RockOnTheNet
presents The Top Pop Songs
Of All Time !
We have ranked the pop songs that have charted over the past 50+
years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and come up
with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it,
and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top
40.
Arcade Fire hail from
Canada and currently consist of Win Butler, his
wife Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry,
William Butler, Jeremy Gara, Sarah Neufeld, and
Tim Kingsbury.
The
group started with Butler and Josh Deu performing
in Boston as Arcade Fire before going to Montreal
and adding Chassagne, Myles Broscoe, Dane Mills,
and Brendan Reed.
By
2003, several members began leaving, and others
joined. Arcade Fire quickly became known for
their extensive music instrument variety they
used on tour and on their critically acclaimed
albums.
September 14: Arcade Fire released
their debut LP Funeral (available for download at
iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The LP title reflected
the loss of a few family members of the band.
Although commercial success for the LP was low,
the LP was universally praised by critics.
Rolling Stone described the LP as
"...(aching) with elegiac intensity...
(capturing) the agony and even ecstasy of
surviving death all around you."
March 24: Arcade Fire topped the
Billboard Digital Albums chart for 1 week and
Rock Albums chart for 1 week with Neon
Bible.
The LP topped the charts in Canada and Ireland,
and Top 10 in the US, Australia, Belgium, France,
Iceland, Norway, and the UK.
August 21: Arcade Fire topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, the Digital
Albums chart for 1 week, the Rock Albums chart
for 2 weeks, and the Alternative Albums chart for
4 weeks with The
Suburbs. The LP also topped the charts in
Canada, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, and
the UK, and hit the Top 10 in Australia,
Switzerland, Finland, France, Germany, Holland,
Sweden, and Spain.
November 13: Arcade Fire performed
"We Used To Wait" and "Sprawl II
(Mountains Beyond Mountains)" on Saturday
Night Live.
August 19: Arcade Fire topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart, Album Sales chart,
Digital Albums chart, Rock Albums chart, and
Alternative Albums chart with Everything
Now.
August 26: Arcade Fire topped the
Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart with
"Everything Now."
Released: July 12, 2005 Tracks: "Old Flame"
- "I'm Sleeping In A Submarine" -
"No Cars Go" - "The Woodland
National Anthem" - "My Heart Is An
Apple" - "Headlights Look Like
Diamonds" - "Vampire / Forest
Fire"
Released: August 2, 2010 US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums, Rock
Albums, Alternative Albums Grammy Winner: Album of the Year Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly:A- Tracks: "The
Suburbs" - "Ready To Start" -
"Modern Man" - "Rococo" -
"Empty Room" - "City With No
Children" - "Half Light I" -
"Half Light II (No Celebration)" -
"Month Of May" - "Wasted
Hours" - "Deep Blue" -
"We Used To Wait" - "Sprawl I
(Flatland)" - "Sprawl II (Mountains
Beyond Mountains)" - "The Suburbs
(Continued)"
also available on vinyl
Released: October 29, 2013 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums, Rock
Albums, Alternative Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Tracks: "Reflektor"
- "We Exist" - "Flashbulb
Eyes" - "Here Comes The Night
Time" - "Normal Person" -
"You Already Know" - "Joan Of
Arc" - "Here Comes The Night Time
II" - "Awful Sound (Oh
Eurydice)" - "It's Never Over (Hey
Orpheus)" - "Porno" -
"Afterlife" -
"Supersymmetry"
Released: July 28, 2017 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 Billboard #1: Album Sales, Digital
Albums, Rock Albums, Alternative Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Tracks: "Everything Now
(Continued)" - "Everything
Now" - "Signs Of Life" -
"Creature Comfort" - "Peter
Pan" - "Chemistry" -
"Infinite Content" -
"Infinite_Content" - "Electric
Blue" - "Good God Damn" -
"Put Your Money On Me" - "We
Dont' Deserve Love" - "Everything
Now (Continued"
Released: May 6, 2022 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 6 Billboard #1: Album Sales, Rock
Albums, Alternative Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Tracks: "Age Of Anxiety
I" - "Age Of Anxiety II (Rabbit
Hole)" - "Prelude" - "End
Of The Empire I-III" - "End Of The
Empire IV (Sagittarius A)" - "The
Lightning I" - "The Lightning
II" - "Unconditional I (Lookout
Kid)" - "Unconditional II (Race And
Religion)" (with Peter Gabriel) -
"We"
Note: Song title and position links lead
you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run and LP links
take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound samples).