Best songs of the century

I'm working on a project and I need the best songs from the past century. I'd really appreciate some song suggestions and the year so please don't just say "these are allright" or "this sucks." Here's what I got so far.

1900-Swipesy Cakewalk (Scott Joplin)
1901-The Easy Winners (Scott Joplin)
1902-The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
1903-Weeping Willow (Scott Joplin)
1904-The Yankee Doodle Boy (George M. Cohan)
1905-Leola (Scott Joplin)
1906-The Ragtime Dance (Scott Joplin)
1907-Gladiolus Rag (Scott Joplin)
1908-Pineapple Rag (Scott Joplin)
1909-Sunburt Rag (James Scott)
1910-Hilarity Rag (James Scott)
1911-Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin)
1912-It's a Long Way to Tipperary (Jack Judge & Harry H. Williams)
1913-Memphis Blues (W.C. Handy)
1914-Twelfth Street Rag (Euday L. Bowman)
1915-Original Jelly Roll Blues (Jelly Roll Morton)
1916-Carol of the Bells (Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych)
1917-Gesu Bambino (Pietro Yon)
1918-Carolina Shout (James Price Johnson)
1919-Bluin The Blues (Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band)
1920-Crazy Blues (Mamie Smith)
1921-Kitten on the Keys (Zez Confrey)
1922-Titina (Leo Daniderff)
1923-The Charleston (James Price Johnson)
1924-Rhaspsody In Blue (George Gershwin)
1925-Snowy Morning Blues (James Price Johnson)
1926-King Porter Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton)
1927-Back Water Blues (Bessie Smith)
1928-Basin Street Blues (Louis Armstrong)
1929-Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (Clarence "Pine Top" Smith)
1930-Puttin on the Ritz (Harry Richman)
1931-Minnie The Moocher (Cab Calloway)
1932-Elegy (Art Tatum)
1933-A Handful of Keys (Fats Waller)
1934-Fantasia on Greensleeves (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
1935-Honky Tonk Train Blues (Meade Lux Lewis)
1936-Cross Road Blues (Robert Johnson)
1937-Sing Sing Sing With a Swing (Benny Goodman)
1938-Roll 'Em Pete (Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson)
1939-Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday)
1940-In The Mood (Glenn Miller)
1941-Take The A Train (Duke Ellington)
1942-Hoedown from Rodeo (Aaron Copland)
1943-Boogie Woogie (Tommy Dorsey)
1944-Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly)
1945-Driftin Blues (Charles Brown)
1946-The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole)
1947-Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Frank Sinatra)
1948-Move On Up a Little Higher (Mahalia Jackson)
1949-The Fat Man (Fats Domino)
1950-Tennessee Waltz (Patti Page)
1951-Dust My Broom (Elmore James)
1952-Night Train (Jimmy Forrest)
1953-Mess Around (Ray Charles)
1954-Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley and the Comets)
1955-Tutti Frutti (Little Richard)
1956-Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)
1957-Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)
1958-Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
1959-What'd I Say (Ray Charles)
1960-Beyond The Sea (Bobby Darin)
1961-Crazy (Patsy Cline)
1962-Green Onions (Booker T & The MG's)
1963-I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)
1964-The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
1965-Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (James Brown)
1966-Hey Joe (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
1967-Respect (Aretha Franklin)
1968-Hey Jude (The Beatles)
1969-Fortunate Son (Creedence Cleerwater Revival) or Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum) or Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stone)
1970-Layla (Derek and the Dominos)
1971-Imagine (John Lennon)
1972-Papa Was a Rolling Stone (The Temptations)
1973-Dream On (Aerosmith)
1974-Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1975-Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)
1976-Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
1977-Hotel California (The Eagles)
1978-Stayin' Alive (The Bee Gees)
1979-Hot Stuff (Donna Summers)
1980-Back in Black (AC/DC)
1981-In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins)
1982-I Love Rock n Roll (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)
1983-Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
1984-Forever Young (Alphaville)
1985-The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News)
1986-Like A Rock (Bob Seger)
1987-Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N Roses)
1988-Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N Roses)
1989-One (Metallica)
1990-Twice As Hard (The Black Crowes)
1991-Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
1992-Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
1993-Creep (Radiohead)
1994-Loser (Beck)
1995-Dear Mama (2Pac)
1996-Wonderwall (Oasis)
1997-Still looking for one. The music was pretty crappy.
1998-I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
1999-Smooth (Santana)
2000-It's My Life (Bon Jovi)
2001-In The End (Linkin Park)
2002-A Little Less Conversation (JXL featuring Elvis Presley)
2003-Are You Gonna Be My Girl (JET)
2004-Maybe I'm Amazed (Jem)
2005-still looking
2006-Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
2007-Back to Black (Amy Winehouse)






Answer :
Are you looking just for HITS? Because, honestly, the Eagles' "The Last Resort" blew "Hotel California" out of the water as far as quality of song goes -- but it wasn't ever a "hit."

Good luck on the project, that's quite ambitious!

EDIT: thanks for the answer.

1947: "Cool Water" - Sons of the Pioneers
1951: "It's All in the Game" - Tommy Edwards (also works for 1958)
1960: "Only the Lonely" - Roy Orbison
1969: "Up on Cripple Creek" - the Band or "Loan Me a Dime" by Boz Scaggs (a lot of people consider this Duane Allman's greatest guitar work ever)
1972: "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" - Elton John
1981: "Tempted" - Squeeze
1983: "Everyday I Write the Book" - Elvis Costello
1984: "The Boys of Summer" - Don Henley
1985: "Road to Nowhere" - Talking Heads
1986: "She's a Runaway" - BoDeans






Answer :
wow, what a list

goodluck for the project ^_^

2008 would be rock n roll train by AC/DC





Answer :
Ooooh! I like your 1987 and 1988 choices! =D 1991 is good too. OOOh and 1994!! Aerosmith roxx, too!





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Here's my list from 1980 ->

1980: Don't have any songs from then:(
1981: Killers - Iron Maiden
1982: Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden
1983: Seek And Destroy - Metallica
84: Creeping Death - Metallica
85: Hell Awaits - Slayer
86: Peace Sells - Megadeth
87: Cry Little Sister - Gerard McMann
88: Hail & Kill - Manowar
89: Love Buzz - Nirvana
90: Holy Wars....The Punishment Due - Megadeth
91: Thunderstruck - AC/DC
92: Fear Of The Dark - Iron Maiden
93: Alice In Chains - Right Turn
94: Machine Head - Old
95: This Is A Call - Foo Fighters
96: Off He Goes - Pearl Jam
97: Aenima - Tool
98: She-Wolf - Megadeth
99: We're In This Together - Nine Inch Nails
2000: Yellow - Coldplay
2001: Chop Suey - System Of A Down
02: Queens Of The Stone Age - Know One Knows
03: Imperium - Machine Head
04: A Doomed Lover - My Dying Bride
05: Strength Of The World - Avenged Sevenfold
06: I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor - The Arctic Monkeys
07: Black Mirror - Arcade Fire
08: The Lotus Eater - Opeth






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1997 was a great year. One of my favorites actually. All that is a lot to take in, but I'll throw out a couple suggestions for the gaps I noticed, and suggest that in my opinion Paul Simon's the Boy in the Bubble was the track of 1986.

97, some highlights (and I'll try to keep it mostly on the radar):
Blur - Beetlebum (though most would say Song 2 from that record)
Built to Spill - I Would Hurt a Fly
Elliott Smith - Angeles
Pavement - Transport is Arranged (more might say Shady Lane though)
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Folk Implosion - Insinuation

2005:
Mars Volta - the Widow
Sufjan Stevens - Jacksonville
(hmm, 2005 is kind of tough. not a bad year, but not a ton of songs specifically that jump out)

I guess I would also suggest
2001 - the Shins - Caring is Creepy (or perhaps New Slang)