RockOnTheNet.com
presents The Top Pop Songs
Of All Time !
We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past
50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and
come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it,
and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top
40.
Joan Osborne was born on
July 8, 1962, in Kentucky. Joan originally
attended NYU's film school, but began singing at
clubs around New York after singing a Billie
Holiday song at a bar's open-mic night at the
urging of friends.
Joan formed her own
label called Womanly Hips and release a live LP, Soul
Show. Joan then released the EP, Blue
Million Miles and signed with Mercury
Records. Joan displayed that she is gifted not
only with her voice, but with her complex lyrics
that invoke both the imagination and the mind.
She puts rock and soul qualities in all her
songs, and creates music that is catchy and
personable.
March 21: Joan's first major label
LP and breakthrough LP, Relish was released. The LP found
critical success including a Grammy nomination
for Album
of the Year,
but didn't find commercial success until "One Of Us" hit the radio airwaves and
video channels.
February 28: Joan was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year (Relish), Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance
("One Of Us"), Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female ("St. Teresa")
and Best
New Artist.
Although she went home empty handed, Joan had
established herself as a major female recording
artist. Joan was the catalyst for some Grammy
controversy - religious groups were complaining
that Joan's songs "One Of Us" and "St. Teresa"
were anti-religious. Grammy officials did not
give in to the controversy. Ironically, Joan's
ability to express potent imagery with her lyrics
had teenagers singing "What if God was one
of us" while religious zealots cried
blasphemy.
November 5: The
Early Recordings was released and contained
predominantly live selections from Soul Show:
Live At Delta (from 1991) and Blue
Million Miles (from 1993).
July: Joan participated in the
highly successful Lilith Fair package tour. At
one point during the tour, Joan took a stand for
pro-choice rights. The tour's organizer, Sarah
McLachlan, and Joanstated
that in the future they would not perform at the
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Texas. Planned
Parenthood had problems being allowed to set up a
booth due to the venue's policies. Joan later
graced the stage with a Planned Parenthood
t-shirt and stated to the crowd, "I'm the
face of pro-choice Texas."
November: A Joan Osborne boycott
was staged by an anti-abortion group after Joan
participated in several public service
announcements for the pro-choice Planned
Parenthood. Joan recorded radio spots in support
of Planned Parenthood.
November: Joan has recorded a duet
with Bob
Dylan on a cover of "Chimes Of
Freedom" for an NBC mini-series.
Released: November 5, 1996 Entertainment
Weekly: B Live Tracks: "Fly Away"
- "Dreamin' About The Day" -
"His Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles"
- "Fingerprints" - "4
Camels" - "What You Gonna Do"
- "Match Burn Twice" - "Billie
Listens (To Your Heartbeat)" -
"Wild World" - "Son Of A
Preacher Man" - "Get Up Jack"
Released: September 12, 2000 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 90 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B Tracks: "Running Out Of
Time" - "Righteous Love" -
"Safety In Numbers" - "Love Is
Alive" - "Angel Face" -
"Grand Illusion" - "If I Was
Your Man" - "Baby Love" -
"Hurricane" - "Poisoned Apples
(Hallelujah)" - "To Make You Feel
My Love"
Released: September 24, 2002 Tracks: "I'll Be
Around" - "Think" - "How
Sweet It Is" - "Smiling Faces
Sometimes" - "Love's In Need Of
Love Today" - "These Arms Of
Mine" - "Only You Know And I
Know" - "War" - 'Why Can't We
Live Together" - "Axis: Bold As
Love" - "The Weight" -
"Everybody Is A Star"
Released: June 28, 2005 Tracks: "One Of Us" - "How
Sweet It Is" - "Why Can't We Live
Together" - "Everybody Is A
Star" - "Smiling Faces
Sometimes" - "These Arms Of
Mine" - "Right Hand Man" -
"Only You Know And I Know" -
"Think" - "I'll Be
Around" - "Love's In Need Of Love
Today"
Released: November 14, 2006 Entertainment Weekly: A- Tracks: "Pretty Little
Stranger" - "Holy Waters" -
"Brokedown Palace" - "What You
Are" - "Shake The Devil" -
"Time Won't Tell" - "Please
Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends" -
"Who Divided" - "Til I Get It
Right" - "Dead Roses" -
"After Jane" - "When The Blue
Hour Comes"
Breakfast
In Bed Released: May 22, 2007 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 160 Tracks: "I've Got To Use
My Imagination" - "Ain't No
Sunshine" - "Midnight Train To
Georgia" - "Baby Is A
Butterfly" - "Breakfast In
Bed" - "Cream Dream" -
"Natural High" - "Heart Of
Stone" - "Sara Smile" -
"Eliminate The Night" - "Break
Up To Make Up" - "I Know What's
Goin' On" - "Alone With You" -
"Kiss And Say Goodbye" - "Heat
Wave" - "What Becomes Of The
Brokenhearted"
Released: September 9, 2008 Entertainment
Weekly: B Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 193 Tracks: "Hallelujah In
The City" - "Sweeter Than The
Rest" - "Cathedrals" -
"Little Wild One" -
"Rodeo" - "To The One I
Love" - "Daddy-O" - "Meet
You In The Middle" - "Can't Say
No" - "Light Of This World" -
"Bury Me On The Battery"
Released: March 27, 2012 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 154 Grammy Nominee: Best Blues Album Tracks: "I Don't Need No
Doctor" - "Bring it On Home" -
"Roll Like A Big Wheel" -
"Game Of Love" - "Broken
Wings" - "Shoorah! Shoorah!" -
"I Want To Be Loved" - "The
Same Love That Made Me Laugh" -
"Shake Your Hips" - "I'm
Qualified" - "Champagne And
Wine" - "Rhymes"
Released: April 8, 2014 Tracks: "Where We
Start" - "Work On Me" -
"Mongrels" - "Train" -
"Up All Night" - "Not Too Well
Acquainted" - "Thirst For My
Tears" - "Love And Hate" -
"Kitten's Got Claws" - "Secret
Room" - "Keep It Underground"
- "Raga"
Released: September 1, 2017 Tracks: "Tangled Up In
Blue" - "Rainy Day WOmen #12 &
35" - "Buckets Of Rain" -
"Highway 61 Revisited" -
"Queen The Eskimo (The Mighty
Quinn)" - "Tryin' To Get To
Heaven" - "Spanish Harlem
Incident" - "Dark Eyes" -
"High Water" - "You're Gonna
Make Me Lonesome When You Go" -
"Masters Of War" - "You Ain't
Goin' Nowhere" - "Ring Them
Bells"
Released: September 18, 2020 Tracks: "Take It Any Way
I Can Get It" - "What's That You
Say" - "Hands Off" -
"Never Get Tired (Of Loving You)" -
"Trouble And Strife" - "Whole
Wide World" - "Meat And
Potatoes" - "Boy Dontcha Know"
- "That Was A Lie" -
"Panama"
Note: Song title and position
links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run, LP links take
you to Amazon.com for that LP's info (often
including track listings and track samples), and
single cover art takes you to Amazon.com for that CD single (if
available). Songs charting prior to 1980 have
information from Billboard magazine.