100 Greatest Best Songs Ever
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 22 November 2019
Tracklist
- 1Purple RainPrince8:404.4 ★
- 2RockabyeClean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne‐Marie4:103.3 ★
- 3Return of the Mack (C & J Street mix)Mark Morrison3:304.0 ★
- 4YellowColdplay4:263.4 ★
- 5CrazyGnarls Barkley2:574.1 ★
- 6Take On Mea‐ha3:454.3 ★
- 7Can’t Get You out of My HeadKylie Minogue3:504.0 ★
- 8Hypnotize (2007 remaster)The Notorious B.I.G.3:503.9 ★
- 9Summer LoveRudimental & Rita Ora4:184.0 ★
- 10Just the Way You AreBruno Mars3:404.2 ★
- 11True (single edit)Spandau Ballet5:283.6 ★
- 12Stand by MeBen E. King2:544.6 ★
- 13I’ll Be Missing YouDiddy feat. Faith Evans & 1125:013.0 ★
- 14West End Girls (2001 remaster)Pet Shop Boys4:053.8 ★
- 152:014.2 ★
- 16Around the WorldDaft Punk7:094.0 ★
- 17The Best (edit)Tina Turner4:103.9 ★
- 18New RulesDua Lipa3:293.6 ★
- 19Hungry Like the Wolf (2009 remaster)Duran Duran3:403.9 ★
- 20Hold My HandJess Glynne3:473.7 ★
- 21Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz3:424.0 ★
- 223:593.8 ★
- 23Ain’t NobodyRufus & Chaka Khan4:453.7 ★
- 24Pure ShoresAll Saints4:283.6 ★
- 25Work ItMissy Elliott4:21
- 26RespectAretha Franklin2:274.0 ★
- 27Le FreakCHIC3:304.4 ★
- 28Blue Monday ’88New Order4:044.0 ★
- 29Mysterious Girl (radio edit)Peter Andre3:373.1 ★
- 307 YearsLukas Graham3:573.2 ★
- 31HeatwaveWiley feat. Ms. D3:153.0 ★
- 32Dry Your EyesThe Streets4:293.6 ★
- 33You’re BeautifulJames Blunt3:324.1 ★
- 345:044.0 ★
- 35Wuthering HeightsKate Bush4:274.0 ★
- 36You Sexy ThingHot Chocolate4:043.9 ★
- 37I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)The Proclaimers3:393.9 ★
- 38I’ll Stand by YouPretenders4:003.5 ★
- 39Forget YouCeeLo Green3:423.5 ★
- 40My GirlOtis Redding2:553.8 ★
- 41Just a FriendBiz Markie3:583.6 ★
- 42Disco Inferno (single edit)The Trammps3:114.4 ★
- 43A Thousand YearsChristina Perri4:453.5 ★
- 44Kiss From a RoseSeal4:483.9 ★
- 45StarsSimply Red4:083.0 ★
- 46House of the Rising SunThe Animals4:294.1 ★
- 47Baker StreetGerry Rafferty6:053.8 ★
- 48Shimmy Shimmy YaOl’ Dirty Bastard2:395.0 ★
- 49I Love ItIcona Pop2:354.0 ★
- 50That’s the Way (I Like It)KC & the Sunshine Band5:064.5 ★
- 51I’m a BelieverThe Monkees2:464.6 ★
- 52December, 1963 (Oh What a Night!)Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons3:323.9 ★
- 53Ironic (2015 remaster)Alanis Morissette3:504.1 ★
- 54IDGAFDua Lipa3:374.0 ★
- 553:333.7 ★
- 56Like GlueSean Paul3:523.5 ★
- 57Feel So GoodMase3:24
- 58Strong EnoughCher3:442.7 ★
- 59I’ll Be There for You (theme from “Friends”)The Rembrandts3:084.0 ★
- 60Hooked on a FeelingBlue Swede2:534.0 ★
- 61AirplanesB.o.B feat. Hayley Williams3:004.5 ★
- 62Long Train Runnin’The Doobie Brothers3:274.1 ★
- 63IrisThe Goo Goo Dolls4:494.1 ★
- 64Last RequestPaolo Nutini3:403.8 ★
- 65You’ve Got a FriendJames Taylor4:284.4 ★
- 66Light My FireThe Doors7:094.2 ★
- 67Golden BrownThe Stranglers3:264.4 ★
- 68Good FeelingFlo Rida4:083.6 ★
- 69One WeekBarenaked Ladies2:494.1 ★
- 70Turn Me OnKevin Lyttle3:124.1 ★
- 71Love Shack (single version)The B‐52’s4:203.8 ★
- 72Listen to Your HeartRoxette5:283.6 ★
- 73I Wanna RockTwisted Sister2:594.1 ★
- 74Welcome to the Black ParadeMy Chemical Romance5:114.5 ★
- 75Somewhere Only We KnowLily Allen3:284.0 ★
- 76ReplayIyaz3:024.0 ★
- 77School’s OutAlice Cooper3:294.2 ★
- 78The Killing MoonEcho & the Bunnymen5:464.2 ★
- 794:233.9 ★
- 80Move On UpCurtis Mayfield2:454.0 ★
- 81I’ve Got a WomanRay Charles2:514.5 ★
- 82Land of 1000 DancesWilson Pickett2:264.0 ★
- 838:065.0 ★
- 844:354.0 ★
- 85Brass in PocketPretenders3:044.4 ★
- 86I Write Sins Not TragediesPanic! at the Disco3:074.2 ★
- 87Everything I OwnBread3:074.2 ★
- 88If You Leave Me NowChicago3:554.2 ★
- 893:194.1 ★
- 90Groove Is in the HeartDeee‐Lite3:514.2 ★
- 91I Believe in a Thing Called LoveThe Darkness3:374.1 ★
- 92Love Will Tear Us ApartJoy Division3:264.5 ★
- 93Walking in MemphisMarc Cohn4:143.9 ★
- 94How Soon Is Now? (edit)The Smiths3:384.5 ★
- 95It’s My Life (1997 remaster)Talk Talk3:523.8 ★
- 96How You Remind MeNickelback3:443.8 ★
- 97All I Have to Do Is DreamThe Everly Brothers2:234.0 ★
- 98When a Man Loves a WomanPercy Sledge2:504.3 ★
- 99CannonballDamien Rice5:104.4 ★
- 100The SeaMorcheeba5:473.2 ★
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1Digital Media22 November 2019