Hacer una lista con las 100 mejores canciones en la historia de la humanidad puede parecer algo ridículo, pues la música es tan diversa que el playlist de cada persona cambiaría de manera radical. A pesar de eso, en reddit se les ocurrió crear una selección colectiva con las rolas más épicas a la fecha, sin límites de géneros ni artistas. Obvio hay muy poco pop y por fortuna, el reggaeton quedó completamente fuera... de hecho es más rock —y sus variantes— que cualquier otra cosa.

Para llegar a un acuerdo, se pidió que cada redditor pusiera su canción favorita y con el estricto sistema de votación del sitio, la comunidad eligió cuáles se quedaban y cuáles se iban al olvido. Así es como quedaron los ganadores de tan reñida contienda y si haces clic aquí puedes escuchar casi todas en Spotify.

• 101. Arcade Fire "Wake Up" (51 Points)
• 100. Depeche Mode "Enjoy The Silence" (54 points)
• 99. Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" (54 points)
• 98. Disclosure "Latch" (62 Points)
• 97. Weezer "Say It Ain't So" (64 points)
• 96. Taking Back Sunday "Cute Without the E (Cut From the Team)" (64 points)
• 95. Mastodon "Oblivion" (63 points)
• 94. The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" (68 points)
• 93. The Fall Of Troy "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X." (74 points)
• 92. Pearl Jam "Black" (73 Points)
• 91. Oasis "Don't Look Back in Anger" (82 points)
• 90. Foo Fighters "Pretender" (81 Points)
• 89. M83 "Outro" (84 Points)
• 88. The Grateful Dead "Ripple" (83 points)
• 87. Seal "Kiss From a Rose" (85 Points)
• 86. My Chemical Romance "Welcome to the Black Parade" (86 points)
• 85. Nirvana "Dumb" (89 points)
• 84. The Police "Roxanne" (107 points)
• 83. Billy Joel "Piano Man" (110 points)
• 82. Boston "Foreplay/Long Time" (119 points)
• 81. The Beatles "Hey Jude" (134 points)
• 80. Jimi Hendrix "Little Wing" (130 points)
• 79. Vampire Weekend "Hannah Hunt" (142 points)
• 78. Alice in Chains "Rooster" (141 points)
• 77. Arctic Monkeys "A Certain Romance" (155 points)
• 76. Radiohead "Reckoner" (158 points)
• 75. Arcade Fire "Rebellion (Lies)" (162 Points)
• 74. Pink Floyd "Have A Cigar" (163 Points)
• 73. The Darkness "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (163 Points)
• 72. Bruce Springsteen "Thunder Road" (175 points)
• 71. Brand New "The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot" (186 points)
• 70. Simon and Garfunkel "The Boxer" (189 points)
• 69. Kavinsky "Nightcall" (187 points)
• 68. Pearl Jam "Yellow Ledbetter" (184 points)
• 67. Sigur Rós "Starálfur" (186 points)
• 66. Tool "Eulogy" (192 points)
• 65. David Bowie "Life on Mars?" (196 points)
• 64. The Verve "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (205 points)
• 63. Iggy Pop "The Passenger" (210 points)
• 62. ELO "Mr. Blue Sky" (221 points)
• 61. Guns N' Roses "November Rain" (221 points)
• 60. Harry Chapin "Cat's In The Cradle" (226 points)
• 59. The Smiths "How Soon Is Now?" (228 points)
• 58. Gorillaz ft. Little Dragon "Empire Ants" (227 points)
• 57. Vanessa Carlton "A Thousand Miles" (239 points)
• 56. Nirvana "Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Unplugged)" (238 points)
• 55. The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl "Fairytale of New York" (242 points)
• 54. Florence + the Machine "Shake It Out" (249 points)
• 53. Lynyrd Skynyrd "Simple Man" (258 points)
• 52. Coheed and Cambria "Welcome Home" (260 points)
• 51. King Crimson "21st Century Schizoid Man" (290 points)
• 50. Rush "2112" (292 points)
• 49. Radiohead "Weird Fishes" (310 points)
• 48. Darude "Sandstorm" (311 points)
• 47. LCD Soundsystem "Dance Yrself Clean" (333 points)
• 46. Fugazi "Waiting Room" (331 points)
• 45. David Bowie "Heroes" (346 points)
• 44. Arctic Monkeys "Do I Wanna Know" (344 points)
• 43. Queen "Don't Stop Me Now" (352 points)
• 42. Elton John "Your Song" (359 points)
• 41. Beethoven "5th Symphony" (366 points)
• 40. Death Cab for Cutie "Transatlanticism" (376 Points)
• 39. The Beatles "Let It Be" (385 Points)
• 38. The Temper Trap "Sweet Disposition" (390 points)
• 37. Coldplay "Fix You" (389 Points)
• 36. Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight" (416 Points)
• 35. Bon Iver "Skinny Love" (421 Points)
• 34. Green Day "Jesus of Suburbia" (436 Points)
• 33. Johnny Cash "Hurt" (443 Points)
• 32. Led Zeppelin "Kashmir" (511 Points)
• 31. NAS "N.Y. State of Mind" (557 Points)
• 30. Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here" (595 Points)
• 29. Iron Maiden "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (610 points)
• 28. The Eagles "Hotel California" (641 points)
• 27. Smashing Pumpkins "1979" (646 points)
• 26. Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" (673 points)
• 25. The Doors "Riders on the Storm" (685 points)
• 24. Explosions In The Sky "Your Hand In Mine" (717 points)
• 23. Simon & Garfunkel "Sound of Silence" (741 points)
• 22. Kanye West "Runaway" (761 points)
• 21. Metallica "One" (810 points)
• 20. Fleetwood Mac "Landslide" (895 points)
• 19. Pixies "Where Is My Mind?" (922 points)
• 18. Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" (936 points)
• 17. Beethoven "Moonlight Sonata" ( 958 points)
• 16. The Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil" (964 points)
• 15. Queen and David Bowie "Under Pressure" (995 points)
• 14. The Beatles "A Day In The Life" (1045 points)
• 13. Kendrick Lamar – "m.A.A.d city" (1102 points)
• 12. The Mamas & The Papas "California Dreamin" (1236 points)
• 11. Foo Fighters "Everlong (Live)" (1253 points)
• 10. Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear The Reaper" (1310 points)
• 9. Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing" (1428 points)
• 8. The Beach Boys "God Only Knows" (1480 points)
• 7. The Killers "Mr. Brightside" (1641 points)
• 6. Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" (1646 points)
• 5. Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World" (1838 points)
• 4. The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter" (1965 points)
• 3. Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb" (1992 points)
• 2. The Animals "House of the Rising Sun" (2158 points)
• 1. Africa "Toto" (3,367 Points)