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I just finished tabulating the numbers from 1959, the 5th year I have completed so far... Here is how the 21 Categories break down: 8 Personal or Internet based year end lists including RYM 6 Commercial Charts: US, UK and up to 4 other World Charts including 1 US secondary chart 5 Critical lists: AM...

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Henry, you are welcome. I have been working on this for the past 7+ years in my spare time and figured this would be the best place to share. Not quite sure it does anything else but answer my curiosity of "what if..."

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100. Rare Earth -- Get Ready blue-eyed soul 0.45683 99. Chairmen Of The Board -- Give Me Just A Little Bit More Time soul 0.461 98. Jones, Tom -- Love Me Tonight pop 0.47025 97. Rolling Stones, The -- Midnight Rambler blues rock 0.47275 96. CCR -- Born On The Bayou southern rock 0.47846 95. Kinks, T...

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300. Crazy Elephant -- Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' bubblegum 0.255 299. Beach Boys, The -- Cabin Essence baroque pop 0.25517 298. Cash, Johnny -- Wanted Man country 0.25579 297. Moody Blues, The -- Watching And Waiting progressive pop 0.25592 296. Redding, Otis -- Love Man soul 0.25679 295. Knight, Glad...

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500. Buckley, Tim -- I Must Have Been Blind psychedelic folk 0.14733 499. Drake, Nick -- Saturday Sun folk 0.14733 498. Redding, Otis -- Free Me soul 0.14733 497. Bo, Eddie -- Hook and Sling funk 0.14796 496. Vinton, Bobby -- The Days Of Sands And Shovels country pop 0.14854 495. Buckley, Tim -- Hap...

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623. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) -- One Man's Leftovers (Is Another Man's Feast) pop soul 0.05392 622. Blue Cheer -- Fool hard rock 0.06146 621. Alice Cooper -- Reflected psychedelic rock 0.07575 620. Turtles, The -- Love In The City psychedelic pop 0.07575 619. Heptones, The -- I Shall Be Released reg...

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I just finished tabulating the numbers from 1969, the 4th year I have completed so far... Here is how the 24 Categories break down: 8 Personal or Internet based year end lists including RYM 6 Commercial Charts: US, UK and up to 4 other World Charts including 1 US secondary chart 5 Critical lists: AM...

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100. Bad Company -- Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy hard rock 0.5138 99. Abba -- Chiquitita pop 0.517 98. Costello, Elvis -- Accidents Will Happen new wave 0.51918 97. Palmer, Robert -- Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor Doctor) rock 0.5284 96. Roxy Music -- Dance Away pop rock 0.52868 95. Specials, The -- Too Mu...

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300. Pink Floyd -- Goodbye Blue Sky progressive rock 0.26812 299. Gap Band, The -- Oops Upside Your Head funk 0.26856 298. Joy Division -- New Dawn Fades new wave 0.27021 297. Lovich, Lene -- Bird Song new wave 0.2704 296. Supertramp -- Lord Is It Mine progressive pop 0.27084 295. Clash, The -- Bran...

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500. Hunter, Ian -- When The Daylight Comes rock 0.16992 499. Harris, Emmylou -- Save The Last Dance For Me country 0.17036 498. Delegation -- Oh Honey soul 0.1706 497. Pop, Iggy -- Five Foot One rock 0.171 496. Cheap Trick -- Gonna Raise Hell rock 0.17172 495. Dore, Charlie -- Pilot Of The Airwaves...

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655. Grant, Eddy -- Walking On Sunshine funk 0.06012 654. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes -- I'm So Anxious rock 0.06568 653. Badfinger -- Lost Inside Your Love power pop 0.07292 652. Cher -- Hell On Wheels disco 0.07604 651. Marc Tanner Band -- Elena pop rock 0.07864 650. Go-Betweens, The -...

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I just finished tabulating the numbers from 1979, the second year I have completed so far... The results surprised me a little... Here is how the 25 Categories break down: 8 Personal or Internet based year end lists including RYM 6 Commercial Charts: US, UK and up to 4 other World Charts including 1...

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To me a "Guilty Pleasure" song is one that comes on the radio when you are in your car and when you get to a red light you roll up your windows so that no one hears what you are listening to. I feel a new playlist inspiration coming on...

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100. Darude -- Sandstorm house 0.45916 99. Flaming Lips, The -- Waitin' For A Superman neo psychedelia 0.46192 98. Foo Fighters -- Breakout post grunge 0.46328 97. Puff Daddy -- Satisfy You hip hop 0.46452 96. Savage Garden -- The Animal Song pop 0.46804 95. Pavement -- Carrot Rope indie rock 0.4694...

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300. Nine Inch Nails -- I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally alternative metal 0.26524 299. All Seeing I, The -- Walk Like A Panther trip hop 0.26548 298. Roots, The -- Act Two (Love Of My Life) hip hop 0.26552 297. Moby -- My Weakness electronica 0.267 296. Waits, Tom -- Picture In Frame blu...

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500. Hefner -- The Hymn For The Cigarettes indie rock 0.1516 499. Built To Spill -- You Were Right indie rock 0.1518 498. Bowie, David -- The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell hard rock 0.15204 497. Shanice -- When I Close My Eyes r&b 0.15252 496. Dream Theater -- Home heavy metal 0.1532 495. Mann...

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655. Pennywise -- Alien punk rock 0.01954 654. Face To Face -- Burden punk rock 0.05448 653. Toad The Wet Sprocket -- P.S. alternative rock 0.05592 652. Bachelor Number One -- Summertime alternative rock 0.05772 651. Belle and Sebastian -- She's Losing It indie pop 0.06592 650. Coldplay -- Brothers ...

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I just finished tabulating the numbers from 1999, the second year I have completed so far... The results surprised me a little... Here is how the 25 Categories break down: 7 Personal or Internet based year end lists including RYM 6 Commercial Charts: US, UK and up to 4 other World Charts including 1...

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Thats a big list of music for one year. may I ask which international sources you used? It seems a bit anglocentric Great Question! Well, 72% of the criteria being used for this is going to be off of RYM (singles & albums), worldwide pop charts, AM & Critics lists. If a non-anglocentric son...

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100. Tears For Fears -- Advice For The Young At Heart art pop 0.51256 99. Jackson, Janet -- Come Back To Me r&b 0.51292 98. John, Elton -- Sacrifice pop 0.513 97. Henley, Don -- New York Minute pop rock 0.51504 96. Indigo Girls -- Closer To Fine jangle pop 0.516 95. Cherry, Nenah -- Kisses In Th...

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300. A Tribe Called Quest -- Description Of A Fool hip hop 0.28772 299. Basia -- Cruising For A Bruising sophisti pop 0.28788 298. Beloved, The -- The Sun Rising house 0.2884 297. Bad English -- Forget Me Not hard rock 0.28924 296. LA Guns -- Ballad Of Jayne glam metal 0.28928 295. Red Hot Chili Pep...

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500. Bats, The -- Smoking Her Wings indie pop 0.18368 499. Badlands -- Dreams In The Dark hard rock 0.18408 498. Pixies -- There Goes My Gun indie rock 0.1852 497. Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine -- Sheriff Fatman alternative dance 0.1856 496. Poco -- Nothin' To Hide pop rock 0.18576 495. Pixies ...

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701. Mighty Lemon Drops, The -- Beautiful Shame indie pop 0.05004 700. BoDeans -- Good Work alternative rock 0.05088 699. Georgia Satellites, The -- Another Chance country rock 0.05112 698. House Of Lords -- Love Don't Lie hard rock 0.0514 697. KMFDM -- More & Faster industrial 0.05724 696. Psyc...

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Like I have mentioned before, I have been working for years on a formula to find a correlation between Personal Opinion, Commercial Success and Critical Acclaim for songs from each year starting in 1954 running through 2014. I have over the past 10 years been setting up Spreadsheets and have devised...

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SONGS: 1. Toad the Wet Sprocket – All I Want 2. A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario 3. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Grey Cell Green 4. Blur – There’s No Other Way 5. P.M. Dawn – Set Adrift on Memory Bliss 6. Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend 7. Siouxsie & the Banshees – Kiss Them for Me 8. Black Sheep – The Choi...

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Ned's Atomic Dustbin -- Grey Cell Green

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I share all of these sentiments by simply saying.... Thank You! So many discoveries over the past 12 years I may have never come across without AM.

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When Doves Cry

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So, here is the end of result of all of these lists... I wanted to create a solid playlist that reflected my musical tastes so I chose this format which really became My Top 50 Songs of the Past 52 years but who can object to a few extra songs. Total of 2558 songs as 42 were not available on Spotify...

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2016 1. Childish Gambino – Redbone 2. A Tribe Called Quest -- …We the People 3. Anderson.Paak – Come Down 4. Brand New – I Am a Nightmare 5. Thrice – Black Honey 6. Radiohead – Burn the Witch 7. Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal & The Very Best – Wona 8. Volbeat – The Devil’s Bleeding Crown 9. Chil...

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SONGS: 1. A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It? 2. Ride – Vapour Trail 3. Alice in Chains – Man in the Box 4. Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence 5. LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out 6. The Charlatans UK – The Only One I Know 7. The Black Crowes – Jealous Again 8. Jane’s Addiction – Three Days 9. The...

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2015 1. Chvrches – Leave a Trace 2. Leon Bridges – Coming Home 3. Foals – Mountains at my Gates 4. Anderson.Paak – Am I Wrong 5. Beck -- Dreams 6. Mumford & Sons -- Believe 7. Grimes – Flesh Without Blood 8. The Dead Weather – I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) 9. Tame Impala – Let It Happen 10. ...

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2014 1. Future Islands – Season (Waiting on You) 2. Jack White – Lazaretto 3. TV on the Radio – Happy Idiot 4. St. Vincent – Digital Witness 5. Spoon – Do You 6. Run the Jewels – Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) 7. Foo Fighters – What Do I Do? / God is My Witness 8. Alt-J – Left Hand Free 9. Mode...

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2013 1. Vampire Weekend -- Unbelievers 2. Arctic Monkeys – Why’d You Call Me When You’re High? 3. Daft Punk F/Panda Bear – Doin’ It Right 4. Volbeat – Lola Montez 5. Arcade Fire -- Reflektor 6. Nine Inch Nails – Came Back Haunted 7. Janelle Monae F/Erykah Badu – Q.U.E.E.N. 8. The Strokes – All the T...

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2012 1. Chvrches – The Mother We Share 2. Gary Clark Jr. – Bright Lights 3. Foals – Inhaler 4. Alt-J -- Breezeblocks 5. Japandroids – The House That Heaven Built 6. Tame Impala – Elephant 7. The Shins – Simple Song 8. Usher – Climax 9. Cloud Nothings – Stay Useless 10. Jack White – Love Interrupted ...

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2011 1. M83 – Midnight City 2. Washed Out – Amor Fati 3. The Wombats – Jump into The Fog 4. Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin’ 5. Jay-Z & Kanye West – No Church in the Wild 6. Arctic Monkeys – Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause they Moved Your Chair 7. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Even in Dreams 8. The Dec...

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2010 1. Vampire Weekend – Giving up the Gun 2. The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio 3. Kanye West -- Runaway 4. Arcade Fire – Ready to Start 5. Crystal Castles F/Robert Smith – Not in Love 6. Janelle Monae – Tightrope 7. Yeasayer – O.N.E. 8. Robyn – Dancing on My Own 9. The Black Keys – Tighten Up 10. Band...

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2009 1. Vampire Weekend – Cousins 2. Sade – Soldier of Love 3. Phoenix – 1901 4. Editors -- Papillion 5. White Lies – To Lose My Life 6. Mos Def – Quiet Dog 7. Pearl Jam – The Fixer 8. Washed Out – Feel It All Around 9. Kasabian -- Fire 10. Passion Pit – Little Secrets 11. The xx – Crystalized 12. S...

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2008 1. M83 – Kim & Jessie 2. Elbow – Grounds for Divorce 3. Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream 4. Kanye West – Coldest Winter 5. The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition 6. Santigold – L.E.S. Artistes 7. The Killers -- Spaceman 8. Raphael Saadiq – 100 Yard Dash 9. Coldplay – Viva La Vida 10. Lil...

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2007 1. MGMT – Kids 2. Vampire Weekend – A Punk 3. M.I.A. – Paper Planes 4. Bruce Springsteen – Radio Nowhere 5. The White Stripes – Icky Thump 6. Band of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You 7. Placebo – Running up That Hill 8. Prince – Guitar 9. Radiohead – House of Cards 10. The National – Fake Empir...

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2006 1. The Killers – When You Were Young 2. Band of Horses – The Funeral 3. Muse – Starlight 4. Arcade Fire – Intervention 5. The Dixie Chicks – Not Ready to Make Nice 6. Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around… Comes Around 7. TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me 8. The Shins – Phantom Limb 9. Muse – Knigh...

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SONGS: 1. The National -- The System Only Dreams in Darkness 2. St. Vincent – Los Ageless 3. Alt-J – In Cold Blood 4. Stone Sour – Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song is Dumb and So Am I) 5. Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE 6. Brand New – Same Logic / Teeth 7. Arcade Fire – Everything Now 8. The Killers – The M...

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2005 1. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor 2. The Cardigans – I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to be Nice to Me 3. Dropkick Murphys – I’m Shipping up to Boston 4. Depeche Mode – Precious 5. Gorillaz – Feelgood Inc. 6. The National – Mr. November 7. Kanye West – Diamonds fr...

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2004 1. Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) 2. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out 3. Kasabian – Club Foot 4. Modest Mouse – Ocean Breathes Salty 5. The Killers – All These Things I’ve Done 6. Prince – Cinnamon Girl 7. The Walkmen – The Rat 8. My Chemical Romance – Helena 9. J-Kwon – Tipsy 10. Kelly...

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Somehow I missed voting this week...

Prince - Computer Blue (Hallway Speech Version)

Wham! - Make It Big (5-5)

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2003 1. The Killers – Mr. Brightside 2. OutKast – Hey Ya! 3. Pearl Jam – Man of the Hour 4. The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army 5. Brand New – Okay, I Believe You but My Tommy Gun Don’t 6. Johnny Cash F/Joe Strummer – Redemption Song 7. Dropkick Murphys – Walk Away 8. The Postal Service – Such Gre...

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2002 1. The Roots F/Cody CestnuTT – The Seed 2.0 2. Johnny Cash – Hurt 3. The Coral – Dreaming of You 4. Doves – There Goes the Fear 5. Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body 6. Stone Sour – Bother 7. Eminem – Lose Yourself 8. Coldplay – in My Place 9. Bruce Springsteen – The Rising 10. Wilco – Heavy Me...

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