ILM 20th century tracks poll: your ballot

Gladys Knight and The Pips — Midnight Train to Georgia
Pete Rock and CL Smooth — TROY
The Breeders — Cannonball
Aaliyah — Are You That Somebody?
Wu Tang Clan — Protect Ya Neck

I didn't save a text file with my ballot but I did make an itunes playlist. If you're curious about one that you don't recognize feel free to ask. Here are mine:

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Note: There's one error I ended up switching Dolly Parton's Jolene for either The Shaggs or Gershwin's summertime. Not really sure which one was it in the end, maybe jf or seandalai could clear that up for me.

"Summertime"

okay, so the one and only song that really took me by surprise in the top 125 was of Althea and Donna's "Uptown Top Ranking". like i said in the results thread, i don't think i'd ever knowingly heard the song or so much as heard of the duo prior to its placing. i don't claim to keep up on everything, but come on: according to ILM, it's the 25th best song of the 20th century! feel i should have been aware.

so i don't mean to bust on anyone's choices, but was curious as to how many of the exposed ballots contained it. turns out that 5 of 20 do. interesting thing is that it's the only reggae song on most of those ballots, not counting UK ska. Which again isn't to fault anyone (i had the fucking police on my list ... GLASS HOUSES), just to point out that it does seems to be the 20th century's single standout reggae classic in a lot of people's minds. which weirds me out, cuz it was so utterly off my radar.

seems to be a UK vs. US thing, right? the song went to #1 in the UK in '78, but never made a dent in the US charts, that i know of. and it's not one of those secret classics that turns up on coffee shop speakers and in movies & TV shows all the time, regardless of whether or not it made the hit parade - not over here, anyway. none of which really matters. it's wonderful, and i'm glad to have finally heard it, if 33 years late. woke up with it running through my head this morning. ...along with "wichita lineman".

i'm impressed how lj got the most contrary (in sd terms) list despite not making a list that was all that alt

every time someone posts "i can't believe (your hobbyhorse song of choice) is/isn't on this list" on any of these 20th C poll threads, God bloodily rips the wings off an angel and puts its eyes out with a cigarette

didn't submit ballot cuz i've had lol shit do u but mainly some difficulty w/ how to integrate classical works.....however that is easily solved by considering single-movement pieces only.....so it'd probably be something like

debussy - jeux
scriabin - poem of ecstasy
varèse - arcana
ligeti - lontano
xenakis - tetora
john cage - in a landscape
scelsi - de natura renovatur
les rallizes denudes - night of the assassins
pink floyd - see emily play
the stooges - death trip
neu! - hallogallo
public image ltd - poptones
schooly d - psk
aphex twin - tha
jane's addiction - three days
acen - trip 2 the moon
sonic youth - the diamond sea
autechre - drane2

contenderizer: Don't know if you counted it but 'Uptown Top Ranking' was also on my list. Here's a transcript:

Althea and Donna — Uptown Top Ranking
Alvin Lucier — I Am Sitting in a Room
Aphex Twin — Windowlicker
Aphrodite's Child — The Four Horsemen
Art Ensemble of Chicago — Theme de yoyo
Arthur Russell — A Little Lost
Arvo Pärt — Te Deum
Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog
Billie Holiday — Gloomy Sunday
Billie Holiday and Lester Young — When You're Smiling
Björk — Hyperballad
Black Sabbath — Supernaut
Bo Diddley — Hey Bo Diddley
Brian Eno — Needle in the Camel's Eye
Buddy Rich — The Beat Goes On
Cabaret Voltaire — Nag Nag Nag
Can — Future Days
Can — Yoo Doo Right
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes
Claude Debussy — Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)
David Bowie — Letter to Hermione
Dawn Penn — No No No
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)
Dusty Springfield — Spooky
Elis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de Marco
ESG — UFO
Fred Neil — Faretheewell (Fred's Tune)
Gang of Four — Damaged Goods
George Gershwin and DuBose Hayward — Summertime
Gil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Grateful Dead — Friend of the Devil
Iggy and The Stooges — Search and Destroy
Iggy Pop — Lust for Life
Jackson C. Frank — Blues Run the Game
Jimi Hendrix — Castles Made of Sand
Jimi Hendrix Experience — All Along the Watchtower
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman — Lush Life
Jorge Ben — Ponta de Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)
Jorge Ben — Take it Easy My Brother Charles
Kate Bush — Hounds of Love
Kraftwerk — Computer Love
Led Zeppelin — When the Levee Breaks
Liquid Liquid — Optimo
Little Anthony and The Imperials — Goin' Out of My Head
Louis Armstrong — Hello Dolly!
M|A|R|R|S — Pump Up the Volume
Marlena Shaw — The Woman of the Ghetto
Massive Attack — Unfinished Sympathy
Mazzy Star — Fade Into You
Miles Davis — Shhh/Peaceful
My Bloody Valentine — Soon
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood — Some Velvet Morning
Neu! — Hallogallo
New Order — Age of Consent
Nick Drake — Pink Moon
Nina Simone — My Baby Just Cares for Me
Nina Simone — Sinnerman
Norman Greenbaum — Spirit in the Sky
Olivier Messiaen — Quatuor pour la fin du temps: V. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus
Peggy Lee — Is That All There Is?
Peter Brotzmann Octet — Machine Gun
Pink Floyd — See Emily Play
Pixies — Debaser
Prince and The Revolution — Kiss
Radiohead — Fake Plastic Trees
Rammellzee and K-Rob — Beat Bop
Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire — Theme from "Dr. Who"
Saint Etienne — Avenue
Salcos — Demolición
Secos e Molhados — Sangue Latino
Sonic Youth — The Diamond Sea
Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From Ipanema
Stereolab — Jenny Ondioline
Sugarhill Gang — Rapper's Delight
T.Rex — Raw Ramp
Tenor Saw — Ring the Alarm
The Clash — Lost in the Supermarket
The Cure — A Forest
The Faces — Ooh La La
The Fall — Totally Wired
The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for You
The Human League — Being Boiled
The Ink Spots — I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
The Jesus and Mary Chain — Never Understand
The Modern Lovers — Roadrunner
The Normal — Warm Leatherette
The Slickers — Johnny Too Bad
The Specials — Ghost Town
The Standells — Dirty Water
The Stone Roses — I Wanna Be Adored
The Stooges — No Fun
The Sugarcubes — Birthday
The Tammys — Egyptian Shumba
The Undertones — Teenage Kicks
The Zombies — Time of the Season
Timmy Thomas — Why Can't We Live Together
Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love
Tricky — Poems
XTC — Making Plans for Nigel
Young Marble Giants — Final Day

There were two reggae songs on my list (ring the alarm, uptown top ranking)... three if you count 'ghost town'. I'm not from the UK and the song might not have any social criticism in its lyrics but I have no problem with it being the most representative reggae song of all time. Granted I'm not a reggae connoisseur but for me it resumes everything I like about the genre, listening to this song immediatly gives me the sensation of being young, of feeling free, of wanting to frolic in the summer. I can't think of many others #1 hits as authentically fun as this one.

I think I may have first noticed that Althea and Donna song on an Elvis Costello list of greatest songs. I'm hoping that will shame any Elvis Costello haters who voted for it, although I personally don't mind Elvis Costello; I find it easy enough to ignore his more annoying moments. Actually, I wish I had kept a copy of that Elvis Costello list. It's probably online somewhere though. I think it was in Vanity Fair or something weird like that.

I don't see why Elvis Costello loving it would shame his haters. For all I know everybody loves this song.

moka otm. awesome list btw

Way behind on all this, but here's my ballot. Top 20 ranked, but mostly just to give a little bump to somethings I thought could use it:

Miles Davis — He Loved Him Madly
Miles Davis — Shhh/Peaceful
Stevie Wonder — As
Wu Tang Clan — Protect Ya Neck
The Underdogs — Love's Gone Bad
The Rolling Stones — Sway
Neu! — Hallogallo
Neil Young and Crazy Horse — Cortez the Killer
George Gershwin and DuBose Hayward — Summertime
Bob Dylan — Girl From the North Country
10cc — I'm Not in Love
Blind Willie Johnson — John the Revelator
Blue Öyster Cult — Don't Fear the Reaper
Steely Dan — Peg
Black Sabbath — Supernaut
Can — Mother Sky
David Bowie — Station to Station
Funkadelic — Maggot Brain
N.W.A — Straight Outta Compton
The Stooges — TV Eye

Al Green — Love and Happiness
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers — Moanin'
Arthur Russell — A Little Lost
Bauhaus — Bela Lugosi's Dead
Big Star — Thirteen
Blind Faith — Can't Find My Way Home
Brian Eno — Everything Merges With the Night
Bruce Springsteen — I'm on Fire
Charles Mingus — Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Daft Punk — Da Funk
Daryl Hall and John Oates — I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
Depeche Mode — Enjoy the Silence
Dolly Parton — Jolene
Etta James — At Last
Fleetwood Mac — Sara
Frank Sinatra — I've Got You Under My Skin
Gil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Giorgio Moroder — Chase (Midnight Express)
Gordon Lightfoot — The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Grateful Dead — Box of Rain
James Brown — The Payback
Johnny Cash — Folsom Prison Blues
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
King Crimson — 21st Century Schizoid Man
Kraftwerk — Autobahn
Leonard Cohen — Famous Blue Raincoat
Louis Armstrong — What a Wonderful World
Magma — De Futura
Marvin Gaye — What's Goin' On
Michael Jackson — Billie Jean
Minutemen — Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?
Mission of Burma — Academy Fight Song
My Bloody Valentine — Soon
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood — Some Velvet Morning
Nas — N.Y. State of Mind
New Order — Ceremony
Nina Simone — Sinnerman
Patsy Cline — Crazy
Pavement — Summer Babe
Pet Shop Boys — Always on My Mind
Pink Floyd — Echoes
Pixies — Debaser
Prince and The Revolution — Purple Rain
Public Enemy — Fight the Power
R.E.M. — So. Central Rain
Radiohead — Let Down
Rainbow — Stargazer
Ramones — Judy Is a Punk
Rush — Subdivisions
Sam Cooke — (What a) Wonderful World
Santo and Johnny — Sleep Walk
Scott Walker — Farmer in the City
Slayer — Raining Blood
Slint — Good Morning, Captain
Sly and The Family Stone — Everyday People
Sonic Youth — Teen Age Riot
Suicide — Ghost Rider
Swans — New Mind
Talk Talk — I Believe in You
Talking Heads — Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
Television — Marquee Moon
The Alan Parsons Project — Eye in the Sky
The Beach Boys — Heroes and Villains
The Cure — A Forest
The Faces — Ooh La La
The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for You
The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back
The Notorious B.I.G. — Juicy
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale of New York
The Replacements — I Will Dare
The Ronettes — Be My Baby
The Supremes — Where Did Our Love Go?
The Velvet Underground — Heroin
The Zombies — Care of Cell 44
Thin Lizzy — The Boys Are Back in Town
Todd Rundgren — I Saw the Light
Van Morrison — St. Dominic's Preview
Vince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and Lucy
Wire — Mannequin
Yes — Close to the Edge

moka otm. awesome list btw

― The Dumbest Jews on the Planet (and Maureen Dowd) (symsymsym)

Thanks I also like yours. Completely forgot to vote for 'la bamba' it was one of my favorite childhood songs.

Moka, I don't think Bill Withers was nominated. If it was, I would've put it in my top 10 or 20.

Yes you're right what a grave mistake we've all made.

I already published the text version of my ballot and I think it's the same one I send out. Mmm so there's two erros on the playlist, I didn't vote for Bill Withers nor Dolly Parton. Ended up switching for 'summertime' and 'pink moon'... In the end I didn't vote for the Shaggs, that I sorely regret.

Also regret not voting 'johnny b. goode' thought it has a big chance of making it high on the list without my help.

Actually just noticed there's two more reggae tracks on my ballot:

Dawn Penn - No no no
The Slickers - Johnny too bad

I had Dawn Penn's "No No No" and Desmond Dekker's "Israelites" on my shortlist, but had to cut them to to get to 100 songs. I'm not well versed in reggae, I hadn't heard the Althea & Donna song before it showed up in the ILM 70s poll a few years ago, but I immediately realized how brilliant it is (though in my opinion their "No More Fighting" is even better). Sadly, besides Althea & Donna, none of my favourite reggae tunes ("The Harder They Come" by Jimmy Cliff, "Chase the Devil" by Max Romeo, "In These Times" by Errol Alkan) were nominated at all.

Sorry, that's "In These Times" by Errol Walker, Errol Alkan is some other guy.

If you haven't heard that one, you should check it out, it's an utterly brilliant version of "Summertime":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOwMIdQ-3A

This is more or less what I went for as I chopped and changed stuff at the bottom of the ballot, ordered/unordered mix.

This Mortal Coil — Song to the Siren
Big Star — Thirteen
Rod Stewart — Maggie May
The Human League — Love Action (I Believe in Love)
Grace Jones — Slave to the Rhythm
The Lovin' Spoonful — Do You Believe in Magic
R.E.M. — Fall on Me
Bran Van 3000 — Drinking in L.A.
The Band — The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Nick Drake — Northern Sky
Marvin Gaye — Sexual Healing
John Barry — Theme from "Midnight Cowboy"
Kraftwerk — Computer Love
Harry Nilsson — Everybody's Talkin'
Kate Bush — Why Should I Love You
Loose Ends — Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)
Electric Light Orchestra — Sweet Talking Woman
Roy Harper — When and Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease
Underworld — Jumbo
Vangelis — Ask the Mountains
Saint Etienne — He's on the Phone
Talking Heads — Once in a Lifetime
Massive Attack — Unfinished Sympathy
Jake Thackray — Lah-Di-Dah
Nick Lowe — So it Goes
Queen and David Bowie — Under Pressure
R.E.M. — Find the River
Nico — These Days
Bob Dylan — Like a Rolling Stone
Tom Waits — In the Neighborhood
Pretenders — Stop Your Sobbing
Jimmy Ruffin — What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
Fairport Convention — Who Knows Where the Time Goes
The Teardrop Explodes — Treason (It's Just a Story)
The Associates — Party Fears Two
Aphex Twin — Rhubarb
Frank Wilson — Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
Lord Rockingham's XI — Hoots Mon
Al Bowlly — You Couldn't Be Cute
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Massive Attack — Teardrop
Steve Reich — Come Out
Rainbow — Stargazer
Richard Thompson — 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Richard Thompson — I Misunderstood
Sister Sledge — Lost in Music
Little Junior and The Blue Flames — Feelin' Good
Kate Bush — Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush — Wuthering Heights
Otis Redding — Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
The Saints — (I'm) Stranded
The Shangri-Las — Past, Present and Future
Roxy Music — More Than This
Sam Cooke — A Change Is Gonna Come
Patrick Cowley — Menergy
Pet Shop Boys — What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Public Enemy — Night of the Living Baseheads
Gary Numan / Tubeway Army — Are Friends Electric?
Aphrodites Child – The Four Horsemen
Motörhead — Ace of Spades
Art Ensemble of Chicago – Theme de Yoyo
Creedence Clearwater Revival — Lodi
Blur — Yuko and Hiro
George Formby — Little Stick of Blackpool Rock
New Radicals — You Get What You Give
Henryk Górecki — Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile
Brian Eno — An Ending (Ascent)
Bruce Springsteen — The River
Carpenters — Rainy Days and Mondays
Chic — Good Times
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
Curtis Mayfield — Move on Up
Suicide — Ghost Rider
Talking Heads — This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Teenage Fanclub — Sparky's Dream
The Archies — Sugar, Sugar
The Beatles — And Your Bird Can Sing
The Tornados — Telstar
The Undertones — Teenage Kicks
Thunderclap Newman — Something in the Air
Ultramagnetic MCs — Traveling at the Speed of Thought (Hip House Mix)
Wreckless Eric — Whole Wide World
Yaz(oo) — Only You
New Order — Thieves Like Us
The Crystals — Da Doo Ron Ron
The Faces — Ooh La La
The Flaming Lips — Race for the Prize
The Human League — Don't You Want Me
The Impressions — People Get Ready
The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset
David Bowie — Heroes
Echo and The Bunnymen — Bring on the Dancing Horses
Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit

Unordered, I couldn't face trying to rank them. Maybe there were one or two changes to my final entry, can't remember. Sorry for multiple entries by the same artists but hey I had to follow my heart, would have done it a bit differently with hindsight but polling the 20th century is a tall order.

10cc — I'm Mandy Fly Me
10cc — I'm Not in Love
ABBA — Dancing Queen
ABBA — The Winner Takes it All
Aphrodite's Child — The Four Horsemen
Area — Luglio, Agosto, Settembre (Nero)
Aretha Franklin — Say a Little Prayer
Art Ensemble of Chicago — Theme de yoyo
Bill Fay — Time of the Last Persecution
Black Sabbath — Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath — Supernaut
Blondie — Heart of Glass
Blue Öyster Cult — Don't Fear the Reaper
Boston — More Than a Feeling
Can — Mother Sky
Can — Yoo Doo Right
Carpenters — Rainy Days and Mondays
Carpenters — Superstar
Chris Bell — I Am the Cosmos
Comus — Diana
Daryl Hall and John Oates — Private Eyes
David Sylvian and Ryuchi Sakamoto — Forbidden Colours
Dock Boggs — Sugar Baby
Donna Summer — I Feel Love
Edgard Varèse — Amériques
Genesis — Supper's Ready
Gravediggaz — Diary of a Madman
György Ligeti — Atmosphéres
Harry Partch — U.S. Highball
Hüsker Dü — Could You Be the One?
Iannis Xenakis — La Legende d'Eer
Japan — Ghosts
Javanese Court Gamelan — Gending Tejanata / Ladrang Sembawa / Ladrang Playon
John Barry — Capsule in Space (You Only Live Twice)
John Martyn — Solid Air
Joni Mitchell — Coyote
Journey — Don't Stop Believin'
Kate Bush — Hello Earth
Kate Bush — Wuthering Heights
King Crimson — 21st Century Schizoid Man
Kraftwerk — Autobahn
Kraftwerk — Computer Love
Kraftwerk — Neon Lights
Kraftwerk — Trans Europe Express
Laurie Anderson — O Superman
Leadbelly — Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Love — Alone Again Or
Magma — De Futura
Moondog — All Is Loneliness
Motörhead — Ace of Spades
Nancy Sinatra — You Only Live Twice
Neil Young and Crazy Horse — Cowgirl in the Sand
Nick Drake — Pink Moon
Ornette Coleman — Lonely Woman
Pere Ubu — Final Solution
Peter Gabriel — Moribund the Burgermeister
Pharoah Sanders — The Creator Has a Master Plan
Phillip Glass — Music in Twelve Parts (Part I)
Pink Floyd — Astronomy Domine
Popol Vuh — Agirre I
Rainbow — Stargazer
Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire — Theme from "Dr. Who"
Roxy Music — Virginia Plain
Rush — Hemispheres (full suite)
Rush — Subdivisions
Rush — Tom Sawyer
Slayer — Angel of Death
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — Tears of a Clown
Sparks — This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us
Steeleye Span — When I Was on Horseback
Steely Dan — Peg
Steve Reich — Music For 18 Musicians
Sun Ra — Love in Outer Space
Swans — New Mind
Tangerine Dream — Birth of Liquid Plejades
Television — Marquee Moon
The Band — The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Beach Boys — God Only Knows
The Beach Boys — Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys — Surf's Up
The Beach Boys — Wouldn't it Be Nice
The Byrds — Eight Miles High
The Byrds — Turn! Turn! Turn!
The Chills — Pink Frost
The Chills — Rain
The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back
The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset
The Monkees — Porpoise Song
The Ronettes — Be My Baby
The Supremes — You Keep Me Hangin' On
The Zombies — Time of the Season
This Heat — 24 Track Loop
Todd Rundgren — I Saw the Light
Tom Waits — Cemetery Polka
Tom Waits — In the Neighborhood
Toru Takemitsu — Waltz from "Face of Another"
Townes Van Zandt — Waiting 'Round to Die
Van Der Graaf Generator — Arrow
Yellow Magic Orchestra — Rydeen
Yes — Close to the Edge

Songs I would've picked if I'd remembered to nominate them :
Neil Young - Revolution Blues
Pere Ubu - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo

Surprised at Aretha's no-show. I thought everything was lining up in her favour - canonical artist impossible to dislike, little vote-splitting, excellent position in the alphabet, etc

I voted for Althea and Donna and The Congos, but only the latter was on the basis of being a standout representative of reggae. Uptown Top Ranking was more along the lines of "this was an excellent pop song".

This lurker's list below, with songs that made the list marked with an asterisk. I too decided it would be too daunting to try and put songs in any order.

*ABBA — Dancing Queen
*Al Green — Let's Stay Together
*Althea and Donna — Uptown Top Ranking
Arthur Russell — A Little Lost
Arthur Russell — In the Light of the Miracle
Beastie Boys — Shake Your Rump
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys — You're Okay
Bobby "Boris" Pickett — Monster Mash
Bobby Please and The Pleasers — The Monster
*Bobby Womack — Across 110th Street
Brian Eno — By This River
*Brian Eno — St. Elmo's Fire
Can — Future Days
Charlie Parker — Parker's Mood
*Chic — Good Times
Chic — My Feet Keep Dancing
Coati Mundi — Que Pasa / Me No Pop I
Daryl Hall and John Oates — I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes
Diana Ross — Upside Down
DJ Shadow — Midnight in a Perfect World
*Donna Summer — I Feel Love
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Sentimental Lady
*Elis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de Marco
Ernest Tubb — Walking the Floor Over You
Fats Waller — Ain't Misbehavin'
Fleetwood Mac — Tusk
France Gall — Laisse tomber les filles
Genesis — Carpet Crawlers
Genesis — Firth of Fifth
Genesis — Supper's Ready
Gwen McCrae — Rockin' Chair
Harry Nilsson — Moonbeam
Isaac Hayes — Theme from "Shaft"
James Brown — The Payback
Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra — Clementine (From New Orleans)
Jeanette — Corazon de Poeta
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers — Black Bottom Stomp
John Cale — Fear
John Cale — Paris 1919
*John Coltrane — My Favorite Things
Joni Mitchell — Help Me
Jorge Ben — Amor de Carnaval
Jorge Ben — Take it Easy My Brother Charles
Julian Cope — Sunspots
Katrina and The Waves — Walking on Sunshine
Kraftwerk — The Model
*Kraftwerk — Trans Europe Express
Kurt Weill — The Cannon Song
Laurie Anderson — Sharkey's Day
Les Paul and Mary Ford — How High the Moon
*Link Wray and His Ray Men — Rumble
Love — You Set the Scene
Machine — There But for the Grace of God
*Michael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Mickey and Sylvia — Love Is Strange
Nara Leão — Lindoneia
New Order — True Faith
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Souvenir
Os Mutantes — Panis et Circences
Pet Shop Boys — Left to My Own Devices
*Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys — What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Peter Brotzmann Octet — Machine Gun
Peter Gabriel — Moribund the Burgermeister
Pink Floyd — See Emily Play
*Prince and The Revolution — Kiss
R.E.M. — Radio Free Europe
Roxy Music — Street Life
Ruby Keeler — 42nd Street
Sagittarius — My World Fell Down
Saint Etienne — He's on the Phone
Scott Walker — Montague Terrace (In Blue)
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin — Je t'aime...moi non plus
Sparks — When Do I Get to Sing "My Way"?
*Stereolab — Jenny Ondioline
Talking Heads — The Great Curve
The Associates — Party Fears Two
*The Beatles — Penny Lane
The Big Bopper — Chantilly Lace
The Chords — Sh-Boom
The Easybeats — Friday on My Mind
The Fall — How I Wrote Elastic Man
The Fall — Lie Dream of a Casino Soul
The Fall — Paintwork
*The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for You
The Flirtations — Nothing But a Heartache
The Hues Corporation — Rock the Boat
The Mamas and The Papas — California Dreamin'
The Rolling Stones — Street Fighting Man
The Spinners — I'll Be Around
*The Supremes — You Keep Me Hangin' On
The Tammys — Egyptian Shumba
The Velvet Underground — All Tomorrow's Parties
They Might Be Giants — Birdhouse in Your Soul
*Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love
*Vince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and Lucy
William DeVaughn — Be Thankful for What You've Got
*Wire — Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
*Yes — Close to the Edge

I'm from the US and first discovered "Uptown Top Ranking" through one of the Avalanches' mixes, "Brains." Matter of fact, I think "I Can't Go for That," which also made my ballot, didn't really enter my consciousness (though I can't NOT have heard it) until I listened to "Gimix."

I didn't think too much about the representative aspects of my list apart from attempting to get some votes for the earlier half of the century, though I still ended up voting more for my favorites rather than being more strategic. Even then, I still had only two to four songs each from the twenties to the fifties. While on the main thread there was a lot of understandable discussion about the paucity of material from these years, I would guess that (at least prior to the fifties) there were probably comparatively fewer sound recordings being made and distributed... so maybe in that sense the list is less empirically disproportionate than it seems, apart from the low '90s count? (Did anyone talk about "tracks" prior to the development of the LP?)

Anyway, I'd love to do whatever kind of poll Johnny Fever or whoever wants to put up, though I never seem to contribute anything besides a ballot. And thanks for this one, too, Johnny and seandalai!

ordered, ilm poll rank in parentheses.

1.Charles Mingus — Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (223)
2.Cheap Trick — Surrender (52)
3.Black Sabbath — Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (220)
4.Yes — Close to the Edge (67)
5.The Rolling Stones — Gimme Shelter (2)
6.The Beatles — I Am the Walrus (533)
7.The Replacements — I Will Dare (297)
8.Wire — Map Ref. 41°N 93°W (64)
9.The Stone Roses — I Wanna Be Adored (622)
10.Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls (54)
11.Guided By Voices — Game of Pricks (337)
12.Motörhead — Ace of Spades (123)
13.Parliament — Flashlight (449)
14.Bob Dylan — Ballad of a Thin Man (248)
15.Bill Haley and The Comets — Rock Around the Clock (615)
16.Thin Lizzy — The Boys Are Back in Town (442)
17.Guns N' Roses — Welcome to the Jungle (222)
18.Nick Drake — River Man (715)
19.Bruce Springsteen — Born to Run (117)
20.Bob Marley and The Wailers — Get Up, Stand Up (709)
21.Marvin Gaye — What's Goin' On (161)
22.Prince — I Wanna Be Your Lover (555)
23.The Band — The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (427)
24.Todd Rundgren — I Saw the Light (171)
25.Depeche Mode — Enjoy the Silence (42)
26.The Zombies — Time of the Season (276)
27.Daryl Hall and John Oates — She's Gone (761)
28.Big Country — In a Big Country (647)
29.Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman (6)
30.My Bloody Valentine — You Made Me Realise (226)
31.Japan — Ghosts (210)
32.Swervedriver — Duel (1126)
33.Dionne Warwick — Walk on By (176)
34.Aztec Camera — Oblivious (953)
35.Funkadelic — One Nation Under a Groove (366)
36.Nick Lowe — So it Goes (501)
37.The Beach Boys — Wouldn't it Be Nice (56)
38.Frank Sinatra — I've Got You Under My Skin (334)
39.R.E.M. — Radio Free Europe (714)
40.KISS — Detroit Rock City (1170)
41.Mott the Hoople — All the Way From Memphis (1342)
42.Rush — Tom Sawyer (574)
43.The Delfonics — La-La Means I Love You (1555)
44.The Spinners — I'll Be Around (258)
45.The Chills — Pink Frost (570)
46.Chris Bell — I Am the Cosmos (185)
47.Michael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (21)
48.Led Zeppelin — Kashmir (806)
49.Ride — Dreams Burn Down (349)
50.Blue Öyster Cult — Don't Fear the Reaper (23)
51.Screamin' Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You (50)
52.Television — See No Evil (324)
53.The Byrds — Eight Miles High (130)
54.Richard Hell and The Voidoids — Blank Generation (473)
55.Mission of Burma — Academy Fight Song (673)
56.Madonna — Into the Groove (85)
57.Gil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (61)
58.Earth, Wind and Fire — September (174)
59.The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Take Five (424)
60.Sex Pistols — Holidays in the Sun (355)
61.Neil Young — The Needle and the Damage Done (371)
62.Daryl Hall and John Oates — I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (148)
63.Chic — Good Times (45)
64.10cc — I'm Not in Love (119)
65.Nine Inch Nails — Head Like a Hole (1185)
66.Radiohead — Paranoid Android (60)
67.The Glenn Miller Orchestra — In the Mood (351)
68.Bee Gees — Stayin' Alive (634)
69.Fats Domino — Ain't That a Shame (1398)
70.Big Star — Thirteen (70)
71.Ohio Players — Fire (1054)
72.Buddy Holly — Peggy Sue (317)
73.David Bowie — Life on Mars? (76)
75.The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead (405)
76.Duran Duran — Planet Earth (1456)
77.Aphex Twin — Windowlicker (206)
78.Eddie Kendricks — Girl You Need a Change of Mind (1496)
79.Iggy and The Stooges — Search and Destroy (73)
80.The Psychedelic Furs — Love My Way (509)
81.The Velvet Underground — Rock n' Roll (188)
82.XTC — Dear God (689)
83.Boards of Canada — Happy Cycling (1498)
84.The Church — Under the Milky Way (520)
85.Fleetwood Mac — Dreams (194)
86.Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers — Why Do Fools Fall in Love (756)
87.The The — This Is the Day (507)
88.Stevie Wonder — I Was Made to Love Her (640)
89.Lou Rawls — You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mind (1893)
90.Sparks — This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us (144)
91.Shuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23 (346)
92.Steely Dan — Peg (203)
93.The Who — My Generation (499)
94.The Hollies — Bus Stop (1567)
95.Blur — For Tomorrow (575)
95.U2 — Pride (In the Name of Love) (1182)
96.Digital Underground — The Humpty Dance (495)
97.Little Richard — Tutti Frutti (363)
98.Public Enemy — Bring the Noise (40)
99.Lou Reed — Walk on the Wild Side (412)
100.Willie Nelson — Always on My Mind (1249)

Not ordered--and for a few of these (but not many), I'd pick a different song by that person.

Al Green — Let's Stay Together
Aretha Franklin — Say a Little Prayer
Arvo Pärt — Spiegel im Spiegel
Beck — Loser
Big Star — September Gurls
Bo Diddley — Who Do You Love
Bob Dylan — Desolation Row
Carpenters — Rainy Days and Mondays
Cheap Trick — Surrender
Chic — Good Times
Company B — Fascinated
Creedence Clearwater Revival — Ramble Tamble
Crosby, Stills and Nash — Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
David Bowie — Rebel Rebel
De La Soul — Eye Know
Dionne Warwick — Walk on By
Dr. Dre — Nothin' But a G Thang
Fairport Convention — Who Knows Where the Time Goes
Flamin' Groovies — Shake Some Action
Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman
Guided By Voices — Motor Away
Hüsker Dü — Eight Miles High
John Coltrane — My Favorite Things
Johnny Cash — I Walk the Line
Joy Division — Disorder
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
Lauryn Hill — Doo Wop (That Thing)
Liz Phair — Fuck and Run
Mott the Hoople — All the Young Dudes
Neil Young and Crazy Horse — Cowgirl in the Sand
Nico — These Days
Pet Shop Boys — What Have I Done to Deserve This?
R.E.M. — Radio Free Europe
Rod Stewart — Mandolin Wind
Sly and the Family Stone — Family Affair
Sonic Youth — Teen Age Riot
Steely Dan — Rikki Don't Lose That Number
The Beatles — Eight Days a Week
The Byrds — Eight Miles High
The Clash — Complete Control
The Creation — Making Time
The Germs — Forming
The Jesus and Mary Chain — Never Understand
The Modern Lovers — Roadrunner
The Only Ones — Another Girl, Another Planet
The Replacements — I Will Dare
The Rolling Stones — Sway
The Velvet Underground — Heroin
The Zombies — Care of Cell 44
Todd Rundgren — I Saw the Light
Tommy James and the Shondelles — Crimson and Clover
Vince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and Lucy
Wire — Mannequin
Yo La Tengo — Blue Line Swinger

(I'm one of those annoying schoolmarms who's driven up the wall by all those "The"s at the beginning of band names...)

Unranked. Those that made the 125 in bold, bands that got a different track in the 125 in italics.

"?" and The Mysterians — 96 Tears
Alvin Lucier — I Am Sitting in a Room
Amon Düül II — Archangels Thunderbird
Aphrodite's Child — The Four Horsemen
Art Ensemble of Chicago — Theme de yoyo
Arthur Russell — A Little Lost
Arvo Pärt — Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Belle and Sebastian — The State I Am In
Bessie Smith — Hateful Blues
Big Star — Holocaust
Billie Holiday — Gloomy Sunday
Blind Willie Johnson — John the Revelator
Boredoms — (circle)
Brian Eno — Baby's on Fire
Bruce Haack — Blow Job
Cabaret Voltaire — Nag Nag Nag
Carl Orff — O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
Can — Mother Sky
Can — Yoo Doo Right
Charles Mingus — Haitian Fight Song
Clothilde — Saperlipopette
Cluster — Sowiesoso
Comus — Diana
Cornelius Cardew — Paragraph 1 of the Great Learning
Cromagnon — Caledonia
Curtis Mayfield — If There's a Hell Below We're All Gonna Go
Del Shannon — Runaway
Desmond Dekker — 007 (Shanty Town)
Devo — Mongoloid
Donna Summer — I Feel Love
Dusty Springfield — I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Edgard Varèse — Poème électronique
Ella Fitzgerald — Mack the Knife
Eric B and Rakim — Paid in Full
Faust — J'ai Mal Aux Dents
Flower Travellin' Band — Satori pt. 2
France Gall — Poupée de cire, poupée de son
Gang of Four — Love Like Anthrax
George Gershwin and DuBose Hayward — Summertime
Gil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Giorgio Moroder — Chase (Midnight Express)
Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The Message
Harmonia — Deluxe (Immer Wieder)
Hawkwind — Silver Machine
Hildegard Knef — From Here on in it Gets Rough
Hot Butter — Popcorn
Huggy Bear — Her Jazz
Jacques Brel — Amsterdam
John Cale — Paris 1919
Joy Division — Transmission
Kraftwerk — Trans Europe Express
La Dusseldorf — Dusseldorf
Laurie Anderson — O Superman
Lucia Pamela — Walking on the Moon
Magma — De Futura
Marlena Shaw — The Woman of the Ghetto
Meredith Monk — Gotham Lullaby
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood — Some Velvet Morning
Negativland — Christianity Is Stupid
Neu! — Hallogallo
Os Mutantes — Panis et Circences
Pentangle — Train Song
Pere Ubu — Final Solution
Pet Shop Boys — What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Prolapse — Tina, This Is Matthew Stone
Public Enemy — Bring the Noise
Raymond Scott — Powerhouse
Renaldo and The Loaf — Haul on the Bowline
Richard Harris — Macarthur Park
Robert Johnson — Kindhearted Woman Blues
Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire — Theme from "Dr. Who"
Scott Walker — Jackie
Scott Walker — The Seventh Seal
Serge Gainsbourg — Cargo Culte
Silver Apples — Program
Slapp Happy — Dawn
Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From Ipanema
Stereolab — French Disko
Sugarhill Gang — Rapper's Delight
Terry Riley — In C
The Fall — How I Wrote Elastic Man
The Flirtations — Nothing But a Heartache
The Go-Betweens — Streets of Your Town
The KLF — Justified and Ancient
The Modern Lovers — Roadrunner
The Monks — Shut Up
The Normal — Warm Leatherette
The Pop Group — She Is Beyond Good and Evil
The Residents — Skratz
The Shaggs — My Pal Foot Foot
The Shangri-Las — Leader of the Pack
The Specials — Ghost Town
The United States of America — Garden of Earthly Delights
The Velvet Underground — Sister Ray
This Heat — Paper Hats
Wayne Smith — Under Me Sleng Teng
White Noise — The Visitations
World Domination Enterprises — Asbestos Lead Asbestos
Yellow Magic Orchestra — La Femme Chinoise

Just noticed this curious run:

Jacques Brel — Amsterdam
John Cale — Paris 1919
Joy Division — Transmission
Kraftwerk — Trans Europe Express
La Dusseldorf — Dusseldorf

I must have been feeling very continental while whittling these down.

Smart list! Think we were the only 2 people to vote for these:

The United States of America — Garden of Earthly Delights
World Domination Enterprises — Asbestos Lead Asbestos

*sad face*

You forgot to bold out the Shaggs, emily.

I love your list, btw. A couple of artists in there that I've never heard before (Hildegard Knef, Huggy Bear, Lucia Pamela, Slapp Happy, Renaldo and The Loaf ) but considering how much I love the rest of the list I'm going to search out these songs immediatly.

I'm smashing my head for not including: Nothing But a Heartache, Silver Machine, Popcorn and Powerhouse.

Oh and the Shaggs, of course, but that was an honest mistake I was pretty certain I had modified my ballot to include them before submitting.

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(...and I was the other Knef voter, emil.y)

My list is on another PC, but looking at the tracks with 101 points, I think I must've been the sole voter for these:

Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
Dan Hartman - Vertigo / Relight My Fire
Disco Tex and His Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin'
Jean Jacques Perrey - E.V.A.
Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)
Luciano Berio - Sinfonia: III - In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
Pierre Boulez - Repons
Pierre Henry - Psyche Rock
Subway Sect - Ambition
Tantra - The Hills of Katmandu (Patrick Cowley Megamix)
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Wizzard - See My Baby Jive

I'm not too surprised about the ones we were the only two voters for, to be honest, Nick. There are definitely some tracks with only one vote that I thought many more people would vote for - not my solo votes, so much, but things like 'Ode to Billie Joe', 'E.V.A.', 'Rockit' and Gal Costa's 'Baby' - the latter not because it's famous, but it is very well regarded by everyone I know who knows it.

The Hildegard Knef track is actually misnamed on the poll, it should be 'From Here On It Got Rough'. That was tough for me as I'd already gone for the Shaggs and Lucia Pamela, so wasn't sure whether to also include Hildegard - she won out for being a bit different and genuinely groovy.

Also, I can't believe Abbott didn't vote for Slapp Happy. So disappointed.

The United States of America — Garden of Earthly Delights

I would have voted for "The American Way of Love".

I might have voted for "Coming Down."

emil.y – I don't think I saw SH were nominated or I know I would have noted for them. Shitty excuse, but true!

"Coming Down" is my favorite US of A song.

Doomed to split votes whatever they do.

Wow, totally forgot about 'Rockit'.

'Coming Down' is my favourite, too, but was more than happy to vote for 'Garden of Earthly Delights' as the only nom.

These are the songs only I voted for, excluding 'secos & molhados' they were all my nominees. All of them are personal favorites but I'm honestly surprised noone else voted for 'hello dolly' and 'blues run the game':

Billie Holiday and Lester Young - When You're Smiling
Tricky - Poems
T.Rex - Raw Ramp
Salcos - Demolicion
Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly!
Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run the Game
Dusty Springfield - Spooky
David Bowie - Letter to Hermione
Secos e Molhados - Sangue Latino

I think the tracks that I alone or just me and one other voted for make up most of my favourites of my ballot. A few notable exceptions, mind you.

Here's my fully weighted ballot:

Bing Crosby — White Christmas
Bob Dylan — Like a Rolling Stone
The Beach Boys — God Only Knows
Michael Jackson — Billie Jean
Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog
Fred Astaire — Cheek to Cheek
Henry Mancini — Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Fleetwood Mac — Rhiannon
Claude Debussy — Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)
Peggy Lee — Fever
The Beatles — She Loves You
Guns N' Roses — Welcome to the Jungle
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Take the A-Train
The Glenn Miller Orchestra — In the Mood
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You
The Who — Won’t Get Fooled Again
“?” and The Mysterians — 96 Tears
Prince and The Revolution — Purple Rain
Bill Monroe — Blue Moon of Kentucky
Depeche Mode — Enjoy the Silence
Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats — Rocket 88
Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From Ipanema
George Jones — He Stopped Loving Her Today
Fats Waller — Ain’t Misbehavin’
The Rolling Stones — Under My Thumb
Willie Nelson — Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Madonna — Into the Groove
Cab Calloway — Minnie the Moocher
Chuck Berry — Roll Over Beethoven
Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
Miles Davis — So What
Robert Johnson — Love in Vain
Bob Dylan — Desolation Row
The Velvet Underground — Heroin
The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset
Johnny Cash — Folsom Prison Blues
Chic — Good Times
Maurice Ravel — Boléro
The Rolling Stones — Gimme Shelter
The Platters — Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Jefferson Airplane — White Rabbit
The Tornados — Telstar
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The Message
Alvin Lucier — I Am Sitting in a Room
Patsy Cline — I Fall to Pieces
Nancy Sinatra — These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
Dick Dale and The Deltones — Misirlou
Orbital — Halcyon + On + On
The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Take Five
George McCrae — Rock Your Baby
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes
Dr. Dre — Nothin' But a G Thang
Britney Spears — …Baby One More Time
Iggy and The Stooges — Search and Destroy
Talking Heads — Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Sex Pistols — Anarchy in the U.K.
The Four Tops — Reach Out I'll Be There
Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah
James Brown — Cold Sweat
ABBA — The Winner Takes it All
Carl Orff — O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
Julie Andrews — The Lonely Goatherd (The Sound of Music)
The Jesus and Mary Chain — Just Like Honey
Sam Cooke — A Change Is Gonna Come
Elvis Presley — Can't Help Falling in Love
The Beach Boys — Good Vibrations
Judy Garland — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (original depression version sez Abbott)
Raymond Scott — Powerhouse
Benny Goodman Orch Carnegie Hall 1938 — Sing, Sing, Sing
Dolly Parton — Jolene
Etta James — At Last
Johnny Nash — I Can See Clearly Now
X-Ray Spex — Oh Bondage Up Yours!
Bo Diddley — Hey Bo Diddley
Marvin Gaye — What's Goin' On
The Magnetic Fields — The Book of Love
Link Wray and His Ray Men — Rumble
Tom Waits — Anywhere I Lay My Head
Frank Sinatra — Night and Day
Brian Eno — Baby's on Fire
Bing Crosby — Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
Tommy James and The Shondelles — Crimson and Clover
The Kingsmen — Louie Louie
Billie Holiday — Strange Fruit
Backstreet Boys — I Want it That Way
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My Tears
Tammy Wynette — Stand By Your Man
Shuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23
Martina McBride — Independence Day
Glen Campbell — Wichita Lineman
Pet Shop Boys — Being Boring
They Might Be Giants — Anna Ng
Earth, Wind and Fire — September
Black Sabbath — Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Blondie — Atomic
My Bloody Valentine — Only Shallow
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers — American Girl
Cheap Trick — Surrender
Dead Kennedys — Holiday in Cambodia

I hated to submit such a consensus ballot at the top, but it was honest. I thought the rap/R&B nominations were particularly poor.

this doesn't really belong here, but nor does it belong anywhere else, so...

NOBODY LIKES ME (the abandoned):

.38 Special - Caught Up in You
14 Iced Bears - Take It
A Tribe Called Quest - Sucka Nigga
Abner Jay - Depression
Aimee Mann - Save Me
Albert Mangelsdorff - The Wide Point
Alexander Skip Spence - Diana
Altered Images - Don't Talk to Me About Love
American Music Club - Big Night
Amy Grant - Baby, Baby
Andonis Dalgas - Sousta Politiki
Andrew Lloyd Weber - Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes) (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Another Sunny Day - Anorak City
Anton Karas - The Third Man (aka The Harry Lime Theme)
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
Barry Manilow - Mandy
Beat Happening - Bewitched
Belle and Sebastian - Seymour Stein
Big Star - Thank You Friends
Bill Dixon - Shrike
Bill Dixon Orchestra - Metamorphosis 1962-1966
Bill Haley and The Comets - Shake, Rattle and Roll
Billie Holiday - I'm Painting the Town Red
Billy Ocean - Carribean Queen
Billy Strayhorn - Lush Life
Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy
Bing Crosby - Paradise
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters - Don't Fence Me In
Bix Beiderbecke - In a Mist (Bixology)
Bix Beiderbecke - Rhythm King
Bix Beiderbecke - Riverboat Shuffle
Björk - Big Time Sensuality
Björk - Come to Me
Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Blue Öyster Cult - Last Days of May
Boards of Canada - Everything You Do Is a Balloon
Bob Dorough - Four-Legged Zoo (Schoolhouse Rock)
Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
Bohannon - Summertime Groove
Booker T and The MGs - Born Under a Bad Sign
Boswell Sisters - Heebie Jeebies
Brenda Lee - I Want to Be Wanted
Buffalo Springfield - I Am a Child
Burning Spear - Hey Dready
Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More
Butthole Surfers - Freak in the Cellar
Cab Calloway - Reefer Man
Carmen Miranda - Rebola a Bola
Carmen Miranda - Tico Tico
Charlie Rich - Don't Put No Headstone on My Grave
Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
Clydie King - One of Those for Crying Over You Days
Common Sense - Resurrection
Connie - Rock Me
Crude - This Town
D'Angelo - Cruisin'
Daniel Johnston - Speeding Motorcycle
De la Soul - Stakes Is High
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Dick Powell / Vitaphone Orchestra - I Only Have Eyes for You
Dick Power and Ruby Keeler - You Gotta Know How to Dance
Dillinja - The Angels Fell
Do or Die - Po Pimp
Dock Boggs - Old Rub Alcohol
Drive-By Truckers - Zip City
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Saddest Tale
East River Pipe - Make a Deal With the City
Eddie Murphy - Boogie in Your Butt
Emitt Rhodes - Somebody Made for Me
Erasure - Oh L'Amour
Etta Moten and Joan Blondell - Remember My Forgotten Man
Evelyn Champagne King - Love Come Down
Fats Waller - Blue Because of You
Fela Kuti - Shakara
Felt - Evergreen Dazed
Flipper - Life
Frank Hutchison - Stackalee
Frank Sinatra - Brazil
Frank Sinatra - I'm a Fool to Want You
Frank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So Young
Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown Goes Down
Freddy Fender - Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Fugazi - Shut the Door
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
Gang Starr - Code of the Streets
Gary Burton - Hullo Bolinas
Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
Genesis - Follow You Follow Me
Genius/GZA - Gold
George McCrae - You Can Have it All
George Michael - Hard Day
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio Song
Gracie Fields - Now Is the Hour
Gustav Mahler - Der Abschied from Das Lied Von Der Erde
Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One
Harry Nilsson - I Said Goodbye to Me
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard - West Virginia, My Home
"Henry Mancini - Theme from ""The Pink Panther"""
Herbert Howells - Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
Hildegard Knef - Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen
Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust
Horace Silver - Song for My Father
Howard Keel and Company - Sobbin' Women
"Huey ""Piano"" Smith and His Clowns - Free, Single & Disengaged"
Hunters and Collectors - Talking to a Stranger
Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up
Irma Thomas - Breakaway
Irving Berlin - Alexander's Ragtime Band
Isaac Hayes - The Look of Love
Jacob Miller - Girl Named Pat
Janet Jackson - If
Janis Joplin - Half Moon
Japan - Swing
Jay-Z - Dead Presidents II
Jean Michel Jarre - Zoolook
Jerry Reed - Eastbound and Down
Jessie Matthews - By the Fireside
Joan Baez - Prison Trilogy
John Cale and Terry Riley - Church of Anthrax
John Coltrane - Alabama
John Fahey - America
John Tavener - The Protecting Veil
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
Joni Mitchell - Amelia
Joni Mitchell - Chinese Café
Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal / Fio Maravilha / Pais Tropical
Judee Sill - The Lamb Ran Away With the Crown
Judee Sill - The Pearl
June Brides - In the Rain
King Crimson - Sleepless
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth Blues
Kool and The Gang - Give it Up
Kraftwerk - Numbers
Lady Ann - Informer
Laura Nyro - I Am the Blues
LaVern Baker - Soul on Fire
Le Mystere de Voix Bulgare - Mir Stanke Le
Leadbelly - How Long
Leadbelly - Take a Whiff on Me
Led Zeppelin - In the Evening
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
Lee Wiley - Oh! Look at Me Now
Leo Kottke - Vaseline Machine Gun
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Lewis Taylor - Satisfied
Lifter Puller - To Live and Die in LBI
Lightning Seeds - Pure
Linda Scott - I've Told Every Little Star
Lionel Hampton - Central Ave. Breakdown
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Loretta Lynn - Blue Kentucky Girl
Los Lobos - One Time, One Night
Louis Armstrong - Cake Walking Babies from Home
Louis Armstrong - Heebie Jeebies
Louis Prima and Keely Smith - That Ol' Black Magic
Love - Seven & Seven Is
Low - The Plan
Lucinda Williams - Pineola
Marion Brown - Sweet Earth Flying
Marta Eggerth - Ein Lied, ein Kuß, ein Mädel
Marvin Gaye - Yesterday
Maurice Jarre - Lara's Theme (Dr. Zhivago)
Maze and Frankie Beverly - Before I Let Go
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose
Meredith Wilson - Till There Was You (The Music Man)
Merle Haggard - Big City
MF Doom - Dead Bent
Ministry - Thieves
Minutemen - Little Man With a Gun in His Hand
Mission of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate
Mose Allison - Everybody's Crying Mercy
Mrs. Miller - A Lover's Concerto
My Bloody Valentine - Drive All Over Me
Naftule Brandwein - Heyser Bulgar
Napalm Death - You Suffer
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue
Nusret Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt
Oasis - Supersonic
Olatunji - Akiwowo
Onyx - Slam
Orbital - The Girl With the Sun in Her Head
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag
Ornette Coleman - Humpty Dumpty
Otis Clay - Trying to Live My Life Without You
Pat Metheny Group - Phase Dance
Peter Gabriel - San Jacinto
Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
Phil Ochs - Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
Phillip Glass - Koyaanisquatsi
Pola Negri - Paradise
Prince - Pussy Control
Prince and The New Power Generation - Sexy M.F.
Professor Longhair - Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand
R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Ray Barretto - Abidjan
Ray Price - Night Life
Red House Painters - Grace Cathedral Park
Richard O'Brien - Bitchin' in the Kitchen
Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein - You've Got to Be Carefully Taught
Robbie Basho - Orphan's Lament
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans - Happy Trails
Rudy Vallee - Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
Samsimar - Indang Pariaman
Sandy Denny - By the Time it Gets Dark
Seefeel - Spangle
Sidney Bechet - Blackstick
Silver Apples - Lovefingers
Simon Dupree and The Big Sound - Kites
Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka
Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - I Don't Blame You at All
Sol Hoopii - Fascinating Rhythm
Sonic Youth - Tom Violence
Sonic Youth - Tuff Gnarl
Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas
Sons of the Pioneers - Way Out There
Soul Coughing - Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago
Spacemen 3 - Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)
Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere Boogie
Stevie Wonder - If it's Magic
Sugar - The Act We Act
Sylvia - Pillow Talk
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra - King Porter Stomp
Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
Ten City - That's the Way Love Is
The Afghan Whigs - Uptown Again
The Beatles - Within You Without You
The Blue Nile - Let's Go Out Tonight
The Byrds - 100 Years From Now (Gram Parsons vocal)
The Coasters - Riot in Cell Block Number Nine
The Delmore Brothers - Brown's Ferry Blues
The Fall - Bingo Masters Breakout
The Fall - Gut of the Quantifier
The Fall - New Face in Hell
The Four Kings - Non Stop Dancing
The Impressions - It's All Right
The Impressions - You Must Believe Me
The Index - Israeli Blue
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets
The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl
The Marx Brothers - Lydia the Tattooed Lady
The Melodians - You Have Caught Me
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
The Oblivians - Bad Man
The O'Jays - I Love Music
The Passions - I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Primitives - Really Stupid
The Raincoats - No Side to Fall In
The Replacements - Within Your Reach
The Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home
The Soul Stirrers - Nearer to Thee
"The Sound Stage Orchestra - Theme from ""Grandstand"""
The Spinanes - Lines and Lines
The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day
The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
The Surfaris - Wipe Out
The Techniques - Love Is Not a Gamble
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Vengaboys - We Like to Party (The Vengabus)
The Who - You Better You Bet
The Wipers - Can This Be
Them - My Lonely Sad Eyes
Tim Buckley - Sweet Surrender
Todd Rundgren - It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
Todd Rundgren - The Last Ride
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Jammin' Me
Tom Waits - Take it With Me
Tone Lo-c - Funky Cold Medina
Tony Bennett and k.d. lang - Moonglow
Tony Renis - Quando, Quando, Quando
Toru Takemitsu - A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden
Touch and Go - Would You…?
Urge Overkill - Sister Havana
Vera Hall - Wild Ox Moan
Whodini - Magic's Wand
Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
Willie Hutch - I Choose You
World Party - Ship of Fools
World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ
Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra - Frenesi
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Absolute Ego Dance
Yes - Your Move
Yma Sumac - Taki Rari
Yo La Tengo - Ballad of Red Buckets
Yo La Tengo - Big Day Coming
Yo La Tengo - Center of Gravity

^ 289 songs that were nominated but that no one voted for. some real surprises in that list, the louvin brothers "knoxville girl" not the least of them. includes my leadbelly nom, "take a whiff on me", abandoned cuz i had to vote for "goodnight irene".

songs that got no votes that i'd have been perfectly happy to vote for. but didn't:

Anton Karas - The Third Man (aka The Harry Lime Theme)
Bill Haley and The Comets - Shake, Rattle and Roll
Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
Daniel Johnston - Speeding Motorcycle
East River Pipe - Make a Deal With the City (didn't notice this in the list the 1st time around! so good.)
Fela Kuti - Shakara
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
Jerry Reed - Eastbound and Down
Leadbelly - Take a Whiff on Me
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (what the fuck is wrong with me that i didn't vote for this?)
Love - Seven & Seven Is (!!!)
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose
Minutemen - Little Man With a Gun in His Hand
Mission of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate (both of these two cut at the last minute from my ballott)
Phil Ochs - Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
Phillip Glass - Koyaanisquatsi
Ram Jam - Black Betty (goddam, another i missed that i would have voted for in a heartbeat)
Rudy Vallee - Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (dunno whether or not this is the essential version, but a hell of a song no matter what)
The Beatles - Within You Without You
The Fall - Bingo Masters Breakout
The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl
The Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home
The Surfaris - Wipe Out (!!!)
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Who - You Better You Bet
Tone Lo-c - Funky Cold Medina
Urge Overkill - Sister Havana (a guilty pleasure, really struggled to cut this one)
Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
Yma Sumac - Taki Rari

I voted for the Bing Crosby version of "Brother Can You Spare a Dime", kinda ridiculous that it had 2 versions nominated. Sad to see "Alexander's Ragtime Band" get shut out, but I already had 2 Irving Berlin songs in my top 10 and didn't really feel like voting for another.