897 Countdown Stats!

With the countdown being so popular we decided to put together some statistics for you. We've heard that many of you have compilied your own sets of interesting facts of the 897 Greatest Songs of All Time so let us know what you've found. We're also looking into creating a poster of the list and some other interesting ideas too.

So here we go:

Longest Song: Pink Floyd “Echoes” (23 minutes, 32 seconds)

Shortest Song: The Kinks “Where Have All the Good Times Gone?” (1 minute, 13 seconds)

Oldest Song: #185 Robert Johnson “Crossroads” (1936)

Newest Song: #513 Regina Spektor “On The Radio” (2006)

Bands with the most amount of songs:

The Beatles (35 Songs)
#7 Day In The Life
#10 Hey Jude
#12 In My Life
#25 Let It Be
#29 Here Comes The Sun
#38 Yesterday
#40 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
#43 Blackbird
#84 All You Need Is Love
#97 Eleanor Rigby
#98 Tomorrow Never Knows
#113 I Want To Hold Your Hand
#116 Across The Universe
#122 Strawberry Fields Forever
#153 Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown)
#159 Something
#161 Come Together
#164 She Loves You
#210 Here, There And Everywhere
#241 I Am The Walrus
#246 Dear Prudence
#252 Long And Winding Road
#285 Helter Skelter
#299 You've Got To Hide You Love Away
#309 Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
#343 Revolution
#372 Help
#390 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
#421 Don't Let Me Down
#487 Eight Days A Week
#502 Happiness is a Warm Gun
#555 She Said, She Said
#653 Drive My Car
#739 A Hard Day's Night
#785 Ticket to Ride

Bob Dylan (26 Songs)
#2 Like A Rolling Stone
#13 Tangled Up In Blue
#35 Blowin' In The Wind
#37 Positively 4th Street
#53 The Times They Are A-Changin’
#78 Visions Of Johanna
#102 Don't Think Twice , It's All Right
#121 Desolation Row
#127 Hurricane
#179 Shelter From The Storm
#186 Subterranean Homesick Blues
#200 Just Like A Woman
#214 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
#234 Highway 61 Revisited
#312 Lay Lady Lay
#324 All Along The Watchtower
#375 Mr. Tambourine Man#
#385 Just Like The Tom Thumb's Blues
#402 Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
#453 Knockin' on Heavens Door
#506 Idiot Wind
#530 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
#592 Simple Twist of Fate
#686 Masters Of War
#699 Maggie's Farm
#783 She Belongs to Me

The Rolling Stones (22 Songs)
#5 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
#11 Sympathy For The Devil
#14 Gimme Shelter
#69 Paint It Black
#106 You Can't Always Get What You Want
#140 Wild Horses
#167 Jumpin’ Jack Flash
#228 Tumbling Dice
#386 Shattered
#414 Beast of Burden
#437 Honky Tonk Women
#519 Can't You Hear Me Knocking
#652 Get Off Of My Cloud
#670 Brown Sugar
#681 You Got The Silver
#769 Let It Bleed
#770 Ruby Tuesday
#776 Under My Thumb
#781 Loving Cup
#791 Miss You
#846 Let's Spend The Night Together
#871 Angie

Led Zeppelin (18 songs)
#3 Stairway To Heaven
#42 Kashmir
#175 Tangerine
#187 Ramble On
#236 Whole Lotta Love
#269 Black Dog
#298 Houses Of The Holy
#300 Going To California
#308 Immigrant Song
#348 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
#354 Fool In The Rain
#415 Over The Hills and Far Away
#443 D'yer Mak'er
#503 The Ocean
#548 The Lemon Song
#578 That's The Way
#700 Rock and Roll
#725 Hey Hey What Can I Do

Grateful Dead (15 Songs)
#72 Ripple
#81 Uncle Johns Band
#156 Sugar Magnolia
#168 Box Of Rain
#237 Truckin'
#361 China Cat Sunflower
#398 Friend of the Devil
#417 Dark Star
#444 Scarlet Begonias
#469 Eyes Of The World
#556 Shakedown Street
#594 Terrapin Station
#730 Jack Straw
#796 Dire Wolf
#833 Fire on the Mountain

R.E.M. (13 songs)
#44 Losing My Religion
#226 End Of The World
#251 Nightswimming
#280 World Leader Pretend
#422 Driver 8
#426 Everybody Hurts
#428 So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
#441 The One I Love
#499 (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
#532 Radio Free Europe
#654 Man On The Moon
#657 Orange Crush
#832 Fall On Me

Bob Marley (12 Songs)
#22 No Woman, No Cry
#28 Redemption Song
#199 Three Little Birds
#238 Jamming
#440 Stir It Up
#457 Get Up, Stand Up
#477 Trenchtown Rock
#645 One Love
#698 I Shot The Sherriff
#706 Waiting In Vain
#735 Buffalo Soldier
#865 Concrete Jungle

Jimi Hendrix (12 Songs)
#16 All Along The Watchtower
#75 Voodoo Child
#99 Little Wing
#130 Purple Haze
#139 Bold As Love
#188 Hey Joe
#297 The Wind Cries Mary
#403 Castles Made of Sand
#524 Star Spangled Banner
#757 Are You Experienced
#844 Crosstown Traffic
#847 Red House

Bruce Springsteen (12 Songs)
#4 Born To Run
#6 Thunder Road
#46 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
#120 Jungleland
#192 Backstreets
#208 The River
#319 Born In The USA
#363 I'm On Fire
#382 Lost In The Flood
#383 Badlands
#629 Atlantic City
#651 Darkness On The Edge Of Town

U2 (12 Songs)
#27 One
#30 Where The Streets Have No Name
#36 Sunday Bloody Sunday
#68 Pride (In The Name Of Love)
#83 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
#91 Bad
#125 With Or Without You
#162 New Years Day
#339 In God's Country
#411 All I Want Is You
#585 Beautiful Day
#895 I Will Follow

The Clash (11 Songs)
#26 London Calling
#243 White Man In Hammersmith Palais
#286 Rock The Casbah
#287 Straight To Hell
#369 Train In Vain
#399 Lost In The Supermarket
#404 Clampdown
#509 Should I Stay or Should I Go
#528 Death or Glory
#665 I Fought The Law
#786 The Guns of Brixton

Pink Floyd (11 Songs)
#41 Comfortably Numb
#64 Wish You Were Here
#147 Time
#247 Money
#392 Another Brick In The Wall
#463 Shine On You Crazy Diamond
#473 Echoes
#738 Fearless
#797 See Emily Play
#819 The Great Gig In The Sky
#843 Brain Damage

Neil Young (11 Songs)
#100 Cowgirl In The Sand
#170 Like A Hurricane
#342 Heart of Gold
#380 Harvest Moon
#384 Helpless
#389 Down By The River
#412 Rockin’ In The Free World
#586 Cinnamon Girl
#593 Sugar Mountain
#775 The Needle and the Damage Done
#80 Cortez The Killer

Elvis Presley (10 Songs)
#141 Suspicious Minds
#227 Can’t Help Falling In Love
#306 Hound Dog
#328 Such A Night
#393 Blue Suede Shoes
#396 Heartbreak Hotel
#512 Jailhouse Rock
#560 That's All Right Mama
#690 Burning Love
#748 A Little Less Conversation