To get you in the mood, and involved, please check out the longlist of songs eligible for my [emphasis by author] Top 2000 Of All Times (link to clean Excel here).
Yes,
- I’ll have to prune a bit, there’s more than 2000 now;
- They’re sorted alphabetically on Artist so far, yes, yes. But my next thing to do is to recursively bin the lot into shrinking bin sizes, you know, like a good algorithmically sound sorter would;
- If there might be songs you miss on the list, please comment with your suggestions. Which are totally non-binding as the list is mine (make your own, feel free to copy the Excel and adapt / deteriorate) so don’t be put off if your wacky addition(s) don’t make it to the final list;
- Most importantly, if there’s things (songs) on the list you’d deem ridiculous, you may be right. But They’re my choice…
And the usual pic:
[Way back from the 60s, would still be Good if built today like this]
To get you in the mood, check out this random sample…
| Titles | Artist |
| Donna | 10CC |
| Dreadlock Holiday | 10CC |
| I’m Not In Love | 10CC |
| The Things We Do For Love | 10CC |
| The Wall Street Shuffle | 10CC |
| Me So Horny | 2 Live Crew |
| I’m On Fire | 5000 Volts |
| Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In | 5th Dimension |
| Chiquitita | ABBA |
| Dancing Queen | ABBA |
| Eagle | ABBA |
| Gimme Gimme Gimme | ABBA |
| Knowing Me Knowing You | ABBA |
| Mamma Mia | ABBA |
| Money, Money, Money | ABBA |
| S.O.S. | ABBA |
| Summer Night City | ABBA |
| Super Trouper | ABBA |
| Take A Chance On Me | ABBA |
| The Winner Takes It All | ABBA |
| Voulez-Vous | ABBA |
| Waterloo | ABBA |
| All Of My Heart | ABC |
| Back in Black | AC/DC |
| Hells Bells | AC/DC |
| Highway To Hell | AC/DC |
| Let There be Rock | AC/DC |
| Shoot to Thrill | AC/DC |
| Thunderstruck | AC/DC |
| Who Made Who | AC/DC |
| Whole Lotta Rosie | AC/DC |
| How Long | ACE |
| Killer | Adamski ft. Seal |
| Amazing | Aerosmith |
| Crazy | Aerosmith |
| Dream On | Aerosmith |
| Dude Looks Like a Lady | Aerosmith |
| … | … |
| Good Vibrations | Beach Boys |
| I Can Hear Music | Beach Boys |
| Sloop John B | Beach Boys |
| Tears in the morning | Beach Boys |
| Wouldn’t It Be Nice | Beach Boys |
| Brass Monkey | Beastie Boys |
| Hey Ladies | Beastie Boys |
| Intergalactic | Beastie Boys |
| No Sleep Till Brooklyn | Beastie Boys |
| You Got To Fight For Your Right to Party | Beastie Boys |
| Hey Jude | Beatles |
| While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Beatles |
| Loser | Beck |
| Don’t Forget To Remember | Bee Gees |
| How Can You Mend A Broken Heart | Bee Gees |
| How Deep Is Your Love | Bee Gees |
| I Started A Joke | Bee Gees |
| Jive Talkin’ | Bee Gees |
| … | … |
| Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry |
| Lion In The Morning Sun | Will And The People |
| Het Dorp | Wim Sonneveld |
| Live And Let Die | Wings |
| CREAM | Wu Tang Clan |
| Gravel Pit | Wu Tang Clan |
| Protect Ya Neck | Wu Tang Clan |
| Making Plans For Nigel | XTC |
| Close To The Edge | Yes |
| I’ve Seen All The Good People | Yes |
| Owner Of A Lonely Heart | Yes |
| Roundabout | Yes |
| Yours Is No Disgrace | Yes |
| 7 Seconds | Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry |
| If I Can’t Have You | Yvonne Elliman |
| In The Year 2525 | Zager & Evans |
| Hair | Zen |
| Gimme All Your Lovin’ | ZZ Top |
| La Grange | ZZ Top |
| Legs | ZZ Top |
| Sharp Dressed Man | ZZ Top |
Sorry wasn’t able to find any good Zzz and the Zzzzzs songs… Now get going and come forward with your extension suggestions …!
