RockOnTheNet
presents The Top Pop Songs
Of All Time !
We have ranked the top 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.
The Black Keys hail from
Ohio, consists of the duo Dan Auerbach (on guitar
and vocals) and Patrick Carney (on drums) and
formed in 2001.
The
blues-rock duo the Black Keys have been described
by Rolling Stone as "... a two-man
combo with a big-band mind."
May 20: The Black Keys released
their debut LP The
Big Come Up (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The LP, recorded in
Carney's basement, contained the track "I'll
Be Your Man" which later became the theme
song for the TV series Hung.
April 8: The Black Keys released Thickfreakness (available for download at
iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The LP was recorded in
Carney's basement in 14 hours.
September 7: The Black Keys released Rubber
Factory (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). Various songs on the LP
could be heard on commercials and films. The LP
was recorded in an abandoned factory.
April 1: The Black Keys released Attack
& Release (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The LP was a part of Rolling
Stone's greatest albums of the 2000s list.
October 17: The Black Keys performed
at a benefit concert in Ohio for presidential
candidate Barack Obama.
November 27: The Black Keys released
the rap-rock collaboration LP Blakroc(available for
download at Amazon-mp3). The LP hit the Top 10 on
the Billboard Rap Albums chart.
May 18: The Black Keys released Brothers(available for
download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The LP hit the Top 10 in
the US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
June 5: The Black Keys topped the
Billboard Rock Albums chart for 1 week and
Alternative Albums chart for 1 week with Brothers.
Released: May 20, 2002 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Busted" -
"Do The Rump" - "I'll Be Your
Man" - "Countdown" - "The
Breaks" - "Run Me Down" -
"Leavin' Truck" - "Heavy
Soul" - "She Said, She Said" -
"Them Eyes" - "Yearnin'"
- "Brooklyn Bound" - "240
Years Before Your Time" (also available on vinyl)
Released: April 8, 2003 Rolling Stone: Tracks:
"Thickfreakness" - "Hard
Row" - "Set You Free" -
"Midnight In Her Eyes" - "Have
Love Will Travel" - "Hurt Like
Mine" - "Everywhere I Go" -
"No Trust" - "If You See
Me" - "Hold Me In Your Arms" -
"I Cry Alone" Import
Edition includes: "Evil"
(also available on vinyl)
Released: January 19, 2004 Tracks: "The Moan"
- "Heavy Soul" (Alternative
Version) - "No Fun" - "Have
Love Will Travel" (Radio Edit) (also available on vinyl)
Released: September 7, 2004 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 143 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly:A Tracks: "When The Lights
Go Out" - "10 A.M. Automatic"
- "Just Couldn't Tie Me Down" -
"All Hands Against His Own" -
"The Desperate Man" - "Girl Is
On My Mind" - "The Lengths" -
"Grown So Ugly" - "Stack Shot
Billy" - "Act Nice And Gentle"
- "Aeroplane Blues" - "Keep
Me" - "Till I Get My Way" (also available on vinyl)
Released: May 2, 2006 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 199 Tracks: "Keep Your Hands
Off Her" - "Have Mercy On Me"
- "Work Me" - "Meet Me In The
City" - "Nobody But You" -
"My Mind Is Ramblin'" (also available on vinyl)
Released: September 12, 2006 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 95 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly:A- Tracks: "Just Got To
Be" - "Your Touch" -
"You're The One" - "Just A
Little Heat" - "Give Your Heart
Away" - "Strange Desire" -
"Modern Times" - "The
Flame" - "Goodbye Babylon" -
"Black Door" - "Elevator" Import
Edition includes: "Breaks" -
"Thickfreakness"
(also available on vinyl)
Released: November 27, 2009 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 176 Tracks: "On The
Vista" (featuring Mos Def) - "Hard
Times" (featuring NOE) - "Dollaz
And Sense" (featuring Pharoahe Monch
& RZA) - "Why Can't I Forget
Him" (featuring Nicole Wray) -
"Stay Off The F**** Flowers"
(featuring Raekwon) - "Ain't Nothing
Like You" (featuring Jim Jones & Mos
Def) - "Hope You're Happy"
(featuring Billy Danze, Nicole Wray &
Q-Tip) - "Tellin' Me Things"
(featuring RZA) - "What You Do To
Me" (featuring Billy Danze, Nicole Wray
& Jim Jones) - "Done Did It"
(featuring Nicole Wray & NOE)
Released: May 18, 2010 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3 Billboard #1: Rock Albums,
Alternative Albums Grammy Winner: Best Alternative Music Album Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly:B+ Tracks: "Everlasting
Light" - "Next Girl" -
"Tighten Up" - "Howlin' For
You" - She's Long Gone" -
"Black Mud" - "The Only
One" - "Too Afraid To Love
You" - "Ten Cent Pistol" -
"Sinister Kid" - "The Go
Getter" - "I'm Not The One" -
"Unknown Brother" - "Never
Gonna Give You Up" - "These
Days" (also available on vinyl)
Released: December 6, 2011 US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 Billboard #1: Digital Albums, Rock
Albums, Alternative Albums Tracks: "Lonely
Boy" - "Dead And Gone" -
"Gold On The Celing" - "Little
Black Submarines" - "Money
Maker" - "Run Right Back" -
"Sister" - "Hell Of A
Season" - "Stop Stop" -
"Nova Baby" - "Mind
Eraser"
(also available on vinyl)
Note: Song title and position
links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run, LP links take
you to Amazon.com for that LP's info (often
including track listings and track samples), and
single cover art takes you to Amazon.com for that CD single (if
available).
The Black Keys hail from
Ohio, consists of the duo Dan Auerbach (on guitar
and vocals) and Patrick Carney (on drums) and
formed in 2001. 
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