Top of the Pops

On our most recent sibling email thread (these happen quite often, even though 3 out of 4 of us live within 40 miles of each other), my sister asked for a list of Top 20 songs of all time. The first to go turned it into 25, the last ended it at 49, proving the difficulty of this task. I capped mine at 25 for fear of continuing all the way up to 100, and thought I'd post it on here.

Top 25 Favorite Songs of All Time (in no particular order)

1. "Freebird" by Lynrd Skynrd
2. "Soul to Squeeze" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. "Beast of Burden" by the Rolling Stones
4. "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan
5. "One Headlight" by the Wallflowers
6. "A Day in the Life" by the Beatles
7. "Walls" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
8. "Islands" by the XX
9. "Gigantic" by the Pixies
10. "Sleepwalk" by Santo and Johnny
11. "If You Leave" by OMD
12. "Beautiful Day" by U2
13. "Somebody to Love" by Queen
14. "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson
15. "Piece of My Heart" by Janis Joplin
16. "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
17. "You Shook Me All Night" by ACDC
18. "More Than Words" by Extreme
19. "Push It" by Salt-n-Pepa
20. "Save Tonight" by Eagle Eye Cherry
21. "Juiciy" by Notorious B.I.G.
22. "Patience" by Guns 'n Roses
23. "D'yer Mak'er" by Led Zeppelin
24. "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop
25. "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

So there it is. Most of these have some emotional/sentimental attachment to them, so that's what qualified them for the ever elusive list. Some are just what I think are really beautiful and well written songs.