Best Songs of All Time
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| Rank | Title | Artist | Avg Rank | YouTube | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #201 | Solsbury Hill | Peter Gabriel | 194.0 | Watch | High: 58, Low: 361 |
| #202 | Black Parade | My Chemical Romance | 196.0 | Watch | High: 91, Low: 354 |
| #203 | Toxic | Britney Spears | 196.0 | Watch | High: 185, Low: 202 |
| #204 | Pina Colada Song | Rupert Holmes | 196.6 | Watch | High: 42, Low: 328 |
| #205 | Spirit in the Sky | Norman Greenbaum | 197.6 | Watch | High: 158, Low: 243 |
| #206 | The Song Remains the Same | Led Zeppelin | 197.8 | Watch | High: 5, Low: 407 |
| #207 | Give it Away | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 198.2 | Watch | High: 144, Low: 302 |
| #208 | The Tracks of My Tears | Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | 198.3 | Watch | High: 188, Low: 205 |
| #209 | What a Fool Believes | Doobie Brothers | 198.6 | Watch | High: 109, Low: 356 |
| #210 | It's Time to Party | Andrew W.K. | 199.8 | Watch | High: 32, Low: 435 |
| #211 | Ballad of Curtis Loew | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 200.4 | Watch | High: 8, Low: 385 |
| #212 | Radioactive | Imagine Dragons | 201.2 | Watch | High: 122, Low: 312 |
| #213 | Don't You Forget About Me | Simple Minds | 202.6 | Watch | High: 139, Low: 277 |
| #214 | Babe I'm Gonna Leave You | Led Zeppelin | 203.4 | Watch | High: 2, Low: 333 |
| #215 | Alright | Kendrick Lamar | 203.7 | Watch | High: 193, Low: 213 |
| #216 | Low Man's Lyric | Metallica | 204.0 | Watch | High: 48, Low: 346 |
| #217 | Get Up Stand Up | Bob Marley & the Wailers | 204.4 | Watch | High: 116, Low: 277 |
| #218 | #41 | Dave Matthews Band | 206.2 | Watch | High: 85, Low: 403 |
| #219 | Let's Go All the Way | Sly Fox | 207.3 | Watch | High: 197, Low: 218 |
| #220 | Meet Virginia | Train | 207.4 | Watch | High: 49, Low: 355 |
| #221 | All I Need is a Miracle | Mike + the Mechanics | 207.6 | Watch | High: 52, Low: 376 |
| #222 | Unchained Melody | Righteous Brothers | 209.2 | Watch | High: 90, Low: 281 |
| #223 | Bron-y-aur Stomp | Led Zeppelin | 209.6 | Watch | High: 12, Low: 328 |
| #224 | Loser | Beck | 210.2 | Watch | High: 89, Low: 286 |
| #225 | The Man | The Killers | 210.8 | Watch | High: 150, Low: 299 |
| #226 | Crazy | Seal | 211.0 | Watch | High: 53, Low: 394 |
| #227 | I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | 211.4 | Watch | High: 14, Low: 381 |
| #228 | Midnight City | M83 | 213.0 | Watch | High: 204, Low: 225 |
| #229 | Run-around | Blues Traveler | 213.4 | Watch | High: 88, Low: 416 |
| #230 | Empire State of Mind | JAY-Z and Alicia Keys | 214.2 | Watch | High: 119, Low: 282 |
| #231 | Sweet Life | Frank Ocean | 215.0 | Watch | High: 37, Low: 338 |
| #232 | I'd Do Anything for Love | Meat Loaf | 215.8 | Watch | High: 114, Low: 348 |
| #233 | Kodachrome | Paul Simon | 216.0 | Watch | High: 159, Low: 274 |
| #234 | All for You | Sister Hazel | 217.0 | Watch | High: 126, Low: 319 |
| #235 | Back in the High Life Again | Steve Winwood | 217.2 | Watch | High: 43, Low: 382 |
| #236 | Uptown Funk | Mark Ronson Ft. Bruno Mars | 217.8 | Watch | High: 70, Low: 342 |
| #237 | White Room | Cream | 218.6 | Watch | High: 82, Low: 289 |
| #238 | Never Gonna Give You Up | Rick Astley | 219.0 | Watch | High: 113, Low: 343 |
| #239 | Super Freak | Rick James | 219.4 | Watch | High: 59, Low: 316 |
| #240 | Get it While You Can | Janis Joplin | 220.2 | Watch | High: 101, Low: 341 |
| #241 | Feathered Indians | Tyler Childers | 220.6 | Watch | High: 167, Low: 275 |
| #242 | Peace Train | Cat Stevens | 221.4 | Watch | High: 23, Low: 406 |
| #243 | S.o.b. | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | 221.8 | Watch | High: 61, Low: 347 |
| #244 | Like I'm Gonna Lose You | Meghan Trainor Ft. John Legend | 223.4 | Watch | High: 118, Low: 349 |
| #245 | 2 Legit 2 Quit | MC Hammer | 224.0 | Watch | High: 11, Low: 358 |
| #246 | What's My Name? | DMX | 224.4 | Watch | High: 115, Low: 420 |
| #247 | Shattered | O.A.R. | 225.2 | Watch | High: 170, Low: 309 |
| #248 | All Out of Love | Air Supply | 226.0 | Watch | High: 8, Low: 377 |
| #249 | Alive | Pearl Jam | 226.2 | Watch | High: 84, Low: 433 |
| #250 | Love Bites | Def Leppard | 227.4 | Watch | High: 21, Low: 374 |
| #251 | Fight Song | Rachel Platten | 228.4 | Watch | High: 183, Low: 263 |
| #252 | Take Me Home, Country Road | John Denver | 229.0 | Watch | High: 19, Low: 322 |
| #253 | Blurry | Puddle of Mud | 229.2 | Watch | High: 145, Low: 316 |
| #254 | Bring Me to Life | Evanescence | 229.2 | Watch | High: 89, Low: 351 |
| #255 | Comedown | Bush | 231.0 | Watch | High: 207, Low: 255 |
| #256 | Down by the Riverside | Muddy Magnolias | 232.4 | Watch | High: 1, Low: 405 |
| #257 | Disarm | The Smashing Pumpkins | 233.4 | Watch | High: 96, Low: 386 |
| #258 | There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) | Billy Ocean | 233.6 | Watch | High: 38, Low: 409 |
| #259 | Times They Are A-changin' | Bob Dylan | 234.4 | Watch | High: 15, Low: 338 |
| #260 | Karma Police | Radiohead | 234.8 | Watch | High: 135, Low: 313 |
| #261 | Life During Wartime | Talking Heads | 235.4 | Watch | High: 14, Low: 336 |
| #262 | I Wish it Would Rain Down | Phil Collins | 236.0 | Watch | High: 69, Low: 310 |
| #263 | I'm Shipping Up to Boston | The Dropkick Murphys | 236.5 | Watch | High: 13, Low: 436 |
| #264 | Shallow | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper | 236.7 | Watch | High: 222, Low: 257 |
| #265 | Dammit | Blink-182 | 237.6 | Watch | High: 60, Low: 418 |
| #266 | Unwritten | Natasha Bedingfield | 238.0 | Watch | High: 143, Low: 327 |
| #267 | Into the Mystic | Van Morrison | 238.4 | Watch | High: 70, Low: 367 |
| #268 | Jumper | Third Eye Blind | 239.0 | Watch | High: 134, Low: 354 |
| #269 | God Only Knows | The Beach Boys | 239.0 | Watch | High: 95, Low: 356 |
| #270 | Sweet Freedom | Michael McDonald | 239.4 | Watch | High: 29, Low: 331 |
| #271 | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Sly & the Family Stone | 240.2 | Watch | High: 20, Low: 411 |
| #272 | All These Things That I've Done | The Killers | 240.6 | Watch | High: 87, Low: 372 |
| #273 | “heroes” | David Bowie | 241.4 | Watch | High: 37, Low: 324 |
| #274 | Lady Marmalade | Christina Aguilera, Et Al | 242.4 | Watch | High: 165, Low: 295 |
| #275 | Cult of Personality | Living Colour | 243.0 | Watch | High: 32, Low: 374 |
| #276 | The Way it is | Bruce Hornsby | 243.4 | Watch | High: 74, Low: 317 |
| #277 | Detachable Penis | King Missile | 243.8 | Watch | High: 18, Low: 382 |
| #278 | Kids | MGMT | 244.2 | Watch | High: 137, Low: 353 |
| #279 | Santa Claus is Coming to Town | Bruce Springsteen | 245.4 | Watch | High: 67, Low: 427 |
| #280 | Not Like Us | Kendrick Lamar | 246.6 | Watch | High: 35, Low: 431 |
| #281 | A Horse With No Name | America | 247.8 | Watch | High: 155, Low: 301 |
| #282 | I Fought the Law | The Clash | 248.4 | Watch | High: 148, Low: 314 |
| #283 | Drive | The Cars | 248.8 | Watch | High: 117, Low: 324 |
| #284 | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | U2 | 249.8 | Watch | High: 52, Low: 370 |
| #285 | Glory of Love | Peter Cetera | 251.0 | Watch | High: 75, Low: 404 |
| #286 | Daylight | Matt and Kim | 251.4 | Watch | High: 131, Low: 289 |
| #287 | Down in a Hole | Alice in Chains | 251.8 | Watch | High: 29, Low: 437 |
| #288 | The Payback | James Brown | 252.2 | Watch | High: 19, Low: 370 |
| #289 | Beautiful Day | U2 | 252.8 | Watch | High: 184, Low: 286 |
| #290 | Livin La Vida Loca | Ricky Martin | 252.8 | Watch | High: 152, Low: 373 |
| #291 | Raise Your Glass | Pink | 253.2 | Watch | High: 116, Low: 412 |
| #292 | Atlantic City | the band | 254.4 | Watch | High: 17, Low: 429 |
| #293 | Hold Tight | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch | 254.6 | Watch | High: 149, Low: 399 |
| #294 | Down in Mexico | The Coasters | 255.0 | Watch | High: 28, Low: 413 |
| #295 | Like a Rock | Bob Seger | 255.8 | Watch | High: 92, Low: 332 |
| #296 | Changes | 2Pac | 256.0 | Watch | High: 160, Low: 309 |
| #297 | Shut Up and Dance | Walk the Moon | 257.2 | Watch | High: 106, Low: 307 |
| #298 | A Little Less Conversation | Elvis Presley & JXL | 258.6 | Watch | High: 88, Low: 345 |
| #299 | Abacab | Genesis | 259.0 | Watch | High: 83, Low: 392 |
| #300 | Mr. Blue Sky | Electric Light Orchestra | 259.2 | Watch | High: 170, Low: 329 |