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WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)

The all-time countdown (2014) from WXPN in Philadelphia, PA ranks 885 songs, with “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen at number one. The list features 326 different artists; The Beatles has the most entries with 47 songs.

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1 Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen 61 #1
2 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 97 #2
3 Imagine John Lennon 121 #1
4 A Day in the Life The Beatles 88 #1
5 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 139 #1
6 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 169 #1
7 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 124 #4
8 Layla Derek and the Dominos 132 #2
9 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 156 #1
10 Hey Jude The Beatles 105 #1
11 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 169 #1
12 In My Life The Beatles 45 #4
13 Into the Mystic Van Morrison 36 #2
14 Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan 49 #5
15 Jungleland Bruce Springsteen 43 #11
16 The Weight The Band 57 #1
17 Hallelujah Jeff Buckley 51 #3
18 Let It Be The Beatles 89 #3
19 I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 116 #2
20 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 148 #2
21 Baba O'reilly The Who 15 #7
22 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 27 #2
23 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd 141 #1
24 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 148 #2
25 One U2 172 #1
26 Hallelujah Leonard Cohen 23 #2
27 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) Bruce Springsteen 51 #16
28 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 24 #20
29 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 128 #1
30 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who 119 #4
31 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
32 Hotel California The Eagles 160 #1
33 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
34 Impossible Germany Wilco 29 #1
35 This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Talking Heads 38 #2
36 At Last Etta James 16 #15
37 Here Comes the Sun The Beatles 60 #6
38 A Little Bit of Everything Dawes 20 #2
39 One Big Holiday My Morning Jacket 28 #17
40 While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles 83 #13
41 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Richard Thompson 38 #2
42 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 22 #2
43 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Crosby, Stills, and Nash 62 #21
44 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 29 #9
45 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding 26 #12
46 Rolling in the Deep Adele 52 #1
47 What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong 12 #23
48 Can't You Hear Me Knocking The Rolling Stones 66 #5
49 The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Traffic 44 #31
50 Moondance Van Morrison 41 #19
51 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 106 #11
52 Heroes David Bowie 125 #1
53 Under Pressure Queen 130 #2
54 When My Time Comes Dawes 24 #9
55 Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry 24 #15
56 Voodoo Chile Jimi Hendrix 12 #16
57 Respect Aretha Franklin 32 #2
58 Wake Up The Arcade Fire 31 #6
59 Yesterday The Beatles 50 #12
60 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 25 #12
61 A Case Of You Joni Mitchell 18 #15
62 Abbey Road Medley The Beatles 4 #43
63 Harvest Moon Neil Young 38 #4
64 Wild Horses The Rolling Stones 68 #14
65 Paranoid Android Radiohead 82 #5
66 Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 57 #1
67 Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pink Floyd 71 #7
68 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 125 #4
69 Eyes of the World The Grateful Dead 11 #60
70 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley 50 #3
71 Blue Sky Allman Brothers Band 48 #11
72 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley 67 #17
73 Little Wing Jimi Hendrix 45 #73
74 Superstition Stevie Wonder 29 #17
75 Take Five Dave Brubeck Quartet 11 #4
76 Eleanor Rigby The Beatles 45 #38
77 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 112 #1
78 Sounds Of Silence Simon and Garfunkel 6 #30
79 Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash 26 #10
80 American Pie Don McLean 46 #12
81 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 151 #3
82 Graceland Paul Simon 25 #10
83 Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke 17 #8
84 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 123 #2
85 Black Pearl Jam 179 #1
86 Whipping Post Allman Brothers Band 62 #10
87 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 126 #9
88 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin 151 #4
89 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
90 Blowin' in The Wind Bob Dylan 16 #35
91 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 50 #2
92 Redemption Song Bob Marley 33 #15
93 Box of Rain The Grateful Dead 24 #65
94 Hurt Johnny Cash 77 #1
95 In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed Allman Brothers Band 24 #31
96 Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show 22 #23
97 Piano Man Billy Joel 68 #7
98 Bad U2 78 #5
99 Funeral for a Friend Elton John 11 #2
100 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits 143 #6
101 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 173 #1
102 Take Me To Church Hozier 47 #1
103 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix 98 #1
104 American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 108 #9
105 Three Little Birds Bob Marley 46 #2
106 Light My Fire The Doors 127 #5
107 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 63 #12
108 Heart Of Gold Neil Young 72 #28
109 America Simon and Garfunkel 23 #3
110 Crazy Patsy Cline 15 #12
111 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 17 #6
112 Melissa Allman Brothers Band 56 #16
113 Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits 48 #29
114 The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel 22 #26
115 Your Song Elton John 34 #54
116 Time Pink Floyd 107 #2
117 Like a Hurricane Neil Young 79 #8
118 I and Love and You Avett Brothers 37 #1
119 Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground 38 #24
120 Echoes Pink Floyd 14 #4
121 Down By the River Neil Young 28 #85
122 Cortez The Killer Neil Young 20 #12
123 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Bob Dylan 13 #52
124 The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan 13 #20
125 Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd 122 #1
126 Fix You Coldplay 47 #13
127 Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash 15 #52
128 Tupelo Honey Van Morrison 25 #20
129 Landslide Fleetwood Mac 45 #7
130 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 146 #7
131 Hey Ya! Outkast 68 #1
132 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
133 Summer Wind Frank Sinatra 9 #15
134 Scarlet Begonias The Grateful Dead 26 #134
135 Train in Vain The Clash 120 #10
136 Do You Realize? The Flaming Lips 47 #3
137 Angel From Montgomery Bonnie Raitt/John Prine 1 #137
138 Powderfinger Neil Young 22 #71
139 Terrapin Station The Grateful Dead 9 #50
140 Come Together The Beatles 99 #8
141 Can't Find y Way Home Blind Faith 51 #23
142 Try A Little Tenderness Otis Redding 15 #49
143 Jumpin' Jack Flash The Rolling Stones 110 #14
144 Supper's Ready Genesis 7 #31
145 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley 18 #56
146 Blackbird The Beatles 25 #39
147 Help! The Beatles 37 #9
148 Forever Young Bob Dylan 16 #134
149 Sweet Jane Lou Reed 31 #28
150 Sugar Magnolia The Grateful Dead 40 #86
151 Jessica Allman Brothers Band 63 #4
152 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
153 Love Reign O'er Me The Who 67 #11
154 what's So Funny (About Peace, Love, and Understanding)? Elvis Costello 25 #14
155 L.A. Woman The Doors 97 #5
156 All You Need is Love The Beatles 40 #5
157 Wordless Chorus My Morning Jacket 6 #157
158 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
159 Somewhere over the Rainbow Judy Garland 5 #159
160 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 140 #9
161 Fire And Rain James Taylor 17 #68
162 Purple Rain Prince 71 #1
163 Dear Prudence The Beatles 28 #137
164 When the Levee Breaks Led Zeppelin 80 #15
165 The Long and Winding Road The Beatles 28 #68
166 With or Without You U2 213 #3
167 After The Gold Rush Neil Young 22 #167
168 River Joni Mitchell 14 #80
169 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
170 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 90 #1
171 Gloria Patti Smith 36 #52
172 Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues 67 #8
173 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie 81 #37
174 Alison Elvis Costello 66 #3
175 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 136 #1
176 Diamonds and Rust Joan Baez 8 #176
177 Wouldn't It Be Nice The Beach Boys 14 #21
178 So What Miles Davis 11 #48
179 And You and I Yes 17 #28
180 Golden My Morning Jacket 15 #81
181 All My Friends LCD Soundsystem 21 #10
182 Life on Mars David Bowie 29 #7
183 I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles 23 #63
184 Dead Flowers The Rolling Stones 24 #184
185 California Dreamin' The Mamas and the Papas 16 #70
186 Revolution The Beatles 97 #2
187 Cowgirl in the Sand Neil Young 23 #87
188 Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell 10 #65
189 Backstreets Bruce Springsteen 19 #28
190 Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones 84 #3
191 Bring It On Home To Me Sam Cooke 7 #158
192 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
193 Space Oddity David Bowie 157 #8
194 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
195 I am Trying to Break Your Heart Wilco 13 #16
196 The River Bruce Springsteen 60 #5
197 Sway The Rolling Stones 5 #109
198 California Stars Billy Bragg & Wilco 34 #9
199 Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes Paul Simon 19 #58
200 My Girl Temptations 12 #81
201 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 204 #2
202 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 103 #12
203 Cinnamon Girl Neil Young 69 #31
204 Uncle John's Band The Grateful Dead 37 #53
205 Ten Years Gone Led Zeppelin 38 #44
206 The House Of The Rising Sun The Animals 67 #28
207 I Want You Back Jackson 5 11 #135
208 The Pretender Jackson Browne 16 #109
209 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
210 Loan Me a Dime Boz Scaggs 8 #78
211 Since I've Been Loving You Led Zeppelin 22 #4
212 Heavenly Day Patty Griffin 14 #23
213 Clocks Coldplay 101 #1
214 Piece of My Heart Janis Joplin 33 #24
215 Sweet Baby James James Taylor 14 #66
216 Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac 111 #11
217 Going to California Led Zeppelin 89 #11
218 Desolation Row Bob Dylan 13 #3
219 Tiny Dancer Elton John 86 #4
220 Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell 12 #52
221 Aja Steely Dan 21 #7
222 Ramble On Led Zeppelin 104 #10
223 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles 28 #69
224 Beautiful Day U2 124 #1
225 Jesus Etc. Wilco 26 #5
226 For a Dancer Jackson Browne 6 #207
227 Let Down Radiohead 33 #62
228 Marquee Moon Television 29 #15
229 Pink Moon Nick Drake 22 #47
230 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 168 #1
231 Angel from Montgomery John Prine 9 #37
232 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) The Beatles 23 #44
233 Tenth Avenue Freeze Out Bruce Springsteen 36 #130
234 White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane 53 #10
235 Girl From The North Country Bob Dylan 11 #104
236 The Rain Song Led Zeppelin 40 #13
237 Beginnings Chicago 14 #87
238 Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Billy Joel 34 #18
239 The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King 12 #45
240 You Really Got Me The Kinks 65 #22
241 Reeling in the Years Steely Dan 71 #52
242 Maybe I'm Amazed Paul McCartney 56 #12
243 Fool in the Rain Led Zeppelin 98 #37
244 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 158 #1
245 Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 83 #11
246 Brain Damage / Eclipse Pink Floyd 80 #19
247 Tom Sawyer Rush 113 #2
248 Born to be Wild Steppenwolf 95 #1
249 This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie 11 #140
250 Sunshine of Your Love Cream 69 #28
251 Babylon David Gray 43 #3
252 Let's Get it On Marvin Gaye 14 #19
253 Pride and Joy Stevie Ray Vaughan 78 #24
254 Let's Stay Together Al Green 18 #9
255 Sabotage Beastie Boys 111 #3
256 Nightswimming R.E.M. 38 #17
257 The Funeral Band of Horses 21 #31
258 Who Knows Where the Time Goes Fairport Convention 6 #183
259 Honky Tonk Woman The Rolling Stones 96 #23
260 Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin 58 #12
261 Hello It's Me Todd Rundgren 14 #1
262 Bell Bottom Blues Derek and the Dominos 38 #112
263 Kid Charlemagne Steely Dan 11 #263
264 Close to the Edge Yes 13 #90
265 Over the Hills and Far Away Led Zeppelin 106 #7
266 The Rising Bruce Springsteen 24 #5
267 Young Americans David Bowie 69 #24
268 Deacon Blues Steely Dan 31 #38
269 I Can't Make You Love Me Bonnie Raitt 14 #121
270 I Am the Walrus The Beatles 36 #18
271 Thank You Led Zeppelin 53 #17
272 Someone like You Adele 28 #2
273 Supernova Ray LaMontagne 10 #3
274 Life During Wartime Talking Heads 87 #41
275 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band 30 #24
276 Dogs Pink Floyd 12 #103
277 Positively 4th Street Bob Dylan 27 #37
278 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1
279 Lola The Kinks 105 #24
280 Achilles Last Stand Led Zeppelin 13 #18
281 Desperado The Eagles 54 #35
282 Crossroads Cream 61 #21
283 Incident on 57th Street Bruce Springsteen 8 #155
284 Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You Led Zeppelin 50 #9
285 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles 31 #8
286 No Quarter Led Zeppelin 28 #15
287 Sweet Thing Van Morrison 11 #240
288 Closer To Fine The Indigo Girls 43 #1
289 My Sweet Lord George Harrison 46 #5
290 Loving Cup The Rolling Stones 10 #177
291 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
292 Such Great Heights The Postal Service 58 #2
293 Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd 86 #6
294 The Fever Bruce Springsteen 4 #260
295 Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam 117 #2
296 Persuasion Richard Thompson 6 #85
297 Maggie May Rod Stewart 73 #16
298 Carry On Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 30 #74
299 Dream On Aerosmith 112 #1
300 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
301 Across the Universe The Beatles 25 #64
302 Tom Traubert Blues (Waltzing Matilda) Tom Waits 1 #302
303 Unchained Melody Righteous Brothers 9 #106
304 Atlantic City Bruce Springsteen 25 #21
305 Tangerine Led Zeppelin 30 #47
306 White Room Cream 94 #4
307 Don't Stop Believing Journey 116 #1
308 Old Man Neil Young 56 #39
309 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 83 #2
310 Girl From Ipanema Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto 1 #310
311 Perfect Day Lou Reed 39 #12
312 Wooden Ships Crosby, Stills, and Nash 22 #201
313 Dondante My Morning Jacket 2 #313
314 Roundabout Yes 78 #18
315 Move On Up Curtis Mayfield 10 #35
316 Running Down a Dream Tom Petty 108 #8
317 Tumbling Dice The Rolling Stones 74 #43
318 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 96 #4
319 Song for Zula Phosphorescent 21 #1
320 Shelter From the Storm Bob Dylan 19 #40
321 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 83 #5
322 Southern Cross Crosby, Stills, and Nash 40 #89
323 Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys 53 #1
324 Can't Hardly Wait The Replacements 40 #27
325 September Gurls Big Star 17 #65
326 Willin' Little Feat 13 #19
327 Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan 25 #62
328 My Old School Steely Dan 36 #181
329 Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles 14 #22
330 Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell 16 #96
331 Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin 11 #196
332 Dancing Barefoot The Patti Smith Group 31 #17
333 Dog Days Florence And The Machine 3 #10
334 As Stevie Wonder 8 #83
335 Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) The Arcade Fire 14 #100
336 Teenage Riot Sonic Youth 32 #19
337 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 98 #6
338 Free Fallin' Tom Petty 116 #10
339 Arms of a Women Amos Lee 9 #69
340 Gideon My Morning Jacket 6 #246
341 Ho Hey Lumineers 63 #1
342 Riders on the Storm The Doors 133 #20
343 Trouble Ray LaMontagne 18 #7
344 Caravan Van Morrison 14 #141
345 Clampdown The Clash 51 #1
346 Badlands Bruce Springsteen 36 #29
347 Little Red Corvette Prince 21 #12
348 Skinny Love Bon Iver 27 #7
349 Starship Trooper Yes 22 #24
350 Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers 13 #98
351 Thriller Michael Jackson 17 #14
352 Jolene Dolly Parton 19 #4
353 Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 23 #152
354 Beast of Burden The Rolling Stones 104 #18
355 Fearless Pink Floyd 21 #189
356 Madame George Van Morrison 6 #21
357 New York City Serenade Bruce Springsteen 7 #125
358 Get Back The Beatles 77 #29
359 The Story Brandi Carlile 25 #1
360 I'm on Fire Bruce Springsteen 33 #77
361 Moonlight Mile The Rolling Stones 14 #124
362 I Will Dare The Replacements 42 #50
363 Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan 11 #99
364 Money Pink Floyd 113 #2
365 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 90 #1
366 Summer Highland Falls Billy Joel 4 #230
367 Come Pick Me Up Ryan Adams 1 #367
368 New Slang The Shins 54 #3
369 The Wind Cries Mary Jimi Hendrix 43 #102
370 Viva La Vida Coldplay 65 #1
371 Here, There, and Everywhere The Beatles 14 #170
372 Loser Beck 125 #2
373 Unsatisfied The Replacements 12 #65
374 I Walk The Line Johnny Cash 12 #39
375 Father And Son Cat Stevens 15 #123
376 Idiot Wind Bob Dylan 7 #376
377 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 65 #9
378 Late For The Sky Jackson Browne 8 #35
379 Could You Be Loved Bob Marley 39 #53
380 Hurricane Bob Dylan 29 #44
381 Jolene Ray LaMontagne 5 #83
382 Lover, You Should've Come Over Jeff Buckley 16 #47
383 Holocene Bon Iver 20 #13
384 Barrier Reef Old 97's 4 #289
385 Blue The Jayhawks 34 #33
386 Rock Lobster The B-52's 87 #5
387 Rockin' In The Free World Neil Young 121 #8
388 Fountain Of Sorrow Jackson Browne 7 #43
389 Oh! Sweet Nuthin' The Velvet Underground 3 #389
390 Somebody to Love Queen 99 #28
391 Alice's Restaurant Arlo Guthrie 6 #284
392 The End The Doors 69 #10
393 Dreams Fleetwood Mac 92 #8
394 For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield 61 #39
395 Blue Joni Mitchell 7 #262
396 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) Bob Dylan 5 #346
397 Waiting In Vain Bob Marley 27 #32
398 Waiting on a Friend The Rolling Stones 33 #20
399 Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) Day In The Life The Beatles 1 #399
400 It Makes No Difference The Band 10 #159
401 Last Nite The Strokes 77 #1
402 Got to Give It Up Marvin Gaye 11 #71
403 Rhapsody In Blue George Gershwin 4 #108
404 All These Things That I've Done The Killers 50 #2
405 Friend of the Devil The Grateful Dead 27 #127
406 Under the Pressure The War On Drugs 24 #2
407 The Great Gig In The Sky Pink Floyd 17 #166
408 Yellow Coldplay 98 #3
409 Love Shack The B-52's 79 #1
410 She's Gone Hall and Oates 6 #38
411 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band 70 #4
412 Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles 24 #63
413 Stand By Me Ben E. King 12 #136
414 Ticket to Ride The Beatles 29 #12
415 Chasing Pavements Adele 16 #12
416 Can't You See Marshall Tucker Band 77 #5
417 Rock & Roll The Velvet Underground 43 #17
418 The Message Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five 16 #3
419 Meeting Across the River Bruce Springsteen 3 #273
420 Because The Night Patti Smith 56 #23
421 Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters Elton John 21 #185
422 My Generation The Who 85 #26
423 Happy Pharrell Williams 7 #8
424 Have A Little Faith In Me John Hiatt 28 #40
425 Man In The Mirror Michael Jackson 8 #146
426 Holland, 1945 Neutral Milk Hotel 8 #115
427 Is This Love? Bob Marley 26 #142
428 The Magnificent Seven The Clash 37 #93
429 Dreams Allman Brothers Band 13 #137
430 No One's Gonna Love You Band of Horses 13 #72
431 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder 18 #23
432 Racing in the Street Bruce Springsteen 9 #115
433 Running on Empty Jackson Browne 62 #13
434 What A Wonderful World Israel Kamakawiwo'ole 1 #434
435 Help Me Joni Mitchell 13 #112
436 The Needle And The Damage Done Neil Young 33 #67
437 Just Breath Eddie Vedder 1 #437
438 Shakedown Street The Grateful Dead 38 #32
439 Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton 58 #6
440 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 29 #8
441 Memory Motel The Rolling Stones 19 #235
442 You Enjoy Myself Phish 6 #304
443 Use Me Bill Withers 9 #298
444 Monkey Man The Rolling Stones 47 #44
445 Statesboro Blues Allman Brothers Band 45 #88
446 Lawyers, Guns And Money Warren Zevon 38 #56
447 More than a Feeling Boston 117 #2
448 War Pigs Black Sabbath 86 #13
449 Rehab Amy Winehouse 40 #3
450 Axis (Bold As Love) Jimi Hendrix 2 #450
451 All Along the Watchtower Bob Dylan 14 #29
452 Come Away with Me Norah Jones 19 #13
453 From Eden Hozier 14 #9
454 Miss You The Rolling Stones 101 #6
455 New York State of Mind Billy Joel 17 #62
456 The Promised Land Bruce Springsteen 22 #165
457 Silver Springs Fleetwood Mac 10 #64
458 The Cave Mumford & Sons 72 #1
459 Crazy Gnarls Barkley 45 #1
460 My Way Frank Sinatra 10 #182
461 Love Song The Cure 80 #1
462 Ain't No Reason Brett Dennen 5 #462
463 Astral Weeks Van Morrison 9 #168
464 Rocks Off The Rolling Stones 15 #115
465 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 75 #1
466 Roads to Moscow Al Stewart 4 #466
467 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 60 #25
468 Exodus Bob Marley 7 #285
469 Angie The Rolling Stones 100 #1
470 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd 118 #1
471 Black Dog Led Zeppelin 112 #1
472 Release Pearl Jam 8 #15
473 Heroin The Velvet Underground 12 #42
474 Do You Feel Like We Do Peter Frampton 62 #15
475 Eminence Front The Who 70 #71
476 1 Heard It Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye 14 #54
477 Make You Feel My Love Bob Dylan 4 #203
478 Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts Bob Dylan 7 #346
479 Ready to Start The Arcade Fire 54 #3
480 I've Just Seen A Face The Beatles 6 #149
481 Lay Low My Morning Jacket 4 #404
482 Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen 13 #221
483 For No One The Beatles 11 #326
484 Kodachrome Paul Simon 15 #132
485 Ain't No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 5 #275
486 Knockin' on Heaven's Door Bob Dylan 45 #6
487 Rhiannon Fleetwood Mac 68 #5
488 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 74 #1
489 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police 85 #20
490 One Way Out Allman Brothers Band 38 #20
491 I Only Have Eyes for You The Flamingos 5 #186
492 41 Dave Matthews Band 8 #69
493 Sinnerman Nina Simone 6 #221
494 Higher Ground Stevie Wonder 14 #177
495 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye 65 #1
496 4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy) Bruce Springsteen 13 #25
497 Everything In It's Right Place Radiohead 20 #2
498 Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event 53 #1
499 Dance Yrself Clean LCD Soundsystem 19 #3
500 Touch of Grey The Grateful Dead 85 #43
501 You've Got a Friend James Taylor 9 #174
502 I Would Die 4 U Prince 20 #63
503 Rocky Raccoon The Beatles 23 #110
504 Moonage Day Dream David Bowie 26 #229
505 Free Man in Paris Joni Mitchell 12 #116
506 Urge for Going Joni Mitchell 4 #309
507 Levon Elton John 50 #2
508 Synchronicity II The Police 78 #15
509 All Day And All of the Night The Kinks 39 #68
510 Good Times Bad Times Led Zeppelin 84 #8
511 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 60 #1
512 Back in Black AC/DC 133 #1
513 Little Black Submarines The Black Keys 41 #3
514 Like a Prayer Madonna 15 #23
515 Sloop John B The Beach Boys 8 #49
516 Money for Nothing Dire Straits 116 #7
517 Rapture Blondie 54 #31
518 Simple Twist of Fate Bob Dylan 11 #197
519 Sugar Mountain Neil Young 18 #271
520 From a Window Seat Dawes 17 #5
521 Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones 81 #3
522 32 Flavors Ani DiFranco 12 #57
523 I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home) Grand Funk Railroad 37 #35
524 Candy's Room Bruce Springsteen 16 #139
525 Late In The Evening Paul Simon 13 #176
526 Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 9 #119
527 Aqualung Jethro Tull 75 #5
528 Left of the Dial The Replacements 32 #33
529 Year Of The Cat Al Stewart 8 #12
530 The Chain Fleetwood Mac 102 #1
531 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons 57 #1
532 You've Got a Friend Carole King 9 #230
533 Helpless Neil Young 3 #256
534 Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes 27 #5
535 Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival 82 #33
536 Pinball Wizard The Who 92 #50
537 In These Shoes Kirsty MacColl 18 #2
538 Say It Ain't So Weezer 80 #4
539 Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin 116 #6
540 In Bloom Nirvana 117 #5
541 Street Fighting Man The Rolling Stones 37 #140
542 These Arms of Mine Otis Redding 5 #356
543 Time Spent in Los Angeles Dawes 18 #3
544 The Tears Of A Clown Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 5 #376
545 Time of the Season The Zombies 19 #72
546 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
547 Southern Man Neil Young 48 #56
548 The Tracks Of My Tears Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 5 #416
549 Come As You Are Nirvana 175 #1
550 Rapper's Delight Sugarhill Gang 7 #138
551 Set Fire To The Rain Adele 16 #19
552 Don't Fear the Reaper Blue Oyster Cult 114 #1
553 Midnight Rider Allman Brothers Band 64 #7
554 The Guns Of Brixton The Clash 25 #65
555 Locomotive Breath Jethro Tull 64 #43
556 Walk Away Renee The Left Banke 5 #150
557 Two-Headed Boy Neutral Milk Hotel 4 #351
558 Us and Them Pink Floyd 77 #36
559 Jeremy Pearl Jam 187 #1
560 Red Eyes The War On Drugs 33 #11
561 Two Step Dave Matthews Band 9 #235
562 Dirty Work Steely Dan 26 #119
563 Falling Slowly Glen Hansard 20 #16
564 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis 27 #127
565 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 98 #4
566 Watcher Of The Skies Genesis 2 #566
567 Crush Dave Matthews Band 40 #19
568 Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen 74 #48
569 If I Wanted Someone Dawes 10 #10
570 I Melt With You Modern English 96 #2
571 Pigs (Three Different Ones) Pink Floyd 16 #14
572 Wild World Cat Stevens 10 #155
573 Beeswing Richard Thompson 8 #124
574 Dear Mr. Fantasy Traffic 48 #29
575 Old 55 Tom Waits 2 #575
576 The Circle Game Joni Mitchell 7 #272
577 Go All The Way Raspberries 7 #34
578 Fly Me To The Moon Frank Sinatra 8 #276
579 Start Me Up The Rolling Stones 108 #7
580 Sarah Smile Hall and Oates 2 #580
581 Dixie Chicken Little Feat 27 #116
582 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Neutral Milk Hotel 13 #80
583 Lithium Nirvana 150 #3
584 Thirteen Big Star 8 #47
585 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 50 #16
586 Don't Give Up Peter Gabriel 25 #29
587 Mary Jane's Last Dance Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 102 #20
588 Mr. Blue Sky Electric Light Orchestra 32 #10
589 Take Me to the River Talking Heads 85 #6
590 Rain King Counting Crows 30 #12
591 Golden Lady Stevie Wonder 3 #442
592 Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix 99 #24
593 Holding On For Life Broken Bells 19 #21
594 Think Aretha Franklin 12 #82
595 Catch The Wind Donovan 2 #595
596 Kathy's Song Simon and Garfunkel 3 #596
597 Over The Rainbow Eva Cassidy 2 #597
598 Mannish Boy Muddy Waters 15 #129
599 China Cat Sunflower The Grateful Dead 7 #190
600 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 75 #24
601 It's Only Rock N Roll The Rolling Stones 38 #13
602 Grace Jeff Buckley 19 #29
603 Rumble Link Wray 6 #344
604 She's the One Bruce Springsteen 18 #185
605 Taxi Harry Chapin 13 #367
606 Steam Engine My Morning Jacket 3 #602
607 Do I Wanna Know Arctic Monkeys 60 #1
608 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 125 #1
609 Green Grass and High Tides The Outlaws 45 #11
610 Anna Begins Counting Crows 10 #212
611 Mysterious Ways U2 135 #1
612 Behind Blue Eyes The Who 97 #24
613 Make You Feel My Love Adele 5 #165
614 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 83 #4
615 Yours Is No Disgrace Yes 13 #168
616 All Apologies Nirvana 145 #2
617 Don't Change INXS 58 #28
618 Feeling Good Nina Simone 19 #57
619 I Want You (She's So Heavy) The Beatles 14 #313
620 Longer Than You've Been Alive Old 97's 5 #5
621 Message in a Bottle The Police 127 #24
622 The Boys of Summer Don Henley 97 #7
623 Europa Santana 12 #54
624 Hyperballad Björk 10 #41
625 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin 6 #298
626 Please Please Me The Beatles 5 #582
627 Get Lucky Daft Punk 36 #1
628 Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes Elvis Costello 3 #479
629 Brick House The Commodores 3 #5
630 Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams 21 #3
631 Shadow People Dr. Dog 18 #3
632 Lost In The Supermarket The Clash 43 #75
633 Mykonos Fleet Foxes 23 #9
634 When You Were Young The Killers 61 #2
635 Helplessly Hoping Crosby, Stills, and Nash 4 #412
636 Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley And The Comets 5 #96
637 Rock the Casbah The Clash 164 #1
638 Badge Cream 44 #58
639 Lust For Life Iggy Pop 92 #1
640 Midnight Rambler The Rolling Stones 35 #84
641 Northern Sky Nick Drake 4 #43
642 Celluloid Heroes The Kinks 33 #19
643 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 64 #5
644 The Ocean Led Zeppelin 93 #17
645 Beat It Michael Jackson 10 #61
646 Little Talks Of Monsters And Men 56 #1
647 Stranglehold Ted Nugent 71 #10
648 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again Bob Dylan 12 #57
649 Tunnel of Love Bruce Springsteen 10 #387
650 Carry On My Wayward Son Kansas 97 #5
651 Helter Skelter The Beatles 35 #31
652 Kathleen Josh Ritter 19 #81
653 Sideways Citizen Cope 9 #43
654 Long May You Run Neil Young 4 #283
655 Rock-N-Roll Suicide David Bowie 22 #283
656 Smoke on the Water Deep Purple 122 #4
657 Weight Of Love The Black Keys 10 #14
658 Get Together Youngbloods 10 #224
659 Twist and Shout The Beatles 29 #14
660 The Obvious Child Paul Simon 12 #49
661 Rebellion (Lies) The Arcade Fire 47 #6
662 Penny Lane The Beatles 38 #11
663 Rock and Roll Led Zeppelin 102 #1
664 Carey Joni Mitchell 13 #78
665 Castles Made Of Sand Jimi Hendrix 15 #360
666 Franklin's Tower The Grateful Dead 12 #152
667 Killer Queen Queen 89 #15
668 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 135 #2
669 The Scientist Coldplay 65 #1
670 The Only Living Boy In New York Simon and Garfunkel 14 #54
671 Tired Of Being Alone Al Green 7 #142
672 Trapeze Swinger Iron and Wine 4 #408
673 And Your Bird Can Sing The Beatles 12 #289
674 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 92 #1
675 Circuital My Morning Jacket 9 #28
676 Dark Star The Grateful Dead 7 #40
677 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 50 #34
678 Got To Get You Into My Life The Beatles 18 #74
679 Night Moves Bob Seger 93 #13
680 Pacing the Cage Bruce Cockburn 7 #223
681 Bastards of Young The Replacements 31 #86
682 I've Been Loving You Too Long Otis Redding 7 #66
683 California Joni Mitchell 10 #40
684 What'd I Say Ray Charles 11 #22
685 Fade Into You Mazzy Star 65 #4
686 Time Has Come Today Chambers Brothers 14 #172
687 Carmelita Warren Zevon 5 #252
688 Lost Cause Beck 39 #7
689 Stay With Me The Faces 54 #88
690 Angel Jimi Hendrix 10 #401
691 Galileo The Indigo Girls 33 #20
692 Isn't It A Pity George Harrison 4 #613
693 Midnight City M83 55 #4
694 Steppin' Out Joe Jackson 32 #66
695 The Suburbs The Arcade Fire 29 #1
696 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 57 #7
697 All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople 54 #59
698 I Will Follow U2 96 #9
699 The Star Spangled Banner Jimi Hendrix 7 #163
700 You Set The Scene Love 4 #422
701 Lose Yourself Eminem 37 #1
702 New York Ryan Adams 2 #68
703 Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart 20 #76
704 Heart of the Sunrise Yes 6 #436
705 Pancho & Lefty Townes Van Zandt 7 #235
706 Tunnel of Love Dire Straits 8 #285
707 2112 Rush 8 #34
708 Peace Frog The Doors 22 #282
709 What Is Life George Harrison 33 #64
710 Zombie The Cranberries 97 #1
711 Ever Fallen in Love The Buzzcocks 33 #19
712 Funeral Beds The Districts 2 #189
713 This Old Heart of Mine (is Weak for You) Isley Brothers 4 #707
714 Truckin' The Grateful Dead 66 #5
715 And It Stoned Me Van Morrison 15 #320
716 Mystery Achievement The Pretenders 29 #19
717 Stayin' Alive Bee Gees 10 #130
718 Boheimem Like You The Dandy Warhols 1 #718
719 Elderly Woman Pearl Jam 2 #276
720 One Love Bob Marley 27 #36
721 Smooth Santana 31 #1
722 You Get What You Give The New Radicals 45 #3
723 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson 7 #123
724 Straight To Hell The Clash 23 #6
725 Suzanne Leonard Cohen 13 #200
726 Under My Thumb The Rolling Stones 55 #46
727 Wharf Rat The Grateful Dead 3 #727
728 Morning Dew The Grateful Dead 2 #213
729 Oh Darling! The Beatles 19 #153
730 Pale Blue Eyes The Velvet Underground 25 #24
731 Werewolves of London Warren Zevon 83 #9
732 Ruby Tuesday The Rolling Stones 38 #78
733 Happiness is a Warm Gun The Beatles 13 #412
734 Just Like a Woman Bob Dylan 10 #148
735 On the Turning Away Pink Floyd 38 #97
736 Radar Love Golden Earring 107 #3
737 Common People Pulp 36 #1
738 Cover Me Up Jason Isbell 9 #45
739 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 107 #2
740 I Will The Beatles 7 #526
741 In the Court of the Crimson King King Crimson 14 #181
742 Pink Houses John Mellencamp 72 #11
743 Rudie Can't Fail The Clash 22 #111
744 She's Not There The Zombies 4 #456
745 Where It's At Beck 85 #2
746 Bouncing Around The Room Phish 24 #69
747 Close to Me The Cure 83 #11
748 Five Years David Bowie 21 #17
749 Gravity John Mayer 9 #110
750 Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands Bob Dylan 2 #750
751 Smokestack Lighting Howlin' Wolf 2 #603
752 All Down The Line The Rolling Stones 10 #248
753 Machine Gun Jimi Hendrix 1 #753
754 Under the Milky Way The Church 85 #3
755 Mahgeetah My Morning Jacket 8 #324
756 Captain Jack Billy Joel 18 #60
757 Chicago Sufjan Stevens 27 #15
758 Roxanne The Police 167 #10
759 Are You Experienced? Jimi Hendrix 32 #32
760 Debaser The Pixies 53 #3
761 Refugee Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 102 #3
762 Road to Nowhere Talking Heads 36 #2
763 Stay with Me Sam Smith 12 #3
764 Walking in Memphis Marc Cohn 23 #53
765 Here Comes My Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 45 #49
766 The Underdog Spoon 38 #3
767 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 61 #5
768 The End The Beatles 2 #768
769 The Fool On The Hill The Beatles 11 #155
770 Happy The Rolling Stones 39 #89
771 Siberian Khatru Yes 2 #645
772 Wonderful World Sam Cooke 5 #23
773 I Will Follow You Into the Dark Death Cab for Cutie 40 #1
774 Ball and Biscuit The White Stripes 6 #191
775 In a Gadda Da Vida Iron Butterfly 32 #38
776 Tempted Squeeze 89 #21
777 If I Should Fall Behind Bruce Springsteen 1 #777
778 Jersey Girl Tom Waits 9 #514
779 Lucky Man Emerson, Lake, and Palmer 32 #56
780 Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight & The Pips 12 #13
781 The Real Me The Who 32 #144
782 Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine James Brown 8 #11
783 South Central Rain R.E.M. 9 #83
784 The Walk Mayer Hawthorne 24 #4
785 Don'T Let The Sun Go Down On Me Elton John 16 #128
786 Fat Man in the Bathtub Little Feat 10 #194
787 Fire Jimi Hendrix 83 #52
788 In Between Days The Cure 81 #3
789 (Nothing But) Flowers Talking Heads 35 #20
790 Step Right Up Tom Waits 1 #790
791 Windfall Son Volt 16 #83
792 Fake Empire The National 24 #34
793 Lean on Me Bill Withers 7 #28
794 New Year's Day U2 182 #4
795 Queen Bitch David Bowie 7 #103
796 Shine A Light The Rolling Stones 2 #558
797 Strangers The Kinks 1 #797
798 Begin The Begin R.E.M. 21 #89
799 Man out of Time Elvis Costello & the Attractions 11 #670
800 Tuesday's Gone Lynyrd Skynyrd 69 #9
801 Ain't Too Proud To Beg Temptations 5 #645
802 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 77 #1
803 Changes David Bowie 128 #17
804 Crosseyed And Painless Talking Heads 36 #37
805 These Days Jackson Browne 8 #146
806 A More Perfect Union Titus Andronicus 4 #5
807 Fat Bottomed Girls Queen 94 #3
808 I Can See For Miles The Who 35 #32
809 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
810 Love And Affection Joan Armatrading 14 #127
811 Room to Move John Mayall 6 #250
812 Scarborough Fair Simon and Garfunkel 2 #313
813 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker The Ramones 67 #46
814 Stolen Dance Milky Chance 32 #4
815 That Old Black Hole Dr. Dog 13 #21
816 That's How Strong My Life Is Otis Redding 2 #459
817 This Woman's Work Kate Bush 10 #159
818 With a Little Help from My Friends Joe Cocker 37 #16
819 Every Breath You Take The Police 124 #3
820 Fairytale of New York The Pogues 22 #54
821 Only Shallow My Bloody Valentine 15 #44
822 You Never Give Me Your Money The Beatles 7 #566
823 Brilliant Disguise Bruce Springsteen 10 #175
824 Love Vigilantes New Order 46 #1
825 Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane 49 #3
826 Things We Said Today The Beatles 6 #242
827 Rain The Beatles 9 #311
828 Tusk Fleetwood Mac 25 #108
829 1999 Prince 37 #1
830 21st Century Schizoid Man King Crimson 7 #129
831 September Earth, Wind & Fire 14 #11
832 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 163 #8
833 The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff 7 #75
834 The Luckiest Ben Folds 9 #180
835 Rock with You Michael Jackson 5 #155
836 Salty Dog Procol Harum 3 #353
837 Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond 8 #408
838 Brokedown Palace The Grateful Dead 4 #291
839 Crazy On You Heart 102 #4
840 Free Phish 11 #100
841 Skateaway Dire Straits 22 #288
842 Subdivisions Rush 67 #69
843 Let It Ride Ryan Adams And The Cardinals 7 #140
844 Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie 9 #33
845 If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues 4 #202
846 Town Called Malice The Jam 62 #7
847 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 45 #18
848 Ceremony New Order 16 #4
849 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John 41 #35
850 Hold On Alabama Shakes 38 #1
851 Ideoteque Radiohead 2 #55
852 Midnight In Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band 8 #24
853 So Far Away Carole King 7 #454
854 Take It Easy The Eagles 90 #14
855 Teenage Kicks The Undertones 18 #2
856 A Song For You Leon Russell 6 #355
857 Birdland Weather Report 7 #394
858 Carolina in My Mind James Taylor 9 #220
859 Hound Dog Elvis Presley 11 #127
860 Middle of the Road The Pretenders 53 #25
861 Papa Was a Rolling Stone Temptations 15 #91
862 Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival 49 #72
863 Windows Are Rolled Down Amos Lee 26 #1
864 Bargain The Who 64 #86
865 Call Me Al Paul Simon 1 #865
866 Heavy Metal Drummer Wilco 32 #2
867 How Many More Times Led Zeppelin 24 #4
868 Sail On Sailor The Beach Boys 1 #868
869 Shattered The Rolling Stones 78 #9
870 Song for Sharon Joni Mitchell 3 #528
871 Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum 37 #160
872 St. Stephen The Grateful Dead 4 #73
873 Will You Love Me Tomorrow Carole King 2 #631
874 Crazy Willie Nelson 4 #846
875 Back in the U.S.S.R. The Beatles 52 #19
876 Bittersweet Big Head Todd and the Monsters 24 #34
877 Frankenstein Edgar Winter Group 74 #53
878 Green Onions Booker T. & the MG's 11 #74
879 A Sort of Homecoming U2 21 #57
880 A-Punk Vampire Weekend 44 #6
881 Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson 6 #166
882 Bodhisattva Steely Dan 9 #314
883 For Everyman Jackson Browne 5 #369
884 Bang The Drum All Day Todd Rundgren 22 #404
885 Son Of A Preacher Man Dusty Springfield 13 #145

About this countdown

WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) was voted by WXPN’s listeners (Philadelphia, PA) in 2014. 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 (2014)".

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