Список 500 величайших песен всех времен по версии New Musical Express составляли журналисты NME, в разные годы сотрудничавшие с изданием. Каждого из них попросили составить рейтинг из пятидесяти композиций. За первое место трек получал пятьдесят баллов, за следующее – сорок девять и так далее.
500 Greatest Songs of All Time – NME
Этот список был опубликован в New Musical Express от 8 февраля 2014 года.
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- Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Sprit
- Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Donna Summer – I Feel Love
- The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?
- The Strokes – Last Nite
- Pulp – Common People
- Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good O The Dancefloor
- New Order – Blue Monday
- The Ronettes – Be My Baby
- The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
- The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
- The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
- Oasis – Live Forever
- The Beach Boys – God Only Knows
- David Bowie – Heroes
- The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
- The Beatles – A Day In The Life
- Outkast – Hey Ya!
- Blondie – Heart Of Glass
- Blur – Girls & Boys
- The Specials – Ghost Town
- The La’s – There She Goes
- The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset
- Bob Dylan – Hurricane
- Arcade Fire – Wake Up
- LCD Soundsystem – Losing My Edge
- Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
- The Libertines – Time For Heroes
- The Rolling Stones – Gimmie Shelter
- Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
- The Stone Roses – Fools Gold
- The Clash – London Calling
- Suede – Animal Nitrate
- David Bowie – Life On Mars?
- The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever
- Oasis – Wonderwall
- Ike And Tina Turner – River Deep Mountain High
- Sinead O’ Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
- Jay-Z – 99 Problems
- Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
- Blur – The Universal
- Manic Street Preachers – A Design For Life
- Pixies – Debaser
- Radiohead – Paranoid Android
- Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Madonna – Like A Prayer
- The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
- Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
- Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side
- David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes
- Daft Punk – One More Time
- Mia – Paper Plane
- Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
- Kraftwerk – The Model
- Beastie Boys – Sabotage
- Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
- Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
- Primal Scream – Loaded
- Pulp – Babies
- New Order – True Faith
- David Bowie – Young Americans
- Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
- The Smiths – This Charming Man
- Ben E King – Stand By Me
- NWA – Straight Outta Compton
- Oasis – Cigarettes & Alcohol
- The Beatles – Blackbird
- The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
- The Who – My Generation
- Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t)
- The Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs
- PJ Harvey – Sheena-Na-Gig
- Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
- The Streets – Dry Your Eyes
- Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
- The Beatles – Hey Jude
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Into My Arms
- The White Stripes – Fell In Love With A Girl
- The Beatles – Taxman
- Jay-Z & Kanye West – Niggas In Paris
- Beyonce – Crazy In Love
- The Clash – Complete Control
- Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK
- Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
- Missy Elliott – Get Yr Freak On
- Lana Del Rey – Video Games
- Eminem – Lose Yourself
- Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
- MGMT – Time To Pretend
- LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
- Britney Spears – Toxic
- Kanye West – Gold Digger
- The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize??
- Public Enemy – Fight The Power
- The Libertines – What A Waster
- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message
- Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name
- Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows
- The Stone Roses – I Am The Resurrection
- R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
- Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness
- Stevie Wonder – Superstition
- Suede – The Drowners
- Blur – Song 2
- Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger
- The Rapture – House Of Jealous Lovers
- Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
- Gossip – Standing In The Way Of Control
- Super Furry Animals – Ice Hocky Hair
- Fontella Bass – Rescue Me
- Oasis – Supersonic
- Prince – When Doves Cry
- Happy Mondays – Step On
- The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
- The Killers – Mr Brightside
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Geno
- The Strokes – Someday
- The Stone Roses – Waterfall
- Roxy Music – Virginia Plane
- Hole – Celebrity Skin
- The White Stripes – Hotel Yorba
- Prince – Purple Rain
- The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
- Pulp – Disco 2000
- The Jesus And Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
- Warren G – & Nate Dogg – Regulate
- The Jam – The Eaton Rifles
- Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
- Glenn Campbell – Wichita Lineman
- The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
- Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
- Pixies – Gigantic
- Hot Chip – Over And Over
- The Charlatans – The Only Ones I Know
- The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
- The Cribs – Man’s Needs
- Kanye West – Monster
- Bob Marley – No Woman No Cry
- Aphex Twin – Windowlicker
- Love – Alone Again Or
- Radiohead – Creep
- The Beatles – Hello Goodbye
- Blondie – Atomic
- Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra – Some Velvet Morning
- My Bloody Valentine – Soon
- John Lennon – #9 Dream
- Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
- Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
- Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
- Eric B & Rakim – Follow The Leader
- Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Dancing In The Street
- Dinosaur Jr – Freak Scene
- James Brown – Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
- Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
- The Beatles – I Want To Hold Your Hand
- The Kingsman – Louie Louie
- Elton John – Tiny Dancer
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
- Joy Division – Transmission
- Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man
- David Bowie – Changes
- The Jacksons – I Want You Back
- Dizzee Rascal – Fix Up, Look Sharp
- The Breeders – Cannonball
- Beastie Boys – (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right To Party
- Paul McCartney – Temporary Secretary
- Bat For Lashes – Daniel
- Booker T And The Mg’s – Green Onions
- Primal Scream – Higher Than The Sun
- Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
- LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
- Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause
- McAlmont & Butler – Yes
- The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
- The Libertines – Can’t Stand Me Now
- Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Teers
- The Jesus And Mary Chain – Never Understand
- Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some Action
- Wu-Tang Clan – Protest Ya Neck
- The Who – I Can See For Miles
- The Prodigy – No Good (Start The Dance)
- Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
- Doves – There Goes The Fear
- Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Teenage Fanclub – The Concept
- Arctic Monkeys – Mardy Bum
- The Libertines – Don’t Look Back Into The Sun
- Primal Scream – Shoot Speed/Kill Light
- Martha & The Vandellas – Nowhere To Run
- Prince – Sign ‘O’ The Times
- Blur – Tender
- Supergrass – Alright
- Joy Division – Atmosphere
- The Stone Roses – Made Of Stone
- Pixies – Monkeys Gone To Heaven
- Blur – This Is A Low
- The Doors – Light My Fire
- Pixies – Where Is My Mind?
- The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man
- Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
- Patsy Cline – Crazy
- The Pogues & Kirsty Mcoll – Fairytale Of New York
- The Strokes – Reptilla
- PIL – Rise
- Billy Bragg – Levi Stubbs Tears
- Daft Punk – Da Funk
- John Lennon – Jealous Guy
- The Fall – Hit The North
- The Supremes – You Keep Me Hanging On
- R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe
- Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
- Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
- Nirvana – Lithium
- Orange Juice – Rip It Up
- Manic Street Preachers – Faster
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Straight To You
- The Kinks – You Really Got Me
- Blur – End Of The Century
- Simon And Garfunkel – Mrs Robinson
- Klaxons – Golden Skans
- Spritualized – Electricity
- The Sugarcubes – Birthday
- James Brown – Get Up (I Feel Like Being) A Sex Machine
- Aretha Franklin – Respect
- The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil
- New Order – Temptation
- Grimes – Oblivion
- Outkast – Ms Jackson
- Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
- Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
- T Rex – Get It On
- Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
- Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
- The Cure – In Between Days
- Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Tupelo
- Oasis – Whatever
- Pet Shop Boys – Rent
- Portishead – Sour Times
- PIL – Public Image
- The Beta Band – Dry The Rain
- Manic Street Preachers – Motown Junk
- Babyshambles – Fuck Forever
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Child (Sligh Return)
- Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
- Animal Collective – My Girls
- Air – Sexy Boy
- David Bowie – Space Oddity
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Oliver’s Army
- Dr Dre Feat, Snoop Dogg – Still Dre
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
- Pulp – This Is Hardcore
- Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Your Money
- The Horrors – Sea Within A Sea
- Queens Of The Stoneage – Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
- Run-Dmc – Walk This Way
- TLC – Waterfalls
- Beck – Sexx Laws
- Underworld – Born Slippy
- Stardust – Music Sound Better With You
- Elvis Presley – Hound Dog
- The Beatles – Paperback Writer
- Jay-Z – Empire State Of Mind
- The Jacksons – Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
- Suede – Trash
- Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart
- Lou Reed – Perfect Day
- George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
- Manic Street Preachers – You Love Us
- Happy Mondays – Hallelujah
- Ride – Leave Them All Behind
- The Four Tops – Reach Out And I’ll Be There
- The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
- Eminem – My Name Is
- Bob Dylan – Tangled Up In Blue
- Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
- Pixies – Velouria
- The Beatles – She Loves You
- Elbow – One Day Like This
- Elastica – Connection
- The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
- Supergrass – Caught By The Fuzz
- Crystal Castles – Crimewave
- Wings – Band On The Run
- Daft Punk – Get Lucky
- James Brown – It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World
- Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
- Glasvegas – Daddy’s Gone
- Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding
- Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky
- Wolfman Feat. Peter Doherty – For Lovers
- Sly And The Family Stone – Family Affair
- David Bowie – Fashion
- PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder
- The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
- House Of Pain – Jump Around
- The Primitives – Crash
- T Rex – 20th Century Boy
- Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence
- Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
- Leonard Cohen – Suzanne
- The Beatles – Something
- Gloria Jones – Tainted Love
- Blur – Beetlebum
- The Jam – Going Underground
- Foals – Spanish Sahara
- Wire – Outdoor Miner
- The Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone
- The Beatles – Ticket To Ride
- The Verve – History
- Prince – 1999
- Mc5 – Kick Out The Jams
- Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower
- Pavement – Here
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
- Johnny Cash – Ring Of Fire
- Funkadellc – One Nation Under A Groove
- Conershop – Brimful Of Asha
- Small Faces – Itchycoo Park
- Bjork – Big Time Sensuality
- Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
- House Of Love – Destroy The Heart
- Billy Holiday – Strange Fruit
- Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
- Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror
- The Wedding Present – My Favourite Dress
- Foals – Two Steps, Twice
- Eels – Novocaine For The Soul
- Massive Attack – Karmacoma
- Buddy Holly – Rave On
- Pet Shop Boys – Go West
- The Stone Roses – She Bangs The Drums
- Super Furry Animals – The Man Don’t Give A Fuck
- The Beatles – Come Together
- The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night
- Gorillaz – Dare
- Patti Smith – Because The Night
- Eminem – Stan
- Kelis – Caught Out There
- Kasabian – Club Foot
- The Mamas And The Papas – California Dreamin’
- Kanye West – Runaway
- Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
- Yazoo – Only You
- Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood
- The Byrds – Eight Miles High
- Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
- Amy Winehouse – Rehab
- Modest Mouse – Float On
- Simon And Garfunkel – Cecilia
- The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl
- Beck – Loser
- Kelis – Millionaire
- The Cure – Close To Me
- The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any More
- Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll
- Blur – For Tomorrow
- The Cure – Pictures Of You
- Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full
- Metallica – Enter Sandman
- Credence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
- Suede – Killing Of A Flash Boy
- Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot
- The Cure – Friday I’m In Love
- A Guy Called Gerold – Voodoo Ray
- My Bloody Valentine – You Made Me Realise
- Oasis – Half A World Away
- Suede – The Wild Ones
- Bjork – Hyperballad
- Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype
- Arctic Monkeys – Brainstorm
- The Human League – Love Action (I Believe In)
- Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough
- Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner
- Elton John – Bennie And The Jets
- Nick Cave, The Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue – Where The Wild Roses Grow
- The Byrds – I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better
- Arctic Monkeys – Piledriver Waltz
- Mgmt – Kids
- The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- NER*D – Lapdance
- The Slits – Typical Girls
- Oasis – Champagne Supernoa
- Pavement – Cut Your Hair
- Roy Orbison – Oh Pretty Woman
- The Smiths – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
- Blur – There’s No Other Way
- Paul Simon – Me & Julio Down In The School Yard
- Black Sabbath – Paranoid
- Chaka Khan – I Feel For You
- Blur – To The End
- The Stranglers – No More Heroes
- Jamie T – Shella
- Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat
- Regina Spektor – Us
- Oasis – Slide Away
- Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly
- The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy – Television, The Drug Of The Nation
- Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
- Black Grape – Reverend Black Grape
- U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
- Mia – Bad Girls
- Alt-J – Breezblocks
- Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
- Arctic Monkeys – Fake Tales Of San Francisco
- The Ronettes – Baby, I Love You
- Nine Inch Nails – Hurt
- Fugazi – Waiting Room
- Friendly Fires – Paris
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Watching The Detectives
- The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet
- Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
- Blur – Chemical World
- Tindersticks – Marbles
- Nirvana – Come As You Are
- The Jam – Start!
- Coldplay – Yellow
- Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland 1945
- The Magnetic Fields – The Book Of Love
- Guns ‘N’ Roses – Paradise City
- PJ Harvey – Down By The Water
- Muse – Plug In Baby
- Tame Impala – Elephant
- The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So
- David Bowie – Golden Years
- Weezer – Buddy Holly
- Althea And Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
- Shirley And Company – Shame Shame Shame
- The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work
- At The Drive-In – One Armed Scissor
- The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
- Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine
- Kings Of Leon – The Bucket
- The Special AKA – Nelson Mandela
- Madonna – Material Girl
- The Imposter (Elvis Costello) – Pills & Soap
- Beck – Where It’s At
- Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought The Law
- Roots Manuva – Witness (1 Hope)
- Pulp – Sorted For E’s & Wiz
- Leftfield – Open Up
- Blur – Popscene
- The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice
- Pulp – Do You Remember The First Time?
- Coldplay – The Scientist
- Billy Bragg – A New England
- The Beatles – I Am The Walrus
- The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun
- Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love
- The Jam – Town Called Malice
- The Flaming Lips – Race For The Prize
- Blondie – One Way Or Another
- Snoop Doggy Dog – What’s My Name
- The Prodigy – Firestarter
- Rihanna – Umbrella
- Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
- R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World (And I Feel Fine)
- Wings – Live And Let Die
- The Vaccines – If You Wanna
- Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
- Nirvana – About A Girl
- Mercury Rev – Goddess On A Hiway
- Salt ’n’ Peppa – Push It
- Teenage Fanclub – Star Sign
- The Coral – Dreaming Of You
- The National – Buzzblood Ohio
- Primal Scream – Movin’ On Up
- Guns ‘N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
- Palma Violets – Best Of Friends
- The Kinks – Lola
- Smashing Pumpkins – Disarm
- Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
- John Lennon – Imagine
- Dr Dre – Nothin’ But A ‘G’ Thing
- AC/DC – Highway To Hell
- The Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
- Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
- Franz Ferdinand – Darts Of Pleasure
- Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy
- Oasis – Some Might Say
- David Bowie – Starman
- Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street
- Morrissey – Suedehead
- The Stranglers – Golden Brown
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Red Right Hand
- The Doors – Riders On The Storm
- Johnny Cash – One
- The Strokes – New York City Cops
- Sugarbabes – Overlord
- R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts
- Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Patio Song
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Hey Joe
- Primal Scream – Kill All Hippies
- Ash – Girl From Mars
- Blur – Out Of Time
- David Bowie – Five Years