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 to hear who made the list. We'll finish at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 17.

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100
Strawberry Fields Forever
Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles
101
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Out of Our Heads
The Rolling Stones
102
Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
103
Angel from Montgomery
Streetlights
John Prine & Bonnie Raitt
104
Girl From The North Country
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
105
Crazy
Showcase
Patsy Cline
106
Graceland
Graceland
Paul Simon
107
Blue Monday
Power, Corruption & Lies
New Order
108
When You Were Mine
Dirty Mind
Prince
109
Hotel California
Hotel California
Eagles
110
Karma Police
OK Computer
Radiohead
111
Alex Chilton
Pleased to Meet Me
The Replacements
112
California Stars
Billy Bragg and Wilco
113
Going To California
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
114
The Boxer
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
115
Loser
Mellow Gold
Beck
116
Unsatisfied
Let it Be
The Replacements
117
Norwegian Wood
Rubber Soul
The Beatles
118
Fake Plastic Trees
The Bends
Radiohead
119
Layla
Layla and Other Associated Love Songs
Derek and the Dominos
120
Old Man
Harvest
Neil Young
121
So What
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis
122
Eleanor Rigby
Revolver
The Beatles
123
Say it Ain't So
Weezer (The Blue Album)
Weezer
124
Feeling Good
I Put a Spell On You
Nina Simone
125
Arica
Toto IV
Toto
126
Scenario
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
127
Ripple
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
128
Enjoy the Silence
Violator
Depeche Mode
129
Good As Hell
Coconut Oil (EP)
Lizzo
130
Yesterday
Help!
The Beatles
131
Try a Little Tenderness
Otis Redding's Dictionary of Soul
Otis Redding
132
Good Vibrations
Smiley Smile
The Beach Boys
133
Losing My Religion
Out of Time
R.E.M.
134
Don't Stop Believin'
Escape
Journey
135
Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon
Neil Young
136
Moondance
Moondance
Van Morrison
137
Mr. Brightside
Hot Fuss
The Killers
138
Over the Hills and Far Away
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin
139
Closer to Fine
Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
140
Let's Stay Together
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
141
Mr. Blue Sky
Out of the Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
142
If We Were Vampires
The Nashville Sound
Jason Isbell
143
Don't Stop Me Now
Jazz
Queen
144
Train In Vain
London Calling
The Clash
145
Black Dog
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
146
Bastards of Young
Tim
The Replacements
147
Let Down
OK Computer
Radiohead
148
The Beautiful Ones
Purple Rain
Prince
149
Your Song
Elton John
Elton John
150
Alone
Stars and Satellites
Trampled by Turtles
151
Rebel Rebel
Diamond Dogs
David Bowie
152
In Your Eyes
So
Peter Gabriel
153
It's the End of the World As We know it (And I Feel Fine)
Document
R.E.M.
154
Controversy
Controversy
Prince
155
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
156
Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
157
Tomorrow Never Knows
Revolver
The Beatles
158
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
159
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Queen is Dead
The Smiths
160
Brown Eyed Girl
Blowin' Your Mind
Van Morrison
161
Raspberry Beret
Around the World in a Day
Prince
162
Piece of My Heart
Cheap Thrills
Janis Joplin
163
All My Friends
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
164
Left of the Dial
1985
The Replacements
165
American Pie
American Pie
Don McLean
166
Wild Horses
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
167
Holocene
Bon Iver
Bon Iver
168
Go Your Own Way
Rumors
Fleetwood Mac
169
Waiting Room
13 Songs
Fugazi
170
I Want You Back
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
Jackson 5
171
Dancing Queen
Arrival
ABBA
172
Gloria
Horses
Patti Smith
173
Paint it Black
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
174
Lovesong
Disintegration
The Cure
175
Across the Universe
Let it Be
The Beatles
176
Somewhere Over The Rainbow / What A Wonderful World
Ka 'Ano'i
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
177
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Funeral
Arcade Fire
178
Ceremony
New Order
179
I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Whitney
Whitney Houston
180
Last Goodbye
Grace
Jeff Buckley
181
Rock Lobster
The B-52's
The B-52's
182
Sunday Bloody Sunday
War
U2
183
Time
Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
184
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Metallica
185
Bizarre Love Triangle
Brotherhood
New Order
186
Blitzkrieg Bop
Ramones
Ramones
187
Little Wing
Axis: Bold as Love
Jimi Hendrix
188
Jeremy
Ten
Pearl Jam
189
Bring It On Home To Me
Sam Cooke
190
I Would Die 4 U
Purple Rain
Prince
191
Bitter Sweet Symphony
Urban Hymns
The Verve
192
Back to Black
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse
193
Pictures of You
Disintegration
The Cure
194
Sweet Child O' Mine
Appetite for Destruction
Guns N' Roses
195
Running Up That Hill
Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
196
Alison
My Aim is True
Elvis Costello
197
Come Together
Abbey Road
The Beatles
198
Marquee Moon
Marquee Moon
Television
199
Desire
Rattle and Hum
U2