Step in the Name of Love (Remix) by R Kelly.

Seriously.

And for fun, here's Devendra Banharts "hippie-fied" version for proof.

Oh, and how could I forget
Rescue Me - Fontella Bass

Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
Golden Lady - Stevie Wonder
Kick Out the Jams - MC5
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye
Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams
Hung Up on a Dream - The Zombies

I have to go to work. More later.

I'm Gonna Get You Yet by The Gore Gore Girls.

Rise Above - Black Flag
My Generation - The Who
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash
Something I Learned Today - Hüsker Dü
... and more ....

Band of Gold - Frieda Payne.

Done.

Or well maybe, Holiday in Cambodia - The Dk's.


Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot.

Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street - Bruce Springsteen

I'm Never Gonna Live It Down - The Knight Brothers

Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

Oh wait, Fearless Vampire Killers - Bad Brains.

Mothers Love - Bill Withers (I suspect this is the true answers)

La Murga - Willie Colon.

Paralyzed... with... so many... songs... in head...

These kinds of lists change for me everytime I make them, but these are the songs that almost always come first:

Beatles - Things We Said Today
XTC - Love On A Farmboy's Wages
House of Love - I Don't Know Why I Love You
Cheap Trick - Surrender
the Jam - That's Entertainment
the Replacements - Bastards of the Young
Fountains of Wayne - Radiation Vibe
the Sonics - Strychnine
the Kinks - Til the End of the Day
the Ramones - I Just Wanna Have Something to Do

and these are also regulars on my fave songs lists:

the Shargri-Las - Remember (Walking in the Sand)
the Records - Starry Eyes
Madness - Our House
the Who - I Can See For Miles
the Zombies - Time of the Season
20/20 - Yellow Pills
Naked Raygun - Wonder Beer
Jonathan Richman - the Neighbors

ooh, I'm Straight - The Modern Lovers

Sweet Jane - Velvets

(for Jonmc) Die, Die my Darling - The Misfits.

Cocksucker Blues - Rolling Stones.

Sickbed of Cuchulain - Pogues.

Today your love, tomorrow the world - The Ramones.

The Ideal Copy - Wire

I want a couple hours in divine_winos music collection, I see, but I'm going to add a couple contenders real quick:

My Sharona - the Knack
Lullaby of New York - Pogues
Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
Elvis is Everywhere or possibly Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with my Two Headed Love Child - Mojo Nixon
A New England - Billy Bragg
Rain King - Counting Crows
Concrete & Barbed Wire - Lucinda Williams
Slow Turning - John Hiatt
Shotgun - Southern Culture on the Skids
Dry River - James McMurtry
Sweet Melissa - Allman Brothers
Paradise - John Prine

Ooh and I almost forgot, the top contender:
Punk Rock Girl - Dead Milkmen

Link above is a blurry slow loading video, sorry, meant to add a warning.

Also, Wall of Death, written by Richard Thompson - preferably Nanci Griffith's version, but any version will do, even REM's.

oh hell. i dunno where to start.

u2 - stay
prince - when doves cry
queensryche - bridge
roy orbison - you got it
led zep - kashmir (will a meteor strike me for not saying stairway?)
concrete blonde: joey (shoot me)

honorable mention to the best story-telling song ever:

gordon lightfoot - wreck of the edmund fitzgerald

oh no! the devendra banhart link is fried...is a repost possible, quartermass?

beatles - lovely rita
is my favorite song ever, but other than that my taste changes so quickly it would be pointless to make a list.

oh, bestill...

Punk rock girl you look so wild
Punk rock girl let's have a child
We'll name her Minnie Pearl
Just you and me
Eating fudge banana swirl
Just you and me
We'll travel round the world
Just you and me punk rock girl

concrete blonde: joey (shoot me)

OOH! That one hurt. But yes, Edmund F seconded.

Mmm. Few contenders for THE best song. But favourites, so hard even to do that:

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
All By Design - Big Wreck
Isobel - Bjork
The Seeker - The Who
You Turn The Screws - Cake
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John
Nice Dream - Radiohead (god, how to choose just one Radiohead?!)
Perfect Blue Buildings - Counting Crows
Wish You Were Here (ack! Shine On You Crazy Diamond?) - Pink Floyd
Never Is Enough - Barenaked Ladies
Crazy Love Vol.II - Paul Simon
When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Take The Long Way Home - Supertramp
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Horizon - Arrogant Worms
Yawning or Snarling - The Tragically Hip

If I were to just choose one of those as contender for The Best Song, it would probably have to be Wish You Were Here (as tired as you all probably are of hearing that tune in this lifetime).