Online Survey: the Results are In! What is the Number One Song of All Time?

Because of the vast array of complaints and “should have been on the list” received from readers about their choice of song not making the lists in the articles The Rock 1000: Top 10, The Rock 1000: The Actual Top 10, and Ultimate Music: Top 10 Rock Songstresses In Looks and Talent, I decided to create my own poll of readers choice of the number one song of all time. It could be absolutely any song you wanted and from any music genre out there. My aim was to see how many votes I could get within one month from September 28th 2008 to October 28th 2008 and then collate the results to find the number one song of all time.

Now it was always going to be a challenge because of the fact that I felt that almost everybody would have a different opinion on what song is the number one song of all time and it turns out that my hunch was correct. I had hoped to reach about 100 votes within the month but only managed 29 once I whittled out the comments that were not votes and people who had listed more than one song.

So here goes:

1. Wall to Wall – Chris Brown

2.= Train Kept a Rollin – Aerosmith

= Look for the Silver Lining – Chet Baker

= Train Kept a Rollin – Johnny Burnette and The Rock and Roll Trio

= Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

= Like I Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan

= Subterranean Homesick Blues – Bob Dylan

= In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel

= Someone to Watch Over Me – George and Ira Gershwin

= I Take A Lot of Pride in What I Am – Merle Haggard

= The Devils Party – INXS

= Over the Hills and Far Away – Led Zeppelin

= Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

= Imagine – John Lennon

= Redemption Song – Bob Marley

= American Pie – Don McLean

= Bat Out of Hell – Meatloaf

= Hurt – Nine Inch Nails

= Zero Sum – Nine Inch Nails

= I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders

= Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

= Creep – Radiohead

= Under The Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers

= Satisfaction – Rolling Stones

= If We Hold Together – Diana Rose

= Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel

= My Way – Frank Sinatra

= Toxicity – System of a Down

As you can see my thoughts of a vast array of votes was proven to be correct. Chris Brown’s song “Wall to Wall” managed two votes as did the song “Train Kept a Rollin” however one was the Aerosmith version and the other the original by Johnny Burnette and The Rock and Roll Trio. Nine Inch Nails managed to get two songs on the list with “Hurt” and “Zero Sum” as did rock legends Led Zeppelin with “Stairway to Heaven” and “Over the Hills and Far Away”. The rest of the songs all managed a single vote thus creating an outright first with “Wall to Wall” and a second equal for the remainder.

A fruitless effort really. I didn’t really achieve what I set out to do but then I knew that this could be the case. Thanks everybody for voting and you have all proved one thing; each and every one of us has our own views, opinions and tastes.

Check out the voting on the original article at Online Survey: Let’s Find the Number One Song of All Time