Of course I couldn’t just leave that rich mine of musical data alone.

After much research I have determined what I can say are, in purely scientific terms, the greatest songs ever recorded.

Follow the link for a ridiculously long list:

This is Ponderous – 2NU
Fear – Adam Freeland
Red Tape – Agent Provacateur
All I Really Want – Alanis Morissette
The Last Unicorn – America
Rebel Warrior – Asian Dub Foundation
One Week – Barenaked Ladies
So Wat’cha Want – Beastie Boys
I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
Across the Universe – The Beatles
Come Together – The Beatles
Let it Be – The Beatles
E-Pro – Beck
Loser – Beck
Magic Carpet Ride – Bedlam
Heaven is a Place on Earth – Belinda Carlisle
I Go to Extremes – Billy Joel
Hard to Handle – Black Crowes
I Miss You – blink-182
But Anyway – Blues Traveler
Tender – Blur
Lay Your Hands on Me – Bon Jovi
Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
Hired Gun – Bride
Pepper – Butthole Surfers
Dracula From Houston – Butthole Surfers
Gonna Make You Sweat – C+C Music Factory
Comfort Eagle – Cake
Galvanize – Chemical Brothers
Tubthumping – Chumbawamba
Aura – The Church
Clocks – Coldplay
Si Senor – Control Machete
A Murder of One – Counting Crows
Open All Night – Counting Crows
Catapult – Counting Crows
Teen Angst – Cracker
MMM, MMM, MMM, MMM – Crash Test Dummies
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Pour Some Sugar on Me – Def Leppard
Flowers Become Screens – Delerium
Money For Nothing – Dire Straits
So to Speak – DJ? Acucrack
The Prince’s Favorite Son – Dog’s Eye View
Everything Falls Apart – Dog’s Eye View
Do You Enjoy the Distortion? – Earthsuit
Thief – The Echoing Green
Already Down – Edith Grove
A Little Less Conversation – Elvis
Unbelievable – EMF
Wild, Wild, West – Escape Club
The Girl That’s Never Been – Escape Key
Bring Me to Life – Evanescence
Inside Out – Eve 6
Rise ‘n Shine/Am I Ever Gonna Change?/Who Cares? – Extreme
Rock Me Amadeus – Falco
Criminal – Fiona Apple
Natural One – Folk Implosion
Freedom 90 – George Michael
Donut Quota – Gluey Brothers
The Orange Monster – Gluey Brothers
King of Wishful Thinking – Go West
19-2000 – Gorillaz
Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses
World Without Logos – Hellsing Original Soundtrack
Let Her Cry – Hootie & the Blowfish
Melted Vinyl – Furthermore
Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & the News
Closer to Fine – Indigo Girls
Galileo – Indigo Girls
Ghost – Indigo Girls
Least Complicated – Indigo Girls
What You Need – INXS
Disappear – INXS
New Sensation – INXS
Good Times – INXS
Jane Says – Jane’s Addiction
Fade to Grey – Jars of Clay
Who? Where? Why? – Jesus Jones
Asian Vibes – Joi
Still Alive – Jonathan Coulton
Bang a Drum – Jon Bon Jovi
Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
Incredible Bittersweet – Judybats
Mr. Brightside – The Killers
Word Up – Korn
Not an Addict – K’s Choice
Broken Tape Decks – L.A. Symphony
The Lion Sleeps Tonight – Lebo M
Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Life of Agony
Sick Cycle Carousel – Lifehouse
The Transformers Movie Theme – Lion
Lightning Crashes – Live
This is the Life – Living Colour
Polyester Bride – Liz Phair
What’s Good – Lou Reed
Long Long Time – Love Spit Love
Crazy for You – Madonna
Express Yourself – Madonna
Girlfriend – Matthew Sweet
Fett’s Vette – MC Chris
The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
Lollipop – Mika
South Side – Moby
Rescinding – Mortal
What About Me? – Moving Pictures
The Drinking Song – Moxy Fruvous
Turn Up the Faders – Nathan Asher & The Infantry
Shine – Newsboys
Down In It – Nine Inch Nails
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Don’t Speak – No Doubt
Champagne Supernova – Oasis
Come Out and Play – The Offspring
Salome – Old 97s
We Belong – Pat Benetar
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town – Pearl Jam
West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys
Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
Down With Disease – Phish
On the Turning Away – Pink Floyd
Fearless – Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Synchronicity II – The Police
King of Pain – The Police
Can’t Stand Losing You – The Police
Hold Me Now – Polyphonic Spree
Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand – Primitive Radio Gods
Jaded – Push Down & Turn
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
We Will Rock You – Queen
Under Pressure – Queen
Pop Song 89 – R.E.M.
Creep – Radiohead
Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine
Banditos – The Refreshments
Nada – The Refreshments
Losing My Religion – R.E.M.
Fretless – R.E.M.
Sweetness Follows – R.E.M.
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me – Roger Daltry
Tank! – Seatbelts
Call Me Call Me – Seatbelts
Gotta Knock a Little Harder – Seatbelts
Lucky – Seven Mary Three
Siroi Yami No Naka – ShakkaZombie
Let’s Go All the Way – Sly Fox
All Star – Smash Mouth
Walkin’ on the Sun – Smash Mouth
Landslide – Smashing Pumpkins
Cherub Rock – Smashing Pumpkins
Super Bon Bon – Soul Coughing
Circles – Soul Coughing
Screenwriter’s Blues – Soul Coughing
Two Princes – Spin Doctors
Dare – Stan Bush
The Touch – Stan Bush
Escher’s World – Steve Taylor
If it All Comes True – Steve Taylor
I Want to Be a Clone – Steve Taylor
I Blew up the Clinic Real Good – Steve Taylor
Jim Morrison’s Grave – Steve Taylor
Hero – Steve Taylor
To Forgive – Steve Taylor
I Just Wanna Know – Steve Taylor
Jesus is for Losers – Steve Taylor
The Finish Line – Steve Taylor
Sock Heaven – Steve Taylor
The Lament of Desmond G. Underwood III – Steve Taylor
Why Should I Cry for You? – Sting
Fortress Around Your Heart – Sting
Vasoline – Stone Temple Pilots
What I Got – Sublime
Tom’s Diner – Suzanne Vega
Not What I Could – Syd’s Misconception
This Time – Syd’s Misconception
Leavetaking – Syd’s Misconception
(Nothing But) Flowers – Talking Heads
Hunger Strike – Temple of the Dog
Tribute – Tenacious D
The Freshman – The Verve Pipe
Baba O’Riley – The Who
The Guitar – They Might Be Giants
Birdhouse in Your Soul – They Might Be Giants
Man, It’s So Loud In Here – They Might Be Giants
The Mirror Song – Thomas Dolby
Lay Your Hands on Me – Thompson Twins
Puppet – Thousand Foot Krutch
I Still Believe – Tim Capello
Walk on the Ocean – Toad the Wet Sprocket
Something to Say – Toad the Wet Sprocket
Torn – Toad the Wet Sprocket
Jam – Toad the Wet Sprocket
Don’t Come Around Here No More – Tom Petty
Crucify – Tori Amos
Heart and Soul – T’Pau
Bad – U2
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
Mysterious Ways – U2
One – U2
Pride (In the Name of Love) – U2
Running to Stand Still – U2
With or Without You – U2
Fall to Pieces – Velvet Revolver
The Device Has Been Modified – Victims of Science
The Brady Bunch – Weird Al Yankovic
Dare to be Stupid – Weird Al Yankovic
eBay – Weird Al Yankovic
The Saga Begins – Weird Al Yankovic
Yoda – Weird Al Yankovic