Top 10 Songs From 50 Artists

 DISCLAIMER: The following is subject to change as my opinions continue to evolve.

Awhile back I got bored and started making Top 10 song lists of all my favorite artists (mostly rock, but some hip hop artists too, and even a few pop guilty pleasures). Having now come up with such lists for fifty music artists in total, I thought it’d be cool to share them here. And for the record: Yes, all these artists are arrange in chronological order from whenever each of them released their first albums (I think).

So, without further ado… Here you go:

The Beatles

1.Yesterday, 2.Revolution, 3.Hey Jude, 4.Here Comes the Sun, 5.Come Together, 6.Let It Be (Single Version), 7.Get Back, 8.Day Tripper, 9.While My Guitar Gently Weeps, 10.With a Little Help from My Friends

The Rolling Stones

1.Gimme Shelter, 2.Wild Horses, 3.Angie, 4.You Can’t Always Get What You Want, 5.Paint It Black, 6.Sympathy for the Devil, 7.Beast of Burden, 8.Miss You, 9.Jumpin’ Jack Flash, 10.Start Me Up

Jimi Hendrix

1.Voodoo Child (Slight Return), 2.Burning of the Midnight Lamp, 3.All Along the Watchtower, 4.Little Wing, 5.Castles Made of Sand, 6.Ezy Ryder, 7.Foxey Lady, 8.Fire, 9.The Wind Cries Mary, 10.Are You Experienced?

Led Zeppelin

1.No Quarter, 2.D’Yer M’ker, 3.All My Love, 4.Battle of Evermore, 5.When the Levee Breaks, 6.Out on the Tiles, 7.Immigrant Song (Live), 8.Trampled Under Foot, 9.Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, 10.Ramble On

Black Sabbath

1.Supernaut, 2.Symptom of the Universe, 3.Sabbra Cadabra, 4.Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 5.Children of the Grave, 6.War Pigs / Luke’s Wall, 7.Paranoid, 8.Iron Man, 9.Jack the Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots, 10.Wheels of Confusion / The Straightener, Honorable Mention: A National Acrobat

Michael Jackson

1.Thriller, 2.Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, 3.Beat It, 4.Billie Jean, 5.Dirty Diana, 6.In the Closet, 7.Give Into Me, 8.Jam, 9.P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), 10.Invincible, Honorable Mention: Blood on the Dancefloor

ABBA

1.Dancing Queen, 2.SOS, 3.Mama Mia, 4.Take a Chance on Me, 5.Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), 6.Waterloo, 7.Super Trouper, 8.The Winner Takes It All, 9.Chiquitita, 10.Voulez-Vous

Aerosmith

1.Rats in the Cellar, 2.Back in the Saddle, 3.Sick as a Dog, 4.Last Child, 5.Dream On, 6.Mama Kin, 7.Sweet Emotion, 8.Walk This Way, 9.Water Song/ Janie’s Got a Gun, 10.Lord of the Thighs

Queen

1.The Show Must Go On, 2.A Kind of Magic, 3.I Want It All, 4.I Want to Break Free, 5.Radio Ga Ga, 6.Killer Queen, 7.Stone Cold Crazy, 8.Don’t Stop Me Now, 9.Bohemian Rhapsody, 10.Love of My Life

Kiss

1.I Stole Your Love, 2.Love Her All I Can, 3.Detroit Rock City (2012 Remix), 4.Hard Luck Woman, 5.Unholy, 6.Tears Are Falling, 7.Creatures of the Night (1985 Remix), 8.Black Diamond, 9. Parasite, 10.I Was Made for Lovin’ You

Van Halen

1.Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love, 2.Little Dreamer, 3.Unchained, 4.Panama, 5.Hang ‘em High, 6.Little Guitars, 7.DOA, 8.Everybody Wants Some, 9.Atomic Punk, 10.Mean Street

Def Leppard

1.Bringin’ on the Heartbreak, 2.Switch 625, 3.Two Steps Behind (Acoustic), 4.Love Bites, 5.Rocket, 6.Foolin’, 7.Photograph, 8.Hysteria, 9.Miss You in a Heartbeat (Revised), 10.Pour Some Sugar on Me

Ozzy Osbourne

1.No More Tears, 2.Hellraiser, 3.Diary of a Madman, 4.Believer, 5.Bark at the Moon, 6.The Ultimate Sin, 7.Miracle Man, 8.Mr. Crowley, 9.You’re No Different, 10.Shot in the Dark (Live & Loud Version)

U2

1.The Fly, 2.Until the End of the World, 3.New Year’s Day (Video Version), 4.Bullet the Blue Sky, 5.Pride (In the Name of Love), 6.Vertigo, 7.Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, 8.Walk On, 9.Original of the Species, 10.Mysterious Ways

Metallica

1.Ride the Lightning, 2.For Whom the Bell Tolls, 3.Fade to Black, 4.Battery, 5.Orion, 6.Through the Never, 7.Enter Sandman, 8.One, 9.The Thing that Should Not Be, 10.Hardwired

Pantera

1.Cemetery Gates, 2.Cowboys from Hell, 3.A New Level, 4.Mouth for War, 5.5 Minutes Alone, 6.I’m Broken, 7.Walk, 8.Death Rattle, 9.Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit, 10.This Love, Honorable Mention: Regular People (Conceit)

The Smiths

1.How Soon Is Now?, 2.What Difference Does It Make?, 3.Handsome Devil, 4.This Charming Man, 5.William It Was Really Nothing, 6.Hand in Glove (Hatful of Hollow Version), 7.Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, 8.There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, 9.Still Ill, 10.Well I Wonder

Red Hot Chili Peppers

1.Scar Tissue, 2.Under the Bridge, 3.Dark Necessities, 4.Minor Thing, 5.Backwoods, 6.The Shape I’m Takin’, 7.Death of a Martian, 8.Quixoticelixer, 9.This is the Kitt, 10.Look Around, Honorable Mention: Black Summer

Faith No More

1.Kindergarten, 2.Everything’s Ruined, 3.Midlife Crisis, 4.A Small Victory, 5.From Out of Nowhere, 6.Ashes to Ashes, 7.Cuckoo for Caca, 8.The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, 9.King for a Day, 10.The Perfect Crime, Honorable Mention: Absolute Zero

Guns N’ Roses

1.November Rain (2022 Version), 2.Rocket Queen, 3.Nightrain, 4.Mr. Brownstone, 5.Out ta Get Me, 6.Sweet Child o’ Mine, 7.You Could Be Mine, 8.Yesterdays, 9.This I Love, 10.Dead Horse

Soundgarden

1.Limo Wreck, 2.The Day I Tried to Live, 3.Let Me Drown, 4.Superunknown, 5.Mailman, 6.Room a Thousand Years Wide, 7.Holy Water, 8.Jesus Christ Pose, 9.Burden in My Hand, 10.Big Dumb Sex, Honorable Mention: Blow Up the Outside World

Nine Inch Nails

1.Head Like a Hole, 2.Closer, 3.March of the Pigs, 4.Hurt, 5.Mr. Self-Destruct, 6.1000000000, 7.Echoplex, 8.Down in It, 9.Terrible Lie, 10.The Perfect Drug, Honorable Mention: Sin

Nirvana

1.Come As You Are, 2.Polly, 3.Very Ape, 4.Dumb, 5.Dive, 6.Lounge Act, 7.Sappy, 8.Do Re Mi, 9.Blew, 10.All Apologies

Green Day

1.Geek Stink Breath, 2.Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams, 3.Whatsername, 4.American Idiot, 5.Wake Me Up When September Ends, 6.Longview, 7.Welcome to Paradise, 8.Basket Case, 9.When I Come Around, 10.Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Alice in Chains

1.Bleed the Freak, 2.Sunshine, 3.Would?, 4.Angry Chair, 5.Them Bones, 6.Rooster, 7.God Smack, 8.Dirt, 9.The One You Know, 10.Your Decision

The Smashing Pumpkins

1.Mayonaise, 2.Cherub Rock, 3.Drown, 4.1979, 5.Bullet with Butterfly Wings, 6.An Ode to No One, 7.Thirty-Three, 8.Rhinoceros, 9.Hello Kitty Kat, 10.Eye

Pearl Jam

1.Black, 2.Alive, 3.Jeremy, 4.Deep, 5.Even Flow (Single Version), 6.Yellow Ledbetter, 7.Rearviewmirror, 8.Go, 9.Daughter, 10.Better Man

No Doubt

1.Don’t Speak, 2.Sunday Morning, 3.Just a Girl, 4.Spiderwebs, 5.Trapped in a Box, 6.Hella Good, 7.Underneath It All, 8.Hey Baby, 9.It’s My Life, 10.Love to Love You Baby

Rage Against the Machine

1.Bulls on Parade, 2.Bombtrack, 3.Know Your Enemy, 4.Guerilla Radio, 5.Killing in the Name, 6.Take the Power Back, 7.Testify, 8.Sleep Now in the Fire, 9.Bullet in the Head, 10.How I Could Just Kill a Man

Stone Temple Pilots

1.Crackerman, 2.Sex Type Thing, 3.Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart, 4.Meadow, 5.Naked Sunday, 6.Dead & Bloated, 7.Interstate Love Song, 8.Vasoline, 9.Plush, 10.Piece of Pie, Honorable Mention: Creep

Dr. Dre

1.Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang, 2.Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’), 3.Let Me Ride, 4.Forgot About Dre, 5.Still DRE, 6.The Next Episode, 7.What’s the Difference?, 8.I Need A Doctor, 9.Just Another Day (performed by The Game), 10.Talk About It

Buckethead

1.Nottingham Lace, 2.Big Sur Moon, 3.Claymation Courtyard, 4.Griffin’s Spike, 5.Big D’s Touch, 6.Binge & Grab, 7.Electric Umbrella, 8.Mind Train, 9.Our Selves, 10.Pink Eye, Honorable Mention: Last Light

Tool

1.The Pot, 2.Forty-Six & 2, 3.Swamp Song, 4.Sober, 5.Intolerance, 6.Prison Sex, 7.Bottom, 8.Schism, 9.Jambi, 10.Descending

Oasis

1.Champagne Supernova, 2.Cast No Shadow, 3.Morning Glory, 4.Live Forever, 5.Supersonic (Live), 6.Don’t Look Back in Anger, 7.Talk Tonight, 8.Slide Away, 9.Falling Down, 10.I’m Outta Time

Weezer

1.Island in the Sun, 2.Say It Ain’t So, 3.Undone - The Sweater Song, 4.Buddy Holly, 5.The Good Life, 6.Hash Pipe, 7.Pork and Beans, 8.Beverly Hills, 9.Only in Dreams, 10.All My Favorite Songs

Outkast

1.Rosa Parks, 2.B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad), 3.Ms. Jackson, 4.SpottieOttieDopaliscious, 5.ATLiens, 6.Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, 7.So Fresh So Clean, 8.The Way You Move, 9.Aquemini, 10.Skew It on the Bar-B, Honorable Mention: In Your Dreams

John Frusciante

1.Away & Anywhere, 2.Representing, 3.Murderers, 4.Untitled #6, 5.Every Person, 6.Song to Sing When I’m Lonely, 7.Carvel, 8.Omission, 9.This Cold, 10.Before the Beginning

Foo Fighters

1.Dear Rosemary, 2.Wind Up, 3.Hey Johnny Park, 4.Everlong, 5.Stranger Things Have Happened, 6.Generator, 7.Headwires, 8.I’ll Stick Around, 9.Aurora, 10.February Stars, Honorable Mention: Gimme Stitches

Eminem

1.Stan, 2.Lose Yourself, 3.Without Me, 4.Cleanin’ Out My Closet, 5.The Real Slim Shady, 6.My Name Is, 7.Guilty Conscience, 8.Brain Damage, 9.Role Model, 10.Bad Meets Evil

Daft Punk

1.Harder Better Faster Stronger, 2.One More Time, 3.Aerodynamic, 4.Da Funk, 5.Around the World, 6.Instant Crush, 7.Get Lucky, 8.Robot Rock, 9.Lose Yourself to Dance, 10.Contact

System of a Down

1.Ariels, 2.Chop Suey, 3.ATWA, 4.Toxicity, 5.Sugar, 6.Know, 7.Hypnotize, 8.BYOB, 9.Revenga, 10.Roulette

Coldplay

1.Violet Hill, 2.Viva la Vida, 3.The Hardest Part, 4.Speed of Sound, 5.The Scientist, 6.Clocks, 7.In My Place, 8.Fix You, 9.Yellow, 10.Adventure of a Lifetime

The White Stripes

1.Fell in Love with a Girl, 2.Blue Orchid, 3.The Denial Twist, 4.Hotel Yorba, 5.Truth Doesn’t Make a Noise, 6.Why Can’t You Be Nicer to Me?, 7.Seven Nation Army, 8.The Hardest Button to Button, 9.Little Bird, 10.Jimmy the Exploder

Slipknot

1.The Heretic Anthem, 2.People = Shit, 3.Solway Firth, 4.Nero Forte, 5.Custer, 6.Sulfur, 7.Psychosocial, 8.(sic), 9.Spit It Out, 10.Duality, Honorable Mention: Left Behind

Linkin Park

1.In the End, 2.A Place for My Head, 3.Faint, 4.Figure-09, 5.Don’t Stay, 6.Lying from You, 7.Across the Line, 8.More the Victim, 9.Castle of Glass, 10.Heavy Is the Crown

Audioslave

1.Be Yourself, 2.Like a Stone, 3.Show Me How to Live, 4.Set It Off, 5.What You Are, 6.Cochise, 7.Gasoline, 8.I Am the Highway, 9.Heaven’s Dead, 10.Out of Exile

Justin Timberlake

1.Like I Love You, 2.Cry Me a River, 3.Rock Your Body, 4.FutureSex / LoveSound, 5.SexyBack, 6.Medley: Let Me Talk to You / My Love, 7.What Goes Around… / …Comes Around (Interlude), 8.LoveStoned / I Think She Knows (Interlude), 9.Suit & Tie, 10.Can’t Stop the Feeling

Velvet Revolver

1.Fall to Pieces, 2.Slither, 3.Set Me Free, 4.Illegal i-Song, 5.Headspace, 6.Sucker Train Blues, 7.Get Out the Door, 8.Messages, 9.She Builds Quick Machines, 10.Can’t Get It Out of My Head, Honorable Mention: Gravedancer

Slash

1.Standing in the Sun, 2.Anastasia, 3.Bad Rain, 4.Been There Lately, 5.Life’s Sweet Drug, 6.Shadow Life, 7.Wicked Stone, 8.Bent to Fly, 9.Lower, 10.Take It Away

Jack White

1.Over and Over and Over, 2.Lazaretto, 3.Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy, 4.Blunderbuss, 5.Freedom at 21, 6.Sixteen Saltines, 7.Missing Pieces, 8.Love Interruption, 9.Love Is Selfish, 10.Bombing Out

There you have it! One thing I would like to note is that, while I admire all these artists as musicians, I have issues with how many of them come across as people in interviews and such. That said, sometimes it’s just best to separate the art from the artist…

And that’s all I got!

Peace!

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