✅ The Sun-Herald 100 best songs of all time

[Bucky the Badger]

1. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Redding/Cropper) - Otis Redding, 1967.

2. I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Whitfield/Strong) - Marvin Gaye, 1968.

3. Fall On Me (Mills/Buck/Berry/Stipe) - R.E.M, 1986.

4. Everybody's Talking (Neil) - Harry Nilsson, 1969.

5. Take Me To The River (Green/Hodges) - Al Green,1974.

6. That's All Right (Crudup) - Elvis Presley, 1972.

7. Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney) - The Beatles, 1966.

8. Sympathy For The Devil (Jagger/Richards) - Rolling Stones, 1968.

9. River Deep Mountain High (Barry/Greenwich/Spector) - Ike and Tina Turner, 1966.

10. Hurricane (Dylan) - Bob Dylan, 1976.

11. People Get Ready (Mayfield) - the Impressions, 1965.

12. Matty (Mulhearn) - Christy Moore, 1985.

13. Superstition (Wonder) - Stevie Wonder, 1973.

14. Respect (Redding) - Aretha Franklin, 1967.

15. The Boy In The Bubble (Simon/Motloheloa) - Paul Simon, 1986.

16. Positively 4th Street (Dylan) - Bob Dylan, 1965.

17. Papa Was A Rolling Stone (Strong/Whitfield) - the Temptations, 1972.

18. Good Vibrations (Love/Wilson) - the Beach Boys, 1966.

19. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) (Harley) - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, 1975.

20. Feelin' Alright (Mason) - Joe Cocker, 1969.

21. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (John/Taupin) - Elton John, 1973.

22. Everlovin' Man (Lynch/Lovett/Anderson/Humphreys/Clyne) - the Loved Ones, 1966.

23. Last Great American Whale (Reed) - Lou Reed, 1989.

24. Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Holland/Whitfield) - the Temptations, 1966.

25. Stand By Me (Leiber/Stoller/King) - Ben E. King, 1962.

26. Monkey Wrench (Grohl/Foo Fighters) - Foo Fighters, 1996.

27. Downtown (Hatch) - Petula Clark, 1965.

28. Stuck In The Middle With You (Egan/Rafferty) - Stealer's Wheel, 1973.

29. Back In Black (Young/Young/Johnson) - AC/DC, 1980.

30. Sloop John B (Trad/Wilson) - the Beach Boys, 1966.

31. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Cobain/Nirvana) - Nirvana, 1991.

32. I Feel The Earth Move (King) - Carole King, 1971.

33. In The Ghetto (Davis) - Elvis Presley, 1969.

34. Spoonman (Cornell) - Soundgarden, 1994.

35. Big Hat, No Cattle (Newman) - Randy Newman, 1999.

36. You Should Be Dancing (Gibb/Gibb/Gibb) - Bee Gees, 1976.

37. Golden Years (Bowie) - David Bowie, 1976.

38. It Was A Very Good Year (Ervin Drake) - Frank Sinatra, 1965.

39. Kinky Afro (Happy Mondays) - Happy Mondays, 1990.

40. Sign O' The Times (Prince) - Prince, 1987.

41. The Disappointed (Partridge) - XTC, 1992.

42. That's The Way (I Like It) (Kasey/Finch) - KC and The Sunshine Band, 1975.

43. Power And The Passion (Hirst/Moginie/Garrett) - Midnight Oil, 1983.

44. Son Of A Preacher Man (Hurley/Wilkins) - Dusty Springfield, 1969.

45. Lady Marmalade (Crewe/Nolan) - LaBelle, 1976.

46. Built For Comfort (Dixon) - Howlin' Wolf, 1966.

47. California Dreaming (Phillips/Phillips) - Mamas and the Papas, 1966.

48. Song 2 (Blur) - Blur, 1997.

49. All Along The Watchtower (Dylan) - Jimi Hendrix, 1968.

50. No Regrets (Rush) - Walker Brothers, 1975.

51. Higher Ground (Wonder) - Stevie Wonder, 1973.

52. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Benjamin/Caldwell/Marcus) - the Animals, 1965.

53. I Got You (I Feel Good) (Brown) - James Brown, 1966.

54. Love Is In The Air (Vanda/Young) - John Paul Young, 1978.

55. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And If Feel Fine) (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) - R.E.M, 1987.

56. D.C. (Clark/Peno) - Died Pretty, 1991.

57. X-Ray Style (Strummer) - Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros, 1999.

58. Tenterfield Saddler (Allen) - Peter Allen, 1972.

59. Hallelujah I Love Her So (Charles) - Ray Charles, 1963.

60. Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands (Anderson) - the Delltones, 1962.

61. Dream Lover (Darin) - Bobby Darin, 1959.

62. Heartland (Johnson) - the The, 1986.

63. Gypsy - (Nicks) Fleetwood Mac, 1982.

64. Love Rears Up Its Ugly Head (Reid) - Living Color, 1990.

65. You're No Good (Ballard) - Linda Ronstadt, 1974.

66. Jolene (Parton) - Dolly Parton, 1973.

67. Back On The Chain Gang (Hynde) - The Pretenders, 1982.

68. To Her Door (Kelly) - Paul Kelly, 1987.

69. The Honeymoon Is Over (Cruickshank/Perkins/Rumour) - the Cruel Sea, 1993.

70. I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City (Nilsson) - Wayne Newton (release date unknown).

71. Fairytale Of New York (Finer/MacGowan) - the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, 1987.

72. Don't Look Back In Anger (Gallagher) - Oasis, 1995.

73. Get Off My Cloud (Jagger/Richards) - Rolling Stones, 1965.

74. Run Through The Jungle (Fogerty) - Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1970.

75. Everything's Turning To White (Kelly) - Paul Kelly, 1989.

76. Sparky's Dream (Love) - Teenage Fanclub, 1995.

77. (You're The) Devil In Disguise (Baum/Kaye) - Elvis Presley, 1963.

78. Scorn Of The Women (Thomas) - Weddings, Parties, Anything, 1987.

79. Relating To A Psychopath (Gray/Ruzumna/Swann/Wilder) - Macy Gray, 2001.

80. Anarchy In The UK (Cook/Jones/Matlock/Rotten) - Sex Pistols, 1977.

81. Oliver's Army (Costello) - Elvis Costello, 1979.

82. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (Croce) - Frank Sinatra, 1973.

83. For What It's Worth (Stills) - Buffalo Springfield, 1967.

84. If I Can't Change Your Mind (Mould) - Sugar, 1992.

85. No Myth (Penn) - Michael Penn, 1989.

86. Into Temptation (Finn) - Crowded House, 1988.

87. Cheaper To Keep Her (Rice) - Johnnie Taylor, 1973.

88. Love Will Keep Us Together (Greenfield/Sedaka) - the Captain and Tennille, 1975.

89. Play That Funky Music (Parissi) - Wild Cherry, 1976.

90. Ray Of Light (Madonna/Orbit/Muldoon/Curtis/Leach) - Madonna, 1998.

91. Senses Working Overtime (Partridge) - XTC, 1982.

92. Still In Hollywood - (Napolitano) Concrete Blonde, 1987.

93. Not Fade Away - (Holly/Petty) - Buddy Holly, 1957.

94. Blister In The Sun (Gano) - Violent Femmes, 1983.

95. Nothin' But A Woman (Cray) - Robert Cray, 1986.

96. The "In" Crowd (Page) - Ramsey Lewis Trio, 1965.

97. Bittersweet Symphony (Ashcroft/Jagger/Richards) - the Verve, 1997.

98. Freak Scene (Mascis) - Dinosaur jnr, 1988.

99. Come Fly With Me (Cahn/Van Heusen) - Frank Sinatra, 1965.

100. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Bono/Clayton/Edge/Mullen) - U2, 1987.

from http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/ ... 19265.html

[Henrik]

Thanks, but this list is already included as "Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003)". I link to the same page and I don't remember where I got Peter Holmes from, but it seems to be from a single writer so I assume it's correct.

[Bucky the Badger]

Sorry, i should have checked harder. they are the same.