More random music stats. Elvis tops Q magazine’s list of 100 Songs That Changed The World with the 1954 track ‘That's All Right’. The list tends to consist of tracks that brought genres to the mainstream – with all the usual suspects in there. Eminem’s ‘My Name Is’ is the most recent track in there (at 37), with the Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ (91), Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ (23), Oasis’ ‘Live Forever’ (78) and the Princess Diana version of Elton John’s ‘Candle In The Wind’ (97) representing the nineties.
The top ten:
1. Elvis Presley - That's All Right
2. The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand
3. Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
4. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
5. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
7. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
8. Run DMC - Walk This Way
9. New Order - Blue Monday
10. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?