One-hit-wonders come and go all the time. Some artists and pieces though stay forever — on our records and in our minds. Here is my private list of all time songs — personal favourites from 1969-2005.

Ballads

• I’LL FIND MY WAY HOME (Jon And Vangelis)
• YOUR BLUE ROOM (Brian Eno/U2)
• THE POWER OF LOVE (Frankie goes to Hollywood)
• THE LIGHTS WILL STAY ON (The Walkabouts)
• WISH YOU WERE HERE (Pink Floyd)
• NOBODY’S DIARY (Yazoo)
• FOREVER YOUNG (Alphaville)
• MANHATTAN SKYLINE (A-HA)
• SAVE A PRAYER (Duran Duran)
• AGAINST ALL ODDS (Phil Collins)
• PURPLE RAIN (Prince)
• ONLY YOU (Yazoo)
• HYMN (Barkley James Harvest)

Not-the-average-popsong

• UNCERTAIN SMILE (The The)
• TRUE FAITH (New Order)
• DRIVE (REM)
• OVERLOAD (Sugababes)
• THIS IS THE DAY (The The)
• PERFECT (The The)
• BEING BOILED (The Human League)
• POISON ARROWS (Mike Oldfield)
• ONCE IN A LIFETIME (Wolfsheim)
• DIE SCHÖNE UND DAS BIEST (Rauhfaser)
• GIANT (The The)
• WHAT IT’S LIKE (Everlast)
• BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY (The Verve)

Electronic / Ambient / NewAge

• ASSASIN (Mark Shreeve)
• OXYGEN 5 (Jean Michel Jarre)
• RADIO & TV (Moskwa TV)
• MAGIC FLIGHT (Space)

German Rap

• TÜRKISCH (R.H.P)
• HAMMERHART (Absolute Beginner)
• RÜCKENWIND (Thomas D.)
• JEIN (Fettes Brot)
• SIE IST WEG (Fanta 4)
• ROCK ME AMADEUS (Falko)
• LIEBESBRIEF (Thomas D.)
• WENN ES NICHT HART IST (R.H.P)
• KRANKENHAUS (Jazzkantine)
• FÄULE (Absolute Beginner)

German Abartiges & Klamauk

• POLITIKER BEIM FICKEN (Joint Venture)
• ICH BRAUCH LIEBE (Goetz Wiedmann)
• LASS DICH NICHT UNTERKRIEGEN (Endstufe)
• GROSSES GLIED (Die Kassierer)
• IM WAGEN VOR MIR (Die Kassierer)
• MIT MEINEM MOTOR (Die Kassierer)
• KÜSS DIE HAND HERR KERKERMEISTER (E.A.V)
• TELEFONMANN (Helge Schneider)