This is a work-in-progress index. Hoping there will be developments to improve the below at some stage.
1950-1959
Frank Sinatra - 'One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)' (1958)
Miles Davis - 'Flamenco Sketches' (1959)
1960-1964
Elvis Presley - ‘Reconsider, Baby’ (1960)
James Brown and The Famous Flames - 'Night Train' (1963)
Phil Spector et al. - ‘Silent Night’ (1963)
Charles Mingus - ‘Medley: Mode D-Trio and Group Dancers/Mode-E Single solo and Group Dance/Mode-F Group and Solo Dance' (1963)
Bob Dylan - ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ (1964)
1965-1969
Bob Dylan - 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue' (1965)
Otis Redding - 'You Don't Miss Your Water' (1965)
John Coltrane - 'Pt. IV - Psalm' (1965)
The Beatles - 'Run For Your Life' (1965)
Bob Dylan - ‘Desolation Row’ (1965)
Bob Dylan - ‘Sad Eyed Lady of The Lowlands’ (1966)
The Beatles - ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ (1966)
The Beach Boys - ‘Caroline, No’ (1966)
Bob Dylan - ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ [Live] (1966)
Aretha Franklin - 'A Change Is Gonna Come' (1967)
Scott Walker - 'Amsterdam' (1967)
Love - 'You Set The Scene' (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - ‘Are You Experienced?’ (1967)
The Beatles - ‘A Day In The Life’ (1967)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - ‘European Son’ (1967)
The Kinks - ‘Waterloo Sunset’ (1967)
The Chamber Brothers - ‘Time Has Come Today’ (1967)
The Band - 'I Shall Be Released' (1968)
The Rolling Stones - 'Salt of The Earth' (1968)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' (1968)
Van Morrison - ‘Slim Slow Slider’ (1968)
The Beatles - ‘Good Night’ (1968)
Iron Butterfly - ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ (1968)
The Velvet Underground - ‘Sister Ray’ (1968)
The Zombies - 'Time of The Season' (1968)
The Kinks - ‘People Take Pictures of Each Other’ (1968)
Dusty Springfield - 'I Can't Make It Alone' (1969)
Captain Beefheart -'Veteran's Day Poppy' (1969)
Led Zeppelin - 'Bring It On Home' (1969)
The Rolling Stones - 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' (1969)
The Band - 'King Harvest (Has Surely Come)' (1969)
The Beatles - ‘The End’ / ‘Her Majesty’ (1969)
Nick Drake - ‘Saturday Sun’ (1969)
Isaac Hayes - ‘By The Time I Get To Phoenix’ (1969)
Joni Mitchell - ‘Both Sides Now’ (1969)
The Velvet Underground - ‘After Hours’ (1969)
Fairport Convention - ‘Million Dollar Bash’ (1969)
Scott Walker - ‘Rhymes of Goodbye’ (1969)
1970-1974
John Lennon - 'My Mummy's Dead' (1970)
Neil Young - 'Cripple Creek Ferry' (1970)
Miles Davis - 'Sanctuary' (1970)
The Velvet Underground - ‘Oh! Sweet Nuthin’’ (1970)
Black Sabbath - ‘Fairies Wear Boots’ (1970)
The Who - 'Won't Get Fooled Again' (1971)
Led Zeppelin - 'When The Levee Breaks' (1971)
David Bowie - 'The Bewlay Brothers' - (1971)
Derek & the Dominos - 'Thorn Tree in the Garden' (1971)
Carole King - '(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman' (1971)
Sly and The Family Stone - 'Thank You for Talkin' To Me Africa' (1971)
The Rolling Stones - 'Moonlight Mile' (1971)
Joni Mitchell - 'The Last Time I Saw Richard' (1971)
Marvin Gaye - 'Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)’ (1971)
Paul and Linda McCartney - ‘The Back Seat of My Car’ (1971)
The Doors - ‘Riders on The Storm’ (1971)
The Beach Boys - ‘Surf’s Up’ (1971)
Lou Reed - 'Goodnight Ladies' (1972)
David Bowie - ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide’ (1972)
The Rolling Stones - ‘Soul Survivor’ (1972)
Genesis - ‘Supper’s Ready’ (1972)
Nick Drake - ‘From The Morning’ (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - 'Superfly' (1972)
Stevie Wonder - 'He's Misstra Know-It-All' (1973)
Pink Floyd - ‘Brain Damage’ / ‘Eclipse’ (1973)
Tom Waits - ‘Closing Time’ (1973)
Wings - ‘Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five’ (1973)
New York Dolls - ‘Jet Boy’ (1973)
David Bowie - ‘Lady Grinning Soul’ (1973)
Gene Clark - 'Lady of The North' (1974)
King Crimson - ‘Starless’ (1974)
(Brian) Eno - ‘Here Come The Warm Jets’ (1974)
Neil Young - ‘Ambulance Blues’ (1974)
1975-1979
Bob Dylan - 'Buckets of Rain' (1975)
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - ‘Jungleland’ (1975)
Roy Harper - ‘When an Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease’ (1975)
Kraftwerk - ‘Ohm Sweet Ohm’ (1975)
Stevie Wonder - 'Another Star' (1976)
The Ramones - 'Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World' (1976)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - 'American Girl' (1976)
The Clash - 'Garageland' (1977)
Fleetwood Mac - 'Gold Dust Woman' (1977)
Television - 'Torn Curtain' (1977)
The Sex Pistols - ‘E.M.I.’ (1977)
Elvis Costello - 'Night Rally' (1978)
Blondie - ‘Just Go Away’ (1978)
The Jam - ‘Down In The Tube Station At Midnight’ (1978)
X-Ray Spex - ‘The Day The World Turned Day-Glo’ (1978)
Joy Division - 'I Remember Nothing' (1979)
The Clash - ‘Train In Vain (Stand By Me)’ (1979)
Monty Python - ‘Look On The Bright Side of Life (All Things Dull and Ugly)’ (1979)
Marianne Faithfull - ‘Why D’ya Do It?’ (1979)
Sparks - ‘The Number One Song In Heaven’ (1979)
The Specials - ‘You’re Wondering Now’ (1979)
1980-1984
Joy Division - 'Decades' (1980)
Talking Heads - 'The Overload' (1980)
The Clash - ‘Shepherds Delight’ (1980)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - ‘Redemption Song’ (1980)
The Human League - ‘Don’t You Want Me’ (1981)
Michael Jackson - 'The Lady in My Life' (1982)
Duran Duran - ‘The Chauffeur’ (1982)
Elvis Costello - ‘Town Cryer’ (1982) x-post
Philip Glass - ‘Prophecies’ (1982)
Orange Juice - ‘In A Nutshell’ (1982)
R.E.M. - 'West of The Fields' (1983)
Lionel Richie - ‘Hello’ (1983)
Talking Heads - 'This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (1983)
Elvis Costello - ‘The World And His Wife’ (1983)
Iron Maiden - ‘The Rime of The Ancient Mariner’ (1984)
The Pretenders - ‘2000 Miles’ (1984)
Echo & The Bunnymen - ‘Ocean Rain’ (1984)
1985-1989
The Jesus and Mary Chain - 'It's So Hard' (1985)
Tom Waits - ‘Anywhere I Lay My Head’ (1985) - x-post from Every Tom Waits Song
The Pogues - ‘And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda’ (1985)’ (£)
Paul Simon with Los Lobos - 'All Around The World or The Myth of Fingerprints' (1986)
The Smiths - 'Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others' (1986)
XTC - 'Sacrificial Bonfire' (1986)
Prince - ‘Sometimes It Snows In April’ (1986)
U2 - 'Mothers Of The Disappeared' (1987)
Guns 'n' Roses - 'Rocket Queen' (1987)
Public Enemy - ‘Party for Your Right to Fight’ (1987)
Michael Jackson - ‘Leave Me Alone’ (1987)
The Smiths - ‘I Won’t Share You’ (1987)
NWA - 'Something 2 Dance 2' (1988)
Sonic Youth - "Trilogy" (1988)
Leonard Cohen - ‘Tower of Song’ (1988)
The Beastie Boys - 'B-Boy Bouillabaisse' (1989)
De La Soul - 'D.A.I.S.Y. Age' (1989)
The Stone Roses - 'I Am The Resurrection (1989)
1990-1994
Cocteau Twins - ‘Frou Frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires’ (1990)
Public Enemy - ‘Fight The Power’ (1990)
U2 - 'Love is Blindness' (1991)
My Bloody Valentine - 'Soon' (1991)
Massive Attack - 'Hymn of The Big Wheel' (1991)
Teenage Fanclub - 'Is This Music?' (1991)
Nirvana - ‘Something In The Way’ / ‘Endless Nameless’ (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - ‘Scenario’ (1991)
Pavement - 'Our Singer' (1992)
R.E.M. - 'Find The River' (1992)
Nirvana - 'All Apologies' (1993)
The Wu-Tang Clan - 'Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber—Part II' / 'Conclusion' (1993)
Portishead - 'Glory Box' (1994)
Jeff Buckley - 'Dream Brother' (1994)
Nas - ‘It Ain’t Hard To Tell’ (1994)
Nine Inch Nails - ‘Hurt’ (1994)
Oasis - ‘Married with Children’ (1994)
1995-1999
Radiohead - 'Street Spirit (Fade Out).' (1995)
Oasis - 'Champagne Supernova' (1995)
Moby ft. Mimi Goese - 'When It's Cold I'd Like To Die' (1995)
DJ Shadow - 'What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 – Blue Sky Revisit)' / 'Transmission 3' (1996)
Belle & Sebastian - ‘Judy and The Dream of Horses’ (1996)
Manic Street Preachers - ‘All Surface, No Feeling’ (1996)
Radiohead - ‘The Tourist’ (1997)
The Chemical Brothers - ‘The Private Psychedelic Reel’ (1997)
Spiritualized - ‘Cop Shoot Cop’ (1997)
Elliot Smith - ‘Say Yes’ (1997)
Mogwai - ‘Mogwai Fear Satan’ (1997)
Björk - ‘All is Full of Love’ (1997)
Super Furry Animals - ‘Mountain People’ (1997)
John Shuttleworth - ‘Pigeons In Flight’ (1997)
Mercury Rev - ‘Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp’ (1998)
Air - ‘Le voyage de Pénélope‘ (1998)
The Flaming Lips - ‘Sleeping On The Roof’ (1999)
2000-2004
Radiohead - 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' / 'Untitled' (2000)
PJ Harvey - 'We Float'/'This Wicked Tongue (2000)
Primal Scream - ‘Shoot Speed/Kill Light’ (2000)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - ‘Like Antennas To Heaven’ (2000)
Eels - ‘Mr E’s Beautiful Blues’ (2000)
Badly Drawn Boy - ‘Epitaph’ (2000)
The Strokes - 'Take It Or Leave It' (2001)
Roots Manuva - ‘Dreamy Days’ (2001)
Radiohead - ‘Life In A Glasshouse’ (2001)
Interpol - ‘Leif Erikson’ (2002)
The Streets - ‘Stay Positive’ (2002)
The White Stripes - 'Well It's True That We Love One Another' (2003)
Super Furry Animals - ‘Slow Life’ (2003)
Blur - ‘Battery In Your Leg’ (2003)
The Strokes - ‘I Can’t Win’ (2003)
The Kings of Leon - ‘Holly Roller Novocaine’ / ‘Talihina Skies’ (2003)
[British] Sea Power - ‘A Wooden Horse’ (2003)
Arcade Fire - 'In The Backseat' (2004)
Scissor Sisters - ‘Return To Oz’ (2004)
The Streets - ‘Empty Cans’ (2004)
2005-2009
Sufjan Stevens - 'Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run' (2005)
My Morning Jacket - ‘Dondante’ (2005)
Bright Eyes - ‘Road To Joy’ (2005)
The National - ‘Mr. November’ (2005)
The Arctic Monkeys - ‘A Certain Romance’ (2006)
Guillemots - ‘São Paulo’ (2006)
Bat For Lashes - ‘I Saw A Light’ (2006)
Radiohead - 'Videotape' (2007)
LCD Soundsystem - ‘New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down’ (2007)
Laura Marling - 'Your Only Doll (Dora)' / 'Alas I Cannot Swim' (2008)
Fleet Foxes - ‘Oliver James’ (2008)
Late of The Pier - ‘Bathroom Gurgle’ / 'No Time’ (2008)
The Horrors - ‘Sea Within A Sea’ (2009)
2010-2014
Kanye West - 'Lost In The World'/'Who Will Survive In America' (2010)
Deerhunter - ‘He Would Have Laughed’ (2010)
Destroyer - 'Bay of Pigs (Detail)' (2011)
Fiona Apple - ‘Hot Knife’ (2012)
Top Ten Closers of 2014 - Guest Post.
Sun Kil Moon - ‘Ben’s My Friend’ (2014)
The War on Drugs - ‘In Reverse’ (2014)
2015-2019
Kendrick Lamarr - ‘Mortal Man’ (2015)
Father John Misty - ‘I Went To The Store One Day’ (2015)
David Bowie - 'I Can't Give Everything Away' (2016)
Let’s Eat Grandma - ‘Donnie Darko’ (2018)
Lana Del Rey - ‘hope is a dangerous thing for a women like me to have - but I have it’ (2019)
2020-2024
Phoebe Bridgers - 'I Know the End' (2020)
Wet Leg - 'Too Late Now' (2022)
Yard Act - ‘100% Endurance’ (2022)
Caroline Polachek - ‘Billions’ (2023)
Lil Yachty - ‘Reach The Sunshine’ (2023)
The Last Dinner Party - ‘Mirror’ (2024)
Laura Marling - ‘Patterns In Repeat’ / ‘Lullaby [Instrumental]’ (2024)
Adrianne Lenker - ‘Ruined’ (2024)
2025-
ABBA - ‘The Winner Takes It All’ (2025)
Lambrini Girls - ‘Cuntology 101’ (2025)
Analysis, thoughts and other posts
Data Analysis I, II, III and IV
New Order’s closing tracks I, II
Interview with Polyphonic Part I and II
Tom Waits’ closing tracks x-post from Every Tom Waits Song
Nick Cave 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 and 3.2