Death Songs in Pop Music |
| 1. Die Young – Ke$ha |
| 2. People Who Died – Jim Carroll |
| 3. Goodbye Earl – Dixie Chicks |
| 4. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan |
| 5. New York Mining Disaster (1941) – Bee Gees |
| 6. Last Kiss – Frank J. Wilson (or Pearl Jam) |
| 7. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price |
| 8. Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton |
| 9. Fade To Black – Metallica |
| 10. Freddy’s Dead (Theme From Superfly) – Curtis Mayfield |
| 11. Leader of the Pack – Shangri-Las |
| 12. If I Die Young – The Band Perry |
| 13. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths |
| 14. I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight – Cutting Crew |
| 15. Bohemian Rhapsody (this song is ona lot of lists!) |
| 16. Shannon – Henry Gross |
| 17. The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkle |
| 18. Another One Bites The Dust – Queen |
| 19. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult |
| 20. I’ll Fly Away – Hank Williams |
| 21. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – the Beatles |
| 22. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead – the Munchkins |
| 23. I Will Follow You Into the Dark – Death Cab For Cutie |
| 24. Ready To Die – The Notorious B.I.G. |
| 25. Candle in the Wind – Elton John |
| 26. Adam’s Song – Blink 182 |
| 27. My Immortal – Evanescence |
| 28. Space Oddity – David Bowie |
| 29. I’ll Be Missing You Sean – Combs, Puff Daddy & The Family, Faith Evans |
| 30. I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats |
| 31. Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo |
| 32. Thirteen Women – Bill Haley and His Comets |
| 33. Gone Too Soon – Daughtry |
| 34. He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones |
| 35. Five Years – David Bowie |
| 36. The Great Gig in the Sky – Pink Floyd |
| 37. Running Bear – Johnny Preston |
| 38. Lighting Crashes – Live |
| 39. Stole – Kelly Rowland |
| 40. Seasons In The Sun – Terry Jacks |
| 41. Jeremy – Pearl Jam |
| 42. Close My Eyes Forever – Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne |
| 43. Blaze of Glory – Jon Bon Jovi |
| 44. Billy Don’t be a Hero – Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods |
| 45. Jimmy Collins’ Wake – Dropkick Murphys |
| 46. D.O.A. – Bloodrock |
| 47. Only the Good Die Young – Billy Joel |
| 48. The Killing of Georgie – Rod Stewart |
| 49. Once You Understand – Think |
| 50. Brick – Ben Fold’s Five |
| 51. Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney and Wings |
| 52. Ode To Billy Jo – Bobbie Gentry |
| 53. Keep Me in Your Heart – Warren Zevon |
| 54. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia – Vicki Lawrence |
| 55. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot |
| 56. Usta Love Her – Guns N Roses |
| 57. Die Young, Stay Pretty – Blondie |
| 58. Ocean Breathes Salty – Modest Mouse |
| 59. Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan |
| 60. Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young |
| 61. Do You Realize?? – The Flaming Lips |
| 62. Heaven – Beyonce Knowles |
| 63. The Show Must Go On – Queen |
| 64. Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs-n-Harmony |
| 65. Going, Going, Gone – Bob Dylan |
| 66. In My Time of Dying – Led Zeppelin |
| 67. Coldest Winter – Kanye West |
| 68. Let It Be – The Beatles |
| 69. Three Bells – The Browns |
| 70. Whiskey Lullaby – Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss |
| 71. Dead Man’s Curve – Jan and Dean |
| 72. No Surfing Today – The Four Seasons |
| 73. Run Joey Run – David Geddes |
| 74. Let It Die – Foo Fighters |
| 75. Tell Laura I Love Her – Ray Peterson |
| . Tell Tommy I Miss Him – Marilyn Michaels (Response to Ray Peterson’s ‘Tell Laura’) |
| 76. How To Save A Life – The Fray |
| 77. Can’t Stand Losing You – The Police |
| 78. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon |
| 79. The Legend Of Tom Dooley – The Kingston Trio |
| 80. Done Too Soon – Neil Diamond |
| 81. The Last Carnival – Bruce Springsteen |
| 82. Dancing with Mr. D – The Rolling Stones |
| 83. Volcano – Jimmy Buffett |
| 84. Honey – Bobby Goldsboro |
| 85. And When I Die – Blood, Sweat and Tears |
| 86. Teen Angel – Mark Dining |
| 87. Stan – Eminem |
| 88. Susie And Jeffrey – Blondie |
| 89. Paint It Black – Rolling Stones |
| 90. Copacabana – Barry Manilow |
| 91. Prayer For The Dying – Seal |
| 92. I Would Die 4 U – Prince |
| 93. I Gotta Get A Message To You – Bee Gees |
| 94. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| 95. Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack |
| 96. The Water Was Red – Johnny Cymbal |
| 97. Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles |
| 98. Killing An Arab – The Cure |
| 99. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes – Ultravox |
| 100. The Freshman – Verve Pipe |
