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Best Songs of All Time

A ranking built from real people’s lists, not critics’.

Rank Title Artist Avg Rank YouTube Range
#1 Man in the Mirror Michael Jackson 14.5 Watch High: 1, Low: 46
#2 Crazy in Love Beyonce ft. JAY-Z 17.0 Watch High: 2, Low: 71
#3 Dream On Aerosmith 24.4 Watch High: 5, Low: 140
#4 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 25.7 Watch High: 1, Low: 169
#5 Into the Storm Lift To Experience 27.0 - High: 22, Low: 32
#6 Walking in Memphis Marc Cohn 28.0 Watch High: 4, Low: 94
#7 You Can't Quit Me Baby Queens of the Stone Age 28.0 - High: 23, Low: 33
#8 Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin 28.6 Watch High: 4, Low: 133
#9 Don’t Stop Believin’ Journey 29.0 Watch High: 2, Low: 111
#10 Plowing Into the Field of Love Iceage 29.5 - High: 25, Low: 34
#11 The Devil in His Youth Protomartyr 31.5 - High: 28, Low: 35
#12 New Dawn Fades - 2019 Digital Master Joy Division 32.5 - High: 29, Low: 36
#13 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder 32.5 Watch High: 7, Low: 125
#14 Romeo's Distress - 1 Christian Death 33.5 - High: 30, Low: 37
#15 American Girl Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 34.8 Watch High: 7, Low: 117
#16 Best of You Foo Fighters 36.0 Watch High: 3, Low: 55
#17 Paradise City Guns N' Roses 40.0 Watch High: 4, Low: 73
#18 Chicken Fried Zac Brown Band 40.8 Watch High: 5, Low: 101
#19 No Woman No Cry Bob Marley & the Wailers 43.2 Watch High: 7, Low: 76
#20 Like a Prayer Madonna 43.5 Watch High: 1, Low: 230
#21 Black Pearl Jam 45.2 Watch High: 8, Low: 105
#22 Ants Marching Dave Matthews Band 48.2 Watch High: 12, Low: 86
#23 Somebody to Love Queen 52.0 Watch High: 14, Low: 136
#24 Juicy The Notorious B.I.G. 61.0 Watch High: 5, Low: 153
#25 The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel 61.8 Watch High: 17, Low: 110
#26 Dock of the Bay Otis Redding 62.6 Watch High: 18, Low: 126
#27 Freedom! '90 George Michael 63.6 Watch High: 19, Low: 142
#28 Hold On Wilson Phillips 64.2 Watch High: 6, Low: 143
#29 You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC 64.8 Watch High: 10, Low: 130
#30 Blank Space Taylor Swift 67.2 - High: 1, Low: 201
#31 Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show 67.5 Watch High: 25, Low: 137
#32 Shake it Off Taylor Swift 69.7 Watch High: 17, Low: 188
#33 Last Nite The Strokes 70.0 - High: 2, Low: 138
#34 Wannabe Spice Girls 72.2 Watch High: 22, Low: 158
#35 Sympathy for the Devil The Rolling Stones 73.4 Watch High: 14, Low: 247
#36 Life is a Highway Tom Cochrane 77.0 Watch High: 26, Low: 195
#37 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 78.8 Watch High: 27, Low: 185
#38 Purple Rain Prince 79.2 Watch High: 2, Low: 200
#39 My Hero Foo Fighters 82.6 Watch High: 29, Low: 158
#40 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 84.2 Watch High: 19, Low: 258
#41 Mr. Brightside The Killers 84.6 Watch High: 30, Low: 260
#42 For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield 86.0 Watch High: 33, Low: 122
#43 Welcome to the Jungle Guns N Roses 87.0 Watch High: 15, Low: 198
#44 Only the Good Die Young Billy Joel 87.4 Watch High: 35, Low: 209
#45 Paint it Black The Rolling Stones 89.6 Watch High: 6, Low: 239
#46 Lean on Me Bill Withers 90.4 Watch High: 26, Low: 278
#47 Stand by Me Ben E. King 93.4 Watch High: 28, Low: 279
#48 Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me Elton John 93.8 Watch High: 32, Low: 257
#49 Since U Been Gone Kelly Clarkson 94.0 Watch High: 47, Low: 195
#50 Low Cracker 95.2 Watch High: 48, Low: 186
#51 All Apologies Nirvana 96.2 Watch High: 33, Low: 235
#52 Bangbang Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj 97.0 Watch High: 18, Low: 283
#53 Tuesday's Gone Lynyrd Skynyrd 97.2 Watch High: 7, Low: 333
#54 Creep Radiohead 97.3 Watch High: 1, Low: 325
#55 The Gambler Kenny Rogers 98.0 Watch High: 43, Low: 205
#56 Jack and Diane John Mellencamp 100.0 Watch High: 44, Low: 230
#57 Stick Season Noah Kahan 101.2 Watch High: 55, Low: 219
#58 Enter Sandman Metallica 101.3 Watch High: 76, Low: 151
#59 Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd 101.4 Watch High: 20, Low: 334
#60 Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam 102.2 Watch High: 46, Low: 192
#61 Breaking the Girl Red Hot Chili Peppers 103.5 Watch High: 7, Low: 276
#62 With or Without You U2 104.6 Watch High: 49, Low: 254
#63 We've Got Tonight Bob Seger 105.6 Watch High: 24, Low: 285
#64 Coal Dylan Gossett 106.0 Watch High: 61, Low: 220
#65 We Are the World USA for Africa 106.8 Watch High: 13, Low: 251
#66 True Colors Cyndi Lauper 108.5 Watch High: 47, Low: 241
#67 You've Got to Hide Your Love Away The Beatles 108.6 Watch High: 15, Low: 257
#68 Love the One You're With Crosby, Stills & Nash 109.2 Watch High: 16, Low: 214
#69 Whipping Post The Allman Brothers 110.2 Watch High: 9, Low: 217
#70 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 113.0 Watch High: 16, Low: 341
#71 Laid James 113.4 Watch High: 50, Low: 265
#72 Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People 114.6 Watch High: 9, Low: 233
#73 U.n.i.t.y. Queen Latifah 115.0 Watch High: 92, Low: 160
#74 It Ends Tonight All American Rejects 116.2 Watch High: 43, Low: 215
#75 Respect Aretha Franklin 116.7 Watch High: 93, Low: 161
#76 On the Road Again Willie Nelson 118.2 Watch High: 31, Low: 366
#77 Won't Back Down Tom Petty 118.8 Watch High: 65, Low: 211
#78 She Talks to Angels The Black Crowes 119.2 Watch High: 33, Low: 346
#79 Under Pressure Queen & David Bowie 119.8 Watch High: 1, Low: 250
#80 The Weight The Band 120.6 Watch High: 13, Low: 240
#81 People Get Ready The Impressions 121.2 Watch High: 22, Low: 352
#82 Don't Stop Me Now Queen 122.0 Watch High: 70, Low: 183
#83 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 122.6 Watch High: 11, Low: 261
#84 November Rain Guns N' Roses 123.5 Watch High: 80, Low: 200
#85 You're the Best Around Joe "bean" Esposito 123.8 Watch High: 2, Low: 322
#86 Don't Let Me Down The Beatles 124.2 Watch High: 10, Low: 333
#87 Proud Mary Tina Turner 125.0 Watch High: 40, Low: 276
#88 Motown Philly Boyz II Men 126.0 Watch High: 74, Low: 197
#89 Higher Creed 126.4 Watch High: 3, Low: 261
#90 When You Were Young The Killers 128.6 Watch High: 78, Low: 183
#91 In the Meantime Spacehog 128.6 Watch High: 77, Low: 279
#92 Rolling in the Deep Adele 130.6 Watch High: 47, Low: 371
#93 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 131.4 Watch High: 45, Low: 366
#94 Rehab Amy Winehouse 132.6 Watch High: 39, Low: 265
#95 Lose Yourself Eminem 132.8 Watch High: 12, Low: 406
#96 House of the Rising Sun The Animals 133.8 Watch High: 25, Low: 235
#97 Fat Bottomed Girls Queen 134.0 Watch High: 18, Low: 407
#98 Killing Me Softly With His Song Fugees 134.8 Watch High: 87, Low: 198
#99 Stronger Kanye West 135.3 Watch High: 113, Low: 174
#100 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 135.4 Watch High: 6, Low: 318
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