(Finished March 14th, 2026) Part 2 of The Most Powerful Songs Of All-Time

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What makes a song powerful. A few reasons why, but not all, obviously the music is powerful- see the “Phantom of the Opera” “Overture”. The message is powerful- see Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising”, Lauren Daigle’s “Still Rolling Stones”, or Terry Jacks “Seasons In The Sun”.

Or a song can be powerful in it’s message like The Chicks “Not Ready To Make Nice”.

A song can also have a powerful vocal, like Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” or her almost as powerful “Success Has Made A Failure of Our Home”. Of course that would include Aretha’s “Respect” or Frida’s “I Know There’s Something Going On”.

Or a song is just powerful from a combination of many things. Or a song that can be powerful because of the way it makes you feel.

18) Fleetwood Mac “The Chain”:

19) Joe Nichols “The Impossible”:

From “Dreamgirls”. 20) Beyonce “Listen”:

One of the most fun songs ever to sing along with. 21) Dua Lipa “Blow Your Mind (Mwah)”:

You can have “I Will Always Love You”, I’ll take this Whitney masterpiece. 22) Whitney Houston “The Greatest Love Of All”:

23) Lulu “To Sir With Love”:

Some of the greatest lyrics of any song ever. 24) U2 “One”:

25) Celine Dion “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now”:

26) Lionel Richie “Say You, Say Me”:

27) Cyndi Lauper “I Drove All Night”:

28) Pink Floyd “Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2”:

29) Richard Wagner “Ride of The Valkyries”:

30) Pyotr Tchaikovsky “The 1812 Overture”:

31) Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”:

32) Dan Hill “Sometimes When We Touch”:

33) Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)”:

34) Mumford and Sons “Little Lion Man”:

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