Death Songs in Pop Music |
1. Die Young – Ke$ha |
2. People Who Died – Jim Carroll |
3. Goodbye Earl – Dixie Chicks |
4. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan |
5. New York Mining Disaster (1941) – Bee Gees |
6. Last Kiss – Frank J. Wilson (or Pearl Jam) |
7. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price |
8. Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton |
9. Fade To Black – Metallica |
10. Freddy’s Dead (Theme From Superfly) – Curtis Mayfield |
11. Leader of the Pack – Shangri-Las |
12. If I Die Young – The Band Perry |
13. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths |
14. I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight – Cutting Crew |
15. Bohemian Rhapsody (this song is ona lot of lists!) |
16. Shannon – Henry Gross |
17. The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkle |
18. Another One Bites The Dust – Queen |
19. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult |
20. I’ll Fly Away – Hank Williams |
21. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – the Beatles |
22. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead – the Munchkins |
23. I Will Follow You Into the Dark – Death Cab For Cutie |
24. Ready To Die – The Notorious B.I.G. |
25. Candle in the Wind – Elton John |
26. Adam’s Song – Blink 182 |
27. My Immortal – Evanescence |
28. Space Oddity – David Bowie |
29. I’ll Be Missing You Sean – Combs, Puff Daddy & The Family, Faith Evans |
30. I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats |
31. Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo |
32. Thirteen Women – Bill Haley and His Comets |
33. Gone Too Soon – Daughtry |
34. He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones |
35. Five Years – David Bowie |
36. The Great Gig in the Sky – Pink Floyd |
37. Running Bear – Johnny Preston |
38. Lighting Crashes – Live |
39. Stole – Kelly Rowland |
40. Seasons In The Sun – Terry Jacks |
41. Jeremy – Pearl Jam |
42. Close My Eyes Forever – Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne |
43. Blaze of Glory – Jon Bon Jovi |
44. Billy Don’t be a Hero – Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods |
45. Jimmy Collins’ Wake – Dropkick Murphys |
46. D.O.A. – Bloodrock |
47. Only the Good Die Young – Billy Joel |
48. The Killing of Georgie – Rod Stewart |
49. Once You Understand – Think |
50. Brick – Ben Fold’s Five |
51. Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney and Wings |
52. Ode To Billy Jo – Bobbie Gentry |
53. Keep Me in Your Heart – Warren Zevon |
54. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia – Vicki Lawrence |
55. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot |
56. Usta Love Her – Guns N Roses |
57. Die Young, Stay Pretty – Blondie |
58. Ocean Breathes Salty – Modest Mouse |
59. Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan |
60. Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young |
61. Do You Realize?? – The Flaming Lips |
62. Heaven – Beyonce Knowles |
63. The Show Must Go On – Queen |
64. Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs-n-Harmony |
65. Going, Going, Gone – Bob Dylan |
66. In My Time of Dying – Led Zeppelin |
67. Coldest Winter – Kanye West |
68. Let It Be – The Beatles |
69. Three Bells – The Browns |
70. Whiskey Lullaby – Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss |
71. Dead Man’s Curve – Jan and Dean |
72. No Surfing Today – The Four Seasons |
73. Run Joey Run – David Geddes |
74. Let It Die – Foo Fighters |
75. Tell Laura I Love Her – Ray Peterson |
. Tell Tommy I Miss Him – Marilyn Michaels (Response to Ray Peterson’s ‘Tell Laura’) |
76. How To Save A Life – The Fray |
77. Can’t Stand Losing You – The Police |
78. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon |
79. The Legend Of Tom Dooley – The Kingston Trio |
80. Done Too Soon – Neil Diamond |
81. The Last Carnival – Bruce Springsteen |
82. Dancing with Mr. D – The Rolling Stones |
83. Volcano – Jimmy Buffett |
84. Honey – Bobby Goldsboro |
85. And When I Die – Blood, Sweat and Tears |
86. Teen Angel – Mark Dining |
87. Stan – Eminem |
88. Susie And Jeffrey – Blondie |
89. Paint It Black – Rolling Stones |
90. Copacabana – Barry Manilow |
91. Prayer For The Dying – Seal |
92. I Would Die 4 U – Prince |
93. I Gotta Get A Message To You – Bee Gees |
94. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix Experience |
95. Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack |
96. The Water Was Red – Johnny Cymbal |
97. Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles |
98. Killing An Arab – The Cure |
99. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes – Ultravox |
100. The Freshman – Verve Pipe |