Music. Its a passion of mine and a popular passion for most of mankind. We all have bands that we love because we all love them. We all have our personal favorites that haven't seen commercial success (or maybe they have, but we'll swear we knew them before their fame). Maybe we love indie music, country music, classical music or the blues. We use music as a muse to comfort, soothe, inspire, spread joy and everything in between. We listen to it in our headphones and through our thousand dollar stereos, we listen to it at concerts and we listen to it in our minds. Music is everywhere, music is everything.
All right, enough with the sap. I went through my iTunes and extensive other collections of the greatest songs ever made and created my own definitive list. I included tons of personal opinion and some commercial popularity. For example, I didn't put every CAKE song ever made because exactly zero of their songs realistically deserve to be on here.
So, please, enjoy!
300. "Romeo and Juliet" The Killers
299. "Santa Monica" Everclear
298. "Overnight Celebrity" Twista
297. "King of Pain" Sting and The Police
296. "Adrenaline" Bush
295. "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" CAKE
294. "Roadhouse Blues" The Doors
293. "Take Me Out" Franz Ferdinand
292. "Mad World" Gary Jules
291. "Ordinary People" John Legend
290. "All Summer Long" Kid Rock
289. "Toxic" Britney Spears
288. "Jolene" Dolly Parton
287. "Bye! Bye! Bye!" N'Sync
286. "I Want to Know What Love Is" Foreigner
285. "California Love" 2Pac and Dr. Dre
284. "Mr. Tambourine Man" Bob Dylan
283. "My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion
282. "Summer of '69" Bryan Adams
281. "Hell's Bells" ACDC
280. "Here Without You" Three Doors Down
279. "Seven Nation Army" The White Stripes
278. "Island in the Sun" Weezer
277. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler
276. "Drift Away" Uncle Kracker
275. "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" Cage of the Elephant
274. "One Call Away" Chingy
273. "Suspicious Minds" Elvis Presley
272. "More Than Words" Extreme
271. "I Won't Give Up" Jason Mraz
270. "I'm Already There" Lonestar
269. "Same Love" Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
268. "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" Poison
267. "Whenever, Wherever" Shakira
266. "Oh Sherry" Steve Perry
265. "Ticket to Ride" The Beatles
264. "Ocean Avenue" Yellowcard
263. "You'll Think of Me" Keith Urban
262. "I Want it That Way" Backstreet Boys
261. "How's It Gonna Be" Third Eye Blind
260. "Burn" Usher
259. "The Killer In Me" Smashing Pumpkins
258. "Just Breathe" Pearl Jam
257. "Time After Time" Cindi Lauper
256. "My Name is Jonas" Weezer
255. "Behind Blue Eyes" The Who
254. "Rebel Yell" Billy Idol
253. "Last Night" Carolina Liar
252. "Vindicated" Dashboard Confessional
251. "Bring Me To Life" Evanescence
250. "Talk Shows on Mute" Incubus
249. "Money Grabber" Fitz & The Tantrums
248. "Yellow" Coldplay
247. "Wheels in the Sky" Journey
246. "Breaking the Habit" Linkin Park
245. "Polly" Nirvana
244. "How Long" Red Hot Chili Peppers
243. "Stayin' Alive" The Bee Gees
242. "Maybe I'm Amazed" Paul McCartney
241. "I Dare You To Move" Switchfoot
240. "Karma Police" Radiohead
239. "Runaway" The Killers
238. "Through the Wire" Kanye West
237. "Smooth Criminal" Michael Jackson
236. "Heard the World" OAR
235. "Just Lose It" Eminem
234. "Tongue Tied" Grouplove
233. "Rock the Casbah" The Clash
232. "Everytime" Britney Spears
231. "Give Peace a Chance" John Lennon
230. "Home" Michael Buble
229. "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" The Offspring
228. "I Will Wait" Mumford & Sons
227. "Always" Saliva
226. " Black Hole Sun" Soundgarden
225. "Hello" Lionel Ritchie
224. "Hero" Mariah Carey
223. "Adam's Song" Blink 182
222. "Girl" Grouplove
221. "Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum
220. "Disarm" Smashing Pumpkins
219. "Pinball Wizard" The Who
218. "Kissed by a Rose" Seal
217. "Its My Life" No Doubt
216. "Little Lion Man" Mumford & Sons
215. "Let Her Cry" Hootie and the Blowfish
214. "Drive" Incubus
213. "Some Nights" Fun.
212. "Beautiful" Christina Aguilera
211. "Blood on Blood" Bon Jovi
210. "Better Man" Pearl Jam
209. "Its Been Awhile" Staind
208. "Through the Glass" Stone Sour
207. "Baby One More Time" Britney Spears
206. "Superstition" Stevie Wonder
205. "Rocket Man" Elton John
204. "Say It Ain't So" Weezer
203. "Inside Out" Eve 6
202. "Carry On" Fun.
201. "Fix You" Coldplay
200. "Diary of Jane" Breaking Benjamin
199. "Stand By Me" Ben E. King
198. "What Its Like" Everlast
197. "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" Fuel
196. "Picture" Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow
195. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" The Police
194. "Africa" Toto
193. "Don't Dream Its Over" Crowded House
192. "Jesus of Suburbia" Green Day
191. "Gold Digger" Kanye West
190. "Name" Goo Goo Dolls
189. "I Shot the Sheriff" Bob Marley
188. "Slow Jamz" Twista
187. "1979" Smashing Pumpkins
186. "It Wasn't Me" Shaggy
185. "Why Don't You Get A Job" The Offspring
184. "Somewhere Out There" Our Lady Peace
183. "Little Talks" Of Monsters and Men
182. "Don't Know Why" Norah Jones
181. "The Living Years" Mike & The Mechanics
180. "Believe" Josh Groban
179. " Lightning Crashes" Live
178. "Faint" Linkin Park
177. "Ironic" Alanis Morissette
176. "The Gambler" Fun.
175. "Save Tonight" Eagle Eye Cherry
174. "I Just Called To Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder
173. "Buddy Holly" Weezer
172. "Into the Great Wide Open" Tom Petty
171. "What I Got" Sublime
170. "Closing Time" Semisonic
169. "By the Way" Red Hot Chili Peppers
168. "Story of a Girl" Nine Days
167. "Slow Motion" Third Eye Blind
166. "Ghetto Gospel" 2Pac and Elton John
165. "The Promise" When in Rome
164. "Comfort Eagle" CAKE
163. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" Creedance Clearwater Revival
162. "Simple Man" Lynyrd Skynyrd
161. "Kids" MGMT
160. "Mama I'm Coming Home" Ozzy Osbourne
159. "Unchained Melody" Righteous Brothers
158. "Paint it Black" The Rolling Stones
157. "Runaway Train" Soul Asylum
156. "Let's Get it On" Marvin Gaye
155. "Pretty Young Thing" Michael Jackson
154. "Heart Shaped Box" Nirvana
153. "Keep on Loving You" REO Speedwagon
152. "Interstate Love Song" Stone Temple Pilots
151. "Flagpole Sitta" Harvey Danger
150. "Somewhere I Belong" Linkin Park
149. "Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot
148. "All These Things That I've Done" The Killers
147. "Somewhere Only We Know" Keane
146. "Suit and Tie" Justin Timberlake
145. "Money" Pink Floyd
144. "Reelin' In the Years" Steely Dan
143. "Shimmer" Fuel
142. "Rhiannon" Fleetwood Mac
141. "Killing Me Softly" The Fugees
140. "This Love" Maroon 5
139. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Aerosmith
138. "I Miss You" Blink 182
137. "Amazing Grace" Elvis Presley
136. "Roxanne" The Police
135. "Here We Are" Breaking Benjamin
134. "Light My Fire" The Doors
133. "Time of the Season" The Zombies
132. "Drop It Like Its Hot" Snoop Dogg
131. "Tom Sawyer" Rush
130. "Watching the Wheels" John Lennon
129. "Loosing My Religion" REM
128. "Clocks" Coldplay
127. "Scar Tissue" Red Hot Chili Peppers
126. "I Miss You" The Rolling Stones
125. "Bittersweet Symphony" The Verve
124. "Afternoon Delight" Starland Vocal Band
123. "Living on a Prayer" Bon Jovi
122. "Life on Mars" David Bowie
121. "Somebody to Love" Jefferson Airplane
120. "Basket Case" Green Day
119. "Man in the Mirror" Michael Jackson
118. "Maps" Yeah Yeah Yeahs
117. "In Da Club" 50 Cent
116. "Renegade" Styx
115. "All of My Love" Led Zepplin
114. "Baby, I Love Your Way" Peter Frampton
113. "Sunglasses at Night" Corey Hart
112. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Elton John
111. "Dreams" The Cranberries
110. "Roll Another Joint" Tom Petty
109. "Sittin on the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
108. "In the Name of Love" U2
107. "Gimme Shelter" The Rolling Stones
106. "Hallelujah" Jeff Buckley
105. "House of the Rising Sun" The Animals
104. "Changes" 2Pac
103. "Yeah" Usher
102. "Wrong Way" Sublime
101. "Where is the Love?" Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake
100. "Philadelphia Freedom" Elton John
99. "Mr. Jones" Counting Crows
98. "Dream On" Aerosmith
97. "Fight for Your Right to Party" Beastie Boys
96. "Free Falling" Tom Petty
95. "99 Problems" Jay-Z
94. "Crash Into Me" Dave Matthews Band
93. "Come Together" The Beatles
92. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Elton John
91. "Crazy in Love" Jay-Z and Beyonce
90. "Cats in the Cradle" Harry Chapin
89. "Jumper" Third Eye Blind
88. "Two Princes" Spin Doctors
87. "Dream Weaver" Steve Miller Band
86. "Your Love" The Outfield
85. "Dust in the Wind" Kansas
84. "Land Down Under" Men At Work
83. "Don't Stop Believin'" Journey
82. "The Way I Am" Eminem
81. "Don't Look Back in Anger" Oasis
80. "Beat It" Michael Jackson
79. "Drops of Jupiter" Train
78. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Elvis Presley
77. "Tubthumping" Chumbawumba
76. "Don't Fear the Reaper" Blue Oyster Cult
75. "When You Are Near" Carolina Liar
74. "Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen
73. "You Can Go Your Own Way" Fleetwood Mac
72. "The Man Comes Around" Johnny Cash
71. "Whiskey in the Jar" Metallica
70. "Mr. Brightside" The Killers
69. "No Church in the Wild" Kanye West and Jay-Z
68. "Separate Ways" Journey
67. "Another Brick in the Wall" Pink Floyd
66. "In the Air Tonight" Phil Collins
65. "Teenage Wasteland" The Who
64. "Come Sail Away" Styx
63. "Snow (Hey Oh!)" Red Hot Chili Peppers
62. "Forever Young" Rod Stewart
61. "No Woman, No Cry" Bob Marley
60. "Creep" Radiohead
59. "Fields of Gold" Sting
58. "Behind Blue Eyes" Limp Bizkit
57. "The Freshman" Verve Pipe
56. "Working Class Hero" John Lennon
55. "Ms. Jackson" Outkast
54. "Stan" Eminem
53. "Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen
52. "Changes" David Bowie
51. "Hurt" Johnny Cash
50. "Lose Yourself" Eminem
49. "Today" Smashing Pumpkins
48. "The Scientist" Coldplay
47. "My Way" Elvis Presley
46. "Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra
45. "In the End" Linkin Park
44. "Jeremy" Pearl Jam
43. "Faithfull" Journey
42. "Kashmir" Led Zepplin
41. "Have A Cigar" Pink Floyd
40. "Isn't She Lovely" Stevie Wonder
39. "Sound of Silence" Simon and Garfunkel
38. "Friend is a Four Letter Word" CAKE
37. "Concrete Jungle" Bob Marley
36. "Can't Help Falling in Love" Elvis Presley
35. "Let It Be" The Beatles
34. "Layla" Derek & the Dominoes
33. "Wonderwall" Oasis
32. "Candle in the Wind" Elton John
31. "The Joker" Steve Miller Band
30. "Daydream Believer" The Monkees
29. "Good Riddance" Green Day
28. "The River" Bruce Springsteen
27. "Sultans of Swing" Dire Straits
26. "Black" Pearl Jam
25. "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson
24. "Beast of Burden" The Rolling Stones
23. "How Does it Feel" Bob Dylan
22. "Landslide" Fleetwood Mac
21. "Wish You Were Here" Pink Floyd
20. "Yesterday" The Beatles
19. "Fire and Rain" James Taylor
18. "Hey You" Pink Floyd
17. "Wonderful Tonight" Eric Clapton
16. "The Piano Man" Billy Joel
15. "Hey Ya!" Outkast
14. "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen
13. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana
12. "Hotel California" The Eagles
11. "Comfortably Numb" Pink Floyd
10. "One" U2
9. "Tears in Heaven" Eric Clapton
8. "November Rain" Guns N' Roses
7. "Three Little Birds" Bob Marley
6. "Stairway to Heaven" Led Zepplin
5. "Your Song" Elton John
4. "Crazy" Gnarls Barkley
3. "Imagine" John Lennon
2. "Tiny Dancer" Elton John
1. "Redemption Song" Bob Marley
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