America 250

Thank you for listening to America 250, a countdown our or favorite 250 World Class Rock songs, by American bands and singers.

Interesting surprises

Counting Crows at No. 1 feels fitting. "Mr. Jones" is one of those songs that never seems to lose its spark.

The Killers' "Somebody Told Me" ahead of "Mr. Brightside." That's one of the many moments that tells you this list was built by music fans, not an algorithm.

Freddy Jones Band making the countdown is exactly the kind of pick that happens when people who genuinely love music put a list like this together.

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats in the Top 50 says a lot about how quickly great songs can become classics.

Big Head Todd & The Monsters' "Bittersweet" making the Top 100 is a reminder that some songs quietly become favorites over the years.

Artists that overperformed

Tom Petty (solo + Heartbreakers): 9 songs

John Mellencamp: 8 songs

Pearl Jam: 8 songs

Green Day: 7 songs

Foo Fighters: 7 songs

Red Hot Chili Peppers: 6 songs

Creedence Clearwater Revival: 6 songs

Smashing Pumpkins: 6 songs

Dave Matthews Band: 5 songs

Nirvana: 5 songs

Eagles: 5 songs

Weezer: 5 songs

Beck: 4 songs

R.E.M.: 4 songs

Counting Crows: 4 songs

Train: 4 songs

Lenny Kravitz: 3 songs

Steve Miller: 4 songs

Teddy Swims: 3 songs

You'll probably agree with some of these picks, argue with others, and maybe rediscover a song you haven't heard in years. That's half the fun.

Here's the full playlist!

1 - Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

2 - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

3 - Tom Petty - Free Fallin'

4 - John Mellencamp - Small Town

5 - Black Crowes - Hard To Handle

6 - The Killers - Somebody Told Me

7 - White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

8 - John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane

9 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance

10 - Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

11 - Nirvana - Come As You Are

12 - Jimmy Eat World - The Middle

13 - Steve Miller - The Joker

14 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge

15 - R.E.M. - Losing My Religion

16 - New Radicals - You Get What You Give

17 - Aerosmith - Dream On

18 - Beck - Loser

19 - Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer

20 - Collective Soul - Shine

21 - Blind Melon - No Rain

22 - Blues Traveler - Run-Around

23 - Eagles - Hotel California

24 - Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

25 - Lenny Kravitz - American Woman

26 - Semisonic - Closing Time

27 - Pearl Jam - Even Flow

28 - Lumineers - Ho Hey

29 - Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun

30 - Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life

31 - Eagles - Take It Easy

32 - Talking Heads - Burning Down The House

33 - Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down

34 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

35 - John Mellencamp - Pink Houses

36 - Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your...)

37 - Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London

38 - Black Crowes - She Talks To Angels

39 - Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away

40 - Pearl Jam - Alive

41 - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - S.O.B.

42 - Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream

43 - Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Blue On Black

44 - R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It

45 - Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

46 - Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly

47 - Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends

48 - Doobie Brothers - Black Water

49 - Spin Doctors - Two Princes

50 - Stevie Wonder - Superstition

51 - Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

52 - Weezer - Buddy Holly

53 - Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee

54 - Teddy Swims - Lose Control

55 - Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

56 - Blondie - Heart Of Glass

57 - Pearl Jam - Jeremy

58 - Noah Kahan - Stick Season

59 - Steve Miller - Fly Like An Eagle

60 - Sublime - What I Got

61 - War - Low Rider

62 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Breakdown

63 - 4 Non Blondes - What's Up

64 - Blondie - One Way Or Another

65 - Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

66 - Steve Miller - Rock'n Me

67 - Weezer - Beverly Hills

68 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Learning To Fly

69 - Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song

70 - Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days

71 - Killers - Mr. Brightside

72 - Goo Goo Dolls - Slide

73 - Green Day - When I Come Around

74 - Sublime - Santeria

75 - Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

76 - Pearl Jam - Better Man

77 - Black Crowes - Jealous Again

78 - Eagles - Tequila Sunrise

79 - Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

80 - Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

81 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop The Rain

82 - Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen

83 - Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say

84 - John Mellencamp - Authority Song

85 - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am

86 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl

87 - Train - Meet Virginia

88 - Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy

89 - Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams

90 - Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

91 - Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi (feat. Vanessa Carlton)

92 - Goo Goo Dolls - Name

93 - Pearl Jam - Black

94 - Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

95 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

96 - Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider

97 - Lumineers - Gloria

98 - Beck - Where It's At

99 - Prince - 1999

100 - Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Bittersweet

101 - Matchbox Twenty - Unwell

102 - Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue

103 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain

104 - Teddy Swims - The Door

105 - Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

106 - Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me

107 - Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars

108 - Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do

109 - Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

110 - Live - Lightning Crashes

111 - Weezer - Say It Ain't So

112 - Train - Drops Of Jupiter

113 - Green Day - Holiday

114 - Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

115 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul To Squeeze

116 - Counting Crows - Round Here

117 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary

118 - Matchbox 20 - Push

119 - Third Eye Blind - Jumper

120 - Prince - Little Red Corvette

121 - Smashing Pumpkins - Today

122 - Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still

123 - Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is

124 - Foo Fighters - Everlong

125 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Refugee

126 - Beck - Up All Night

127 - No Doubt - Just A Girl

128 - Pearl Jam - Daughter

129 - Wallflowers - One Headlight

130 - Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody

131 - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

132 - Nirvana - Lithium

133 - Cracker - Low

134 - Romantics - What I Like About You

135 - Cars - Just What I Needed

136 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

137 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Waiting

138 - Sugar Ray - Fly

139 - Incubus - Drive

140 - Matchbox 20 - 3:00 AM

141 - Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

142 - R.E.M. - The One I Love

143 - fun. - We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)

144 - Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made Of Sand

145 - Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)

146 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner

147 - Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

148 - Twenty One Pilots - Ride

149 - Stone Temple Pilots - Plush (Acoustic)

150 - Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me

151 - Everlast - What It's Like

152 - Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man

153 - Collective Soul - December

154 - Eve 6 - Inside Out

155 - Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

156 - The Head And The Heart - Missed Connection

157 - Jane's Addiction - Jane Says

158 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Do Me Like That

159 - No Doubt - Don't Speak

160 - Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty

161 - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride And Joy

162 - Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years

163 - Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

164 - Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy

165 - Lumineers - Ophelia

166 - Live - I Alone

167 - Freddy Jones Band - In A Daydream

168 - Bonnie Raitt - Something To Talk About

169 - Green Day - Basket Case

170 - Elle King - Ex's And Oh's

171 - Everclear - Santa Monica

172 - Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road

173 - Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart

174 - The Killers - Read My Mind

175 - Sister Hazel - All For You

176 - Foo Fighters - Best Of You

177 - John Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb

178 - Phillip Phillips - Home

179 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door

180 - Stone Temple Pilots - Creep

181 - Hootie & The Blowfish - Only Want To Be With You

182 - Toad The Wet Sprocket - All I Want

183 - Eagles - Already Gone

184 - Melissa Etheridge - I'm The Only One

185 - Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

186 - 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite

187 - Talking Heads - Take Me To The River

188 - Cage The Elephant - Ain't No Rest For The Wicked

189 - Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

190 - Fray - How To Save A Life

191 - Velvet Underground - Rock N' Roll

192 - BoDeans - Closer To Free

193 - Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight

194 - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock & Roll

195 - Noah Kahan - Dial Drunk

196 - Dave Matthews Band - Stay (Wasting Time)

197 - John Mellencamp - Lonely Ol' Night

198 - John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change

199 - Tom Petty - Yer So Bad

200 - Grateful Dead - Truckin'

201 - Eagles - The Long Run

202 - Imagine Dragons - Believer

203 - Fray - Over My Head

204 - Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

205 - Heart - Crazy On You

206 - Prince And The Revolution - Raspberry Beret

207 - Sugar Ray - Every Morning

208 - Stray Cats - Rock This Town

209 - AWOLNATION - Sail

210 - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - I Need Never Get Old

211 - Melissa Etheridge - Bring Me Some Water

212 - Foo Fighters - My Hero

213 - The Black Keys - Gold On The Ceiling

214 - Ten Thousand Maniacs - Because The Night

215 - Lit - My Own Worst Enemy

216 - Manchester Orchestra - The Gold

217 - Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

218 - Prince - When Doves Cry

219 - Train - Free

220 - fun. - Some Nights

221 - Cars - Good Times Roll

222 - John Hiatt - Thing Called Love

223 - Aerosmith - Walk This Way

224 - Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside

225 - John Mellencamp - Paper In Fire

226 - Hootie & The Blowfish - Hold My Hand

227 - Jackson Browne - Runnin' On Empty

228 - Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

229 - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood

230 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop

231 - Black Pumas - Colors

232 - Steve Miller - Jet Airliner

233 - Cake - The Distance

234 - Steely Dan - Do It Again

235 - Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window

236 - Audioslave - Like A Stone

237 - The Black Keys - Howling For You

238 - Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

239 - BoDeans - Good Things

240 - Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike

241 - Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With

242 - American Authors - Best Day Of My Life

243 - R.E.M. - Man On The Moon

244 - Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

245 - Steve Earle - Copperhead Road

246 - Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street

247 - Foo Fighters - The Pretender

248 - Lana Del Rey - Doin' Time

249 - B-52s - Love Shack

250 - Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.

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