The JOAT 50 Song Countdown is a blog series where every weekday for 10 weeks I am posting a brand new long form essay where I have ranked and written about my 50 favorite songs of all-time. From Adele to Zac Brown Band, Patsy Cline to Plasma Canvas, Ludacris to Rise Against, this series offers a personal essay about the 50 songs that hit me the absolute hardest. Here is the complete list of all 50 songs.
1. “Audience of One” by Rise Against (2008)
2. “Middle of Nowhere” by Hot Hot Heat (2005)
3. “Under the Bridge” by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1992)
4. “Too Close To See” by Strung Out (1998)
5. “Tonight, Tonight” by Smashing Pumpkins (1995)
6. “Janie Jones” by The Clash (1977)
7. “Stay” by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (1994)
8. “Ruby Soho” by Rancid (1995)
9. “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)” by AC/DC (1979)
10. “Sugar in Your Gas Tank” by Less Than Jake (1996)
11. “Philosophy” by Ben Folds (1995)
12. “Stare at the Sun” by Thrice (2003)
13. “Silver and Gold” by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (2003)
14. “May 16” by Lagwagon (1998)
15. “Check the Rhime” by A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
16. “New Day” by The Bouncing Souls (2003)
18. “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift (2014)
19. “Kinder Words” by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (1994)
20. “Walk the Walk (Live)” by Face to Face (1998)
21. “Folsom Prison Blues (Live)” by Johnny Cash (1968)
22. “Kiss the Sky” by Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra feat. Nino Mochella (2006)
23. “Your Song” by Elton John (1970)
24. “Harmonic” by Unwritten Law (1998)
25. “Mary Melody” by Mad Caddies (2001)
26. “What’s My Age Again?” by Blink-182 (1999)
27. “Toxic” by Britney Spears (2003)
28. “Cruel Summer” by Bananarama (1983)
29. “Walkin’ After Midnight” by Patsy Cline (1957)
30. “Raised by Wolves” by The Interrupters (2022)
31. “X Gon’ Give It To Ya” by DMX (2002)
32. “I Like Your Band Better” by The Frickashinas (2023)
33. “I Try” by Macy Gray (1999)
34. “Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)” by Ludacris (2002)
35. “Womanarchist” by Bad Cop / Bad Cop (2017)
36. “Right as Rain” by Adele (2008)
37. “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson (2004)
38. “Blistered World” by Plasma Canvas (2023)
39. “Dog Bumped” by Tim Barry (2006)
41. “Watch Out Now” by The Beatnuts (1999)
42. “Domino” by The Karma Killers (2015)
43. “Groove Is in the Heart” by Deee-Lite (1990)
44. “Bills, Bills, Bills” by Destiny’s Child (1999)
45. “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” by Missy Elliott (1997)
46. “Youngblood” by 5 Seconds of Summer (2018)
47. “Filthy/Gorgeous” by Scissor Sisters (2005)
48. “Name” by Goo Goo Dolls (1995)
49. “Knee Deep (feat. Jimmy Buffett)” by Zac Brown Band (2011)