This book offers more than any previous book in the series. While each main entry profiles and illustrates 1,001 primary songs, it places that song into a contextual web of music history with references to other songs that are musically related. From the Beatles to Beyoncé, from Elvis to Elvis Costello, from Frank Sinatra to Rufus Wainwright, the full spectrum is covered chronologically and includes additional ancillary lists of "must-hear" songs grouped by subgenre and other special categories. Each song is analyzed by an international team of critics who explain why you must hear it. Included are key details such as lyricist, composer, producer, and label, making this a music treasure trove perfect for anyone into music, addicted to downloading, or those just getting started.
[...]... Click Song (Qongqothwane) Will You Love Me Tomorrow Love Hurts September Song Shakin’ All Over Non, je ne regrette rien Spanish Harlem Mad About the Boy Lazy River Back Door Man The Red Rooster Johnny Remember Me I Fall to Pieces Stand by Me Blue Moon Crazy Tous les garçons et les filles You ve Really Got a Hold on Me Boom Boom He’s a Rebel Do You Love Me Your Cheating Heart Cry Baby La javanaise Harlem... Whole Lotta Love I Wanna Be Your Dog Kick Out the Jams I Want You Back The Thrill Is Gone Chapter 4: The Seventies Up Around the Bend Layla War Pigs When the Revolution Comes Band of Gold Love the One You re With Fire and Rain Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Black Night War (To Be) Young, Gifted and Black Ball of Confusion Avec le temps The Man Who Sold the World Awaiting on You All Northern Sky Maybe... Way “Heroes” Exodus River Song Whole Lotta Rosie Blank Generation Bat Out of Hell Lust for Life Non-Alignment Pact Blue Valentines Heart of Glass Ever Fallen in Love … (with Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) Le Freak Milk and Alcohol Don’t Stop Me Now Teenage Kicks You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) Human Fly Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) (I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea One Nation under a Groove Das Model... Counts Dear Prudence It’s Like That Rock of Ages Gimme All Your Lovin’ Every Breath You Take 99 Luftballons Zungguzungguguzungguzeng Blue Monday The Trooper Two Tribes Runaway Born in the U.S.A World Destruction Immigrés/Bitim Rew It’s My Life Smooth Operator I Feel for You The Killing Moon You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) The Boys of Summer Rock You Like a Hurricane Plateau Tenderness Wood Beez (Pray... Love The Carnival Is Over Psycho I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now) Stop! In the Name of Love Subterranean Homesick Blues The Sounds of Silence My Generation Unchained Melody Et moi et moi et moi Stay with Me Al-atlal You re Gonna Miss Me Substitute Eight Miles High Sunny Afternoon Paint It Black Summer in the City God Only Knows (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone Mas que nada El muerto vivo Tomorrow... All the Young Dudes Personality Crisis The Ballroom Blitz Jolene Next 20th Century Boy Rock On Search and Destroy Desperado Child’s Christmas in Wales Solid Air I Know What I Like (in Your Wardrobe) Cum on Feel the Noize Living for the City I Can’t Stand the Rain Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Future Days Essiniya Carpet Crawlers Águas de março Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (Looking for) The Heart... Paris I Will Always Love You The Grand Tour Withered and Died Louisiana 1927 You Haven’t Done Nothin’ This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us Only Women Bleed Jive Talkin’ Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet Boulder to Birmingham Fight the Power (Parts 1 & 2) That’s the Way (I Like It) Kalimankou denkou Marcus Garvey Bohemian Rhapsody Gloria Tangled Up in Blue Walk This Way Wish You Were Here Time of... Montague Terrace (in Blue) A Day in the Life Alone Again Or Tin Soldier See Emily Play A Whiter Shade of Pale The Tears of a Clown Sunshine of Your Love Cold Sweat The First Cut Is the Deepest I Say a Little Prayer The Snake Oh Happy Day Israelites Wichita Lineman I Heard It through the Grapevine America Ain’t Got No; I Got Life Piece of My Heart Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud Hard to Handle A minha... Transmission Voulez-Vous Beat the Clock Oliver’s Army Tusk Gloria Black Eyed Dog Are “Friends” Electric? Boys Don’t Cry Good Times Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough Lost in Music Brass in Pocket Outdoor Miner Rapper’s Delight California Über Alles Typical Girls Atomic Gangsters Cars Babylon’s Burning Message in a Bottle Chapter 5: The Eighties The Winner Takes It All Rapture While You See a Chance Heartattack... The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face I’m Just a Prisoner (of Your Good Lovin’) She Moves through the Fair Many Rivers to Cross In the Ghetto Oh Well, Parts 1 & 2 The Real Thing Sister Morphine Okie from Muskogee Heartbreaker Is That All There Is? Sweetness Suspicious Minds Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Pinball Wizard Je t’aime moi non plus Is It Because I’m Black? I Want to Take You Higher The Court of the .