RockLists.com

WXPN · All-time countdown series

WXPN 885 Countdown (all-time countdown)

RockLists has 3 editions of the WXPN 885 Countdown (all-time countdown), from 2004 to 2020. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen, which appears in 3 editions. Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” finished first three times.

3editions
2004–2020years
1different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2004 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen 885
2014 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen 885
2020 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen 2,020

How the top songs moved between editions

Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.

#Song'04'14'20
1 Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen 1 1 1
2 ImagineJohn Lennon 2 3 2
3 Like a Rolling StoneBob Dylan 3 2 3
4 Born to RunBruce Springsteen 6 5 5
5 A Day in the LifeThe Beatles 8 4 11
6 In My LifeThe Beatles 4 12 6
7 Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones 5 9 20
8 Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 14 6 8
9 Hey JudeThe Beatles 9 10 12
10 LaylaDerek and the Dominos 16 8 13
11 Into the MysticVan Morrison 7 13 27
12 Tangled Up in BlueBob Dylan 11 14 17
13 Gimme ShelterThe Rolling Stones 24 7 4
14 The WeightThe Band 17 16 7
15 Let It BeThe Beatles 12 18 23
16 JunglelandBruce Springsteen 28 15 18
17 All Along the WatchtowerJimi Hendrix 18 20 36
18 OneU2 10 25 49
19 RosalitaBruce Springsteen 22 27 21
20 HallelujahJeff Buckley 29 17 37
21 What's Going OnMarvin Gaye 13 42 19
22 God Only KnowsThe Beach Boys 44 22 9
23 Won't Get Fooled AgainThe Who 25 30 38
24 Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon and Garfunkel 41 28 25
25 Here Comes the SunThe Beatles 40 37 24
26 A Case Of YouJoni Mitchell 15 61 33
27 1952 Vincent Black LightningRichard Thompson 26 41 60
28 What a Wonderful WorldLouis Armstrong 34 47 28
29 London CallingThe Clash 43 33 47
30 Wish You Were HerePink Floyd 58 24 35
31 RespectAretha Franklin 35 57 16
32 At LastEtta James 45 36 44
33 MoondanceVan Morrison 19 50 74
34 While My Guitar Gently WeepsThe Beatles 46 40 41
35 Bohemian RhapsodyQueen 90 11 14
36 Comfortably NumbPink Floyd 72 23 34
37 Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana 53 31 61
38 Low Spark of High Heeled BoysTraffic 33 49 66
39 YesterdayThe Beatles 48 59 31
40 You Can't Always Get What You WantThe Rolling Stones 50 51 50
41 Good VibrationsThe Beach Boys 57 44 57
42 HeroesDavid Bowie 74 52 22
43 Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles 73 32 77
44 KashmirLed Zeppelin 96 29 40
45 In Your EyesPeter Gabriel 21 84 94
46 No Woman, No CryBob Marley 23 72 123
47 Blowin' in The WindBob Dylan 42 90 45
48 Waterloo SunsetThe Kinks 71 60 53
49 Solsbury HillPeter Gabriel 37 87 73
50 American PieDon McLean 61 80 71
51 Romeo and JulietDire Straits 32 113 63
52 Eyes of the WorldThe Grateful Dead 70 69 89
53 Redemption SongBob Marley 38 92 111
54 CrazyPatsy Cline 65 110 51
55 Sultans of SwingDire Straits 81 100 67
56 Wild HorsesThe Rolling Stones 117 64 68
57 Where the Streets Have No NameU2 107 81 58
58 Johnny B GoodeChuck Berry 141 55 52
59 Little WingJimi Hendrix 83 73 151
60 Harvest MoonNeil Young 142 63 56