Each year Dutch radio listeners compile a list known as the Top2000, a list of 2000 songs that the listeners see as the best ever. On average, some 6 or 7 million lists are compiled and sent in. There are no real rules: all songs are welcome, the number of songs per artists is no issue, just as long as the same song doesn’t enter the same list more than once. The max number of songs that can be entered is 35.
I compile a list every year (which I don’t send in). My list differs every year, with the exception of the number 1 position.
Year 2024
Artist | Song | Year | |
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1 | Prince & The Revolution | When Doves Cry | 1984 |
2 | Kendrick Lamar | The Heart Part 5 | 2022 |
3 | D’Angelo | Untitled (How Does It Feel) | 1999 |
4 | Sufjan Stevens | Casimir Pulaski Day | 2005 |
5 | LCD Soundsystem | All My Friends | 2007 |
6 | Fela Kuti | Shakara | 1972 |
7 | Underworld | Jumbo | 2000 |
8 | Zapp | Dance Floor | 1982 |
9 | The Cure | All Cats Are Grey | 1981 |
10 | Róisín Murphy | Incapabale | 2019 |
11 | Eric B. & Rakim | I Know You Got Soul | 1987 |
12 | Mazzy Star | Fade Into You | 1993 |
13 | The Specials | Do Nothing | 1980 |
14 | Parliament | Unfunky UFO | 1975 |
15 | Bruce Springsteen | My City Of Ruins | 2002 |
16 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | No Woman No Cry | 1974 |
17 | Japan | Swing | 1980 |
18 | The Smiths | This Charming Man | 1983 |
19 | Kate Bush | Sat In Your Lap | 1982 |
20 | Marvin Gaye | Inner City Blues | 1971 |
21 | Public Enemy | Give It Up | 1994 |
22 | Linton Kwesi Johnson | Street 66 | 1980 |
23 | Pavement | And Then (The Hexx) | 1997 |
24 | Nilüfer Yanya | Like I Say (I Runaway) | 2024 |
25 | Joni Mitchell | River | 1971 |
26 | Neil Young | Only Love Can Break You Heart | 1970 |
27 | Sugar | The Slim | 1992 |
28 | Smashing Pumpkins | Cherub Rock | 1993 |
29 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | O Children | 2004 |
30 | Antony And The Johnsons | Aeon | 2009 |
31 | Van Halen | Hot For Teacher | 1984 |
32 | The Rolling Stones | Too Much Blood | 1983 |
33 | Joy Division | The Only Mistake | 1981 |
34 | Sly & The Family Stone | Thank You For Talkin’ To Me Africa | 1972 |
35 | The Police | Reggatta De Blanc | 1979 |