On Labor Day this year, we asked WYEP listeners to vote for their favorites. Check out the full countdown list below!
Rank | Artist | Song |
#168 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Have You Ever Seen the Rain |
#167 | Nina Simone | I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl |
#166 | Heartless Bastards | Revolution |
#165 | Nina Simone | Feeling Good |
#164 | Iggy Pop | The Passenger |
#163 | The Mamas & The Papas | California Dreamin’ |
#162 | Allman Brothers Band | Blue Sky |
#161 | Bruce Springsteen | Blinded By the Light |
#160 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Lookin’ Out My Back Door |
#159 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance |
#158 | Nathaniel Rateliff | And It’s Still Alright |
#157 | John Prine | In Spite of Ourselves |
#156 | Nick Drake | Pink Moon |
#155 | The Replacements | Alex Chilton |
#154 | Marvin Gaye | Let’s Get It On |
#153 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water |
#152 | Grateful Dead | Franklin’s Tower |
#151 | Outkast | Hey Ya! |
#150 | Tom Petty | Runnin’ Down a Dream |
#149 | The Beatles | I’ve Just Seen a Face |
#148 | George Harrison | What Is Life |
#147 | Marvin Gaye | Sexual Healing |
#146 | Foster the People | Pumped Up Kicks |
#145 | John Prine | Paradise |
#144 | The Rolling Stones | You Can’t Always Get What You Want |
#143 | Bill Withers | Ain’t No Sunshine |
#142 | Fugazi | Waiting Room |
#141 | Oasis | Don’t Look Back in Anger |
#140 | Ben E. King | Stand By Me |
#139 | The O’Jays | Love Train |
#138 | Rilo Kiley | Portions for Foxes |
#137 | Elton John | Tiny Dancer |
#136 | The Kinks | Waterloo Sunset |
#135 | War | All Day Music |
#134 | Bruce Springsteen | I’m on Fire |
#133 | Peter Gabriel | In Your Eyes |
#132 | Pearl Jam | Black |
#131 | INXS | Don’t Change |
#130 | The Rolling Stones | (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction |
#129 | Toots & The Maytals | Pressure Drop |
#128 | R.E.M. | It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) |
#127 | Gordon Lightfoot | The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald |
#126 | The Killers | Mr. Brightside |
#125 | Joni Mitchell | Both Sides Now |
#124 | Elton John | Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding |
#123 | Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit |
#122 | Steely Dan | Deacon Blues |
#121 | Bob Dylan | Like a Rolling Stone |
#120 | Simon & Garfunkel | America |
#119 | Prince | When Doves Cry |
#118 | The Beatles | Nowhere Man |
#117 | The Clash | London Calling |
#116 | Aretha Franklin | (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman |
#115 | The National | Bloodbuzz Ohio |
#114 | Tracy Chapman | Fast Car |
#113 | The Kinks | Lola |
#112 | The Highwomen | Crowded Table |
#111 | The Doors | L.A. Woman |
#110 | Grateful Dead | Sugar Magnolia |
#109 | David Gray | Babylon |
#108 | Kacey Musgraves | Slow Burn |
#107 | The B-52’s | Love Shack |
#106 | Dawes | A Little Bit of Everything |
#105 | Crosby, Stills & Nash | Southern Cross |
#104 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Fortunate Son |
#103 | Gotye | Somebody That I Used to Know |
#102 | The Beatles | Hey Jude |
#101 | John Hiatt | Have a Little Faith in Me |
#100 | Jimi Hendrix | Little Wing |
#99 | The Temptations | Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone |
#98 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody |
#97 | Van Morrison | Moondance |
#96 | Earth, Wind & Fire | September |
#95 | Massive Attack | Teardrop |
#94 | Elvis Presley | Suspicious Minds |
#93 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | American Girl |
#92 | Taylor Swift | exile |
#91 | Simon & Garfunkel | The Boxer |
#90 | Otis Redding | (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay |
#89 | The Church | Under the Milky Way |
#88 | Stevie Wonder | Superstition |
#87 | Billy Joel | Piano Man |
#86 | Bob Dylan | Blowin’ In The Wind |
#85 | Bob Marley | Three Little Birds |
#84 | The Beatles | Here Comes the Sun |
#83 | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here |
#82 | Traffic | Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys |
#81 | U2 | Beautiful Day |
#80 | Buffalo Springfield | For What It’s Worth |
#79 | Bill Withers | Lovely Day |
#78 | Joni Mitchell | Carey |
#77 | Talking Heads | Psycho Killer |
#76 | B.B. King | The Thrill Is Gone |
#75 | Booker T. & The M.G.’s | Green Onions |
#74 | Haim | The Steps |
#73 | The Who | Baba O’Riley |
#72 | The Beatles | Something |
#71 | Kirsty MacColl | In These Shoes? |
#70 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together |
#69 | The Smiths | How Soon Is Now? |
#68 | New Radicals | You Get What You Give |
#67 | Gorillaz | Feel Good Inc |
#66 | The Doors | Light My Fire |
#65 | Brandi Carlile | The Story |
#64 | Johnny Cash | Hurt |
#63 | Beck | Loser |
#62 | The Eagles | Hotel California |
#61 | Pink Floyd | Comfortably Numb |
#60 | Lake Street Dive | Good Kisser |
#59 | Talking Heads | This Must Be the Place |
#58 | Billy Bragg and Wilco | California Stars |
#57 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill |
#56 | The Kinks | You Really Got Me |
#55 | Dire Straits | Sultans of Swing |
#54 | Richard Thompson | 1952 Vincent Black Lightning |
#53 | Leonard Cohen | Hallelujah |
#52 | Etta James | At Last |
#51 | Wilco | Impossible Germany |
#50 | Bonnie Raitt | Angel From Montgomery |
#49 | Pretenders | Brass in Pocket |
#48 | Rusted Root | Send Me on My Way |
#47 | Elvis Costello | Alison |
#46 | Jefferson Airplane | White Rabbit |
#45 | Simon & Garfunkel | The Sound of Silence |
#44 | Black Pumas | Colors |
#43 | The Cranberries | Zombie |
#42 | The Beatles | In My Life |
#41 | The Beatles | While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
#40 | The Beach Boys | Good Vibrations |
#39 | Neil Young | Old Man |
#38 | Dolly Parton | Jolene |
#37 | Bruce Springsteen | Thunder Road |
#36 | Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode |
#35 | Iggy Pop | Lust For Life |
#34 | R.E.M. | Nightswimming |
#33 | Patsy Cline | Crazy |
#32 | Joy Division | Love Will Tear Us Apart |
#31 | Led Zeppelin | Stairway to Heaven |
#30 | The Cure | Just Like Heaven |
#29 | The Rolling Stones | Gimme Shelter |
#28 | Brandi Carlile | The Joke |
#27 | U2 | I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For |
#26 | Bob Dylan | Lay Lady Lay |
#25 | Talking Heads | Once In a Lifetime |
#24 | Allman Brothers Band | Melissa |
#23 | Blind Faith | Can’t Find My Way Home |
#22 | Bob Dylan | Tangled Up in Blue |
#21 | Prince | Purple Rain |
#20 | R.E.M. | Losing My Religion |
#19 | U2 | One |
#18 | The Beach Boys | God Only Knows |
#17 | The Rolling Stones | Sympathy for the Devil |
#16 | John Lennon | Imagine |
#15 | The Beatles | Let It Be |
#14 | Neil Young | Harvest Moon |
#13 | Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run |
#12 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side |
#11 | Derek and the Dominos | Layla |
#10 | Johnny Cash | Ring of Fire |
#9 | Aretha Franklin | Respect |
#8 | Sam Cooke | A Change is Gonna Come |
#7 | The Beatles | A Day In The Life |
#6 | Van Morrison | Into the Mystic |
#5 | Marvin Gaye | What’s Going On |
#4 | Grateful Dead | Ripple |
#3 | David Bowie | Heroes |
#2 | Queen (and David Bowie) | Under Pressure |
#1 | The Band | The Weight |