This list comprises more than 3000 songs (song titles), which have been released between 1931 and 2017,
either as a single or as a track of an album. However, one has to keep in mind that more than 300000 songs
have been listed in music charts worldwide since the beginning of the 20th century [web:
http://tsort.info/music/charts.htm]. Therefore, the present selection of songs is obviously solely a small and
subjective cross-section of the most successful songs in the history of modern music.