In May Rolling Stone published a new list of “the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, as voted on by an all-star panel that included Chris Martin, Slash, Lil Wayne and more.”
The previous 500 had been published in 2004 and I’ve mentioned it here. (Here’s an archived copy of the 2004 list.)
Rolling Stone isn’t posting, so far as I can tell, the new 500 list on line. They want you to buy the special issue. I was able to find it though, and by my calculations there are 26 additions (and 26 deletions) to the 2004 500. Many other songs shifted a few positions up or down.
I’m not arguing here for the validity of the list or not.
But here are the new tracks:
100. “Crazy” – Gnarls Barkley
118. “Crazy in Love” – Beyonce Feat. Jay-Z
160. “Moment of Surrender” – U2
172. “99 Problems” – Jay-Z
194. “Rehab” – Amy Winehouse
236. “Paper Planes” – M.I.A.
260. “Mississippi” – Bob Dylan
273. “Jesus Walks” – Kanye West
286. “Seven Nation Army” – The White Stripes
307. “One More Time” – Daft Punk
327. “Take Me Out” – Franz Ferdinand
345. “Beautiful Day” – U2
386. “Maps” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
412. “Umbrella” – Rihanna Feat. Jay-Z
424. “Juicy” – The Notorious B.I.G
432. “American Idiot” – Green Day
448. “In Da Club” – 50 Cent
466. “Get Ur Freak On” – Missy Elliot
467. “Big Pimpin'” – Jay-Z Feat. UGK
478. “Last Night” – The Strokes
482. “Since U Been Gone” – Kelly Clarkson
484. “Cry Me a River” – Justin Timberlake
490. “Clocks” – Coldplay
493. “Time to Pretend” – MGMT
494. “Ignition (Remix)” – R. Kelly
497. “The Rising” – Bruce Springsteen
And here are the songs no longer among the “500 greatest”:
114 Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) – The Crystals
166 Lose Yourself – Eminem
215 Sh-Boom – The Chords
391 Band of Gold – Freda Payne
400 Kicks – Paul Revere & the Raiders
406 I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
409 Crossroads – Cream
422 Lola – The Kinks
428 Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
442 Keep a Knockin’ – Little Richard
450 By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell
456 Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price
460 One Fine Day – The Chiffons
468 Search and Destroy – The Stooges
469 It’s Too Late – Carole King
470 Free Man in Paris – Joni Mitchell
471 On the Road Again – Willie Nelson
474 One Nation Under a Groove — Part 1 – Funkadelic
485 Graceland – Paul Simon
488 Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac
491 You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield
493 Then He Kissed Me – The Crystals
494 Desperado – The Eagles
498 Rainy Night in Georgia – Brook Benton
499 The Boys are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
500 More Than a Feeling – Boston
And yes, I have a playlist in iTunes with all 526.