THE LIST: The Top 500 Desert Island Songs of All Time

You dreamed about being stranded on a Crackberry free Desert Island...a stress free living! Just fishing, cracking coconuts and spelling SOS in the sand.  Here's the music you all voted to be the music that you would need to survive on the island without seeing that smoke monster, that hatch or the big guy who won the Lottery!

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1 Jeff Buckley Hallelujah 2 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Home 3 Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road 4 The Beatles A Day in the Life 5 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run 6 The Beatles Hey Jude 7 The Rolling Stones Sympathy For the Devil 8 Talking Heads This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) 9 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 10 Van Morrison Into the Mystic 11 The Who Baba O'Riley 12 Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven 13 Derek & the Dominos/Eric Clapton Layla 14 The Beatles Let It Be 15 Bruce Springsteen Rosalita 16 The Clash London Calling 17 John Lennon/Beatles Imagine 18 Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 19 Bob Dylan Tangled Up In Blue 20 Beach Boys Good Vibrations 21 Richard Thompson 1952 Vincent Black Lightning 22 The Beatles Blackbird 23 Etta James At Last 24 The Beatles In My Life 25 Bob Marley Three Little Birds 26 Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird 27 Johnny Cash Hurt 28 Grateful Dead Scarlet Begonias 29 Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel 30 R.E.M. Losing My Religion 31 Florence And The Machine Dog Days Are Over 32 Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World 33 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 34 Don McLean American Pie 35 Jeff Buckley Last Goodbye 36 U2 One 37 The Clash Train in Vain 38 John Prine/Bonnie Raitt Angel From Montgomery 39 Death Cab For Cutie I Will Follow You Into the Dark 40 Bob Marley No Woman, No Cry 41 The Rolling Stones Can't You Hear Me Knocking 42 Grateful Dead Eyes of the World 43 The Beatles Here Comes the Sun 44 The Postal Service Such Great Heights 45 Leonard Cohen Hallelujah 46 The Band The Weight 47 Adele Rolling In The Deep 48 Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 1) 49 Dire Straits Romeo and Juliet 50 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 51 Jimi Hendrix Little Wing 52 Bob Marley Redemption Song 53 Grateful Dead Terrapin Station 54 Otis Redding Try A Little Tenderness 55 Radiohead Fake Plastic Trees 56 Eagles Hotel California 57 Pink Floyd Echoes 58 Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes 59 Grateful Dead Box of Rain 60 Neil Young Cowgirl in the Sand 61 The Cure Just Like Heaven 62 The Dave Brubeck Quartet Take Five 63 U2 Where The Streets Have No Name 64 Grateful Dead Sugar Magnolia 65 Lou Reed Sweet Jane 66 Bob Dylan Like A Rolling Stone 67 The Rolling Stones You Can't Always Get What You Want 68 Bob Marley Jamming 69 Queen/David Bowie Under Pressure 70 Brett Dennen Heaven 71 The Allman Brothers Band Whipping Post 72 Miles Davis So What 73 The Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter 74 Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over 75 Paul Simon Graceland 76 David Bowie Heroes 77 Joni Mitchell A Case of You 78 The Allman Brothers Band Blue Sky 79 The Who Won't Get Fooled Again 80 Foo Fighters Everlong 81 Otis Redding (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 82 The Cure Why Can't I Be You? 83 Billy Bragg/Wilco California Stars 84 Van Morrison Tupelo Honey 85 Coldplay Clocks 86 The Beatles Dear Prudence 87 The Avett Brothers I And Love And You 88 Arcade Fire Wake Up 89 Little Feat Fat Man in the Bathtub 90 Marvin Gaye What's Going On? 91 Brandi Carlile The Story 92 The Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps 93 Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime 94 Jimi Hendrix All Along the Watchtower 95 Benny Goodman Sing, Sing, Sing 96 Coldplay Yellow 97 Talking Heads Psycho Killer 98 Explosions In The Sky Your Hand In Mine 99 The Allman Brothers Band In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 100 Grateful Dead Ripple 101 Simon & Garfunkel The Sound of Silence 102 John Coltrane My Favorite Things 103 Little Feat Willin' 104 Matt & Kim Daylight 105 Roxy Music Avalon 106 Johnny Cash Ring of Fire 107 MGMT Electric Feel 108 Pink Floyd Us and Them 109 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 110 Radiohead Paranoid Android 111 Pearl Jam Alive 112 Arcade Fire Rebellion (Lies) 113 Tears for Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World 114 AC/DC Back In Black 115 John Butler Trio Ocean 116 The Jam Town Called Malice 117 Paul Simon Under African Skies 118 Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl 119 The Allman Brothers Band Jessica 120 My Morning Jacket/Jim James One Big Holiday 121 Robert Palmer Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley 122 Billy Joel Piano Man 123 The Mama's & The Papa's California Dreamin' 124 Bob Dylan Desolation Row 125 Broken Social Scene 7/4 Shoreline 126 Led Zeppelin Kashmir 127 The Flaming Lips Do You Realize? 128 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart 129 Simon & Garfunkel America 130 Zombies Care of Cell 44 131 Counting Crows Mr. Jones 132 Dire Straits Sultans Of Swing 133 Arcade Fire Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) 134 Kirsty MacColl In These Shoes 135 U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday 136 Leonard Cohen Dance Me To The End of Love 137 R.E.M. Nightswimming 138 U2 Beautiful Day 139 The Replacements Can't Hardly Wait 140 Bob Marley Waiting in Vain 141 Robbie Robertson/The Band Somewhere Down The Crazy River 142 They Might Be Giants Birdhouse in your soul 143 Talking Heads Take Me To The River 144 Ryan Adams When the Stars Go Blue 145 Led Zeppelin Tangerine 146 Frank Zappa Peaches En Regalia 147 Sufjan Stevens Chicago 148 The Rolling Stones Wild Horses 149 Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs Beg Steal Or Borrow 150 Son Volt Windfall 151 Michael Jackson Billie Jean 152 Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze 153 Patsy Cline Crazy 154 Elvis Costello (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace Love & Understanding 155 The Beatles Yesterday 156 The Smiths There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 157 New Radicals You Get What You Give 158 Otis Redding A Change Is Gonna Come 159 Roxy Music More Than This 160 B 52s Love Shack 161 The Allman Brothers Band Mountain Jam 162 Sam Cooke Bring It On Home To Me 163 New Order Love Vigilantes 164 Cream White Room 165 Adele Chasing Pavements 166 Vampire Weekend Diplomat's Son 167 Led Zeppelin That's The Way 168 Yes And You And I 169 Prince Purple Rain 170 Jimi Hendrix Angel 171 Van Morrison Caravan 172 B.B. King The Thrill Is Gone 173 The Beta Band Dry The Rain 174 Queen Don't Stop Me Now 175 Bob Dylan Visions Of Johanna 176 Weezer El Scorcho 177 Phoenix 1901 178 Depeche Mode Enjoy The Silence 179 Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There 180 Mazzy Star Fade Into You 181 The White Stripes Seven Nation Army 182 Van Morrison Astral Weeks 183 James Taylor Carolina In My Mind 184 R.E.M. Fall On Me 185 Ray LaMontagne Three More Days 186 John Coltrane Acknowledgement 187 10,000 Maniacs These Are Days 188 Led Zeppelin Fool in the Rain 189 Leon Russell Out in the Woods 190 Moody Blues Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) 191 Tom Petty Free Fallin' 192 Cee Lo Green Forget You 193 Cream Crossroads 194 Cold War Kids Audience 195 Fleet Foxes Mykonos 196 Nick Drake Pink Moon 197 Indigo Girls Galileo 198 Led Zeppelin Ramble On 199 Specials Ghost Town 200 Phish Reba 201 Beach Boys God Only Knows 202 The Beatles Rocky Raccoon 203 Backyard Tire Fire Good To Be 204 Blind Faith Can't Find My Way Home 205 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 206 Beach House Norway 207 The Allman Brothers Band Stormy Monday 208 The Beatles Across The Universe 209 Janis Joplin/Big Brother & Holding Co Summertime 210 Tears for Fears Head Over Heels 211 Pretenders Tattooed love boys 212 Neil Young Heart of Gold 213 Broken Bells The High Road 214 The Knife Heartbeats 215 Indigo Girls Closer to Fine 216 Eric Clapton After Midnight 217 Tom Waits Come On Up To The House 218 The Beatles Help! 219 Smashing Pumpkins Today 220 David Gray Babylon 221 Grizzly Bear Two Weeks 222 Katrina and the Waves Walking on Sunshine 223 Led Zeppelin How Many More Times 224 Peter Murphy Cuts You Up 225 The Smiths How Soon is Now? 226 U2 With or Without You 227 Vampire Weekend I Think Ur A Contra 228 XTC Dear God 229 Social Distortion Ball And Chain 230 Elvis Presley That's All Right 231 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive 232 Rilo Kiley Portions for Foxes 233 10cc I'm Not In Love 234 The White Stripes Rag and Bone 235 Bruce Springsteen I'm on Fire 236 Sugarhill Gang Rapper's Delight 237 The Rolling Stones Beast of Burden 238 Arcade Fire Ready To Start 239 Richard & Linda Thompson Wall of death 240 Desmond Dekker & the Aces Israelites 241 The Band It Makes No Difference 242 The Allman Brothers Band Revival 243 Neil Young Rockin' in the Free World 244 Paul Simon Kodachrome 245 Pearl Jam Better Man 246 Dave Matthews Band Satellite 247 A Tribe Called Quest Can I Kick It? 248 Steely Dan Aja 249 Leon Russell A Song For You 250 Muse Starlight 251 Frou Frou Let Go 252 David Bowie Let's Dance 253 Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues 254 Talking Heads Life During War Time 255 Crosby Stills & Nash Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 256 Vince Guaraldi Trio Linus and Lucy 257 Carpenters Superstar 258 Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man 259 Grateful Dead China Cat Sunflower 260 New Order Bizarre Love Triangle 261 O.A.R. That Was a Crazy Game of Poker 262 Pearl Jam Black 263 The New Pornographers The Bleeding Heart Show 264 Al Green Love and Happiness 265 The Decemberists The Mariner's Revenge Song 266 Yes Close to the Edge 267 The Beatles Come Together 268 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 40 Day Dream 269 Parliament Give Up the Funk 270 The La's There She Goes 271 Rod Stewart Maggie May 272 Otis Redding These Arms Of Mine 273 Michael Jackson Man In The Mirror 274 Television Marquee Moon 275 The Beatles Tomorrow Never Knows 276 MGMT Time To Pretend 277 Violent Femmes Blister in the Sun 278 Pixies Monkey Gone To Heaven 279 Jayhawks Blue 280 The Beatles Twist And Shout 281 Bill Withers Use Me 282 Steely Dan My Old School 283 Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train 284 Michael Penn No Myth 285 Dawes When My Time Comes 286 Guns N Roses November Rain 287 Pixies Where is my mind? 288 Los Lobos The Road To Gila Bend 289 Sharon Van Etten One Day 290 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers American Girl 291 The Motels Only The Lonely 292 Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town 293 Alexi Murdoch Orange Sky 294 Oasis Wonderwall 295 The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots pt. 1 296 Steely Dan Peg 297 Stornoway Zorbing 298 The Beatles Penny Lane 299 Smashing Pumpkins 1979 300 Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit 301 Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill 302 Paul Simon Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes 303 Sun Kil Moon Carry Me Ohio 304 Joy Division Isolation 305 Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler So Far Away 306 Nina Simone Feeling Good 307 Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse Valerie 308 The Beatles It Won't Be Long 309 Beach Boys Sail on Sailor 310 Phish Waste 311 Imogen Heap Hide and Seek 312 The Decemberists/Laura Veirs Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) 313 Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' 314 R.E.M. The End of The World As We Know It 315 Grateful Dead Truckin 316 Van Morrison Jackie Wilson Said 317 Queen We Will Rock You 318 Shawn Mullins Beautiful Wreck 319 Bob Dylan It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 320 David Bowie The Jean Genie 321 The Who My Generation 322 Local Natives Airplanes 323 The Decemberists Sons & Daughters 324 John Eddie If You're Hear When I Get Back 325 The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever 326 Cake The Distance 327 James Taylor Sweet Baby James 328 The Rolling Stones Jigsaw Puzzle 329 Van Morrison Gloria 330 Frank Zappa Joe's Garage 331 Jackson Browne The Pretender 332 Matisyahu King Without a Crown 333 Freedy Johnston Bad Reputation 334 Gorillaz Feel Good Inc. 335 Spoon I Summon You 336 R.E.M. Begin The Begin 337 The The Uncertain Smile 338 Nine Inch Nails Just Like You Imagined 339 Toad the Wet Sprocket Walk on the Ocean 340 The Cure Pictures of You 341 Led Zeppelin When the Levee Breaks 342 Todd Rundgren Just One Victory 343 Coco Montoya Coin Operated Love 344 The Rolling Stones I Just Want to See His Face 345 Tori Amos Cornflake Girl 346 Radiohead Karma Police 347 The Beatles All You Need is Love 348 Grateful Dead Bertha 349 Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightning 350 Soul Coughing Super Bon Bon 351 Jefferson Airplane Somebody to Love 352 Queen Killer Queen 353 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Woodstock 354 The Roots The Seed 2.0 355 The Smiths Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before 356 Kings Of Leon King of the Rodeo 357 The Shins Caring is Creepy 358 Bob Dylan Girl From The North Country 359 Johnny Cash Sunday Morning Coming Down 360 Coldplay Fix You 361 Peter Gabriel Big Time 362 Sonic Youth Teen Age Riot 363 The Avett Brothers Talk On Indolence 364 The Doors L.A. Woman 365 Eagles Tequila Sunrise 366 Fleetwood Mac The Chain 367 The Rolling Stones Honkey Tonk Women 368 The Allman Brothers Band Dreams 369 Butthole Surfers Pepper 370 Eddie Vedder Hard Sun 371 Cat Stevens The Wind 372 Ray Charles Hit the Road Jack 373 Todd Rundgren Something to Fall Back On 374 Radiohead Let Down 375 Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want To Have Fun 376 Bruce Springsteen Atlantic City 377 Les McCann/Eddie Harris Compared To What 378 Weather Report Birdland 379 The Rolling Stones Tumbling Dice 380 Stevie Wonder Boogie On Reggae Woman 381 Regina Spektor On The Radio 382 Dave Matthews Band Best of What's Around 383 Bob Dylan Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 384 Neil Young For the Turnstiles 385 John Lennon/Beatles Watching the Wheels 386 The Band Life is a Carnival 387 Gang of Four Damaged Goods 388 The Verve Bittersweet Symphony 389 Grateful Dead Cumberland Blues 390 The Band Acadian Driftwood 391 Bjork It's Oh So Quiet 392 Elvis Presley Hound Dog 393 Neutral Milk Hotel In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 394 Phoenix Lisztomania 395 Led Zeppelin Dazed and Confused 396 Jane's Addiction Jane Says 397 Beck Where It's At 398 Prince Little Red Corvette 399 Police Message in a Bottle 400 Red Hot Chili Peppers Road Trippin' 401 Citizen Cope Sideways 402 Phish Free 403 Nirvana All Apologies 404 Madonna Live To Tell 405 Elvis Costello Alison 406 Stevie Wonder Living for the City 407 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 408 Kansas Dust in the Wind 409 The Carter Family Can The Circle Be Unbroken 410 Lucinda Williams Lonely Girls 411 The Doors Soul Kitchen 412 Squeeze Black Coffee in Bed 413 Beck Lost Cause 414 Jayhawks Wichita 415 Dave Matthews Band Ants Marching 416 Daniel Lanois Still Water 417 The Clash Straight to Hell 418 Roxy Music Love is the Drug 419 Radiohead Subterranean Homesick Alien 420 The Beatles Love Me Do 421 Velvet Underground/Lou Reed Heroin 422 Bonnie Raitt Love Me Like A Man 423 Kings Of Leon Back Down South 424 Grateful Dead Friend of the Devil 425 OutKast Hey Ya! 426 Zombies Time of the Season 427 Muddy Waters Mannish Boy 428 Jeff Buckley Lover, You Should've Come Over 429 Blind Melon Change 430 The Rolling Stones Loving Cup 431 Cream Tales of Brave Ulysses 432 Elton John Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) 433 Nada Surf Always Love 434 Traffic The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys 435 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles The Tears of A Clown 436 The Beatles Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds 437 R.E.M. Everybody Hurts 438 Gary Jules Mad World 439 Band of Horses The General Specific 440 Miike Snow Animal 441 Led Zeppelin The Ocean 442 Ray Charles Georgia On My Mind 443 Bruce Springsteen The River 444 The Beatles Get Back 445 Love Spit Love Am I Wrong 446 Gnarls Barkley Crazy 447 Nicole Atkins The Way It Is 448 Faces Stay With Me 449 U2 Bad 450 Grateful Dead Touch of gray 451 Josh Ritter Thin Blue Flame 452 Modern English I Melt With You 453 James Brown I Got You 454 Duffy Mercy 455 Archie Bell & The Drells Tighten Up 456 The Rolling Stones Monkey Man 457 Elton John Tiny Dancer 458 The Beatles Michelle 459 Earth, Wind & Fire September 460 Led Zeppelin Misty Mountain Hop 461 Bob Marley Trenchtown Rock 462 Wilco Misunderstood 463 Johnny Cash I Walk the Line 464 U2 Moment of Surrender 465 Billy Idol Eyes Without A Face 466 Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler Money For Nothing 467 Grateful Dead Uncle John's Band 468 Fitz & The Tantrums MoneyGrabber 469 Joni Mitchell Coyote 470 Dave Matthews Band Crash Into Me 471 Lucinda Williams Metal Firecracker 472 Fugazi Waiting Room 473 Van Morrison Moondance 474 Beach Boys Don't Worry Baby 475 The Rolling Stones Moonlight Mile 476 The White Stripes We're Going to be Friends 477 Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 478 Gov't Mule Soulshine 479 Arcade Fire Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) 480 The Shins New Slang 481 The Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop 482 The Killers When You Were Young 483 Grateful Dead Morning Dew 484 My Morning Jacket Smokin From Shootin 485 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio 486 Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love 487 Curtis Mayfield Move On Up 488 Jamiroquai Canned Heat 489 Electric Light Orchestra Mr. Blue Sky 490 The Replacements Bastards of Young 491 Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind (live) 492 Crosby Stills & Nash Wooden Ships 493 Counting Crows Mrs. Potter's Lullaby 494 The Beatles Abbey Road Medley 495 Stevie Ray Vaughan Look At Little Sister 496 Wilson Pickett Mustang Sally 497 The Rolling Stones Dead Flowers 498 The Cars My Best Friend's Girl 499 Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 500 World Party Ship of Fools