Top 10 Songs ranks the top songs of the week and year 50 years ago, beginning in 1969. Artists that sing (pop, rock, hip-hop, etc.), play instruments, and write their own songs - these are generally the greatest songs when compared against artists who only sing a song. However, production, engineering, arrangement, and improvisation are also key. With the birth of psychedelic music in the mid 1960s, a new world of recording techniques emerged that brought even greater power to beautiful songs e.g. “I Can Take You To The Sun” by The Misunderstood in 1966. Unfortunately, commercial infiltration into awards ceremonies sometimes removed these important criteria from their rankings and awards. We’ve removed commercial biases and celebrate beautiful songs by bringing them here. Charts have been compiled using global data since 2004. All songs are hand picked by humans.
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8 November 1973 -- Top 10 Songs of the Week -- Chart 1256 | |||
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Rank | Song | Artist | |
1 | Get Up, Stand Up | The Wailers | |
2 | The Payback | James Brown | |
3 | Photograph | Ringo Starr | |
4 | Show & Tell | Al Wilson | |
5 | Doing It To Death - Part 1 & 2 | Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s | |
6 | Rock The Boat | The Hues Corporation | |
7 | Yesterday Once More | Carpenters | |
8 | The Way We Were | Barbra Streisand | |
9 | Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne | Looking Glass | |
10 | You're Sixteen | Ringo Starr |
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While "War Pigs" didn't initially receive much in the way of critical reception or radio play, it has come to be considered one of the best Heavy Rock and Metal songs of all time. It has stood the test of time and remains a large influence on sludge and doom metal. The complex structure, use of empty space, wailing guitar riffs, Ozzy Osbourne's stand-out vocals, and a wicked bass progression are instantly iconic, and the anti-war sentiment reflected in the lyrics is a theme that is timeless. (T.K. 6 May 2023)
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Featured Kernel
While "War Pigs" didn't initially receive much in the way of critical reception or radio play, it has come to be considered one of the best Heavy Rock and Metal songs of all time. It has stood the test of time and remains a large influence on sludge and doom metal. The complex structure, use of empty space, wailing guitar riffs, Ozzy Osbourne's stand-out vocals, and a wicked bass progression are instantly iconic, and the anti-war sentiment reflected in the lyrics is a theme that is timeless. (T.K. 6 May 2023)