze Planinata" (1975)
254. LOW & SPRING HEEL JACK "Hand So Small" (2000). Co-lead vocals: Mimi Parker
255. TORI AMOS "Silent All These Years" (1991)
256. THE PASSIONS "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" (1981). Lead vocals: Barbara Gogan
257. LUCINDA WILLIAMS "Drunken Angel" (1998)
258. LAURYN HILL "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (1998)
259. STOCKARD CHANNING "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" (1978)
260. MASSIVE ATTACK "Safe from Harm" (1991). Co-lead vocals: Shara Nelson
261. MADREDEUS "O Pastor" (1990). Vocals: Teresa Salgueiro
262. MAZZY STAR "Fade into You" (1993). Vocals: Hope Sandoval
263. MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ "O mio babbino caro (from 'Gianni Schicchi' Opera, No. 8)" (1970). Composer: Giacomo Puccini
264. MOLOKO "Sing It Back (Boris Musical Mix)" (1999). Vocals: Róisín Murphy
265. LIPPS INC. "Funkytown" (1979). Lead vocals: Cynthia Johnson
266. YAZOO "Don't Go" (1982). Vocals: Alison Moyet
267. JONI MITCHELL "Coyote" (1976)
268. ANN-MARGRET "I Just Don't Understand" (1961)
269. FLEETWOOD MAC "Sara" (1979). Lead vocals: Stevie Nicks
270. THE PRETENDERS "Don't Get Me Wrong" (1986). Vocals: Chrissie Hynde
271. GARBAGE "Special" (1998). Vocals: Shirley Manson
272. THE FREE DESIGN "My Brother Woody" (1967). Co-lead vocals: Sandy & Ellen Dedrick
273. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL "Each and Every One" (1984). Lead vocals: Tracey Thorn
274. CARLY SIMON "You're So Vain" (1972)
275. CINDY LAUPER "Time After Time" (1983)
276. THELMA HOUSTON "Don't Leave Me This Way" (1976)
277. SEATBELTS "Tank!" (1998). Songwriter: Yoko Kanno
278. THE DELGADOS "Coming In from the Cold" (2002). Vocals: Emma Pollock
279. CAROLE KING "So Far Away" (1971)
280. DUFFY "Mercy" (2008)
281. ABBA "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (1979). Lead vocals: Agnetha Fältskog
282. PJ HARVEY "Down by the Water" (1995)
283. SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES "Hong Kong Garden" (1978)
284. THE WALKABOUTS "Drown" (1999). Vocals: Carla Torgerson
285. MERCROMINA "En un mundo tan pequeño" (1997). Co-lead vocals: María Ángeles Martínez
286. KATE TEMPEST "Tunnel Vision" (2016)
287. DIONNE WARWICK "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (1963)
288. BJÖRK "All Is Full of Love" (1997)
289. LOTTE LENYA & THE THREE ADMIRALS "Alabama Song" (1930)
290. ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER meets ELVIS COSTELLO "Broken Bycicles/Junk" (2001)
291. SUSANNE SUNDFØR "Kamikaze" (2015)
292. ST. VINCENT "Los Ageless" (2017)
293. MINNIE RIPERTON "Lovin' You" (1974)
294. MAHALIA JACKSON "In the Upper Room" (1952)
295. JOAN BAEZ "Silver Dagger" (1960)
296. DIRTY PROJECTORS "Stillness Is the Move" (2009). Lead vocals: Amber Coffman
297. JOANNA NEWSOM "Sprout and the Bean" (2004)
298. KITTY WELLS "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (1952)
299. WOMACK & WOMACK "Teardrops" (1988). Vocals: Linda Womack
300. ELLA FITZGERALD "Someone to Watch Over Me" (1950)
301. LYKKE LI "I Follow Rivers" (2011)
302. BJÖRK "Like Someone in Love" (1993)
303. PETER, PAUL & MARY "500 Miles" (1962). Lead vocals: Mary Travers
304. ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST "The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)" (1968). Co-lead vocals: Lynn Kellogg & Melba Moore
305. YVONNE ELLIMAN "If I Can't Have You" (1977)
306. ELIZETE CARDOSO "Chega de saudade" (1958)
307. GILLIAN WELCH "Red Clay Halo" (2001)
308. MADELEINE PEYROUX "Dance Me to the End of Love" (2004)
309. THE PRIMITIVES "Crash" (1988). Lead vocals: Tracy Tracy
310. THE xx "Islands" (2009). Co-lead vocals: Romy Madley Croft
311. JONI MITCHELL "A Case of You" (1971)
312. BJÖRK "Play Dead" (1993)
313. VINICIUS & ODETTE LARA "Samba em prelúdio" (1963)
314. AMÁLIA RODRIGUES "Estranha forma de vida" (1962)
315. M.I.A. "Jimmy" (2007)
316. ONDATRÓPICA "Tiene sabor, tiene sazón" (2012). Lead vocals: Nidia Góngora
317. GLORIA JONES "Tainted Love" (1965)
318. YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS "Final Day" (1980). Vocals: Alison Statton
319. TRIÁNGULO DE AMOR BIZARRO "El fantasma de la transición" (2007). Vocals: Isabel Cea
320. EMMYLOU HARRIS "Sweet Old World" (1995)
321. CHIC "Good Times" (1979). Co-lead vocals: Alfa Anderson & Luci Martin
322. JILL SCOTT "Gettin' in the Way" (2000)
323. AMY WINEHOUSE "Rehab" (2006)
324. NINA SIMONE "Mississippi Goddam" (1964)
325. FRANÇOISE HARDY "Comment te dire adieu" (1968)
326. THE CARDIGANS "Carnival" (1995). Vocals: Nina Persson
327. ANNIE "Heartbeat" (2004)
328. iamamiwhoami "Sever" (2012). Vocals: Jonna Lee
329. DISCLOSURE feat. ALUNAGEORGE "White Noise" (2013)
330. THE RONETTES "Baby, I Love You" (1963). Lead vocals: Ronnie Bennett
331. SILVINHA TELLES "Samba de uma nota só" (1960)
332. CASSANDRA WILSON "Harvest Moon" (1996)
333. CARLA BLEY "What Will Be Left Between Us and the Moon Tonight?" (1974)
334. CRISTINA BRANCO "Ai vida" (2000)
335. COCOROSIE "Good Friday" (2004). Co-lead vocals: Sierra Casady & Bianca Casady
336. SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS "100 Days, 100 Nights" (2007)
337. BEYONCÉ feat. KENDRICK LAMAR "Freedom" (2016)
338. THE BREEDERS "Cannonball" (1993). Lead vocals: Kim Deal
339. FANGORIA "No sé qué me das" (2001). Vocals: Alaska
340. JAVIERA MENA "Espada" (2014)
341. VAINICA DOBLE "Coplas del iconoclasta enamorado" (1973). Lead vocals: Gloria Van Aerssen
342. IBEYI "Away Away" (2017). Lead vocals: Lisa-Kaindé Diaz
343. DENGUE FEVER "Genger Genjer" (2008). Vocals: Chhom Nimol
344. ANNA CALVI "Suzanne and I" (2011)
345. FLEETWOOD MAC "Rhiannon" (1975). Lead vocals: Stevie Nicks
346. LINDA RONSTADT "You're No Good" (1974)
347. ALELA DIANE "Age Old Blue" (2009)
348. ESPERS "Children of Stone" (2006). Co-lead vocals: Meg Baird
349. AMY WINEHOUSE "Love Is a Losing Game" (2006)
350. MADONNA "Hung Up" (2005)
351. JESSYE NORMAN "September (from 'Vier letzte Lieder', No. 2)" (1983). Composer: Richard Strauss
352. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL "When All's Well" (1985). Vocals: Tracey Thorn
353. BEACH HOUSE "Zebra" (2010). Vocals: Victoria Legrand
354. GOD HELP THE GIRL "God Help the Girl" (2009). Lead vocals: Catherine Ireton
355. JONI MITCHELL "River" (1971)
356. BJÖRK "Undo" (2001)
357. THE CRANBERRIES "Zombie" (1994). Vocals: Dolores O'Riordan
358. RIHANNA featuring JAY-Z "Umbrella" (2007)
359. LUSH "Undertow" (1994). Lead vocals: Miki Berenyi
360. MOLOKO "The Time Is Now" (2000). Vocals: Róisín Murphy
361. COWBOY JUNKIES "Sweet Jane" (1988). Vocals: Margo Timmins
362. CAMERA OBSCURA "Suspended From Class" (2003). Vocals: Tracyanne Campbell
363. MECANO "Hijo de la luna" (1986). Vocals: Ana Torroja
364. FEIST "Sealion" (2007)
365. MIRIAM MAKEBA "Pata Pata" (1967)
366. SONNY & CHER "I Got You Babe" (1965)
367. SHARON VAN ETTEN "Tarifa" (2014)
368. TERESA BERGANZA " Canción del fuego fatuo (from 'El amor brujo' ballet, No. 10" (1989). Composer: Manuel de Falla
369. LAURA NYRO "New York Tendaberry" (1969)
370. MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS "Heat Wave" (1963)
371. KELIS "Caught Out There" (1999)
372. BOMBA ESTÉREO "Fuego" (2008). Vocals: Li Saumet
373. NATALIA LAFOURCADE "Tú sí sabes quererme" (2017)
374. CHRISTINA ROSENVINGE "La distancia adecuada" (2008)
375. SAINT ETIENNE "You're in a Bad Way" (1993). Vocals: Sarah Cracknell
376. KEREN ANN "Au coin du monde" (2002)
377. CECILIA "Si no fuera porque…" (1973)
378. NANCY SINATRA "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (1966)
379. JESSIE WARE "Wildest Moments" (2012)
380. THOSE DANCING DAYS "Run Run" (2008). Lead vocals: Linnea Jönsson
381. BLONDIE "Sunday Girl" (1978). Vocals: Debbie Harry
382. ELASTICA "2:1" (1995). Lead vocals: Justine Frischmann
383. FEIST "1234" (2007)
384. ODETTA "John Henry" (1954)
385. NENEH CHERRY "I've Got You Under My Skin" (1990)
386. ALICIA KEYS "Fallin'" (2001)
387. CHVRCHES "The Mother We Share" (2013). Vocals: Lauren Mayberry
388. DNA featuring SUZANNE VEGA "Tom's Diner" (1990)
389. EURYTHMICS "There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)" (1985). Vocals: Annie Lenox
390. THE FIERY FURNACES "Tropical Iceland" (2005). Vocals: Eleanor Friedberger
391. CHROMATICS "Kill for Love" (2012). Vocals: Ruth Radelet
392. KAKI KING "Night After Sidewalk" (2003)
393. JESSE SKYES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER "The Air Is Thin" (2007)
394. NINA SIMONE "Strange Fruit" (1965)
395. ANN PEEBLES "I Can't Stand the Rain" (1973)
396. SONA JOBARTEH "Gambia" (2015)
397. NICK CAVE & PJ HARVEY "Henry Lee" (1996)
398. GOLDFRAPP "Clowns" (2008)
399. SISTER ROSETTA THARPE "This Train" (1939)
400. IMELDA MAY "Johnny Got a Boom Boom" (2008)
401. PETRA HADEN "Psycho Main Title" (2013)
402. SPANKY & OUR GANG "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" (1967)
403. PATSY CLINE "Crazy" (1961)
404. ROBYN "Be Mine!" (2005)
405. THE KNIFE "Silent Shout" (2006). Vocals: Karin Dreijer
406. ALABAMA SHAKES "Hold On" (2012). Vocals: Brittany Howard
407. case / lang / veirs "Atomic Number" (2016)
408. SEINABO SEY "Hard Time" (2015)
409. ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO "Olofoofo" (2002)
410. JANELLE MONÁE feat. BIG BOI "Tightrope" (2011)
411. LA BIEN QUERIDA "De momento Abril" (2009)
412. JOLIE HOLLAND "Old Fashioned Morphine" (2004)
413. ÉDITH PIAF "L’accordéoniste" (1940)
414. MINA "Un anno d'amore" (1965)
415. MARIA SCHNEIDER "Allégresse" (2000)
416. LUCINDA WILLIAMS "Blue" (2001)
417. RITA HAYWORTH "Put the Blame on Mame" (1946)
418. FUGEES "Fu-Gee-La" (1996). Co-lead vocals: Lauryn Hill
419. SOUL II SOUL "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" (1989). Lead vocals: Caron Wheeler
420. BRIGITTE BARDOT ET SERGE GAINSBOURG "Bonnie & Clyde" (1968)
421. KETTY LESTER "Love Letters" (1962)
422. JENNY LEWIS with THE WATSON TWINS "Rise Up With Fists" (2006)
423. ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUS "Through the Morning, Through the Night" (2007)
424. ESPERANZA SPALDING "I Know You Know" (2008)
425. MADONNA "Oh Father" (1989)
426. NICO "Chelsea Girls" (1967)
427. SEZEN AKSU "Erkekler" (1997)
428. JOE JACKSON "Happy Ending" (1984). Co-lead vocals: Elaine Caswell
429. PROPELLERHEADS featuring SHIRLEY BASSEY "History Repeating" (1998)
430. ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS "Fistful of Love" (2005)
431. LIZ PHAIR "Fuck and Run" (1993)
432. JULIA HOLTER "Maxim's II" (2013)
433. MARIA DEL MAR BONET "Cançó per una bona mort" (1971)
434. THE SUPREMES "You Can't Hurry Love" (1966). Lead vocals: Diana Ross
435. CELIA CRUZ con LA SONORA MATANCERA "Burundanga" (1953)
436. ÇIĞDEM ASLAN "Aman Katerina mou" (2013)
437. JUANA MOLINA "Un día" (2008)
438. BIKINI KILL "Rebel Girl" (1993)
439. CSS "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" (2005). Lead vocals: Lovefoxxx
440. ERYKAH BADU "Bag Lady" (2000)
441. NENEH CHERRY "Manchild" (1989)
442. HOLE "Teenage Whore" (1991). Lead vocals: Courtney Love
443. SIOUXIE & THE BANSHEES "Cities in Dust" (1985)
444. ALVVAYS "Archie, Marry Me" (2014). Lead vocals: Molly Rankin
445. THE CRYSTALS "He's a Rebel" (1962). Lead vocals: Darlene Love
446. BELLY "Feed the Tree" (1993). Lead vocals: Tanya Donelly
447. AMERIE "1 Thing" (2005)
448. ONDATRÓPICA "Suena" (2012). Lead vocals: Ana Tijoux
449. NIÑA PASTORI "Tú me camelas" (1996)
450. JONI MITCHELL "Morning Morgantown" (1970)
451. PATTY PRAVO "La Bambola" (1968)
452. MARIAH CAREY feat. JAY-Z "Heartbreaker" (1999)
453. M.I.A. "Pull Up the People" (2006)
454. PJ HARVEY "Sheela-Na-Gig" (1992)
455. NINA SIMONE "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (1959)
456. BESSIE SMITH "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (1929)
457. PATTI SMITH "Free Money" (1975)
458. ROKIA TRAORÉ "Koronoko" (2008)
459. THE DIXIE CUPS "Iko Iko" (1965). Co-lead vocals: Barbara Ann Hawkins & Rosa Lee Hawkins
460. SILVANA MANGANO "Anna (El Negro Zumbón)" (1953)
461. SADE "By Your Side" (2000)
462. DEEP DISH & EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" (1998). Vocals: Tracey Thorn
463. CHOCOLATE REMIX "Cómo me gusta a mí" (2017)
464. VERUCA SALT "Volcano Girls" (1997). Lead vocals: Nina Gordon.
465. ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN "Honey Child What Can I Do?" (2006)
466. 10,000 MANIACS "Don't Talk" (1987). Vocals: Natalie Merchant
467. INNER CITY "Good Life" (1988). Vocals: Paris Grey
468. THE MOTELS "Whose Problem?" (1980). Vocals: Martha Davis
469. LENE LOVICH "Lucky Number" (1978)
470. LE MANS "Perezosa y tonta" (1994). Vocals: Jone Gabarain
471. MAGALI NOËL "Fais-moi mal Johnny" (1956)
472. PJ HARVEY "This Is Love" (2000)
473. MADONNA "Music" (2000)
474. GOLDFRAPP "Ooh La La" (2005)
475. JOANA SERRAT "Green Grass" (2014)
476. WORKING WEEK "Venceremos (We Will Win)" (1984). Co-lead vocals: Tracey Thorn & Claudia Figueroa
477. LOTTE LENYA "Bilbao Song" (1955)
478. MONIKA ZETTERLUND "En gång i Stockholm" (1963)
479. EL PERRO DEL MAR "Change of Heart" (2009)
480. PIZZICATO 5 "Magic Carpet Ride" (1994). Vocals: Maki Nomiya
481. MADONNA "Deeper and Deeper" (1992)
482. CAROLE KING "It Might as Well Rain Until September" (1963)
483. MALA RODRÍGUEZ "Tengo un trato" (2000)
484. THE POGUES "I'm a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day" (1985). Vocals: Cait O'Riordan
485. EYDIE GORMÉ & THE TRÍO LOS PANCHOS "Sabor a mí" (1964)
486. LETTA MBULU "Mahlalela" (1970)
487. THE ROOTS featuring ERYKAH BADU "You Got Me" (1999)
488. PIC-NIC "Amanecer" (1968). Vocals: Jeanette
489. MIRIAM MAKEBA & THE SKYLARKS "Inkomo Zodwa" (1959)
490. THE SELECTER "On My Radio" (1979). Lead vocals: Pauline Black
491. NICK CAVE & KYLIE MINOGUE "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (1995)
492. ROYAL TRUX "A Night to Remember" (1995). Vocals: Jennifer Herrema
493. ÉDITH PIAF "Padam… Padam" (1951)
494. VASHTI BUNYAN "If I Were" (2005)
495. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "Le chat du Café des Artistes" (2009)
496. PATTI SMITH "Summer Cannibals" (1996)
497. COWBOY JUNKIES "The Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning" (1990). Vocals: Margo Timmins
498. ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS "Epilepsy Is Dancing" (2009)
499. SARAH VAUGHAN "Embraceable You" (1955)
500. ALASKA Y LOS PEGAMOIDES "Llegando hasta el final" (1982)
Note 1: I've included the names of the lead vocalist of the bands or the collaborations.
Note 2: I've included some classical tracks showcasing the (female) performer (but also mentioning the composer).
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