Hard to believe it but I finally made it!
I started counting down my favorite 1000 songs month ago. There is no science to this madness, and I agonized over every selection. Every song on the countdown is amazing! But here we are. The best.
The top 10 according to me.
The 10 best songs ever made according to me.
See what you think.
Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs.
Beneath each song is a list of all the other songs by this band on the countdown and where it ranked.
As you can clearly see, The Scorpions and Led Zeppelin are my two favorite bands, each of them having 31 songs on the countdown.
#17 – Scorpions – Rock You Like A Hurricane – 3/31
#58 – The Best Is Yet To Come – 4/31
#66 – But The Best For You – 5/31
#79 – Is There Anybody There? – 6/31
#95 – You And I – 7/31
#119 – Fly People Fly – 8/31
#125 – Fly To The Rainbow – 9/31
#159 – Rock N Roll Band – 10/31
#186 – Rhythm of Love – 11/31
#224 – Someday Is Now – 12/31
#231 – The Sails of Charon – 13/31
#257 – Alien Nation – 14/31
#273 – Lust or Love – 15/31
#293 – Drifting Sun – 16/31
#335 – Hurricane 2000 – 17/31
#351 – Time Will Call Your Name – 18/31
#363 – Hour 1 – 19/31
#380 – Wind of Change – 20/31
#430 – Humanity – 21/31
#472 – When The Smoke Is Going Down – 22/31
#505 – Tease Me Please Me – 23/31
#526 – The Zoo – 24/31
#568 – In Trance – 25/31
#721 – Don’t Stop At The Top – 26/31
#762 – Big City Nights – 27/31
#822 – Evening Wind – 28/31
#870 – 10 Light Years Away – 29/31
#886 – Where The River Flows – 30/31
#949 – Love Will Keep Us Alive – 31/31
#316 – On And On – 2/13
#443 – Lover’s Sinfony – 3/13
#459 – Red Sky – 4/13
#579 – The Dogs of War – 5/13
#609 – Searching For A Reason – 6/13
#640 Systems Failing – 7/13
#664 – Attack of the Mad Axeman – 8/13
#713 – Time Waits (For No One) – 9/13
#725 – Rock Will Never Die – 10/13
#802 – Assault Attack – 11/13
#817 – Rock You To The Ground – 12/13
#845 – Captain Nemo – 13/13
#70 – The Grand Illusion – 2/11
#178 – Blue Collar Man – 3/11
#322 – The Best of Times – 4/11
#343 – Rockin’ The Paradise – 5/11
#376 – Show Me The Way – 6/11
#587 – Don’t Let It End – 7/11
#612 – Renegade – 8/11
#629 – I’m Okay – 9/11
#880 – Best New Face – 10/11
#996 – Crystal Ball – 11/11
#991 – Piece of Me – 2/2
#635 – Coming Home – 2/3
#852 – Gypsy Road – 3/3
(See the next song)
#5 – Magic Power – 2/21
#31 – Triumph – Never Surrender – 3/21
#59 – All The Way – 4/21
#75 – Never Say Never – 5/21
#96 – Ordinary Man – 6/21
#111 – Fool For Your Love – 7/21
#154 – Lay It On The Line – 8/21
#184 – Allied Forces – 9/21
#211 – Hold On – 10/21
#319 – Somebody’s Out There – 11/21
#345 – If Only – 12/21
#366 – Follow Your Heart – 13/21
#417 – On And On – 14/21
#552 – Say Goodbye – 15/21
#634 – Tears In The Rain – 16/21
#700 – I Live For The Weekend – 17/21
#773 – Let The Light – 18/21
#786 – Hot Time – 19/21
#846 – When The Lights Go Down – 20/21
#899 – A World Of Fantasy – 21/21
#10 – Scorpions – No One Like You – 2/31
#17 – Scorpions – Rock You Like A Hurricane – 3/31
#58 – The Best Is Yet To Come – 4/31
#66 – But The Best For You – 5/31
#79 – Is There Anybody There? – 6/31
#95 – You And I – 7/31
#119 – Fly People Fly – 8/31
#125 – Fly To The Rainbow – 9/31
#159 – Rock N Roll Band – 10/31
#186 – Rhythm of Love – 11/31
#224 – Someday Is Now – 12/31
#231 – The Sails of Charon – 13/31
#257 – Alien Nation – 14/31
#273 – Lust or Love – 15/31
#293 – Drifting Sun – 16/31
#335 – Hurricane 2000 – 17/31
#351 – Time Will Call Your Name – 18/31
#363 – Hour 1 – 19/31
#380 – Wind of Change – 20/31
#430 – Humanity – 21/31
#472 – When The Smoke Is Going Down – 22/31
#505 – Tease Me Please Me – 23/31
#526 – The Zoo – 24/31
#568 – In Trance – 25/31
#721 – Don’t Stop At The Top – 26/31
#762 – Big City Nights – 27/31
#822 – Evening Wind – 28/31
#870 – 10 Light Years Away – 29/31
#886 – Where The River Flows – 30/31
#949 – Love Will Keep Us Alive – 31/31
#16 – Led Zeppelin – Rock And Roll – 2/31
#32 – Dazed And Confused – 3/31
#44 – How Many More Times – 4/31
#112 – You Shook Me – 5/31
#124 – Black Dog – 6/31
#136 – Ramble On – 7/31
#144 – Immigrant Song – 8/31
#180 – What Is And What Should Never Be – 9/31
#295 – Over The Hills And Far Away – 10/31
#342 – Good Times Bad Times – 11/31
#352 – Kashmir – 12/31
#367 – Fool In The Rain – 13/31
#378 – All My Love – 14/31
#409 – Heartbreaker – 15/31
#424 – When The Levee Breaks – 16/31
#450 – Trampled Under Foot – 17/31
#487 – Misty Mountain Hop – 18/31
#529 – Down By The Seaside – 19/31
#575 – Nobody’s Fault But Mine – 20/31
#596 – In The Evening – 21/31
#636 – Whole Lotta Love – 22/31
#652 – Communication Breakdown – 23/31
#686 – Achilles Last Stand – 24/31
#712 – Houses of the Holy – 25/31
#735 – Boogie With Stu – 26/31
#776 – The Ocean – 27/31
#834 – Babe. I’m Gonna Leave You – 28/31
#868 – D’yer Mak’er – 29/31
#915 – Gallows Pole – 30/31
#942 – Out On The Tiles – 31/31
#12 – Kansas – Miracles Out Of Nowhere – 2/21
#35 – Dust In The Wind – 3/21
#105 – Closet Chronicles – 4/21
#116 – The Wall – 5/21
#155 – Point Of Know Return – 6/21
#210 – Hold On – 7/21
#282 – Relentless – 8/21
#337 – Magnum Opus – 9/21
#483 – Chasing Shadows – 10/21
#494 – Lightning’s Hand – 11/21
#507 – Got To Rock On – 12/21
#513 – What’s On My Mind – 13/21
#555 – Borderline – 14/21
#564 – Back Door – 15/21
#630 – Crossfire – 16/21
#656 – Nobody’s Home – 17/21
#696 – Play The Game Tonight – 18/21
#788 – Hopelessly Human – 19/21
#825 – Sparks Of The Tempest – 20/21
#873 – Curtain Of Iron – 21/21
And there it is!
The countdown is complete!
Hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed putting it together. You can see the top 100 below.
My favorite 100 songs…
100 – Cheap Trick – Dream Police
99 – Creed – One Last Breath
98 – Blind Melon – No Rain
97 – Living Colour – Cult of Personality
96 – Triumph – Ordinary Man
95 – Scorpions – You And I
94 – Tesla – Forever More
93 – MCR – House of Wolves
92 – Rise Against – Re-Education
91 – Yngwie Malmsteen – Fury
90 – Robert Plant – Pledge Pin
89 – Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower
88 – Queensryche – Warning
87 – Metallica – Ride The Lightning
86 – Black Sabbath – War Pigs
85 – Escape The Fate – Gorgeous Nightmare
84 – The Answer – Cigarettes & Regret
83 – Symphony X – Set The World On Fire
82 – Blind Guardian – The Bard’s Song (Into The Forest)
81 – Jefferson Starship – Freedom At Point Zero
80 – Linkin Park – Battle Symphony
79 – Scorpions – Is There Anybody There?
78 – Golden Earring – Radar Love
77 – Living Colour – Solace Of You
76 – The Replacements – Skyway
75 – Triumph – Never Say Never
74 – The Rolling Stones – She’s So Cold
73 – Blondie – Call Me
72 – MCR – Welcome To The Black Parade
71 – Panic! At The Disco – Nine In The Afternoon
70 – Styx – The Grand Illusion
69 – Iron Maiden – Revelations
68 – Supertramp – Logical Song
67 – Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
66 – Scorpions – But The Best For You
65 – Electric Boys – You Spark My Heart
64 – Bigelf – Disappear
63 – Flogging Molly – Requiem For A Dying Song
62 – MCR – Bulletproof Heart
61 – Harem Scarem – If You
60 – Def Leppard – Mirror Mirror
59 – Triumph – All The Way
58 – Scorpions – The Best Is Yet To Come
57 – Battle Beast – Out On The Streets
56 – Accept – No One’s Master
55 – Smash Mouth – All Star
54 – The Offspring – Cruising California
53 – Panic! At The Disco – The Ballad of Mona Lisa
52 – Greta Van Fleet – Highway Tune
51 – Rush – The Spirit of Radio
50 – Van Halen – Jump
49 – Def Leppard – Photograph
48 – Billy Joel – Piano Man
47 – Leo Sayer – One Man Band
46 – Accept – The Best Is Yet To Come
45 – Rise Against – Ready To Fall
44 – Led Zeppelin – How Many More Times
43 – The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up
42 – Queensryche – Queen of the Reich
41 – Dio – Holy Diver
40 – Judas Priest – The Sentinel
39 – Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
38 – Boston – Peace of Mind
37 – Aerosmith – Dream On
36 – Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
35 – Kansas – Dust In The Wind
34 – Rainbow – Man On The Silver Mountain
33 – Greta Van Fleet – Broken Bells
32 – Led Zeppelin – Dazed And Confused
31 – Triumph – Never Surrender
30 – Symphony X – Eve Of Seduction
29 – Rise Against – Audience Of One
28 – Blind Guardian – The Throne
27 – Queensryche – No Sanctuary
26 – Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy
25 – Shinedown – special
24 – Rush – Limelight
23 – Manfred Mann – For You
22 – The Angels – Underground
21 – Judas Priest – The Hellion/Electric Eye
20 – Freedom Call – Beyond Eternity
19 – Iron Maiden – Run to the Hills
18 – Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
17 – Scorpions – Rock You Like A Hurricane
16 – Led Zeppelin – Rock And Roll
15 – Shinedown – Get Up
14 – Queen – It’s Late
13 – Nazareth – Holiday
12 – Kansas – Miracles Out Of Nowhere
11 – Queensryche – Take Hold Of The Flame
10 – Scorpions – No One Like You
9 – MSG – Rock My Nights Away
8 – Styx – Come Sail Away
7 – Skid Row – I Remember You
6 – Cinderella – Shelter Me
5 – Triumph – Magic Power
4 – Triumph – Fight The Good Fight
3 – Scorpions – Blackout
2 – Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven
1 – Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son
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