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100. Cranberries – Dreams

Oh my life is changing every day, in every possible way

99. Neil Diamond – Forever in Blue Jeans

Money talks, but it don't sing and dance and it don’t walk

98. Elvis Presley – Blue Suede Shoes

Well it’s a one for the money, two for the show

97. Sultans of Ping – Where’s me jumper ?

My brother knows Karl Marx. He met him eating mushrooms in the Peoples Park

96. Ac/Dc – You shook me (all night long)

She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean. She was the best damn woman that I ever seen

95. Prince – Sign o’ The Times

In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name

94. Steppenwolf – Born to be wild

Get your motor running, get out on the highway

93. Nina Simone – Feeling good

Birds flying high, you know how I feel, sun in the sky you know how I feel

92. 50 Cent – In da club

Go Shorty, it’s your birthday, we’re gonna party like it’s your birthday

91. Christy Moore – The Voyage

I am a sailor, you’re my first mate

90. Beatles – Yesterday

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away

89. Madonna – Like a prayer

Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone

88. Kinks – Lola

I met her in a club down in old Soho, where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Cherry Cola

87. Procul Harem

We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels across the floor

86. Killers – Mr Brightside

Coming out of my cage and I’ve been doing just fine

85. Gary Portnoy – Where everybody knows your name

Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got

84. Dean Martin – That’s Amore

When the moon hits your eye like a big Pizza pie, that’s Amore !

83. Mamas and Papas – California Dreamin

All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey

82. Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

81. Kanye West – Gold Digger

She take my money when I’m in need, yeah she’s a trifflin friend indeed

80. Blondie – Heart of Glass

Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out had a heart of glass

79. Pulp – Disco 2000

Oh we were born within an hour of each other, our mothers said we could be sister and brother

78. Tom Petty – Free Fallin

She’s a good girl, loves her momma, loves Jesus and America too

77. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights

Out on the wiley, windy moors we roll and fall in green

76. Whitney Houston – I will always love you

If I should stay, I would only be in your way

75. ABBA – Winner takes it all

I don’t wanna talk, about things we’ve gone through

74. Frank and Walters – After all

After all I really love you, after all that we’ve been through

73. Guns n’Roses – Sweet child o mine

She’s got a smile and it seems to me reminds me of childhood memories

72. New Radicals – You get what you give

Wake up kids, we’ve got the dreamers disease

71. Beatles – I saw her standing there

Well she was just 17, you know what I mean

70. Coldplay – Fix you

When you try your best and you don’t succeed, when you get what you want but not what you need

69. Chumbawamba – Tubthumping

I get knocked down but I get up again

68. Eagles – Hotel California

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

67. Elton John – Your song

It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside

66. Bagatelle – Summer in Dublin

Take me away from the city and lead me to where I can be on my own

65. Outkast – Hey ya

My baby don’t mess around because she loves me so and this I know for sure

64. Beach Boys – God only knows

I may not always love you but as long as there’s stars above you

63. Carly Simon – Nobody does it better

Nobody does it better, makes me feel sad for the rest

62. Oasis – Wonderwall

Today is gonna be the day that they’re gonna throw it back to you

61. Shirley Bassey – Big Spender

The minute you walked in the joint, I could tell you were a man of discinction

60. The Temptations – Papa was a rolling stone

It was the 3rd of September, that day I’ll always remember

59. Phil Collins –Against all odds

How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace

58. Earth, Wind & Fire – September

Do you remember, the 21st of September

57. Don Maclean – American Pie

A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile

56. Green Day – Good Riddance

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road

55. Glen Campbell – Rhinestone Cowboy

I’ve been walking these streets so long, singing the same old song

54. Frank Sinatra – New York New York

Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today

53. The Rembrandts – I’ll be there for you

So no one told you life was gonna be this way

52. Bon Jovi – Livin on a prayer

Tommy used to work on the docks, unions been on strike, he’s down on his luck, it’s tough, so tough

51. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA

Born down in a dead man’s town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground

50. Aretha Franklin – Respect

What you want, baby I got it

49. DJ Jazzy Jeff- Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Well this is a story all about how, my life got flipped turned right upside down

48. George Michael – Faith

Well I guess it would be nice, if I could touch your body, I know not everybody’s got a body like you

47. Destiny’s Child – Independent Women

Question, tell me what you think about me, I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings

46. Beatles – Strawberry Fields

Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies

45. Eagles – Take it easy

Well I’m running down the road trying to loosen my load

44. U2 – Where the streets have no name

I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down these walls that hold me inside

43. Amy Winehouse – Rehab

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said no, no, no

42. Take That – Never Forget

We’ve come so far and we’ve reached so high and we’ve looked each day and night in the eye

41. Hothouse Flowers – Don’t go

There’s a smell of fresh cut grass and it’s filling up my senses

40. Elvis Presley – Wonder of you

When no one else can understand me, when everything I do is wrong

39. Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the devil

Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste

38. Joan Armatrading – Love and Affection

I am not in love, but I’m open to persuasion

37. John Lennon – Imagine

Imagine there’s no heaven, it isn’t hard to do

36. Eminem – Lose yourself

Look, If you had one shot, one opportunity to seize everything you want in one moment

35. Chuck Berry – Johnny be goode

Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans, way back up in the woods among the evergreens

34. Blur – Parklife

Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as…parklife

33. Beach Boys – Good vibrations

I love the colourful clothes she wears and the way the sunlight plays upon her hair

32. Bob Dylan – Times they are a changing

How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man

31. Gerry and the Pacemakers – You’ll never walk alone

When you walk through a storm hold your head up high

30. Johnny Cash – Hurt

I hurt myself today to see if I could feel

29. Waterboys – The whole of the moon

I pictured a rainbow, you held it in your hand

28. The 4 of Us – Mary

Mary’s got a new job, she’s working in the bank, making lots of money and giving it to Frank

27. Bees Gees – Stayin’ alive

Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk

26. Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman

I am the lineman for the county, and I drive the main road

25. Christy Moore – Lisdoonvarna

Well how’s it going there everybody from Gort, Dundalk, New York, Gortahork and Glenamaddy

24. Human League – Don’t you want me

You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when I met you

23. Gloria Gaynor – I will survive

First I was afraid, I was petrified

22. Meatloaf – Two out of three ain’t bad

Baby we can talk all night but that ain’t getting us nowhere

21. Garth Brooks – Friends in Low Places

Blame it all on my roots, I showed up in boots, and ruined your black tie affair

20. Saw Doctors – N17

Well, I didn’t see much future when I left the Christian Brothers school

19. Beatles – Let it be

When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me

18. Pink Floyd – Wish you were here

So, so you think you can tell, heaven from hell, blue skies from pain

17. Fleetwood Mac – Go your own way

Lovin you isn’t the right thing to do

16. Billy Joel – Piano Man

Well it’s 9 O’Clock on Saturday, regular crown shuffles in

15. Sinead O’Connor – Nothing compares to you

It’s been 7 hours and 15 days

14. Jimi Hendrick – All along the watchtower

There must be some kinda way outta here, said the joker to the thief

13. Tony Bennett – The Best is yet to come

Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum

12. David Bowie – Space Oddity

Ground control to Major Tom

11. Simon and Garfunkel – Sound of Silence

Hello darkness, My old friend

10. Elanor McEvoy & Mary Black – A Womans heart

My heart is low, my heart is so low, as only a woman’s heart can be

9. Carly Simon – You’re so vain

You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht

8. Prince – Let’s go crazy

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together to get through this thing called life

7. Bryan Adams – Summer of 69

I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime

6. Boomtown Rats – I don’t like Mondays

The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload

5. Journey – Don’t stop believing

Just a small town girl living in a lonely world

4. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

Is this the real life, Is this just fantasy ?

3. The Carpenters – Close to you

Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near ?

2. Frank Sinatra – My Way

And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain

1 Beatles – A day in the life

I read the news today Oh boy…