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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 363 different artists; The Beatles has the most entries with 46 songs.

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

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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