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    Greatest Songs of All Time Countdown

    2024-09-09

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    Listen starting Monday, September 9th at 6am as we count down the 500 greatest songs of all time as voted on by you. Follow along on this page as we update the songs we've played at the end of each hour.


    500
    My Morning Jacket - Gideon
    499 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
    498 Robyn - Dancing On My Own
    497 Guided By Voices - Glad Girls
    496 Tina Turner - Proud Mary
    495 Kendrick Lamar - Alright
    494 Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times
    493 The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
    492 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
    491 Rod Stewart - Maggie May
    490 The Shins - New Slang
    489 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
    488 The English Beat - Save It For Later
    487 Heart - Crazy On You
    486 Radiohead - Creep
    485 Daft Punk - Get Lucky
    484 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
    483 Nas Ft Ms Lauryn Hill - If I Ruled The World
    482 Madonna - Like A Prayer
    481 Pavement - Summer Babe (Winter Version)
    480 Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
    479 Big Star - The Ballad Of El Goodoo
    478 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
    477 Pearl Jam - Alive
    476 Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
    475 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
    474 Bob Dylan - Mr. Tamborine Man
    473 Ben Folds Five - Brick
    472 Lionel Richie - All Night Long
    471 Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
    470 Kendrick Lamar - i
    469 Wham! - Last Christmas
    468 Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
    467 Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly
    466 Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
    465 Tom Waits - Ol' 55
    464 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
    463 Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
    462 Prince - Kiss
    461 Glenn Miller - In The Mood
    460 Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
    459 David Bowie - Modern Love
    458 The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
    457 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
    456 The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
    455 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
    454 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
    453 The Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice
    452 Prince - Little Red Corvette
    451 Paul McCartney - Maybe I’m Amazed
    450 Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
    449 Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
    448 Pulp - Common People
    447 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
    446 Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman
    445 The Roches - Hammond Song
    444 Tool - Schism
    443 A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
    442 Elton John - Rocket Man
    441 Waxahatchee - Lilacs
    440 Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody
    439 Cream - White Room
    438 Nick Drake - Pink Moon
    437 Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty
    436 Alicia Keys - Fallin'
    435 The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
    434 Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All The Way Down
    433 Madonna - Material Girl
    432 Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do
    431 The Impressions - People Get Ready
    430 The Breeders - Cannonball
    429 Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy
    428 Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love
    427 Public Enemy - Fight The Power
    426 Alice In Chains - Would?
    425 Dire Staights - Romeo And Juliet
    424 The Andrew Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
    423 Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers
    422 Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
    421 Beyoncé - Formation
    420 Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
    419 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
    418 Beck - Loser
    417 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
    416 Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
    415 The Doors - Light My Fire
    414 Simon & Garfunkel - America
    413 Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
    412 Joni Mitchell - Woodstock
    411 Temptations - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
    410 The Staples Singers - I'Ll Take You There
    409 Tom Petty - Yer So Bad
    408 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
    407 Al Green - Let's Stay Together
    406 T. Rex - Jeepster
    405 Marty Robbins - El Paso
    404 Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song
    403 Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
    402 Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
    401 John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
    400 Wilco - Impossible Germany
    399 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
    398 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
    397 Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
    396 Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream
    395 Tom Waits - Hold On
    394 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
    393 Abba - Dancing Queen
    392 Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York
    391 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
    390 The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
    389 Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
    388 Waylon Jennings - Waymore Blues
    387 Pink Floyd - Us And Them
    386 My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade
    385 The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait
    384 Weeknd - Blinding Lights
    383 Beyoncé - Freedom
    382 Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
    381 Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
    380 Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
    379 The Strokes- Last Nite
    378 Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
    377 U2 - Bad
    376 Donna Summer - Last Dance
    375 The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
    374 Britney Spears - Toxic
    373 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love
    372 Joni Mitchell - Blue
    371 Tv On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
    370 Son Volt - Tear Stained Eye
    369 R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
    368 Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
    367 Tony Bennett - Climb Ev'ry Mountain
    366 Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
    365 R.E.M. - Don’t Go Back To Rockville
    364 Ronettes - Be My Baby
    363 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
    362 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound
    361 T. Rex - (Bang a Gong) Get It On
    360 Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy
    359 Joni Mitchell - River
    358 Tyler Childers - Shake the Frost
    357 Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
    356 ZZ Top - Just Got Paid
    355 Warren G - Regulate
    354 Garth Brooks - The Dance
    353 Cheap Trick - Surrender
    352 Toto - Africa
    351 Spoon - The Way We Get By
    350 The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
    349 Childish Gambino - This Is America
    348 Nina Simone - Feeling Good
    347 Pretenders - I'll Stand By You
    346 Queen - I Want To Break Free
    345 Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
    344 Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind
    343 Spandau Ballet - True
    342 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
    341 Taylor Swift - Love Story
    340 The Zombies - Time of the Season
    339 Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
    338 Sting - Fields of Gold
    337 Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
    336 Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind
    335 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
    334 Bill Withers - Lean On Me
    333 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
    332 Etta James - A Sunday Kind of Love
    331 Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart
    330 TLC - Waterfalls
    329 The Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers
    328 Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
    327 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
    326 Todd Rundgren - Hello Its Me
    325 Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
    324 When In Rome - The Promise
    323 Steely Dan - Reelin In the Years
    322 Little Richard - Lucille
    321 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
    320 U2 - All I Want Is You
    319 Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel
    318 Steve Miller Band - The Joker
    317 Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
    316 Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
    315 Harry Nilsson - Without You
    314 Youngbloods - Get Together 1967
    313 Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching
    312 Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary
    311 Trashmen - Surfin Bird
    310 Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
    309 Talking Heads - Slippery People

    Laura Shine will announce the winner of the $500 shopping spree at Guestroom Records just before we reach #1 the afternoon of Friday, September 13th!

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    Cindy Ball
    30d ago
    Not bad so far. I see a few groups not listed yet.Beatles, America, and Foreigner just to name a few. Can't wait to see the rest.
    joseph Piwetz
    09-11
    certainly an ambitious endeavor! it’s going to have it’s naysayers….and not all will agree! I just enjoyed looking at the list, remembering some again!
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