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 noon - 10 p.m. and Sunday noon 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.

400
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
401
Lola
Lola vs. Powerman
The Kinks
402
Shake It Out
Ceremonials
Florence + The Machine
403
In Bloom
Nevermind
Nirvana
404
Black Hole Sun
Superunknown
Soundgarden
405
Ticket To Ride
Help!
The Beatles
406
The Killing Moon
Ocean Rain
Echo and the Bunnymen
407
I Melt with You
After the Snow
Modern English
408
Sweet Caroline
Neil Diamond
409
Under the Milky Way
Starfish
The Church
410
Head Over Heels
Songs from the Big Chair
Tears for Fears
411
Avant Gardener
The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
Courtney Barnett
412
White Rabbit
Jefferson Airplane
413
Walk On The Wild Side
Transformer
Lou Reed
414
Father and Son
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
415
Bloodbuzz, Ohio
High Violet
The National
416
Nuthin' But a G Thang, feat. Snoop Dogg
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
417
Teen Age Riot
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
418
L.A. Woman
L.A. Woman
The Doors
419
For Emma
For Emma, Forever Ago
Bon Iver
420
One Big Holiday
It Still Moves
My Morning Jacket
421
I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)
Sunshine On Leith
The Proclaimers
422
Jackson
Carryin' On
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
423
Mr. Jones
August and Everything After
Counting Crows
424
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
United
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
425
Racing In The Street
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
426
Midnight City
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
M83
427
The Passenger
Lust for Life
Iggy Pop
428
Come On Eileen
Too Rye Ay
Dexy's Midnight Runners
429
Queen Bitch
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
430
Romeo and Juliet
Making Movies
Dire Straits
431
No Surprises
OK Computer
Radiohead
432
Birdhouse In Your Soul
Flood
They Might Be Giants
433
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bringing it All Back Home
Bob Dylan
434
Intergalactic
Hello Nasty
Beastie Boys
435
Free Fallin'
Full Moon Fever
Tom Petty
436
Basket Case
Dookie
Green Day
437
My Girl
Sing Smokey
The Temptations
438
Chain of Fools
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
439
It's Too Late
Tapestry
Carole King
440
Tom Sawyer
Moving Pictures
Rush
441
I Wish
Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder
442
Every Breath You Take
Synchronicity
The Police
443
Suzanne
Songs of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
444
You Can Call Me Al
Graceland
Paul Simon
445
Dreams
Everyone Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We
The Cranberries
446
Hello
25
Adele
447
Everyday
Buddy Holly
448
After the Gold Rush
After the Gold Rush
Neil Young
449
Tempted
East Side Story
Squeeze
450
My Sweet Lord
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
451
Golden Years
Station to Station
David Bowie
452
Silent All These Years
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
453
Rapper's Delight
Sugarhill Gang
Sugarhill Gang
454
Clocks
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay
455
Welcome to the Jungle
Appetite for Destruction
Guns n' Roses
456
Love Shack
Cosmic Thing
The B-52's
457
Suspicious Minds
Suspicious Minds b/w You'll Think of Me
Elvis Presley
458
Atlantic City
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
459
Uptown Funk feat. Bruno Mars
Uptown Special
Mark Ronson
460
The Thrill Is Gone
Completely Well
B.B. King
461
Rock and Roll
Loaded
The Velvet Underground
462
Casimir Pulaski Day
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
463
Closing Time
Feeling Strangely Fine
Semisonic
464
Simple Twist of Fate
Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan
465
S.O.B.
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
466
Driver 8
Fables of the Reconstruction
R.E.M.
467
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Meet the Beatles
The Beatles
468
Ohio
So Far
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
469
Here Comes a Regular
Tim
The Replacements
470
I Can't Make You Love Me
Luck of the Draw
Bonnie Raitt
471
Brown Sugar
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
472
Jane Says
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
473
Kiss Off
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
474
Song 2
Blur
Blur
475
Rolling In The Deep
21
Adele
476
This Tornado Loves You
Middle Cyclone
Neko Case
477
The Message
The Message
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
478
The Joke
By The Way, I Forgive You
Brandi Carlile
479
A Boy Named Sue
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
480
You Oughta Know
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
481
Wicked Game
Heart Shaped World
Chris Isaak
482
Bennie And The Jets
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
483
The Scientist
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay
484
Regret
Republic
New Order
485
Corduroy
Vitalogy
Pearl Jam
486
This Land is Your Land
This Land is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
487
Smooth Criminal
Bad
Michael Jackson
488
The Less I Know The Better
Currents
Tame Impala
489
Dry The Rain
Champion Versions
The Beta Band
490
The Distance
Fashion Nugget
Cake
491
For What It's Worth
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
492
Hunger Strike
Temple of the Dog
Temple of the Dog
493
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
The Stranger
Billy Joel
494
Hide and Seek
Speak for Yourself
Imogen Heap
495
Like A Hurricane
American Stars 'n Bars
Neil Young
496
Here's Where The Story Ends
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
The Sundays
497
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
498
Time Of The Season
Odyssey and Oracle
The Zombies
499
King Kunta
To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar