TOP 100 ROCK & ROLL SINGLES OF ALL TIME: #100 - #81 Before Pitchfork decided to reveal its Top 200 Songs of the 1960s and jam its servers, I'd already planned this week to unleash my Top 100 Rock and Roll Singles of All Time. Perhaps, Hobby Box isn't as much of an indie kid's music authority as Pitchfork, but hey, at least my site works. The Top 100 Rock and Roll Singles of All Time is a list I revise every two years. One way to look at it: they are the songs that I'd place on a ballot if Rolling Stone or Q asked me to participate in an all-time singles poll. And I've reserved myself to revise my picks biennially. So here is the first fifth of the 2006 list. I'll be posting the rest of it throughout the next couple of weeks: 100. "Girlfriend" / Matthew Sweet 99. "Nothing Compares 2 U" / Sinead O'Connor 98. "Crazy in Love" / Beyonce 97. "My Generation" / The Who 96. "Girls and Boys" / Blur 95. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell 94. "Cars" / Gary Numan 93. "Psycho Killer" / Talking Heads 92. "Everyday People" / Sly & The Family Stone 91. "Let's Stay Together" / Al Green 90. "Enjoy the Silence" / Depeche Mode 89. "Like a Prayer" / Madonna 88. "Bridge of Troubled Water" / Simon & Garfunkel 87. "Cannonball" / The Breeders 86. "I Want You Back" / The Jackson Five 85. "Try a Little Tenderness" / Otis Redding 84. "Mo Money, Mo Problems" / Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy & Mase 83. "You're So Vain" / Carly Simon 82. "Bang a Gong" / T. Rex 81. "Be My Baby" / The Ronettes See also: 2004 list 2002 list posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 | [permalink]