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WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)

The all-time countdown (2004) from WXPN in Philadelphia, PA ranks 885 songs, with “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen at number one. The list features 306 different artists; The Beatles has the most entries with 48 songs.

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Data from WXPN's countdown archive (tools.xpn.org); source artist/song text was in all capitals and has been converted to standard capitalization, with a small number of obvious misspellings corrected.

# Song ListsBest
1 Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen 61 #1
2 Imagine John Lennon 121 #1
3 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 97 #2
4 In My Life The Beatles 45 #4
5 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 156 #1
6 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 139 #1
7 Into the Mystic Van Morrison 36 #2
8 A Day in the Life The Beatles 88 #1
9 Hey Jude The Beatles 105 #1
10 One U2 172 #1
11 Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan 49 #5
12 Let It Be The Beatles 89 #3
13 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 22 #2
14 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 169 #1
15 A Case Of You Joni Mitchell 18 #15
16 Layla Derek and the Dominos 132 #2
17 The Weight The Band 57 #1
18 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 148 #2
19 Moondance Van Morrison 41 #19
20 I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 116 #2
21 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 123 #2
22 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) Bruce Springsteen 51 #16
23 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley 67 #17
24 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 124 #4
25 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who 119 #4
26 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Richard Thompson 38 #2
27 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Crosby, Stills, and Nash 62 #21
28 Jungleland Bruce Springsteen 43 #11
29 Hallelujah Jeff Buckley 51 #3
30 Sounds Of Silence Simon and Garfunkel 6 #30
31 Let It Rain Eric Clapton 25 #31
32 Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits 48 #29
33 The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Traffic 44 #31
34 What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong 12 #23
35 Respect Aretha Franklin 32 #2
36 Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin 58 #12
37 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 126 #9
38 Redemption Song Bob Marley 33 #15
39 Blackbird The Beatles 25 #39
40 Here Comes the Sun The Beatles 60 #6
41 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 24 #20
42 Blowin' in The Wind Bob Dylan 16 #35
43 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
44 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 27 #2
45 At Last Etta James 16 #15
46 While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles 83 #13
47 America Simon and Garfunkel 23 #3
48 Yesterday The Beatles 50 #12
49 Closer To Fine The Indigo Girls 43 #1
50 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 106 #11
51 Tupelo Honey Van Morrison 25 #20
52 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Bob Dylan 13 #52
53 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
54 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley 50 #3
55 Ripple The Grateful Dead 36 #4
56 Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground 38 #24
57 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 29 #9
58 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 148 #2
59 Baba O'Riley The Who 101 #1
60 Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 50 #20
61 American Pie Don McLean 46 #12
62 Whipping Post Allman Brothers Band 62 #10
63 Blue Sky Allman Brothers Band 48 #11
64 Across the Universe The Beatles 25 #64
65 Crazy Patsy Cline 15 #12
66 Sweet Baby James James Taylor 14 #66
67 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) The Beatles 23 #44
68 The Long and Winding Road The Beatles 28 #68
69 Something The Beatles 49 #34
70 Eyes of the World The Grateful Dead 11 #60
71 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 25 #12
72 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd 141 #1
73 Hotel California The Eagles 160 #1
74 Heroes David Bowie 125 #1
75 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 50 #2
76 Lover, You Should've Come Over Jeff Buckley 16 #47
77 The River Bruce Springsteen 60 #5
78 Loan Me a Dime Boz Scaggs 8 #78
79 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 63 #12
80 Box of Rain The Grateful Dead 24 #65
81 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits 143 #6
82 what's So Funny (About Peace, Love, and Understanding)? Elvis Costello 25 #14
83 Little Wing Jimi Hendrix 45 #73
84 Positively 4th Street Bob Dylan 27 #37
85 Fire And Rain James Taylor 17 #68
86 Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles 14 #22
87 Pink Moon Nick Drake 22 #47
88 Try A Little Tenderness Otis Redding 15 #49
89 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding 26 #12
90 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 169 #1
91 I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles 23 #63
92 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Bob Dylan 5 #92
93 In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed Allman Brothers Band 24 #31
94 Hurricane Bob Dylan 29 #44
95 Nightswimming R.E.M. 38 #17
96 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 128 #1
97 Can't You Hear Me Knocking The Rolling Stones 66 #5
98 Bad U2 78 #5
99 Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan 11 #99
100 Visions Of Johanna Bob Dylan 13 #23
101 Angel from Montgomery Bonnie Raitt 13 #8
102 The Wind Cries Mary Jimi Hendrix 43 #102
103 The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel 22 #26
104 Allison Elvis Costello 6 #31
105 Voodoo Chile Jimi Hendrix 12 #16
106 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 173 #1
107 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 151 #3
108 Atlantic City Bruce Springsteen 25 #21
109 The Pretender Jackson Browne 16 #109
110 Badlands Bruce Springsteen 36 #29
111 Let's Get it On Marvin Gaye 14 #19
112 Let's Stay Together Al Green 18 #9
113 I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow Soggy Bottom Boys 2 #113
114 In Bloom Nirvana 117 #5
115 Late For The Sky Jackson Browne 8 #35
116 With or Without You U2 213 #3
117 Wild Horses The Rolling Stones 68 #14
118 Tiny Dancer Elton John 86 #4
119 Life During Wartime Talking Heads 87 #41
120 Melissa Allman Brothers Band 56 #16
121 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley 18 #56
122 Jessica Allman Brothers Band 63 #4
123 Walking in Memphis Marc Cohn 23 #53
124 So What Miles Davis 11 #48
125 The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan 13 #20
126 Rebel Rebel David Bowie 85 #63
127 The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King 12 #45
128 Uncle John's Band The Grateful Dead 37 #53
129 Maybe I'm Amazed Paul McCartney 56 #12
130 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder 18 #23
131 Eleanor Rigby The Beatles 45 #38
132 Take Five Dave Brubeck Quartet 11 #4
133 Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 83 #11
134 Like a Hurricane Neil Young 79 #8
135 Cinnamon Girl Neil Young 69 #31
136 Possession Sarah McLachlan 40 #24
137 Dear Prudence The Beatles 28 #137
138 Persuasion Richard Thompson 6 #85
139 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
140 Galileo The Indigo Girls 33 #20
141 Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry 24 #15
142 Harvest Moon Neil Young 38 #4
143 Scarlet Begonias The Grateful Dead 26 #134
144 Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd 122 #1
145 For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield 61 #39
146 Rain Patty Griffin 12 #25
147 Dixie Chicken Little Feat 27 #116
148 Just Like a Woman Bob Dylan 10 #148
149 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 72 #3
150 Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes Paul Simon 19 #58
151 Better Be Home Soon Crowded House 15 #10
152 River Joni Mitchell 14 #80
153 Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 23 #152
154 Bell Bottom Blues Eric Clapton / Derek & the Dominoes 1 #154
155 Incident on 57th Street Bruce Springsteen 8 #155
156 Love Reign O'er Me The Who 67 #11
157 Train in Vain The Clash 120 #10
158 Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash 15 #52
159 Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash 26 #10
160 Changes David Bowie 128 #17
161 Light My Fire The Doors 127 #5
162 Love And Affection Joan Armatrading 14 #127
163 Your Song Elton John 34 #54
164 Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues 67 #8
165 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 168 #1
166 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 204 #2
167 Superstition Stevie Wonder 29 #17
168 Graceland Paul Simon 25 #10
169 Moonlight Mile The Rolling Stones 14 #124
170 Here, There, and Everywhere The Beatles 14 #170
171 Landslide Fleetwood Mac 45 #7
172 Terrapin Station The Grateful Dead 9 #50
173 Black Pearl Jam 179 #1
174 Sugar Magnolia The Grateful Dead 40 #86
175 Supper's Ready Genesis 7 #31
176 Angel from Montgomery John Prine 9 #37
177 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band 30 #24
178 Piano Man Billy Joel 68 #7
179 Cowgirl in the Sand Neil Young 23 #87
180 Coyote Joni Mitchell 14 #79
181 Jumpin' Jack Flash The Rolling Stones 110 #14
182 Purple Rain Prince 71 #1
183 Statesboro Blues Allman Brothers Band 45 #88
184 She Cries Your Name Beth Orton 14 #35
185 Loser Beck 125 #2
186 I've Got You Under My Skin Frank Sinatra 4 #186
187 Little Red Corvette Prince 21 #12
188 Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pink Floyd 71 #7
189 Honky Tonk Woman The Rolling Stones 96 #23
190 Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell 16 #96
191 Blue The Jayhawks 34 #33
192 Piece of My Heart Janis Joplin 33 #24
193 Down By the River Neil Young 28 #85
194 After The Gold Rush Neil Young 22 #167
195 Babylon David Gray 43 #3
196 Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan 25 #62
197 Aja Steely Dan 21 #7
198 Crazy Love Van Morrison 5 #198
199 Paradise by the Dashboard Light Meat Loaf 74 #6
200 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix 98 #1
201 Wooden Ships Crosby, Stills, and Nash 22 #201
202 Spirit in the Night Bruce Springsteen 18 #202
203 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 86 #1
204 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 125 #4
205 Crash Dave Matthews Band 2 #51
206 Fall On Me R.E.M. 60 #26
207 For a Dancer Jackson Browne 6 #207
208 Buckets of Rain Bob Dylan 5 #208
209 Friend of the Devil The Grateful Dead 27 #127
210 Over the Hills and Far Away Led Zeppelin 106 #7
211 Gloria Patti Smith 36 #52
212 Anna Begins Counting Crows 10 #212
213 Crossroads Cream 61 #21
214 My Girl Temptations 12 #81
215 Space Oddity David Bowie 157 #8
216 Every Breath You Take The Police 124 #3
217 Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers 13 #98
218 Maggie May Rod Stewart 73 #16
219 I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams 6 #38
220 Silent All These Years Tori Amos 52 #10
221 Wouldn't It Be Nice The Beach Boys 14 #21
222 I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You Tom Waits 2 #222
223 Pacing the Cage Bruce Cockburn 7 #223
224 Mannish Boy Muddy Waters 15 #129
225 Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell 12 #52
226 Shelter From the Storm Bob Dylan 19 #40
227 L.A. Woman The Doors 97 #5
228 Hallelujah Rufus Wainwright 10 #166
229 All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople 54 #59
230 Revolution The Beatles 97 #2
231 Son Of A Preacher Man Dusty Springfield 13 #145
232 Beast of Burden The Rolling Stones 104 #18
233 Beeswing Richard Thompson 8 #124
234 Flashlight Parliament 7 #84
235 The Scientist Coldplay 65 #1
236 A Sort of Homecoming U2 21 #57
237 Deacon Blues Steely Dan 31 #38
238 Girl From The North Country Bob Dylan 11 #104
239 Round Here Counting Crows 53 #20
240 Please Forgive Me David Gray 11 #21
241 Time Pink Floyd 107 #2
242 White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane 53 #10
243 Bird on a Wire Leonard Cohen 4 #243
244 Clocks Coldplay 101 #1
245 American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 108 #9
246 Can't Find y Way Home Blind Faith 51 #23
247 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 57 #7
248 Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 50 #24
249 Thirty-Two Flavors Ani DiFranco 1 #249
250 Behind Blue Eyes The Who 97 #24
251 My Old School Steely Dan 36 #181
252 Desolation Row Bob Dylan 13 #3
253 Three Little Birds Bob Marley 46 #2
254 Caravan Van Morrison 14 #141
255 Fountain Of Sorrow Jackson Browne 7 #43
256 Helpless Neil Young 3 #256
257 These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs 48 #9
258 This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie 11 #140
259 Come Away with Me Norah Jones 19 #13
260 The Fever Bruce Springsteen 4 #260
261 Have I Told You Lately Van Morrison 7 #47
262 Blue Joni Mitchell 7 #262
263 I Can't Make You Love Me Bonnie Raitt 14 #121
264 Orange Sky Alexi Murdoch 13 #44
265 Fields of Gold Sting 21 #22
266 41 Dave Matthews Band 8 #69
267 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 146 #7
268 Pride and Joy Stevie Ray Vaughan 78 #24
269 Somewhere over the Rainbow Judy Garland 5 #159
270 As Stevie Wonder 8 #83
271 Close to the Edge Yes 13 #90
272 The Circle Game Joni Mitchell 7 #272
273 Time of the Season The Zombies 19 #72
274 Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones 84 #3
275 Dazed and Confused Led Zeppelin 94 #6
276 Lay Lady Lay Bob Dylan 18 #26
277 Celluloid Heroes The Kinks 33 #19
278 Jokerman Bob Dylan 9 #135
279 New York City Serenade Bruce Springsteen 7 #125
280 4th of July (Sandy) Bruce Springsteen 2 #280
281 Forever Young Bob Dylan 16 #134
282 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere The Byrds 2 #282
283 This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Talking Heads 38 #2
284 Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles 24 #63
285 Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton 58 #6
286 Alice's Restaurant Arlo Guthrie 6 #284
287 Amazing Grace The Blind Boys of Alabama 3 #287
288 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 75 #24
289 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
290 Roxanne The Police 167 #10
291 Brokedown Palace The Grateful Dead 4 #291
292 California Stars Wilco / Billy Bragg 1 #292
293 All I Want Is You U2 46 #6
294 Girlfriend Matthew Sweet 58 #2
295 All Along the Watchtower Bob Dylan 14 #29
296 Diamonds and Rust Joan Baez 8 #176
297 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 158 #1
298 Unchained Melody Righteous Brothers 9 #106
299 You've Got a Friend Carole King 9 #230
300 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie 81 #37
301 Simple Twist of Fate Bob Dylan 11 #197
302 Hallelujah Leonard Cohen 23 #2
303 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 140 #9
304 Dr. Wu Steely Dan 2 #274
305 Eight Miles High The Byrds 12 #167
306 Penny Lane The Beatles 38 #11
307 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 77 #1
308 Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding Elton John 33 #11
309 Oh My Sweet Caroline Ryan Adams 2 #309
310 Truckin' The Grateful Dead 66 #5
311 Who Knows Where the Time Goes Fairport Convention 6 #183
312 Carey Joni Mitchell 13 #78
313 Rain King Counting Crows 30 #12
314 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
315 My Generation The Who 85 #26
316 Tumbling Dice The Rolling Stones 74 #43
317 Cortez The Killer Neil Young 20 #12
318 Going to California Led Zeppelin 89 #11
319 Summertime Janis Joplin 8 #219
320 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 60 #25
321 White Bird It's a Beautiful Day 10 #245
322 You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go Bob Dylan 2 #322
323 You've Got a Friend James Taylor 9 #174
324 Ants Marching Dave Matthews Band 59 #15
325 Free Man in Paris Joni Mitchell 12 #116
326 Rockin' In The Free World Neil Young 121 #8
327 Desperado The Eagles 54 #35
328 One Hundred Years 5 For Fighting 1 #328
329 Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Billy Joel 34 #18
330 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 9 #57
331 Fearless Pink Floyd 21 #189
332 Black Magic Woman Santana 68 #19
333 Ooh Child Five Stairsteps 7 #182
334 September Gurls Big Star 17 #65
335 She Loves You The Beatles 17 #43
336 Willin' Little Feat 13 #19
337 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
338 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
339 My Sweet Lord George Harrison 46 #5
340 Radio Radio Elvis Costello & the Attractions 49 #22
341 Tears in Heaven Eric Clapton 22 #60
342 I Walk The Line Johnny Cash 12 #39
343 Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight & The Pips 12 #13
344 Sat in Your Lap Kate Bush 2 #344
345 And You and I Yes 17 #28
346 City of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie 7 #79
347 Cruel To Be Kind Nick Lowe 32 #131
348 Is This Love? Bob Marley 26 #142
349 Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters Elton John 21 #185
350 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles 28 #69
351 In These Shoes Kirsty MacColl 18 #2
352 Mystery Train Elvis Presley 4 #352
353 The Weakness in Me Joan Armatrading 2 #353
354 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 75 #1
355 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again Bob Dylan 12 #57
356 These Arms of Mine Otis Redding 5 #356
357 Carry On Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 30 #74
358 Father And Son Cat Stevens 15 #123
359 Heart Of Gold Neil Young 72 #28
360 Hello It's Me Todd Rundgren 14 #1
361 Wave of Mutilation The Pixies 28 #36
362 When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge 5 #137
363 Ever Fallen in Love The Buzzcocks 33 #19
364 Knockin' on Heaven's Door Bob Dylan 45 #6
365 Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye 12 #62
366 White Room Cream 94 #4
367 Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival 82 #33
368 Naima John Coltrane 3 #147
369 I Should've Known Aimee Mann 2 #369
370 Old Man Neil Young 56 #39
371 Shakin' Shakin' Shakes Los Lobos 2 #371
372 Sunshine of Your Love Cream 69 #28
373 Tom Trauberts Blues Tom Waits 6 #252
374 Twist and Shout The Beatles 29 #14
375 When I Was a Boy Dar Williams 4 #375
376 You've Got to Hide Your Love Away The Beatles 8 #3
377 Badge Cream 44 #58
378 Silver Springs Fleetwood Mac 10 #64
379 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd 118 #1
380 Two Step Dave Matthews Band 9 #235
381 Avalon Roxy Music 52 #33
382 Don't Give Up Peter Gabriel 25 #29
383 Someone to Pull the Trigger Matthew Sweet 1 #383
384 Tangerine Led Zeppelin 30 #47
385 Fragile Sting 4 #23
386 It Makes No Difference The Band 10 #159
387 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 96 #4
388 Rock & Roll The Velvet Underground 43 #17
389 You Enjoy Myself Phish 6 #304
390 Another Train The Posies 1 #390
391 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 45 #18
392 Crush Dave Matthews Band 40 #19
393 Jammin' Bob Marley 43 #2
394 The Rain Song Led Zeppelin 40 #13
395 Southern Man Neil Young 48 #56
396 Walk on By Dionne Warwick 3 #396
397 Aqualung Jethro Tull 75 #5
398 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 60 #1
399 Levon Elton John 50 #2
400 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin 151 #4
401 Breakdown Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 93 #29
402 Madman Across The Water Elton John 22 #197
403 Suzanne Leonard Cohen 13 #200
404 Touch of Grey The Grateful Dead 85 #43
405 Amelia Joni Mitchell 4 #263
406 Backstreets Bruce Springsteen 19 #28
407 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police 85 #20
408 Left of the Dial The Replacements 32 #33
409 Ramble On Led Zeppelin 104 #10
410 South Central Rain R.E.M. 9 #83
411 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
412 Be My Baby The Ronettes 9 #36
413 Do You Feel Like We Do Peter Frampton 62 #15
414 Pictures of You The Cure 71 #4
415 Sweet Thing Van Morrison 11 #240
416 The Tracks Of My Tears Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 5 #416
417 Crying Roy Orbison 6 #221
418 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 61 #5
419 Birthday The Sugarcubes 43 #1
420 Mama Tried Merle Haggard 4 #348
421 Suavicito Malo 2 #402
422 When the Levee Breaks Led Zeppelin 80 #15
423 Dancing Barefoot The Patti Smith Group 31 #17
424 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye 12 #192
425 A Pirate Looks at Forty Jimmy Buffett 1 #425
426 Dark Star The Grateful Dead 7 #40
427 Help! The Beatles 37 #9
428 I Am the Walrus The Beatles 36 #18
429 Romeo's Tune Steve Forbert 4 #223
430 Top of the World Patty Griffin 1 #430
431 Acadian Driftwood The Band 4 #431
432 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 102 #30
433 Chelsea Morning Joni Mitchell 4 #180
434 For You Bruce Springsteen 2 #434
435 (looking For) the Heart of Saturday Night Tom Waits 6 #123
436 Room to Move John Mayall 6 #250
437 Under My Thumb The Rolling Stones 55 #46
438 Urge for Going Joni Mitchell 4 #309
439 Dead Flowers The Rolling Stones 24 #184
440 Fairytale of New York The Pogues 22 #54
441 Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley 8 #69
442 Grace Jeff Buckley 19 #29
443 Surrender Cheap Trick 92 #12
444 What'd I Say Ray Charles 11 #22
445 Caroline, No The Beach Boys 3 #445
446 Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen 6 #229
447 Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End The Beatles 11 #138
448 New Slang The Shins 54 #3
449 Life on Mars David Bowie 29 #7
450 Living For the City Stevie Wonder 9 #190
451 We Can Work It Out The Beatles 18 #24
452 Lust For Life Iggy Pop 92 #1
453 Natures Way Spirit 6 #102
454 So Far Away Carole King 7 #454
455 Angel Sarah McLachlan 2 #455
456 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
457 Carpet of the Sun Renaissance 1 #457
458 Shake Otis Redding 2 #458
459 Handbags and Gladrags Rod Stewart 2 #378
460 Love Has No Pride Bonnie Raitt 3 #460
461 Unsatisfied The Replacements 12 #65
462 Sugaree The Grateful Dead 4 #462
463 Tears of Rage Bob Dylan (the Band Version on Big Pink) 1 #463
464 Hello In There John Prine 10 #98
465 Hero in Me Jeffrey Gaines 1 #465
466 Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts Bob Dylan 7 #346
467 Madame George Van Morrison 6 #21
468 Midnight Rider Allman Brothers Band 64 #7
469 Orphan Girl Gillian Welch 2 #469
470 Tempted Squeeze 89 #21
471 Beautiful Day U2 124 #1
472 Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke 17 #8
473 The Man Who Sold the World Nirvana 81 #4
474 A Trick of the Tail Genesis 1 #474
475 Free Fallin' Tom Petty 116 #10
476 Honky Tonk Train Blues Meade Lux Lewis 1 #476
477 Tusk Fleetwood Mac 25 #108
478 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 52 #11
479 Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes Elvis Costello 3 #479
480 Shattered The Rolling Stones 78 #9
481 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 91 #8
482 (Don't Go Back To) Rockville R.E.M. 39 #2
483 Astral Weeks Van Morrison 9 #168
484 Constant Craving KD Lang 19 #30
485 Love's in Need of Love Today Stevie Wonder 3 #137
486 Radar Love Golden Earring 107 #3
487 Drift Away Dobie Gray 12 #219
488 I Don't Know Why Shawn Colvin 2 #488
489 Mercy Street Peter Gabriel 7 #137
490 Winter Tori Amos 17 #490
491 All You Need is Love The Beatles 40 #5
492 California Dreamin' The Mamas and the Papas 16 #70
493 Carolina in My Mind James Taylor 9 #220
494 Country Girl Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 3 #494
495 Dreams to Remember Otis Redding 1 #495
496 Europa Santana 12 #54
497 Heroin The Velvet Underground 12 #42
498 Love Shack The B-52's 79 #1
499 More Than This Roxy Music 48 #12
500 Unforgettable Nat King Cole 4 #228
501 The Unforgettable Fire U2 32 #48
502 Castles Made Of Sand Jimi Hendrix 15 #360
503 Doctor My Eyes Jackson Browne 25 #107
504 Soon My Bloody Valentine 8 #2
505 Two Of Us The Beatles 9 #51
506 Up on Cripple Creek The Band 40 #71
507 Woodstock Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 39 #51
508 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 19 #29
509 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack 6 #213
510 Late In The Evening Paul Simon 13 #176
511 Lola The Kinks 105 #24
512 Surfs Up The Beach Boys 4 #471
513 Suzanne Nina Simone 1 #513
514 Ten Years Gone Led Zeppelin 38 #44
515 On the Road Again Canned Heat 14 #46
516 Glad Traffic 10 #364
517 Highway 61 Bob Dylan 1 #517
518 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin 6 #298
519 (Nothing But) Flowers Talking Heads 35 #20
520 Other End of the Telescope Elvis Costello 1 #520
521 Rocky Raccoon The Beatles 23 #110
522 Running on Empty Jackson Browne 62 #13
523 Baby's on Fire Brian Eno 3 #140
524 The Boys of Summer Don Henley 97 #7
525 Back on the Chain Gang The Pretenders 83 #15
526 Fat Man in the Bathtub Little Feat 10 #194
527 Political Science Randy Newman 3 #527
528 Song for Sharon Joni Mitchell 3 #528
529 Waiting In Vain Bob Marley 27 #32
530 Walk On U2 33 #7
531 You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC 111 #1
532 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 96 #1
533 Lively Up Yourself Bob Marley 22 #248
534 Bernadette The Four Tops 3 #534
535 I Will Follow U2 96 #9
536 Jesus Etc. Wilco 26 #5
537 Let Down Radiohead 33 #62
538 Paranoid Android Radiohead 82 #5
539 Rock and Roll Led Zeppelin 102 #1
540 Send Me On My Way Rusted Root 36 #6
541 So Much Mine The Story 3 #272
542 Washing of the Water Peter Gabriel 1 #542
543 Don't Be Cruel Elvis Presley 2 #426
544 Heart of the Sunrise Yes 6 #436
545 King of Rome June Tabor 1 #545
546 Message in a Bottle The Police 127 #24
547 Red House Jimi Hendrix 23 #239
548 Someday We'll All Be Free Donny Hathaway 2 #375
549 Take Me to the River Talking Heads 85 #6
550 The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys 51 #14
551 Because The Night Patti Smith 56 #23
552 Dear Mr. Fantasy Traffic 48 #29
553 Smooth Santana 31 #1
554 Angel Flying to Close to the Ground Willie Nelson 2 #554
555 Fly Me To The Moon Frank Sinatra 8 #276
556 Idiot Wind Bob Dylan 7 #376
557 Comes a Time Neil Young 5 #547
558 The End The Doors 69 #10
559 Everybody Is a Star Sly and the Family Stone 2 #559
560 Deja Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 4 #350
561 You're the Best Thing The Style Council 9 #104
562 Since I've Been Loving You Led Zeppelin 22 #4
563 Taxi Harry Chapin 13 #367
564 When Doves Cry Prince 30 #12
565 Young Americans David Bowie 69 #24
566 Get Back The Beatles 77 #29
567 I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) Stevie Wonder 5 #122
568 I Just Want to See His Face The Rolling Stones 1 #568
569 Time Tom Waits 1 #569
570 5:15 The Who 28 #114
571 Angie The Rolling Stones 100 #1
572 Don't Let Me Down The Beatles 21 #20
573 If I Fell The Beatles 8 #436
574 Jack Straw The Grateful Dead 7 #176
575 Long Black Veil The Band 2 #495
576 Mrs Potters Lullaby Counting Crows 10 #4
577 Summer Highland Falls Billy Joel 4 #230
578 Superman (It's Not Easy) Five for Fighting 5 #15
579 Sway The Rolling Stones 5 #109
580 Your Body is a Wonderland John Mayer 7 #3
581 All My Tears Julie Miller 1 #581
582 Hey You Pink Floyd 93 #39
583 Legalize It Peter Tosh 5 #354
584 Jackson Johnny Cash 11 #8
585 I'm Only Sleeping The Beatles 2 #585
586 Kitty's Back Bruce Springsteen 6 #231
587 She's Gone Hall and Oates 6 #38
588 Lawyers, Guns And Money Warren Zevon 38 #56
589 Marquee Moon Television 29 #15
590 Bang a Gong (Get It On) T. Rex 68 #42
591 Oliver's Army Elvis Costello & the Attractions 27 #35
592 Peace Frog The Doors 22 #282
593 I Know There's an Answer The Beach Boys 1 #593
594 Ticket to Ride The Beatles 29 #12
595 Today Jefferson Airplane 4 #554
596 Urge for Going Tom Rush 4 #352
597 Water Song Hot Tuna 3 #597
598 Monkey Man The Rolling Stones 47 #44
599 Old 55 Tom Waits 2 #575
600 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 98 #6
601 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 90 #1
602 Gloria Van Morrison 3 #352
603 Hurt Johnny Cash 77 #1
604 1 Heard It Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye 14 #54
605 Many Rivers to Cross Jimmy Cliff 8 #180
606 Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett 28 #21
607 Rain The Beatles 9 #311
608 Roads to Moscow Al Stewart 4 #466
609 Turn, Turn, Turn The Byrds 7 #340
610 Exodus Bob Marley 7 #285
611 No Rain Blind Melon 109 #2
612 Peaches En Regalia Frank Zappa 8 #248
613 The Promised Land Bruce Springsteen 22 #165
614 Skateaway Dire Straits 22 #288
615 Stoned Soul Picnic Laura Nyro 4 #433
616 Acknowledgement John Coltrane 3 #403
617 Dogs Pink Floyd 12 #103
618 Last Good Day of the Year Cousteau 7 #39
619 Why Does Love Have to Be so Sad Derek and the Dominos 2 #619
620 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 17 #6
621 Dimming of the Day Richard & Linda Thompson 3 #319
622 It's Too Late Carole King 7 #45
623 One Love Bob Marley 27 #36
624 So Much Trouble Bob Marley 1 #624
625 Thank You Led Zeppelin 53 #17
626 Wall of Death Richard Thompson 7 #286
627 With a Little Help from My Friends The Beatles 10 #75
628 American Tune Paul Simon 5 #126
629 Blender Blues Bonnie Raitt 2 #629
630 Clampdown The Clash 51 #1
631 Do Right Woman Do Right Man Aretha Franklin 2 #418
632 Ghost The Indigo Girls 3 #273
633 Help Me Joni Mitchell 13 #112
634 Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix 99 #24
635 Lost In The Supermarket The Clash 43 #75
636 Hot Burrito #2 Gram Parsons 1 #636
637 Masters of War Bob Dylan 8 #510
638 Church Lyle Lovett 4 #282
639 The Core Eric Clapton 28 #41
640 Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen 13 #221
641 Locomotive Breath Jethro Tull 64 #43
642 Meeting Across the River Bruce Springsteen 3 #273
643 Playing in the Band The Grateful Dead 5 #356
644 Roadrunner The Modern Lovers 32 #22
645 Ain't Too Proud To Beg Temptations 5 #645
646 The Carpet Crawlers Genesis 4 #610
647 Chinacat Sunflower / I Know You Rider The Grateful Dead 2 #52
648 Don't Know Why Norah Jones 13 #1
649 Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys 8 #96
650 I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton 9 #44
651 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Bob Dylan 3 #497
652 John Barleycorn Traffic 10 #163
653 Keep Me in Your Heart Warren Zevon 13 #19
654 New Year's Day U2 182 #4
655 Oh! Pretty Woman Roy Orbison 10 #86
656 Suffragette City David Bowie 79 #60
657 Try Michael Penn 1 #657
658 I've Seen All Good People Yes 67 #21
659 Bitch The Rolling Stones 36 #96
660 The Needle And The Damage Done Neil Young 33 #67
661 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O'Connor 69 #1
662 One for My Baby and One More for the Road Frank Sinatra 1 #662
663 Roundabout Yes 78 #18
664 Running To Stand Still U2 18 #121
665 Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane 49 #3
666 Soul Sacrifice Santana 16 #158
667 Sugar Mountain Neil Young 18 #271
668 And Your Bird Can Sing The Beatles 12 #289
669 Battle for Evermore Led Zeppelin 8 #249
670 Dear God XTC 92 #1
671 Follow You Follow Me Genesis 33 #22
672 Fool in the Rain Led Zeppelin 98 #37
673 This Woman's Work Kate Bush 10 #159
674 Loverman Billie Holiday 1 #674
675 Marie Provost Nick Lowe 1 #675
676 Mary Patty Griffin 3 #411
677 Powderfinger Neil Young 22 #71
678 Rhiannon Fleetwood Mac 68 #5
679 Right Place, Wrong Time Dr. John 9 #415
680 Round & Round J.B. Lenoir 1 #680
681 Mad World Gary Jules 13 #20
682 And It Stoned Me Van Morrison 15 #320
683 If I Had a Boat Lyle Lovett 17 #70
684 Jersey Girl Bruce Springsteen 10 #174
685 Jersey Girl Tom Waits 9 #514
686 One Tree Hill U2 30 #58
687 Rocks Off The Rolling Stones 15 #115
688 Tam Lin Fairport Convention 2 #553
689 Biko Peter Gabriel 32 #21
690 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John 41 #35
691 Helplessly Hoping Crosby, Stills, and Nash 4 #412
692 Hound Dog Elvis Presley 11 #127
693 Jackie Wilson Says I'm in Heaven When You Smile Van Morrison 4 #693
694 Kid Charlemagne Steely Dan 11 #263
695 Magic Carpet Ride Steppenwolf 78 #14
696 Passionate Kisses Lucinda Williams 5 #586
697 The Real Me The Who 32 #144
698 Tapestry Carole King 5 #387
699 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 103 #12
700 Why Annie Lennox 20 #19
701 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Bob Dylan 7 #214
702 Romeo and Juliet The Indigo Girls 2 #178
703 Can't Hardly Wait The Replacements 40 #27
704 Eight Days A Week The Beatles 15 #158
705 Homeward Bound Simon and Garfunkel 7 #208
706 In a Gadda Da Vida Iron Butterfly 32 #38
707 Not Fade Away Buddy Holly 4 #161
708 Sail Away David Gray 13 #200
709 Here Comes Your Man The Pixies 68 #2
710 Volcano Damien Rice 9 #53
711 Where to Now St Peter Elton John 1 #711
712 Yellow Coldplay 98 #3
713 All I Want Joni Mitchell 7 #117
714 I Want You Bob Dylan 7 #207
715 In a Big Country Big Country 77 #3
716 Our Town Iris Dement 7 #269
717 Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 9 #119
718 True Companion Marc Cohn 1 #718
719 A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash 5 #424
720 California Joni Mitchell 10 #40
721 Growing Up Bruce Springsteen 9 #280
722 Heaven Los Lonely Boys 12 #26
723 Time Waits for No One The Rolling Stones 7 #624
724 Tunnel of Love Dire Straits 8 #285
725 Alone Again Or Love 6 #317
726 Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) Train 30 #1
727 Changed the Locks Lucinda Williams 8 #154
728 Easy Now Eric Clapton 1 #728
729 Get Together Youngbloods 10 #224
730 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 6 #122
731 Power of Two The Indigo Girls 10 #324
732 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
733 Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds 8 #35
734 Nowhere Man The Beatles 18 #10
735 Reeling in the Years Steely Dan 71 #52
736 Scarborough Fair Canticle Simon and Garfunkel 2 #694
737 Stones in the Road Mary Chapin Carpenter 1 #737
738 Divided Sky Phish 2 #637
739 For Everyman Jackson Browne 5 #369
740 Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel 53 #20
741 Hold On Sarah McLachlan 10 #263
742 If I Needed Someone The Beatles 1 #742
743 The Only Living Boy In New York Simon and Garfunkel 14 #54
744 Refugee Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 102 #3
745 Tainted Love Soft Cell 76 #1
746 Stand By Me Ben E. King 12 #136
747 This Old Heart of Mine (is Weak for You) Isley Brothers 4 #707
748 All Things Must Pass George Harrison 10 #217
749 Angel Jimi Hendrix 10 #401
750 Beyond the Sea Bobby Darin 5 #379
751 Hardly Getting over It Husker Du 3 #659
752 Cornflake Girl Tori Amos 65 #16
753 Pressure Drop Toots and the Maytals 21 #129
754 Gloria U2 48 #51
755 I've Been Loving You Too Long Otis Redding 7 #66
756 Rocket Man Elton John 61 #33
757 Waiting for My Man The Velvet Underground 1 #757
758 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 102 #1
759 Cassidy The Grateful Dead 2 #759
760 Last Time I Saw Richard Joni Mitchell 1 #760
761 I Only Have Eyes for You The Flamingos 5 #186
762 A Long December Counting Crows 45 #26
763 Long May You Run CSNY / Neil Young 1 #763
764 Memory Motel The Rolling Stones 19 #235
765 Paperback Writer The Beatles 23 #215
766 Sing Sing Sing Benny Goodman Orchestra 6 #117
767 Who Are You The Who 107 #2
768 With a Little Help from My Friends Joe Cocker 37 #16
769 Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses U2 24 #14
770 Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart 20 #76
771 Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles 4 #44
772 Long Lonesome Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson 1 #772
773 Money Pink Floyd 113 #2
774 Our House Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 11 #224
775 Dance the Night Away The Mavericks 6 #124
776 Born to be Wild Steppenwolf 95 #1
777 Starship Trooper Yes 22 #24
778 Time After Time (sammy Cahn) Frank Sinatra 1 #778
779 Tony Patty Griffin 4 #123
780 Werewolves of London Warren Zevon 83 #9
781 Wharf Rat The Grateful Dead 3 #727
782 You've Got It Bad Girl Stevie Wonder 1 #782
783 Ain't Wastin' Time No More Allman Brothers Band 14 #369
784 High and Dry Radiohead 55 #44
785 If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot 3 #785
786 Pale Blue Eyes The Velvet Underground 25 #24
787 Waltz #2 (Xo) Elliott Smith 25 #4
788 Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell 10 #65
789 You're Aging Well Dar Williams 1 #789
790 Heaven's Right Here Jeb Loy Nicholls 1 #790
791 I'm on Fire Bruce Springsteen 33 #77
792 New York State of Mind Billy Joel 17 #62
793 The Rising Bruce Springsteen 24 #5
794 Spanish Moon Little Feat 6 #368
795 Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum 37 #160
796 Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver 9 #29
797 Walk On The Ocean Toad The Wet Sprocket 40 #15
798 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 92 #1
799 Franklin's Tower The Grateful Dead 12 #152
800 Hungry Heart Bruce Springsteen 42 #68
801 Riders on the Storm The Doors 133 #20
802 St. Stephen The Grateful Dead 4 #73
803 Side of the Road Lucinda Williams 4 #555
804 Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd 86 #6
805 Walk Away Renee The Left Banke 5 #150
806 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 83 #5
807 Wonder Natalie Merchant 29 #43
808 Woodstock Joni Mitchell 6 #226
809 1999 Prince 37 #1
810 Cannonball Damien Rice 14 #11
811 Captain Jack Billy Joel 18 #60
812 The Christians and the Pagans Dar Williams 3 #299
813 Echoes Pink Floyd 14 #4
814 God Bless the Child Billie Holiday 3 #471
815 I Fall to Pieces Patsy Cline 6 #384
816 I Will The Beatles 7 #526
817 If I Had A Million Dollars Barenaked Ladies 7 #3
818 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Carole King 6 #148
819 One of Us Joan Osborne 32 #14
820 Papa Was a Rolling Stone Temptations 15 #91
821 Pinball Wizard The Who 92 #50
822 Proud Mary Ike & Tina Turner 12 #18
823 Question The Moody Blues 24 #41
824 Rainy Day Woman #12 & #35 Bob Dylan 38 #145
825 Samba Pa Ti Santana 8 #89
826 Stay Free The Clash 3 #778
827 That's The Way Led Zeppelin 19 #46
828 You Really Got Me The Kinks 65 #22
829 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
830 Boom Boom John Lee Hooker 6 #184
831 Driver 8 R.E.M. 51 #46
832 The End of the Innocence Don Henley 20 #204
833 Even Flow Pearl Jam 145 #2
834 Moonshadow Cat Stevens 5 #240
835 Nick of Time Bonnie Raitt 6 #102
836 Paid In Full Eric B & Rakim 5 #27
837 Philadelphia Bruce Springsteen 1 #837
838 Stir It Up Bob Marley 24 #12
839 Superman's Song Crash Test Dummies 22 #4
840 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper 11 #9
841 Tuesday Afternoon The Moody Blues 27 #129
842 Tunnel of Love Bruce Springsteen 10 #387
843 The Way Young Lovers Do Van Morrison 1 #843
844 Band on The Run Paul McCartney and Wings 73 #30
845 Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams 21 #3
846 Crazy Willie Nelson 4 #846
847 Dancing Queen ABBA 15 #22
848 Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town Pearl Jam 71 #4
849 Helter Skelter The Beatles 35 #31
850 Loving Cup The Rolling Stones 10 #177
851 Ooh Baby Baby Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 2 #851
852 Panic In Detroit David Bowie 28 #94
853 Roadhouse Blues The Doors 101 #15
854 Jealous Guy John Lennon 8 #105
855 Speeding Motorcycle Daniel Johnston 1 #855
856 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
857 You've Lost That Lovin Feeling Righteous Brothers 5 #65
858 As Cool as I Am Dar Williams 6 #14
859 The Babysitter's Here Dar Williams 1 #859
860 Black Coffee in Bed Squeeze 55 #55
861 Blue in Green Miles Davis 2 #861
862 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 104 #7
863 Essence Lucinda Williams 20 #23
864 Good Enough Sarah McLachlan 12 #52
865 I'm Looking Through You The Beatles 3 #723
866 Melt Phil Roy 3 #307
867 Save Me Aimee Mann 13 #69
868 Season of the Witch Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Stephen Stills 1 #868
869 Trouble Coldplay 36 #1
870 What Is and What Should Never Be Led Zeppelin 62 #16
871 Anniversary Song Cowboy Junkies 19 #752
872 Black Dog Led Zeppelin 112 #1
873 Come Together The Beatles 99 #8
874 There She Goes The La's 59 #16
875 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 90 #1
876 Find the River R.E.M. 5 #334
877 Hejira Joni Mitchell 4 #693
878 Least Complicated The Indigo Girls 19 #54
879 Magic Bus The Who 32 #117
880 Mystery Achievement The Pretenders 29 #19
881 Peaceful Easy Feeling The Eagles 38 #59
882 She's a Rainbow The Rolling Stones 28 #99
883 Tenth Ave Freeze Out Bruce Springsteen 2 #883
884 Windfall Son Volt 16 #83
885 I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home) Grand Funk Railroad 37 #35

About this countdown

WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) was voted by WXPN’s listeners (Philadelphia, PA) in 2004. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: WXPN, "885 All-time Greatest Songs (2004)".

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