893 Essential Songs

The results are in and we're counting down your 893 favorite songs from May 10 - May 17. Tune in from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays; Saturday 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to hear who made the list. We'll finish at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 17.

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If you want to relive the countdown, we've made a Spotify playlist — and if you want to nerd out, we've got a spreadsheet to crunch some numbers.

500
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles
501
Fame
Young Americans
David Bowie
502
B.O.B.
Stankonia
Outkast
503
Big Yellow Taxi
Ladies
Joni Mitchell
504
Starfish & Coffee
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
505
Wichita Lineman
Wichita Lineman
Glen Campbell
506
Thank You
II
Led Zeppelin
507
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Off the Wall
Michael Jackson
508
Pink Moon
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
509
Fat Bottomed Girls
Jazz
Queen
510
Bulls on Parade
Evil Empire
Rage Against the Machine
511
Such Great Heights
Give Up
The Postal Service
512
Eclipse
Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
513
Lose Yourself
8 Mile
Eminem
514
Love Reign O'er Me
Quadrophenia
The Who
515
See A Little Light
Workbook
Bob Mould
516
Thirteen
#1 Record
Big Star
517
24 Frames
Something More
Jason Isbell
518
Even Flow
Ten
Pearl Jam
519
Only In Dreams
Weezer (The Blue Album)
Weezer
520
P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)
Thriller
Michael Jackson
521
I Walk The Line
I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash
522
Erotic City
Prince
523
Not Ready to Make Nice
Taking the Long Way
Dixie Chicks
524
Drain You
Nevermind
Nirvana
525
Transatlanticism
Transatlanticism
Death Cab for Cutie
526
Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
Ziggy Stardust (and the Spiders from Mars)
David Bowie
527
You Send Me
Sam Cooke
528
Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones
529
And She Was
Little Creatures
Talking Heads
530
The Whole of the Moon
This is the Sea
The Waterboys
531
D'yer Mak'er
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin
532
The Mother We Share
The Bones of What You Believe
Chvrches
533
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Procol Harum
534
DNA.
DAMN.
Kendrick Lamar
535
Breezeblocks
An Awesome Wave
Alt-J
536
8 (circle)
22, A Million
Bon Iver
537
Gold Soundz
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pavement
538
Vogue
Breathless
Madonna
539
The Cave
Sign No More
Mumford and Sons
540
Diamonds and Pearls
Diamonds and Pearls
Prince
541
Coffee
Sylvan Esso
542
Fearless
Meddle
Pink Floyd
543
In Between Days
The Head on the Door
The Cure
544
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
545
Mayonaise
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
546
Unchained Melody
Just Once in My Life
The Righteous Brothers
547
The Ocean
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin
548
Summer Wind
Strangers in the Night
Frank Sinatra
549
The Way You Make Me Feel
Bad
Michael Jackson
550
Heroin
The Velvet Underground and Nico
The Velvet Underground
551
Burning Love
Elvis Presley
552
Release
Ten
Pearl Jam
553
Help!
Help!
The Beatles
554
This Year
The Sunset Tree
The Mountain Goats
555
Young Americans
Young Americans
David Bowie
556
Last Nite
Is This It
The Strokes
557
September Gurls
Radio City
Big Star
558
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
559
Search and Destroy
Raw Power
Iggy and The Stooges
560
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Tapestry
Carole King
561
Head like a Hole
Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails
562
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Wildflowers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
563
Where It's At
Odelay
Beck
564
Killing Me Softly With His Song
The Score
Fugees
565
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen
566
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love you
Dolly Parton
567
Holiday In Cambodia
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
568
One More Time
Discovery
Daft Punk
569
Walkin' After Midnight
Patsy Cline
570
All Apologies
In Utero
Nirvana
571
Sure Shot
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
572
Use Me
Still Bill
Bill Withers
573
Bring tha Noise
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
574
Raining Blood
Reign in Blood
Slayer
575
Dreaming
Eat to the Beat
Blondie
576
Breathe Me
Colour the Small One
Sia
577
White Winter Hymnal
Fleet Foxes
578
Just What I Needed
The Cars
579
Laundry Room
I and Love and You
The Avett Brothers
580
Wuthering Heights
The Kick Inside
Kate Bush
581
Pretty Voice
The Meaning of 8
Cloud Cult
582
California Love
2Pac
583
Pump It Up
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello
584
Clint Eastwood
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
585
Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
Crowded House
586
Take Me With U
Purple Rain
Prince
587
Clampdown
London Calling
The Clash
588
More Than This
Avalon
Roxy Music
589
Save It For Later
Special Beat Service
The English Beat
590
Juicy
Notorious B.I.G.
591
Hold up
Lemonade
Beyonce
592
Glory Box
Dummy
Portishead
593
Levon
Elton John
594
The Man Who Sold the World
The Man Who Sold the World
David Bowie
595
Everything Is Everything
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
596
21st Century Schizoid Man
In the Court of the Crimson King
King Crimson
597
I Want you (She's so heavy)
Abbey Road
The Beatles
598
Jailhouse Rock
Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley
599
Take Me to the River
More Songs about Buildings and Food
Talking Heads