Att lista världens 500 bästa låtar är egentligen omöjligt, men jag har gjort ett försök – som motvikt till P3:s lista över de 300 bästa låtarna från 1964, då kanalen startade, och fram till nu.
Robyns Dancing on my own, som förvånande nog toppar P3:s lista, som presenterades i september, finns inte med på min. Men jag försäkrar, jag gillar hennes musik, men den platsar inte på min lista.
Jag har under en månads tid valt låtar från 50-talet och framåt och fokus ligger på 50, 60, 70, och 80-tal. Eftersom konkurrensen är stor så finns inte så många ”nya” låtar med, från 2000 och framåt. Det är en brist förstås, men det ska erkännas, jag har för lite kunskap generellt om musik som har släppts de senaste dryga 20 åren, även om jag lyssnar på en del nyare musik också. Referenserna finns dock i musiken från 60-talet fram till 80-talet.
En del artister är listade med fler än en låt eftersom det inte går att bortse från att en artist/grupp har gjort flera odödliga låtar.
Listan färgas förstås av vad jag tycker själv, men strävan har varit att få med låtar som på ett mer ”objektivt” plan helt enkelt måste vara med, som är milstolpar i rock- och pophistorien.
Ett mål med listan har också varit att få med låtar från rockens barndom och olika genrer. Jag är fullt medveten om att många grupper och artister saknas.
Låtarna är inte rangordnade och de som är svartmarkerade ligger mig särskilt varmt om hjärtat. Hela listan finns nedanför Spotifyspelaren här.
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- Don´t stop me now – Queen
- Killer Queen – Queen
- We will rock you – Queen
- We are the champions – Queen
- All time rock and roll – Bob Seger
- Against the wind – Bob Seger
- Love’s the last to know – Bob Seger
- If you Leave me now – Chicago
- Hard to say I love you – Chicago
- Back in black – AC/DC
- You’ve got a friend – James Taylor
- Fire and rain – James Taylor
- Will you love me tomorrow – Carole King
- You make me feel a natural woman – Carole King
- You’ve got a friend – Carole King
- I feel the Earth move – Carole King
- You’re so vain – Carly Simon
- Coming around again – Carly Simon
- Stairway to heaven – Led Zeppelin
- Rock and roll – Led Zeppelin
- Whole lotta love – Led Zeppelin
- Purple Rain – Prince
- Bridge over troubled water – Simon and Garfunkel
- Homeward bound – Simon and Garfunkel
- Mrs. Robinson – Simon and Garfunkel
- The sound of silence – Simon and Garfunkel
- The Boxer – Simon and Garfunkel
- For Emily, whenever I may find her – Simon and Garfunkel
- Comfortably numb – Pink Floyd
- Money – Pink Floyd
- Wish you were here – Pink Floyd
- Shine on you crazy diamond – Pink Floyd
- Another brick in the wall – Pink Floyd
- Echoes – Pink Floyd
- Manic monday – The Bangles
- Then came the last day of may – Blue Öyster Cult
- Owner of s lonely heart – YES
- There’ll you be – Faith Hill
- A man I’ll Never be – Boston
- More than a feeling – Boston
- Firth of fifth – Genesis
- Europa (Earth´s cry heaven´s smile) – Santana
- Layla – Eric Clapton and the Dominos
- Wonderful tonight – Eric Clapton
- One more chance – Fairport convention
- Still in love with you – Thin Lizzy (från Live and dangerous)
- The boys are back in town – Thin Lizzy
- Still got the blues – Gary Moore
- Empty rooms – Gary Moore (versionen från 1984)
- Dancing Queen – Abba
- What´s going on – Marvin Gaye
- Inner city blues- Marvin Gaye
- Mercy mercy me – Marvin Gaye
- Sexual healing – Marvin Gaye
- I heard it through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
- Ain’t no mountain high enough – Marvin Gaye
- Let’s get it on – Marvin Gaye
- As – Stevie Wonder
- Lately – Stevie Wonder
- Sr Duke – Stevie Wonder
- He’s Misstra know it all – Stevie Wonder
- Higher ground – Stevie Wonder
- Signed, sealed,delivered, I’m yours – Stevie Wonder
- A Place in the sun – Stevie Wonder
- Superstition – Stevie Wonder
- At last – Stevie Wonder
- My Cherie amour – Stevie Wonder
- Isn`t she lovely – Stevie Wonder
- You are the sunshine of my life – Stevie Wonder
- Hey, little girl – Icehouse
- What ever we imagine – James Ingram
- Baby come to me – James Ingram/Patti Austin
- All behind us now – Patti Austin
- How do you keep your music playing? – James Ingram/Patti Austin
- Hello – Lionel Richie
- Penny Lover – Lionel Richie
- All Night long – Lionel Richie
- Say you say me – Lionel Richie
- Three times a lady – Commodores
- Sittin’ on the dock of the bay – Otis Redding
- Stand by me – Ben E King
- Heart of gold – Neil Young
- Cinnamon girl – Neil Young
- Tiny dancer – Elton John
- Goodbye yellow brick road – Elton John
- Your song – Elton John
- Candle in the Wind – Elton John
- Sorry seems to be the hardest word – Elton John
- Father and son – Cat Stevens
- Wild world – Cat Stevens
- Morning has broken – Cat Stevens
- Telegraph road – Dire Straits
- Love over gold – Dire Straits
- Lady writer – Dire Straits
- Sultans of swing – Dire Straits
- Where the streets have no name – U2
- With or without you – U2
- Bad – U2
- Life on mars? – David Bowie
- Heroes – David Bowie
- Rebel rebel – David Bowie
- Little girl blue – Janis Joplin
- Mercedes benz – Janis Joplin
- Peace of my heart – Janis Joplin
- Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin
- Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix
- Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
- Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
- All along the watchtower- Jimi Hendrix
- Another saturday night – Sam Cooke
- Bring it on Home to me – Sam Cooke
- A change is gonna come – Sam Cooke
- Mr. Tambourine man – The Byrds
- I´ll feel a whole lot better – The Byrds
- Turn turn turn (To everything there is a season) – The Byrds
- My back pages – The Byrds
- Let it be – Beatles
- Hey Jude – Beatles
- Here comes the sun – Beatles
- Yesterday – Beatles
- Penny Lane – Beatles
- Sgt. Peppers lonely hearts club band – Beatles
- Strawberry Fields forever – Beatles
- (I can´t get no) Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
- Paint it black – Rolling Stones
- Sympathy for the devil – Rolling Stones
- Start me up – Rolling Stones
- Honky tonk women – Rolling Stones
- Jumpin Jack flash – Rolling Stones
- Brown sugar – Rolling Stones
- Angie – Rolling Stones
- The River – Bruce Springsteen
- Thunder road – Bruce Springsteen
- Born to run – Bruce Springsteen
- Beat it – Michael Jackson
- Thriller – Michael Jackson
- Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
- Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
- Heaven – Bryan Adams
- Straight from the heart – Bryan Adams
- Everything I do I do it for you – Bryan Adams
- Albatross – Fleetwood Mac
- Don´t stop – Fleetwood Mac
- Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
- Songbird – Fleetwood Mac
- Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
- The way it is – Bruce Hornsby and the Range
- La Grange – ZZ top
- Tush – ZZ top
- Mr Tambourine man – Bob Dylan
- Positively 4th street – Bob Dylan
- Like a rolling stone – Bob Dylan
- Love minus zero – Bob Dylan
- Slow train – Bob Dylan
- Don’t think twice, It’s alright – Bob Dylan
- Just like a woman – Bob Dylan
- She belongs to me – Bob Dylan
- The times they are a-changing – Bob Dylan
- Desolation row – Bob Dylan
- Blowin in the wind – Bob Dylan
- When the ship comes in – Bob Dylan
- Hotel California – Eagles
- Take it easy – Eagles
- Lyin´ eyes – Eagles
- Take it to the limit – Eagles
- Desperado – Eagles
- Brown eyed girl – Van Morrison
- In to the mystic – Van Morrison
- In the garden – Van Morrison
- Someone like you – Van Morrison
- Have I told you lately – Van Morrison
- Moondance – Van Morrison
- Delta lady – Joe Cocker
- Up where we belong – Joe Cocker
- You are so beautiful – Joe Cocker
- With a little help from my friend – Joe Cocker
- Fragile – Sting
- Fields of gold – Sting
- Shape of my heart – Sting
- If ever I lose my faith in you – Sting
- She – Elvis Costello
- Piano man – Billy Joel
- She´s always a woman – Billy Joel
- Uptown girl – Billy Joel
- Can´t help falling in love – Elvis Presley
- Jailhouse rock – Elvis Presley
- Suspicious minds – Elvis Presley
- Always on my mind – Elvis Presley
- In the Ghetto – Elvis Presley
- After loving you – Elvis Presley
- Walk a mile in my shoes – Elvis Presley
- Unchained melody – Elvis Presley
- See See rider – Elvis Presley
- Big hunk O´love – Elvis Presley
- Are you lonesome tonight – Elvis Presley
- How great thou art – Elvis Presley
- Don´t dream it´s over – Crowded house
- A whiter shade of pale – Procol Harum
- Boys of summer – Don Henley
- The end of the innocent – Don Henley
- The heart of the matter – Don Henley
- Thorn in my side – Eurythmics
- Sweet dreams are made of this – Eurythmics
- So much love – Dusty Springfield
- Son of a preacher man – Dusty Springfield
- Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
- Don´t give up – Peter Gabriel
- Here comes the flood – Peter Gabriel
- Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel
- Sultans of swing- Dire Straits
- Love over gold – Dire Straits
- Telegraph road – Dire Straits
- Lady writer – Dire Straits
- Eye in the sky – Alan Parsons project
- Silence and I – Alan Parsons project
- Old and wise – Alan Parsons project
- Don´t let it show -Alan Parsons project
- Can´t get enough – Bad Company
- Feel like making love – Bad Company
- Silver blue and gold – Bad Company
- Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
- Sweet little sixteen – Chuck Berry
- Sweet little rock and roller – Chuck Berry
- Rock and roll music – Chuck Berry
- Only the lonely – Roy Orbison
- Oh, pretty woman – Roy Orbison
- Great balls of fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
- Whole lotta shakin´ going on – Jerry Lee Lewis
- Highschool confiential – Jerry Lee Lewis
- Diana – Paul Anka
- Seven nights to rock – Moon Mullican
- A teenager in love – Dion and the Belmonts
- Tell Laura I love her – Ricky Valance
- Poetry in motion – Johnny Tillotson
- Runaway – Del Shannon
- California dreamin´ – The Mamas and the papas
- La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
- Come on let´s go – Ritchie Valens
- Blue moon – The Marcels
- Rock around the clock – Bill Haley
- Shake rattle and roll – Bill Haley
- Runaround Sue – Dion
- At the hop – Danny and the Juniors
- Sweet little sixteen – Sugar beat and the promenade orch.
- Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
- Night fever – Bee Gees
- Love you Iside out – Bee Gees
- How deep is your love – Bee Gees
- Demon’s eye – Deep Purple
- Smoke on the water – Deep Purple
- Highway star – Deep Purple
- Soldier of fortune – Deep Purple
- Since you’ ve been gone – Rainbow
- I surrender- Rainbow
- Is this love – Whitesnake
- Walking in the shadow of the blues – Whitesnake
- Here I go again – Whitesnake
- Love ain’t no stranger – Whitesnake
- Every breath you take – Police
- Roxanne – Police
- Don´t stand so close to me – Police
- I’m so exited – Pointer sister
- September – Earth wind and fire
- Let’s groove – Earth Wind and fire
- Boogie wonderland – Earth wind and fire
- Fantasy – Earth Wind and fire
- After the love is gone – Earth wind and fire
- I´ve had enough – Earth wind and fire
- Love Gun – Kiss
- Detroit rock city – Kiss
- Paranoid – Black Sabbath
- Sabbath bloody sabbath – Black Sabbath
- Rosanna – Toto
- Africa – Toto
- Hold the line – Toto
- Borderline – Madonna
- La lsla bonita – Madonna
- Frozen – Madonna
- I Will survive – Gloria Gaynor
- Living years – Mike and the Mechanics
- Silent running – Mike and the Mechanics
- The power of love – Frankie goes to Hollywood
- Coming in from the cold – Bob Marley
- Could you be loved – Bob Marley
- No woman no cry – Bob Marley
- London calling – The Clash
- Running up that hill – Kate Bush
- Sailing – Rod Stewart
- I don´t want to talk about it – Rod Stewart
- Maggie May – Rod Stewart
- If you don´t know me by now – Simply Red
- Avalon – Roxy Music
- More than this – Roxy Music
- Woman – John Lennon
- Imagine – John Lennon
- Respect – Aretha Franklin
- It won´t be long – Aretha Franklin
- Think – Aretha Franklin
- All I have to do is dream – Everly Brothers
- Cathys clown – Everly Brothers
- Apache – The Shadows
- The young ones – Cliff Richard and the Shadows
- We don´t talk anymore – Cliff Richard
- Baba O`Riley – The Who
- Pinball Wizard – The Who
- Blue monday – New order
- Friday I´m in love – The Cure
- I just can´t get enough – Depeche Mode
- Enjoy the silence – Depeche Mode
- Don´t you (forget about me) – Simple Minds
- Alive and kicking – Simple Minds
- Someone somewhere (In summertime) – Simple Minds
- Dancing with tears in my eyes – Ultravox
- Vienna – Ultravox
- Gimmie some lovin´ – Spencer Davis group
- Keep on running – Spencer Davis Group
- Bette Davis eyes – Kim Carnes
- I will always love you – Whitney Houston
- Greatest love of all – Whitney Houston
- Hit the road Jack – Ray Charles
- I´ve got a woman – Ray Charles
- Georgia on my mind – Ray Charles
- Hallelujah, I love her so – Ray Charles
- Feeling good – Nina Simone
- I put a spell on you – Nina Simone
- My baby just cares for me – Nina Simone
- I Wish I new how it would feel to be free – Nina Simone
- Atomic – Blondie
- Heart of glass – Blondie
- Sunday girl – Blondie
- Call me – Blondie
- Baby can I hold you – Tracy Chapman
- Living next door to Alice – Smokie
- Needles and pins – Smokie
- For a few dollars more – Smokie
- Lay back in the arms of someone – Smokie
- Ballroom blitz – Sweet
- Fox on the run – Sweet
- Set me free – Sweet
- Peppermint twist – Sweet
- You can call me Al – Paul Simon
- Under African skies – Paul Simon
- 50 ways to leave your lover – Paul Simon
- The obvious child – Paul Simon
- American tune – Paul Simon
- Kathy´s song – Paul Simon
- Born to be wild – Steppenwolf
- China groove – Doobie Brothers
- Listen to the music – Doobie Brothers
- Long train running – Doobie Brothers
- What a fool belives – Doobie Brothers
- Ain´t nobody – Chaka Khan
- I’m every woman – Chaka Khan
- I feel for you – Chaka Khan
- Ain´t talkin´ bout love – Van Halen
- Running with the devil – Van Halen
- Jump – Van Halen
- Panama – Van Halen
- Dance the night away – Van Halen
- Have you ever seen the rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Bad moon rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Through the brarricades – Spandau Ballet
- For a dancer – Jackson Browne
- In the air tonight – Phil Collins
- You can´t hurry love – Phil Collins
- Againts all odds – Phil Collins
- Separate lives – Phil Collins/Marylin Martin
- Ain´t no sunshine – Bill Withers
- I want to know what love is – Foreigner
- Waiting for a girl like you – Foreigner
- That was yesterday – Foreigner
- All right now – Free
- All the young dudes – Mott the Hoople
- Roll away the stone – Mott the Hoople
- My Coo Ca Choo – Alvin Stardust
- Sugar baby love – The Rubetts
- You´re no good – Linda Ronstadt
- A love song – Loggins and Messina
- Peacemaker – Loggins and Messina
- My music – Loggins Messina
- Blinded by the light – Manfred Mann´s Earth Band
- For you – Manfred Mann´s Earth Band
- Davy´s on the road again – Manfred Mann´s Earth Band
- California – Manfred Mann´s Earth Band
- Mighty Quinn – Manfred Mann´s Earth Band
- Waiting for the rain – Manfred Mann´s Earth Band
- Crossroads – Cream
- Save the last dance for me – The Drifters
- I get around – Beach boys
- Surfin´ safari – Beach boys
- Surfin´ USA – Beach boys
- Fun Fun Fun – Beach boys
- I can here music – Beach boys
- The Righteous brothers – You´ve lost that lovin´ feeling
- When you walk in the room – The Searchers
- Needles and pins – The Searchers
- It´s not unusual – Tom Jones
- She´s a lady – Tom Jones
- Green green grass of Home – Tom Jones
- Forget about you – The Motors
- Airport – The Motors
- Dancing in the street – Martha and the Vandellas
- You can’t hurry love – Supremes
- Where Did our Love go – Supremes
- Baby love – Supremes
- Reach out I´ll be there – Four tops
- I want you back – The Jackson 5
- Blame it on the boogie – The Jacksons
- Papa was a rolling stone – The Temptations
- Upside down – Diana Ross
- The Weight – The Band
- The night they drove old Dixie down – The Band
- Teach your children – Crosby Stills Nash and Young
- Almost cut my hair – Crosby Stills Nash and Young
- I just wanna stop – Gino Vannelli
- Brother to brother – Gino Vannelli
- A different corner – George Michael
- Careless whisper – George Michael
- On the radio – Donna Summer
- Mac Arthur park – Donna Summer
- Bad girls – Donna Summer
- No more tears – Donna Summer/Barbara Streisand
- Le freak – Chic
- He´s the greatest dancer – Sister sledge
- I can here your heart beat – Chris Rea
- Can´t get enough of your love – Barry White
- You to me are everything – Real thing
- And I´m telling you (I´m not going) – Jennifer Holliday
- I will survive – Gloria Gaynor
- Smooth operator – Sade
- Your love is king – Sade
- Pears – Sade
- Don´t you get so mad – Jeffrey Osborne
- Coat of many colors – Dolly Parton
- Midnight rider – Allman Brothers band
- Ramblin man – Allman Brothers band
- Jessica – Allman Brothers band
- Logical song – Supertramp
- Breakfast in America – Supertramp
- Give a little bit – Supertramp
- School – Supertramp
- Show me the way – Peter Frampton
- Streetlife – Randy Crawford/The Crusaders
- Rainy night in Georgia – Randy Crawford
- Windsong – Randy Crawford
- Almaz – Randy Crawford
- One day I´ll fly away – Randy Crawford
- I can’t make you love me – Bonnie Rait
- Midnight blue – ELO
- Mr.Blue sky – ELO
- Don’t bring me down – ELO
- Telephone line – ELO
- Living thing – ELO
- Standing in the rain – ELO
- You came – Kim Wilde
- Don´t stop believin´ – Journey
- Lights – Journey
- Can´t get you out of my mind – Lenny Kravitz
- American woman – Lenny Kravitz
- Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
- I´m not in love – 10cc
- Dreadlock holiday – 10cc
- Sylvia´s mother – Dr. Hook
- When you´re in love with a beautiful woman – Dr. Hook
- My heart will go on – Celine Dion
- Because you love me – Celine Dion
- The power of love – Celine Dion
- All by myself – Celine Dion
- Fix you – Coldplay
- Clocks – Coldplay
- Hardest part – Coldplay
- A sky full of stars – Coldplay
- Viva la vida – Coldplay
- Someone like you – Adele
- Easy on me – Adele
- Set fire to the rain – Adele
- Hello – Adele
- Shape of you – Ed Sheeran
- Fear of the dark – Iron Maiden
- The number of the beasts – Iron Maiden
- Shallow – Lady Gaga
- Always remember us this way – Lady Gaga
- Is that’s alright? – Lady Gaga
- I never love again – Lady Gaga
- My way – Frank Sinatra
- Stranger in the night – Frank Sinatra
- Give me the night – George Benson
- Ring of fire – Johnny Cash
- Hurt – Johnny Cash
- Arthurs theme (Best that you can do) – Christopher Cross
- Ride like the wind – Christopher Cross
- On my own – Michael McDonald/Patti LaBelle
- I can let go now – Michael McDonald
- Kid Charlemagne – Steely Dan
- Rikki don´t lose that numer – Steely Dan
- Do it again – Steely Dan
- Still in love with you – Scorpions
- The Sage – Emerson Lake and Palmer (live Newcastle city hall 1971)
- Autumn leaves – Nat King Cole
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