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Rats Birthday Mixtape – KELChip

Purple Rain – Prince & The Revolution

"Heroes" – David Bowie

Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen

Grace – Jeff Buckley

Let's Go Crazy – Prince & The Revolution

I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor

I Wish – Stevie Wonder

Let the Flames Begin (Live) – Paramore

Fear of a Blank Planet – Porcupine Tree

Open Car (Live) – Porcupine Tree

Baba O'Riley – The Who

The Distance – CAKE

One Armed Scissor – At the Drive-In

Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel

Come Down – Anderson .Paak

Drive – The Cars

Nice to Know You – Incubus

Ants Marching – Dave Matthews Band

Andromeda – Weyes Blood

Light My Fire – The Doors

If It Makes You Happy – Sheryl Crow

Rich Girl – Daryl Hall & John Oates

Lovefool – The Cardigans

Lazy Eye – Silversun Pickups

Don't Drink the Water (Live) – Dave Matthews Band

Taking Cassandra to the End of the World Party – Fear Before the March of Flames

My Heart – Paramore

Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles

Heaven – Suicidal Tendencies

Drive – Incubus

Keep 'Em Separated – The Offspring

In My Room – Julia Wolf

Created Apr 6, 2026

This is a definitive ranking of iconic and impactful songs, from timeless anthems like "Born to Run" and "Purple Rain" to genre-bending masterpieces like "Lateralus" and "21st Century Schizoid Man." Explore the hierarchy of tracks that define eras and stir emotions, featuring everything from the raw energy of Suicidal Tendencies and Queens of the Stone Age to the soulful grooves of Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin. Discover where beloved hits like "Ants Marching" and "Virtual Insanity" land, and see which deep cuts from bands like Yes and Deftones ascend to the top. This list is a journey through the music that has shaped playlists and lives.

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Limelight – Rush

Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) – Billy Joel

Digital Bath – Deftones

Needles and Pins – Deftones

Cruel World – Joshua Homme

The Sky Is Fallin' – Queens of the Stone Age

No One Loves Me & Neither Do I – Them Crooked Vultures

What Would You Say – Dave Matthews Band

Dancing Nancies – Dave Matthews Band

#41 – Dave Matthews Band

Why I Am – Dave Matthews Band

Yesterday By Beatles Or: Imagine By Yoko Ono As Sung By John Lennon – Vs Self

Wrapped Around Your Finger (Remastered 2023) – The Police

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon

Fly Like an Eagle – Steve Miller Band

Le Risque – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

To Defy the Laws of Tradition – Primus

Hell Above – Pierce the Veil

Build God, Then We'll Talk – Panic! At the Disco

Spain – Chick Corea

I Alone – LIVE

Send the Pain Below – Chevelle

Daft Punk Is Playing at My House – LCD Soundsystem

Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) – Stevie Wonder

All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow

As – Stevie Wonder

Virtual Insanity (Remastered) – Jamiroquai

Reelin' In The Years – Steely Dan

Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin

You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette

Underwhelmed – Sloan

Jeremy – Pearl Jam

Dearest (I'm so Sorry) – Picture Me Broken

The Words "Best Friend" Become Redefined – Chiodos

Piece of My Heart – Big Brother & The Holding Company & Janis Joplin

Changes (feat. The Budos Band) – Charles Bradley

I'd Do Anything – Simple Plan

Tears Don't Fall – Bullet for My Valentine

Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated) – The Offspring

Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson

Someday – Sugar Ray

Keep on Loving You – REO Speedwagon

Mary Jane's Last Dance – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Love Isn't Measured – Eyes Like Opals

Alison – Elvis Costello

Magic Man – Heart

Heat Above – Greta Van Fleet

Stereo – The Watchmen

Grey Street – Dave Matthews Band

Fire In The Hole – Steely Dan

Deacon Blues – Steely Dan

Do It Again – Steely Dan

Canned Heat (Remastered) – Jamiroquai

Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder

I Want You (Vocal) – Marvin Gaye

Use Me – Bill Withers

Get Lucky – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers

Brick By Boring Brick – Paramore

Turn It Off – Paramore

Playing God – Paramore

Ignorance – Paramore

West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys

Bleeds No More – Silverstein

Zero – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Coldsweat – The Sugarcubes

Black Velvet – Alannah Myles

Dance, Dance – Fall Out Boy

My Iron Lung – Radiohead

Make It Wit Chu – Queens of the Stone Age

3's & 7's – Queens of the Stone Age

Song for the Dead – Queens of the Stone Age

Set Adrift On Memory Bliss – P.M. Dawn

Rapture – Blondie

I'm Afraid of Americans – David Bowie

Head Over Heels / Broken – Tears for Fears

Love Shack – The B-52's

I Feel for You – Chaka Khan

One of These Nights – Eagles

Welcome To The Jungle – Guns N' Roses

Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas) – Santana

The Reason – Hoobastank

Don't You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds

Walkin' On the Sun – Smash Mouth

Barracuda – Heart

Who's Loving You – Jackson 5

Voulez-Vous – ABBA

Fernando – ABBA

Choirs of Devastation – Meshuggah

What It Is to Burn (New Version) – Finch

November – Silverstein

Sister Psychic – Smash Mouth

I Won't Give In – Asking Alexandria

All Around Me – Flyleaf

Torture – Picture Me Broken

Stellar – Incubus

Will the Circle Be Unbroken – The Broken Circle Breakdown Bluegrass Band

Bulimic – The Used

Poetic Tragedy – The Used

Buried Myself Alive – The Used

Greener With the Scenery – The Used

Machine – Born of Osiris

Exhilarate – Born of Osiris

Machine Messiah – Yes

Heat of the Moment – Asia

Chameleon – Herbie Hancock

Kid Charlemagne (2025 Remaster) – Steely Dan

Lateralus – TOOL

Inertiatic ESP – The Mars Volta

Citizen Erased – Muse

Teen Age Riot – Sonic Youth

Tunic (Song for Karen) – Sonic Youth

Roundabout – Yes

Race for the Prize – The Flaming Lips

Look Down On Us – Maruja

The Working Hour – Tears for Fears

Transdermal Celebration – Ween

The Rat – The Walkmen

Of Moons, Birds & Monsters – MGMT

Subdivisions – Rush

The National Anthem – Radiohead

Midnight Rendezvous – Casiopea

Heart of the Sunrise – Yes

Aqualung – Jethro Tull

Firth of Fifth (2007 Stereo Mix) – Genesis

Changes – Yes

While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Live) – Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Prince, Steve Winwood & Tom Petty

Super Stupid – Funkadelic

Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change, II. Total Mass Retain, III. I Get Up I Get Down, IV. Seasons of Man – Yes

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant – Billy Joel

Group Four – Massive Attack

Thick Skull – Paramore

Glory Box (Live / Remastered 2023) – Portishead

Ex-Factor – Lauryn Hill

Hey You – Pink Floyd

Sweetness and Light – Lush

Tempus Fugit – Yes

Minerva – Deftones

Stinkfist – TOOL

Know Your Enemy – Rage Against the Machine

The Logical Song – Supertramp

21st Century Schizoid Man (Including "Mirrors") – King Crimson

Dirty Boy – Cardiacs

The Kill (Bury Me) – Thirty Seconds to Mars

Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued – Fall Out Boy

My Immortal (Band Version) – Evanescence

Is It a Crime? – Sade

I'm a Princess – Bill Wurtz

Money – Bill Wurtz

Girls Like You (feat. Cardi B) – Maroon 5

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