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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 323 different artists; The Beatles has the most entries with 47 songs.

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

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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