101 Songs You MUST Have On Your iPod

Published on January 3rd, 2010 at 5:54 pm by Lauren

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Okay, so I’m not saying these songs should be exclusive to iPod. No. Whatever you listen to your music on – your Zen, your mp3 player, the CD player, your walkman phone – these are the songs you simply have to have on it.

Whether you’re an indie kid, an emo kid, an easy-listener or a raver, there’s pretty much something for everyone.

Some of these songs you’ll probably have never heard of, and others will be timeless classics. Whatever, these songs are amazing and if you don’t already have them, download away!

In no particular order:

1) Purple Rain – Prince

2) Teardrop – Massive Attack

3) God’s Gonna Cut You Down – Johnny Cash

4) Bohemian Like You – The Dandy Warhols

5) Ms. Jackson – Outkast

6) Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday

7) Stan -  Eminem

8) Imma Be - The Black Eyed Peas

9) Hotel California – Eagles

10) Celebrity Skin – Hole

11) Expectations – Belle & Sebastian

12) Newport Living – Cute Is What We Aim For

13) I’m Not Calling You A Liar – Florence and the Machine

14) Bad Romance – Lady GaGa

15) The Hustle – KC and the Sunshine Band

16) Take a Bow - Rihanna

17) Barracuda – Heart

18) Milkshake - Kelis

19) Lip Gloss – Lil Mama

20) Technologic – Daft Punk

21) Just a Day – Feeder

22) Fuck Was I – Jenny Owen Youngs

23) Gold Lion – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

24) Hot Kiss - Juliette and the Licks

25) The District Sleeps Alone Tonight – The Postal Service

26) The Mixed Tape – Jack’s Mannequin

27) Melt the Sugar – The Summer Obsession

28) Summer of ‘98 – The Secret Handshake

29) Looking Up – Paramore

30) Showdown – Britney Spears

31) Fight For This Love – Cheryl Cole

32) Susie and Jeffrey – Blondie

33) Now That You Got It – Gwen Stefani

34) Covered – Uh Huh Her

35) Orchestra of Wolves – Gallows

36) The Animals Were Gone – Damien Rice

37) Mother Theresa Can’t Dive – Jose Vanders

38) Back of the Van – Ladyhawke

39) No Cars Go – Arcade Fire

40) Mouthwash – Kate Nash

41) Running Up That Hill – Placebo

42) Ironic – Alanis Morissette

43) Gravity – Sara Bareilles

44) Save Your Scissors – City & Colour

45) First Love – The Maccabees

46) Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart – Judy Garland

47) Bad Education – Tilly & the Wall

48) The Con - Tegan & Sara

49) Roads – Portishead

50) Mercury – Bloc Party

51) No Sunlight - Death Cab for Cutie

52) Untouchable – Girls Aloud

53) California – Joni Mitchell

54) Bat Out of Hell – Meatloaf

55) Sucka MoFo – Northern State

56) Where Do I Begin? - Shirley Bassey

57) Who’s Loving You? – Jackson 5

58) Electric Feel – MGMT

59) Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes

60) The Weakness In Me – Joan Armatrading

61) Touchdown Turnaround – Hellogoodbye

62) War In Your Bedroom – A Change of Pace

63) 30-30-150 – Stone Sour

64) Through Fire and Flames – Dragon Force

65) Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap

66) The Special Two - Missy Higgins

67) Skins Theme Tune – Fat Segal

68) All Babes Are Wolves – Spinnerette

69) Situations – Escape the Fate

70) Stand and Deliver – Adam & The Ants

71) Pencil Full of Lead – Paolo Nutini

72) Pass That Dutch – Missy Elliott

73) Piece By Piece – Katie Melua

74) Colorblind – Counting Crows

75) Mushaboom - Feist

76) Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel

77) Hey Jude – The Beatles

78) Little Bit - Lykke Li

79) Who’d Have Known? - Lily Allen

80) Just Like Heaven – The Cure

81) Into Dust - Mazzy Star

82) How You Love Me Now – Hey Monday

83) #1 Crush – Garbage

84) Stone Cold Sober – Paloma Faith

85) Beeline – Sky Larkin

86) Heavy Cross – Gossip

87) The Purple Bottle – Animal Collective

88) Seven Seas of Rhye – Queen

89) Navy Taxi – Kate Nash

90) U & Ur Hand – Pink

91) Crazy Bitch – Buckcherry

92) Black Velvet – Alannah Myles

93) Not Listening - Sick of Sarah

94) Bad Reputation – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

95) Hometown Glory – Adele

96) Cassie – Flyleaf

97) Ace of Spades – Motorhead

98) Boston – Augustana

99) Nude – Radiohead

100) Bodies – Drowning Pool

101) In Step – Frankmusik

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

That was so much harder than it looked.

That makes 46 male-lead acts, 48 female-lead acts and 6 mixed-gendered acts.

If I’ve counted correctly.

What do you think? What would be on your list of songs to have on your iPod?

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