The 100 Best Tracks Ever

[SheriffFatman]

I have recently been trying to compile a definitive list of the 100 best tracks ever, don't know why I chose 100, it just sounded like a good number.

Problem is I only seem to be able to narrow it down to 173 tracks. I wondered if anyone at Haven has anything constructive to offer in terms of how on earth I decide to get rid of 73 of them.

Here goes...

Across The Universe The Beatles
All Apologies Nirvana
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life Monty Python
American Pie Don McLean
Anarchy In The U.K. Sex Pistols
Animal Nitrate Suede
A-Punk Vampire Weekend
Atmosphere Joy Division
Atomic Blondie
Babies Pulp
Back For Good Take That
Basket Case Green Day
Beat It Michael Jackson
Between The Wars Billy Bragg
Bittersweet Symphony The Verve
Blowin' In The Wind Bob Dylan
Blue Monday New Order
Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
Born In the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen
California Love 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman
Camouflage Stan Ridgway
Can't Take My Eyes Off You Andy Williams
Caught By The Fuzz Supergrass
Champagne Supernova Oasis
Common People Pulp
Creep Radiohead
Days The Kinks
Debaser Pixies
Do You Remember The First Time? Pulp
Dog Days Are Over Florence + the Machine
Don't Look Back In Anger Oasis
Don't Look Back Into the Sun The Libertines
Don't You Want Me? The Human League
Empire State of Mind Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
Every Breath You Take The Police
Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey
Evil Interpol
Express Yourself NWA
Eye Know De La Soul
Father and Son Cat Stevens
Fight For Your Right To Party The Beastie Boys
Forgot About Dre Dr Dre featuring Eminem
French Disco Stereolab
The Gambler Kenny Rogers
Ghost Town The Specials
Girl From Mars Ash
God Only Knows The Beach Boys
God Save The Queen Sex Pistols
Going Underground The Jam
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day
Hard To Explain The Strokes
Has It Come To This? The Streets
Here Comes Your Man Pixies
Heroes David Bowie
Heroin The Velvet Underground
Hey Jude The Beatles
Hotel Yorba The White Stripes
House Of The Rising Sun The Animals
I Am The Resurrection The Stone Roses
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor Arctic Monkeys
I Don't Wanna Dance Eddy Grant
I Fought The Law The Clash
I Know It's Over The Smiths
I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses
I Want To Hold Your Hand The Beatles
Imagine John Lennon
The Irish Rover The Pogues & The Dubliners
Israelites Desmond Dekker & The Aces
It's A Sin Pet Shop Boys
(It's Good) To Be Free Oasis
Jolene Dolly Parton
Jumping Jack Flash The Rolling Stones
Just Keep Rockin' Double Trouble & the Rebel MC
Just Like Honey The Jesus and Mary Chain
Killing In the Name Rage Against the Machine
Let It Be The Beatles
Let's Hang The Landlord The King Blues
Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons
Live Forever Oasis
Loaded Primal Scream
Lola The Kinks
London Calling The Clash
Lose Yourself Eminem
Loser Beck
Losing My Religion R.E.M.
Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
Lust For Life Iggy Pop
Mack The Knife Bobby Darin
Maggie May Rod Stewart
Make You Feel My Love Adele
The Modern Age The Strokes
Monkey Gone To Heaven Pixies
Motorcycle Emptiness Manic Street Preachers
Mr Bojangles Nina Simone
Mr. Brightside The Killers
Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds
Mrs. Robinson Simon & Garfunkel
Ms. Jackson Outkast
Nancy Boy Placebo
Nessun Dorma Luciano Pavarotti
No Distance Left To Run Blur
No Woman No Cry Bob Marley & The Wailers
November Rain Guns N' Roses
O Superman Laurie Anderson
One U2
One Day Like This Elbow
The Only One I Know Charlatans
Out Of Time Blur
Panic The Smiths
Paradise City Guns N' Roses
The Passenger Iggy Pop
Piano Man Billy Joel
Pretend We're Dead L7
Pump Up The Volume M/A/R/R/S
Raspberry Beret Prince & the Revolution
Rebel, Rebel David Bowie
Redemption Song Bob Marley & The Wailers
Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) Scott McKenzie
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye Soft Cell
The Scientist Coldplay
Self Esteem The Offspring
Serve The Servants Nirvana
Sex On Fire Kings of Leon
She Bangs The Drums The Stone Roses
Sheila Jamie T
Sheriff Fatman Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
Sit Down James
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding
Skinny Love Bon Iver
Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
Someone Like You Adele
Son Of A Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
Songs Of Love The Divine Comedy
Stan Eminem
Stand By Me Ben E. King
Still D.R.E. Dr Dre featuring Snoop Dogg
Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles
Strumpet My Life Story
Stutter Elastica
Summer Of '69 Bryan Adams
Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley
Suzanne Leonard Cohen
Sweet Child O' Mine Guns N' Roses
Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones
Tainted Love Soft Cell
Tangled Up In Blue Bob Dylan
Teenage Kicks The Undertones
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths
This Charming Man The Smiths
Thriller Michael Jackson
Time To Pretend MGMT
Today Smashing Pumpkins
Unchained Melody The Righteous Brothers
Under The Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers
Up The Junction Squeeze
Up Town Top Ranking Althea & Donna
Vincent Don McLean
Walk On The Wild Side Lou Reed
When Doves Cry Prince
When The Night Feels My Song Bedouin Soundclash
When The Sun Goes Down Arctic Monkeys
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? The Shirelles
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
With Or Without You U2
Wonderwall Oasis
Wuthering Heights Kate Bush
You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones
You Know I'm No Good Amy Winehouse
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling The Righteous Brothers
Zorbing Stornoway
99 Problems Jay-Z

[o]

Listen to them all, and if none are a 11, then remove.
Good list, I can take 73 off for you if you like

[TheThorne]

What I do is give each a score out of 100, then sort them and knock off the ones at the bottom of the list or find a few more and make it a 200

[Razzle Dazzle]

Making it a 200 is a great idea

[o]

No Johnny Cash - Hurt?

[SheriffFatman]

Jul 10, 2014 14:36:22 GMT 1 o said:

No Johnny Cash - Hurt?

Hmmm, yeah, I do really like that. I just realised the time of year had caused me to overlook Fairytale Of new York too, that should definitely be in there.

It's edging towards 200 anyway!

[suedehead]

And only one Suede song?  How can that be?

[SheriffFatman]

Jul 10, 2014 15:16:28 GMT 1 suedehead said:

And only one Suede song?  How can that be?

To be fair I have equally represented our names - there's only 1 Carter USM song too

[o]

Add another of each and you'll be up to 177 I think, then we can try and help you find the remaining 23.
Paranoid Android - Radiohead?

[Razzle Dazzle]

pixies - where is my mind?
blur - tender

would be two that stand out from what you have picked already

[Milliways]

Some generally well-regarded suggested additions:

Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
Joan Armatrading - Drop The Pilot
Outkast - Hey Ya
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car



And a few less obvious ones that I would include on such a list but at the same time am unsurprised by their omission:

Andrew WK - Party Hard
Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy
Indigo Girls - Galileo
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure

[vastar iner]

Get rid of some by only having 1 per act.

Then get rid of Oasis and Coldplay.

[o]

Interpol - Slow hands, if you have Evil?
Favourite album tracks by certain artists as well?

[greendemon]

good list, needs more elbow

[greendemon]

obviously this is down to personal preference, but i'd have 'billie jean' over 'beat it'.

and have you really left out all versions of 'hallelujah'?

[o]

I have the Jeff Buckley version on my ipod, but not sure it would be in my Top 100 Fave songs...

[greendemon]

the leonard cohen is my favourite. more than anything though i was surprised not to see it as it's so popular!

[Mic1812]

Tainted Love by Soft Cell would be top on my list