The greatest songs ever. The podcast.
We’re here. The last Hall of Songs.
Join Tim and Chris as they discuss the experiment of determining the greatest songs of all-time. They dig up some statistics, run through the entire list of the Hall of Songs, and discuss their favorite podcast memories.
To those who listened, voted and gave us a chance … thank you.
Hall of Songs has chronicled the history of popular Western music since 1951, and after nearly three years, has arrived at 2010. It’s a year of “indie” breakthroughs from artists such as Beach House and the Black Keys, and of mainstream smashes from those such as Katy Perry and Rihanna.
Settle in and listen as we give you our top-12 songs of the year. Note: No voting until the next Veterans’ Committee episode, which we hope to release before 2024.
Welcome to 2009. We’re nearing the end of the main Hall of Songs canon, but don’t fret, because here we have 12 songs that we think are potential Greatest of All Time nominees.
It’s a year when indie takes center stage thanks to artists like Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Japandroids, Drake, and Grizzly Bear, among many others. Listen to find out which indie songs made our top-12, and which big pop stars found themselves back in the Hall of Songs conversation.
After listening to Tim and Chris, VOTE for the greatest songs of all time! Songs from 2009, plus tunes from 2008, ’07 and ’03 are up for a shot to make the Hall of Songs! VOTE BELOW and come back on December 16, 2023, to find out which song or songs get in!
You want a special episode of Hall of Songs? You want to know how Tim and Chris come up with their nominees for the top-12 songs of each year? YOU GOT IT.
Join Tim and Chris as they go through the many songs released in 2000. They’ll discuss many songs, albums, and artists, from Aaliyah to Ying Yang Twins. By the end of the episode, they will have their pool of 60 possible Hall of Songs nominees from 2000, and they’ll make quick determinations on what the final 12 might be.
Welcome back to another Veterans Committee episode of Hall of Songs!
In this episode, where we take a look at the last four years in our podcast timeline and pick out a couple songs to place on our ballot, we investigate whether the Grateful Dead’s biggest hit is worthy of nomination.
Spoiler: One of our co-hosts loves the Grateful Dead.
We also nominate a couple other big songs from the late 80s and very very very early 90s. Then, we go deeper into things we love about this period in time, musically.
We knew going into the 34th election that we could see some fireworks.
The latest ballot was the smallest in Hall of Songs history: 18 songs, all of which released between 1984 and ’88. With records by the likes of Prince, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, N.W.A., Metallica and more on the list, we were pretty excited heading into this show.
Listen to find out if any songs … or how many songs … got enough voter support to be inducted into the Hall of Songs.
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Full results coming soon!
We’re in between the 1982 and ’83 episodes, so why not take a moment to look back at EVERYTHING?
Join Tim, Chris, and our special guest, Billboard Deputy Editor Andrew Unterberger (Twitter: @AUgetoffmygold) as they discuss the full Hall of Songs to this point.
We ask: Is this experiment of determining the greatest songs of all-time worthy? What are the biggest surprise Hall of Songs members? What songs, artists, and genres are being snubbed? It’s a fun look at the whole picture before we dive back into nominees.
Philadelphia-area singer/songwriter Kurt Vile is back with new material, the first of which being his mind-bending “Like Exploding Stones.” We’ll talk about that to lead off this episode of Modern Songs. Plus, we go back in time to address a question that has defined our generation: “Are we human, or are we dancer?” And we’ll chat about a couple other songs piquing our interests, including the newest from Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa.
Modern Songs is a podcast devoted to the discovery of new music and the discussion of the greatest songs of the last 15 years.
Coming into this election we had 29 Hall of Songs inductees. How many more will get in? Well, this is an interesting one.
Join Tim and Chris as they discuss a wild election concerning songs from 1964 to ’67. Plus, they’ll have a debate about one tune teetering on the brink of induction. Will it get the Golden Vote?
Okay. Don’t scroll if you want to be spoiled.
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Alright. Let’s congratulate the following songs on making the Hall of Songs …
Purple Haze / The Jimi Hendrix Experience – 70.83%
Brown Eyed Girl / Van Morrison – 66.67%
Respect / Aretha Franklin – 66.67%
Continuing to the next round of voting
Light My Fire / The Doors – 62.5% (1st round)
Paint It Black / The Rolling Stones – 50% (2nd round)
A Day in the Life / The Beatles – 50% (1st round)
When a Man Loves a Woman / Percy Sledge – 45.83% (2nd round)
Turn, Turn, Turn / The Byrds – 45.83% (1st round)
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough / Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – 41.66% (1st round)
My Girl / The Temptations – 37.5% (3rd round)
Eleanor Rigby / The Beatles – 37.5% (1st round)
Strawberry Fields Forever / The Beatles – 37.5% (1st round)
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman / Aretha Franklin – 37.5% (1st round)
Eliminated from the ballot
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ / The Righteous Brothers – 33.33% (4th round)
The Times They Are a-Changin’ / Bob Dylan – 29.16% (4th round)
Ticket to Ride / The Beatles – 29.16% (3rd round)
Ruby Tuesday / The Rolling Stones – 29.16% (1st round)
A Whiter Shade of Pale / Procol Harum – 29.16% (1st round)
Mr. Tambourine Man / The Byrds – 25% (3rd round)
In My Life / The Beatles – 25% (3rd round)
Reach Out I’ll Be There / The Four Tops – 25% (2nd round)
Waterloo Sunset / The Kinks – 25% (1st round)
My Generation / The Who – 20.83% (3rd round)
Ode to Billie Joe / Bobbi Gentry – 20.83% (1st round)
She’s Not There / The Zombies – 16.66% (1st round)
Downtown / Petula Clark – 12.5% (1st round)
Lists of the greatest songs of all-time will typically feature a few songs from 1967 at the very top. These are the songs we’re talking about in this episode of Hall of Songs, from “Respect” by Aretha Franklin to “A Day in the Life” by the Beatles.
Plus, it’s the year Jimi Hendrix becomes a star, proving a lone guitarist can change the way we hear rock ‘n’ roll.
After listening, VOTE for the greatest songs of all time! Songs from 1967, plus tunes from 1966, ’65 and ’64 are up for a shot to make the Hall of Songs! Vote now and come back on October 1 to find out which song or songs get in!
Our 1967 nominees:
Listen to the full episode for more, and then vote for the songs that you think are the greatest of all-time. Scroll down or click here to vote. Then, come back on October 1, 2021 to find out the voting results, and October 3, 2021 for our discussion on 1967.