Canons are historically-bounded lists. That’s what’s different between a ‘canon’ and a ‘favorites’ or ‘best’ list. Canons are required to consider the following implications of works of art:
1)
Influence.
Did this work make a big splash? Not just was it popular – did it influence the
work of others?
2)
Innovation.
Did this work do something new? Did it cover new ground? Synthesize previously
disparate fields?
3) Expertise. Is this an example of expertise? Does it stand out as better than the other offerings of its era? Is it exemplary of trends of the era?
Consider the historical implications of the last point, for example. How can you tell that Jimi Hendrix is one of the best guitarists, unless you’re familiar with the context of his playing? In an alternate universe, where everyone was as good as Hendrix, his songs might not be anything special.
Popular music has also shifted a great deal over the past century, in terms of genres. Each genre of popular music has its own canon, after all – rock, jazz, blues, hiphop – but this list blends them all. In the 1960s, for example, Broadway musicals topped the charts. That doesn’t hardly happen now, but a canon would be as remiss to leave them out as to leave out country music, or pop. Only classical music is excluded, as that is, by definition, not ‘popular’. We are also only looking at songs from the recording era – otherwise we’d have to consider tracks like ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’…
This list is also geographically bounded, as is the case with all histories. It’s a bit like NATO – very Western, and English-dominated. Virtually no non-English songs are included. If this canon was being made in India, or Brazil, it would undoubtedly be very different. But the world is too large to create a song canon for the whole planet.
Basically, this is a canon of the music of the United States. But that includes the non-Americans who meet the canon standard of having a big influence, from The Beatles to Fela Kuti. It is not the list of my personal favorites: there are entrants I don’t much like at all, and many that I love are absent.
So, without further ado, here’s the 500 entries for the American Popular Music Canon for Songs:
|
In Da
Club |
50 Cent |
|
Scenario
|
A Tribe Called Quest |
|
Dancing
Queen |
ABBA |
|
Highway
to Hell |
AC/DC |
|
Back
in Black |
AC/DC |
|
Rolling
in the Deep |
Adele |
|
Hello
|
Adele |
|
Dream
On |
Aerosmith |
|
Planet
Rock |
Afrika Bambaataa |
|
Take
On Me |
a-ha |
|
Love
and Happiness |
Al Green |
|
Let’s
Stay Together |
Al Green |
|
All I
Really Want |
Alanis Morrissette |
|
Ironic
|
Alanis Morrissette |
|
Born
Under a Bad Sign |
Albert King |
|
School’s
Out |
Alice Cooper |
|
Falling
|
Alicia Keys |
|
I’ve
Got That Old Feeling |
Alison Krauss |
|
Ramblin'
Man |
Allman Brothers |
|
Which
Side Are You On |
Almanac Singers |
|
Rehab
|
Amy Winehouse |
|
Way
Down to Hadestown |
Anais Mitchell |
|
Memory
|
Andrew Lloyd Weber and TS Eliot |
|
Boogie
Woogie Bugle Boy |
Andrews Sisters |
|
House
of the Rising Sun |
Animals |
|
No
Cars Go |
Arcade Fire |
|
Chain
of Fools |
Aretha Franklin |
|
Respect
|
Aretha Franklin |
|
Moanin’
|
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers |
|
Wake
Me Up |
Avicii |
|
The
Weight |
Band |
|
Hazy
Shade of Winter |
Bangles |
|
People
|
Barbara Streisand |
|
BB King |
|
|
God
Only Knows |
Beach Boys |
|
Good
Vibrations |
Beach Boys |
|
I Get
Around |
Beach Boys |
|
California
Girls |
Beach Boys |
|
Help!
|
Beatles |
|
Yesterday
|
Beatles |
|
In My
Life |
Beatles |
|
Eleanor
Rigby |
Beatles |
|
Strawberry
Fields Forever |
Beatles |
|
While
My Guitar Gently Weeps |
Beatles |
|
Hey
Jude |
Beatles |
|
Across
the Universe |
Beatles |
|
Let
It Be |
Beatles |
|
Loser
|
Beck |
|
Stayin’
Alive |
Bee Gees |
|
Stand
By Me |
Ben E. King |
|
Sing,
Sing, Sing |
Benny Goodman |
|
Somewhere
|
Bernstein and Sondheim |
|
America
|
Bernstein and Sondheim |
|
Nobody
Knows You When You’re Down and Out |
Bessie Smith |
|
Single
Ladies |
Beyonce |
|
Formation
|
Beyoncé |
|
Crazy
in Love |
Beyonce feat. Jay Z |
|
Piece
of My Heart |
Big Brother and the Holding Company |
|
Shake,
Rattle and Roll |
Big Joe Turner |
|
Baby
Please Don’t Go |
Big Joe Williams |
|
Rock
Around the Clock |
Bill Haley |
|
Blue
Moon of Kentucky |
Bill Monroe |
|
Lean
on Me |
Bill Withers |
|
Bad
Guy |
Billie Eilish |
|
God
Bless the Child |
Billie Holiday |
|
Strange
Fruit |
Billie Holiday |
|
Piano
Man |
Billy Joel |
|
You’re
a Grand Old Flag |
Billy Murray |
|
White
Christmas |
Bing Crosby |
|
Paranoid
|
Black Sabbath |
|
Iron
Man |
Black Sabbath |
|
Dark
Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground |
Blind Willie Johnson |
|
Statesboro
Blues |
Blind Willie McTell |
|
Heart
of Glass |
Blondie |
|
Call
Me |
Blondie |
|
Don't
Fear the Reaper |
Blue Oyster Cult |
|
Bo
Diddley |
Bo Diddley |
|
Blowin'
in the Wind |
Bob Dylan |
|
The
Times They Are A-Changin' |
Bob Dylan |
|
Like
a Rolling Stone |
Bob Dylan |
|
Tangled
Up in Blue |
Bob Dylan |
|
Three
Little Birds |
Bob Marley |
|
Redemption
Song |
Bob Marley |
|
No
Woman No Cry |
Bob Marley |
|
Hollywood
Nights |
Bob Seger |
|
Mack
the Knife |
Bobby Darin |
|
If I
Were a Rich Man |
Bock and Harnick |
|
Living
on a Prayer |
Bon Jovi |
|
Rasputin
|
Boney M. |
|
Green
Onions |
Booker T and the MGs |
|
Toxic
|
Britney Spears |
|
Born
to Run |
Bruce Springsteen |
|
Glory
Days |
Bruce Springsteen |
|
That'll
Be the Day |
Buddy Holly |
|
For
What It's Worth |
Buffalo Springfield |
|
Eight
Miles High |
Byrds |
|
Minnie
the Moocher |
Cab Calloway |
|
Blue
Suede Shoes |
Carl Perkins |
|
I
Feel the Earth Move |
Carole King |
|
You
Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman |
Carole King |
|
Carter Family |
|
|
Father
and Son |
Cat Stevens |
|
Wild
World |
Cat Stevens |
|
Fuck
You |
Cee Lo Green |
|
My
Heart Will Go On |
Celine Dion |
|
Tequila
|
Champs |
|
The
Devil Went Down to Georgia |
Charlie Daniels Band |
|
Yardbird
Suite |
Charlie Parker |
|
Believe
|
Cher |
|
Mr.
Sandman |
Chordettes |
|
The
Twist |
Chubby Checker |
|
Johnny
B. Goode |
Chuck Berry |
|
Roll
Over Beethoven |
Chuck Berry |
|
London
Calling |
Clash |
|
When
You Wish Upon a Star |
Cliff Edwards |
|
Viva
La Vida |
Coldplay |
|
Fix
You |
Coldplay |
|
Anything
Goes |
Cole Porter |
|
Body
and Soul |
Coleman Hawkins |
|
April
in Paris |
Count Basie |
|
Sunshine
Your Love |
Cream |
|
Fortunate
Son |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
|
Suite:
Judy Blue Eyes |
Crosby, Stills and Nash |
|
Ohio |
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young |
|
Superfly
|
Curtis Mayfield |
|
Girls
Just Want to Have Fun |
Cyndi Lauper |
|
Harder
Better Faster Stronger |
Daft Punk |
|
Wagon
Wheel |
Darius Rucker |
|
Take
Five |
Dave Brubeck |
|
Changes
|
David Bowie |
|
Space
Oddity |
David Bowie |
|
Heroes
|
David Bowie |
|
Me
Myself and I |
De La Soul |
|
Ain’t
That a Kick in the Head |
Dean Martin |
|
Personal
Jesus |
Depeche Mode |
|
Layla
|
Derek and the Dominoes |
|
Misirlou
|
Dick Dale |
|
Walk
on By |
Dionne Warwick |
|
I Say
a Little Prayer |
Dionne Warwick |
|
Drift
Away |
Dobie Gray |
|
Coat
of Many Colors |
Dolly Parton |
|
Jolene
|
Dolly Parton |
|
American
Pie |
Don McLean |
|
I
Feel Love |
Donna Summer |
|
As
Time Goes By |
Dooley Wilson |
|
Break
On Through |
Doors |
|
Light
My Fire |
Doors |
|
Nuthin'
but a G Thang |
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg |
|
Up on
the Roof |
Drifters |
|
Under
the Boardwalk |
Drifters |
|
Mood
Indigo |
Duke Ellington |
|
It
Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing |
Duke Ellington |
|
Hungry
Like the Wolf |
Duran Duran |
|
Son
of a Preacher Man |
Dusty Springfield |
|
Hotel
California |
Eagles |
|
Take
it Easy |
Eagles |
|
Shape
of You |
Ed Sheeran |
|
Summertime
Blues |
Eddie Cochran |
|
Take
Me Out to the Ball Game |
Edward Meeker |
|
War |
Edwin Starr |
|
I’ve
Got You Under My Skin |
Ella Fitzgerald |
|
Candle
in the Wind |
Elton John |
|
Your
Song |
Elton John |
|
(What’s
So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding |
Elvis Costello |
|
Jailhouse
Rock |
Elvis Presley |
|
Heartbreak
Hotel |
Elvis Presley |
|
Suspicious
Minds |
Elvis Presley |
|
Lose
Yourself |
Eminem |
|
Stan |
Eminem feat. Dido |
|
Strictly
Business |
EPMD |
|
Paid
in Full |
Eric B and Rakim |
|
There’s
No Business Like Show Business |
Ethel Merman |
|
At
Last! |
Etta James |
|
Sweet
Dreams |
Eurythmics |
|
Wake
Up Little Susie |
Everly Brothers |
|
By
Bye Love |
Everly Brothers |
|
Praise
You |
Fatboy Slim |
|
Blueberry
Hill |
Fats Domino |
|
Walkin’
to New Orleans |
Fats Domino |
|
Ain’t
Misbehaving |
Fats Waller |
|
Gentleman
|
Fela Kuti |
|
Criminal
|
Fiona Apple |
|
In
the Still of the Nite |
Five Satins |
|
I
Only Have Eyes for You |
Flamingos |
|
Dreams
|
Fleetwood Mac |
|
The Landslide
|
Fleetwood Mac |
|
Go
Your Own Way |
Fleetwood Mac |
|
Reach
Out (I'll Be There) |
Four Tops |
|
You
Make Me Feel So Young |
Frank Sinatra |
|
My
Way |
Frank Sinatra |
|
The
Way You Look Tonight |
Fred Astaire |
|
We
are Young |
Fun feat. Janelle Monae |
|
Friends
in Low Places |
Garth Brooks |
|
Back
in the Saddle |
Gene Autry |
|
Deep
in the Heart of Texas |
Gene Autry |
|
Singin’
in the Rain |
Gene Kelly |
|
Rhapsody
in Blue |
George Gershwin |
|
My
Sweet Lord |
George Harrison |
|
He
Stopped Loving Her Today |
George Jones |
|
Baker
Street |
Gerry Rafferty |
|
Mind
Playing Tricks on Me |
Geto Boys |
|
Girl
from Ipanema |
Getz and Gilberto |
|
The
Revolution Will Not Be Televised |
Gil Scott-Heron |
|
Midnight
Train to Georgia |
Gladys Knight and the Pips |
|
In
the Mood |
Glenn Miller |
|
Crazy
|
Gnarls Barkley |
|
We
Got the Beat |
Go-Gos |
|
Feel
Good Inc. |
Gorillaz |
|
Somebody
That I Used to Know |
Gotye |
|
The
Message |
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five |
|
Truckin
|
Grateful Dead |
|
Friend
of the Devil |
Grateful Dead |
|
Boulevard
of Broken Dreams |
Green Day |
|
Welcome
to the Jungle |
Guns n Roses |
|
Sweet
Child O' Mine |
Guns n Roses |
|
I’m
So Lonesome I Could Cry |
Hank Williams |
|
Hey,
Good Lookin' |
Hank Williams |
|
Banana
Boat (Day O) |
Harry Belafonte |
|
Big
Rock Candy Mountain |
Harry McClintock |
|
Puttin’
on the Ritz |
Harry Richman |
|
Barracuda
|
Heart |
|
Moon
River |
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer |
|
Stardust
|
Hoagy Carmichael |
|
Smokestack
Lightnin' |
Howlin Wolf |
|
Spoonful
|
Howlin Wolf |
|
Let
It Go |
Idina Menzel |
|
Lust
for Life |
Iggy Pop |
|
Proud
Mary |
Ike and Tina Turner |
|
River
Deep Mountain High |
Ike and Tina Turner |
|
People
Get Ready |
Impressions |
|
If I
Didn’t Care |
Ink Spots |
|
God
Bless America |
Irving Berlin |
|
Blue
Skies |
Irving Kaufman |
|
Shout
|
Isley Brothers |
|
Higher
and Higher |
Jackie Wilson |
|
Papa's
Got a Brand New Bag |
James Brown |
|
I Got
You (I Feel Good) |
James Brown |
|
The
Charleston |
James P Johnson |
|
Fire
and Rain |
James Taylor |
|
Q.U.E.E.N.
|
Janelle Monae feat. Erykah Badu |
|
Me
and Bobby McGee |
Janis Joplin |
|
99
Problems |
Jay Z |
|
Somebody
to Love |
Jefferson Airplane |
|
White
Rabbit |
Jefferson Airplane |
|
Great
Balls of Fire |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
|
Aqualung
|
Jethro Tull |
|
The
Rainbow Connection |
Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog) |
|
Little
Wing |
Jimi Hendrix Experience |
|
Purple
Haze |
Jimi Hendrix Experience |
|
All
Along the Watchtower |
Jimi Hendrix Experience |
|
You
Are My Sunshine |
Jimmie Davis |
|
Silver
Dagger |
Joan Baez |
|
I
Love Rock and Roll |
Joan Jett |
|
The
Impossible Dream |
Joe Darion and Mitch Leigh |
|
Blue
Train |
John Coltrane |
|
Giant
Steps |
John Coltrane |
|
Take
Me Home Country Roads |
John Denver |
|
Boogie
Chillen’ |
John Lee Hooker |
|
Imagine
|
John Lennon |
|
Ring
of Fire |
Johnny Cash |
|
I Walk
the Line |
Johnny Cash |
|
Hurt |
Johnny Cash |
|
Seasons
of Love |
Jonathan Larson |
|
Big
Yellow Taxi |
Joni Mitchell |
|
Help
Me |
Joni Mitchell |
|
Both
Sides Now |
Joni Mitchell |
|
River
|
Joni Mitchell |
|
Don't
Stop Believing |
Journey |
|
Love
Will Tear Us Apart |
Joy Division |
|
Over
the Rainbow |
Judy Garland |
|
Sound
of Music |
Julia Andrews |
|
Slow
Burn |
Kacey Musgraves |
|
All
That Jazz |
Kander and Ebb |
|
Jesus
Walks |
Kanye West |
|
Gold
Digger |
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx |
|
Running
Up That Hill |
Kate Bush |
|
Alright
|
Kendrick Lamar |
|
Mr.
Brightside |
Killers |
|
Louie,
Louie |
Kingsmen |
|
Tom
Dooley |
Kingston Trio |
|
Waterloo
Sunset |
Kinks |
|
Lola |
Kinks |
|
I
Want to Rock and Roll All Night |
Kiss |
|
Bad
Romance |
Lady Gaga |
|
Summertime
Sadness |
Lana Del Rey |
|
Doo
Wop (That Thing) |
Lauryn Hill |
|
Where
Did You Sleep Last Night (In the Pines) |
Lead Belly |
|
Stairway
to Heaven |
Led Zeppelin |
|
Whole
Lotta Love |
Led Zeppelin |
|
Stormy
Weather |
Lena Horne |
|
Hallelujah
|
Leonard Cohen |
|
I
Could’ve Danced All Night |
Lerner and Loewe |
|
Vaya
con Dios |
Les Paul and Mary Ford |
|
Foggy
Mountain Breakdown |
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs |
|
Old
Town Road |
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus |
|
You’re
No Good |
Linda Ronstadt |
|
Wait
for It |
Lin-Manuel Miranda |
|
The
Room Where It Happens |
Lin-Manuel Miranda |
|
Tutti
Frutti |
Little Richard |
|
Long
Tall Sally |
Little Richard |
|
Cabaret
|
Liza Minelli |
|
Stagger
Lee |
Lloyd Price |
|
Royals
|
Lorde |
|
Coal
Miner's Daughter |
Loretta Lynn |
|
Take
a Walk on the Wild Side |
Lou Reed |
|
St.
James Infirmary |
Louis Armstrong |
|
Wonderful
World |
Louis Armstrong |
|
Summertime
|
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald |
|
Let
the Good Times Roll |
Louis Jordan |
|
Jump
Jive an’ Wail |
Louis Prima |
|
Despacito
|
Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee |
|
Free
Bird |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
|
Sweet
Home Alabama |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
|
Paper
Planes |
M.I.A. |
|
See
See Rider |
Ma Rainey |
|
Like
a Prayer |
Madonna |
|
Move
On Up a Little Higher |
Mahalia Jackson |
|
California
Dreamin' |
Mamas and the Papas |
|
All I
Want for Christmas is You |
Mariah Carey |
|
Uptown
Funk |
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars |
|
Dancing
in the Street |
Martha and the Vandellas |
|
What's
Going On |
Marvin Gaye |
|
Let’s
Get It On |
Marvin Gaye |
|
Heard
It Through the Grapevine |
Marvin Gaye |
|
Ain't
No Mountain High Enough |
Marvin Gaye feat. Tammi Terrell |
|
Teardrop
|
Massive Attack |
|
Every
Day I Have the Blues |
Memphis Slim |
|
Mama
Tried |
Merle Haggard |
|
Enter
Sandman |
Metallica |
|
Don't
Stop 'til You Get Enough |
Michael Jackson |
|
Thriller
|
Michael Jackson |
|
Billie
Jean |
Michael Jackson |
|
So
What |
Miles Davis |
|
Pharaoh’s
Dance |
Miles Davis |
|
Get
Ur Freak On |
Missy Elliott |
|
Work
It |
Missy Elliott |
|
Road
Runner |
Modern Lovers |
|
Mannish
Boy |
Muddy Waters |
|
Hoochie
Coochie Man |
Muddy Waters |
|
N.Y.
State of Mind |
Nas |
|
Unforgettable
|
Nat King Cole |
|
Route
66 |
Nat King Cole |
|
The
Christmas Song |
Nat King Cole |
|
Sweet
Caroline |
Neil Diamond |
|
Heart
of Gold |
Neil Young |
|
Rockin’
in the Free World |
Neil Young |
|
Hot
in Herre |
Nelly |
|
Blue
Monday |
New Order |
|
Mississippi
Goddam |
Nina Simone |
|
To Be
Young Gifted and Black |
Nina Simone |
|
Closer
|
Nine Inch Nails |
|
Smells
Like Teen Spirit |
Nirvana |
|
Come
As You Are |
Nirvana |
|
Norah Jones |
|
|
Juicy
|
Notorious B.I.G. |
|
Fuck
the Police |
NWA |
|
Wonderwall
|
Oasis |
|
Love
Train |
O'Jays |
|
Counting
Stars |
OneRepublic |
|
Sitting
on the Dock of the Bay |
Otis Redding |
|
B.O.B.
|
Outkast |
|
Hey
Ya! |
Outkast |
|
Give Up
the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) |
Parliament |
|
Crazy
|
Patsy Cline |
|
Walkin'
After Midnight |
Patsy Cline |
|
Gloria
|
Patti Smith |
|
Old
Man River |
Paul Robeson |
|
Fever
|
Peggy Lee |
|
When
a Man Loves a Woman |
Percy Sledge |
|
Autumn
to May |
Peter, Paul and Mary |
|
Happy
|
Pharrell Williams |
|
In
the Air Tonight |
Phil Collins |
|
I
Ain't Marching Anymore |
Phil Ochs |
|
Wish
You Were Here |
Pink Floyd |
|
Another
Brick in the Wall pt. 2 |
Pink Floyd |
|
This
is Love |
PJ Harvey |
|
Every
Breath You Take |
Police |
|
Roxanne
|
Police |
|
Brass
in Pocket |
Pretenders |
|
When
Doves Cry |
Prince |
|
Purple
Rain |
Prince |
|
A
Whiter Shade of Pale |
Procol Harum |
|
Mardi
Gras in New Orleans |
Professor Longhair |
|
Bring
the Noise |
Public Enemy |
|
Fight
the Power |
Public Enemy |
|
Common
People |
Pulp |
|
Bohemian
Rhapsody |
Queen |
|
We
Will Rock You |
Queen |
|
Under
Pressure |
Queen feat. David Bowie |
|
Losing
My Religion |
R.E.M. |
|
Everybody
Hurts |
R.E.M. |
|
Paranoid
Android |
Radiohead |
|
Creep
|
Radiohead |
|
Blitzkrieg
Bop |
Ramones |
|
What'd
I Say |
Ray Charles |
|
Georgia
on My Mind |
Ray Charles |
|
Fancy
|
Reba McEntire |
|
Under
the Bridge |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
|
Ain’t
We Got Fun |
Richard Whiting |
|
Super
Freak |
Rick James |
|
They
Live in You |
Rifkin, Mancia and Lebo M. |
|
Unchained
Melody |
Righteous Brothers |
|
You’ve
Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ |
Righteous Brothers |
|
Disturbia
|
Rihanna |
|
Work |
Rihanna feat. Drake |
|
La
Bamba |
Ritchie Valens |
|
Hell
Hound on my Trail |
Robert Johnson |
|
Cross
Road Blues |
Robert Johnson |
|
Killing
Me Softly with His Song |
Roberta Flack |
|
Maggie
May |
Rod Stewart |
|
Oklahoma
|
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
|
Satisfaction
|
Rolling Stones |
|
Sympathy
for the Devil |
Rolling Stones |
|
Gimme
Shelter |
Rolling Stones |
|
You
Can't Always Get What You Want |
Rolling Stones |
|
Be My
Baby |
Ronettes |
|
Wabash
Cannonball |
Roy Acuff |
|
Only
the Lonely |
Roy Orbison |
|
Oh
Pretty Woman |
Roy Orbison |
|
Walk
This Way |
Run DMC |
|
It's
Tricky |
Run DMC |
|
Smooth
Operator |
Sade |
|
Sweetest
Taboo |
Sade |
|
Wonderful
World |
Sam Cooke |
|
A
Change is Gonna Come |
Sam Cooke |
|
I Got
Rhythm |
Sam Lanin |
|
Oye
Como Va |
Santana |
|
Love
Song |
Sara Bareilles |
|
Misty
|
Sarah Vaughan |
|
The Entertainer
|
Scott Joplin |
|
God
Save the Queen |
Sex Pistols |
|
Anarchy
in the UK |
Sex Pistols |
|
Man I
Fell Like a Woman |
Shania Twain |
|
You’re
Still the One |
Shania Twain |
|
If It
Makes You Happy |
Sheryl Crow |
|
Will
You Still Love Me Tomorrow |
Shirelles |
|
Sound
of Silence |
Simon and Garfunkel |
|
Mrs. Robinson
|
Simon and Garfunkel |
|
Bridge
Over Troubled Water |
Simon and Garfunkel |
|
Nothing
Compares 2 U |
Sinead O’Connor |
|
Dance
to the Music |
Sly and the Family Stone |
|
Everyday
People |
Sly and the Family Stone |
|
Tracks
of My Tears |
Smokey Robinson |
|
Gin
and Juice |
Snoop Dogg |
|
Man
of Constant Sorrow |
Soggy Bottom Boys |
|
Tumbling
Tumbleweeds |
Sons of the Pioneers |
|
Wannabe
|
Spice Girls |
|
Ghost
Riders in the Sky |
Stan Jones |
|
I’ll
Take You There |
Staple Singers |
|
Defying
Gravity |
Stephen Schwartz |
|
Send
in the Clowns |
Stephen Sondheim |
|
Born
to Be Wild |
Steppenwolf |
|
Signed,
Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours |
Stevie Wonder |
|
You
Are the Sunshine of My Life |
Stevie Wonder |
|
Superstition
|
Stevie Wonder |
|
Sir
Duke |
Stevie Wonder |
|
Search
and Destroy |
Stooges |
|
Last
Nite |
Strokes |
|
Rapper’s
Delight |
Sugarhill Gang |
|
Baby
Love |
Supremes |
|
You
Keep Me Hanging On |
Supremes |
|
Stop
in the Name of Love |
Supremes |
|
Bang
a Gong |
T Rex |
|
Once
in a Lifetime |
Talking Heads |
|
Shake
It Off |
Taylor Swift |
|
All
Too Well |
Taylor Swift |
|
Everybody
Wants to Rule the World |
Tears for Fears |
|
My
Girl |
Temptations |
|
Ain’t
Too Proud to Beg |
Temptations |
|
What’s
Love Got to Do with It? |
Tina Turner |
|
Waterfalls
|
TLC |
|
Free
Falling |
Tom Petty |
|
I
Left My Heart in San Francisco |
Tony Bennett |
|
Pancho
and Lefty |
Townes Van Zandt |
|
Fast
Car |
Tracy Chapman |
|
With
or Without You |
U2 |
|
I
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For |
U2 |
|
One |
U2 |
|
Yeah!
|
Usher feat. Lil John and Ludacris |
|
Brown
Eyed Girl |
Van Morrison |
|
Moondance
|
Van Morrison |
|
I’m
Waiting for My Man |
Velvet Underground |
|
Bittersweet
Symphony |
Verve |
|
YMCA |
Village People |
|
Honky
Tonk Heroes |
Waylon Jennings |
|
St.
Louis Blues |
WC Handy |
|
Birdland
|
Weather Report |
|
Seven
Nation Army |
White Stripes |
|
I
Will Always Love You |
Whitney Houston |
|
My
Generation |
Who |
|
Baba O’Reilly
|
Who |
|
Won’t
Get Fooled Again |
Who |
|
Blue
Eyes Crying in the Rain |
Willie Nelson |
|
In
the Midnight Hour |
Wilson Pickett |
|
Band
on the Run |
Wings |
|
See
You Again |
Wiz Khalifa |
|
This
Land is Your Land |
Woody Guthrie |
|
C.R.E.A.M.
|
Wu-Tang Clan |
|
Maps |
Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs |
|
Time
of the Season |
Zombies |
