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Greg's Top 100 Song Lines of All Time

By Judd Cribbs

Cape Coral resident Greg Briskin loves to compile lists. He's compiled several so far and his latest is listed below. Enjoy!

Greg's Top 100 song lines of all time:

#100- “Tonight’s the night we’ll make history, honey, you and I” (Styx, The Best of Times)

99- “Loose, footloose, kick off your Sunday shoes. Please, Louise, pull me offa my knees” (Kenny Loggins, Footloose)

98- “I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away, ooo, I’m just sittin’ on the dock of the bay, wastin’ time” (Otis Redding, Sittin’ on the dock of the bay)

97- “I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine” (Marvin Gaye, I heard it through the Grapevine)

96- “Don’t want to close my eyes, I don’t want to fall asleep, cause I’d miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing” (Aerosmith, I don’t wanna miss a thing)

95- “Follow the yellow brick road. Follow the yellow brick road. Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road” (The Wizard of Oz, Follow the Yellow Brick Road)

94- “All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need” (The Beatles, All you need is love)

93- “There she was just a-walkin’ down the street, singing do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do” (Rick Springfield, Do Wah Diddy Diddy)

92- “This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius, the age of Aquarius, Aquarius! Aquarius!” (Hair, Aquarius)

91- “Imagine there’s no Heaven, it’s easy if you try, no hell below us, above us only sky” (John Lennon, Imagine)

90- “Wise men say only fools rush in, but I can’t help falling in love with you” (Elvis Presley, Can’t help falling in love)

89- “Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did” (Elton John, Candle in the Wind)

88- “Come on baby, let’s do the Twist, take me by my little hand, and go like this” (Chubby Checker, The Twist)

87- “I can’t get no satisfaction, ‘cause I try, and I try, and I try, I can’t get no, I can’t get no” (Rolling Stones, Satisfaction)

86- “Stop! In the name of love, before you break my heart, think it over, think it over” (The Supremes, Stop! In the name of love)

85- “Woe oh oh oh oh oh, and she’s buying a stairway to Heaven” (Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven)

84- “You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave” (The Eagles, Hotel California)

83- “Moon River, wider than a mile, I’m crossin’ you in style, some day” (Frank Sinatra, Moon River)

82- “Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s home from work we go” (Snow white the seven dwarves- Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho)

81- “Rock-a-bye, baby, in the tree top; when the wind blows, the cradle will rock; when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall; down will come baby, cradle and all” (Rock-a-bye baby)

80- “Chicago, Chicago, that toddling town. Chicago, Chicago, I’ll show you around” (Frank Sinatra, Chicago)

79- “Getting to know you, getting to know all about you” (Frank Sinatra, Getting to know you)

78- “For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow, which no’bdy can deny” (For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow)

77- “Frosty the snowman, was a jolly happy soul, with a corncob pipe and a button nose, and two eyes made out of coal” (Frosty the Snowman)

76- “Young man, there’s no need to feel down. I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground” (Village People, YMCA)

75- “Like a true nature’s child, we were born to be wild --- We can climb so high, I never wanna die -- Born to be wild, born to be wild” (Steppenwolf, Born to be wild)

74- “Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go” (Elvis Presley, Love me tender)

73- “He’s a pinball wizard, there’s got to be a twist, a pinball wizard, He’s got such a supple wrist” (The Who, Pinball Wizard)

72- “And we’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive. Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive” (Bee Gees, Staying Alive)

71- “And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me” (Lee Greenwood, God Bless the U.S.A.)

70- “Fame, I’m gonna live forever, I’m gonna learn how to fly, high” (Fame Soundtrack, Fame)

69- “I left my heart in San Francisco, high on a hill it calls to me” (Frank Sinatra, I left my heart in San Francisco)

68- “We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine, We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine” (The Beatles, Yellow Submarine)

67- “Aruba, Jamaica, ooo I wanna take you – Bermuda, Bahama, come on, pretty mama, Key Largo, Montego, baby, why don’t we go” (Beach Boys, Kokomo)

66- “These little town blues are melting away --- I’ll make a brand new start of it in old New York” (Frank Sinatra- New York, New York)

65- “Crazy, crazy for feeling so lonely, I’m crazy, crazy for feeling so blue” (Patsy Cline, Crazy)

64- “I write the songs that make the whole world sing, I write the songs of love and special things. I write the songs that make the young girls cry. I write the songs, I write the songs” (Barry Manilow, I write the songs)

63-“Near, far, wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go on” (Celine Dion, My Heart will go on)

62- “It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A” (Village People, YMCA)

61- “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny rose, and if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows” (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)

60- “And it’s Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, the baddest man in the whole damn town. Badder than Old King Kong, and meaner than a junkyard dog” (Jim Croce- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown)

59- “What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of” (Jackie DeShannon, What the world needs now is love)

58- “Mama just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he’s dead” (Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody)

57- “Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya tomorrow, you’re always a day away” (Annie, Tomorrow)

56- “Everybody’s gone surfing, surfing U.S.A.” (Beach Boys, Surfing USA)

55- “To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear with unbearable sorrow, to run where the brave dare not go” (Frank Sinatra, The Impossible Dream)

54- “Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd, buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I ever get back” (Take me out to the ball game)

53- “And I will always love you. I will always love you… I will always love you” (Whitney Houston, I will always love you)

52- “Welcome to the Hotel California, such a lovely place, such a lovely face. Plenty of room at the Hotel California, any time of year, you can find it here” (The Eagles, Hotel California)

51- “Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars” (Frank Sinatra, Fly me to the moon)

50- “At first, I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side” (Gloria Gaynor, I will survive)

49- “Ave Maria, gracia plena” (Ave Maria)

48- “And girls, they wanna have fu-un, Oh girls, just wanna have fun” (Cyndi Lauper, Girls just wanna have fun)

47- “Doe, a deer, a female deer, ray, a drop of golden sun, me, a name I call myself, far, a long, long way to run” (The Sound of Music, Do Re Mi)

46- “You better watch out, you better not cry, Better not pout, I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town” (Santa Claus is Coming to town)

45- “Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree” (Tony Orlando, Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree”

44- “We will, we will rock you, we will, we will, rock you” (Queen, We will rock you)

43- “Let’s rock, everybody, let’s rock. Everybody in the whole cell block, was dancin’ to the Jailhouse Rock” (Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock)

42- “My country ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing” (America)

41- “So bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry” (Don McLean, American Pie)

40- “Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad, Prospero ano y Felicidad” (Feliz Navidad)

39- “I’m singing in the rain, just singing in the rain --- What a glorious feelin’, I’m happy again” (Gene Kelly, Singin’ in the Rain)

38- “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know” (Bing Crosby, White Christmas)

37- “Well, it’s one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat go” (Elvis Presley, Blue Suede Shoes)

36- “Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, where the deer and the antelope play” (Home on the Range)

35- “There’s no business like show business, like no business I know” (Frank Sinatra, There’s no business like show business)

34- “America! America! God shed His grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea!” (America the Beautiful)

33- “Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl” (Barry Manilow, Copacabana)

32- “Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling, Clementine, thou art lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine” (Oh My Darling Clementine)

31- “We are the champions, my friends, and we’ll keep on fighting till the end, we are the champions, we are the champions, no time for losers, ‘cause we are the champions, of the world” (Queen, We are the Champions)

30- “Camptown ladies sing this song, do-da, do-da, Camptown race track’s two miles long, oh the do-da day” (Stephen Foster, Camptown Races)

29- “Raindrops keep falling on my head, and just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed, nothing seems to fit” (Burt Bacharach, Raindrops keep falling on my head)

28- “Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends, Mmm, I get high with a little help from my friends, Mmm, I’m gonna try with a little help from my friends” (The Beatles, With a little help from my friends)

27- “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound” (Amazing Grace)

26- “Pretty woman, walking down the street, pretty woman, the kind I’d like to meet” (Roy Orbison, Pretty Woman)

25- “Oh, when the saints go marching in, when the saints go marching in, oh lord, I want to be in that number, when the saints go marching in” (Louis Armstrong, When the Saints Go Marching in)

24- “Like a virgin, touched for the very first time” (Madonna, Like a Virgin)

23- “I will survive, as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive. I’ve got all my life to live, I’ve got all my love to give, and I’ll survive, I will survive” (Gloria Gaynor, I will survive)

22- “Twinkle, Twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are” (Mozart- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

21- “One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock rock, five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock, rock, nine, ten, eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock, rock, We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight” (Bill Haley & The Comets)

20- “Hey Jude, don’t make it bad, take a sad song, and make it better, remember to let her into your heart, then you can start to make it better” (The Beatles, Hey Jude)

19- “O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties, above the fruited plain!” (America the Beautiful)

18- “You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh. The fundamental things apply, as time goes by” (Casablanca, As time goes by)

17- “This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the New York Island” (Woody Guthrie, This land is your land)

16- “Are the stars out tonight? I don’t know if it’s cloudy or bright, cause I only have eyes for you, dear” (Frank Sinatra, I only have eyes for you)

15- “Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear… , Happy Birthday to you” (Happy Birthday to you)

14- “Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, what so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming?” (Star Spangled Banner)

13- “Yankee Doodle went to town a-riding on his pony, stuck a feather in his hat, and called it macaroni” (Yankee Doodle)

12- “Here comes the bride, all dressed in white” (Here comes the bride)

11- “Like a bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down” (Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge over Troubled Water

10- “From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli” (U.S. Marine Corps Hymn)

9- “But don’t you step on my blue suede shoes, you can do anything, but lay off my blue suede shoes” (Elvis Presley, Blue Suede Shoes)

8- “Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer. Not a trace of doubt in my mind. I’m in love, I’m a believer! I couldn’t leave her if I tried” (The Monkees, I’m a believer)

7- “And here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson. Jesus loves you more than you will know” (Simon & Garfunkel, Mrs. Robinson)

6- “Oh Susanna, oh don’t you cry for me, I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee” (Stephen Foster, Oh Susanna)

5- “When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires will come to you” (Pinocchio, When you wish upon a star)

4- “Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and Auld Lang Syne?” (Auld Lang Syne)

3- “God Bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her and guide her thru the night with a light from above” (God Bless America)

2- “Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, there’s a land that I heard of, once in a lullaby” (Judy Garland, Over the Rainbow)

#1- “O, say, does the Star-Spangled Banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave” (Star Spangled Banner)


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