What are your top 40 favorite songs of all time?

Question

I understand that it could take a while to come up with 40, but it is what it is.

You can build the list by parts at a time, if you want. You can also update the list if you need to.

Answer 1

Okay let me see...
1. Leave a Light On by Belinda Carlisle
2. Heart of Glass by Blondie
3. Maria by Blondie
4. Tiny Dancer by Elton John
5. Unforgiven by The Go Go's
6. Everything To Me by Liz Phair
7. Daydream Believer by The Monkees
8. Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles
9. Sunday Girl by Blondie
10. Hangin On The Telephone by Blondie
11. Danceway by Blondie
12. Skidmarks On My Heart By The Go Go's
13. Our Lips Are Sealed by The Go Go's
14. Half The World by Belinda Carlisle
15. Copacabana by Barry Manilow
16. Take On Me by a-Ha
17. When You Were Young by The Killers
18. I'm Still Standing by Elton John
19. Tainted Love by Soft Cell
20. Working For The Weekend by Loverboy
21. Everybody Wants to Rule The World by Tears for Fears
22. Waterloo by ABBA
23. California Dreamin' by The Mamas & The Papas
24. Head Over Heels by The Go Go's
25. Africa by Toto
26. Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall
27. The Scientist by Coldplay
28. Speed of Sound by Coldplay
29. In The Flesh by Blondie
30. That's The Way It Is by Celine Dion
31. Money, Money, Money by ABBA
32. In The Deep by Bird York
33. The One by Elton John
34. Rock Me by Liz Phair
35. Mamma Mia by ABBA
36. Good Is Good by Sheryl Crow
37. Got To Be Real by Cheryl Lynn
38. Picture This by Blondie
39. Dreaming by Blondie
40. Can't Stop The World by The Go Go's
Wow, that was pretty hard. I probably repeated a few or forgot my absolute favorites, but oh well!

Answer 2

1. Face Down
2. Into The Ocean
3. Cat and Mouse
4. Thank you For the Venom
5. Theres a Class for This
6. Lips of An Angel
7. Fergalicious
8.Before He Cheats
9. Runaway Love
10. Whats Your Fantasy
11. Money in the Bank
12. Money Maker
13.Dating Game
14. Fidelity
15. Love Me Or Hate Me
16. Irreplacable
17. Say Goodbye
18. Seven Years
19. The Thong Song
20. Dem Jeans
21. Scars
22. Last Resort
23. This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race
24. It Ends Tonight
25. Move Along
26. Dirty Little Secret
27. Swing Swing
28. Riot Girl
29.Headspin
30. I'm Not Okay
31. Hate Me
32. In Fates Hands
33. Atrophy
34. To Be Loved
35. What Hurts the Most
36.Hurt
37. Barbie Girl
38.Wait a Minute
39.Damn Regret
40. Failure by Designer Jeans

Welcome.............

Answer 3

(Not necessarily in order as not a clear requirement!)
1. Barber's Adagio for Strings performed by anyone competent.
2. Massive Attack- Safe from Harm
3. Stone Roses- Fools Gold
4. Nirvana- Very Ape
5. Tricky- Suffocated Love
6. The Who- My Generation
7. Pixies- Where is my Mind?
8. T-Rex- 20th Century Boy
9. Prodigy- Firestarter
10. Massive Attack- Unfinished Sympathy
11. Metallica- Enter Sandman
12. MC Solaar- Au pays de Gandhi
13. NERD- Rock Star
14. Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Give it Away
15. Aretha Franklin- Ain't no Way
16. Energy 52- Cafe del Mar
17. The Clash- Rock the Casbah
18. Beastie Boys- Flute Loop
19. Beastie Boys- Sureshot
20. Matt Darey- Beautiful
21. Nirvana- About a Girl
22. Tricky- Bury the Evidence
23. Portishead- Roads
24. Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody
25. House of Pain- Jump Around
26. KLF- 3 A.M. Eternal
27. Paul Van Dyke- For an Angel
28. Vangelis- Conquest of Paradise
29. Leftfield- Storm 3000
30. Cypress Hill- Tres Equis
31. Prodigy- Weather Experience
32. EMF- Unbelievable
33. Soul II Soul- Back to Life
34. Moby- Why does my heart
35. Stone Roses- She bangs the drum
36. New Order- Confusion
37. Radiohead- Creep
38. Oasis- Up in the Sky
39. Blur- Song 2
40. Ben E King- Stand by Me

Probably! Damned difficult- also thought I liked less mainstream but there's the evidence..!

Answer 4

Beat Of My Heart, Because Of You, Because You Live, Behind These Hazel Eyes, I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, Breakaway,Breathe, Inside Your Heaven, Collapsed, Bad Day, Dreaming In Color, Four Walls, God Bless The U.S.A., We're All In This Together, Jericho, Someone's Watching Over Me, Home, I'll Try, I've Got Nerve, I Don't Wanna Be, It's Not Over,
Just A Dream, Let U Go, Low, My Destiny, No One, Nobodys Home, On The Ride, Pumpin' Up The Party, Right Where You Want Me, Since U Been Gone, Some Hearts, The Rose, The Second Star To The Right, Too Little Too Late, Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Everyday, Rush, Sleigh Ride, Black Horse And A Cherry Tree, Just Like You.

Answer 5

Sheesh, 40 but in no particular order, OK, best of each of my favourite artists, how's that?
1. 10CC - Rubber Bullets
2. AC/DC - The Jack
3. BTO - Takin' Care of Business
4. Barry Blue - Dancing on a Saturday Night
5. Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby
6. Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
7. Bobby Rydell - Wild One
8. Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
9. Bryan Adams - Everything I Do
10. Celine Dion - The Power of Love
11. Chris Isaak - Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing
12. Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
13. Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
14. David Bowie - Space Oddity
15. Def Leppard - When Love and Hate Collide
16. Dion DiMucci - Ruby Baby
17. Don McLean - American Pie
18. ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
19. Elvis Presley - Little Egypt
20. Frank Ifield - I Remember You
21. Guns 'N' Roses - November Rain
22. Icehouse - Crazy
23. Jigsaw - Sky High
24. Kevin Borich Express - Gonna See My Baby Tonight
25. Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
26. Lynn Anderson - Desperado
27. Madonna - Vogue
28. Mariah Carey - Vision Of Love
29. Olivia Newton-Jon - Xanadu
30. Patti Page - Walking The Floor
31. Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
32. Queen - We Will Rock You
33. REM - Everybody Hurts
34. Robert John - Sad Eyes
35. Robert Palmer - Bad Case of Loving You
36. Roy Orbison - Crying
37. Shania Twain - Man I feel Like a Woman Tonight
38. The Beatles - Boys
39. The Escape Club - Living in theWild Wild West
40. Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally
But I've left out hundreds of great artists and thousands of great songs.

Answer 6

Holding Back the Years- Simply Red
Smile- Angela Winbush
Careless Whispers- George Michael/Wham?
Superstar- Luther Vandross
Sara Smile- Hall and Oats
Zoom- Commodores
Broken Wings- Mister?
Unbreak My Heart- Toni Braxton
Get Into the Groove- Madonna
We Are the World
Can You Stand the Rain- New Edition
Yeah- Usher
Anytime- Brian McKnight

Ok I quit..lol!

Answer 7

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - D. Ross
I will Survive - G. Gaynor I think
Silent Night
Happy Birthday to You
Mandy - B. Mannilow
I will Always Love You - W. Houston
Two Doors Down - D. Partron

that's just a few of my very favorites

Answer 8

I actually came up with a personal "Top 100" about three years ago:

http://members.tripod.com/~DPisHere/Fave_Music.html

I am planning to update it soon; maybe 10-20 songs will be replaced. In the meantime, I would enjoy seeing everyone else's lists.

Merry Christmas, one and all!

Answer 9

Alone by Heart
Allies by Heart
Crazy On You by Heart
Dog and Butterfly by Heart
Your Ghost by 50 Foot Wave
Go Go Go by Valeze
So Stay In Love by Kissing Tigers
I Died In A Mall By Kissing Tigers
The Instinct by Denali
Firefly by Greta Gaines
Purple Jesus by Greta Gaines
This Girl Would by Manda Clare
Rag Doll by Manda Clair
River Waltz by The Cowboy Junkies
The Scene's Out of Sight by Actionslacks
Roads to Madness by Queensryche
Spreading the Disease by Quuensryche
Silent Lucidity by Queensryche
Rhythm of Love by Scorpions
Just You by Kelly's Lot
Living Inside Her by Kelly's Lot
Reaching From Nowhere by Milla
It's Your Life by Milla
Don't Fade Away by Milla
Tonight by The Soviettes
Take My Breath Away by Berlin
TKO by Le Tigra
#1 Crush By Garbage
Firehead by Devics
You In The Glass by Devics
Siren Song by Devics
Gold in the Girl by Devics
Five Second To Hold You by Devics
In Your Room by Devics
Come Up By Devics
Lie To Me By Devics
I Will Love You by Fisher
Had To By Fisher
Never Say By Fisher
Mary by Fisher

Answer 10

Ill give you my top five, all Song-Artist

Living After Midnight-Judas Priest
Highway 61-Bob Dylan
Surrender-Cheap Trick
Godzilla-Blue Oyster Cult
(Don't Fear) The Reaper-BOC (song used for the cowbell in SNL skit.)