50. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men – 1992 – Near perfect soul song by B2M??? Wait a second who wrote this? Babyface? Now I get it – A
49. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston – 1992 – Today it is her signature tune and at the time nobody believed for a moment that Dolly Parton sang it. Still, listening to it, you can hear echoes of everyone since, every Beyonce and Kelly, echoing through her vocal – A+
48. No One – Alicia Keys – I guess everybody has one greats ong in em and this is Alicia’s masterpiece. Not enough to forgive years of crapm, but the real deal for sure. PS very Whitneyish I might add – A
47. Candle In The Wind (1997) -Elton John – 1997 – For Princess Di and pretty lousy albeit heartfelt – C
46. Call me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen – 2012 – Smash novelty tune went exothermic mostly because the hook was so open ended it lent itself to parody – B+
45. Shadow Dancing – Andy Gibbs – 1978 – terrific disco ballad handed right over by his brothers and he, with the brother Gibbs performing back up, it was a smash. And then he drugged himself to death – A
44. I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles – 1964 – Impressed? Look at it this way: it changed the world irrevocably and forever – A+
43. It’s All In The Game – Tommy Edwards – 1958 – Try the Van Morrisson cover if you get the chance – A
42. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree – Dawn feat Tony Orlando – 1973 – The homecoming song for all time – A
41. How You Remind Me – Nickelback – 2001 – Ugh, terrible song. Could well be rock and rolls death knell – F