The 100 Most Famous Songs of All Time

Ranked by Wikipedia link data — the closer to #1, the more famous.

The Internationale takes the number one slot, ahead of God Save the King, The Star-Spangled Banner, Deutschlandlied and Hatikvah — the most famous songs ever recorded, ranked by Wikipedia link data rather than chart weeks. Every entry here is a song the whole world can hum. Scroll the hundred, then test how many titles you could surface from memory alone.

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  1. The Internationale
  2. God Save the King
  3. The Star-Spangled Banner"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States.
  4. Deutschlandlied
  5. Hatikvah
  6. March of the Volunteers
  7. Jana Gana Mana
  8. Advance Australia Fair
  9. Poland Is Not Yet Lost
  10. Il Canto degli Italiani
  11. Stille Nacht Heilige Nacht
  12. Amar Sonar Bangla
  13. My Belarusy
  14. Bella ciao
  15. El gran Carlemany
  16. Symphony No. 9
  17. Indonesia Raya
  18. Bohemian Rhapsody"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, A…
  19. Swan Lake
  20. Katyusha
  21. Symphony No. 5
  22. Für Elise
  23. Magnificat
  24. Ons Heemecht
  25. Tiến Quân Ca
  26. Auld Lang Syne
  27. Despacito
  28. The Four Seasons
  29. Billie Jean
  30. NabuccoNabucco is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera.
  31. Happy Birthday to You
  32. Oben am jungen Rhein
  33. Turandot
  34. Putin khuylo!
  35. We Are the Champions
  36. Imagine
  37. Requiem
  38. National Anthem of the Republic of China
  39. Horst-Wessel-Lied
  40. 'O Sole Mio
  41. Amazing Grace
  42. Bad Romance
  43. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  44. Yesterday
  45. Jingle Bells
  46. Hava Nagila
  47. Stairway to Heaven
  48. We Will Rock You
  49. Hymne monégasque
  50. The Rite of Spring
  51. Carmina Burana
  52. Waterloo
  53. The Well-Tempered Clavier
  54. 1812 Overture
  55. Salve Regina
  56. Bésame Mucho
  57. The Blue Danube
  58. Allahu Akbar
  59. Poker Face
  60. Symphony No. 3
  61. Euphoria
  62. MessiahIn Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias is a saviour or liberator of a group of people.
  63. Boléro
  64. Adeste Fideles
  65. Hotel California
  66. Paparazzi
  67. Alejandro
  68. SatelliteA satellite or an artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body.
  69. I Wanna Go
  70. The House of the Rising Sun
  71. Hey Jude
  72. Piano Sonata No. 14
  73. Last Christmas
  74. Let It Go
  75. Judas
  76. Just Dance
  77. LoveGame
  78. Radio Ga Ga
  79. All I Want for Christmas Is You
  80. Gloomy Sunday
  81. Hard Rock Hallelujah
  82. Rise Like a Phoenix
  83. Like a Rolling Stone
  84. Rule, Britannia!
  85. Only Teardrops
  86. The Show Must Go On
  87. Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  88. My Heart Will Go On
  89. Over the Rainbow
  90. Let It Be
  91. Goldberg Variations
  92. Symphonie fantastique
  93. Waltzing Matilda
  94. Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad
  95. Farewell of Slavianka
  96. Never Gonna Give You Up
  97. Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani
  98. Somebody to Love
  99. Frère Jacques
  100. O Tannenbaum

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