Open Polls
POLL: Best Stephen Sondheim Musical
We lost Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim in 2021, but he left behind an incredible musical legacy. We’re looking back at his catalogue but we need YOUR votes!
POLL: Best Stevie Wonder Single
Jazz, r’n’b, and funk icon Stevie Wonder topped the chart as a child. He went on to have a tremendously successful career for five decades. We want to look back at his best singles.
POLL: Best Drinking Song
Alcohol and drinking have long inspired songwriters in many different genres of music. As part of our 2025 Summer Specials, we want to consider the very best songs about boozin’ it up.
POLL: Best Mariah Carey Song
Mariah Carey has been topping charts and breaking our hearts for more than 30 years. We want to look back at her incredible songbook and determine her very best song of all time.
POLL: Best Annie Lennox Song
Annie Lennox has been blowing away audiences with her signature vocal since emerging in Eurythmics, and then took the pop world by storm as a solo act starting in the 1990s. We want to look back at her best songs but we need YOUR votes.
POLL: Best Grunge Song
Grunge music was a shock to the sonic system of the 1990s. We want to look back at these raw, confronting rock songs and determine the best grunge anthem of all time.
POLL: Best John Williams Film Score
John Williams has been one of the most prolific and influential film composters of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. We want to celebrate his historic career, and need your help picking his 16 most iconic scores.
POLL: Best Song of 1965 (CLOSED)
The mid-1960s was an amazing time for pop music, with the British Invasion in full swing, incredible r’n’b coming out of Motown, and some incredible American rock quartets producing top-tier tracks. Sixty years later, we need your votes on the Best Song of 1965!
POLL: Best Dolly Parton Single (CLOSED)
Dolly Parton is an American treasure. Since the 1950s she has recorded literally hundreds of songs. We intend to discuss the best of them -- but we need YOUR votes!
POLL: Best Traditional Christmas Carol (CLOSED)
For our 2025 Holiday Music Special we’re considering the best traditional — pre-1900 — Christmas carols, and we need YOUR votes to narrow it down to the best 16.
POLL: Best Song of 2015 (CLOSED)
It’s time to embrace 2010s nostalgia. We begin by looking back a decade ago to 2015, a great year for pop, hip-hop, r&b, dance, and rock music. We want to name the BEST song of 2015 — but we need YOUR VOTES to do it!
POLL: Best “Weird Al” Yankovic Single (CLOSED)
"Weird Al" Yankovic has been popping the pop-music bubble with his parody and polka songs for more than 40 years. We intend to discuss the best of them -- but we need YOUR votes!
POLL: Best Queen Single (CLOSED)
Vote for your favorite singles by British rock icons, Queen! YOUR PICKS help determine the 16 songs we’ll discuss in our upcoming episode!
POLL: Best Oscar Winner for Best Song (CLOSED)
Each year, the Oscars bestow the Best Original Song award to a particularly notable song featured in a major motion picture. We need YOUR VOTES on this poll to help us determine the 16 best Best Song winners of all time.
POLL: Best Celine Dion Song (CLOSED)
Celine Dion is unquestionably one of the most gifted singers of our lifetimes. We’re celebrating Celine’s decades-spanning career with this episode, and we need YOUR VOTES to do it!
POLL: Best ABBA Song (CLOSED)
Swedish super group ABBA took the world by storm during the Eurovision Song Contest, and went on to rule the airwaves for much of the 1970s. We look back at their incredible catalogue — but we need YOUR VOTES to do it!