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Darude - Sandstorm
Was thinking about this the other day for a modern song that has really stuck around. Not a power ballad or a big rock song by any stretch, but:
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
Late edit: these, too:
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright’s version of Cohen’s original
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Just gonna drop Jeff Buckley’s Hallelujah cover for consideration as to why this is a top tier song.
That’s a fantastic version, too.
Aww, that’s such a classic. It seems to me that there aren’t many new, heart-felt love songs like this one anymore - not the over the top flashy ones, but rather those with a down-to-earth, relatable charm. But maybe I’m just out of the loop :)
There’s ice cream vans round my ends that still play Green Sleeves, so probably that. I really don’t get how that piece has been so popular for so long, it’s seriously fucking creepy and gross sounding.
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
CCR - Fortunate Son
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It
RATM - Killing In the Name
The Holy Quad of songs that were written for one opinion and will forever be utilized and replayed by those who don’t get it but think it’s speaking to them.
Sixteen Tons (1946), timeless lyrics.
As relevant today as ever
Summertime - lots of great versions
Take five - Brubeck
So what - Miles
The girl from ipanema - Gilberto
My favorite things - Coltrane
Speak low - Holiday
Thank you very muc! I’m not really into jazz, but even I know these songs. It just goes to show how timeless they are—and how well-known they are, even among people who don’t know the first thing about jazz.
Beatles songs like Yesterday seem to have held up pretty well.
Let’s be real, there’s only ever gonne be one song that’s never gonna give us up, let us down or desert us.
Tribute - Tenacious D
Sadly not as good as the original.
That is why it’s a tribute.
Not sure if it counts but Toto’s song Africa has an installation in Africa, powered by solar panels and batteries and it’s played on an endless loop.
I don’t care what song it is, if the place I worked at played one song on an endless loop, by the end of the day I would run screaming from the building. Think about it - you’d be hearing that song in your sleep.
The Song That Never Ends.
Timeless in more ways than one. 😌
Yes it goes on and on my friend
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J.S. Bach
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in C Sharp Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Hallellujah Chorus from The Messiah by George Frideric Handel
Fanfare-Rondeau from the First Suite de Symphonies (the Masterpiece Theater Theme) by Jean-Joseph Mouret
Clarinet Concerto in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel
The Four Seasons by Antonio VivaldiA few centuries is not timeless, but it is an indication of long term endurance.
Mozart’s Requiem (especially the Miserere part).
I certainly won’t argue with that.
Hotel california - the eagles
Time - pink floyd
Or Time - Prince
Time in a bottle - jim croce
Aww, thank you very much for this comment, which not only has “time” in the title but is actually pretty timeless, beyond any meme value. Jim Croce even has several songs that have outlived his generation, such as “I Got a Name.” Those are exactly the songs I was referring to - the ones that, decades later, continue to reach new audiences through movie soundtracks and such.
