Let's predict Pitchfork's No. 1 song of the '60s!

i second good vibrations

Hook gets the popists, legacy gets the rockists, theremin gets the geeks.

It has to be!

Close! It's a tie between "Hey Bulldog" and "Only a Northern Song" [Anthology 2 version]

SUCK IT

I think "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" are a bit too overdone, and they'll probably try to promote some other song by either the Beatles or Dylan to the top spot. One that's great and probably quite famous, but not too obvious.

I want to say "Kick Out The Jams," but that'll probably turn up around #25 or so.

glorified advertising pyramid scheme webpage. Excuse me?

P.S. "Chega de Saudade" was released in 1959, so I guess I can stomach it we shave off a few points on a technicality and slot it in at #2.

Don't really *get* your missage, but...here, I guess.

1960
52. Ray Charles: "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael/Stuart Gorrell) 1960
68. The Shirelles: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) 1960
130. John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II/Richard Rodgers) 1960
183. Bobby Darin: "Beyond the Sea" (Jack Lawrence/Charles Trenet) 1960

1961
23. Etta James: "At Last" (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren) 1961
64. Del Shannon: "Runaway" (Max Crook/Del Shannon) 1961
70. Patsy Cline: "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) 1961
95. Sam Cooke: "Cupid" (Sam Cooke) 1961
117. Ben E. King: "Stand By Me" (Ben E. King/Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) 1961
122. Patsy Cline: "I Fall to Pieces" (Hank Cochran/Harlan Howard) 1961

1962
85. Roy Orbison: "Crying" (Joe Melson/Roy Orbison) 1962
127. George Jones: "She Thinks I Still Care" (Steve Duffy/Dickey Lee Lipscomb) 1962
182. Patsy Cline: "She's Got You" (Hank Cochran) 1962

1963
6. The Ronettes: "Be My Baby" (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector) 1963
18. The Crystals: "Then He Kissed Me" (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector) 1963
35. Johnny Cash: "Ring of Fire" (June Carter Cash/Merle Kilgore) 1963
63. Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim: "The Girl From Ipanema" (Vinicius de Moraes/Norman Gimbel/Antonio Carlos Jobim) 1963
69. Dick Dale & the Del-Tones: "Misirlou" (Milton Leeds/Nicholas Roubanis/Chaim Tauber/Fred Wise) 1963
73. Bob Dylan: "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan) 1963
76. BBC Radiophonic Workshop: "Doctor Who (Original Theme)" (Ron Grainer) 1963
90. The Angels: "My Boyfriend's Back" (Bob Feldman/Jerry Goldstein/Richard Gottehrer) 1963
154. The Kingsmen: "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) 1963
174. Darlene Love: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector) 1963
177. The Tammys: "Egyptian Shumba" (Lou Christie/Twyla Herbert) 1963
195. James Brown: "Night Train (Live at the Apollo)" (Jimmy Forrest/Lewis Simpkins/Oscar Washington) 1963
197. Charles Mingus: "Solo Dancer" (Charles Mingus) 1963

1964
3. Sam Cooke: "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) 1964
14. The Beach Boys: "Don't Worry Baby" (Roger Christian/Brian Wilson) 1964
30. The Shangri-Las: "Leader of the Pack" (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Shadow Morton) 1964
44. The Supremes: "Where Did Our Love Go" (Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland/Eddie Holland) 1964
58. The Beatles: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 1964
88. The Kinks: "You Really Got Me" (Ray Davies) 1964
141. The Supremes: "Baby Love" (Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland/Eddie Holland) 1964
147. Nina Simone: "Sinnerman" (Traditional) 1964
161. The Zombies: "She's Not There" (Rod Argent) 1964
170. Françoise Hardy: "Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles" (Françoise Hardy/Roger Samyn) 1964
181. France Gall: "Laisse Tomber les Filles" (Serge Gainsbourg) 1964
196. Irma Thomas: "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade/Jerry Ragovoy) 1964
198. Dionne Warwick: "Walk On By" (Burt Bacharach/Hal David) 1964
199. Nina Simone: "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional) 1964

1965
4. Bob Dylan: "Like a Rolling Stone" (Bob Dylan) 1965
9. The Who: "I Can't Explain" (Pete Townshend) 1965
20. The Shangri-Las: "Out in the Streets" (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich) 1965
34. The Who: "The Kids Are Alright" (Pete Townshend) 1965
37. Simon & Garfunkel: "The Sound of Silence" (Paul Simon) 1965
43. Vince Guaraldi Trio: "Linus & Lucy" (Vince Guaraldi) 1965
74. James Brown & the Famous Flames: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (James Brown) 1965
80. Bob Dylan: "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (Bob Dylan) 1965
87. The Miracles: "The Tracks of My Tears" (Warren "Pete" Moore/Smokey Robinson/Marvin Tarplin) 1965
96. The Shangri-Las: "Give Him a Great Big Kiss" (George Morton) 1965
110. The Four Tops: "It's the Same Old Song" (Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland/Brian Holland) 1965
112. Steve Reich: "It's Gonna Rain" (Steve Reich) 1965
113. The Easybeats: "Friday on My Mind" (Henry Vanda/George Young) 1965
123. The Supremes: "I Hear a Symphony" (Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland/Eddie Holland) 1965
131. The Byrds: "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark) 1965
137. The Dixie Cups: "Iko Iko" (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich) 1965
139. The Impressions: "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) 1965
150. Bob Dylan: "It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding" (Bob Dylan) 1965
164. Frank Sinatra: "It Was a Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) 1965
178. Otis Redding: "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" (Jerry Butler/Otis Redding) 1965
180. The Barbarians: "Moulty" (Eliot Greenberg/Doug Morris/Barbara Baer/Robert Schwartz) 1965
189. The Sonics: "Strychnine" (Gerry Roslie) 1965

1966
1. The Beach Boys: "God Only Knows" (Tony Asher/Brian Wilson) 1966
7. The Beach Boys: "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Tony Asher/Brian Wilson) 1966
19. The Beatles: "Tomorrow Never Knows" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 1966
21. The Beach Boys: "Good Vibrations" (Mike Love/Brian Wilson) 1966
24. The Supremes: "You Can't Hurry Love" (Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland/Eddie Holland) 1966
118. The Bobby Fuller Four: "I Fought the Law" (Sonny Curtis) 1966
120. ? and the Mysterians: "96 Tears" (Rudy Martinez) 1966
133. The Monkees: "I'm a Believer" (Neil Diamond) 1966
134. Brian Wilson: "Surf's Up (solo piano version)" (Van Dyke Parks/Brian Wilson) 1966
25. The Rolling Stones: "Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) 1966
32. Ennio Morricone: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Main Theme)" (Ennio Morricone) 1966
33. James Brown & the Famous Flames: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (James Brown/Betty Jean Newsome) 1966
36. 13th Floor Elevators: "You're Gonna Miss Me" (Roky Erickson) 1966
47. The Beatles: "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 1966
51. Ike & Tina Turner: "River Deep Mountain High" (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector) 1966
61. The Supremes: "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland/Brian Holland) 1966 65. The Mamas & the Papas: "California Dreamin'" (John Phillips/Michelle Phillips) 1966
81. Sam & Dave: "Hold On, I'm Comin'" (Isaac Hayes/David Porter) 1966
91. The Who: "Substitute" (Pete Townshend) 1966
107. Bob Dylan: "Visions of Johanna" (Bob Dylan) 1966
109. The Byrds: "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark/David Crosby/Roger McGuinn) 1966
114. Nancy Sinatra: "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood) 1966
140. Donovan: "Season of the Witch" (Donovan) 1966
165. The Monks: "Monk Time" (Gary Burger/Larry Clark/Dave Day/Roger Johnston/Eddie Shaw) 1966
169. Stevie Wonder: "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Henry Cosby/Sylvia Moy/Stevie Wonder) 1966
185. The Temptations: "Get Ready" (Smokey Robinson) 1966
186. The Hollies: "Bus Stop" (Graham Gouldman) 1966
187. The Walker Brothers: "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) 1966
191. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) 1966
200. The Kinks: "Sunny Afternoon" (Ray Davies) 1966

1967
5. The Beatles: "A Day in the Life" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 1967
26. The Beatles: "I Am the Walrus" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 1967
27. The Velvet Underground: "I'm Waiting for the Man" (Lou Reed) 1967
29. The Kinks: "Waterloo Sunset" (Ray Davies) 1967
31. Nico: "These Days" (Jackson Browne) 1967
46. The Creation: "Making Time" (D. Phillips/Kenny Pickett) 1967
50. Love: "Alone Again Or" (Bryan MacLean) 1967
54. The Monkees: "Daydream Believer" (John Stewart) 1967
55. Jackie Wilson: "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" (Gary Jackson/Raynard Miner/Carl Smith) 1967
59. The Velvet Underground: "Sunday Morning" (John Cale/Lou Reed) 1967
66. The Paragons: "The Tide Is High" (John Holt) 1967
71. Jimi Hendrix: "Manic Depression" (Jimi Hendrix) 1967
77. The Velvet Underground: "Heroin" (Lou Reed) 1967
83. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: "Down by the River" (Neil Young) 1967
86. The Left Banke: "Walk Away Renee" (Michael Brown/Bob Calilli/Tony Sansone) 1967
101. Pink Floyd: "See Emily Play" (Syd Barrett) 1967
106. Desmond Dekker & the Aces: "007 (Shanty Town)" (Desmond Dekker) 1967
116. Jefferson Airplane: "White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) 1967
124. The Velvet Underground: "Venus in Furs" (Lou Reed) 1967
128. Buffalo Springfield: "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills) 1967
142. Procol Harum: "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker/Keith Reid) 1967
144. Bobbie Gentry: "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) 1967
148. The Velvet Underground: "Sister Ray" (John Cale/Sterling Morrison/Lou Reed/Mauren Tucker) 1967
152. The Association: "Never My Love" (Don Addrisi/Dick Addrisi) 1967
157. Aretha Franklin: "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (Chips Moman/Dan Penn) 1967
158. P.P. Arnold: "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Cat Stevens) 1967
159. Pink Floyd: "Astronomy Domine" (Syd Barrett/Nick Mason/Roger Waters/Rick Wright) 1967
162. The Who: "I Can See For Miles" (Pete Townshend) 1967
167. Stone Poneys: "Different Drum" (Michael Nesmith) 1967
168. Albert Ayler: "Ghosts" (Albert Ayler) 1967
175. Loretta Lynn: "Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" (Loretta Lynn/Peggy Sue Wells) 1967
192. Alton Ellis: "I'm Still in Love With You" (Alton Ellis) 1967
193. Johnny and June Carter Cash: "Jackson" (Gaby Rogers) 1967

1968
8. Johnny Cash: "Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom Prison)" (Johnny Cash) 1968
13. The Band: "The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) 1968
15. Aretha Franklin: "Think" (Aretha Franklin/Teddy White) 1968
22. Marvin Gaye: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield) 1968
28. Otis Redding: "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" (Steve Cropper/Otis Redding) 1968
39. The Rolling Stones: "Sympathy for the Devil" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) 1968
40. The Zombies: "This Will Be Our Year" (Chris White) 1968
41. Leonard Cohen: "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) 1968
45. Dusty Springfield: "Son of a Preacher Man" (John Hurley/Ronnie Wilkins) 1968
49. Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra: "Some Velvet Morning" (Lee Hazlewood) 1968
56. Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot: "Bonnie and Clyde" (Serge Gainsbourg) 1968
57. Tommy James & the Shondells: "Crimson and Clover" (Tommy James/Peter Lucia) 1968
62. The Rolling Stones: "Street Fighting Man" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) 1968
72. Van Morrison: "Sweet Thing" (Van Morrison) 1968
94. Simon & Garfunkel: "Mrs. Robinson" (Paul Simon) 1968
98. The Zombies: "Care of Cell 44" (Rod Argent) 1968
99. Jimi Hendrix: "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) 1968
103. Merle Haggard: "Mama Tried" (Merle Haggard) 1968
105. Simon & Garfunkel: "America" (Paul Simon) 1968
108. Harry Nilsson: "One" (Harry Nilsson) 1968
111. Stevie Wonder: "I Was Made to Love Her" (Henry Cosby/Lula Mae Hardaway/Sylvia Moy/Stevie Wonder) 1968
119. Silver Apples: "Oscillations" (Simeon/Warren Stanley) 1968
121. Glen Campbell: "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb) 1968
129. Harry Nilsson: "Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil) 1968
132. Louis Armstrong: "What a Wonderful World" (Bob Thiele/George David Weiss) 1968
136. Jimi Hendrix: "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (Jimi Hendrix) 1968
138. The Righteous Brothers: "Unchained Melody" (Alex North/Hy Zaret) 1968
145. Tammy Wynette: "Stand by Your Man" (Billy Sherrill/Tammy Wynette) 1968
146. Terry Riley: "In C" (Terry Riley) 1968
149. Archie Bell & the Drells: "Tighten Up" (Archie Bell/Billy Butler) 1968
156. Loretta Lynn: "Fist City" (Loretta Lynn) 1968
160. Os Mutantes: "A Minha Menina" (Jorge Ben) 1968
188. Tyrannosaurus Rex: "Debora" (Marc Bolan) 1968
190. Leonard Cohen: "So Long, Marianne" (Leonard Cohen) 1968
194. The Foundations: "Build Me Up Buttercup" (Michael d'Abo/Tony Macaulay) 1968

1969
2. The Jackson 5: "I Want You Back" (Berry Gordy, Jr./Alphonso Mizell/Freddie Perren/Deke Richards) 1969
10. Desmond Dekker & The Aces: "Israelites" (Desmond Dekker) 1969
11. Led Zeppelin: "Dazed and Confused" (Jimmy Page) 1969
12. The Rolling Stones: "Gimme Shelter" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) 1969
16. The Stooges: "I Wanna Be Your Dog" (Dave Alexander/Ron Asheton/Scott Asheton/Iggy Pop) 1969
17. Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Fortunate Son" (John Fogerty) 1969
38. The Meters: "Cissy Strut" (Ziggy Modeliste/Art Neville/Leo Nocentelli/George Porter, Jr.) 1969
42. The Band: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robbie Robertson) 1969
48. David Bowie: "Space Oddity" (David Bowie) 1969
53. Led Zeppelin: "Whole Lotta Love" (John Bonham/Willie Dixon/John Paul Jones/Jimmy Page/Robert Plant) 1969
60. Sly & the Family Stone: "Hot Fun in the Summertime" (Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart) 1969
67. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: "Cinnamon Girl" (Neil Young) 1969
75. Simon & Garfunkel: "The Boxer" (Paul Simon) 1969
78. Sly & The Family Stone: "I Want to Take You Higher" (Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart) 1969
79. Gal Costa: "Baby" (Caetano Veloso) 1969
82. Elvis Presley: "Suspicious Minds" (Mark James) 1969
84. The Rolling Stones: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) 1969
89. The Stooges: "1969" (Dave Alexander/Ron Asheton/Scott Asheton/Iggy Pop) 1969
92. Nick Drake: "River Man" (Nick Drake) 1969
93. Can: "Yoo Doo Right" (Holger Czukay/Michael Karoli/Jaki Liebezeit/Malcom Mooney/Irmin Schmidt) 1969
97. The Maytals: "Pressure Drop" (Frederick Hibbert) 1969
100. The Isley Brothers: "It's Your Thing" (O'Kelly Isley/Ronald Isley/Rudolph Isley) 1969
102. Sly & the Family Stone: "Everyday People" (Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart) 1969
104. King Crimson: "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Robert Fripp/Michael Giles/Greg Lake/Ian McDonald/Peter Sinfield) 1969
115. The Kinks: "Victoria" (Ray Davies) 1969
125. Miles Davis: "Shhh/Peaceful" (Miles Davis) 1969
126. Led Zeppelin: "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Jimmy Page/Robert Plant) 1969
135. The Kinks: "Shangri-La" (Ray Davies) 1969
143. Scott Walker: "Big Louise" (Scott Walker) 1969
151. David Axelrod: "The Human Abstract" (David Axelrod) 1969
153. Lorraine Ellison: "Stay With Me" (Jerry Ragovoy/George David Weiss) 1969
155. Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Bad Moon Rising" (John Fogerty) 1969
163. Cromagnon: "Caledonia" (Connecticut Tribe/Brian Elliot/Austin Grasmere) 1969
166. The Flirtations: "Nothing But a Heartache" (Wayne Bickerton/Tony Waddington) 1969
171. Neil Diamond: "Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond) 1969
173. Phil Ochs: "I Ain't Marching Anymore" (Phil Ochs) 1969
172. Archie Bell & the Drells: "Here I Go Again" (Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff) 1969
176. MC5: "Kick Out the Jams" (Michael Davis/Wayne Kramer/Fred "Sonic" Smith/Dennis Thompson/Rob Tyner) 1969
179. Bembeya Jazz National: "Armée Guinéenne" (Bembeya Jazz National) 1969
184. James Brown: "Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)" (James Brown/Pee Wee Ellis) 1969

"there's a ghost in my house"? I voted for that. I think one other p4k writer did as well.

sure but insofar as they're going to be bothered to make jazz picks, they could stand to be a little more on point. as much as i enjoy "solo dancer" it's certainly a what the fuck. i love "shh/peaceful," but it seems an odd choice to effectively represent miles davis' entire 60's output. i like the inclusiveness, the acknowledgment that for the majority of the sixties jazz was still ostensibly "pop" music. in practice it's the typical tokenism though. so typical that it almost doesn't seem fair to criticize.

It's not a list of "Pitchfork's 200 Greatest Artists of the 60s, Represented by Singles Proxy" -- just what tracks people liked.

This is interesting, yeah, though obviously I don't think it's a function of getting closer to the 70s -- just that a lot of the canonical history-of-rock acts that do well here grew up into their auteurish periods toward the end of the decade (and many of them started the decade more in the mode of pop entertainment). So I guess that is something one would expect. Most of the tracks I'm sad didn't make it onto the list are probably more in the pop mold (and maybe more early-60s), and one of the things that might be working against them is people having a sense that they're actually more 50s -- particularly when it comes to doo-wop and squarer vocal-pop stuff. There's a whole lot of great 60s squareness that didn't make the cut -- I'm all about "Downtown" for the top 50 at least!

i understand that, hence my limp qualifier "effectively."

. . . which just makes the jazz picks seem more tokenist, not less.

When the list started, I got excited--"wow, they're really going off the deep end this time! All kindsa shit up in here." Which is down as much or more to how it was unveiled, counting backwards from 200 to 1, so the field feels wide open; anything can happen. As it wound down into the top 100, and especially the top 50 or so, it became much more uniform, and less interesting for that reason--"Oh, OK, they're Mojo."

Aren't we all, though?

Aren't we all, though?

I guess the lesson is that many individuals may not be Mojo, but when you put them in a group, the group becomes Mojo.

[another reason why I want them to put the individual lists up :-) ]

and it seemed like a good list but i don't really know that much about the '60s.

Only when situated within a Mojo format, though.

if we'd have printed nos. 350-150, that would have been an interesting list!

OTM (and yes, I want to see the individual lists too)

Could you post those in this thread? Lists like this almost always look better when stood on their head. Maybe it's because people don't think of what should be their favorite song or the "best" song but think about things in a more unorthodox fashion. The #100 or #101 song in a list of 100 is usually the kind of thing that I would put as a top five pick in my own list. It never matter what you're listing either.

Very very true - see also, the Four Seasons.

OTM, see also "grazin in the grass" big pop crossovers

The Four Seasons were as big as the Beatles or Supremes on the radio then but even as a transistor kid I couldn't deal w/the falsetto.

Agreed. Also: "Canteloupe Island."

Did it? I actually checked just before you posted that and saw that the album came out in '59 but didn't think to consider the track itself as a '60s single. I'd have thought that'd be a shoo-in.

i'm really pushing for the ballots