Top 100 Songs of all-time

Edition #6 ….still being tweaked

[as of December 4, 2006}

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*Songs in Bold moved up at least 10 spots this year*

*total of 8 new songs this year*

*songs must have been released prior to December 2001*

Dec-06 Song Artist Year Dec-05 Dec-04 Nov-03 Dec-02 Dec-01

100 Head Over Feet Alanis Morisette 1995 98
99 Don’t Turn Around Ace of Base 1994 90 81 68 51 43
97 Hazard Richard Marx 1991 95 94 92 84
97 Special Garbage 1999
96 Till I Hear It From You The Gin Blossoms 1996 69 54 43 55
95 From A Distance Bette Midler 1990 92 90 76 78 81
94 Sweet Child O’Mine Guns n' Roses 1989 89 70 77 99
92 I’ll Remember Madonna 1994 81 69 65 59 55
92 Champagne Supernova Oasis 1996
91 I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You UB 40 1993 82 60 46 41 42
90 Far Behind Candlebox 1994
89 Summer of ‘69 Brian Adams 1986 93 86 95 88 87
88 I Will Remember You Amy Grant 1992 77 59 67 52 46
87 Take My Breath Away Berlin 1986 84 64 49 33 20
86 Return To Innocence Enigma 1994 80 65 54 48 40
85 The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel 1969
84 If You Asked Me To Celine Dion 1993 75 78 70 62 54
83 Save The Best For Last Vanessa Williams 1992 71 61 51 43 32
82 Against All Odds Phil Collins 1984 97 87 74 68 64
81 Disarm Smashing Pumpkins 1993 59 52
80 Wicked Game Chris Isaac 1991 70 53 40 26 22
79 End of the Innocence Don Henley 1989
78 Small Town John Mellencamp 1984 86 77 75 82 77
77 Bittersweet Symphony The Verve 1998
76 I Stay Away Alice in Chains 1994 67
75 Take A Bow Madonna 1994 74 66 59 44 36
74 I Don’t Wanna Fight Tina Turner 1994 73 67 72 60 56
73 The Wind Beneath My Wings Bette Midler 1988 72 82 80 77 80
72 Walk On The Ocean Toad the Wet Sprocket 1993 79 89 94 80 57
71 One Of Us Joan Osborne 1995 83 73 71 58 53
70 Wild Nights John Mellencamp 1994 85 71 56 50 44
69 Come Down Bush 1995
68 Stand Back Stevie Nicks 1983 68
67 If You Go Jon Secada 1994 63 56 47 42 39
66 The Living Years Mike & the Mechanics 1988 60 74 73 76 76
65 Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon Urge Overkill 1994 78
64 Everlong Foo Fighters 1998 56
63 Silent All These Years Tori Amos 1991 62 58 62 64 59
62 Black Balloon Goo Goo Dolls 1998 61 57 45 83 84
61 Zombie The Cranberries 1995 66 63 55 49 45
60 Black Pearl Jam 1993 76
59 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band 1996 65 62 50 53 50
58 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 1993 54 72
57 Elderly Woman Standing Behind .. Pearl Jam 1993 57
56 Human Wheels John Mellencamp 1993 48 44 35 34 25
55 Who Will Save Your Soul Jewel 1996 47 41 48 45 34
54 Everybody Hurts REM 1993 46 37 25 24 48
53 Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes 1982 44 35 22 15 4
52 Cryin’ Aerosmith 1993 53 55 64 90
51 Crazy Aerosmith 1994 52 50 52 54 49
50 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 1998 51 49 53 61 74
49 Allison Road The Gin Blossoms 1994 42 34 57 100
48 If It Makes You Happy Sheryl Crow 1995 41 33 19 18 17
47 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 1994
46 Lightning Crashes Live 1995 55 48 42 38 69
45 I Want To Come Over Melissa Ethridge 1996 39 39
44 One U2 1992 50 51 60 81 89
43 Fields of Gold Sting 1994 49 47 41 35 26
42 Cherish Madonna 1988 43 68 82 69 67
41 Down in A Hole Alice in Chains 1993 58
40 Tonight Tonight Smashing Pumpkins 1996 40 46 63 86
39 Alive Pearl Jam 1992 45 75
38 Mr Jones Counting Crows 1994 36 36 27 28 30
37 Push Matchbox 20 1997 33 40 84
36 Losing My Religion REM 1990 38 42 36 37 33
35 I’ll Stand By You The Pretenders 1994 37 38 30 25 21
34 Streets Of Philadelphia Bruce Springsteen 1994 32 31 37 32 23
33 Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover Sophie B. Hawkins 1992 35 45 38 22 14
32 Strong Enough Sheryl Crow 1994 31 27 20 21 19
31 I Would Do Anything For Love Meatloaf 1993 30 29 18 13 11
30 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots 1995 34 43 34
29 1979 Smashing Pumpkins 1996 29 32 44 57 68
28 Round Here Counting Crows 1993 23 30 32 39 52
27 The Freshman The Verve Pipe 1996 24 21 10 6 10
26 Linger The Cranberries 1993 28 24 29 29 27
Hootie and the
25 Let Her Cry Blowfish 1995 20 20 33
24 Come To My Window Melissa Ethridge 1994 25 28 69 63 58
23 Sometime’s Love Just Ain’t Enough Patty Smyth Don Henley 1992 26 26 21 19 13
22 The World I Know Collective Soul 1995 22 17 12 11 16
21 Nothing Compares U Sinead O' Conner 1990 18 15 11 10 5
20 Every Breath You Take The Police 1981 15 10 7 5 6
19 The Boys of Summer Don Henley 1986 16 25 39 36 31
18 This Used To Be My Playground Madonna 1992 17 14 15 16 12
17 Don’t You Forget About Me Simple Minds 1986 27 23 23 23 28
16 Found Out About You The Gin Blossoms 1993 12 12 16 20 47
15 Hey Jealousy The Gin Blossoms 1993 11 13 17 27 29
14 Until I Fall Away The Gin Blossoms 1994 19 16 13 14 18
13 Counting Blue Cars Dishwalla 1995 14 18 28
12 With Or Without You U2 1987 21 22 26 30 66
11 No Rain Blind Melon 1993 13 19 24 31 41
10 Runaway Train Soul Asylum 1993 9 8 8 17 24
9 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Crash Test Dummies 1993 8 9 9 8 8
Hootie and the
8 Time Blowfish 1995 6 7 31
7 Ordinary World Duran Duran 1993 4 2 2 2 3
6 Jeremy Pearl Jam 1992 10 11 14 12 38
5 Time After Time Cindy Lauper 1984 5 5 4 3 2
4 November Rain Guns n' Roses 1992 7 6 6 7 7
3 Name Goo Goo Dolls 1995 3 3 3 4 15
2 Something’s Always Wrong Toad the Wet Sprocket 1994 2 4 5 9 9
1 Stay (I Missed You) Lisa Loeb 1994 1 1 1 1 1

*ARTISTS WITH MORE THAN TWO SONGS ON THE TOP 100*

The Gin Blossoms – 5

Madonna – 4
Pearl Jam – 4
Smashing Pumpkins - 3
Don Henley – 3
Smashing Pumpkins - 3
John Mellencamp – 3
Goo Goo Dolls – 3

*SONGS BY YEAR*

1969 1
1981 1
1982 1
1983 1
1984 3
1986 4
1987 1
1988 3
1989 2
1990 3
 1991 3
1992 9
1993 20
1994 22
1995 12
1996 8
1997 1
1998 4
1999 1

*Songs that Fell off the top 100 in 2006*

Song Artist Year Dec-05 Dec-04 Nov-03 Dec-02 Dec-01
Under The Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 1991 99 96 85 65 63
Perfect Smashing Pumpkins 1998 96
I Alone Live 1995 94 80
Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 1991 91 79 58 46 79
Fall Down Toad the Wet Sprocket 1994 88 76
Shimmer Fuel 1998 87
The Downtown Days of the New 1997 64

*Songs that fell off the top 100 in 2005*

Dec-05 Song Artist Year Dec-04 Nov-03 Dec-02 Dec-01

Just Another Day Jon Secada 1992 100
Ironic Alanis Morisette 1995 99 83 71 61
I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston 1992 97 91 97 82
Dissident Pearl Jam 1995 95
Everything I Do Brian Adams 1991 93 78 70 62
Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin 1997 92 79 67 60
Right Here Waiting Richard Marx 1990 91 87 79 88
Foolish Games Jewel 1997 88 81 66 51
Building A Mystery Sarah McLachlan 1997 85 66 56 37
Adia Sarah McLachlan 1998 84 61 47 35
What's Up Four Non-Blondes 1992 83
 *Songs that Fell off the Top 100 in 2004 *

Dec-04 Song Artist Release Year Nov-03 Dec-02 Dec-01

Walking In Memphis Marc Cohn 1991 100 95
Broken Wings Mister Mister 1985 99 93 73
Like A Prayer Madonna 1989 98 73 65
I Don’t Want To Cry Mariah Carey 1991 97 89 72
One More Try Timmy T 1991 96 98 83
Tears In Heaven Eric Clapton 1991 93 94 85
Take On Me A-Ha 1985 90 74 75
Please Forgive Me Brian Adams 1992 89 72
I Believe Blessd Union of Souls 1994 88 85
When She Cries Restless Heart 1991 86 75

*Songs that Just Missed the Cut in 2005*

Life goes on – Hans Zimmer – 1992

Armenian Dances – Alfred Reed – 1970 something
Your Song – Elton John
Will you marry me? – Paula Abdul
My Hero – foo Fighters
Fell on black days – Soundgarden
Wanted Dead Or Alive – Bon Jovi