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100 Songs Everyone Should Hear At Some Point In Their Life

Music can be old and still be great.

Reagan Pace

Feb 05, 2017

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Music transcends generations. A lot of us like to put music in a box and say that this music is from the 80’s or this is from the early 2000’s, but music deserves so much more respect than that. When I was growing up, I remember listening to a song that had came out a year or two before, and someone heard what I was listening to and told me that the song I was enjoying was old. As if it was this real negative thing to be listening to an old, out of date song.

As a result, out of middle school insecurity, I stopped listening to songs that were seen as old and out of style and just stuck to mainstream music.

Overtime, I realized how silly this was. Music is incredible no matter which era and it deserves to be revisited from time to time. Here is a list of songs from varying genres and eras that I put together. I tried my best to evenly pull songs from each decade. To me, these are songs that truly reflect the time in which they were most popular, but they still are songs you can listen to now. In my humble opinion, these are all great songs that you should listen to even if it’s not from the era you grew up in or the genre in which you prefer.

Born in the USA: Bruce Springsteen 1984
She’s Everything: Brad Paisley 2005
Basket Case: Green Day 1994
American Pie: Don Mclean 1971
Paint Me A Birmingham: Tracy Lawrence 2004
So Sick: Neyo 2006
With or Without You: U2 1987
Bohemian Rhapsody: Queen 1975
Gold Digger: Kanye West 2005
Carrying your Love With Me: George Strait 1997
Jump around: House of Pain 1992
Suit and Tie: Justin Timberlake 2013
Hips Don’t Lie: Shakira 2005
Walk this Way: Aerosmith and Run DMC 1986
Don’t Take the Girl: Tim McGraw 1994
Fooled Around and Fell in Love: Elvin Bishop 1976
Empire State of Mind: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys 2006
Hey Jude: The Beatles 1968
Find Your Love: Drake 2010
Renegade: Styx 1978
Smells like Teen Spirit: Nirvana 1991
Little Lion Man: Mumford & Sons 2009
The Chair: George Strait 1985
Crazy in Love: Beyonce 2003
Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Tears for Fears 1985
Boston: Augusta 2005
How’s it going to be: Third Eye Blind 1997
Chicken Fried: Zac Brown Band 2008
Take me Home, Country Roads: John Denver 1971
Wanted, Dead or Alive: Bon Jovi 1986
To Save a Life: The Fray 2005
Wonderwall: Oasis 1995
Surfin’ USA: The Beach Boys 1963
No Love: Eminem and Lil’ Wayne 2010
Message in a Bottle: The Police 1979
Yellow: Coldplay 2000
Forever: Drake 2009
He Stopped Loving Her Today: George Jones 1980
Who’s That Man: Toby Keith 1994
Time: Hans Zimmer 2010
Man! I feel Like A Woman: Shania Twain 1997
The House of Rising Sun: The Animals 1964
My Heart Will Go on: Celine Dion 1997
All-Star: Smash Mouth 1999
Ride: twenty one pilots 2015
Closing Time: Semisonic 1998
Apologize: OneRepublic 2007
She Will Be Loved: Maroon 5 2002
Can't Help Falling in Love With You: Elvis Presley 1961
Closer: Chain Smokers 2016
Love In This Club: Usher 2008
Meant to Live: Switchfoot 2003
Dynamite: Taio Cruz 2009
Africa: Toto 1982
Say My Name: Destiny’s Child 1999
Lose Yourself: Eminem 2002
Billie Jean: Michael Jackson 1982
I Gotta Feeling: Black Eyed Peas 2009
Staying Alive: Bee Gees 1977
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door: Bob Dylan 1973
How to Love: Lil’ Wayne 2011
Rocket Man: Elton John 1972
Fight For Your Right: Beastie Boys 1986
My Girl: The Temptations 1965
Long Cool Woman: The Hollies 1971
Carry On Wayward son: Kansas 1976
Clocks: Coldplay 2002
Piano Man: Billy Joel 1973
Free Fallin’: Tom Petty 1989
Nothin’ On You: B.o.B and Bruno Mars 2010
My Way: Frank Sinatra 1969
If You Could Only See: Tonic 1996
Tik Tok: Ke$ha 2010
The Message: Grandmaster Flash 1992
Dixieland Delight: Alabama 1991
Umbrella: Rihanna 2007
Don’t Stop Believing: Journey 1981
Sweet Caroline: Neil Diamond 1969
Poker Face: Lady Gaga 2008
Your Love: The Outfield 1985
(I Cant Get no) Satisfaction: The Rolling Stones 1965
Stairway the Heaven: Led Zeppelin 1971
Thunderstruck: AC/DC 1990
Promiscuous: Nelly Furtado 2006
The Middle: Jimmy Eat World 2001
Breakeven: The Script 2008
One Dance: Drake 2016
Bennie and the Jets: Elton John 1973
Yeah!: Usher (Feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris) 2004
Ms. Jackson: Outkast 2000
What a Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong 1967
Bust a Move: Young MC 1989
Not Afraid: Eminem 2010
Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang: Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog 1992
UpTown Funk: Bruno Mars 2015
Somebody that I use to Know: Gotye 2011
Another One Bites the Dust: Queen 1980
I will Always Love You: Whitney Houston 1992
Let Me Love You: Mario 2004
I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Marvin Gaye 1968

Music doesn't expire, so don't let the radio loop of the current top ten let you think those are the only songs out there.

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The Best Lines from the Fab Four

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend

He say, "I know you, you know me", One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Oh please, say to me, You'll let me be your man. And please say to me, You'll let me hold your hand

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

All the lonely people, where do they all come from. All the lonely people, where do they all belong

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday

And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

Obviously the best superpower.

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