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.

300
No Woman, No Cry
Natty Dread
Bob Marley and The Wailers
301
Beautiful Day
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
302
Free Bird
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
303
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
304
Can I Kick It
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
305
Fall On Me
Life's Rich Pageant
R.E.M.
306
Caravan
Moondance
Van Morrison
307
My Generation
My Generation
The Who
308
Cannonball
Last Splash
The Breeders
309
Maggie May
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
310
Home
Up From Below
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
311
Under The Bridge
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
312
Wildflowers
Wildflowers
Tom Petty
313
Age Of Consent
Power, Corruption & Lies
New Order
314
Modern Love
Let's Dance
David Bowie
315
Forever Young
Planet Waves
Bob Dylan
316
Zombie
No Need To Argue
The Cranberries
317
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads: 77
Talking Heads
318
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Crosby, Stills and Nash
319
Girlfriend
Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
320
Sweet Thing
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
321
Portions For Foxes
More Adventurous
Rilo Kiley
322
No Quarter
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin
323
Wait So Long
Palomino
Trampled By Turtles
324
Wolf Like Me
Return To Cookie Mountain
TV On The Radio
325
Jesus, Etc.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
326
Visions of Johanna
Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan
327
In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
328
Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
Version
Mark Ronson
329
Come As You Are
Nevermind
Nirvana
330
Redemption Song
Uprising
Bob Marley and The Wailers
331
Freedom
Listen Without Prejudice
George Michael
332
Army of Me
Post
Bjork
333
Suffragette City
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie
334
Runaway
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
335
Harvest
Harvest
Neil Young
336
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince
Prince
337
Anarchy in the UK
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
338
Let It Happen
Currents
Tame Impala
339
Ace of Spades
Ace of Spades
Motorhead
340
Formation
Lemonade
Beyonce
341
New Year's Day
War
U2
342
Yellow
Parachutes
Coldplay
343
In The Air Tonight
Face Value
Phil Collins
344
Rock And Roll
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
345
Waterloo Sunset
Something Else
The Kinks
346
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
347
Us And Them
The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
348
Straight To Hell
Combat Rock
The Clash
349
Truth Hurts
Truth Hurts (Single)
Lizzo
350
Lover, You Should've Come Over
Grace
Jeff Buckley
351
Wild World
Tea For The Tillerman
Cat Stevens
352
Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
353
Dazed And Confused
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
354
Fortunate Son
Willy and the Poor Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival
355
The Girl From Ipanema
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
356
Back In Black
Back In Black
AC/DC
357
Maybe I'm Amazed
McCartney
Paul McCartney
358
Everyday People
Stand!
Sly and the Family Stone
359
Light My Fire
The Doors
The Doors
360
Nothing Compares 2 U
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
361
The Suburbs
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
362
War Pigs
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
363
Changes
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
364
Personal Jesus
Violator
Depeche Mode
365
Criminal
Tidal
Fiona Apple
366
Solsbury Hill
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
367
What Is Life
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
368
Cecilia
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
369
Hurt
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
370
Purple Haze
Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix
371
Dead Flowers
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
372
Heart Shaped Box
In Utero
Nirvana
373
Dear Prudence
The Beatles (The White Album)
The Beatles
374
One
...And Justice For All
Metallica
375
Don't Look Back In Anger
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Oasis
376
Idioteque
Kid A
Radiohead
377
Skyway
Pleased to Meet Me
The Replacements
378
Crazy On You
Dreamboat Annie
Heart
379
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Graceland
Paul Simon
380
Rock the Casbah
Combat Rock
The Clash
381
The Rain Song
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin
382
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
383
Hurricane
Bob Dylan
384
Worship
Coconut Oil (EP)
Lizzo
385
Money
Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
386
Hyperballad
Post
Bjork
387
California Dreaming
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
Mamas & Papas
388
Sweet Jane
Loaded
The Velvet Underground
389
Waiting In Vain
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
390
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Thriller
Michael Jackson
391
i
To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
392
Rebellion (Lies)
Funeral
Arcade Fire
393
Badlands
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
394
Celebrated Summer
New Day Rising
Husker Du
395
Roxanne
Outlandos D'amour
The Police
396
Everything in Its Right Place
Kid A
Radiohead
397
Sound And Vision
Sound and Vision
David Bowie
398
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
399
Sinnerman
Pastel Blues
Nina Simone