Best Ever Albums

Re: Top Song by Year

Listmeister — Fri, 30 May 2014 14:00:15 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 05/30/2014 18:00

Oh, yeah, I got a list for that!

[Note: These may have some year boundary issues. For singles, I go by date the song peaked on the charts.]

2014 Naughty Boy f/Sam Smith - La La La
2013 Lorde - Royals
2012 Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye
2011 Selena Gomez & the Scene - Love You Like a Love Song
2010 Miranda Lambert - Only Prettier

2009 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
2008 Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown - No Air
2007 Timbaland - The Way I Are
2006 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing
2005 Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2004 Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
2003 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life
2002 Sugababes - Round Round
2001 PPK - ResuRection
2000 Sonique - It Feels So Good

1999 Santana f/Rob Thomas - Smooth
1998 Fat Les - Vindaloo
1997 The Seahorses - Love Is the Law
1996 2Pac f/ Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman - California Love
1995 Dead Eye Dick - New Age Girl
1994 The Cranberries - Linger
1993 Spin Doctors - Two Princes
1992 U2 - Mysterious Ways
1991 Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
1990 They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

1989 Madonna - Like A Prayer
1988 Eric Carmen - Make Me Lose Control
1987 Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
1986 Double - The Captain Of Her Heart
1985 Journey - Only the Young
1984 Cyndi Lauper - All Through the Night
1983 Duran Duran - Rio
1982 A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
1981 Earth Wind and Fire - Let's Groove
1980 Ramones - Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio

1979 Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love
1978 Player - Baby Come Back
1977 10cc - Things We Do For Love
1976 Heart - Magic Man
1975 Doobie Brothers - Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me)
1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
1973 The Moody Blues - I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band
1972 Raspberries - Go All The Way
1971 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
1970 Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature

1969 The Zombies - Time of the Season
1968 John Fred and his Playboy Band - Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)
1967 Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
1966 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
1965 The Dave Clark Five - Over and Over
1964 The Beatles - I Feel Fine
1963 Randy & the Rainbows - Denise
1962 Barbara George - I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
1961 The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
1960 Roy Orbison - Blue Angel

1959 Connie Francis - Frankie
1958 Buddy Holly - Rave On
1957 The Diamonds - Little Darlin'
1956 Shirley & Lee - Let the Good Times Roll
1955 Bill Haley & his Comets - Rock Around the Clock
1954 Tony Bennett - Stranger in Paradise
1953 Teresa Brewer - Rickochet (Rick-O-Shay)
1952 Kay Starr - The Wheel of Fortune
1951 Johnny Ray & the Four Lads - Cry
1950 Phil Harris - The Thing

1949 Mel Torme - Careless Hands
1948 Pee Wee Hunt - 12th Street Rag
1947 Vaughn Monroe - Ballerina
1946 The Ink Spots - The Gypsy
1945 Ella Fitzgerald - It's Only a Paper Moon
1944 Bing Crosby - Swinging on a Star
1943 The Song Spinners - Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer
1942 Kay Kyser & his Orchestra - Jingle Jangle Jingle
1941 The Andrews Sisters - The Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B
1940 Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra f/Bob Eberle - The Breeze and I

1939 Larry Clinton - Deep Purple
1938 Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing (with a Swing)
1937 Guy Lombardo & the Lombardo Trio - Boo-Hoo!
1936 Tommy Dorsey - The Music Goes 'Round and Around
1935 Fats Waller - Truckin'
1934 Ray Noble & his Orchestra f/Al Bowlly - The Old Spinning Wheel
1933 Eddy Duchen & his Orchestra f/Lew Sherwood - Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?
1932 Bing Crosby & the Mills Brothers - Dinah
1931 Wayne King - Dream a Little Dream of Me
1930 Rudy Vallee - The Stein Song (University of Main)

1929 Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards - Singin' in the Rain
1928 Al Jolson - Sonny Boy
1927 Gene Austin - My Blue Heaven
1926 Paul Whiteman w/Franklyn Baur - Valencia (A Song of Spain)
1925 Eddie Cantor - If You Knew Susie
1924 Wendell Hall - It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
1923 Billy Jones - Yes, We Have No Bananas
1922 Isham Jones - On the Alamo
1921 Eddie Cantor - Margie
1920 Al Jolson - Swanee

1919 Al Jolson - I'll Say She Does
1918 Al Jolson - Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
1917 The American Quartet - Over There
1916 Enrico Caruso - Santa Lucia
1915 The Peerless Quartet - I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier
1914 The Heidelberg Quartet - By the Beautiful Sea
1913 Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam'
1912 The Heidelberg Quartet - Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
1911 Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - Alexander's Ragtime Band
1910 Billy Murray & the Haydn Quartet - By the Light of the Silvery Moon

1909 Harry MacDonough & Miss Walton - Shine On Harvest Moon
1908 Billy Murray Under Any Old Flag at All
1907 Billy Murray - Harrigan
1906 Billy Murray - The Grand Old Rag
1905 Billy Murray - Give My Regards to Broadway
1904 Billy Murray - Navajo
1903 Arthur Collins - Any Rags
1902 Len Spencer - Arkansaw Traveller
1901 Harry MacDonough & Grace Spencer - Tell Me Pretty Maiden
1900 Dan Quinn - Nothing's Too Good for the Irish

1899 Arthur Collins - I'd Leave My Happy Home For You
1898 George J. Gaskin - She Was Bred in Old Kentucky
1897 John Phillip Sousa's Band - Stars and Stripes Forever
1896 Dan W. Quinn - A Hot Time in the Old Town
1895 Dan W. Quinn - The Band Played On
1894 Vess Ossman and his Banjo Orchestra - Yankee Doodle
1893 George J. Gaskin - After the Ball
1892 Russell Hunting - Casey at the Telephone
1891 George W. Johnson - The Laughing Song
1890 U.S. Marine Band - Washington Post

Re: Top Song by Year

Kaiser — Thu, 29 May 2014 18:15:44 GMT

Author: Kaiser

Posted: 05/29/2014 22:15

1969 King Crimson - The Court Of The Crimson King
1970 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1971 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
1972 Deep Purple - Highway Star
1973 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
1974 Supertramp - Hide In Your Shell
1975 Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
1976 Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Part. 4
1977 AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1978 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
1979 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
1980 Rush - The Spirit Of Radio
1981 Genesis - Abacab
1982 Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
1983 The Police - Every Breath You Take
1984 Metallica - The Call Of Ktulu
1985 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
1986 The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
1987 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
1988 Metallica - To Live Is To Die
1989 The Cure - The Same Deep Water As You
1990 Megadeth - Holy Wars
1991 Pearl Jam - Black
1992 Dream Theater - Metropolis Part I
1993 Radiohead - Creep
1994 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles)
1995 The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
1996 Orbital - The Box
1997 The Prodigy - Breathe
1998 Garbage - You Look So Fine
1999 Porcupine Tree - A Smart Kid
2000 Coldplay - Trouble
2001 Opeth - Blackwater Park
2002 Sigur Ros - Untitled 3
2003 Opeth - Windowpane
2004 Keane - Everybody Is Changing
2005 Coldplay - Fix You
2006 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Wet Sand
2007 The National - Slow Show
2008 Slipknot - Sulfur
2009 Mastodon - The Czar
2010 Arcade Fire - Sprawl II
2011 Evanescence - My Heart Is Broken
2012 Austin Wintory - I Was Born For This
2013 Daft Punk - Giorgio By Moroder
2014 Agalloch - Plateau Of The Ages

It's amazing and unexpected the coincidence with Oxigene part. 4 in 1976.

Re: Top Song by Year

andy_hunter — Thu, 29 May 2014 07:22:28 GMT

Author: andy_hunter

Posted: 05/29/2014 11:22

1964: The Beach Boys - I Get Around
1965: Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
1966: Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence
1967: The Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side)
1968: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
1969: The Beatles - Come Together
1970: Simon & Garfunkel: The Boxer
1971: David Bowie: Life On Mars
1972: Lou Reed: Perfect Day
1973: Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon
1974: David Bowie: Rebel Rebel
1975: Bob Dylan: Simple Twist Of Fate
1976: Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town
1977: Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
1978: Blondie - One Way Or Another
1979: The Clash - London Calling
1980: Joy Division - Isolation
1981: Prince - Controversy
1982: The Clash - Rock The Casbah
1983: Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
1984: The Smiths - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
1985: Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
1986: Paul Simon - Homeless
1987: R.E.M. - The One I Love
1988: The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace God
1989: The Stone Roses - This Is The One
1990: The La's - There She Goes
1991: Nirvana - Come As You Are
1992: R.E.M. - Nightswimming
1993: Blur - For Tomorrow
1994: Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over
1995: Pulp - Common People
1996: The Divine Comedy - Something For The Weekend
1997: Radiohead - No Surprises
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999: Red Hot Chili Peppers: Scar Tissue
2000: Outkast - BOB
2001: The Stokes - Someday
2002: The Libertines - Death On The Stairs
2003: The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
2004: Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
2005: Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
2006: Arctic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor
2007: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
2008: Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
2009: Arctic Monkeys - Conerstone
2010: LCD Soundsytem - Dance Yrself Clean
2011: Bon Iver - Holocene
2012: Kendrick Lamar - Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe
2013: Phoenix - Trying To Be Cool
2014: Real Estate - Talking Backwards

Re: Top Song by Year

SquishypuffDave — Thu, 29 May 2014 06:20:12 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 05/29/2014 10:20

I'll give it a shot.

14 – Real Thing – Tune Yards
13 – Golden Arrow – Darkside
12 – All Your Gold – Bat For Lashes
11 – Bad As Me – Tom Waits
10 – Colouring Of Pigeons – The Knife
09 – The Visitor – Portico Quartet
08 – Fatalist Palmistry – Why?
07 – Mistaken For Strangers – The National
06 – Clara – Scott Walker
05 – Running Thoughts – Deerhoof
04 – All Caps – Madvillain
03 – There There – Radiohead
02 – Thankyoubranch – The Books
01 – Come On Let’s Go – Broadcast
00 – Frontier Psychiatrist – The Avalanches
99 – Feeling Yourself Disintegrate – The Flaming Lips
98 – Pete Standing Alone – Boards Of Canada
97 – Unravel – Bjork
96 – Dark Matter – Porcupine Tree
95 – Shook Ones Pt II – Mobb Deep
94 – Rhubarb – Aphex Twin
93 – When The Sun Hits - Slowdive
92 – Xtal – Aphex Twin
91 – New Grass – Talk Talk
90 – Tunic (Song For Karen) – Sonic Youth
89 – Disintegration – The Cure
88 – I Believe In You – Talk Talk
87 – In My Garden – Swans
86 – Shadow Of A Doubt – Sonic Youth
85 – Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
84 – It’s My Life – Talk Talk
83 – This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) – Talking Heads
82 – Total Eclipse Of The Heart – Bonnie Tyler
81 – Ceremony – New Order
80 – Seen And Not Seen – Talking Heads
79 – Drugs – Talking Heads
78 – Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
77 – Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
76 – Oxygene 4 – Jean Michel Jarre
75 – Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
74 – Sea Song – Robert Wyatt
73 – Us And Them – Pink Floyd
72 – Place To Be – Nick Drake
71 – The Herald – Comus
70 – Northern Sky – Nick Drake
69 – The Old Man’s Back Again – Scott Walker
68 – America – Simon & Garfunkel
67 – Electricity – Captain Beefheart
66 – Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles

tbc

Re: Top Song by Year

Anonymous — Thu, 29 May 2014 04:32:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/29/2014 08:32

Norman Bates wrote:

And it goes a little something like this.

1994 - Kinda Stoned - Swell

Your list is brilliant. Seeing this little nugget get some love just made my night.

Re: Top Song by Year

Norman Bates — Thu, 29 May 2014 04:17:10 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 05/29/2014 08:17

And it goes a little something like this.

1961 - Blues Connotation - Ornette Coleman
1962 - Wang Dang Doodle - Howlin' Wolf
1963 - Trio and Group Dancers - Charles Mingus
1964 - Bar-B-Q - Wendy Rene
1965 - A Love Supreme Part1: Acknowledgment - John Coltrane
1966 - God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
1967 - 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker
1968 - Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground
1969 - The Creator Has a Masterplan - Pharoah Sanders

1970 - Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
1971 - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye
1972 - Which Will - Nick Drake
1973 - Krautrock - Faust
1974 - Alifib - Robert Wyatt
1975 - e-musik - Neu!
1976 - Roadrunner - The Modern Lovers
1977 - Ghost Rider - Suicide
1978 - Outdoor Miner - Wire
1979 - Wilderness - Joy Division

1980 - Jukebox Babe - Alan Vega
1981 - Sex Beat - The Gun Club
1982 - Rip It Up - Orange Juice
1983 - Optimo - Liquid Liquid
1984 - Pyromaniac - The Verlaines
1985 - Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
1986 - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
1987 - Son of a Gun - The Vaselines
1988 - You Made Me Realise - My Bloody Valentine
1989 - Sensitive - The Field Mice

1990 - Mildred Pierce - Sonic Youth
1991 - Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
1992 - Lord Kill the Pain - Red House Painters
1993 - On - Aphex Twin
1994 - Kinda Stoned - Swell
1995 - Cheikh Oumar Bah - Toumani Diabaté
1996 - Happy - Mazzy Star
1997 - Velocity Funk - e-dancer
1998 - The Seasons Reverse - Gastr Del Sol
1999 - Rien qu'à voir - Dominique A

2000 - Sodastream - Leila
2001 - Gold Day - Sparklehorse
2002 - It's Too Late - The Streets
2003 - Carry Me, Ohio - Sun Kil Moon
2004 - The Day Texas Sank to the Bottom of the Sea - Micah P. Hinson
2005 - Summer Water - Colleen
2006 - Ted (Bibio Remix) - Clark
2007 - Archangel - Burial
2008 - Un Dia - Juana Molina
2009 - Brothersport - Animal Collective

2010 - July Flame - Laura Veirs
2011 - Killin' the Vibe - Ducktails
2012 - Money Trees - Kendrick Lamar
2013 - T r i s h - Odd Nosdam
2014 - Carissa - Sun Kil Moon

Top Song by Year

revolver94 — Wed, 28 May 2014 21:00:00 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 05/29/2014 01:00

So I just spent too long making this. It's a list of every year (for me, since 1963) and my favorite song from that year. Some artist dominated a lot more than I thought they would, but regardless this is a pretty cool way of looking at music history. Try it out!!

Year - Song - Artist
1963 - Be My Baby - The Ronettes
1964 - Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
1965 - Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
1966 - God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
1967 - Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
1968 - Dear Prudence - The Beatles
1969 - Something - The Beatles
1970 - After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
1971 - Imagine - John Lennon
1972 - Perfect Day - Lou Reed
1973 - Caroline Says II - Lou Reed
1974 - Autobahn - Kraftwerk
1975 - Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
1976 - Station to Station - David Bowie
1977 - "Heroes" - David Bowie
1978 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
1979 - Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
1980 - Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
1981 - Computer Love - Kraftwerk
1982 - Suspended in Gaffa - Kate Bush
1983 - This Charming Man - The Smiths
1984 - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
1985 - Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain
1986 - There is a Light that Never Goes Out - The Smiths
1987 - Schizophrenia - Sonic Youth
1988 - You Made Me Realise - My Bloody Valentine
1989 - Hey - Pixies
1990 - Vapour Trail - Ride
1991 - New Grass - Talk Talk
1992 - Babies - Pulp
1993 - Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
1994 - Roads - Portishead
1995 - Game of Pricks - Guided by Voices
1996 - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying - Belle and Sebastian
1997 - No Surprises - Radiohead
1998 - Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2 - Neutral Milk Hotel
1999 - Carry the Zero - Built to Spill
2000 - Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead
2001 - The Modern Age - The Strokes
2002 - Flying a Kite - Joanna Newsom
2003 - Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2004 - Peach, Plum, Pear - Joanna Newsom
2005 - Grass - Animal Collective
2006 - Only Skin - Joanna Newsom
2007 - For Reverend Green - Animal Collective
2008 - Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend
2009 - Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear
2010 - Silver Soul - Beach House
2011 - Video Games - Lana Del Rey
2012 - Werewolf - Fiona Apple
2013 - Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake
2014 - Dominic - Ramona Lisa