| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Who Wants to Live Forever- producer:
- Queen and David Richards
- drum machine:
- Roger Taylor (from 1985-09 until 1986-04)
- electric guitar and synthesizer:
- Brian May (from 1985-09 until 1986-04)
- background vocals:
- Brian May (from 1985-09 until 1986-04), Freddie Mercury (from 1985-09 until 1986-04) and Roger Taylor (from 1985-09 until 1986-04)
- lead vocals:
- Brian May (from 1985-09 until 1986-04) and Freddie Mercury (from 1985-09 until 1986-04)
- orchestra:
- National Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1985-09 until 1986-04)
- conductor:
- Michael Kamen (from 1985-09 until 1986-04)
- performer:
- David Richards (from 1985-09 until 1986-04)
- orchestrator:
- Michael Kamen and Brian May
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Queen Productions Ltd. (in 1986)
- recorded at:
- Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom (from 1985-09 until 1986-04), Mountain Studios in Montreux, Vaud , Switzerland (from 1985-09 until 1986-04), Musicland Studios in München , Bayern , Germany (from 1985-09 until 1986-04) and The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London , England, United Kingdom (from 1985-09 until 1986-04)
- recording of:
- Who Wants to Live Forever? (from 1985-09 until 1986-04)
- lyricist and composer:
- Brian May
- publisher:
- EMI Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Queen Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Limited (in 1986) and Queen Music Limited (in 1986)
- included in:
- We Will Rock You
- included in:
- We Will Rock You
| Queen | 3.9 | 4:54 |
| 2 | Always | Bon Jovi | 3.8 | 5:51 |
| 3 | Man on the Moon- additional engineer:
- George Cowan , Mark Howard , John Keane , Ted Malia and Andrew Roshberg
- engineer:
- Clif Norrell
- producer:
- Scott Litt and R.E.M.
- additional mixer:
- Ed Brooks
- assistant mixer:
- Tod Lemkuhl
- mixer:
- Scott Litt and Clif Norrell
- vocals:
- Michael Stipe
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- R.E.M./Athens, Ltd. (in 1992) and R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. (in 2017)
- additionally recorded at:
- Bosstown Recording Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, John Keane Studios in Athens, Georgia, United States and Kingsway Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- recorded at:
- Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States and Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
- mixed at:
- Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, United States
- recording of:
- Man on the Moon
- writer:
- Bill Berry , Peter Buck , Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
- publisher:
- Night Garden Music
| R.E.M. | 4.05 | 5:11 |
| 4 | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | 4 | 4:07 |
| 5 | Private Investigations | Dire Straits | | 6:10 |
| 6 | Jeanny | Falco | 4.65 | 5:52 |
| 7 | Never Tear Us Apart | INXS | 3.8 | 3:02 |
| 8 | Easy | Faith No More | 3.7 | 3:03 |
| 9 | Walk This Way | Aerosmith & Dipp | | 5:09 |
| 10 | Broken Wings- engineer:
- Paul DeVilliers and Lois Oki
- producer:
- Paul DeVilliers and Mr. Mister
- mixer:
- Mick Guzauski and Mike Shipley
- bass guitar and lead vocals:
- Richard Page
- drums (drum set):
- Pat Mastelotto
- guitar:
- Steve Farris
- keyboard:
- Steve George
- vocals:
- Steve George
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Entertainment International (in 1985), BMG Music (in 1985), BMG Music International (in 1985) and RCA Records (in 1985)
- recording of:
- Broken Wings
- writer:
- Steve George , John Lang and Richard Page
- publisher:
- Ali‐Aja Music, Copyright Control , Entente Music , Indolent Sloth Music, Panola Park Music, Poppy‐Due Music , Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner/Chappell North America Limited , WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
- sub-publisher:
- Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
| Mr. Mister | 4 | 5:40 |
| 11 | Isn’t It Time | The Babys | 4 | 3:59 |
| 12 | All Right Now | Free | | 5:51 |
| 13 | Love Games | Level 42 | | 7:21 |
| 14 | Year of the Cat- producer:
- Alan Parsons
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Al Stewart (in 1976)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- EMI Records Ltd. (in 1981)
- mixed at:
- Davlen Sound Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- Paste: The 25 Greatest Yacht Rock Songs of All Time (number: 13)
- recording of:
- Year of the Cat
- writer:
- Al Stewart and Peter Wood
- publisher:
- Carlin Music Corporation, Dick James Music Ltd. , Gwyneth Music Ltd., Pepper Music Inc., PolyGram Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. , Universal Songs , Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Victoria Music Ltd., Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
| Al Stewart | 4.4 | 6:32 |
| 15 | The Winner Takes It All- engineer:
- Michael B. Tretow
- producer:
- Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
- bass guitar:
- Mike Watson (on 1980-06-06)
- cello:
- Olle Gustafsson (on 1980-06-16) and Åke Olofsson (on 1980-06-16)
- drums (drum set):
- Ola Brunkert (on 1980-06-06)
- guitar:
- Lasse Wellander (on 1980-06-06)
- keyboard and synthesizer:
- Benny Andersson (on 1980-06-06)
- percussion:
- Åke Sundqvist (on 1980-06-06)
- viola:
- Nils Heie (on 1980-06-16), Håkan Roos (on 1980-06-16) and Bo Söderström (on 1980-06-16)
- violin:
- Martin Bylund (on 1980-06-16), Anders Dahl (on 1980-06-16), Lars Stegenberg (on 1980-06-16), Gunnar Michols (on 1980-06-16), Bernt Nylund (on 1980-06-16), Bertil Orsin (on 1980-06-16), Sixten Strömvall (on 1980-06-16) and Harry Teike (on 1980-06-16)
- background vocals:
- Frida (on 1980-06-06)
- lead vocals:
- Agnetha Fältskog (on 1980-06-06)
- cello, viola and violin arranger:
- Rutger Gunnarsson (in 1980)
- arranger:
- Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Polar Music International AB (in 1980)
- recorded at:
- Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län , Sweden (on 1980-06-06, on 1980-06-16)
- mixed at:
- Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län , Sweden (on 1980-06-18)
- part of:
- The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 66)
- recording of:
- The Winner Takes It All (in 1980-06)
- writer:
- Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing (ended), Universal Music Publishing Group (ended), Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB (ended), Bocu Music, EMI Waterford Music, Union Songs AB , Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. , Artwork Music Co., Inc. (from 1980 to ????) and Countless Songs, Ltd. (from 1980 to ????)
- part of:
- Mamma Mia!
| ABBA | 3.9 | 4:53 |
| 16 | 1999- recording engineer:
- Peggy McCreary (from 1982-07 until 1982-08)
- producer:
- Prince Rogers Nelson
- cowbell, cymbal, drum machine [Linn LM-1], electric bass guitar, electric guitar, electronic drum set [Pearl SY-1 Syncussion], handclaps, synthesizer [ARP Omni-2], synthesizer [Oberheim OB-Xa] and tambourine:
- Prince (from 1982-07 until 1982-08)
- background vocals:
- Jesse Johnson (from 1982-07 until 1982-08)
- lead vocals:
- Lisa Coleman (from 1982-07 until 1982-08), Dez Dickerson (from 1982-07 until 1982-08), Jill Jones (from 1982-07 until 1982-08) and Prince (from 1982-07 until 1982-08)
- arranger:
- Prince Rogers Nelson
- edit of:
- 1999 by Prince
- music videos:
- 1999 by Prince
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 212) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 339)
- recording of:
- 1999 (from 1982-07 until 1982-08)
- lyricist and composer:
- Prince
- publisher:
- Controversy Music, Warner Chappell Music and フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部
| Prince | 4 | 3:36 |
| 17 | Don’t Look Back in Anger | Oasis | 4.35 | 4:47 |
| 18 | Breathe- additional recording engineer:
- Neil McLellan
- producer and mixer:
- Liam Howlett
- guitar:
- Jim Davies
- vocals:
- Keith Flint and Maxim
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- XL Recordings Ltd. (in 1996)
- recorded at:
- Strongroom in Shoreditch, Hackney, London , England, United Kingdom
- mixed at:
- Earthbound in Bradwell, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- produced at:
- Earthbound in Bradwell, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- recording of:
- Breathe
- writer:
- Keith Flint , Liam Howlett and Keith Palmer
- publisher:
- BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Copyright Control , EMI Music Ltd., EMI Virgin Music Ltd and MCA Music
| The Prodigy | 4.3 | 5:34 |
| 19 | Fools Gold | The Stone Roses | 4.4 | 4:14 |
| 20 | Shout | Tears for Fears | 4.4 | 6:30 |
| 21 | Show Me the Way | Peter Frampton | 3.7 | 4:31 |
| 22 | Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor Doctor) | Robert Palmer | 4.65 | 3:10 |
| 23 | Sharp Dressed Man | ZZ Top | 4.6 | 4:12 |
| 24 | Real Men | Joe Jackson | 3 | 4:02 |
| 25 | One of Us | Joan Osborne | 4 | 5:16 |
| 26 | ’74–’75 | The Connells | 2.8 | 4:32 |
| 27 | Every Rose Has Its Thorn | Poison | 4 | 4:17 |
| 28 | Vicious- co-producer:
- David Bowie and Mick Ronson
- producer:
- David Bowie and Mick Ronson
- lead vocals:
- Lou Reed (in 1972-08)
- bass arranger and strings arranger:
- Mick Ronson
- arranger:
- David Bowie , Lou Reed and Mick Ronson
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Music (in 1972) and RCA Records (in 1972)
- mixed at:
- Trident Studios in Soho, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom
- recording of:
- Vicious (in 1972-08)
- lyricist and composer:
- Lou Reed
- publisher:
- BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Champs Élysées Nouv Société, Chappell S.A., Copyright Control , Dunbar Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd., Spirit One Music, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Lou Reed | 3.45 | 2:55 |
| 29 | Turn to Stone- engineer:
- Mack
- producer:
- Jeff Lynne
- bass:
- Kelly Groucutt (in 1977)
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Bev Bevan (in 1977)
- guitar, synthesizer and lead vocals:
- Jeff Lynne (in 1977)
- keyboard:
- Richard Tandy (in 1977)
- conductor:
- Louis Clark (in 1977)
- arranger:
- Louis Clark, Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Epic Records (in 1977), Jet Records (in 1977), Sony Music Entertainment (in 1977, in 2005), Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1977) and United Artists Music and Records Group, Inc. (in 1977)
- recorded at:
- Musicland Studios in München , Bayern , Germany (in 1977)
- mixed at:
- Musicland Studios in München , Bayern , Germany
- part of:
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978 (number: 94)
- recording of:
- Turn to Stone (in 1977)
- lyricist and composer:
- Jeff Lynne
- publisher:
- EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd., Polygon Publishing Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| ELO | 4.75 | 3:43 |
| 30 | Little Lies | Fleetwood Mac | 4.2 | 3:36 |
| 31 | Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton | 4.3 | 3:37 |
| 32 | You Do Something to Me | Paul Weller | 4 | 3:37 |