Choosing just 20 of the best Billie Holiday songs seems like an impossible task, but these songs tell the story of Lady Day’s ...

Following a seventieth anniversary reissue, Frank Sinatra's Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! debuts inside the top 10 on a ...

Alice Cooper released one of their defining tracks in the early '70s that became synonymous with the feeling of summer break.

A 1983 track that has been crowned the greatest banned song of all time went to No. 1 even though one of the biggest music media venues refused to play it. Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Relax” was ...

A legendary 1982 rock anthem has officially been named the greatest rock song of all time. Here’s which track claimed the top spot — and why it still resonates decades later. Entertainment Weekly ...

Lenten hymns and songs may not be as well-known as Christmas classics (who doesn’t love “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”?) or even Easter songs (“Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”), but the church’s ...

Country fans in need of something modern and romantic this Valentine's Day will find their song on this list of country music best love songs from the last 26 years. We focused on hits released ...

On January 28th, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song he’d written “in response to the state terror being visited on the ...

The year before punk broke, rock's old guard made a strong, pressing stand. But as the UCR staff-selected list below of the Top 40 Songs of 1976 shows, the music that dominated headlines at the end of ...

Looking back, 1986 doesn't seem to be a pivotal year in music history. Throughout the year, new artists emerged, veterans were still a presence on the charts, and the top records of the year featured ...