Simple Man
1973 · From Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
Van Zant and Rossington wrote it in an hour, putting his grandmother's and Rossington's mother's advice into song.
★ 6.5
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Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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What I Got
1996 · From Sublime
Half Pint's Loving supplies the chorus, Lady Madonna the verse melody, and Nowell was gone two months before the album.
★ 5.9
Daydream
1966
Sebastian was chasing the straight-eighth lilt of 'Baby Love' on tour with the Supremes; McCartney answered with 'Good Day Sunshine'.
★ 5.8
All I NeedAir
All I Need
1998
Two Frenchmen, an American singer they shared Montmartre with, and the softest thing on Moon Safari.
★ 5.5
Peaceful Easy Feeling
1972 · From Eagles
Tempchin wrote it on a poster back while sleeping on a club floor; Leadon's B-bender guitar does the rest.
★ 5.4
Blue Sky
1972 · From Eat a Peach
Duane heard Betts's song, told him to sing it himself, and traded solos on one of his last sessions.
★ 5.3
Summer Breeze
1972
Larry Knechtel on piano, Jim Gordon on drums, and a chorus that arrives like the evening it describes.
★ 4.8
Rather Be
2014
Chatto's cello and a chiptune blip riding house four-four, with Jess Glynne's first number one on top.
★ 4.6
My Blue HeavenGene Austin
My Blue Heaven
1928
Donaldson wrote the tune waiting his turn at a Friars Club billiard table; Austin's soft croon sold millions.
★ 4.5
Wish You Were Here (Incubus)
2001
Written late in the Malibu sessions on the street that gave the album its name, Boyd making stillness sound enormous.
★ 4.4
Breathe (Faith Hill)
1999
Six weeks atop country radio and Billboard's top single of 2000, all built on a hushed opening verse.
★ 4.0
Soak Up the Sun
2002
Crow and Jeff Trott wrote it on a plane out of rainy Portland; Liz Phair turned up to sing backup.
★ 3.9
Only Wanna Be With You
1994
Rucker quotes Blood on the Tracks in the verses; the 1995 out-of-court settlement with Dylan cost the band $350,000.
★ 3.6
Don't Worry Be Happy
1988
Eight tracks at Fantasy Studios, every sound McFerrin's own voice, and the first a cappella number one ever.
★ 3.3
A Groovy Kind of Love (Phil Collins)
1988
A 1797 Clementi sonatina rondo underneath, lyrics written in about twenty minutes, and Collins taking it to number one.
★ 2.5
Just Another Day In Paradise
2000
Vassar and Craig Wiseman built it from household mishaps and money worries, and it became his first country number one.
★ 1.1