So this is my choruses Top 100. I've only selected songs from my all-time songs list, choosing the ones in which I thought that the chorus is the main reason why I like the song so much. Since my all-time list is in a bad need of update there are not many recent selections...
Note: in some cases (numbers 10, 37, 58, 73, 75, 76) the choices are not exactly chorus but
refrains (according to Mirriam-Webster a recurring phrase or verse at the end of each stanza of a poem or song). "Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger that that now" or "She's long gone / and now I'm lonesome blue" are technically refrains instead of chorus but we probably could include it in the poll.
1. BOB DYLAN | Like a Rolling Stone | How does it feel...
2. THE SMITHS | There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | And if a double-decker bus...
3. THE RONETTES | Be My Baby | So won't you, please...
4. DAVID BOWIE | Life on Mars? | Sailors fighting in the dance hall...
5. LOU REED | Walk on the Wild Side | She says, "hey babe...
6. THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS | California Dreamin’ | All the leaves are brown...
7. THE BEATLES | Strawberry Fields Forever | Let me take you down...
8. PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION | Kiss | You don't have to be rich...
9. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS | Is This Love | Is this love...
10. THE BYRDS | My Back Pages | Ah, but I was so much older then...
11. NEW ORDER | Bizarre Love Triangle | Every time I see you falling...
12. DAVID BOWIE | Ashes to Ashes | Ashes to ashes...
13. NIRVANA | Smells Like Teen Spirit | With the lights out...
14. BELLE & SEBASTIAN | Like Dylan in the Movies | On your own...
15. THE POGUES | Fairytale of New York | The boys of the NYPD choir...
16. MICHAEL JACKSON | Billie Jean | Billie Jean is not my lover...
17. JOY DIVISION | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Then love, love will tear us...
18. PUBLIC ENEMY | Fight the Power | Fight the power...
19. CHUCK BERRY | Johnny B. Goode | Go, go, go Johnny go...
20. THE PATTI SMITH GROUP | Because the Night | Because the night...
21. THE BEACH BOYS | I Get Around | Round round get around...
22. THE JAM | Going Underground | I'm going underground...
23. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | The River | We'd go down to the river...
24. STAN GETZ & JOAO GILBERTO | The Girl From Ipanema | Ah, por que estou tão sozinho...
25. THE ZOMBIES | Time of the Season | To take you in the sun to...
26. TALKING HEADS | Psycho Killer | Psycho killer...
27. LOU REED | Dirty Blvd. | He's going to end up...
28. RACHID TAHA | Ya Rayah | Ya rayah win msafar...
29. NEIL YOUNG + CRAZY HORSE | Tired Eyes | Please take my advice...
30. JANIS JOPLIN | Me and Bobby McGee | Freedom's just another word...
31. GLORIA GAYNOR | I Will Survive | Oh no, not I...
32. MARY GAUTHIER | I Drink | Fish swim...
33. LANA DEL REY | West Coast | I can see my baby swinging...
34. CAMARÓN | Volando voy | Volando voy, volando vengo...
35. LEONARD COHEN | Suzanne | And you want to travel with her...
36. SAM COOKE | A Change Is Gonna Come | It's been a long time coming...
37. THE BEATLES | Eleanor Rigby | Ah, look at all the lonely people...
38. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS | Oliver’s Army | Oliver's army is here to stay...
39. BLUR | End of a Century | We all say, don't want to be alone...
40. THE BAND | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | The night they drove...
41. BOB DYLAN | Just Like a Woman | She takes just like a woman...
42. JOHNNY CASH | Hurt | What have I become...
43. SISA | Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol | Oh! Benvinguts...
44. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL | Missing | And I miss you like the deserts...
45. PIXIES | Monkey Gone to Heaven | This monkey's gone to Heaven...
46. GORAN BREGOVIC | Mesecina | Mesecina, mesecina...
47. THE ROLLING STONES | Dead Flowers | And you can send me...
48. THE BEE GEES | Stayin’ Alive | Whether you're a brother...
49. JANE BIRKIN - SERGE GAINSBOURG | Je t’aime… moi non plus | Je vais, je vais et je viens...
50. PREFAB SPROUT | Goodbye Lucille #1 | Life's not complete...
51. THE POSTAL SERVICE | Such Great Heights | They will see us waving...
52. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS | Juxtapozed With U | You've got to tolerate...
53. MORRISSEY | First of the Gang to Die | Hector was the first...
54. THE ROLLING STONES | Honky Tonk Women | It's the honky tonk women...
55. THE STOOGES | I Wanna Be Your Dog | And now I wanna be your dog...
56. CARL PERKINS | Blue Suede Shoes | But don't you step on...
57. KANYE WEST feat. PUSHA T | Runaway | Let's have a toast for the douchebags...
58. CHIC | Le Freak | Ah, freak out...
59. JACQUES BREL | Ne me quitte pas | Ne me quitte pas…
60. LOTTE LENYA | Moon of Alabama| Oh, moon of Alabama...
61. THE TEMPTATIONS | My Girl | My girl, my girl...
62. THE KINKS | Waterloo Sunset | Everyday I look at the world...
63. DEPECHE MODE | Enjoy the Silence | All I ever wanted...
64. RADIOHEAD | Creep | But I'm a creep...
65. YOUSSOU N’DOUR & NENEH CHERRY | 7 Seconds | It's not a second...
66. DEEE-LITE | Groove Is in the Heart | Groove is in the heart...
67. TALKING HEADS | Once in a Lifetime | Letting the days go by...
68. DONNA SUMMER | I Feel Love | I feel love...
69. BJÖRK | Jóga | This state of emergency...
70. TODD RUNDGREN | Cold Morning Light | We are close...
71. ROY ORBISON | In Dreams | In dreams I walk with you...
72. BOB DYLAN | The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll | But you who philosophize disgrace...
73. MARLENE DIETRICH | Sag’ mir, wo die Blumen sind | Wann wird man je versteh'n...
74. CARLOS GARDEL | Volver | Volver, con la frente marchita…
75. HANK WILLIAMS | Long Gone Lonesome Blues | She's long gone...
76. AGOSTINHO DOS SANTOS | A felicidade | Tristeza não tem fim...
77. SOFT CELL | Tainted Love | Once I ran to you...
78. ARETHA FRANKLIN | I Say a Little Prayer | Forever and ever...
79. MERCURY REV | Goddess on a Hiway | And I know it ain't gonna last...
80. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN | The Killing Moon | Fate up against your will...
81. PALE FOUNTAINS | Palm of My Hand | Had it in the palm of my hand...
82. PINK FLOYD | Wish You Were Here | How I wish...
83. JEANETTE | Por qué te vas | Todas las promesas de mi amor..
84. BASEMENT JAXX | Red Alert | And the music keeps on playin'...
85. STEPPENWOLF | Born to Be Wild | Like a true nature child...
86. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL | Have You Ever Seen the Rain? | I want to know...
87. CHRIS ISAAK | Wicked Game | No, I don't wanna fall in love...
88. ABBA | Dancing Queen | You are the dancing queen...
89. DAFT PUNK | Get Lucky | She's up all night to the sun...
90. JAMES BROWN | I Got You (I Feel Good) | Wow! I feel good...
91. THE SHINS | Saint Simon | Mercy's eyes are blue...
92. GENESIS | The Carpet Crawlers | The carpet crawlers heed their callers...
93. THE POLICE | Roxanne | Roxanne, put on the red light...
94. U2 | New Year's Day | I will be with you again...
95. THE CURE | Boys Don’t Cry | I tried to laugh about it...
96. PAUL SIMON | Kodachrome | Kodachrome they give us those nice...
97. THE CHURCH | Already Yesterday | We don't feel those locks and chains...
98. AC/DC | Highway to Hell | I'm on the highway to hell...
99. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE | Stacy’s Mom | Stacy's mom has got it going on...
100. JAMES TAYLOR | You’ve Got a Friend | You just call out my name...