The Lists Project: 100 songs

Here it is universe, the 100 songs I feel everyone should hear before they die. I went with my gut, and only allowed myself one song per artist. Not always going with the obvious choices either. I'll be explaining why these songs over the next few months in my column. To make everyone happy, and for those who wish to follow along, I've made the list as a Spotify playlist. The only caveat is the Spotify list is missing two songs, due to the limitations of their catalog (Sledgehammer & Ticket to Ride). Link to it is below the list. Enjoy! Note: this list is in no particular order, even though it is numbered.

1. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
2. My World Fell Down — Sagittarius 
3. God Only Knows — The Beach Boys
4. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams— Tony Bennett
5. One for my Baby — Frank Sinatra
6. Lush Life — John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
7. Good Golly Miss Molly — Little Richard
8. Johnny B. Goode — Chuck Berry
9. Bo Diddley — Bo Diddley
10. Rave On — Buddy Holly
11. Rumble — Link Wray
12. I’m a Fool To Want You — Billie Holiday 
13. What’d I Say — Ray Charles
14. Waterloo Sunset — The Kinks
15. Don’t Forget Me — Harry Nilsson
16. Blizkreg Bop — Ramones
17. You Don’t Own Me — Lesley Gore
18. Psycho — The Sonics
19. Dig Me Out — Sleater-Kinney
20. Superfly — Curtis Mayfield 
21. Theme From Shaft — Isaac Hayes
22. Peter Gunn — Henry Mancini
23. Sweet Jane — The Velvet Underground
24. Peaches en Regalia — Frank Zappa
25. Shake Some Action — The Flaming Groovies
26. Gimme Shelter— The Rolling Stones
27. How High The Moon — Ella Fitzgerald 
28. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long — Otis Redding
29. Fujiyama Mama — Wanda Jackson
30. Take Five — The Dave Brubeck Quartet 
31. Ana Ng — They Might Be Giants
32. Where Is My Mind? — Pixies
33. Long Skirt/Short Jacket — Cake
34. Rock Lobster — The B-52’s 
35. Teenage Kicks — The Undertones
36. Saturday Night Fish Fry — Louis Jordan
37. Smokestack Lighting — Howling Wolf 
38. Is She Really Going Out With Him? — Joe Jackson
39. Sing, Sing, Sing — Benny Goodman
40. But Not For Me — Chet Baker
41. I’m In The Mood For Love — Louis Armstrong
42. So What — Miles Davis
43. Blister In The Sun — Violent Femmes
44. Better Get Hit In Yo Soul — Charles Mingus
45. Autumn Leaves — Nat King Cole
46. Take The A Train — Duke Ellington
47. Watching The Detectives — Elvis Costello
48. The Passenger — Iggy Pop
49. Itchycoo Park — Small Faces
50. Cecilia — Simon & Garfunkel 
51. Ticket To Ride — The Beatles
52. Eight Miles High — The Byrds 
53. I Want To Take You Higher — Sly & The Family Stone
54. Buddy Holly — Weezer
55. Catch The Wind — Donovan 
56. A New England — Billy Bragg 
57. Walkin’ After Midnight — Patsy Cline
58. I Walk The Line — Johnny Cash
59. Seldgehammer — Peter Gabriel 
60. The Moon is High (And So Am I) — Roger Miller
61. It’s Over — Roy Orbison
62. London Calling — The Clash 
63. Punk Rock Girl — The Dead Milkmen
64. The Ballad of El Goodo — Big Star
65. Friday On My Mind — The Easybeats
66. I Am The Cosmos — Chris Bell
67. Miserlou — Dick Dale 
68. You’re My Favorite Waste of Time — Marshall Crenshaw
69. Bring It On Home To Me — Sam Cooke
70. Some Velvet Morning — Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 
71. Across 110th Street — Bobby Womack 
72. Fox On The Run — Sweet
73. Let’s Stay Together — Al Green
74. Baby, I Love You — The Ronettes
75. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) — Darleen Love
76. He’s a Rebel — The Crystals 
77. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine — James Brown 
78. Out In The Streets — The Shangri-Las 
79. Superstition — Stevie Wonder
80. When You Walk In The Room — Jackie DeShannon
81. Green Onions — Booker T & The MGs. 
82. Knock on Wood — Eddie Floyd 
83. Hold On I’m Coming — Sam & Dave
84. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place — The Animals 
85. Corcovado — Astrud Gilbreto 
86. Never, Never Gonna Give You Up — Barry White 
87. My Generation — The Who
88. Powerhouse — Raymond Scott
89. What’s Going On — Marvin Gaye 
90. Just a Friend — Biz Markie
91. Lay Lady Lay — Bob Dylan 
92. French Navy — Camera Obscura 
93. Pleasant Valley Sunday — The Monkees 
94. Time Has Come Today — The Chambers Brothers
95. Every Day’s a Holiday, Every Night’s a Party — The Saints 
96. Any Day Now — Chuck Jackson
97. Life On Mars — David Bowie 
98. Crawfish — Elvis Presley 
99. Mini Sikrt — Esquivel 
100. Bernadette — The Four Tops 

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