Angry Q. Texan's
Definitive List of the
100 Best Songs of All Time
Created 10/18/00
Revised 05/04/01
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99. Stand - REM100.American Woman - Guess Who
98. The Sign - Ace of Base
97. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
96. Cannonball - Breeders
95.Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express
94. What I Like About You - Romantics
93. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
92. Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
91. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
89. White Room - Cream90.Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
88. U2 - Negativland
87. Cherry Pie - Warrant
86. Pepper - Butthole Surfers
85.Nowhere to Run - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
84. Tequila - The Champs
83. Break On Through - The Doors
82. From Out of Nowhere - Faith No More
81. Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden
79. Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve80. Antisocial - Anthrax
78. School's Out - Alice Cooper
77. Right Here, Right Now - Van Halen
76. Give it Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
75. Startin' Up a Posse - Anthrax
74. Aces High - Iron Maiden
73. Anything You Want - Roy Orbison
72. Car Wash - RoseRoyce
71. Fire - Jimi Hendrix
69. Bathwater - No Doubt70.Aqualung - Jethro Tull
68. Walkin'on the Sun - Smash Mouth
67. 88 Lines about 44 Women - The Nails
66. Need You Tonight - INXS
65.I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
64. Enter Sandman - Metallica
63. No Rain- Blind Melon
62. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
61. Plush -Stone Temple Pilots
59. Little GTO - Ronnie and the Daytonas60. S-E-X-X-Y - They Might Be Giants
58.Welcome to Paradise - Green Day
57.Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
56.I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
55. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
54.Peaches - The Presidents of the United States of America
53.Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
52.Spiralling Shape - They Might Be Giants
51.Low - Cracker
49. Got the Time - Anthrax (Joe Jackson)50. Heavy - Collective Soul
48. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
47. Coppers - Rancid
46. Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - Aerosmith
45. Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood
44. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
43. Come Out and Play - Offspring
42. You Don't Know How It Feels - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
41. Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley
39. Asshole - Dennis Leary40. You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croche
38. Five O' Clock World - The Vogues
37. Then the Morning Comes - Smash Mouth
36. Cats in the Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe (Harry Chapin)
35. Mr. Roboto - Styx
34. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
33. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
32. Green Onions - Booker T. and the MG's
31. Think - Aretha Franklin
29. We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister30. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
28. 96 Tears - Stranglers (? and the Mysterians)
27. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
26. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
25. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
24. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
23. No Excuses - Alice in Chains
22. Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
21. Love Shack - The B-52's
19. Unbelievable - EMF20. Theme to Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
18. Lithium - Nirvana
17. Weep Day - They Might Be Giants
16. Misirlou - Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
15. Istanbul - They Might Be Giants
14. Gang's All Here - Dropkick Murphys
13. Mrs. Robinson - The Lemonheads (Simon & Garfunkel)
12. Longview - Green Day
11. Happy Together - The Turtles
- The Top Ten -
10. I've Got The Music In Me - Kiki Dee
8. Sleeping in the Flowers - They Might Be Giants
6. Cantaloop - Us3
4. Epic - Faith No More
2. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- The Best Song of All Time -
1. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
Is there a good song that belongs on this list, but isn't there?
Do you think The Sign should be number 1?
Think Guns N' Roses sucks?
I can't guarantee that I will agree with you on anything, but any and
all feedback is welcome.
Hell, it's encouraged.
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