100 / 100 songs
by Johnnyo 
This will become a bit of a labour of love I suspect.
This is a chart of the songs that I have rated as pretty much perfect (100 / 100). The labour of love part comes in as I do a write up on each track.
I'm not including live tracks. I'm including the occasional compilation if that is the only place that I can find the track as I need to own the song to include it
Please bear with me as I work my way through these. There are going to be quite a few.
There is no ranking here.
- Chart updated: 4 days ago
- (Created: 10/03/2025 07:35).
- Chart size: 63 albums.
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Adam Raised A Cane - This is where Bruce goes punk.
Hard rockin’ track from the start with that phenomenal guitar shredding from the outset. Driven by a heavy drumbeat and a riff played simultaneously by the guitars, bass, piano, and organ this is an irresistibly driven track. It cannot be ignored
The first time I heard this it blew my mind and it still does every time I hear it.
Candy's Room - Bruce continues the punk influence here and it’s just a blistering track. It’s a song where suitors trade gifts for Candy’s affection. The artist Karon Bihari, whom Springsteen briefly dated in the 1970s, claimed the song was about her.
Love the piano intro which leads to a blistering drum and guitar lead main part of the track. I was trying to come up with a phrase to describe the energy on this track and then I read someone describe it as "physically urgent". Perfect!
It a great live track as well and I’ve heard The Boss play this a couple of time live. So visceral.
Racing In The Street - "Tonight tonight the strips just right, I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats, so come out now everyone And we'll go racing in the street,"
Not just Bruce’s greatest ballad but his greatest song with the most beautiful piano intro from Roy Bittan.
The song, with its narrative about a guy in a dead-end job whose outlet is racing his car and winning money gambling on the outcome, fits seamlessly into the Springsteen narrative of the people that he grew up with. He writes and sings from the heart and about things that he understands.
Springsteen has said that this song commemorates the racing in the street that occurred outside Asbury Park, New Jersey. Springsteen songs from the 1970s often celebrated the car, another great track being Thunder Road, There seems to be something in the American male psyche that celebrate the car or the freedom that having a car affords you.
What can get lost on the narrative of this song is the part played by the girlfriend. There’s a lot of sympathy and understanding for the protagonists girlfriend in this song, which again, is a trait of Springsteen in his writing.
I love this song because it sounds “true”. It’s authentic and real and brilliantly, understatedly performed. The perfect Springsteen song. Hell, just a perfect song.
Factory
Darkness On The Edge Of Town [First added to this chart: 10/03/2025]
Hard rockin’ track from the start with that phenomenal guitar shredding from the outset. Driven by a heavy drumbeat and a riff played simultaneously by the guitars, bass, piano, and organ this is an irresistibly driven track. It cannot be ignored
The first time I heard this it blew my mind and it still does every time I hear it.
Candy's Room - Bruce continues the punk influence here and it’s just a blistering track. It’s a song where suitors trade gifts for Candy’s affection. The artist Karon Bihari, whom Springsteen briefly dated in the 1970s, claimed the song was about her.
Love the piano intro which leads to a blistering drum and guitar lead main part of the track. I was trying to come up with a phrase to describe the energy on this track and then I read someone describe it as "physically urgent". Perfect!
It a great live track as well and I’ve heard The Boss play this a couple of time live. So visceral.
Racing In The Street - "Tonight tonight the strips just right, I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats, so come out now everyone And we'll go racing in the street,"
Not just Bruce’s greatest ballad but his greatest song with the most beautiful piano intro from Roy Bittan.
The song, with its narrative about a guy in a dead-end job whose outlet is racing his car and winning money gambling on the outcome, fits seamlessly into the Springsteen narrative of the people that he grew up with. He writes and sings from the heart and about things that he understands.
Springsteen has said that this song commemorates the racing in the street that occurred outside Asbury Park, New Jersey. Springsteen songs from the 1970s often celebrated the car, another great track being Thunder Road, There seems to be something in the American male psyche that celebrate the car or the freedom that having a car affords you.
What can get lost on the narrative of this song is the part played by the girlfriend. There’s a lot of sympathy and understanding for the protagonists girlfriend in this song, which again, is a trait of Springsteen in his writing.
I love this song because it sounds “true”. It’s authentic and real and brilliantly, understatedly performed. The perfect Springsteen song. Hell, just a perfect song.
Factory
Darkness On The Edge Of Town [First added to this chart: 10/03/2025]
Year of Release:
1978
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7,108
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Spanish Castle Magic - One of Jimi’s faster paced tracks with heavy riffs, often compared to Foxy Lady in that regard and without doubt one of Hendrix best songs. I’m not quite sure what makes this a 100 / 100 track it just resonates with me. I adore it. Nothing deeper than that TBH
The solo at the end is mind blowing and the fade out is criminal. Would have been great to have seen this played live [First added to this chart: 12/07/2025]
The solo at the end is mind blowing and the fade out is criminal. Would have been great to have seen this played live [First added to this chart: 12/07/2025]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
7,192
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Brown Sugar - Despite the controversy and modern sensibilities around the lyrics to this song, (which I totally get by the way) it’s still one of the greatest track one, side ones of all time.
With the addition of Mick Taylor to the band this is the strongest line up that the Stones ever had. There’s a groove that runs through the whole album and this track sets the tempo for that.
This really is masterpiece with one of the greatest guitar riffs ever played. This is the Stones playing great blues and the use of the sax (more on that on later tracks as well), is inspired. The energy on the song and the whole album is, as someone described it, “gritty and groovy".
Just to address the lyrics, Keith Richards has defended the song as being about the "horrors of slavery," but others have labelled them gross and sexist. In 2021, the Rolling Stones removed "Brown Sugar" from their US tour setlist. Mick Jagger has stated he "never would write that song now" and would "probably censor [himself]" because the lyrics are so raw.
Wild Horses - Another one of the 100 / 100 songs from Sticky Fingers. A fantastic country-rock ballad and a great counterpoint after the first two songs.
It’s a song that feels incredibly emotional to me with a beautiful melody and great acoustic guitar from Keith. You also must pay tribute to Mick’s vocals. Painfully beautiful.
It’s one of those songs that hard to quantify why I love it so much. On the surface it’s incredibly simple compared to other Stones songs, a little like Yesterday (The Beatles) but it grabs you somewhere deep inside and doesn’t let go.
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking - This is the Stand out track on Sticky Fingers. According to Wiki, "The entire track was captured in one take, with the jam being a happy accident; the band had assumed the tape machine had been stopped, and were surprised to find the entire session had been captured. Originally they were going to end the song before the jam started, but were so pleased with the jam that they decided to keep it in."
Pretty much sums up why I love this track so much. I think that you generally get great much when it's more spontaneous rather than months or even years in the studio refining and refining and refining. Not always the case but here, most definitely. [First added to this chart: 10/15/2025]
With the addition of Mick Taylor to the band this is the strongest line up that the Stones ever had. There’s a groove that runs through the whole album and this track sets the tempo for that.
This really is masterpiece with one of the greatest guitar riffs ever played. This is the Stones playing great blues and the use of the sax (more on that on later tracks as well), is inspired. The energy on the song and the whole album is, as someone described it, “gritty and groovy".
Just to address the lyrics, Keith Richards has defended the song as being about the "horrors of slavery," but others have labelled them gross and sexist. In 2021, the Rolling Stones removed "Brown Sugar" from their US tour setlist. Mick Jagger has stated he "never would write that song now" and would "probably censor [himself]" because the lyrics are so raw.
Wild Horses - Another one of the 100 / 100 songs from Sticky Fingers. A fantastic country-rock ballad and a great counterpoint after the first two songs.
It’s a song that feels incredibly emotional to me with a beautiful melody and great acoustic guitar from Keith. You also must pay tribute to Mick’s vocals. Painfully beautiful.
It’s one of those songs that hard to quantify why I love it so much. On the surface it’s incredibly simple compared to other Stones songs, a little like Yesterday (The Beatles) but it grabs you somewhere deep inside and doesn’t let go.
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking - This is the Stand out track on Sticky Fingers. According to Wiki, "The entire track was captured in one take, with the jam being a happy accident; the band had assumed the tape machine had been stopped, and were surprised to find the entire session had been captured. Originally they were going to end the song before the jam started, but were so pleased with the jam that they decided to keep it in."
Pretty much sums up why I love this track so much. I think that you generally get great much when it's more spontaneous rather than months or even years in the studio refining and refining and refining. Not always the case but here, most definitely. [First added to this chart: 10/15/2025]
Year of Release:
1971
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16,234
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When Doves Cry - One of Princes’ greatest songs. I’ll be honest, I fell in love with this track as soon as I heard it back in 1984.
This being a worldwide hit when it was released has maybe made this track a little too familiar over the years, but when it came out it was monumental. Its commercial success was probably also helped by the accompanying video.
I think that to fully appreciate this song you must listen to the album version of the song with the ending guitar solo intact.
The opening guitar solo is simply iconic
As well as the astonishing guitar playing the pounding beat creates a phenomenal listening experience. It also has a darker feel to it than much else of Princes work prior to Purple Rain.
Put the lights down low and crank it up to 11
Purple Rain [First added to this chart: 10/03/2025]
This being a worldwide hit when it was released has maybe made this track a little too familiar over the years, but when it came out it was monumental. Its commercial success was probably also helped by the accompanying video.
I think that to fully appreciate this song you must listen to the album version of the song with the ending guitar solo intact.
The opening guitar solo is simply iconic
As well as the astonishing guitar playing the pounding beat creates a phenomenal listening experience. It also has a darker feel to it than much else of Princes work prior to Purple Rain.
Put the lights down low and crank it up to 11
Purple Rain [First added to this chart: 10/03/2025]
Year of Release:
1984
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15,424
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The Chain -And so we come to the song which I think anchors the whole album and for me is pretty much a perfect track.
A track which, unusually for Fleetwood Mac, was written by the whole band. In fact, and I don’t know whether this is true, it might be the only track ever to be written by the whole band.
"The Chain" is a mosaic of previously rejected material, including compositions from Buckingham, Nicks, and McVie.
Why do I love this track? For one reason, it probably contains the best bass progression ever from John McVie. Apparently, whilst Christine and Lynsey were recording, In the middle of the take, John McVie played the bassline that was ultimately used in the final version of song. The ending section was the only part from the original recording that the band kept for The Chain, It also has a phenomenal guitar opener from Buckingham and don't get me started on those harmonies
Stevie Nicks had written the lyrics separately, which were originally part of an entirely different song that included the words "if you don't love me now, you will never love me again". Again, jumping into the mosaic of the final song. Very much a collaborative effort
Following on from the beautiful, simple, Songbird, this is a complex rocker of a track and a great way to start side two of the album.
So, what were a bunch of unfinished pieces became probably, Fleetwood Macs’ most iconic song. I love it to death and never tire of hearing it [First added to this chart: 01/10/2026]
A track which, unusually for Fleetwood Mac, was written by the whole band. In fact, and I don’t know whether this is true, it might be the only track ever to be written by the whole band.
"The Chain" is a mosaic of previously rejected material, including compositions from Buckingham, Nicks, and McVie.
Why do I love this track? For one reason, it probably contains the best bass progression ever from John McVie. Apparently, whilst Christine and Lynsey were recording, In the middle of the take, John McVie played the bassline that was ultimately used in the final version of song. The ending section was the only part from the original recording that the band kept for The Chain, It also has a phenomenal guitar opener from Buckingham and don't get me started on those harmonies
Stevie Nicks had written the lyrics separately, which were originally part of an entirely different song that included the words "if you don't love me now, you will never love me again". Again, jumping into the mosaic of the final song. Very much a collaborative effort
Following on from the beautiful, simple, Songbird, this is a complex rocker of a track and a great way to start side two of the album.
So, what were a bunch of unfinished pieces became probably, Fleetwood Macs’ most iconic song. I love it to death and never tire of hearing it [First added to this chart: 01/10/2026]
Year of Release:
1977
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Rank Score:
29,597
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John Coltrane Stereo Blues - This is one of those songs that I find it incredibly hard to quantify why I love it so much, but I'll try.
It's from my favourite Dream Syndicate album (Medicine Show) and, for me, is the standout track from an album packed with fantastic songs.
I think that the reason I love this track so much is because it translates to the live experience so well. It's a phenomenal live track. I've see Dream Syndicate live countless times and every time, this is the highlight of the evening so nothing deeper or profound than that I'm afraid. [First added to this chart: 10/03/2025]
It's from my favourite Dream Syndicate album (Medicine Show) and, for me, is the standout track from an album packed with fantastic songs.
I think that the reason I love this track so much is because it translates to the live experience so well. It's a phenomenal live track. I've see Dream Syndicate live countless times and every time, this is the highlight of the evening so nothing deeper or profound than that I'm afraid. [First added to this chart: 10/03/2025]
If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up - Not to be confused with the Hollywood actress. This is Betty Davis, the singer, performer, a funk pioneer and a great songwriter.
She was also the wife of Miles Davis (I only mention this to make the following point). The fact that she was married to one of the greatest musicians of all time can often overshadow what a great artist she was in her own right which is extremely unfair.
This is one of her most well-known tracks from her 1973 self titled debut album.
It’s quintessential Betty Davis with her raw and sexually charged funk sound that she did so very well. It's a masterpiece of funk [First added to this chart: 12/04/2025]
She was also the wife of Miles Davis (I only mention this to make the following point). The fact that she was married to one of the greatest musicians of all time can often overshadow what a great artist she was in her own right which is extremely unfair.
This is one of her most well-known tracks from her 1973 self titled debut album.
It’s quintessential Betty Davis with her raw and sexually charged funk sound that she did so very well. It's a masterpiece of funk [First added to this chart: 12/04/2025]
New York, New York - This is a great, rockin’ track from Ryan which has taken on far more cultural importance as the song was supposed to be released on September 11, 2001, but following the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, it was postponed to November 26.
Following the attacks, the song was seen by many as an inspirational anthem of healing for the city of New York.
It’s actually a love / breakup song and I think the words New York need to be substituted for the word Amy (“I still live you Amy” rather than “I Still Love You New York”) as Adams wrote the song asbout his ex-partner called Amy Lombardi from his brief time living in New York.
According to Wiki “After the attacks, Adams decided not to play the song live and requested that the song would not be licensed for media, because he did not want people to feel as if he was exploiting the tragedy for his own personal gain. He made exceptions for the New York Yankees, who played the song during games in the old Yankee Stadium, as well as the NYPD and the New York City Fire Department.”
I wasn’t aware of any of this at the time of first hearing the song, I just thought that it had a great hook and was a brilliant song. Knowing this now, the song resonates more with me that ever. [First added to this chart: 10/15/2025]
Following the attacks, the song was seen by many as an inspirational anthem of healing for the city of New York.
It’s actually a love / breakup song and I think the words New York need to be substituted for the word Amy (“I still live you Amy” rather than “I Still Love You New York”) as Adams wrote the song asbout his ex-partner called Amy Lombardi from his brief time living in New York.
According to Wiki “After the attacks, Adams decided not to play the song live and requested that the song would not be licensed for media, because he did not want people to feel as if he was exploiting the tragedy for his own personal gain. He made exceptions for the New York Yankees, who played the song during games in the old Yankee Stadium, as well as the NYPD and the New York City Fire Department.”
I wasn’t aware of any of this at the time of first hearing the song, I just thought that it had a great hook and was a brilliant song. Knowing this now, the song resonates more with me that ever. [First added to this chart: 10/15/2025]
Year of Release:
2001
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1,103
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9. (=)
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Come As You Are - A commercial success, certainly in the US and the UK, this is an outstanding track.
It would be reasonable to assume that this is a song about drug addition, with a fair few oblique, and not so oblique, references scattered amongst the lyrics although, an alternative explanation for the title, which I read recently was put forward by Kurt, is that you will be accepted, “Come As You Are”. Who knows!
Anway, it boasts, some of Kurts best guitar playing and one of his best solos, and the driving energy of the song is infection. It’s almost impossible not to get into the groove right from the start.
Finally, did Nirvana “steal the intro” from Killing Jokes Eighties? The similarity is rather uncanny. Do I care? Not at all. Do Killing Joke care? Probably a lot more than I do
Smells Like Teen Spirit [First added to this chart: 10/03/2025]
It would be reasonable to assume that this is a song about drug addition, with a fair few oblique, and not so oblique, references scattered amongst the lyrics although, an alternative explanation for the title, which I read recently was put forward by Kurt, is that you will be accepted, “Come As You Are”. Who knows!
Anway, it boasts, some of Kurts best guitar playing and one of his best solos, and the driving energy of the song is infection. It’s almost impossible not to get into the groove right from the start.
Finally, did Nirvana “steal the intro” from Killing Jokes Eighties? The similarity is rather uncanny. Do I care? Not at all. Do Killing Joke care? Probably a lot more than I do
Smells Like Teen Spirit [First added to this chart: 10/03/2025]
Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
36,213
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Sign O The Times -
[First added to this chart: 10/06/2025]
Year of Release:
1987
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8,506
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100 / 100 songs composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 14% | |
| 1970s | 29 | 46% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 6 | 10% | |
| 2000s | 9 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 6% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Dream Syndicate | 4 | 6% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 5% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 5% | |
| Prince | 2 | 3% | |
| The Allman Brothers Band | 2 | 3% | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | 2 | 3% | |
| The National | 2 | 3% | |
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38 | 60% | |
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15 | 24% | |
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3 | 5% | |
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3 | 5% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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100 / 100 songs chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 5th to 1stDarkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 1st to 2ndAxis: Bold As Love by The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rdSticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones |
| Down 1 from 3rd to 4thPurple Rain by Prince And The Revolution |
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