Hits In The Car

What seem to be a long time ago (at least it feels like that) someone posted a suggestion that I should list the Top 5 Drinking songs. That's a pretty cool idea though I (still) can't think of 5 songs to include in such a list. Instead I was inspired and started to post other Top 5's. I'm seriously considering posting the lists in a separate blogger (because the number of lists is constantly growing), but for the time being I will continue posting it like this.

Obviously none of the Top 5's are definitive and they will consequently be changed if another song qualify. I will allow multiple entries by an artist, but they same song will only appear once, which sometimes makes this quite a puzzle, because some songs qualify for more than just one list (see my comments).

The 15 TOP 5 lists so far are:

Driving Songs:
1. Feeder: Buck Rogers
2. The Stone Roses: I Wanna Be Adored (the entire album is perfect for this)
3. The Smiths: How Soon Is Now (also sparked my interest in music)
4. Incubus: Drive
5. Kent: 747

Broken Heart Songs:
1. Black: The Sweetest Smile
2. The Cure: Pictures Of You
3. U2: Unchained Melody (cover version)
4. Jeff Buckley: Last Goodbye
5. Chris Isaak: Things Go Wrong

Songs Before Going To Bed:
1. Radiohead: Street Spirit (Fade out)
2. Genesis: Carpet Crawlers
3. Mew: Comforting Sounds (longer than 8 minutes)
4. Angie Aparo: Wonderland
5. Depeche Mode: Enjoy The Silence

Songs More Than 8 Minutes Long:
1. Led Zeppelin: Kashmir
2. Television: Marquee Moon
3. David Gray: Say Hello Wave Goodbye (cover version)
4. Kraftwerk: Autobahn (from The Mix album)
5. Propaganda: Dr. Mabuse (album version)

Cover Versions:
1. Jeff Buckley: Hallelujah
2. Danny Wilson: Knowing Me, Knowing You
3. Jimi Hendrix: All Along the Watchtower
4. The White Stripes: Jolene
5. Manic Street Preachers: Suicide is Painless {Theme from M*A*S*H}

Best Intro:
1. AC/DC: Hells Bells
2. The Verve: Bitter Sweet Symphony
3. Metallica: Enter Sandman
4. Killing Joke: Love Like Blood
5. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here

Songs By (Almost) Unknown Artists: (or songs that should have been big)
1. The River Detectives: Saturday Night Sunday Morning
2. Cause & Effect: The Echoing Green
3. Geneva: Tranquillizer
4. Aaron McMullan: Song Bout If I Reach Her
5. Then Jerico: The Motive (Living Without You)

Morning Songs: (or songs that you will be humming the rest of the day)
1. Stereophonics: Have a Nice Day
2. The Lightning Seeds: Lucky You
3. Doves: Pounding
4. Keane: Everybody's Changing
5. Dodgy: Good Enough

Songs By Danish Artists (Sung in English):
1. Mew: Mica
2. Kashmir feat. Randi Laubek: The Ghost of No One
3. Gangway: Yellow
4. The Raveonettes: Love In a Trashcan
5. Saybia: Brilliant Sky

Songs By Danish Artists (Sung in Danish):
1. Kim Larsen: Joanna
2. Love Shop: En Nat Bliver Det Sommer
3. TV-2: Bag Duggede Ruder
4. Lars H.U.G.: Elsker Dig For Evigt
5. Gasolin': Længes Hjem

Songs With The Name Of A City In The Title:
1. David Gray: Babylon
2. Cocteau Twins: Heaven or Las Vegas
3. Frank Sinatra: New York, New York
4. The Lucksmiths: The chapter in your life entitled San Francisco
5. Ultravox: Vienna

Dancing Songs:
1. George Michael: Fast Love
2. New Order: True Faith
3. Madonna: Ray of Light
4. Fat Boy Slim: Right Here, Right Now
5. Kasabian: Processed Beats

Songs Older Than Me (0 - 1968 I was born in the beginning of 1969):
1. Bob Dylan: Like a Rolling Stone (1965)
2.The Beatles: Eleanor Rigby (1966) (Songs With The Name Of A Girl In The Songtitle)
3.The Beach Boys: Sloop John B (1966)
4.The Rolling Stones: She's a Rainbow (1967)
5.The Zombies: Time of the Season (1968)

Worst Songs Ever:
1. Michael Jackson: Earth Song
2. Aerosmith: I Don't Wanna Miss a thing
3. Celine Dion: My Heart Will Go On
4. Lionel Richie: Hello
5. Nelly Furtado: Turn Of The Light (I'm Like a Bird is equally bad)

Worst Cover Versions:
1. t.A.T.u.: How Soon Is Now
2. No Doubt: It's My Life
3. Sixpence None The Richer: There She Goes
4. Mariah Carey: Without You
5. Whitney Houston: I Will Always Love You

*Top 5's Under construction*

Drinking Songs:
Anyone with a guitar in a bar: Whiskey in the Jar
Bon Jovi: Keep the Faith
Rye Whiskey by Tex Ritter has been suggested. Thank you dickvandyke :-)

Hang-Over Songs: *NEW*
Lit: My Own Worst Enemy

Best Song By Swedish Artist (Sung In Swedish): *NEW*
Mauro Scocco: Sarah
Freda: I En Annan Del Av Världen
Kent: Istället För Ljud

Instrumental Tracks:
New Order: Elegia
Air: La Femme d'Argent
Manic Street Preachers: If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (David Holmes Mix)

Songs That Sparked My Interest In Music:
David Bowie: Let's Dance
The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man (cover version)
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (best intro)

Songs With The Name Of A Girl In The Title: (far too many to choose from)
Adam Green: Jessica
OMD: Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) (Songs With The Name Of A City In The Songtitle)
Interpol: Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down
The Rolling Stones: Ruby Tuesday
Nasa: Paula
John Cougar: Jack and Diana
Dire Straits: Romeo and Juliet

Songs With The Name Of A Month In The Title:
Counting Crows: A Long December
The Jesus and Mary Chain: April Skies
JJ72: October Swimmer
Guns N' Roses: November Rain

B-Sides:
Angie Aparo: Alone
Kent: Utan Dina Andetag
Oasis: Half The World Away
Keane: Snowed Under

Being In Love Songs:
The Lightning Seeds: Sense
The Jesus and Mary Chain: About You
Ash: Shining Light

Angry Woman Songs:
Suggested by Michael; Thank you :-) Not sure that I'll ever be able to think of 5 songs, but will give it a try!
A couple of suggestions have been posted (thanks again :-)), but since I don't know any of those songs I will have to check them out first!

Top 5???
Any suggestions??

I definitely will have to read High Fidelity a few more times to get some inspiration!