With The List, American Songwriter details the best, the brightest, the most enduring, the worst, the most hated, and the most surprising songs ever–among many other qualifiers. If you’re looking for our definitive rankings on music, you’ll find them below.
1979: Australian rock band AC/DC pose for an Atlantic Records publicity Photo for the cover session for the album Highway to Hell in 1979. (Photo by Atlantic Records/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
ATLANTA – December 11: Singer/Songwriter Willie Nelson performs live at The Omni Coliseum in Atlanta Georgia. December 11, 1981 (Photo By Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — Episode 19 — Pictured: (l-r) Elliot Easton, Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr of musical guest The Cars performs on May 12, 1984 — Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 14: English singer Kate Bush signs her new album 'The Dreaming' for fans at the Virgin Megastore, Oxford Street on September 14, 1982 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Pete Still/Redferns)
