Craig's Top 50 Songs of All Time
Year in parentheses is when I first heard the song


1. The Song is Over
- The Who (1971)
2. Light My Fire - The Doors (1967)
3. Un-Alone - Translator (1983)
4. Let's Go Crazy - Prince (1984)
5. Always Returning - Brian Eno (1983)
6. Sweet Jane - Mott the Hoople (1973)
7. Cynical Girl - Marshall Crenshaw (1982)
8. Whenever You're on My Mind - Marshall Crenshaw (1983)
9. The Beautiful Ones - Prince (1984)
10. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (1976)
11. Caught in a Dream - Alice Cooper (1972)
12. Diamonds by the Yard - Elliott Murphy (1976)
13. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper (1984)
14. Nowhere Man - Beatles (1965)
15. Couldn't I Just Tell You - Todd Rundgren (1973)
16. A Dream Away - The Cars (1981)
17. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie (1974)
18. More Than A Feeling - Boston (1976)
19. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones (1978)
20. Across the Universe - The Beatles (1970) The line "pools of sorrow, waves of joy..." pretty much sums up life on this planet, eh?

21. Love is All Around - The Troggs (1968)
22. Rock Lobster - The B-52's (1979)
23. I Wanna Be Sedated -The Ramones (1980)
24. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles (1967)
25. Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones (1964)
26. Controversy - Prince (1983)
27. The End - The Doors (1967)
28. Purple Rain - Prince (1984)
29. A Forest - The Cure (1980)
30. Message Is You - Gary Myrick (1982)
31. My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars (1978)
32. Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (1978)
33. Take Me With U - Prince (1984)
34. Layla - Derek & the Dominos (1971)
35. Brain Brain - Mental as Anything (1983)
36. A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls (1982)
37. Someday Someway - Marshall Crenshaw (1982)
38. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (1972)
39. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys (1965)
40. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen (1976)
41. Vicious
- Lou Reed (1973)
42. Kid - The Pretenders (1980)
43. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon (1978)
44. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (1967)
45. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths (1984)
46. Metal Mickey - The London Suede (1993)
47. Black Flag - King's X (1991)
48. Unsatisfied - the Replacements (1984)
49. Suffragette City - David Bowie (1972)
50. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (1992)



 
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