The following songs have been inducted into a Pause & Play time capsule for posterity's sake, one track at a time. They're in no order of importance.
1 | "Choice of Colors" | Impressions (Curtom, 1969) |
2 | "Time (Clock of the Heart)" | Culture Club (Epic, 1983) |
3 | "The Rain Song" | Led Zeppelin (Atlantic, 1973) |
4 | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Sam Cooke (RCA, 1965) |
5 | "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets (Decca, 1955) |
6 | "Good Times" | Chic (Atlantic, 1979) |
7 | "Possession" | Sarah McLachlan (Arista, 1994) |
8 | "Don't You Want Me" | The Human League (A&M;, 1982) |
9 | "God Only Knows" | The Beach Boys (Capitol, 1966) |
10 | "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)" | Jackie Wilson (Brunswick, 1957) |
11 | "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" | Marvin Gaye (Tamla, 1971) |
12 | "Jeremy" | Pearl Jam (Epic/Associated, 1992) |
13 | "I'll Be You" | The Replacements (Sire, 1989) |
14 | "Love Me Do" | The Beatles (Tollie, 1964) |
15 | "Dancing Queen" | Abba (Atlantic, 1976) |
16 | "Heartbreak Hotel" | Elvis Presley (RCA, 1956) |
17 | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" | Simple Minds (A&M;, 1985) |
18 | "Black Hole Sun" | Soundgarden (A&M;, 1994) |
19 | "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" | The Temptations (Gordy, 1970) |
20 | "A Hazy Shade of Winter" | Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia, 1966) |
21 | "When Doves Cry" | Prince (Warner, 1984) |
22 | "Summertime Blues" | Eddie Cochran (Liberty, 1958) |
23 | "Losing My Religion" | R.E.M. (Warner, 1991) |
24 | "I Shall Be Released" | The Band (Capitol, 1968) |
25 | "Train In Vain (Stand By Me)" | The Clash (Epic, 1980) |
26 | "I'm Not In Love" | 10cc (Mercury, 1975) |
27 | "Bye Bye Love" | The Everly Brothers (Cadence, 1957) |
28 | "More Human Than Human" | White Zombie (Geffen, 1995) |
29 | "California Dreamin'" | The Mamas & the Papas (Dunhill, 1966) |
30 | "Me Myself and I" | De La Soul (Tommy Boy, 1989) |
31 | "Let's Stay Together" | Al Green (Hi, 1971) |
32 | "Interstate Love Song" | Stone Temple Pilots (Atlantic, 1994) |
33 | "King of the Road" | Roger Miller (Smash, 1965) |
34 | "Get a Job" | The Silhouettes (Ember, 1958) |
35 | "Don't Dream It's Over" | Crowded House (Capitol, 1987) |
36 | "Ask the Lonely" | The Four Tops (Motown, 1965) |
37 | "Can't You See" | Marshall Tucker Band (Capricorn, 1973) |
38 | "Pump Up the Volume" | M/A/R/R/S (4th & Broadway, 1987) |
39 | "Time Has Come Today" | The Chambers Brothers (Columbia, 1968) |
40 | "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" | PM Dawn (Gee Street, 1991) |
41 | "You Are My Starship" | Norman Connors (Buddah, 1976) |
42 | "Hungry Like the Wolf" | Duran Duran (Harvest, 1983) |
43 | "Chain of Fools" | Aretha Franklin (Atlantic, 1967) |
44 | "Maybellene" | Chuck Berry (Chess, 1955) |
45 | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | Nirvana (DGC/Geffen, 1991) |
46 | "Paranoid" | Black Sabbath (Warner, 1970) |
47 | "New Year's Day" | U2 (Island, 1983) |
48 | "Suzie-Q" | Dale Hawkins (Checker, 1955) |
49 | "Don't Worry Baby" | Beach Boys (Capitol, 1964) |
50 | "Low Rider" | War (United Artists, 1975) |
51 | "Beds Are Burning" | Midnight Oil (Columbia, 1988) |
52 | "Last Train to Clarksville" | The Monkees (Colgems, 1966) |
53 | "Cuts You Up" | Peter Murphy (Beggars Banquet, 1990) |
54 | "Oh Girl" | The Chi-Lites (Brunswick, 1972) |
55 | "I Love Rock 'N Roll" | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (Boardwalk, 1982) |
56 | "Tobacco Road" | The Nashville Teens (London, 1964) |
57 | "Blueberry Hill" | Fats Domino (Imperial, 1956) |
58 | "Tennessee" | Arrested Development (Chrysalis, 1992) |
59 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees (RSO, 1977) |
60 | "Never Say Never" | Romeo Void (Columbia, 1982) |
61 | "Dance to the Music" | Sly & The Family Stone (Epic, 1968) |
62 | "I Only Have Eyes For You" | The Flamingos (End, 1959) |
63 | "Loser" | Beck (DGC/Geffen, 1994) |
64 | "Walk This Way" | Aerosmith (Columbia, 1976) |
65 | "Rock Lobster" | The B-52's (Warner, 1980) |
66 | "Cry Baby" | Garnett Mimms & The Enchanters (United Artists, 1963) |
67 | "The Great Pretender" | The Platters (Mercury, 1955) |
68 | "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" | Digable Planets (Pendulum, 1993) |
69 | "Theme From Shaft" | Isaac Hayes (Enterprise, 1971) |
70 | "Like a Virgin" | Madonna (Sire, 1984) |
71 | "A Day in the Life" | The Beatles (Capitol, 1967) |
72 | "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" | Crystal Waters (Mercury, 1991) |
73 | "Tequila" | The Champs (Challenge, 1955) |
74 | "Ballroom Blitz" | Sweet (Capitol, 1975) |
75 | "Sign 'O' the Times" | Prince (Paisley Park, 1987) |
76 | "Subterranean Homesick Blues" | Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1965) |
77 | "Linger" | Cranberries (Island, 1993) |
78 | "That's All Right" | Elvis Presley (Sun, 1954) |
79 | "The Tears of a Clown" | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Tamla, 1970) |
80 | "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)" | Beastie Boys (Def Jam, 1987) |
81 | "I Can't Explain" | The Who (Decca, 1965) |
82 | "Informer" | Snow (EastWest, 1993) |
83 | "Kansas City" | Wilbert Harrison (Fury, 1959) |
84 | "Superstar" | Carpenters (A&M;, 1971) |
85 | "Biko" | Peter Gabriel (Mercury, 1980) |
86 | "Tired of Waiting For You" | The Kinks (Reprise, 1965) |
87 | "Gangsta's Paradise" | Coolio featuring L.V. (MCA Soundtracks, 1995) |
88 | "That'll Be the Day" | Buddy Holly (Brunswick, 1957) |
89 | "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" | The Temptations (Gordy, 1972) |
90 | "The Message" | Grand Master Flash and The Furious Five (Sugar Hill, 1982) |
91 | "I Wanna Be Your Dog" | The Stooges (Elektra, 1969) |
92 | "Tom's Diner" | D.N.A. featuring Suzanne Vega (A&M;, 1990) |
93 | "What I'd Say" | Ray Charles (Atlantic, 1959) |
94 | "Ziggy Stardust" | David Bowie (RCA Victor, 1972) |
95 | "Whip It" | Devo (Warner, 1980) |
96 | "Harlem Shuffle" | Bob & Earl (Marc, 1964) |
97 | "Closer" | Nine Inch Nails (Nothing/TVT, 1994) |
98 | "Shout" | The Isley Brothers (RCA Victor, 1959) |
99 | "Your Song" | Elton John (Uni, 1970) |
100 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police (A&M;, 1983) |
101 | "Walk Like a Man" | The 4 Seasons (Vee-Jay, 1963) |
102 | "Missing" | Everything But the Girl (Atlantic, 1995) |
103 | "Good Golly, Miss Molly" | Little Richard (Specialty, 1958) |
104 | "Us and Them" | Pink Floyd (Harvest, 1973) |
105 | "Sunday Bloody Sunday" | U2 (Island, 1983) |
106 | "Green River" | Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy, 1969) |
107 | "Fu-Gee-La" | Fugees (Ruffhouse/Columbia, 1996) |
108 | "Young Blood" | The Coasters (Atco, 1957) |
109 | "Rapper's Delight" | The Sugarhill Gang (Sugar Hill, 1979) |
110 | "Back in Black" | AC/DC (Atlantic, 1981) |
111 | "Help!" | The Beatles (Capitol, 1965) |
112 | "Enter Sandman" | Metallica (Elektra, 1991) |
113 | "In the Still of the Nite" | The Five Satins (Ember, 1956) |
114 | "Disco Inferno" | The Trammps (Atlantic, 1977) |
115 | "Radio Free Europe" | R.E.M. (I.R.S., 1983) |
116 | "Just Like Me" | Paul Revere and the Raiders (Columbia, 1965) |
117 | "Been Caught Stealing" | Jane's Addiction (Warner, 1990) |
118 | "I Walk the Line" | Johnny Cash (Sun, 1956) |
119 | "All Right Now" | Free (A&M;, 1970) |
120 | "Planet Rock" | Afrika Bambaataa (Tommy Boy, 1982) |
121 | "Dirty Water" | The Standells (Tower, 1966) |
122 | "Give It Away" | Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner, 1991) |
123 | "Bo Diddley" | Bo Diddley (Checker, 1955) |
124 | "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin" | Sly & The Family Stone (Epic, 1970) |
125 | "It Takes Two" | Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock (Profile, 1988) |
126 | "Eight Miles High" | The Byrds (Columbia, 1966) |
127 | "Vogue" | Madonna (Sire, 1990) |
128 | "Willie and the Hand Jive" | Johnny Otis (Capitol, 1958) |
129 | "Won't Get Fooled Again" | The Who (Decca, 1971) |
130 | "Rapture" | Blondie (Chrysalis, 1981) |
131 | "Dancing in the Street" | Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy, 1964) |
132 | "Stupid Girl" | Garbage (Almo Sounds, 1996) |
133 | "Be-Bop-a-Lula" | Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Capitol, 1956) |
134 | "Autobahn" | Kraftwerk (Vertigo, 1975) |
135 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Eurythmics (RCA, 1983) |
136 | "Reflections" | Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown, 1967) |
137 | "Cantaloop" | US3 (Blue Note, 1993) |
138 | "Johnny B. Goode" | Chuck Berry (Chess, 1958) |
139 | "Stairway to Heaven" | Led Zeppelin (Atlantic, 1971) |
140 | "The Spirit of Radio" | Rush (Mercury, 1980) |
141 | "Nights in White Satin" | The Moody Blues (Deram, 1968) |
142 | "All Apologies" | Nirvana (DGC/Geffen, 1994) |
143 | "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu" | Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns (Ace, 1957) |
144 | "Jamming" | Bob Marley & The Wailers (Island, 1977) |
145 | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | Cyndi Lauper (Portrait, 1983) |
146 | "Piece of My Heart" | Big Brother and the Holding Company (Columbia, 1968) |
147 | "Mama Said Knock You Out" | LL Cool J (Def Jam, 1991) |
148 | "Great Balls of Fire" | Jerry Lee Lewis (Sun, 1957) |
149 | "Many Rivers to Cross" | Jimmy Cliff (Mango, 1975) |
150 | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson (Epic, 1983) |
151 | "Oh, Pretty Woman" | Roy Orbison (Monument, 1964) |
152 | "Ready to Go" | Republica (deconstruction/RCA, 1996) |
153 | "Walkin' After Midnight" | Patsy Cline (Decca, 1957) |
154 | "The Thrill Is Gone" | B.B. King (BluesWay, 1970) |
155 | "Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)" | The Pretenders (Sire, 1980) |
156 | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | The Rolling Stones (London, 1965) |
157 | "Waterfalls" | TLC (LaFace/Arista, 1995) |
158 | "Please, Please, Please" | James Brown (Federal, 1956) |
159 | "Born to Run" | Bruce Springsteen (Columbia, 1975) |
160 | "Our House" | Madness (Geffen, 1983) |
161 | "He's a Rebel" | The Crystals (Philles, 1962) |
162 | "Rush" | Big Audio Dynamite II (Columbia, 1991) |
163 | "Blue Suede Shoes" | Carl Perkins (Sun, 1956) |
164 | "Truckin' " | The Grateful Dead (Warner, 1971) |
165 | "Bust a Move" | Young M.C. (Delicious Vinyl, 1989) |