Top Poetry Songs


Rank All Time Artist Song Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
757
Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Jazz Poetry Funk 1971
2
1578
Patti Smith Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer (de) Beat Poetry Proto-Punk, Singer/Songwriter 1975
3
7579
The Last Poets Niggers Are Scared of Revolution Jazz Poetry 1970
4
9370
Tom Waits Frank's Wild Years Jazz Poetry 1983

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000:
Public Image Ltd. Religion Art Punk, Post-Punk 1978
Kate Tempest Firesmoke UK Hip Hop 2019