Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1969

The Top Songs from 1969
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Song	Sample
1	29	The Jackson 5	I Want You Back
2	56	Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds
3	68	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Proud Mary	Listen
4	80	Led Zeppelin	Whole Lotta Love	Listen
5	84	David Bowie	Space Oddity
6	93	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women
7	118	The Rolling Stones	Gimme Shelter	Listen
8	124	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son	Listen
9	140	Jimmy Cliff	Many Rivers to Cross	Listen
10	287	Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin	Je t'aime moi non plus
11	288	Sly and the Family Stone	Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
12	293	The Stooges	I Wanna Be Your Dog	Listen
13	352	The Beatles	Something
14	366	B.B. King	The Thrill Is Gone	Listen
15	375	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bad Moon Rising	Listen
16	383	MC5	Kick Out the Jams	Listen
17	455	Fairport Convention	Who Knows Where the Time Goes	Listen
18	474	Led Zeppelin	Dazed and Confused	Listen
19	492	The Beatles	Come Together
20	587	The Band	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Listen
21	590	Elvis Presley	In the Ghetto	Listen
22	642	The Rolling Stones	You Can't Always Get What You Want	Listen
23	692	Simon and Garfunkel	The Boxer	Listen
24	875	The Velvet Underground	Pale Blue Eyes	Listen
25	886	Sly and the Family Stone	Hot Fun in the Summertime
26	899	The Flying Burrito Bros	Sin City
27	913	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Green River	Listen
28	915	The Meters	Cissy Strut
29	924	The Isley Brothers	It's Your Thing
30	940	Nick Drake	River Man	Listen
31	943	Crosby, Stills and Nash	Suite: Judy Blue Eyes	Listen
32	957	Thunderclap Newman	Something in the Air
33	972	Neil Young	Cinnamon Girl	Listen
34	1021	Led Zeppelin	Heartbreaker	Listen
35	1033	Nina Simone	To Be Young, Gifted and Black
36	1096	King Crimson	21st Century Schizoid Man
37	1145	Norman Greenbaum	Spirit in the Sky
38	1221	Toots and The Maytals	54 46 (Was My Number)	Listen
39	1249	Plastic Ono Band	Cold Turkey
40	1252	Miles Davis	Shhh/Peaceful	Listen
41	1259	Neil Young with Crazy Horse	Down by the River	Listen
42	1260	The Beatles	Across the Universe
43	1281	Fleetwood Mac	Oh Well	Listen
44	1400	The Allman Brothers Band	Whipping Post	Listen
45	1430	Sly and the Family Stone	I Want to Take You Higher	Listen
46	1466	The Who	Pinball Wizard	Listen
47	1514	The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day
48	1556	Glen Campbell	Galveston
49	1579	Plastic Ono Band	Give Peace a Chance
50	1605	Nick Drake	Way to Blue	Listen
51	1611	The Stooges	1969	Listen
52	1612	The Beatles	Here Comes the Sun
53	1652	The Band	Up on Cripple Creek	Listen
54	1712	The Beatles	Get Back
55	1719	Sly and the Family Stone	Everybody Is a Star
56	1811	Cream	Badge	Listen
57	1840	Sly and the Family Stone	Stand!	Listen
58	2014	Blood, Sweat & Tears	Spinning Wheel	Listen
59	2066	The 5th Dimension	Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In
60	2143	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue
61	2146	Isaac Hayes	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	Listen
62	2150	Merle Haggard	Okie from Muskogee
63	2196	Jerry Butler	Only the Strong Survive
64	2209	Tony Joe White	Polk Salad Annie
65	2222	Frank Sinatra	My Way
66	2324	King Crimson	In the Court of the Crimson King
67	2341	The Flying Burrito Bros	Hot Burrito #1
68	2344	The Beatles	Don't Let Me Down
69	2378	Peggy Lee	Is That All There Is
70	2419	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Born on the Bayou	Listen
71	2475	The Rolling Stones	Love in Vain	Listen
72	2530	Kenny Rogers & the First Edition	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
73	2543	Badfinger	Come and Get It
74	2613	Joe South	Don't It Make You Want to Go Home
75	2693	Neil Diamond	Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
76	2703	Bob Dylan	Lay Lady Lay	Listen
77	2749	Isaac Hayes	Walk On By	Listen
78	2841	The Archies	Sugar, Sugar
79	2846	Fairport Convention	A Sailor's Life	Listen
80	2877	Frank Zappa	Willie the Pimp (Parts I and II)	Listen
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		The Beatles	Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
		Harry J. Allstars	Liquidator
		Merle Haggard	Hungry Eyes
		Booker T. & The MG's	Time Is Tight
		The Velvet Underground	What Goes On	Listen
		Roberta Flack	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
		Jefferson Airplane	We Can Be Together
		Scott Walker	Big Louise
		The Band	Rag Mama Rag	Listen
		The Beatles	It's All Too Much
		The Impressions	Choice of Colors
		The Kinks	Shangri-La	Listen
		The Pentangle	Light Flight
		Otis Redding	Love Man
		Jack Bruce	Theme from an Imaginary Western
		The Band	Across the Great Divide	Listen
		Quicksilver Messenger Service	Who Do You Love	Listen
		Diana Ross and The Supremes	Someday We'll Be Together
		The Kinks	Victoria	Listen
		The Beatles	I Want You (She's So Heavy)
		Led Zeppelin	Communication Breakdown
		Joe South	Games People Play
		Grateful Dead	China Cat Sunflower	Listen
		Dusty Springfield	Breakfast in Bed	Listen
		Sly and the Family Stone	Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
		Stevie Wonder	My Cherie Amour
		Fleetwood Mac	Man of the World
		The Who	The Acid Queen	Listen
		James Brown	Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother For Me) (Part I)
		Johnny Cash	Wanted Man	Listen
		Joe Cocker	Delta Lady	Listen
		The Band	King Harvest (Has Surely Come)	Listen
		Neil Young	Cowgirl in the Sand	Listen
		The Box Tops	Soul Deep
		Sonny Charles & The Checkmates Ltd.	Black Pearl
		Blind Faith	Presence of the Lord	Listen
		The Rolling Stones	Midnight Rambler	Listen
		Frank Zappa	Peaches En Regalia	Listen
		B.J. Thomas	Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
		Jeff Beck	Plynth (Water Down the Drain)
		Dusty Springfield	No Easy Way Down	Listen
		Clarence Carter	Making Love (At the Dark End of the...)
		Santana	Evil Ways	Listen
		The Flying Burrito Bros	Hot Burrito #2
		Marvin Gaye	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
		The 5th Dimension	Wedding Bell Blues
		Tim Buckley	Buzzin' Fly	Listen
		Lou Christie	I'm Gonna Make You Mine
		The Move	Blackberry Way
		Led Zeppelin	Good Times Bad Times	Listen