Oh, I know that it is difficult and "is frequently changing," but let's try.

Top 10 - a little, top 100 - a lot, so focus on the top 40

My top 40 favorite songs

1. The Beatles - Yesterday
2. Pink Floyd - High Hopes
3. Scorpions - Believe In Love
4. Prince - When Doves Cry
5. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
6. Michael Jackson - Give In To Me
7. Tina Turner - The Best
8. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
9. Queen - Show Must Go On
10. George Michael - Jesus To A Child
11. Scorpions - Send Me An Angel
12. Michael Jackson - Earth Song
13. Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry
14. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
15. Pink Floyd - Hey You
16. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
17. Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
18. Elton John - Believe
19. Savage Garden - To The Moon And Back
20. ToTo - Africa
21. David Bowie - Heroes
22. A-Ha - Minor Earth Major Sky
23. Hurts - Wonderful Life
24. Duran duran - Come Undone
25. Lionel Richie - Hello
26. Bon Jovi - Its My Life
27. Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me
28. Europe - The Final Countdown
29. James Brown - I Feel Good
30. Lara Fabian - Je Taime
31. Blondie - Maria
32. Evanescence - My immortal
33. Eagles - Hotel California
34. Chris De Burg - Lady In Red
35. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
36. Adriano Celentano - Confessa
37. Within Temptations - Angels

38. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enoug
39. Barbara Streisand - Woman in love
40. Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

I'm just going to post the first things I think of, in no special order.

1. We're Gonna Make It ~ Little Milton

2. To Know You Is To Love You ~ B.B. King

3. Reminiscing ~ Little River Band

4. Feliz Navidad ~ Jose Feliciano

5. The Edge Of A Dream ~ Minnie Riperton

6. Nothing Comes To Sleepers ~ Gap Band

7. Forever And Ever Amen ~ Randy Travis

8. Goin' Down ~ The Monkees

9. Running Out Of Lies ~ Johnnie Taylor

10. When She Stops Asking ~ Johnnie Taylor

11. And I Love Her ~ The Beatles

12. Angel ~ Madonna

13. No Charge ~ Shirley Caesar

14. To Know ~ Jackson 5

15. I'm Gonna Quit You Pretty Baby ~ Silas Hogan

16. Ain't Gonna Bump No More ~ Joe Tex

17. Five Minutes Of Funk ~ Whodini

18. Ring My Bell ~ Anita Ward

19. Elvira ~ Oak Ridge Boys

20. Outside My Window ~ Stevie Wonder

21. My Favorite Person ~ O'Jays

22. Bandstand Boogie ~ Barry Manilow

23. Show You The Way To Go ~ The Jacksons

24. Can You Feel The Beat ~ Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

25. I Got The News ~ Steely Dan

26. Rapper's Delight ~ Sugarhill Gang

27. I Can't Get Over You ~ The Dramatics

28. It Be's That Way Sometimes ~ Joe Simon

29. I Believe In Miracles ~ Jackson Sisters

30. Annie Christian ~ Prince

31. Dance Little Sister {long version} ~ Terence Trent D'Arby

32. Breezin' ~ George Benson

33. Another Saturday Night ~ Sam Cooke

34. Love And My Best Friend ~ Janet Jackson

35. I Can't Tell You Why ~ The Eagles

36. Baby Workout ~ Jackie Wilson

37. Alone Too Long ~ Daryl Hall & John Oates

38. Miss Me Blind ~ Culture Club

39. Wildfire ~ Michael Martin Murphy

40. Return To Sender ~ Elvis Presley

MickyDolenz said:

I'm just going to post the first things I think of, in no special order.

Wow! I do not know half the songs from your list.
I need further musical education.

40, huh? I'll try, off the top of my head, at this moment in time:

1. Day in the Life - The Beatles

2. We Can Work it Out - The Beatles

3. Pop Life - Prince

4. The Night They Drove Ol Dixie Down - The Band

5. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

6. Masterplan - Oasis

7. I'd Have You Anytime - George Harrison

8. DMSR - Prince

9. In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin

10. Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac

11. River - Joni

12. King Harvest - The Band

13. Got to Get You into My Life - The Beatles

14. Too Many People - Paul McCartney

15. Sexy Sadie - The Beatles

16. Let's Go Crazy - Prince

17. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker - Prince

18. Mountains (long version) -Prince

19. The Love You Save - Jackson 5

20. Amazing Journey/Sparks - The Who

21. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

22. Waterfall - Stone Roses

23. Cigarettes and Alcohol - Oasis

24. Rag Mama Rag - The Band

25. Give Me Love, Give Me Peace on Earth - George Harrison

26. Do Ya - ELO

27. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

28. Long Black Veil - The Band

29. Time - Pink Floyd

30. Sing - Travis

31. Tiny Dancer - Elton John

32. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones

33. Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin

34. War Pigs - Black Sabbath

35. Blame it on the Boogie - The Jacksons

36. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors

37. Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash & Young

38. Helpless - CSN&Y

39. Sir Duke- Stevie Wonder

40. Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding

Tried to keep it don to 40...

1. Gloria - Patti Smith

2. Divorce Song - Liz Phair

3. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

4. Land - Patti Smith

5. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen

6. Rid of Me - PJ Harvey

7. Like A Prayer - Madonna

8. Fireworks - Siouxie & The Banshees

9. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

10. Age Of Consent - New Order

11. This Charming Man - The Smiths

12. Redondo Beach - Patti Smith

13. Dancing On My Own - Robyn

14. Borderline - Madonna

15. Man-Size - PJ Harvey

16. One - Sky Ferreira

17. In Stiches - David Bazan

18. The River - Joni Mitchell

19. Express Yourself - Madonna

20. Born This Way - Lady Gaga

21. Music - Madonna

22. Make It Stop - Rise Against

23. Creep - Radiohead

24. Live To Tell - Madonna

25. Pissing In A River - Patti Smith

26. Can't Hardly Wait - The Replacements

27. A&E - Goldfrapp

28. Hung Up - Madonna

29. Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple

30. Take The Box - Amy Winehouse

31. Germfree Adolesencts - X-ray Spex

32. Oh No! - Marina And The Diamonds

33. Lovalot - M.I.A.

34. Fantasy - Mariah Carey

35. Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie

36. Irresistable - Beyonce

37. Don't Panic - Coldplay

38. Are You That Somebody - Aaliyah

39. Precious - The Pretenders

40. Could You Be The One - Husker Du

40. 25th Floor - Patti Smith

40. Nan Your a Window Shopper - Lily Allen

40. Pop Life - Prince

[Edited 11/15/11 21:18pm]

I can't do it. I've tried, but the list has ended up with almost 70.

Javi said:

I can't do it. I've tried, but the list has ended up with almost 70.

You can send all 70, I think we can make a small exception to the rule.

1. Tori Amos - i i e e e

2. Michael Jackson - Morphine

3. Prince - All My Dreams

4. Guns N Roses - Shacklers Revenge

5. Neil Young - Out On The Weekend

6. Black Sabbath - War Pigs

7. Nine Inch Nails - Hurt

8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sir Pyscho Sexy

9. Michael Jackson - Who Is It

10. Guns N Roses - November Rain

11. Tori Amos - Professional Widow (original)

12. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman

13. Metallica - Fade To Black

14. The Jacksons - Walk Right Now

15. The Time - Wild & Loose

16. Prince - Power Fantastic

17. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - We Call Upon The Author

18. Neil Young - Thrasher

19. Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us

20. Tori Amos - Northern Lad

21. Guns N Roses - Breakdown

22. Aerosmith - You See Me Crying

23. Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice

24. James Brown - The Payback

25. Kate Bush - Get Out Of My House

26. Stone Temple Pilots - Atlanta

27. Jimi Hendrix - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp

28. David Bowie - Station To Station

29. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

30. Judas Priest - Beyond The Realms Of Death

31. Michael Jackson - Earth Song

32. Velvet Revolver - Messages

33. David Bowie - Sound & Vision

34. Tori Amos - Star Whisperer

35. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

36. Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle

37. Prince - Face Down

38. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

39. Sly & The Family Stone - In Time

40. Foo Fighters - Come Alive

LiLi1992 said:

Javi said:

I can't do it. I've tried, but the list has ended up with almost 70.

You can send all 70, I think we can make a small exception to the rule.

Mmmm... My list of 70 songs was chaotic. I prefer to make a list of 25, well thought and in order:

1. Cars And Girls. Prefab Sprout

2. Waterloo Sunset. The Kinks

3. "Helden". David Bowie

4. A Day In The Life. The Beatles

5. Music Is A Princess. Prefab Sprout

6. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough. Michael Jackson

7. Raspberry Beret. Prince and The Revolution

8. Strawberry Fields Forever. The Beatles

9. Autumn Almanac. The Kinks

10. Being Boring. Pet Shop Boys

11. A Design For Life. Manic Street Preachers

12. Yes. McAlmont & Butler

12. Village Green. The Kinks

13. Station To Station. David Bowie

14. Sea Song. Robert Wyatt

15. This Charming Man. The Smiths

16. Sign O' The Times. Prince

17. Word On A Wing. David Bowie

18. This Woman's Work. Kate Bush

19. Until The End Of The World. U2

20. When Doves Cry. Prince and The Revolution

21. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker. Prince

22. Stay Together. Suede

23. God Watch Over You. Prefab Sprout

24. They Won't Go When I Go. Stevie Wonder

25. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder). The Beach Boys

[Edited 11/16/11 15:00pm]

bobbyperu said:

I'll make mine before I read the others so I won't be influenced: Prince- If I Was Your Girlfriend Sly- I Want to Take You Higher Bob Dylan- Visions of Johanna Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter Isaac Hayes- Theme from Shaft B52's - Love Shack Wild Cherry- Play That Funky Music Manu Chao- Clandestino Marvin Gaye- I Heared it Through the Grapevine Howling Wolf- Back Door Man The Doors- Love Her Madly Jacques Brel- Le plat pays Andre Williams- Let Me Put it in Frank Zappa- Joe's Garage John Lee Hooker Hobo Blues Johnny Cash- Ring of Fire Okay, that's enough for now. I chose mostly well-known songs. And mostly men, I realize now. Aretha Franklin- Do Right Woman Ann Peebles- Part Time Love Joss Stone- You Had Me Kate Bush- The Man with the Child in His Eyes Billie Holiday- Strange Fruit Bessie Smith- Pigfoot Millie Jackson- It Hurts so Good Lilian Hak- Outlaws Rebels Misfits (swinging gal from Holland. Thats all folks!

Excellent choice. I should have included it in my list too.

LiLi1992 said:

Oh, I know that it is difficult and "is frequently changing," but let's try.

Top 10 - a little, top 100 - a lot, so focus on the top 40

My top 40 favorite songs

1. The Beatles - Yesterday
2. Pink Floyd - High Hopes
3. Scorpions - Believe In Love
4. Prince - When Doves Cry
5. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
6. Michael Jackson - Give In To Me
7. Tina Turner - The Best
8. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
9. Queen - Show Must Go On
10. George Michael - Jesus To A Child
11. Scorpions - Send Me An Angel
12. Michael Jackson - Earth Song
13. Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry
14. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
15. Pink Floyd - Hey You
16. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
17. Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
18. Elton John - Believe
19. Savage Garden - To The Moon And Back
20. ToTo - Africa
21. David Bowie - Heroes
22. A-Ha - Minor Earth Major Sky
23. Hurts - Wonderful Life
24. Duran duran - Come Undone
25. Lionel Richie - Hello
26. Bon Jovi - Its My Life
27. Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me
28. Europe - The Final Countdown
29. James Brown - I Feel Good
30. Lara Fabian - Je Taime
31. Blondie - Maria
32. Evanescence - My immortal
33. Eagles - Hotel California
34. Chris De Burg - Lady In Red
35. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
36. Adriano Celentano - Confessa
37. Within Temptations - Angels

38. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enoug
39. Barbara Streisand - Woman in love
40. Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

Maybe I should have included this in my list. It's a beautiful song.

Can't really put in order but here's 40 songs that I love that come to mind

1. Stranger In Moscow- Michael

2. Go Deep- Janet

3. Erotic City- Prince

4. Billie Jean- Michael

5. Spending Time With You- Janet

6. Velvet Rope- Janet

7. Island Life- Janet

8. Adore- Prince

9. Moist- Janet

10. Stairway To Heaven- Led Zepplin

11. Knee Deep- Funkadelic

12. One NAtion Under A Groove- Funkadelic

13. Black Magic Woman- Santana

14. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss- B.B King

15. Blood On The Dance Floor- Michael

16. Butterflies- Michael

17. Human Nature- Michael

18. Speechless- Michael

19. Will You Be There- Michael

20. Break Of Dawn- Michael

21. All Nite- Janet

22. That's The Way Love Goes- Janet

23. Dance In The Dark- Lady Gaga

24. What About- Janet

25. I Get Lonely- Janet

26. When Doves Cry- Prince

27. Money Don't Matter 2 Night- Prince

28. Somewhere Here On Earth- Prince

29. Come- Prince

30. Space- Prince

31. Pheromone- Prince

32. I Wanna Be Your Lover- Prince

33. It's Gonna Be Lonely- Prince

34. Still Waiting- Prince

35. Controversy- Prince

36. Sexuality- Prince

37. Do Me, Baby- Prince

38. Dancing On The Celing- Lionel Richie

39. The Moon And The Sky- Sade

40. You And I- Lady Gaga

After looking this over I realised I missed a TON of songs I love oh well... O FUCK!!!!! I FORGOT ANY SONGS BY MARVIN!!!!!!! SORRY MARVIN

ALSO I FORGOT SONGS BY STEVIE, EARTH WIND & FIRE, MADONNA, 2PAC....... 40 IS WAY TOO HARD TO DO

[Edited 11/16/11 16:56pm]

I've limited it to one song per artist/band except for the Bee Gees 'cos I can't decide which track I prefer.

Cloudbusting - Kate Bush

Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees

To Love Somebody - Bee Gees

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson

A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell

Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Masters Of War - Bob Dylan

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

If I Was Your Girlfriend - Prince

"Heroes" - David Bowie

Love's In Need Of Love Today - Stevie Wonder

When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin

Nightswimming - R.E.M.

Hunting High And Low - A-ha

God Only Knows - Beach Boys

Holding On To You - Terence Trent D'Arby

What Makes You Think You're The One - Fleetwood Mac

Hey Jupiter - Tori Amos

Karma Police - Radiohead

Waiting In Vain - Bob Marley

She's Always A Woman - Billy Joel

I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses

Bennie And The Jets - Elton John

Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones

Heart Of Glass - Blondie

The Scientist - Coldplay

Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers

Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown

Tender - Blur

You Have Been Loved - George Michael

No One - Alicia Keys

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

Hearts & Bones - Paul Simon

Venus As A Boy - Bjork

Slide Away - Oasis

Daydreamer - Adele

Whirlpool - Seal

Peg - Steely Dan

No Ordinary Love - Sade

Something pretty close to that anyway.

sorry, not worth the stress

Cloudbuster said:

I've limited it to one song per artist/band except for the Bee Gees 'cos I can't decide which track I prefer.

This is the right way.
In my list, too, a maximum of 2 songs from one artist. The world is full of beautiful music.

MattyJam, our tastes are most similar, I like 80% of the songs from your list.

Thanks for all the lists, guys.
You have done a solid work.

LiLi1992 said:

MattyJam, our tastes are most similar, I like 80% of the songs from your list.

Cool!

What's the 20% you dislike???

MattyJam said:

LiLi1992 said:

MattyJam, our tastes are most similar, I like 80% of the songs from your list.

Cool!

What's the 20% you dislike???

Honestly, I do not love the music of Tori Amos. She is very talented, but just do not like her style. But overall I really like your rock-oriented list.
Great songs from Guns N Roses, Metallica, Queen, Neil Young, MJ ... yes ... 90s - his best years, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others.

LiLi1992 said:

MattyJam said:

Cool!

What's the 20% you dislike???

Honestly, I do not love the music of Tori Amos. She is very talented, but just do not like her style. But overall I really like your rock-oriented list.
Great songs from Guns N Roses, Metallica, Queen, Neil Young, MJ ... yes ... 90s - his best years, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others.

You blaspheme in the name of Tori!!! lol

MattyJam said:

LiLi1992 said:

Honestly, I do not love the music of Tori Amos. She is very talented, but just do not like her style. But overall I really like your rock-oriented list.
Great songs from Guns N Roses, Metallica, Queen, Neil Young, MJ ... yes ... 90s - his best years, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others.

You blaspheme in the name of Tori!!! lol

You asked me and I answered honestly.
I'm sorry.
The main thing that you like her and let the whole world is gone off the wall ....

errant said:

sorry, not worth the stress

Javi said:

As I expected, I forgot some songs. For example, "Trans-Europa Express", by Kraftwerk, is also a favourite of mine.

Oh, yes, I also forgot about Kraftwerk.
But I have no place in the list, top 40 are complete, you can later send updated and added a full list.
Or 25 - your lucky number? ((:
I remember that your collection of the greatest songs of David consisted of 25 songs too.

LiLi1992 said:

Javi said:

As I expected, I forgot some songs. For example, "Trans-Europa Express", by Kraftwerk, is also a favourite of mine.

Oh, yes, I also forgot about Kraftwerk.
But I have no place in the list, top 40 are complete, you can later send updated and added a full list.
Or 25 - your lucky number? ((:
I remember that your collection of the greatest songs of David consisted of 25 songs too.

You're right, 25! I hadn't though about it. It's a nice number, isn't it?

In no particular order - and it changes all the time:

1. Joni Mitchell – A Case of you
2. Prince- Forever in my life
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
4. The Killers – Read my mind
5. The Smiths – There is a light that never goes out
6. The Verve – Lucky Man
7. Sam Cooke – Cupid
8. Marvin Gaye –Mercy Mercy me
9. K D Lang – constant craving
10. Jill Scot – A long walk
11. Karyn White featuring Babyface – Love saw it
12. Janet Jackson – Love will never do (without you)
13. The Cure – Just like heaven
14. The Roots featuring Erykah Badu – You got me
15. Mobb Deep II – The shook ones
16. Foxy Brown feat Jay Z – I’ll be
17. Snoop Doggy Dog – Lodi Dodi
18. Mary J Blige – Be happy
19. The Arctic Monkeys –Florescent adolescent
20. Bjork – Army of me
21. Blur – Fools day
22. Mark Ronson featuring Kenna – Amy
23. James Brown – The Payback
24. Amy Winehouse – Stronger than me
25. David Bowie – China Girl
26. George Michael – The Strangest Thing
27. Kate Bush – This Woman’s work
28. Rick James – Hollywood
29. The Supremes – you keep me hanging on
30. The Cranberries – Linger
31. Bobby brown – rock wit’cha
32. Luther Vandross – Any love
33. Eric Benet – Why do you follow me?
34. MIA –Galang
35. Brandy – Full Moon
36. Carole King – It’s too late
37. Nirvana – Lithium
38. REM – Man on the moon
39. John Major – Why Georgia?
40. Madonna – Till Death do us part

Contemporary

1. Frank Ocean – Swim good – It’s sooooooo good!!!!

Javi said:

LiLi1992 said:

Oh, yes, I also forgot about Kraftwerk.
But I have no place in the list, top 40 are complete, you can later send updated and added a full list.
Or 25 - your lucky number? ((:
I remember that your collection of the greatest songs of David consisted of 25 songs too.

You're right, 25! I hadn't though about it. It's a nice number, isn't it?

Yeah, 2+5 = 7 in total, my favorite number ever!

But if you decide to supplement your list to 40 songs, always welcome!

Some of these lists are so great!! I have some downloading to do!!!

Okay, here's my top 40:

1. Across The Universe – The Beatles
2. She’s Always In My Hair – Prince
3. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart – Wilco
4. Strange Relationship – Prince
5. Kite – U2
6. The Very Thought Of You – Nat King Cole
7. Into the Groove (original version, with the harmonies) – Madonna
8. No Line On The Horizon (album version) – U2
9. Karma Police – Radiohead
10. Sign “O” The Times – Prince
11. Heal The Pain – George Michael
12. Hey Jude – The Beatles
13. Computer Blue (Extended Version, Hallway Speech – whatever you want to call it) – Prince
14. Lost Cause – Beck
15. Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet – Jars Of Clay
16. Table For One – Liz Phair
17. Never Going Back Again – Fleetwood Mac
18. Eight Days A Week – The Beatles
19. Alphabet St. – Prince
20. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own – U2
21. Secret – Madonna
22. On And On – Kevin Max
23. Love, Thy Will Be Done – Martika
24. Radio Cure – Wilco
25. Road To Nowhere – Talking Heads
26. Still Would Stand All Time – Prince
27. DMSR – Prince
28. Playboy Mansion – U2
29. Songbird – Eva Cassidy
30. A Love Bizarre – Sheila E./Prince
31. Extraordinary Machine – Fiona Apple
32. Just A Closer Walk With Thee – Patsy Cline
33. Only A Broken Heart – Tom Petty
34. Mad About You – Sting
35. Sign Your Name – Terence Trent D’Arby
36. I Am The Walrus – The Beatles
37. Bye, Bye Brianna – Nicole C Mullen
38. For No One – The Beatles
39. Fernando – ABBA
40. Crucify – Tori Amos

jillybean said:

1. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart – Wilco
2. Strange Relationship – Prince
3. Karma Police – Radiohead
4. Sign “O” The Times – Prince
5. Computer Blue (Extended Version, Hallway Speech – whatever you want to call it) – Prince
6. Lost Cause – Beck
7. Secret – Madonna
8. Love, Thy Will Be Done – Martika
9. Radio Cure – Wilco
10. Road To Nowhere – Talking Heads
11. Extraordinary Machine – Fiona Apple
12. Sign Your Name – Terence Trent D’Arby
13. Crucify – Tori Amos

All great songs.

tinaz said:

errant said:

sorry, not worth the stress

Guys, I think you're just lazy.