CLASSIFICATIONS
The songs with the most recognizable chorus
Not only intro: the songs sometimes reach the top of the charts thanks to unforgettable refrains and all to sing.
To create this list, three fundamental elements have been taken into consideration:
1. The ability of the refrain to move the listener
2. The ability of the refrain to make the listener sing
3. The ability of the chorus to make the listener dance.
Here is the list of the most recognizable refrains: do you agree with this ranking?
The songs with the most recognizable chorus
Not only intro: the songs sometimes reach the top of the charts thanks to unforgettable refrains and all to sing. To make this list, three fundamental elements have been taken into consideration: 1. The ability of the refrain to move the listener 2. The ability of the refrain to make the listener sing 3. The ability of the refrain to make the listener dance. Here is the list of the most recognizable refrains: do you agree with this ranking?
Metallica – Enter Sandman
Enter Sandman allowed Metallica to win their third Grammy Award for Best Performance metal. The song describes the fears that afflict a child, who then recites a prayer to Sandman, a typical character of Anglo-Saxon folklore.
Bon Jovi – Livin' on a prayer
Livin' on a prayer is one of the most successful songs of the Bon Jovi and according to VH1 is also the most significant song of the eighties. The lyrics of the song are about a couple of young lovers who struggle to have a steady salary and maintain their relationship.
Stone Roses – She bangs the drums
This song is one of the most famous of the group originally from Manchester. The song was also ranked twelfth on the list of the 50 best Indie songs of all time according to the music magazine NME.
Arctic Monkeys – I bet you look good on the dance floor
I bet you look good on the dance floor has achieved three platinum records in the UK and is part of the album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. This record holds the record for the most copies sold for a debut album, with 364,000 copies purchased by the public in its first week.
Blur – Song 2
The song was first performed live at RDS Dublin in June 1996. The singer told Damon Albarn that Song 2 was the working name of the song: subsequently, the title became the definitive one.
Muse – Plug in baby
Plug in baby begins with a guitar solo that falls into the list of the 25 most beautiful riffs of all time according to Total Guitar Magazinemagazine. The song appears in the list of the music video game Guitar Hero 5, a game in which the frontman is also present Matthew Bellamy among the characters.
Killers – Mr. Brightside
Mr. Brightside is the debut song of Killers, the first of the 2000s able to exceed the quota of one billion streams on all listening platforms. The video is set in a burlesque show, where a relationship is born between the singer and one of the dancers, the same girl who will then star in the video of another song by Killers, Miss Atomic Bomb.
Oasis – Don't look back in anger
Impossible not to start singing when listening to Don't look back in anger. The song was written by Noel Gallagher and is the first song of the Oasis in which Noel replaces his brother Liam as lead vocals.
Rankings
23/04/2024
In 2008, 'Rolling Stone' compiled a list of the 100 best singers of all time.
This ranking was compiled 15 years ago by 180 people, including several musicians (e.g. Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Justin Timberlake, George Michael, Keith Richards), journalists and music experts.
On 1 January 2023, however, 'Rolling Stone' published an update of the ranking that revolutionised the list, especially with regard to the Top Ten. As the well-known US magazine was keen to point out, this ranking does not only take into account technical and vocal abilities (it is not a list of the best voices of all time), but also the originality of the vocal timbre, the record catalogue, the writing ability and the musical legacy of the singers in question. Here are the top 20 positions.