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

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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