CC's ALL-TIME HOT 100 [exclusive 150-song director's cut] (2024)

I'm not cutting any more songs. This could have been a Hot 500. I love a lot of songs, and I love many of them nearly as much as I love these--hell, many pretty much in a dead heat with what I've listed in my Hot 150. I'm grateful that life offers no limits on the love of music.

But now: Let's PLAY!!

CC'S ALL-TIME HOT 150

Updated 6/5/2024

AIM LOW--Mary Lou Lord

ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT--The Kinks

ALL FOR SWINGING YOU AROUND--The New p*rnographers

ALLISON ROAD--The Gin Blossoms

ANIMAL FARM--The Kinks

ANOTHER SAD AND LONELY NIGHT--The Bobby Fuller Four

ANY WAY YOU WANT IT--The Dave Clark Five

BABY BLUE--Badfinger

BABYSITTER--The Ramones

BAD REPUTATION--Joan Jett

BEG, BORROW AND STEAL--The Rare Breed/The Ohio Express

BLITZKRIEG BOP--The Ramones

BOOK OF TOO LATE CHANGES--Cotton Mather

CARBONA NOT GLUE--The Ramones

CATCH US IF YOU CAN--The Dave Clark Five

COULDN'T I JUST TELL YOU--Todd Rundgren

DA-A-A-ANCE--The Lambrettas

DANCING WITH JOEY RAMONE--Amy Rigby

DAYS--The Kinks

DETROIT ROCK CITY--KISS

DIE TRYING--New Math

DO ANYTHING YOU WANNA DO--The Flashcubes

DO THE FREDDIE--Freddie and the Dreamers

DO YOU WANNA DANCE?--The Ramones

DOOR INTO SUMMER--The Monkees

DOUBLE OUR NUMBERS--Parthenon Huxley

ELEVATION--Television

EMPTY HANGERS--Anny Celsi

EVERYWHERE THAT I'M NOT--Translator

FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST--P. P. Arnold

FIRST PLANE HOME--The Flamin' Groovies

FIVE O'CLOCK WORLD--The Vogues

FIVE PERSONALITIES--The Richards

FOOL OF LOVE--The Bobby Fuller Four

GIRLS IN THEIR SUMMER CLOTHES--Bruce Springsteen

GIRLS TALK--Dave Edmunds

GLAD ALL OVER--The Dave Clark Five

GO ALL THE WAY--The Raspberries

GOD ONLY KNOWS--The Beach Boys

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN--The Sex Pistols

GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL--The Bangles

HARD DAY'S NIGHT--The Beatles

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TORN APART?--The Spongetones

HE'D BE A DIAMOND--The Bevis Frond

HEADING OUT TO THE HIGHWAY--Judas Priest

HEART FULL OF SOUL--The Yardbirds

HEARTS IN HER EYES--The Searchers

HEARTS WILL BE BROKEN--The Records

HEAVEN TONIGHT--Hole

HELP!--The Beatles

HIGHWAY LINES--Mannix

HIM OR ME--WHAT'S IT GONNA BE?--Paul Revere and the Raiders

HIS LAST SUMMER--The Barracudas

I CAN'T EXPLAIN--The Who

I CAN'T LET GO--The Hollies

I DON'T WANT TO GROW UP--The Ramones

I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY--The Beatles

I FOUGHT THE LAW--The Bobby Fuller Four

I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU--Dusty Springfield

I TELL NO LIES--The Shoutless

I TOOK MY BABY HOME--The Kinks

I WANNA BE SEDATED--The Ramones

I WANNA BE WITH YOU--The Raspberries

I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME--The Jayhawks

I'M IN LOVE--The Dirty Royals

(I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE--The Monkees

I'M READY FOR MY LUCK TO TURN AROUND--Marykate O'Neil

(I'M) STRANDED--The Saints

IN THE CITY--The Jam

IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR--Wilson Pickett

IT'S COLD OUTSIDE--Stiv Bators

IT'S MY LIFE--The Animals

IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG--The Four Tops

JOHNNY B. GOODE--Chuck Berry

KICKS--Paul Revere and the Raiders

KIM THE WAITRESS--Material Issue

LAUGH, LAUGH--The Beau Brummels

LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers

LEFT IN THE DARK--The Vertebrats

LIES--The Knickerbockers

LITANY (LIFE GOES ON)--Guadalcanal Diary

LOOK THROUGH ANY WINDOW--The Hollies

LOVE IS ONLY SLEEPING--The Monkees

LOVE IS PAIN--Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

LOVE TO LOVE--The Monkees

MAY MY HEART BE CAST INTO STONE--The Toys

MILLION MILES AWAY--The Plimsouls

(MY GIRL) MARYANNE--The Spongetones

NIGHT BEFORE--The Beatles

NO PROMISE--The Flashcubes

NO REPLY--The Beatles

NOTHING REALLY MATTERS WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG--The Flashcubes

ON BROADWAY--The Drifters

ON MY RADIO--The Selecter

PERSONALITY CRISIS--The New York Dolls

PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY--The Monkees

PLEASE DON'T TOUCH--Headgirl [Motörhead/Girlschool]

PLEASE PLEASE ME--The Beatles

PORPOISE SONG (THEME FROM HEAD)--The Monkees

PRETTY VACANT--The Sex Pistols

PROMISED LAND--Chuck Berry

RAIN--The Beatles

RAMONES--Motörhead

ROCK AND ROLL LOVE LETTER--The Bay City Rollers

ROCKAWAY BEACH--The Ramones

SAYING GOODBYE--The Muffs

SEPTEMBER GURLS--Big Star

SHAKE SOME ACTION--The Flamin' Groovies

SHE SAID SHE SAID--The Beatles

SHE SAID TO ME--The Cowsills

SHE'S LEAVING--The Flashcubes

SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER--The Ramones

SHOUT IT OUT LOUD--KISS

SOLITARY MAN--Neil Diamond

SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE--The Barracudas

SOUND OF THE RADIO--Screen Test

ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE--The co*cktail Slippers

SURRENDER--Cheap Trick

SWALLOW MY PRIDE--The Ramones

SYRACUSE SUMMER--The Tearjerkers

TEARS OF A CLOWN--Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

THANK YOU, GIRL [Capitol Records US mix]--The Beatles

THAT THING YOU DO!--The Wonders

THEY RAN FOR THEIR LIVES--The Knickerbockers

THIS YEAR'S GONNA BE OUR YEAR--Eytan Mirsky

TIME HAS COME TODAY--The Chambers Brothers'

TIME WILL TELL--Holly Golightly

TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU--The Kinks

TO SIR, WITH LOVE [Museum Outings Montage]--Lulu

TOMORROW NIGHT--Shoes

TRANSYLVANIA TWIST--Baron Daemon and the Vampires

TRUE LOVE WAYS--Buddy Holly

TWENTY FOUR HOURS FROM TULSA--Gene Pitney

UNCLE JOHN'S BAND--The Grateful Dead

VACATION--The Go-Go's

WALK--DON'T RUN--The Ventures

WALKING OUT ON LOVE--The Breakaways

WALKING WITH A GHOST--Tegan and Sara

WATERLOO SUNSET--The Kinks

WE GOT THE BEAT--The Go-Go's

WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE--The Animals

WHAT AM I DOING HANGIN' 'ROUND?--The Monkees

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU--The Romantics

WHAT TIME IS IT--Jive Five

WHEN WE CLOSE OUR EYES--The Flashcubes

WORDS OF LOVE--The Beatles

WOULDN'T YOU LIKE IT--The Bay City Rollers

YOU REALLY GOT ME--The Kinks

YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME--The 13th Floor Elevators

YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY--The Beatles

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