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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No Woman, No Cry
Natty DreadBob Marley and The Wailers301
Beautiful Day
All That You Can't Leave BehindU2302
Free Bird
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-NerdLynyrd Skynyrd303
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton John304
Can I Kick It
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of RhythmA Tribe Called Quest305
Fall On Me
Life's Rich PageantR.E.M.306
Caravan
MoondanceVan Morrison307
My Generation
My GenerationThe Who308
Cannonball
Last SplashThe Breeders309
Maggie May
Every Picture Tells A StoryRod Stewart310
Home
Up From BelowEdward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros311
Under The Bridge
Blood Sugar Sex MagikRed Hot Chili Peppers312
Wildflowers
WildflowersTom Petty313
Age Of Consent
Power, Corruption & LiesNew Order314
Modern Love
Let's DanceDavid Bowie315
Forever Young
Planet WavesBob Dylan316
Zombie
No Need To ArgueThe Cranberries317
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads: 77Talking Heads318
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crosby, Stills and NashCrosby, Stills and Nash319
Girlfriend
GirlfriendMatthew Sweet320
Sweet Thing
Astral WeeksVan Morrison321
Portions For Foxes
More AdventurousRilo Kiley322
No Quarter
Houses of the HolyLed Zeppelin323
Wait So Long
PalominoTrampled By Turtles324
Wolf Like Me
Return To Cookie MountainTV On The Radio325
Jesus, Etc.
Yankee Hotel FoxtrotWilco326
Visions of Johanna
Blonde on BlondeBob Dylan327
In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
In The Aeroplane Over the SeaNeutral Milk Hotel328
Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
VersionMark Ronson329
Come As You Are
NevermindNirvana330
Redemption Song
UprisingBob Marley and The Wailers331
Freedom
Listen Without PrejudiceGeorge Michael332
Army of Me
PostBjork333
Suffragette City
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy StardustDavid Bowie334
Runaway
My Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasyKanye West335
Harvest
HarvestNeil Young336
I Wanna Be Your Lover
PrincePrince337
Anarchy in the UK
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex PistolsSex Pistols338
Let It Happen
CurrentsTame Impala339
Ace of Spades
Ace of SpadesMotorhead340
Formation
LemonadeBeyonce341
New Year's Day
WarU2342
Yellow
ParachutesColdplay343
In The Air Tonight
Face ValuePhil Collins344
Rock And Roll
Led Zeppelin IVLed Zeppelin345
Waterloo Sunset
Something ElseThe Kinks346
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Bringing It All Back HomeBob Dylan347
Us And Them
The Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd348
Straight To Hell
Combat RockThe Clash349
Truth Hurts
Truth Hurts (Single)Lizzo350
Lover, You Should've Come Over
GraceJeff Buckley351
Wild World
Tea For The TillermanCat Stevens352
Fly Me To The Moon
Frank SinatraFrank Sinatra353
Dazed And Confused
Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin354
Fortunate Son
Willy and the Poor BoysCreedence Clearwater Revival355
The Girl From Ipanema
Getz/GilbertoStan Getz and Joao Gilberto356
Back In Black
Back In BlackAC/DC357
Maybe I'm Amazed
McCartneyPaul McCartney358
Everyday People
Stand!Sly and the Family Stone359
Light My Fire
The DoorsThe Doors360
Nothing Compares 2 U
I Do Not Want What I Haven't GotSinead O'Connor361
The Suburbs
The SuburbsArcade Fire362
War Pigs
ParanoidBlack Sabbath363
Changes
Hunky DoryDavid Bowie364
Personal Jesus
ViolatorDepeche Mode365
Criminal
TidalFiona Apple366
Solsbury Hill
Peter GabrielPeter Gabriel367
What Is Life
All Things Must PassGeorge Harrison368
Cecilia
Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel369
Hurt
The Downward SpiralNine Inch Nails370
Purple Haze
Are You Experienced?Jimi Hendrix371
Dead Flowers
Sticky FingersThe Rolling Stones372
Heart Shaped Box
In UteroNirvana373
Dear Prudence
The Beatles (The White Album)The Beatles374
One
...And Justice For AllMetallica375
Don't Look Back In Anger
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?Oasis376
Idioteque
Kid ARadiohead377
Skyway
Pleased to Meet MeThe Replacements378
Crazy On You
Dreamboat AnnieHeart379
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
GracelandPaul Simon380
Rock the Casbah
Combat RockThe Clash381
The Rain Song
Houses of the HolyLed Zeppelin382
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
She's So UnusualCyndi Lauper383
Hurricane
Bob Dylan384
Worship
Coconut Oil (EP)Lizzo385
Money
Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd386
Hyperballad
PostBjork387
California Dreaming
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and EarsMamas & Papas388
Sweet Jane
LoadedThe Velvet Underground389
Waiting In Vain
ExodusBob Marley & The Wailers390
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
ThrillerMichael Jackson391
i
To Pimp a ButterflyKendrick Lamar392
Rebellion (Lies)
FuneralArcade Fire393
Badlands
Darkness on the Edge of TownBruce Springsteen394
Celebrated Summer
New Day RisingHusker Du395
Roxanne
Outlandos D'amourThe Police396
Everything in Its Right Place
Kid ARadiohead397
Sound And Vision
Sound and VisionDavid Bowie398
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
What's Going OnMarvin Gaye399
Sinnerman
Pastel BluesNina Simone