Some songs have stood the test of time and have gone on to become the most influential tracks in music history, which rings ...

Songwriters are often tempted to take self-reflexive looks at the work they are doing. Here are ten songs from ten genres that manage the feat.

From "Long Long Time" and "Blue Bayou" to her hit duets with Aaron Neville, these are the 40 best Linda Ronstadt songs for ...

From Queen to The Beatles, these albums feature wall-to-wall masterpieces.

New wave was the kind of genre to dish out some weird songs, but these 1980s jams managed to be both bizarre and delightful.

Though the college rock era dates back to the mid-'70s, the 1980s is where college rock stations were truly at their peak, championing the underground variations of rock music that tended to get ...

If those five words just played in your head with a full brass section behind them, you already know why you are here. “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars is not just a song. It is a ...

There isn’t a better time to go on a road trip than the summer, and there likely isn’t a better soundtrack for a road trip than 80s music. As the weather gets warmer, we found four songs from the 80s ...

The Top 250 American Songs don't merely represent the best popular music of the rock 'n' roll era; they also tell the story of American music over the past 70-plus years. In the list below, selected ...

Our editorial staff picks the best songs from a year that's starting to be swarmed with big hits by big artists. The turnover at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this year has really been something to ...