(Finished July 10th, 2026) Part 3 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.

35) christina perri “Jar of Hearts”:

36) Melissa Etheridge “Come To My Window”:

37) Aretha Franklin “Respect”:

38) Mr Mister “Broken Wings”:

A very powerful message. 39) Aretha Franklin “I Say A Little Prayer”:

I think this is the most powerful version of this song. 40) Starship “We Built This City”:

41) Led Zeppelin “Immigrant Song”:

I had to listen to this song again as it’s so good. 42) Lana Del Rey “Young and Beautiful”:

“Dearly beloved we are here to get through this thing called life. Electric word life it means forever and that’s a mighty long time.” 43) Prince “Let’s Go Crazy”:

I’m still looking for the definitive version of this song. This may not be it, but it’s pretty darn good. 44) Atticus Blue “Hallelujah”:

45) U2 “Sunday Bloody Sunday”:

46) Aerosmith “Sweet Emotion”:

47) Nena “99 Luftballons”:

48) Pink Floyd “Comfortably Numb”:

49) Bette Midler “From A Distance”:

50) John Lennon “Imagine”:

51) Metallica “Enter Sandman”:

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