One-half of the Hall of Songs crew is here for this show, which addresses the latest election to determine exactly which songs are the greatest of all-time.
Tons of great tunes from 1976-80 (including “Good Times,” “Heart of Glass,” “Once in a Lifetime” and “I Will Survive”) were up for induction, and you decided … that more than one song would get in.
Listen in to hear which songs became Hall of Songs members, and find out what new problems are bugging our host.
Did any songs join the 48 already inducted into the Hall of Songs? Chris and Tim go over the results of the latest election, in which songs from 1976 to ’79 battled against one another. Find out how the voters (you) voted, and listen to an impassioned plea by one of our hosts. You’ll never guess which one.
Songs by artists including Bill Withers; Chic; Blondie; Pink Floyd; The Cars; The Clash; and The Police – among others – are vying for Hall of Songs supremacy. Find out here how the voting shook out.
In this episode recapping our most recent voter election for the Hall of Songs, Chris asks Tim to make it a little more dramatic. Does it pay off? Did any songs make our prestigious hall of fame for songs, and if so, did more than one?
Songs by artists including Bill Withers; Queen; Earth, Wind & Fire; Stevie Wonder; and the Ramones – among others – are vying for Hall of Songs supremacy. Find out here how the voting shook out.
We at Hall of Songs have been bemusing over the recent lack of new songs entered into our very prestigious salon. Could the voters figure it out and come to some consensus once in a while?
After discussing our picks for the top-12 songs of 1977, and then slotting them onto our ballot, we waited with baited breath to see if the voters would finally respond. In this episode, we get a clear answer. Find out if any songs have been elected to the Hall of Songs, joining the 48 already entered.
Finally, the dam breaks as our 22nd Election for the Hall of Songs yields multiple inductees.
Come along for a 30-minute ride as we discuss how the best songs of the early and mid 1970s fared in our most recent election. Among the nominees: “Born to Run,” “Thunder Road,” “Superstition,” “Dancing Queen” and “Don’t Leave Me This Way.” Also, yes, we’re heading to Dino’s Bar & Grill.
Let’s congratulate the following songs on making the Hall of Songs …
The Boys Are Back in Town / Thin Lizzy – 75% (1st round) Born to Run / Bruce Springsteen – 68.75% (2nd round) Wish You Were Here / Pink Floyd – 68.75% (2nd round)
Continuing to the next round of voting
Blitzkrieg Bop / The Ramones – 62.5% (1st round) Sir Duke / Stevie Wonder – 62.5% (1st round) Maggie May / Rod Stewart – 56.25% (2nd round) Anarchy in the U.K. / Sex Pistols – 56.25% (1st round) Dancing Queen / ABBA – 53.12% (1st round) You Can’t Always Get What You Want / The Rolling Stones – 50% (6th round) Free Bird / Lynyrd Skynyrd – 46.87% (4th round) More Than a Feeling / Boston – 43.75% (1st round) Superstition / Stevie Wonder – 43.75% (5th round) Sweet Emotion / Aerosmith – 40.62% (2nd round)
Eliminated from the ballot
Jolene / Dolly Parton – 34.37% (4th round) Don’t Leave Me This Way / Thelma Houston – 34.37% (1st round) Thunder Road / Bruce Springsteen – 31.25% (2nd round) Let’s Get It On / Marvin Gaye – 28.12% (4th round) Here Comes the Sun / The Beatles – 25% (8th round) Tangled Up in Blue / Bob Dylan – 25% (2nd round) Lean on Me / Bill Withers -25% (5th round) Cherry Bomb / The Runaways – 15.62% (1st round) Lowdown / Boz Scaggs – 15.62% Desperados Under the Eaves / Warren Zevon – 12.5% As / Stevie Wonder – 12.5% Love Hangover / Diana Ross – 9.37%
Well, it was bound to happen. The voting process in Hall of Songs finally resulted in some possible chicanery.
One of our hosts has to address it, and he does so with equal parts frustration and … well, you should listen.
Did any songs get into our prestigious hall of fame for songs? Listen to find out. But please, hit play on this one. It’s a ride.
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Alright. Let’s congratulate the following songs on making the Hall of Songs …
Bohemian Rhapsody / Queen – 68.9% (1st round) Take Me Home Country Roads / John Denver – 67.24% (1st round)
Continuing to the next round of voting
Born to Run / Bruce Springsteen – 58.6% (1st round) Superstition / Stevie Wonder – 48.27% (4th round) You Can’t Always Get What You Want / The Rolling Stones – 44.82% (5th round) Tangled Up in Blue / Bob Dylan – 44.82% (1st round) Thunder Road / Bruce Springsteen – 44.82% (1st round) Wish You Were Here / Pink Floyd – 44.82% (1st round) Maggie May / Rod Stewart – 41.37% (1st round) Free Bird / Lynyrd Skynyrd – 39.65% (3rd round) Lean on Me / Bill Withers – 37.93% (4th round) Sweet Emotion / Aerosmith – 36.2% (1st round) Here Comes the Sun / The Beatles – 34.48% (7th round) Jolene / Dolly Parton – 34.48% (3rd round) Let’s Get It On / Marvin Gaye – 32.75% (3rd round)
Eliminated from the ballot
Ain’t No Sunshine / Bill Withers -29.31% (5th round) Won’t Get Fooled Again / The Who – 29.31% (5th round) Rocket Man / Elton John – 29.31% (4th round) Midnight Train to Georgia / Gladys Knight and the Pips – 27.58% (3rd round) Crazy on You / Heart – 24.13% (1st round) Bridge Over Troubled Water / Simon and Garfunkel – 22.41% (5th round) Waterloo / ABBA – 22.41% (2nd round) Gloria / Patti Smith – 17.24% (1st round) Walk on the Wild Side / Lou Reed – 13.79% (4th round) You’re the First, the Last, My Everything / Barry White – 12.06% (2nd round) Shining Star / Earth, Wind & Fire – 12.06% (1st round) Help Me / Joni Mitchell – 10.34% (2nd round) Get Down Tonight / KC and the Sunshine Band – 10.34% (1st round) I’m Not in Love / 10cc – 10.34% (1st round) Love to Love You Baby / Donna Summer – 10.34% (1st round) That Lady / The Isley Brothers – 3.44% (1st round) Can the Can / Suzi Quatro – 1.72% (1st round)
In Hall of Songs, we attempt to determine the greatest songs of all-time through listener votes. But after our listeners elected no songs to our prestigious song hall of fame the last time out, what would happen after introducing a bunch of songs from 1974?
Would the early and mid-1970s continue to be a black hole? Could a 1967 song finally sneak into the hall after several rounds of waiting? What does this all mean?!
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Alright. Let’s congratulate the following song on making the Hall of Songs …
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman / Aretha Franklin – 80% (8th round)
Continuing to the next round of voting
You Can’t Always Get What You Want / The Rolling Stones – 60% (4th round) Let’s Get It On / Marvin Gaye – 56% (2nd round) Here Comes the Sun / The Beatles – 52% (6th round) Ain’t No Sunshine / Bill Withers -52% (4th round) Rocket Man / Elton John – 52% (3rd round) Superstition / Stevie Wonder – 52% (3rd round) Jolene / Dolly Parton – 48% (2nd round) Won’t Get Fooled Again / The Who – 44% (4th round) Lean on Me / Bill Withers – 44% (3rd round) Midnight Train to Georgia / Gladys Knight and the Pips – 44% (2nd round) Free Bird / Lynyrd Skynyrd – 44% (2nd round) Bridge Over Troubled Water / Simon and Garfunkel – 40% (4th round) Walk on the Wild Side / Lou Reed – 40% (3rd round) Help Me / Joni Mitchell – 36% (1st round) Waterloo / ABBA – 36% (1st round) You’re the First, the Last, My Everything / Barry White – 36% (1st round)
Eliminated from the ballot
Rikki, Don’t Lose That Number / Steely Dan – 32% (1st round) Cat’s in the Cradle / Harry Chapin – 32% (1st round) Autobahn / Kraftwerk – 24% (1st round) September Gurls / Big Star – 16% (1st round) Rock Your Baby / George McCrae – 12% (1st round) You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet / Bachman-Turner Overdrive – 12% (1st round) Return of the Grievous Angel / Gram Parsons – 4% (1st round) You Haven’t Done Nothin’ / Stevie Wonder – 4% (1st round) Fire / The Ohio Players – 4% (1st round)
After our 1972 episode, we asked you to vote for the songs that you thought were Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Bill Withers, Elton John, Dolly Parton. These are names of people.
They’re also names of people whose songs are currently on the Hall of Songs ballot. Did any of their songs get into our prestigious Hall of Songs, joining 42 other tunes? Listen to find out!
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Alright. Let’s congratulate the following song on making the Hall of Songs …
Nope. Nothing.
Continuing to the next round of voting
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman / Aretha Franklin – 61.53% (7th round) Superstition / Stevie Wonder – 61.53% (2nd round) Jolene / Dolly Parton – 61.53% (1st round) Let’s Get It On / Marvin Gaye – 53.84% (1st round) Lean on Me / Bill Withers – 50% (2nd round) Midnight Train to Georgia / Gladys Knight and the Pips – 50% (1st round) Free Bird / Lynyrd Skynyrd – 50% (1st round) Bridge Over Troubled Water / Simon and Garfunkel – 46.15% (3rd round) Ain’t No Sunshine / Bill Withers – 46.15% (3rd round) Won’t Get Fooled Again / The Who – 46.15% (3rd round) Here Comes the Sun / The Beatles – 42.3% (5th round) You Can’t Always Get What You Want / The Rolling Stones – 42.3% (3rd round) Rocket Man / Elton John – 42.3% (2nd round) Walk on the Wild Side / Lou Reed – 42.3% (2nd round)
Eliminated from the ballot
All Along the Watchtower / The Jimi Hendrix Experience – 34.61% (6th round) Layla / Derek and the Dominos – 34.61% (4th round) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / Elton John – 34.61% (1st round) Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) / Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band – 34.61% (1st round) You’re So Vain / Carly Simon – 30.76% (2nd round) Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone / The Temptations – 26.92% (2nd round) Ooh La La / Faces – 26.92% (1st round) Dixie Chicken / Little Feat – 23.07% (1st round) Living For the City / Stevie Wonder – 19.23% (1st round) I Can’t Stand the Rain / Ann Peebles – 11.53% (1st round) Personality Crisis / New York Dolls – 7.69% (1st round) TSOP / MFSB – 3.84% (1st round)
After our 1972 episode, we asked you to vote for the songs that you thought were worthy of the Hall of Songs. After that election … we have results. But we’re not giving anything away. Not this time! (You’ll have to listen to find out more.)
That said, we will say that a few songs that we expected better of are either off the ballot or very close to their end. Which songs? Again, you’ll have to listen.
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Alright. Let’s congratulate the following song on making the Hall of Songs …
Let’s Stay Together / Al Green – 66.67%
Continuing to the next round of voting
Superstition / Stevie Wonder – 56.67% (1st round) You Can’t Always Get What You Want / The Rolling Stones – 53.33% (2nd round) Won’t Get Fooled Again / The Who – 53.33% (2nd round) Rocket Man / Elton John – 53.33% (1st round) (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman / Aretha Franklin – 50% (6th round) Ain’t No Sunshine / Bill Withers – 50% (2nd round) Layla / Derek and the Dominos – 46.67% (3rd round) Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone / The Temptations – 46.67% (1st round) You’re So Vain / Carly Simon – 46.67% (1st round) All Along the Watchtower / The Jimi Hendrix Experience – 43.33% (5th round) Walk on the Wild Side / Lou Reed – 43.33% (1st round) Bridge Over Troubled Water / Simon and Garfunkel – 40% (2nd round) Here Comes the Sun / The Beatles – 36.67% (4th round) Lean on Me / Bill Withers – 36.67% (1st round)
Eliminated from the ballot
Baba O’Riley / The Who – 33.33% (2nd round) Suite: Judy Blue Eyes / Crosby, Stills & Nash – 30% (4th round) You Are the Sunshine of My Life / Stevie Wonder – 30% (1st round) Thirteen / Big Star – 26.67% (1st round) I Can See Clearly Now / Johnny Nash – 23.33% (1st round) Suspicious Minds / Elvis Presley – 16.67% (4th round) The Harder They Come / Jimmy Cliff – 16.67% (1st round) Go All the Way / Raspberries – 13.33% (1st round) Back Stabbers / The O’Jays – 10% (1st round)
Yes, there are new inductees in the Hall of Songs. Maybe they’re the songs you most expected after listening to the 1971 episode.
But the big news is what’s on the other side of the ballot: Tim and Chris discuss some shocking cuts — songs that didn’t get enough support to stay on the ballot any longer.
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Alright. Let’s congratulate the following songs on making the Hall of Songs …
What’s Going On / Marvin Gaye – 66.67% Stairway to Heaven / Led Zeppelin – 66.67%
Continuing to the next round of voting
Layla / Derek and the Dominos – 54.16% (2nd round) Let’s Stay Together / Al Green – 54.16% (1st round) (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman / Aretha Franklin – 50% (5th round) You Can’t Always Get What You Want / The Rolling Stones – 50% (1st round) Ain’t No Sunshine / Bill Withers – 50% (1st round) All Along the Watchtower / The Jimi Hendrix Experience – 45.83% (4th round) Here Comes the Sun / The Beatles – 45.83% (3rd round) Bridge Over Troubled Water / Simon and Garfunkel – 45.83% (1st round) Won’t Get Fooled Again / The Who – 45.83% (1st round) Suite: Judy Blue Eyes / Crosby, Stills & Nash – 41.67% (3rd round) Baba O’Riley / The Who – 41.67% (1st round) Suspicious Minds / Elvis Presley – 37.5% (3rd round)
Eliminated from the ballot
Wichita Lineman / Glen Campbell – 29.16% (1st round) Angel From Montgomery / John Prine – 29.16% (1st round) Imagine / John Lennon – 29.16% (1st round) Fire and Rain / James Taylor – 25% (2nd round) River / Joni Mitchell – 25% (1st round) Family Affair / Sly and the Family Stone – 25% (1st round) Without You / Harry Nilsson – 25% (1st round) Life on Mars? / David Bowie – 25% (1st round) Ohio / Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – 20.83% (2nd round) Hey Jude / The Beatles – 12.50% (4th round) No Matter What / Badfinger – 0% (1st round)
