Greatest Songs Of All Time

A running list of songs which have received an “A+” grade. Presented alphabetically by artist.

(And before anybody throws a hissy that certain songs aren’t on here, please note that I’m only adding songs as I go through my collection for the full album rating process. I’m well aware of all the songs that aren’t on here yet. Thank you and please drive through.)
 

3 Doors Down ~ “Away From The Sun” (2002)
AC/DC ~ “Back In Black” (1980)
Adele ~ “Hello” (2015)
Adele ~ “Sweetest Devotion” (2015)
Aerosmith ~ “Sweet Emotion” (1975)
Aerosmith ~ “Janie’s Got A Gun” (1989)
The Airborne Toxic Event ~ “The Fall Of Rome” (2015)
Allagaeon ~ “Subdivisions” (2016)
Alpha Rev ~ “Sing Loud” (2013)
Alter Bridge ~ “Down To My Last” (2004)
Anberlin ~ “Stranger Ways” (2014)
Arc Angels ~ “Sent By Angels” (1992)
Arc Angels ~ “See What Tomorrow Brings” (1992)
Artifex Pareo ~ “As History Would Have It” (2016)
Audio Adrenaline ~ “Love Was Stronger” (2015)
Bad Company ~ “Bad Company” (1974)
Bad Company ~ “Silver, Blue & Gold” (1976)
Bad Company ~ “Boys Cry Tough” (1990)
The Beatles ~ “Love Me Do” (1963)
Beggars & Thieves ~ “Beggars & Thieves” (1990)
Beggars & Thieves ~ “No More Broken Dreams” (1990)
Big Wreck ~ “Ghosts” (2014)
Big Wreck ~ “One Good Piece Of Me” (2017)
Billy Joel ~ “Summer, Highland Falls” (1976)
Billy Joel ~ “New York State Of Mind” (1976)
Billy Joel ~ “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant” (1977)
Billy Joel ~ “You May Be Right” (1980)
Billy Joel ~ “This Is The Time” (1986)
The Black Crowes ~ “She Talks To Angels” (199)
Black Sabbath ~ “Paranoid” (1970)
Blue Öyster Cult ~ “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” (1976)
Blue Öyster Cult ~ “Burnin’ For You” (1981)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ~ “Night Moves” (1976)
Bon Jovi ~ “Wanted Dead Or Alive” (1986)
Book Of Fears ~ “The Water Lets You In (“Bloodline” Theme)” (2015)
Boston ~ “More Than A Feeling” (1976)
Brandi Carlile ~ “The Eye” (2015)
Bruce Hornsby And The Range ~ “The Way It Is” (1986)
Bruce Springsteen ~ “My Hometown” (1984)
Bryan Adams ~ “Heaven” (1984)
Bryan Adams ~ “Summer Of ’69” (1984)
Chris Cornell ~ “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart” (2015)
Civil Twilight ~ “Story Of An Immigrant” (2015)
Coheed And Cambria ~ “You Got Spirit, Kid”(2015)
The Cold Start ~ “Chrysalis” (2015)
Coldplay ~ “Clocks” (2002)
Creed ~ “My Sacrifice” (2001)
Damn Yankees ~ “Come Again” (1990)
The Darkness ~ “Open Fire” (2015)
Daughtry ~ “Crashed” (2006)
Daughtry ~ “Feels Like Tonight” (2006)
David Wilcox ~ “Rusty Old American Dream” (1989)
Dawes ~ “Right On Time” (2015)
Death Cab For Cutie ~ “Black Sun” (2015)
The Decemberists ~ “Carolina Low” (2015)
The Decemberists ~ “Lake Song” (2015)
The Decemberists ~ “Once In My Life” (2018)
The Delta Saints ~ “Heavy Hammer” (2015)
Devil City Angels ~ “Boneyard” (2015)
Dream Theater ~ “Pull Me Under” (1992)
Dream Theater ~ “Space-Dye Vest” (1994)
Dream Theater ~ “The Great Debate” (2002)
Dream Theater ~ “Our New World” (2015)
Eagles ~ “Hotel California” (1976)
Eat The Gun ~ “Howlinwood” (2015)
Edwin McCain ~ “I’ll Be” (1997)
Edwin McCain ~ “Write Me A Song” (2001)
Edwin McCain ~ “Dragons” (2001)
Elle King ~ “Ex’s & Oh’s” (2015)
Elton John ~ “Your Song” (1970)
Elton John ~ “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” (1974)
Eric Clapton ~ “Wonderful Tonight” (1976)
Europe ~ “The Final Countdown” (1986)
Extreme ~ “More Than Words” (1990)
Fifth Angel ~ “Wings Of Destiny” (1986)
Fleetwood Mac ~ “Songbird” (1977)
Fleetwood Mac ~ “The Chain” (1977)
Foo Fighters ~ “Aurora” (1999)
Foreigner ~ “Waiting For A Girl Like You” (1981)
Genesis ~ “Throwing It All Away” (1986)
George Michael ~ “Waiting For That Day/You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (1990)
Giant ~ “I’m A Believer” (1989)
Goo Goo Dolls ~ “Better Days” (2006)
Great White ~ “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” (1989)
Guns N’ Roses ~ “Sweet Child O’ Mine (1987)
Guns N’ Roses ~ “Civil War” (1991)
Guns N’ Roses ~ “November Rain” (1991)
Guster ~ “Endlessly” (2015)
Halestorm ~ “Dear Daughter” (2015)
Hardline ~ “Rhythm From A Red Car” (1992)
Highly Suspect ~ “Seretonia” (2016)
Hoobastank ~ “Moving Forward” (2006)
Hoobastank ~ “The First Of Me” (2006)
House Of Lords ~ “Can’t Find My Way Home” (1990)
Huey Lewis And The News ~ “I Want A New Drug” (1983)
Iron Maiden ~ “Wasted Years” (1986)
Iron Maiden ~ “The Thin Line Between Love And Hate” (2000)
Jackson Browne ~ “The Load Out / Stay” [Live] (1977)
Jeffrey Gaines ~ “Always Be” (2001)
Jeffrey Gaines ~ “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (2001)
Jesper Binzer ~ “Planet Blue” (2017)
Jimmy Eat World ~ “The Middle” (2001)
John Fogerty ~ “Centerfield” (1985)
John Mayer ~ “The Heart Of Life” (2006)
The Jokers ~ “Run 4 Cover” (2015)
Journey ~ “Don’t Stop Believin'” (1981)
Journey ~ “Open Arms” (1981)
Journey ~ “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” (1983)
Journey ~ “Fathfully” (1983)
Journey ~ “Kiss Me Softly” (2001)
Journey ~ “We Will Meet Again” (2001)
Kansas ~ “Carry On Wayward Son” (1976)
Kings Of Leon ~ “Walls” (2016)
Led Zeppelin ~ “Immigrant Song” (1970)
Led Zeppelin ~ “Stairway To Heaven” (1971)
Long Distance Calling ~ “Getaway” (2016)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band ~ “Blinded By The Light” (1976)
Memphis May Fire ~ “Beneath The Skin” [Acoustic] (2015)
Metallica ~ “Enter Sandman” (1991)
Mull Historical Society ~ “Build Another Brick” (2016)
Nada Surf ~ “Cold To See Clear” (2016)
P.O.D. ~ “Youth Of A Nation” (2001)
Phil Collins ~ “In The Air Tonight” (1981)
Phil Collins ~ “Take Me Home” (1985)
Pink Floyd ~ “Have A Cigar” (1975)
Pink Floyd ~ “Wish You Were Here” (1975)
The Police ~ “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
Prince & The Revolution ~ “Purple Rain” (1984)
Queensrÿche ~ “Empire” (1990)
Red Rider ~ “Lunatic Fringe” (1981)
Reece Mastin ~ “Even Angels Cry” (2015)
Rick Springfield ~ “I’ve Done Everything For You” (1981)
Rick Springfield ~ “Jessie’s Girl” (1981)
Rival Sons ~ “Jordan” (2012)
Rival Sons ~ “Electric Man” (2014)
Rival Sons ~ “Where I’ve Been” (2014)
Rubber ~ “Happiness” (2001)
Rush ~ “Tom Sawyer” (1981)
Scott Grimes ~ “Livin’ On The Run” (2005)
Skid Row ~ “18 And Life” (1989)
Skid Row ~ “Quicksand Jesus” (1991)
Staind ~ “Epiphany” (2001)
Stevie Nicks ~ “Edge Of Seventeen” (1981)
Stone Temple Pilots ~ “Plush” (1992)
Supertramp ~ “Goodbye Stranger” (1979)
Supertramp ~ “The Logical Song” (1979)
Sweet & Lynch ~ “Me Without You” (2015)
Tall Stories ~ “Wild On The Run” (1991)
Tall Stories ~ “Stay With Me” (1991)
The Tea Party ~ “Water’s On Fire” (2014)
Tesla ~ “Changes” (1986)
Thin Lizzy ~ “The Boys Are Back In Town” (1976)
Thrice ~ “Black Honey” (2016)
Tonic ~ “If You Could Only See” (1996)
Tool ~ “Schism” (2001)
Toto ~ “Rosanna” (1982)
Toto ~ “Africa” (1982)
Toto ~ “Orphan” (2015)
Van Halen ~ “Unchained” (1981)
Van Halen ~ “Dreams” (1986)
Van Halen ~ “Right Now” (1991)
Vertical Horizon ~ “Lovestruck” (2013)
Vertical Horizon ~ “Frost” (2013)
Volbeat ~ “Battleship Chains” (2016)
W.A.S.P. ~ “Charisma” (2001)
Wakey Wakey ~ “Golden” (2016)
Warrant ~ “Heaven” (1989)
Warrant ~ “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1990)
The Who ~ “Baba O’Riley” (1971)
The Who ~ “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (1971)
The Wind + The Wave ~ “Chasing Cars” (2015)
XYZ ~ “Inside Out” (1989)
Y&T ~ “I Believe In You” (1981)
 

[Last updated: 2019.02.12]