Top 1000 Songs #440-#431

#440 - "Back On The Chain Gang" - The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl - The fourth of five Pretenders songs on the list, "Chain Gang" is among the band's most popular songs and features one of their best choruses.

#439 - "In Between Days" - The Cure - The Head On The Door - The fourth of six Cure songs on the countdown, "In Between Days" was never one of the band's bigger hits, but it's among their best written and features their trademark build to another outstanding chorus.

#438 - "A Hard Day's Night" - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - The twelfth of twenty-two Beatles songs on the list, "A Hard Day's Night" is one of the rare pre-Revolver songs that ranks among their greatest, as the lyrics and progression were the first sign of the truly legendary band they would later become.

#437 - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - The sixth of eight Elton John songs in the top 1000, "Yellow Brick Road" is the centerpiece of his finest album and features some of the best lyrics of his partnership with Bernie Taupin.

#436 - "Immortality" - Pearl Jam - Vitalogy - The thirteenth of twenty-five Pearl Jam songs on the list, "Immortality" is widely believed to be Eddie Vedder's tribute to his friend Kurt Cobain. The timeline is off, but the message of fame and all that comes with it rings true nonetheless, making it one of the most haunting songs ever written.

#435 - "We Are The Champions" - Queen - News Of The World - The second of six Queen songs in the top 1000, "We Are The Champions" is the ballad most commonly attributed to sporting events or victory celebrations throughout the world. When paired with the stadium-shaking "We Will Rock You", the song offers a perfect contrast, but on it's own it's still among the best stadium-rock songs of all-time.

#434 - "Layla (Unplugged)" - Eric Clapton - Unplugged - The third of four Eric Clapton songs on the countdown, "Layla" is an acoustic cover of Clapton's greatest achievement as a musician. The cover manages to add new dimensions to the song without diminishing greatly from the original's greatness.

#433 - "Soul Meets Body" - Death Cab For Cutie - Plans - The third and highest-charting song by Death Cab on the list, "Soul" was the band's breakthrough hit and features one of the best verses in modern rock, as their singer changes his vocal style completely for an alternating verse and chorus.

#432 - "Higher Ground" - The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk - The fourth of five RHCP songs in the top 1000, "Higher Ground" was the band's first breakthrough hit as they moved from a funk novelty act into the modern rock monster that they are today with this classic cover of a Stevie Wonder staple from the 70's.

#431 - "The Scientist" - Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head - The fourth of six Coldplay songs on the list, "The Scientist" is one of the band's most moving songs and one of the great ballads of the 21st Century.