893 Essential Songs

The results are in and we're counting down your 893 favorite songs from May 10 - May 17. Tune in from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays; Saturday noon - 10 p.m. and Sunday noon to 6 p.m. to hear who made the list. We'll finish at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 17.

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200
Beast of Burden
Some Girls
The Rolling Stones
201
Stand By Me
Don't Play That Song!
Ben E. King
202
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Songs from the Big Chair
Tears for Fears
203
Tupelo Honey
Tupelo Honey
Van Morrison
204
Strange Fruit
Ultimate Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
205
Proud Mary
Workin' Together
Ike and Tina Turner
206
Yellow Ledbetter
Jeremy (UK single)
Pearl Jam
207
Lovely Day
Menagerie
Bill Withers
208
Be My Baby
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
The Ronettes
209
Dream On
Aerosmith
Aerosmith
210
Close To Me
The Head on the Door
The Cure
211
Don't Change
Shabooh Shoobah
INXS
212
Dance Yrself Clean
This Is Happening
LCD Soundsystem
213
Common People
Different Class
Pulp
214
Lust For Life
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
215
Perfect Day
Transformer
Lou Reed
216
New Slang
Oh, Inverted World
The Shins
217
Groove Is In The Heart
World Clique
Deee-Lite
218
Son Of A Preacher Man
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
219
Impossible Germany
Sky Blue Sky
Wilco
220
Killer Queen
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
221
River
Blue
Joni Mitchell
222
1979
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Smashing Pumpkins
223
Linger
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
The Cranberries
224
Ziggy Stardust
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie
225
Man In The Mirror
Bad
Michael Jackson
226
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Eurythmics
227
Ain't No Sunshine
Just As I Am
Bill Withers
228
All These Things That I've Done
Hot Fuss
The Killers
229
Temptation
Substance
New Order
230
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
231
The Times They Are A-Changin'
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bob Dylan
232
Heart Of Glass
Parallel Lines
Blondie
233
Take On Me
Hunting High and Low
A-ha
234
Radio Free Europe
Murmur
R.E.M.
235
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
236
Jungleland
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
237
Because The Night
Easter
Patti Smith
238
Shhh
Seven's Travels
Atmosphere
239
Fire and Rain
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
240
If I Can't Change Your Mind
Copper Blue
Sugar
241
The Only Living Boy In New York
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
242
Three Little Birds
Exodus
Bob Marley and The Wailers
243
Both Sides Now
Clouds
Joni Mitchell
244
Fake Empire
Boxer
The National
245
Abbey Road Medley 2 (Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End)
Abbey Road
The Beatles
246
Baby I'm A Star
Purple Rain
Prince
247
Fade Into You
So Tonight That I Might See
Mazzy Star
248
Stuck Between Stations
Boys and Girls in America
The Hold Steady
249
Like A Prayer
Like A Prayer
Madonna
250
Doo-Wop (That Thing)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
251
Master of Puppets
Master of Puppets
Metallica
252
Debaser
Doolittle
Pixies
253
Life During Wartime
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
254
Heart Of Gold
Harvest
Neil Young
255
I'm On Fire
Born in the U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
256
Chicago
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
257
Piano Man
Piano Man
Billy Joel
258
Killing In The Name
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
259
Love Is The Law
Love Is The Law
The Suburbs
260
Tangerine
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
261
Emmylou
The Lion's Roar
First Aid Kit
262
La Vie en rose
Chansons parisiennes
Edith Piaf
263
Gigantic
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
264
Let's Get It On
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
265
Maps
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
266
God Save the Queen
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
267
Holland, 1945
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
268
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
269
Rehab
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
270
More Than A Feeling
Boston
Boston
271
Pale Blue Eyes
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
272
Blowin' In The Wind
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
273
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
274
Lithium
Nevermind
Nirvana
275
Won't Get Fooled Again
Who's Next
The Who
276
Here Comes Your Man
Doolittle
Pixies
277
I Am The Walrus
Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles
278
Someone Like You
21
Adele
279
Shelter From The Storm
Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan
280
Wagon Wheel
Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show
281
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
282
Reckoner
In Rainbows
Radiohead
283
Windfall
Trace
Son Volt
284
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
285
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry Is On Top
Chuck Berry
286
Let's Dance
Let's Dance
David Bowie
287
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
288
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello
289
Cinnamon Girl
Decade
Neil Young
290
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
291
Burning Down The House
Speaking In Tongues
Talking Heads
292
El Scorcho
Pinkerton
Weezer
293
Astral Weeks
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
294
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
295
Float On
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Modest Mouse
296
The River
The River
Bruce Springsteen
297
Time After Time
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
298
November Rain
Use Your Illusion I
Guns N' Roses
299
Beat It
Thriller
Michael Jackson