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WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)

The countdown (2009) from WXPN in Philadelphia, PA ranks 885 songs, with “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen at number one. The list features 361 different artists; The Beatles has the most entries with 46 songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen 61 #1
2 Hallelujah Leonard Cohen 23 #2
3 Let It Be The Beatles 89 #3
4 Layla Derek and the Dominos 132 #2
5 In My Life The Beatles 45 #4
6 Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan 49 #5
7 Imagine John Lennon 121 #1
8 Into the Mystic Van Morrison 36 #2
9 Here Comes the Sun The Beatles 60 #6
10 A Day in the Life The Beatles 88 #1
11 Blue Sky Allman Brothers Band 48 #11
12 Crazy Patsy Cline 15 #12
13 Hey Jude The Beatles 105 #1
14 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 148 #2
15 While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles 83 #13
16 Jungleland Bruce Springsteen 43 #11
17 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 97 #2
18 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) Bruce Springsteen 51 #16
19 Moondance Van Morrison 41 #19
20 A Case Of You Joni Mitchell 18 #15
21 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 139 #1
22 Take Five Dave Brubeck Quartet 11 #4
23 Omaha Counting Crows 6 #23
24 I'm Yours Jason Mraz 12 #4
25 The Weight The Band 57 #1
26 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 124 #4
27 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 75 #1
28 Backstreets Bruce Springsteen 19 #28
29 All Along the Watchtower Bob Dylan 14 #29
30 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 24 #20
31 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Richard Thompson 38 #2
32 Joy Lucinda Williams 10 #32
33 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 156 #1
34 4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy) Bruce Springsteen 13 #25
35 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd 141 #1
36 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who 119 #4
37 I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 116 #2
38 She's Gone Hall and Oates 6 #38
39 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 169 #1
40 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley 67 #17
41 Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits 48 #29
42 Angel from Montgomery John Prine 9 #37
43 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 27 #2
44 Three Little Birds Bob Marley 46 #2
45 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding 26 #12
46 Because The Beatles 3 #46
47 Aja Steely Dan 21 #7
48 Baba O'Riley The Who 101 #1
49 The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Traffic 44 #31
50 Terrapin Station The Grateful Dead 9 #50
51 The Man in Me Bob Dylan 1 #51
52 Fire Jimi Hendrix 83 #52
53 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 169 #1
54 Europa Santana 12 #54
55 Ripple The Grateful Dead 36 #4
56 Desert Rose Sting 7 #10
57 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Crosby, Stills, and Nash 62 #21
58 Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke 17 #8
59 Impossible Germany Wilco 29 #1
60 Eyes of the World The Grateful Dead 11 #60
61 Harvest Moon Neil Young 38 #4
62 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley 50 #3
63 Every Grain of Sand Bob Dylan 4 #63
64 Little Wing Derek and the Dominos 3 #64
65 Can't Find y Way Home Blind Faith 51 #23
66 At Last Etta James 16 #15
67 Redemption Song Bob Marley 33 #15
68 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 25 #12
69 Bad U2 78 #5
70 Clocks Coldplay 101 #1
71 The Story Brandi Carlile 25 #1
72 Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pink Floyd 71 #7
73 Viva La Vida Coldplay 65 #1
74 Waiting In Vain Bob Marley 27 #32
75 My Way The Sex Pistols 15 #75
76 In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed Allman Brothers Band 24 #31
77 Blackbird The Beatles 25 #39
78 Box of Rain The Grateful Dead 24 #65
79 Babylon David Gray 43 #3
80 River Joni Mitchell 14 #80
81 Tupelo Honey Van Morrison 25 #20
82 Moses Patty Griffin 2 #82
83 Whipping Post Allman Brothers Band 62 #10
84 Can't You Hear Me Knocking The Rolling Stones 66 #5
85 Persuasion Richard Thompson 6 #85
86 Sugar Magnolia The Grateful Dead 40 #86
87 Cowgirl in the Sand Neil Young 23 #87
88 American Pie Don McLean 46 #12
89 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 128 #1
90 Something The Beatles 49 #34
91 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits 143 #6
92 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 22 #2
93 What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong 12 #23
94 Jackson Johnny Cash 11 #8
95 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
96 Heavenly Day Patty Griffin 14 #23
97 Across the Universe The Beatles 25 #64
98 Somewhere over the Rainbow Israel Kamakawiwo'ole 1 #98
99 L.A. Woman The Doors 97 #5
100 Hotel California The Eagles 160 #1
101 She's My Baby Van Morrison 1 #101
102 Blue The Jayhawks 34 #33
103 Dogs Pink Floyd 12 #103
104 America Simon and Garfunkel 23 #3
105 Breathe Me Sia 20 #3
106 Close to the Edge Yes 13 #90
107 The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel 22 #26
108 Rhapsody In Blue George Gershwin 4 #108
109 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 126 #9
110 Graceland Paul Simon 25 #10
111 Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding Elton John 33 #11
112 Closer To Fine The Indigo Girls 43 #1
113 Loan Me a Dime Boz Scaggs 8 #78
114 Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground 38 #24
115 Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett 28 #21
116 Daddy Sang Bass Johnny Cash 1 #116
117 Landslide Fleetwood Mac 45 #7
118 Have A Little Faith In Me John Hiatt 28 #40
119 Tiny Dancer Elton John 86 #4
120 Monkey Man The Rolling Stones 47 #44
121 Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show 22 #23
122 Row Jimmy The Grateful Dead 1 #122
123 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 63 #12
124 If I Had a Boat Lyle Lovett 17 #70
125 Beautiful Day U2 124 #1
126 Heroes David Bowie 125 #1
127 Trouble Ray LaMontagne 18 #7
128 Changes David Bowie 128 #17
129 Wild Horses The Rolling Stones 68 #14
130 Candy Paolo Nutini 8 #55
131 Life on Mars David Bowie 29 #7
132 Message in a Bottle The Police 127 #24
133 The Rain Song Led Zeppelin 40 #13
134 Melissa Allman Brothers Band 56 #16
135 Galileo The Indigo Girls 33 #20
136 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 151 #3
137 Supper's Ready Genesis 7 #31
138 Summertime Big Brother & The Holding Company 5 #138
139 Love Shack The B-52's 79 #1
140 This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Talking Heads 38 #2
141 Down By the River Neil Young 28 #85
142 Voodoo Chile/Slight Return Jimi Hendrix 40 #39
143 Come Away with Me Norah Jones 19 #13
144 Sweet Baby James James Taylor 14 #66
145 Think Aretha Franklin 12 #82
146 These Days Jackson Browne 8 #146
147 Hurt Johnny Cash 77 #1
148 Coyote Joni Mitchell 14 #79
149 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Bob Dylan 13 #52
150 1 Heard It Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye 14 #54
151 Summer Wind Frank Sinatra 9 #15
152 Let's Stay Together Al Green 18 #9
153 California Stars Billy Bragg & Wilco 34 #9
154 She's a Jar Wilco 2 #154
155 Nightswimming R.E.M. 38 #17
156 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 106 #11
157 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan 16 #65
158 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 50 #2
159 Scarlet Begonias The Grateful Dead 26 #134
160 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 29 #9
161 Help! The Beatles 37 #9
162 Avalon Roxy Music 52 #33
163 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 140 #9
164 Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin 7 #102
165 Carey Joni Mitchell 13 #78
166 Carry Me Patty Griffin 1 #166
167 City of Blinding Lights U2 16 #38
168 Falling Slowly Glen Hansard 20 #16
169 #9 Dream John Lennon 6 #60
170 Southern Cross Crosby, Stills, and Nash 40 #89
171 Forever Young Bob Dylan 16 #134
172 Time Has Come Today Chambers Brothers 14 #172
173 All I Know Art Garfunkel 1 #173
174 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) The Beatles 23 #44
175 Yellow Coldplay 98 #3
176 Incident on 57th St Bruce Springsteen 2 #176
177 American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 108 #9
178 Beeswing Richard Thompson 8 #124
179 In These Shoes Kirsty MacColl 18 #2
180 The Luckiest Ben Folds 9 #180
181 Visions Of Johanna Bob Dylan 13 #23
182 The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King 12 #45
183 Desperado The Eagles 54 #35
184 It Makes No Difference The Band 10 #159
185 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 17 #6
186 Fall On Me R.E.M. 60 #26
187 Mykonos Fleet Foxes 23 #9
188 Nowhere Man The Beatles 18 #10
189 Say It to Me Now Glen Hansard 1 #189
190 China Cat Sunflower The Grateful Dead 7 #190
191 Lazy Deep Purple 11 #191
192 Life During Wartime Talking Heads 87 #41
193 Genesis Jorma Kaukonen 1 #193
194 Weather With You Crowded House 26 #69
195 Ragged Wood Fleet Foxes 4 #6
196 Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash 26 #10
197 Wake Up The Arcade Fire 31 #6
198 Hallelujah KD Lang 6 #198
199 Almost Cut My Hair Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 12 #199
200 Sail Away David Gray 13 #200
201 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
202 Is This Love? Bob Marley 26 #142
203 Like a Hurricane Neil Young 79 #8
204 Just Like Heaven The Cure 104 #1
205 I Will Follow You Into the Dark Death Cab for Cutie 40 #1
206 Amie Damien Rice 2 #206
207 Diamonds and Rust Joan Baez 8 #176
208 Caravan Van Morrison 14 #141
209 Roxanne The Police 167 #10
210 Respect Aretha Franklin 32 #2
211 Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd 122 #1
212 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
213 Dreams Fleetwood Mac 92 #8
214 what's So Funny (About Peace, Love, and Understanding)? Elvis Costello 25 #14
215 Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane 49 #3
216 Wooden Ships Crosby, Stills, and Nash 22 #201
217 And You and I Yes 17 #28
218 Mountain Jam Allman Brothers Band 3 #218
219 Lowdown Boz Scaggs 7 #219
220 Piano Man Billy Joel 68 #7
221 Yesterday The Beatles 50 #12
222 Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan 11 #99
223 Statesboro Blues Allman Brothers Band 45 #88
224 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
225 Deacon Blues Steely Dan 31 #38
226 My Favorite Things John Coltrane 4 #114
227 Hallelujah Jeff Buckley 51 #3
228 Pictures of You The Cure 71 #4
229 All I Need Air 3 #33
230 Summer Highland Falls Billy Joel 4 #230
231 Paranoid Android Radiohead 82 #5
232 The Distance Cake 91 #1
233 Cinnamon Girl Neil Young 69 #31
234 Turandot, Act Iii, Nessun Dorma Pavarotti 1 #234
235 Astral Weeks Van Morrison 9 #168
236 After The Gold Rush Neil Young 22 #167
237 The Pretender Jackson Browne 16 #109
238 Desolation Row Bob Dylan 13 #3
239 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 57 #7
240 Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones 84 #3
241 Sideways Citizen Cope 9 #43
242 The Scientist Coldplay 65 #1
243 Ooh La La The Faces 10 #63
244 That's The Way Led Zeppelin 19 #46
245 Try A Little Tenderness Otis Redding 15 #49
246 I Want You Marvin Gaye 2 #246
247 Arms of a Women Amos Lee 9 #69
248 Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles 14 #22
249 Here Come Those Tears Again Jackson Browne 1 #249
250 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 96 #4
251 Rock the Casbah The Clash 164 #1
252 Tom Trauberts Blues Tom Waits 6 #252
253 Dark Star The Grateful Dead 7 #40
254 For a Dancer Jackson Browne 6 #207
255 Uncle John's Band The Grateful Dead 37 #53
256 One Love/People Get Ready Bob Marley 13 #39
257 Heart Of Gold Neil Young 72 #28
258 Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Billy Joel 34 #18
259 Abbey Road Medley The Beatles 4 #43
260 Two Step Dave Matthews Band 9 #235
261 You've Got a Friend Carole King 9 #230
262 Come Together The Beatles 99 #8
263 Love Reign O'er Me The Who 67 #11
264 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 173 #1
265 Pink Moon Nick Drake 22 #47
266 Cortez The Killer Neil Young 20 #12
267 Brick Ben Folds Five 65 #6
268 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
269 Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton 58 #6
270 Time Pink Floyd 107 #2
271 How It Ends DeVotchKa 7 #69
272 (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Elvis Costello 32 #272
273 Eight Days A Week The Beatles 15 #158
274 Dr. Wu Steely Dan 2 #274
275 When the Levee Breaks Led Zeppelin 80 #15
276 Fly Me To The Moon Frank Sinatra 8 #276
277 Dead Flowers The Rolling Stones 24 #184
278 My Sweet Lord George Harrison 46 #5
279 Isis Bob Dylan 3 #279
280 I've Just Seen A Face The Beatles 6 #149
281 Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell 12 #52
282 Shelter From the Storm Bob Dylan 19 #40
283 Under Pressure Queen 130 #2
284 Powderfinger Neil Young 22 #71
285 Hello It's Me Todd Rundgren 14 #1
286 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 125 #4
287 Hold On Sarah McLachlan 10 #263
288 Beast of Burden The Rolling Stones 104 #18
289 Float On Modest Mouse 91 #1
290 Lover, You Should've Come Over Jeff Buckley 16 #47
291 The Wind Cat Stevens 3 #291
292 Ramblin' Man Allman Brothers Band 87 #1
293 Fool in the Rain Led Zeppelin 98 #37
294 Jessica Allman Brothers Band 63 #4
295 Crossroads Cream 61 #21
296 The Only Living Boy In New York Simon and Garfunkel 14 #54
297 Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd 86 #6
298 Hey The Pixies 12 #214
299 Over the Hills and Far Away Led Zeppelin 106 #7
300 Sing a Song Earth, Wind & Fire 2 #300
301 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley 18 #56
302 New York City Serenade Bruce Springsteen 7 #125
303 Guyute Phish 1 #303
304 You Enjoy Myself Phish 6 #304
305 Skinny Love Bon Iver 27 #7
306 Your Song Elton John 34 #54
307 Melt Phil Roy 3 #307
308 Heaven Los Lonely Boys 12 #26
309 Jack Straw The Grateful Dead 7 #176
310 Piece of My Heart Erma Franklin 1 #310
311 Round Here Counting Crows 53 #20
312 All You Need is Love The Beatles 40 #5
313 Things We Said Today The Beatles 6 #242
314 Heroin The Velvet Underground 12 #42
315 Somewhere over the Rainbow Judy Garland 5 #159
316 I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles 23 #63
317 Sympathy Sleater-Kinney 1 #317
318 Late For The Sky Jackson Browne 8 #35
319 Riders on the Storm The Doors 133 #20
320 Starman David Bowie 35 #20
321 Who Knows Where the Time Goes Fairport Convention 6 #183
322 Amsterdam Guster 28 #3
323 Peaches En Regalia Frank Zappa 8 #248
324 Fields of Gold Eva Cassidy 2 #128
325 China Girl David Bowie 49 #61
326 Helpless Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 6 #178
327 How Come Ray LaMontagne 2 #327
328 Jolene Dolly Parton 19 #4
329 (Nothing But) Flowers Talking Heads 35 #20
330 Old Man Neil Young 56 #39
331 The Big Sky Kate Bush 1 #331
332 Train in Vain The Clash 120 #10
333 Animal Pearl Jam 27 #18
334 Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes Paul Simon 19 #58
335 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 83 #5
336 Home Town Joe Jackson 1 #336
337 Badge Cream 44 #58
338 Father And Son Cat Stevens 15 #123
339 For No One The Beatles 11 #326
340 High and Dry Radiohead 55 #44
341 Kids MGMT 66 #1
342 9th Symphony Beethoven 1 #342
343 Orange Sky Alexi Murdoch 13 #44
344 Moonlight Mile The Rolling Stones 14 #124
345 Fairytale of New York The Pogues 22 #54
346 All Blues Miles Davis 3 #99
347 Borneo Firewater 3 #47
348 Bell Bottom Blues Derek and the Dominos 38 #112
349 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie 81 #37
350 Could You Be Loved Bob Marley 39 #53
351 One Way Out Allman Brothers Band 38 #20
352 Urge for Going Tom Rush 4 #352
353 Girlfriend Matthew Sweet 58 #2
354 Anna Begins Counting Crows 10 #212
355 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again Bob Dylan 12 #57
356 I Can't Make You Love Me Bonnie Raitt 14 #121
357 Positively 4th Street Bob Dylan 27 #37
358 Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd 74 #1
359 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 83 #2
360 Kiss Prince 28 #34
361 Fearless Pink Floyd 21 #189
362 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix 98 #1
363 Thick as a Brick Jethro Tull 14 #199
364 Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys 8 #96
365 Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues 67 #8
366 Those Were the Days Mary Hopkin 2 #366
367 The Long and Winding Road The Beatles 28 #68
368 Spanish Moon Little Feat 6 #368
369 For Everyman Jackson Browne 5 #369
370 That's Life Frank Sinatra 3 #370
371 The Way You Look Tonight Frank Sinatra 3 #371
372 Knockin' on Heaven's Door Bob Dylan 45 #6
373 Dear Prudence The Beatles 28 #137
374 Alice's Restaurant Arlo Guthrie 6 #284
375 The Night Morphine 2 #65
376 Paradise by the Dashboard Light Meat Loaf 74 #6
377 Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin 58 #12
378 Kid Charlemagne Steely Dan 11 #263
379 Beyond the Sea Bobby Darin 5 #379
380 Here, There, and Everywhere The Beatles 14 #170
381 Madame George Van Morrison 6 #21
382 Happy The Rolling Stones 39 #89
383 Maybe I'm Amazed Paul McCartney 56 #12
384 Carolina in My Mind James Taylor 9 #220
385 Touch Me The Doors 77 #22
386 Eleanor Rigby The Beatles 45 #38
387 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 60 #1
388 My Girl Temptations 12 #81
389 Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles 24 #63
390 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 146 #7
391 You are the best thing Ray LaMontagne 22 #6
392 In a Gadda Da Vida Iron Butterfly 32 #38
393 Friend of the Devil The Grateful Dead 27 #127
394 Rock-N-Roll Suicide David Bowie 22 #283
395 Say Goodbye Dave Matthews Band 1 #395
396 Unchained Melody Willie Nelson 1 #396
397 Marquee Moon Television 29 #15
398 Angie The Rolling Stones 100 #1
399 Gloria Patti Smith 36 #52
400 True Faith New Order 78 #3
401 Let's Get it On Marvin Gaye 14 #19
402 Suavicito Malo 2 #402
403 Acknowledgement John Coltrane 3 #403
404 Please Forgive Me David Gray 11 #21
405 Don't Stop Believing Journey 116 #1
406 Kick It Out Heart 11 #406
407 Love Song The Cure 80 #1
408 Jersey Girl Bruce Springsteen 10 #174
409 When I Go Brett Dennen 1 #409
410 I Shall Be Released The Band 3 #410
411 Mary Patty Griffin 3 #411
412 Wouldn't Be Nice The Beach Boys 1 #412
413 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 98 #6
414 Pride and Joy Stevie Ray Vaughan 78 #24
415 Sailing to Philadelphia Mark Knopfler 6 #191
416 Light My Fire The Doors 127 #5
417 Wild Is The Wind David Bowie 4 #31
418 Jokerman Bob Dylan 9 #135
419 Gone Ben Folds 1 #419
420 Two Of Us The Beatles 9 #51
421 Bring It On Home To Me Sam Cooke 7 #158
422 You Set The Scene Love 4 #422
423 Bones The Killers 16 #16
424 Fountain Of Sorrow Jackson Browne 7 #43
425 Hummingbird Wilco 3 #425
426 Take Me to the River Talking Heads 85 #6
427 Shake for Me Stevie Ray Vaughan 1 #427
428 Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 83 #11
429 Walking in Memphis Marc Cohn 23 #53
430 The Rising Bruce Springsteen 24 #5
431 Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds The Beatles 43 #22
432 Domino Van Morrison 15 #192
433 New Slang The Shins 54 #3
434 Fire And Rain James Taylor 17 #68
435 Grin Guster 1 #435
436 Rock Lobster The B-52's 87 #5
437 Build a Bridge The Redwalls 1 #437
438 Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts Bob Dylan 7 #346
439 Soulshine Gov't Mule 19 #6
440 Levon Elton John 50 #2
441 Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie 9 #33
442 Golden Lady Stevie Wonder 3 #442
443 Waiting on a Friend The Rolling Stones 33 #20
444 Get It On T. Rex 7 #34
445 Don't Give Up Peter Gabriel 25 #29
446 I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor 10 #58
447 Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters Elton John 21 #185
448 Alleluia Dar Williams 1 #448
449 Tunnel of Love Bruce Springsteen 10 #387
450 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
451 Mahgeetah My Morning Jacket 8 #324
452 Mannish Boy Muddy Waters 15 #129
453 Lady Little River Band 1 #453
454 Do You Realize? The Flaming Lips 47 #3
455 100 Years Five for Fighting 4 #289
456 September Earth, Wind & Fire 14 #11
457 Misguided Angel Cowboy Junkies 18 #457
458 Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 50 #20
459 Young Folks Peter Bjorn & John 37 #4
460 Essence Lucinda Williams 20 #23
461 Tusk Fleetwood Mac 25 #108
462 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 75 #24
463 Ants Marching Dave Matthews Band 59 #15
464 I Am the Walrus The Beatles 36 #18
465 Get up Jake The Band 1 #465
466 Windfall Son Volt 16 #83
467 Wonderful World Sam Cooke 5 #23
468 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
469 Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan 25 #62
470 You Don'T Know Me Ben Folds 20 #1
471 Crying Roy Orbison 6 #221
472 All at Sea Jamie Cullum 11 #161
473 Caroline, No The Beach Boys 3 #445
474 Barrytown Steely Dan 1 #474
475 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 90 #1
476 Possession Sarah McLachlan 40 #24
477 Us and Them Pink Floyd 77 #36
478 Thriller Michael Jackson 17 #14
479 Revolution The Beatles 97 #2
480 Jumpin' Jack Flash The Rolling Stones 110 #14
481 Going to California Led Zeppelin 89 #11
482 Happier Guster 2 #5
483 The Blower's Daughter Damien Rice 8 #46
484 Move On Up Curtis Mayfield 10 #35
485 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band 30 #24
486 Sing Sing Sing Benny Goodman Orchestra 6 #117
487 Save Me Aimee Mann 13 #69
488 Dancing Queen ABBA 15 #22
489 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 63 #4
490 Mad World Gary Jules 13 #20
491 Running on Faith Eric Clapton 2 #491
492 Blue Suede Shoes Elvis Presley 3 #393
493 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 61 #5
494 All I Want Is You U2 46 #6
495 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 90 #1
496 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
497 Re-Make/Re-Model Roxy Music 2 #497
498 Time To Pretend MGMT 51 #1
499 Ain't No Sunshine Michael Jackson 1 #499
500 Lost Highway Hank Williams 1 #500
501 Mushaboom Feist 10 #191
502 Beethoven - 5th Symphony London Symphony Orchestra 1 #502
503 Why Annie Lennox 20 #19
504 Tempted Squeeze 89 #21
505 Oh What a Night The Dells 1 #505
506 California Dreamin' The Mamas and the Papas 16 #70
507 Brandy(you're a Fine Girl) Looking Glass 7 #36
508 Blowin' in The Wind Bob Dylan 16 #35
509 And It Stoned Me Van Morrison 15 #320
510 A Ray of Hope The Rascals 1 #510
511 Another One Bites the Dust Queen 92 #3
512 Satellite The Hooters 1 #512
513 Wild World Cat Stevens 10 #155
514 Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata Vladimir Ashkenazy 1 #514
515 The Revealing Science of God (dance of the Dawn) Yes 1 #515
516 City of New Orleans Steve Goodman 3 #516
517 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
518 Precious The Pretenders 8 #68
519 So What Miles Davis 11 #48
520 Paradise John Prine 13 #16
521 Angel Jack Johnson 1 #521
522 Soul Shoes Graham Parker 1 #522
523 Daw Di Haya ofra Haza 1 #523
524 Willin' Little Feat 13 #19
525 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 45 #18
526 I Will The Beatles 7 #526
527 Who Are You The Who 107 #2
528 Glad / Freedom Rider Traffic 3 #245
529 Satellite Dave Matthews Band 29 #38
530 Always on My Mind Willie Nelson 8 #241
531 Coconut Widespread Panic 9 #258
532 Werewolves of London Warren Zevon 83 #9
533 Magic Carpet Ride Steppenwolf 78 #14
534 Lullaby Shawn Mullins 13 #29
535 Since I've Been Loving You Led Zeppelin 22 #4
536 The Circle Game Joni Mitchell 7 #272
537 Island in the Sun Weezer 60 #4
538 Doin' Time Sublime 45 #1
539 My Old School Steely Dan 36 #181
540 Chemo Limo Regina Spektor 1 #540
541 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
542 Volcano Jimmy Buffett 5 #256
543 Compared to What Les McCann & Eddie Harris 5 #297
544 Mercy Duffy 15 #2
545 Cecilia Simon and Garfunkel 13 #308
546 American Tune Paul Simon 5 #126
547 All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople 54 #59
548 No Myth Michael Penn 36 #23
549 Suddenly I See KT Tunstall 16 #127
550 Free Man in Paris Joni Mitchell 12 #116
551 Just Like Honey The Jesus and Mary Chain 30 #2
552 I Only Have Eyes for You The Flamingos 5 #186
553 Tam Lin Fairport Convention 2 #553
554 Green Onions Booker T. & the MG's 11 #74
555 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 168 #1
556 Follow Richie Havens 1 #556
557 The Question Rhett Miller 1 #557
558 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
559 You Get What You Give The New Radicals 45 #3
560 Ten Years Gone Led Zeppelin 38 #44
561 Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash 15 #52
562 Woodstock Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 39 #51
563 Good Woman Cat Power 1 #563
564 Maybe Baby Buddy Holly 1 #564
565 Badlands Bruce Springsteen 36 #29
566 First Day of My Life Bright Eyes 17 #57
567 Chest Fever The Band 4 #525
568 Tangerine Led Zeppelin 30 #47
569 The Wind Cries Mary Jimi Hendrix 43 #102
570 Son Of A Preacher Man Dusty Springfield 13 #145
571 Sailing Christopher Cross 2 #335
572 Rocky Raccoon The Beatles 23 #110
573 Southbound Allman Brothers Band 14 #40
574 Electric Feel MGMT 42 #2
575 Fade Into You Mazzy Star 65 #4
576 Up on the Roof Laura Nyro 1 #576
577 Bold As Love Jimi Hendrix 5 #139
578 If I Fell The Beatles 8 #436
579 Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event 53 #1
580 Happiness is a Warm Gun The Beatles 13 #412
581 More Than This Roxy Music 48 #12
582 Loving Cup The Rolling Stones 10 #177
583 No Quarter Led Zeppelin 28 #15
584 Helplessly Hoping Crosby, Stills, and Nash 4 #412
585 All I Want Joni Mitchell 7 #117
586 What's Up Four Non Blondes 1 #586
587 Our House Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 11 #224
588 Stir It Up Bob Marley 24 #12
589 Idiot Wind Bob Dylan 7 #376
590 She Loves You The Beatles 17 #43
591 Oh Darling! The Beatles 19 #153
592 A Quick One While He's Away The Who 2 #592
593 Life Without You Stevie Ray Vaughan 1 #593
594 Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell 16 #96
595 Hello In There John Prine 10 #98
596 Have I Told You Lately Van Morrison 7 #47
597 I Never Rilo Kiley 1 #597
598 Late In The Evening Paul Simon 13 #176
599 Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry 24 #15
600 Behind Blue Eyes The Who 97 #24
601 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 204 #2
602 Linger Jonatha Brooke 2 #321
603 Many Rivers to Cross Jimmy Cliff 8 #180
604 Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 23 #152
605 New York State of Mind Billy Joel 17 #62
606 In My Room The Beach Boys 3 #458
607 The Girl From Ipanema Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto 3 #355
608 Freedom Rage Against the Machine 11 #70
609 Dancing Barefoot The Patti Smith Group 31 #17
610 The Carpet Crawlers Genesis 4 #610
611 Close to Me The Cure 83 #11
612 Spirit in the Night Bruce Springsteen 18 #202
613 And Your Bird Can Sing The Beatles 12 #289
614 Sloop John B The Beach Boys 8 #49
615 Winter The Rolling Stones 1 #615
616 Kathleen Josh Ritter 19 #81
617 Such Great Heights Iron and Wine 7 #19
618 November Rain Guns N Roses 119 #22
619 Woman Free 1 #619
620 Walk Away Renee The Four Tops 1 #620
621 Acadian Driftwood The Band 4 #431
622 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 102 #1
623 Be My Baby The Ronettes 9 #36
624 Time Waits for No One The Rolling Stones 7 #624
625 Another Train The Poozies 1 #625
626 Promises Promises Naked Eyes 8 #244
627 Chelsea Morning Joni Mitchell 4 #180
628 Watching the Wheels John Lennon 33 #65
629 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 136 #1
630 Moonage Day Dream David Bowie 26 #229
631 Love and Happiness Al Green 8 #36
632 Bright Side of the Road Van Morrison 7 #87
633 Driver 8 R.E.M. 51 #46
634 Missed the Boat Modest Mouse 28 #4
635 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
636 In the Sun Joseph Arthur 3 #170
637 With a Little Help from My Friends Joe Cocker 37 #16
638 Someone Like You Van Morrison 2 #638
639 Mr. Blue Sky Electric Light Orchestra 32 #10
640 Dimming of the Day Bonnie Raitt 1 #640
641 Sky Blue Sky Wilco 2 #492
642 Salty Dog Johnny Cash 1 #642
643 Hypnotized Fleetwood Mac 15 #220
644 Chan Chan Buena Vista Social Club 7 #170
645 More than a Feeling Boston 117 #2
646 Simple Twist of Fate Bob Dylan 11 #197
647 Long Way Home Tom Waits 5 #113
648 Memory Motel The Rolling Stones 19 #235
649 Roadrunner The Modern Lovers 32 #22
650 Rock and Roll Led Zeppelin 102 #1
651 Somewhere Only We Know Keane 58 #12
652 Silver Springs Fleetwood Mac 10 #64
653 The State That I Am In Belle & Sebastian 1 #653
654 That Teenage Feeling Neko Case 1 #654
655 Purple Rain Prince 71 #1
656 Better Together Jack Johnson 7 #47
657 I've Got You Under My Skin Frank Sinatra 4 #186
658 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 50 #34
659 The End The Doors 69 #10
660 Penny Lane The Beatles 38 #11
661 Reeling in the Years Steely Dan 71 #52
662 Dodante My Morning Jacket 1 #662
663 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd 118 #1
664 Use Somebody Kings of Leon 64 #1
665 Willow Joan Armatrading 1 #665
666 Fire On The Mountain The Grateful Dead 8 #361
667 In the Mood Glenn Miller 5 #138
668 Human Touch Bruce Springsteen 1 #668
669 Twist and Shout The Beatles 29 #14
670 One Week Barenaked Ladies 46 #3
671 Stranded Van Morrison 1 #671
672 Boogie on Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder 6 #234
673 Sheep Pink Floyd 14 #248
674 Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum 37 #160
675 Constant Craving KD Lang 19 #30
676 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 60 #25
677 Atlantic City Bruce Springsteen 25 #21
678 Love You Inside Out Bee Gees 1 #678
679 Starship Trooper Yes 22 #24
680 Africa Toto 26 #15
681 Oye Como Va Santana 37 #48
682 Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond 8 #408
683 Ocean John Butler 1 #683
684 We're Going to Be Friends Jack Johnson 1 #684
685 Tears in Heaven Eric Clapton 22 #60
686 The Last Resort The Eagles 9 #365
687 Peace Frog The Doors 22 #282
688 Bullet and a Target Citizen Cope 22 #12
689 Nick of Time Bonnie Raitt 6 #102
690 Girl From The North Country Bob Dylan 11 #104
691 Burn One Down Ben Harper 1 #691
692 I Feel Fine The Beatles 17 #133
693 Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) The Arcade Fire 14 #100
694 Turn Me On Norah Jones 3 #230
695 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Neutral Milk Hotel 13 #80
696 Calling All Angels Jane Siberry & k.d. lang 1 #696
697 I Am Woman Helen Reddy 3 #349
698 Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight & The Pips 12 #13
699 Breathless Dan Wilson 1 #699
700 The Promised Land Bruce Springsteen 22 #165
701 Heart of the Sunrise Yes 6 #436
702 I'm Waiting For The Man The Velvet Underground 20 #88
703 Jagged Old 97's 3 #516
704 Sugar Mountain Neil Young 18 #271
705 Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen 14 #107
706 White Bird It's a Beautiful Day 10 #245
707 This Old Heart of Mine (is Weak for You) Isley Brothers 4 #707
708 Don't Go The Hothouse Flowers 18 #84
709 American Life In The Summertime Francis Dunnery 11 #76
710 Racing in the Street Bruce Springsteen 9 #115
711 Pacing the Cage Bruce Cockburn 7 #223
712 Learning To Fly Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 73 #54
713 1812 Overture (finale) Tchaikovsky 1 #713
714 Under My Thumb The Rolling Stones 55 #46
715 Wall of Death Richard Thompson 7 #286
716 Birdland Patti Smith 1 #716
717 Useless Desires Patty Griffin 7 #136
718 Alone Again Or Love 6 #317
719 Closing Time Leonard Cohen 3 #719
720 Bubble Toes Jack Johnson 30 #11
721 A Song for You Donny Hathaway 1 #721
722 Telegraph Road Dire Straits 5 #354
723 Silent All These Years Tori Amos 52 #10
724 Arc of a Diver Steve Winwood 2 #351
725 Fat Man in the Bathtub Little Feat 10 #194
726 Sexy Back Justin Timberlake 4 #136
727 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
728 Beautiful Carole King 1 #728
729 Listen Amos Lee 4 #21
730 You're My Woman Van Morrison 1 #730
731 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder 18 #23
732 Maybe Tommorow Stereophonics 1 #732
733 The Ocean Led Zeppelin 93 #17
734 Rocks Off The Rolling Stones 15 #115
735 Better Man Pearl Jam 148 #2
736 Tuesday Afternoon The Moody Blues 27 #129
737 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin 151 #4
738 Surfs Up The Beach Boys 4 #471
739 Smile Laura Nyro 1 #739
740 10th Avenue Freeze Out Bruce Springsteen 4 #184
741 Don't Panic Coldplay 3 #312
742 I Want You Back Jackson 5 11 #135
743 White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes 26 #9
744 Julia The Beatles 2 #744
745 The Obvious Child Paul Simon 12 #49
746 Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing Stevie Wonder 7 #304
747 Wavelength Van Morrison 7 #375
748 I'll Be You The Replacements 49 #8
749 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 77 #1
750 Brain Damage / Eclipse Pink Floyd 80 #19
751 Truth #2 Patty Griffin 2 #196
752 Unknown Legend Neil Young 7 #180
753 Boogie Down MGMT 1 #753
754 Ah Mary Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 8 #12
755 That's Just What You Are Aimee Mann 22 #61
756 Say It Ain't So Weezer 80 #4
757 Shiny Happy People R.E.M. 36 #8
758 How Do You Do Mouth & MacNeal 1 #758
759 Man In The Mirror Michael Jackson 8 #146
760 Room to Move John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 1 #760
761 In Between Days The Cure 81 #3
762 Good Day Sunshine The Beatles 11 #126
763 I Saw The Light Todd Rundgren 9 #223
764 Tears Stained Eye Son Volt 8 #196
765 This Charming Man The Smiths 52 #2
766 Ruby Tuesday The Rolling Stones 38 #78
767 So Lonely The Police 54 #94
768 Lithium Nirvana 150 #3
769 Pocahontas Neil Young 1 #769
770 Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis 2 #770
771 Love Has No Pride Linda Ronstadt 1 #771
772 Pink Houses John Mellencamp 72 #11
773 Summertime Thing Chuck Prophet 16 #165
774 For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield 61 #39
775 Blender Blues Bonnie Raitt 2 #629
776 We Gotta Get Out Of This Place The Animals 13 #185
777 Little Martha Allman Brothers Band 2 #777
778 If You Leave Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 48 #14
779 Like a Prayer Madonna 15 #23
780 Metal Firecracker Lucinda Williams 2 #780
781 Down to Zero Joan Armatrading 4 #508
782 The Remedy Jason Mraz 3 #20
783 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Gladys Knight & The Pips 1 #783
784 Land Ho The Doors 1 #784
785 Cannonball Damien Rice 14 #11
786 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Bob Dylan 7 #214
787 Ticket to Ride The Beatles 29 #12
788 Shut Your Eyes Snow Patrol 5 #28
789 Homeward Bound Simon and Garfunkel 7 #208
790 Can't Hardly Wait The Replacements 40 #27
791 When Doves Cry Prince 30 #12
792 Mercy Street Peter Gabriel 7 #137
793 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson 7 #123
794 Mack the Knife Louis Armstrong 2 #794
795 Theme From Shaft Isaac Hayes 4 #126
796 Holiday Green Day 74 #2
797 Decimate David Ford 1 #797
798 Are You out There Dar Williams 5 #47
799 I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas 4 #298
800 Big Country Bela Fleck & The Flecktones 1 #800
801 Misunderstood Wilco 4 #387
802 The Unclouded Day Don Henley 1 #802
803 Stranglehold Ted Nugent 71 #10
804 Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan 10 #132
805 Kathy's Song Simon and Garfunkel 3 #596
806 Soul Sacrifice Santana 16 #158
807 You and I Wilco 14 #8
808 Riviera Paradise Stevie Ray Vaughan 1 #808
809 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 204 #1
810 Because The Night Patti Smith 56 #23
811 Untitled Neutral Milk Hotel 1 #811
812 Shangri-La The Kinks 3 #344
813 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
814 My Funny Valentine Etta James 1 #814
815 Madman Across The Water Elton John 22 #197
816 They Can't Take That Away from Me Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1 #816
817 Colours Donovan 1 #817
818 Trashcan Delta Spirit 8 #45
819 Fame David Bowie 91 #34
820 White Room Cream 94 #4
821 Mrs Potters Lullaby Counting Crows 10 #4
822 Streets of Philadelphia Bruce Springsteen 13 #13
823 Stage Fright The Band 3 #334
824 Keep Me in Your Heart Warren Zevon 13 #19
825 Running To Stand Still U2 18 #121
826 Dear Mr. Fantasy Traffic 48 #29
827 Alice Tom Waits 2 #523
828 Papa Was a Rolling Stone Temptations 15 #91
829 Black Star Radiohead 5 #321
830 I Feel Good James Brown 6 #43
831 Dazed and Confused Led Zeppelin 94 #6
832 If Not for You Bob Dylan 6 #154
833 One of These Days Doves 1 #833
834 Yahweh U2 1 #834
835 (looking For) the Heart of Saturday Night Tom Waits 6 #123
836 Stand By Me Ben E. King 12 #136
837 Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams 21 #3
838 I Want You (She's So Heavy) The Beatles 14 #313
839 Back in Black AC/DC 133 #1
840 Eminence Front The Who 70 #71
841 Wolf Like Me TV on the Radio 36 #2
842 Pressure Drop Toots and the Maytals 21 #129
843 Under African Skies Paul Simon 2 #843
844 Sunrise Norah Jones 3 #231
845 Feeling Good Nina Simone 19 #57
846 When You Were Young The Killers 61 #2
847 Aqualung Jethro Tull 75 #5
848 Banana Pancakes Jack Johnson 2 #384
849 Water Song Hot Tuna 3 #597
850 Beware of Darkness George Harrison 1 #850
851 Peaceful Easy Feeling The Eagles 38 #59
852 On the Beach Neil Young 1 #852
853 Killin' the Blues Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 1 #853
854 Feeling Alright Traffic 12 #64
855 Copperhead Road Steve Earle 19 #125
856 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye 12 #192
857 Wrecking Ball Emmylou Harris 3 #352
858 Cry Love John Hiatt 6 #222
859 Clampdown The Clash 51 #1
860 Love Me Like a Man Bonnie Raitt 2 #860
861 Lively Up Yourself Bob Marley 22 #248
862 Rock & Roll The Velvet Underground 43 #17
863 Daughter Pearl Jam 132 #1
864 In the Garden Van Morrison 1 #864
865 Superstition Stevie Wonder 29 #17
866 Champagne Supernova Oasis 91 #11
867 The Way It Is Nicole Atkins 1 #867
868 Livin' It Mutlu 1 #868
869 I Walk The Line Johnny Cash 12 #39
870 Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 50 #24
871 Silver Lining Rilo Kiley 17 #27
872 One Big Holiday My Morning Jacket 28 #17
873 I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash 4 #39
874 Head Home Midlake 2 #738
875 Got to Give It Up Marvin Gaye 11 #71
876 Cornflake Girl Tori Amos 65 #16
877 This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie 11 #140
878 (theme From) New York, New York Frank Sinatra 10 #30
879 Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk Rufus Wainwright 10 #56
880 So Far Away Carole King 7 #454
881 Radar Love Golden Earring 107 #3
882 Refugee Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 102 #3
883 Love Vigilantes New Order 46 #1
884 Whole Wide World Wreckless Eric 6 #47
885 Back to the Island Leon Russell 4 #882

About this countdown

WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) was voted by WXPN’s listeners (Philadelphia, PA) in 2009. 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. Because it is a themed or special countdown, it is archived here but not counted in the combined rankings.

Source: WXPN, "885 Desert Island Songs (2009)".

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