Songs of the Century

Songs of the Century (en français « Chansons du siècle ») est une liste de chansons construite et publiée en 2001 aux États-Unis par la Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Elle représente beaucoup de genres musicaux et de périodes du XX^e siècle. Le but était de résumer la culture musicale des États-Unis dans les établissements d'enseignements. Pour cela, des centaines d'hommes politiques, de personnes exerçant dans le domaine de la musique et des médias, de professeurs et d'étudiants ont été interviewés. Une liste de 365 chansons a été établie

Liste

Rang	Titre	Interprète
1	Over the Rainbow	Judy Garland
2	White Christmas	Bing Crosby
3	This Land Is Your Land	Woody Guthrie
4	Respect	Aretha Franklin
5	American Pie	Don McLean
6	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	The Andrews Sisters
7	West Side Story (album)	Original Cast
8	Take Me Out to the Ball Game	Billy Murray
9	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	The Righteous Brothers
10	The Entertainer	Scott Joplin
11	In the Mood	Glenn Miller Orchestra
12	Rock Around the Clock	Bill Haley & His Comets
13	When the Saints Go Marching In	Louis Armstrong
14	You Are My Sunshine	Jimmie Davis
15	Mack the Knife	Bobby Darin
16	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones
17	Take the "A" Train	Duke Ellington Orchestra
18	Blueberry Hill	Fats Domino
19	God Bless America	Kate Smith
20	The Stars and Stripes Forever	Sousa’s Band
21	I Heard It Through the Grapevine	Marvin Gaye
22	(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding
23	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	Tony Bennett
24	Good Vibrations	The Beach Boys
25	Stand by Me	Ben E. King
26	Stormy Weather	Lena Horne
27	Johnny B. Goode	Chuck Berry
28	I Want to Hold Your Hand	The Beatles
29	Midnight Train to Georgia	Gladys Knight & the Pips
30	Imagine	John Lennon
31	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	Gene Autry
32	The Twist	Chubby Checker
33	Happy Trails	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
34	Your Cheatin' Heart	Hank Williams
35	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	Fisk Jubilee Singers
36	The Sound of Music (album)	Original Cast
37	'Round Midnight	Thelonious Monk
38	What's Love Got to Do with It	Tina Turner
39	Over There	The American Quartet
40	Stardust	Hoagy Carmichael
41	Ain't Misbehavin'	Fats Waller
42	Georgia on My Mind	Ray Charles
43	Oh, Pretty Woman	Roy Orbison
44	Every Breath You Take	The Police
45	My Girl	The Temptations
46	Hotel California	Eagles
47	Happy Days Are Here Again	Ben Selvin
48	Stand by Your Man	Tammy Wynette
49	Take Five	Dave Brubeck
50	America the Beautiful	Louise Homer
51	When a Man Loves a Woman	Percy Sledge
52	Light My Fire	The Doors
53	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin
54	Sweet Georgia Brown	Ben Bernie & His Orchestra
55	When You Wish upon a Star	Cliff Edwards
56	Yesterday	The Beatles
57	Louie Louie	The Kingsmen
58	God Bless the Child	Billie Holiday
59	Born in the U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen
60	The Girl from Ipanema	Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto
61	I Walk the Line	Johnny Cash
62	The Star-Spangled Banner	John McCormack
63	Oh Happy Day	The Edwin Hawkins Singers
64	Great Balls of Fire	Jerry Lee Lewis
65	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye
66	Oklahoma! (album)	Original Cast
67	Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah	Johnny Mercer
68	Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog	Elvis Presley
69	St. Louis Blues	W. C. Handy
70	Yankee Doodle	Vess L. Ossman
71	California Dreamin’	The Mamas and the Papas
72	On the Road Again	Willie Nelson
73	Auld Lang Syne	Frank Stanley
74	Summertime	Sidney Bechet
75	Theme from Shaft	Isaac Hayes
76	Beat It	Michael Jackson
77	Sentimental Journey	Les Brown Orchestra/Doris Day
78	Blue Suede Shoes	Carl Perkins
79	The Sound of Silence	Simon and Garfunkel
80	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Nirvana
81	It Had to Be You	Isham Jones Orchestra
82	Minnie the Moocher	Cab Calloway
83	Sixteen Tons	Tennessee Ernie Ford
84	What a Wonderful World	Louis Armstrong
85	Fire and Rain	James Taylor
86	Y.M.C.A.	Village People
87	Heartbreak Hotel	Elvis Presley
88	King of the Road	Roger Miller
89	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor
90	Ave Maria	Marian Anderson
91	Begin the Beguine	Artie Shaw Orchestra
92	Like a Rolling Stone	Bob Dylan
93	Stop! In the Name of Love	The Supremes
94	Stayin' Alive	Bee Gees
95	1999	Prince
96	Please Remember Me	Tim McGraw
97	Porgy and Bess (album)	Original Cast
98	Back in the Saddle Again	Gene Autry
99	Shake, Rattle and Roll	Joe Turner
100	In the Still of the Night	The Five Satins
101	Killing Me Softly with His Song	Roberta Flack
102	Friends in Low Places	Garth Brooks
103	Charleston	Arthur Gibbs & His Gang
104	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ella Fitzgerald
105	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	Chauncey Olcott
106	The Times They Are A-Changin'	Bob Dylan
107	I Fall to Pieces	Patsy Cline
108	I Will Always Love You	Whitney Houston
109	Mona Lisa	Nat King Cole
110	Blowin' in the Wind	Bob Dylan
111	Peggy Sue	Buddy Holly
112	Lean on Me	Bill Withers
113	Kind of Blue (album)	Miles Davis
114	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Hank Williams
115	Proud Mary	Creedence Clearwater Revival
116	Will the Circle Be Unbroken	The Carter Family
117	Puttin' on the Ritz	Harry Richman
118	Layla	Derek and the Dominos
119	Jump	Van Halen
120	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	U2
121	We Are the World	USA for Africa
122	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	Cyndi Lauper
123	My Fair Lady (album)	Original Cast
124	Swanee	Al Jolson
125	Let Me Call You Sweetheart	The Peerless Quartet
126	Makin' Whoopee	Eddie Cantor
127	The Tracks of My Tears	The Miracles
128	I Wanna Be Loved by You	Marilyn Monroe
129	Pennies from Heaven	Bing Crosby
130	Tutti Frutti	Little Richard
131	Brown Eyed Girl	Van Morrison
132	I Only Have Eyes For You	The Flamingos
133	Born to Be Wild	Steppenwolf
134	Superstition	Stevie Wonder
135	Born to Run	Bruce Springsteen
136	On the Good Ship Lollipop	Shirley Temple
137	Wabash Cannonball	Roy Acuff
138	Unchained Melody	Righteous Brothers
139	Dancing in the Street	Martha & the Vandellas
140	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Marvin Gaye / Tammi Terrell
141	Piano Man	Billy Joel
142	Joy to the World	Three Dog Night
143	Losing My Religion	R.E.M.
144	My Way	Frank Sinatra
145	Let's Stay Together	Al Green
146	We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You	Queen
147	Purple Rain	Prince
148	Dancing Queen	ABBA
149	A Love Supreme (album)	John Coltrane
150	Wake Up Little Susie	The Everly Brothers
151	Shout	The Isley Brothers
152	I Got You (I Feel Good)	James Brown
153	The Thrill Is Gone	B. B. King
154	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Boswell Sisters
155	Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley
156	Banana Boat (Day-O)	Harry Belafonte
157	Ring of Fire	Johnny Cash
158	Donna / La bamba	Ritchie Valens
159	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Tokens
160	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver
161	Material Girl	Madonna
162	Rapper's Delight	The Sugarhill Gang
163	Goodnight Irene	Leadbelly
164	Tequila	The Champs
165	Que sera, sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)	Doris Day
166	Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)	The Byrds
167	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album)	The Beatles
168	Soul Man	Sam & Dave
169	You Are the Sunshine of My Life	Stevie Wonder
170	Thanks for the Memory	Bob Hope / Shirley Ross
171	Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head	B. J. Thomas
172	Moon River	Henry Mancini
173	Free Bird	Lynyrd Skynyrd
174	Misty	Erroll Garner Trio
175	Chances Are	Johnny Mathis
176	Love Letters	Ketty Lester
177	I Love Rock 'n' Roll	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
178	Fast Car	Tracy Chapman
179	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	The Shirelles
180	Leader of the Pack	The Shangri-Las
181	In the Midnight Hour	Wilson Pickett
182	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
183	I Can See Clearly Now	Johnny Nash
184	Oye Como Va	Santana
185	Coal Miner’s Daughter	Loretta Lynn
186	Cat's in the Cradle	Harry Chapin
187	Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys	Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson
188	The Gambler	Kenny Rogers
189	Bye Bye Blackbird	Gene Austin
190	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	The Platters
191	(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)	Beastie Boys
192	We Are Family	Sister Sledge
193	(They Long to Be) Close to You	The Carpenters
194	Maggie May	Rod Stewart
195	Night and Day	Fred Astaire
196	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Rudy Vallee
197	Tom Dooley	The Kingston Trio
198	Tennessee Waltz	Patti Page
199	If You Don't Know Me by Now	Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
200	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Elton John
201	U Can't Touch This	MC Hammer
202	Smooth	Santana & Rob Thomas
203	Livin' La Vida Loca	Ricky Martin
204	How Great Thou Art	George Beverly Shea
205	Sing Sing Sing	Benny Goodman Orchestra
206	Hair (album)	Original Cast
207	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	The Sons of the Pioneers
208	What the World Needs Now Is Love	Jackie DeShannon
209	Crying	Roy Orbison
210	Sweet Child O' Mine	Guns N’ Roses
211	One O'Clock Jump	Count Basie Orchestra
212	Downtown	Petula Clark
213	It's Too Late / I Feel the Earth Move	Carole King
214	Celebration	Kool & The Gang
215	So in Love	The Tymes
216	You're So Vain	Carly Simon
217	Heart of Glass	Blondie
218	Blue Moon of Kentucky	Bill Monroe / Blue Grass Boys
219	Teen Angel	Mark Dinning
220	Ornithology (album)	Charlie Parker Sextet
221	We Shall Overcome	Joan Baez
222	Something to Talk About	Bonnie Raitt
223	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Thomas A. Dorsey
224	South Pacific (album)	Original Cast
225	Runaround Sue	Dion and the Belmonts
226	Tea for Two	Art Tatum
227	Summertime Blues	Eddie Cochran
228	Everybody Loves Somebody	Dean Martin
229	It's My Party	Lesley Gore
230	The Loco-Motion	Little Eva
231	On Broadway	The Drifters
232	Me and Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin
233	Time in a Bottle	Jim Croce
234	Margaritaville	Jimmy Buffett
235	Bitches Brew (album)	Miles Davis
236	Kansas City	Wilbert Harrison
237	Earth Angel	The Penguins
238	Got My Mojo Working	Muddy Waters
239	People Get Ready	The Impressions
240	The House of the Rising Sun	The Animals
241	White Rabbit	Jefferson Airplane
242	Graceland	Paul Simon
243	Love Shack	The B-52’s
244	I Believe I Can Fly	R. Kelly
245	All I Wanna Do	Sheryl Crow
246	My Heart Will Go On	Céline Dion
247	My Old Kentucky Home	Geraldine Farrar
248	Abraham, Martin & John	Dion
249	The King and I (album)	Original Cast
250	At the Hop	Danny & the Juniors
251	What'd I Say	Ray Charles
252	Mr. Sandman	The Chordettes
253	Be My Baby	The Ronettes
254	I Got You Babe	Sonny and Cher
255	The Devil Went Down to Georgia	Charlie Daniels Band
256	Flashdance... What a Feeling	Irene Cara
257	Burning Down the House	Talking Heads
258	Achy Breaky Heart	Billy Ray Cyrus
259	Wide Open Spaces	Dixie Chicks
260	The Music Man (album)	Original Cast
261	Walk On By	Dionne Warwick
262	Ramblin' Man	The Allman Brothers Band
263	Move On Up a Little Higher	Mahalia Jackson
264	I'm So Excited	The Pointer Sisters
265	That Old Black Magic	Louis Prima/Keely Smith
266	Reach Out I'll Be There	Four Tops
267	Walk This Way	Aerosmith
268	Bette Davis Eyes	Kim Carnes
269	The Wind Beneath My Wings	Bette Midler
270	Change the World	Eric Clapton
271	If I Didn't Care	The Ink Spots
272	Paper Doll	The Mills Brothers
273	Strange Fruit	Billie Holiday
274	Ode to Billie Joe	Bobbie Gentry
275	Strangers in the Night	Frank Sinatra
276	War	Edwin Starr
277	Behind Closed Doors	Charlie Rich
278	Old Time Rock & Roll	Bob Seger
279	We Got the Beat	The Go-Go’s
280	The Message	Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
281	You're the Top	Ethel Merman
282	My Guy	Mary Wells
283	You Send Me	Sam Cooke
284	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	Glen Campbell
285	Everybody's Talkin'	Nilsson
286	Heart of Gold	Neil Young
287	Jack & Diane	John Mellencamp
288	Fight the Power	Public Enemy
289	Me and My Shadow	Whispering Jack Smith
290	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Alvino Rey Orchestra
291	For What It’s Worth	Buffalo Springfield
292	That's What Friends Are For	Dionne Warwick & Friends
293	You're Still the One	Shania Twain
294	Birdland (album)	Weather Report
295	Go Your Own Way	Fleetwood Mac
296	Another Brick in the Wall	Pink Floyd
297	(Ghost) Riders in the Sky	Vaughn Monroe
298	The Way We Were	Barbra Streisand
299	9 to 5	Dolly Parton
300	Grease (album)	Original Cast
301	Don't Worry, Be Happy	Bobby McFerrin
302	Who's Sorry Now	Connie Francis
303	That's the Way (I Like It)	KC and the Sunshine Band
304	Yes! We Have No Bananas	Billy Jones
305	On Top of Old Smoky	The Weavers
306	You Really Got Me	The Kinks
307	Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
308	Free Fallin'	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
309	This Kiss	Faith Hill
310	Body and Soul	Coleman Hawkins Orchestra
311	I Am Woman	Helen Reddy
312	Show Boat (album)	Original Cast
313	This Masquerade	George Benson
314	Some of These Days	Sophie Tucker
315	Down Hearted Blues	Bessie Smith
316	New San Antonio Rose	Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
317	How High the Moon	Les Paul/Mary Ford
318	I'm Sorry	Brenda Lee
319	Everyday People	Sly & the Family Stone
320	When Will I Be Loved	Linda Ronstadt
321	Uncle John's Band	Grateful Dead
322	Faith	George Michael
323	Up Where We Belong	Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes
324	All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight	Hank Williams Jr.
325	Candle in the Wind	Elton John
326	El Shaddai	Amy Grant
327	Salt Peanuts	Dizzy Gillespie
328	Zodiac Suite (album)	Mary Lou Williams
329	Vesti la giubba	Enrico Caruso
330	Whispering	Paul Whiteman Orch.
331	Blue Yodel (T for Texas)	Jimmie Rodgers
332	Boogie Chillen	John Lee Hooker
333	The Battle of New Orleans	Johnny Horton
334	She Works Hard for the Money	Donna Summer
335	I Want You Back	The Jackson Five
336	He Stopped Loving Her Today	George Jones
337	Men in Black	Will Smith
338	El Paso	Marty Robbins
339	I'll Fly Away	The Chuck Wagon Gang
340	Rockit	Herbie Hancock
341	King Porter Stomp	Jelly Roll Morton
342	Cross Road Blues	Robert Johnson
343	Cattle Call	Eddy Arnold
344	Tiger Rag	The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
345	The Prisoner's Song	Vernon Dalhart
346	Yakety Yak	The Coasters
347	Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell
348	Higher Love	Steve Winwood
349	No Charge	Shirley Caesar
350	My Home's in Alabama	Alabama
351	One Sweet Day	Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
352	I Hope You Dance	Lee Ann Womack
353	Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around	The Fairfield Four
354	The In Crowd	Ramsey Lewis Trio
355	Near You	Francis Craig Orchestra
356	Sing Me Back Home	Merle Haggard
357	Django	Modern Jazz Quartet
358	Respect Yourself	The Staple Singers
359	Doo Wop (That Thing)	Lauryn Hill
360	Mama He's Crazy	The Judds
361	No Scrubs	TLC
362	Saturday in the Park	Chicago
363	Bills, Bills, Bills	Destiny’s Child
364	Addictive Love	BeBe & CeCe Winans
365	All Along the Watchtower	Jimi Hendrix