Best Songs of All Time
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| Rank | Title | Artist | Avg Rank | YouTube | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #101 | You're the Best Around | Joe "bean" Esposito | 123.8 | Watch | High: 2, Low: 322 |
| #102 | Don't Let Me Down | The Beatles | 124.0 | Watch | High: 10, Low: 332 |
| #103 | Proud Mary | Tina Turner | 125.0 | Watch | High: 40, Low: 276 |
| #104 | Motown Philly | Boyz II Men | 125.8 | Watch | High: 74, Low: 196 |
| #105 | Higher | Creed | 126.2 | Watch | High: 3, Low: 261 |
| #106 | In the Meantime | Spacehog | 128.4 | Watch | High: 77, Low: 278 |
| #107 | When You Were Young | The Killers | 128.6 | Watch | High: 78, Low: 183 |
| #108 | Rolling in the Deep | Adele | 130.6 | Watch | High: 47, Low: 371 |
| #109 | Mr. Jones | Counting Crows | 131.4 | Watch | High: 45, Low: 366 |
| #110 | Rehab | Amy Winehouse | 132.4 | Watch | High: 39, Low: 264 |
| #111 | Lose Yourself | Eminem | 132.8 | Watch | High: 12, Low: 406 |
| #112 | House of the Rising Sun | The Animals | 133.6 | Watch | High: 25, Low: 234 |
| #113 | Fat Bottomed Girls | Queen | 134.0 | Watch | High: 18, Low: 407 |
| #114 | Killing Me Softly With His Song | Fugees | 134.6 | Watch | High: 87, Low: 198 |
| #115 | Stronger | Kanye West | 135.3 | Watch | High: 113, Low: 174 |
| #116 | You Can't Always Get What You Want | The Rolling Stones | 135.4 | Watch | High: 6, Low: 318 |
| #117 | Who Am I? (What's My Name?) | Snoop Dogg | 136.6 | Watch | High: 71, Low: 279 |
| #118 | You Get What You Give | The New Radicals | 137.4 | Watch | High: 16, Low: 300 |
| #119 | Tears Dry on Their Own | Amy Winehouse | 137.7 | Watch | High: 116, Low: 175 |
| #120 | Blitzkrieg Bop | The Ramones | 138.0 | Watch | High: 79, Low: 223 |
| #121 | Beautiful | Christina Aguilera | 140.0 | Watch | High: 64, Low: 270 |
| #122 | Faithfully | Journey | 140.0 | Watch | High: 12, Low: 263 |
| #123 | Seven Bridges Road | Eagles | 140.4 | Watch | High: 34, Low: 323 |
| #124 | Will You Be There | Michael Jackson | 140.8 | Watch | High: 70, Low: 264 |
| #125 | Listen to the Music | Doobie Brothers | 142.6 | Watch | High: 96, Low: 255 |
| #126 | Fast Car | Tracy Chapman | 143.0 | Watch | High: 41, Low: 330 |
| #127 | Learning to Fly | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 143.6 | Watch | High: 98, Low: 212 |
| #128 | Go Your Own Way | Fleetwood Mac | 144.2 | Watch | High: 93, Low: 206 |
| #129 | The Impression That I Get | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | 145.0 | Watch | High: 100, Low: 223 |
| #130 | We Are the Champions | Queen | 145.6 | Watch | High: 100, Low: 249 |
| #131 | Plush | Stone Temple Pilots | 146.2 | Watch | High: 102, Low: 222 |
| #132 | Purple Haze | Jimi Hendrix | 146.3 | Watch | High: 128, Low: 178 |
| #133 | Semi-Charmed Life | Third Eye Blind | 147.0 | Watch | High: 104, Low: 184 |
| #134 | Roses | OutKast | 149.4 | Watch | High: 34, Low: 271 |
| #135 | Flagpole Sitta | Harvey Danger | 150.2 | Watch | High: 43, Low: 271 |
| #136 | Can't You See | Marshall Tucker Band | 150.6 | Watch | High: 108, Low: 219 |
| #137 | If You Could Only See | Tonic | 150.7 | Watch | High: 134, Low: 179 |
| #138 | Wooden Ships | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 151.6 | Watch | High: 54, Low: 354 |
| #139 | Islands in the Stream | Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers | 152.0 | Watch | High: 110, Low: 245 |
| #140 | Thinking Out Loud | Ed Sheeran | 153.6 | Watch | High: 110, Low: 241 |
| #141 | Feel it Still | Portugal. the Man | 155.2 | Watch | High: 65, Low: 268 |
| #142 | My Own Worst Enemy | Lit | 155.8 | Watch | High: 114, Low: 190 |
| #143 | Tiny Dancer | Elton John | 156.2 | Watch | High: 36, Low: 264 |
| #144 | The Man Who Can't Be Moved | The Script | 157.4 | Watch | High: 91, Low: 254 |
| #145 | Seven Nation Army | White Stripes | 157.8 | Watch | High: 119, Low: 220 |
| #146 | I Love it | Icona Pop Feat. Charli XCX | 158.2 | Watch | High: 57, Low: 317 |
| #147 | Roadhouse Blues | The Doors | 159.0 | Watch | High: 17, Low: 279 |
| #148 | American Pie | Don McLean | 159.2 | Watch | High: 94, Low: 253 |
| #149 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | The Police | 159.2 | Watch | High: 131, Low: 184 |
| #150 | Hunger Strike | Temple of the Dog | 160.2 | Watch | High: 40, Low: 253 |
| #151 | Float On | Modest Mouse | 160.6 | Watch | High: 78, Low: 292 |
| #152 | Santa Monica | Everclear | 161.2 | Watch | High: 58, Low: 262 |
| #153 | Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash | 161.8 | Watch | High: 68, Low: 253 |
| #154 | One Week | Barenaked Ladies | 162.2 | Watch | High: 104, Low: 226 |
| #155 | Jizzed in My Pants | The Lonely Island | 163.0 | Watch | High: 76, Low: 359 |
| #156 | Why Can't We Be Friends | War | 163.8 | Watch | High: 79, Low: 335 |
| #157 | Ain't Too Proud to Beg | The Temptations | 164.2 | Watch | High: 108, Low: 258 |
| #158 | Have You Ever Seen the Rain? | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 164.5 | Watch | High: 139, Low: 197 |
| #159 | Total Eclipse of the Heart | Bonnie Tyler | 165.8 | Watch | High: 77, Low: 365 |
| #160 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder | 166.0 | Watch | High: 151, Low: 186 |
| #161 | When the Levee Breaks | Led Zeppelin | 166.2 | Watch | High: 3, Low: 347 |
| #162 | Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes | 167.2 | Watch | High: 105, Low: 227 |
| #163 | Pompeii | Bastille | 168.2 | Watch | High: 84, Low: 299 |
| #164 | 99 Problems | JAY-Z | 168.4 | Watch | High: 76, Low: 368 |
| #165 | Let's Go Crazy | Prince | 169.2 | Watch | High: 95, Low: 315 |
| #166 | When I Come Around | Green Day | 169.8 | Watch | High: 81, Low: 314 |
| #167 | Irreplaceable | Beyonce | 170.4 | Watch | High: 67, Low: 381 |
| #168 | Can't Stop | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 171.0 | Watch | High: 104, Low: 250 |
| #169 | O-o-h Child | Five Stairsteps | 172.0 | Watch | High: 27, Low: 303 |
| #170 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | 172.4 | Watch | High: 77, Low: 344 |
| #171 | It Wasn't Me | Shaggy | 173.0 | Watch | High: 145, Low: 204 |
| #172 | I Am a Man of Constant Sorry | The Soggy Bottom Boys | 174.0 | Watch | High: 44, Low: 311 |
| #173 | Thunder Road | Bruce Springsteen | 174.6 | Watch | High: 4, Low: 281 |
| #174 | Sabotage | Beastie Boys | 175.0 | Watch | High: 115, Low: 245 |
| #175 | Bad Guy | Billie Eilish | 175.7 | Watch | High: 161, Low: 191 |
| #176 | Last Christmas | Wham! | 176.2 | Watch | High: 39, Low: 266 |
| #177 | Bustin' Loose | Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers | 177.2 | Watch | High: 25, Low: 297 |
| #178 | Humpty Dance | Digital Underground | 177.8 | Watch | High: 51, Low: 369 |
| #179 | High Hopes | Panic! at the Disco | 178.4 | Watch | High: 147, Low: 259 |
| #180 | Girl on Fire | Alicia Keys | 179.0 | Watch | High: 122, Low: 257 |
| #181 | Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley | 179.2 | Watch | High: 63, Low: 417 |
| #182 | One | U2 | 179.6 | Watch | High: 2, Low: 319 |
| #183 | All I Want | Toad the Wet Sprocket | 180.2 | Watch | High: 154, Low: 225 |
| #184 | Today | Smashing Pumpkins | 180.8 | Watch | High: 113, Low: 257 |
| #185 | Casey Jones | Grateful Dead | 182.6 | Watch | High: 137, Low: 266 |
| #186 | America | Neil Diamond | 183.4 | Watch | High: 72, Low: 400 |
| #187 | Smooth Criminal | Michael Jackson | 184.0 | Watch | High: 73, Low: 313 |
| #188 | Better Man | Pearl Jam | 185.2 | Watch | High: 61, Low: 432 |
| #189 | Maybe I'm Amazed | Paul McCartney | 186.6 | Watch | High: 164, Low: 239 |
| #190 | Your Song | Elton John | 187.2 | Watch | High: 97, Low: 295 |
| #191 | Set Fire to the Rain | Adele | 187.8 | Watch | High: 35, Low: 296 |
| #192 | Bitter Sweet Symphony | The Verve | 189.0 | Watch | High: 177, Low: 198 |
| #193 | Plowed | Sponge | 189.0 | Watch | High: 38, Low: 305 |
| #194 | The Distance | Cake | 190.2 | Watch | High: 112, Low: 303 |
| #195 | High Enough | Damn Yankees | 190.4 | Watch | High: 168, Low: 247 |
| #196 | I'm Not Ok | Jelly Roll | 191.0 | Watch | High: 141, Low: 255 |
| #197 | Tell Me Something Good | Rufus | 191.2 | Watch | High: 23, Low: 318 |
| #198 | Livin on a Prayer | Bon Jovi | 191.8 | Watch | High: 23, Low: 429 |
| #199 | Counting Stars | OneRepublic | 192.8 | Watch | High: 63, Low: 335 |
| #200 | Mandolin Rain | Bruce Hornsby | 193.2 | Watch | High: 72, Low: 401 |