All-Time Favorite Songs

by bill - 2015-06-01 ( culture / music ) [html version]

Or, what I'd want on my MP3 player if stuck on a deserted island (with rechargeable batteries and a solar-powered battery charger). A bunch of songs have been left off simply because they've been played to death. Some songs are on here only because I like (try) to sing along, or maybe it has a killer riff/refrain/sequence but the rest of the song is nothing special. :) This page uses affiliate links, which means we earn a tiny (and I do mean tiny) commission if you make a purchase after clicking that link.

The list, in alphabetical order, is as follows:

A Day in the Life -- The Beatles

Addicted To Love -- Robert Palmer

Ain't That a Shame -- Cheap Trick

All Of Me -- John Legend

All Of Me -- Willie Nelson

All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye -- John Mayer

American Girl -- Tom Petty

American Pie -- Don McLean

Baby Hold On -- Dixie Chicks

Backstreets -- Bruce Springsteen

Bad -- U2

Baila Me -- Gipsy Kings

Bambaleo -- Gipsy Kings

Beat It -- Michael Jackson

Beautiful -- Christina Aguilera

Been In Love Before -- Cutting Crew

Believe -- Cher

Beyond Belief -- Elvis Costello

Billie Jean -- Michael Jackson

Bitch -- Meredith Brooks

Bleeding Love -- Leona Lewis

Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain -- Willie Nelson

Bohemian Rhapsody -- Queen

Born to Run -- Bruce Springsteen

Boys of Summer -- Don Henley

Broken Wings -- Mr. Mister

Burn Down the Mission -- Elton John

Can't Speak French -- Girls Aloud

Can't You See -- Marshall Tucker Band

Casual Conversations -- Supertramp

Children Of The World -- Amy Grant

China Girl -- David Bowie

Classical Gas -- Mason Williams

Coast Of Marseilles -- Jimmy Buffett

Come On Eileen -- Dexy's Midnight Runners

Coming to America -- Airo

Constant Craving -- k.d. lang

Corinna, Corinna -- George Winston

Crocodile Rock -- Elton John

Cruel To Be Kind -- Nick Lowe

Crying -- Roy Orbison with k.d. lang

Daughters -- John Mayer

Day After Day -- The Alan Parsons Project

Desire -- U2

Died In Your Arms -- Cutting Crew

Diving To Be Deeper -- Sinéad Lohan

Do You Believe In Love -- Huey Lewis

Dog Days Are Over -- Florence The Machine

Don't Bring Me Down -- Electric Light Orchestra

Don't Leave Home -- Dido

Don't Let It Show -- The Alan Parsons Project

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood -- Santa Esmeralda

Downstream -- Supertramp

Drifting -- Enya

Drive -- The Cars

Driving With the Brakes On -- Del Amitri

Every Kinda People -- Robert Palmer

Every Time You Go Away -- Paul Young

Everybody Hurts -- R.E.M.

Everybody Knows -- Leonard Cohen

Everybody's Talkin' at Me -- Harry Nilsson

Everyone Will Crawl -- Charlie Sexton

Faith -- George Michael

Fallen -- Delerium

Fantasy -- Earth

Father Figure -- George Michael

Feel -- Marié Digby

Fernando -- ABBA

Fly at Night -- Chilliwack

Foggy Mountain Breakdown -- Flatt and Scruggs

Friends in Low Places -- Garth Brooks

From Rusholme With Love -- Mint Royale

Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding -- Elton John

Girl -- The Beatles

Give a Little Bit -- Supertramp

Give It Everything -- Al Green

Going Up The Country -- Canned Heat

Hallelujah -- Lind, Holm, Fuentes, Nilsen

Hamburg Song -- Keane

Happy Xmas -- John Lennon

Harmony -- Elton John

Have A Little Faith In Me -- John Hiatt

Haven't Met You Yet -- Michael Bublé

Help Me Rhonda -- Beach Boys

Hey Ya! -- Outkast

Hold On Tight -- Electric Light Orchestra

Holding Back the Tears -- Simply Red

Home -- Afrikan Dreamland

Home -- Marc Broussard

Home -- Michael Bublé

Hurt -- Christina Aguilera

I Believe In Love (Evil Queen Mix) -- Lily Collins

I Don't Care Anymore -- Phil Collins

I Don't Want To Talk About It -- Rod Stewart

I Gotta Feeling -- The Black Eyed Peas

I Started a Joke -- The Bee Gees

I Want Candy -- Bow Wow Wow

I Wish -- Stevie Wonder

I'm Alright -- Kenny Loggins

I'm On Fire -- Bruce Springsteen

Imagine -- John Lennon

Immigrant Song -- Led Zeppelin

In The Mood -- Glenn Miller

Isn't She Lovely -- Stevie Wonder

Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) -- A.R. Rahman

Joey -- Concrete Blonde

Joy -- George Winston

Just What I Needed -- The Cars

Lady In Red -- Chris De Burgh

Levon -- Elton John

Lido Shuffle -- Boz Scaggs

Lights -- Journey

Lovers in Japan -- Coldplay

Lucky -- Jason Mraz with Colbie Caillat

Luna de Paris -- DiBlasio

Mack The Knife -- Bobby Darin

Mandinka -- Sinéad O'Conner

Maneater -- Hall and Oates

Marble Halls -- Enya

Margaritaville -- Jimmy Buffett

Meanin' So Much -- Burton Cummings

Mississippi -- Train

Modern Love -- David Bowie

Moondance -- Van Morrison

Morning Has Broken -- Cat Stevens

Mr Saxobeat -- Alexandra Stan

Mr. Jones -- Counting Crows

On the Road Again -- Canned Heat

On the Road Again -- Willie Nelson

One -- U2

One Moment More -- Mindy Smith

Only the Good Die Young -- Billy Joel

Only Time -- Enya

One Tree Hill -- U2

Part of the Union -- Strawbs

Pretty Woman -- Van Halen

Release -- Afro Celt Sound System

Restoration Medley -- Paul Cardall

Roads To Moscow -- Al Stewart

Rocket Man -- Elton John

Rock The Boat -- Hues Corporation

Rods and Cones -- Blue Man Group

Round Here -- Counting Crows

Sacred Love -- Airo

Samba Pa Ti -- Santana

Sandman -- George Winston

Say (All I Need) -- OneRepublic

School -- Supertramp

Shadowboxer -- Fiona Apple

Shake It Off -- Taylor Swift

Shake It Out -- Florence The Machine

Shameless -- Garth Brooks

She's Always a Woman -- Billy Joel

She's Gone -- Hall and Oates

She's the One -- Bruce Springsteen

Simply Irresistible -- Robert Palmer

Some Guys Have All The Luck -- Rod Stewart

Something Better -- Chilliwack

Stairway to Heaven -- Led Zeppelin

Stop and Stare -- OneRepublic

Streets of Philadelphia -- Bruce Springsteen

Sunset Grill -- Don Henley

Sweet Child O' Mine -- Guns n' Roses

Tell Her This -- Del Amitri

Thanksgiving -- George Winston

That's The Way I Like It -- K.C. and The Sunshine Band

The Living Years -- Mike and The Mechanics

The Story -- Brandi Carlile

This Is How A Heart Breaks -- Rob Thomas

To Ramona -- Sinéad Lohan

Torn -- Natalie Imbruglia

Turn Me Loose -- Loverboy

Turn To Stone -- Electric Light Orchestra

Under the Wishing Tree -- Charlie Sexton

Veronica -- Elvis Costello

Vincent -- Don McLean

Viva La Vida (Live) -- Coldplay

Wait and See -- Canned Heat

Walking On A Thin Line -- Huey Lewis

Weight of the World (Live) -- Blue October

What's Up -- 4 Non Blondes

When Doves Cry -- Prince

Whole Lotta Love -- Led Zeppelin

With or Without You -- U2

Without You -- Harry Nilsson

Wonderful World -- Israel Ka'ano'i Kamakawiwo'ole

Worn Me Down -- Rachael Yamagata

Wouldn't It Be Nice -- Beach Boys

You and I Both -- Jason Mraz

You Make My Dreams -- Hall and Oates

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away -- The Beatles

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