Recently, a friend of mine heard a song and averred, "This is one of my top fifty favorite songs ever made."
Well that got me thinking. What are my favorite 50 songs ever made? Well, here they are. Only there's a couple of rules
in order to evoke discussion (which won't happen, but I'll do it anyway). First of all, so my list doesn't comprise solely
of ABBA, The Beatles, Garbage and Michael Jackson, I limited it to one song per group/singer. Second, in order for all my
readers to be familiar with the songs listed, I removed some more obscure songs that might make the list (Res, SoulDecision,
Travis). So here's what's left, in no particular order.
50 Cent - In Da Club
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Aretha Franklin - Respect
The B-52s - Love Shack
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Bee-Gees - Stayin' Alive
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Blind Mellon - No Rain
Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These)
Garbage - Stupid Girl
George Michael - Freedom
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child'O Mine
Haddaway - What is Love
Irene Cara - What a Feelin'
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Nelly - Hot in Herre
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
NSync - Bye Bye Bye
Oasis - Wonderwall
Outkast - Hey Ya
Phil Collins - The Air of the Night
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Prince - Purple Rain
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
REM - Losing My Religion
Santana f. Rob Thomas - Smooth
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
U2 - With or Without You
Usher f. Ludacris - Yeah
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
The Wallflowers - One Headlight