Best Songs Ever

Music Charts

Best of Soul

Welcome to the all new international music charts website! More colors, better handling, same mission: Vote for your favorite songs to find the all-time greatest hits and discover new or forgotten gems! Below is the extendable Top 50 list.
Use the new Discovery Mode to listen your way through the day with the ▸ button below each video. From now on you can also play the songs in full length directly from this website if you have the free Spotify player installed on your computer.

UPDATE: You might have noticed the current change in ranking and number of points. It’s our attempt to put less weight on the number of votes and get closer to IMDB’s formula.

• Rank
• Artist
• Song
• Year
• Points

• 1
• Ben E. King
• Stand By Me
• 1961
• 1014

• 2
• James Brown
• It's A Man's Man's World
• 1966
• 1012

• 3
• James Brown
• I Got You (I Feel Good)
• 1965
• 1007

• 4
• Otis Redding
• (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The...
• 1968
• 994

• 5
• Marvin Gaye
• I Heard It Through The...
• 1968
• 993

• 6
• Gladys Knight & The Pips
• Midnight Train To Georgia
• 1973
• 992

• 7
• Aretha Franklin
• Respect
• 1967
• 990

• 8
• James Brown
• Living In America
• 1985
• 984

• 9
• Stevie Wonder
• Isn't She Lovely
• 1976
• 975

• 10
• Diana Ross
• Upside Down
• 1980
• 973

• 11
• Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
• Ain't No Mountain High Enough
• 1967
• 958

• 12
• Ray Charles
• Georgia On My Mind
• 1960
• 944

• 13
• Nina Simone
• Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
• 1965
• 932

• 14
• Michael Jackson
• On The Line
• 1995
• 920

• 15
• Michael Jackson
• Music And Me
• 1973
• 919

• 16
• Michael Jackson
• Fall Again
• 2004
• 916

• 17
• Jackson 5
• I'll Be There
• 1970
• 915

• 18
• Stevie Wonder
• I Just Called To Say I Love...
• 1984
• 909

• 19
• The Temptations
• Papa Was A Rolling Stone
• 1972
• 882

• 20
• Michael Jackson
• I Wanna Be Where You Are
• 1972
• 867

• 21
• Michael Jackson
• Maria (You Were The Only One)
• 1972
• 860

• 22
• The Temptations
• My Girl
• 1965
• 859

• 23
• Ray Charles
• Hit The Road Jack
• 1961
• 853

• 24
• Ray Charles
• What'd I Say
• 1959
• 848

• 25
• The Supremes
• You Can't Hurry Love
• 1966
• 843

• 26
• Marvin Gaye
• What's Going On
• 1972
• 837

• 27
• Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
• Tears Of A Clown
• 1967
• 831

• 28
• The Jacksons
• Torture
• 1984
• 830

• 29
• Michael Jackson
• We're Almost There
• 1975
• 816

• 30
• Stevie Wonder
• I Was Made To Love Her
• 1967
• 813

• 31
• Stevie Wonder
• Yester-Me, Yester-You,...
• 1969
• 811

• 32
• Michael Jackson
• Doggin' Around
• 2009
• 762

• 33
• Jackson 5
• I Want You Back
• 1969
• 755

• 34
• The Jacksons
• Dreamer
• 1977
• 746

• 35
• Sade
• Tar Baby
• 1985
• 743

• 36
• Sade
• Clean Heart
• 1988
• 734

• 37
• Marvin Gaye
• Sexual Healing
• 1982
• 732

• 38
• The Jackson Five
• I Want You Back
• 1969
• 730

• 39
• Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
• My Mistake (Was To Love You)
• 1974
• 719

• 40
• Diana Ross
• You Are Everything
• 1973
• 718

• 41
• Soul II Soul
• Back To Life (However Do You...
• 1989
• 702

• 42
• The Neville Brothers
• Yellow Moon
• 1989
• 686

• 43
• De La Soul
• Say No Go
• 1989
• 650

• 44
• De La Soul
• Me Myself And I
• 1989
• 647

• 45
• Amy Winehouse
• Rehab
• 2006
• 537

• 46
• The Beatles
• Nowhere Man
• 1965
• 536

• 47
• Toni Braxton
• Spanish Guitar
• 2000
• 529

• 48
• Jackson 5
• Big Boy
• 2009
• 508

• 49
• Amy Winehouse
• You Know I'm No Good
• 2006
• 494

• 50
• Roberta Flack
• Killing Me Softly With His...
• 1973
• 480