Top 100 best tracks of the 20th Century

I was limited to choices form a nominations list.  

100. Big Country — In a Big Country

99. Judy Garland — Somewhere Over the Rainbow

98. Prince — Little Red Corvette

97.The Rolling Stones — Under My Thumb

96. Richard Harris — Macarthur Park

95.The Undertones — Teenage Kicks

94. Lou Reed — Walk on the Wild Side

93. Louis Armstrong — What a Wonderful World

92. Bob Dylan — Like a Rolling Stone

91. Basement Jaxx — Romeo

90. Pavement — Gold Soundz

89. Ramones — Judy Is a Punk

88. The Magnetic Fields — The Book of Love

87. They Might Be Giants — Birdhouse in Your Soul

86. Angelo Badalamenti — Theme from “Twin Peaks”

85. Crowded House — Don’t Dream it’s Over

84. Depeche Mode — Enjoy the Silence

83. Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman

82. Bob Dylan — Idiot Wind

81. Arthur Russell — This Is How We Walk on the Moon

80. New Order — Ceremony

79. Radiohead — Let Down

78. Q Lazzarus — Goodbye Horses

77. The Cure — Just Like Heaven

76. The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Blue Rondo a la Turk

75. The Walker Brothers — The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore

74. Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy

73. Smashing Pumpkins — 1979

72. Don Henley — The Boys of Summer

71. Nico — These Days

70. The Beach Boys — Good Vibrations

69. Katrina and The Waves — Walking on Sunshine

68. Spiritualized — Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space

67. Devo — Uncontrollable Urge

66. The Faces — Ooh La La

65. White Town — Your Woman

64. Brian Eno — Needle in the Camel’s Eye

63. Tom Waits — Ol’ ‘55

62. Vince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and Lucy

61. The Dream Academy — Life in a Northern Town

60. The Zombies — Care of Cell 44

59. Ennio Morricone — The Man With the Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West)

58. Roxy Music — Virginia Plain

57. Nina Simone — My Baby Just Cares for Me

56. David Bowie — Life on Mars?

55. Buzzcocks — What Do I Get

54. Nick Drake — Northern Sky

53. Pulp — Babies

52. Weezer — Say it Ain’t So

51. Love — Alone Again Or

50. The Specials — Ghost Town

49. The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back

48. Miles Davis — So What

47. Echo and The Bunnymen — The Killing Moon

46. The Velvet Underground — What Goes On

45. Robert Johnson — Cross Road Blues

44. ABC — Date Stamp

43. Belle and Sebastian — Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying

42. Gang of Four — I Found That Essence Rare

41. The Replacements — Unsatisfied

40. The Beach Boys — God Only Knows

39. Gary Numan / Tubeway Army — Are Friends Electric?

38. Donna Summer — I Feel Love

37. The Clash — Straight to Hell

36. Scott Walker — Jackie

35. The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale of New York

34. Kate Bush — Cloudbusting

33. Aztec Camera — We Could Send Letters

32. The Go-Betweens — Streets of Your Town

31. Pixies — Debaser

30. John Foxx — Underpass

29. Tom Waits — Anywhere I Lay My Head

28. Billy Bragg — Greetings to the New Brunette

27. Pet Shop Boys — Always on My Mind

26. The Cure — Pictures of You

25. Cyndi Lauper — Time After Time

24. Kraftwerk — Computer Love

23. Television — Marquee Moon

22. Joy Division — Disorder

21. Bruce Springsteen — Atlantic City

20. Public Image Ltd. — Poptones

19. Blue Öyster Cult — Don’t Fear the Reaper

18. Half Man Half Biscuit — A Country Practice

17. Commodores — Night Shift

16. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Of All the Things We’ve Made

15. The The — This Is the Day

14. Orbital — The Box

13. Scott Walker — It’s Raining Today

12. Wire — Outdoor Miner

11. Liquid Liquid — Cavern

10. Daft Punk — Around the World

09. The (English) Beat — Save it for Later

08. New Order — Temptation

07. Blondie — Hanging on the Telephone

06. Talking Heads — This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)

05. Pet Shop Boys — Being Boring

04. The Crystals — And Then He Kissed Me

03. Fleetwood Mac — Sara

02. The Clash — (White Man in) Hammersmith Palais

01. The Left Banke — Walk Away Renee

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