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BY Sarah Patterson August 14, 2024
What's New July 21, 2024
Best of the best: Triple M announces top 10 greatest songs of all time
Reporter
Triple M’s GOAT 600 Countdown wrapped up this week with the announcement of the top ten greatest songs of all time.
Down Under by Men at Work came in at #1.
A panel of Triple M music experts curated the GOAT list, narrowing it down to the Top 600.
The countdown played across the Triple M network over the past two weeks. Dave Gleeson, frontman of The Screaming Jets and host of Triple M Nights with Dave Gleeson, and ‘Dangerous’ Dave Williams revealed the Top 20 songs in the countdown.
INXS had the highest representation in the Top 600 Triple M GOAT songs with 18 entries, closely followed by U2 and Jimmy Barnes (including his solo and Cold Chisel hits), each contributing 17 songs to the countdown respectively.
Triple M’s Top 10 Greatest Songs of All time are as follows:
- Down Under, Men at Work
- Sweet Child O’ Mine, Guns N’ Roses
- We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions, Queen
- Under the Bridge, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
- Thunderstruck, AC/DC
- Hotel California, The Eagles
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Eurythmics
- Never Tear Us Apart, INXS
- Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana
- Great Southern Land, Icehouse
There may well be the question”…why wasn’t that song in the top ten?…”
I have the same question:
MMM used to play the long and short versions of “Light My Fire” by The Doors.
Why wasn’t that song included in that list of top 10 songs?
Paul Anka, gives a jazz swing version of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from his 2004 album CD “Rock Swings”, EAN 0602498859339.
Obviously not a “rock” style listed in the top 10, but music can be made to be played in any style.
Give it a try.
Thanks