My top 100 songs featuring women (one song represented by each artist)

 

1. Annie Lennox – Why
2. Aretha Franklin – Natural Woman
3. Alanis Morrissette – You Learn
4. Belle and Sebastian – Is It Wicked Not To Care?
5. Billie Holiday – Lady Sings The Blues
6. Blondie – Union City Blue
7. Bjork – Hidden Place
8. Boss Hog – Whiteout
9. Bessie Smith – Down Hearted Blues
10. The Breeders – Divine Hammer
11. Carpenters – Rainy Days and Mondays
12. Cat Power – The Greatest
13. Chicks on Speed – Glamour Girl
14. Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
15. CocoRosie – Beautiful Boyz
16. Cass Elliot – Dream A Little Dream of Me
17. The Clouds – Aquamarine
18. Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
19. Crass – Shaved Women
20. Cranberries – Linger
21. Cibo Matto – Know Your Chicken
22. The Crystals – He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss)
23. CSS – Patins
24. Carole King – So Far Away
25. Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out
26. Divinyls – Boys in Town
27. Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
28. Dory Previn – Mary C Brown and the Hollywood Sign
29. Dusty Springfield – Son of A Preacher Man
30. Do Re Mi – Man Overboard
31. Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors
32. Eartha Kitt – I Want To Be Evil
33. Elastica – Car Song
34. Everything But The Girl – Missing
35. Frente – No Time
36. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
37. Glass Candy – Digital Versicolour
38. Heart – Barricuda
39. Hole – Olympia
40. Helen Reddy – I Am Woman
41. Joni Mitchell – Sex Kills
42. Janis Joplin – Another Piece of My Heart
43. Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
44. KD Lang – Constant Cravings
45. Laurie Anderson – O Superman
46. L7 – Pretend That We’re Dead
47. Life Without Buildings – 14 Days
48. Le Tigre – Decepticon
49. Martha and the Muffins – Echo Beach
50. Martha and the Vandellas – Dancing in the Street
51. Melanie – Lay Down
52. Marianne Faithful – Broken English
53. Missy Elliot – Gossip Folks
54. MIA – Bucky Done Gone
55. The Muffs – Upside Down
56. Miss Dynamite – Di-na-mi-tee
57. Magic Dirt – Heavy Business
58. Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walking
59. Natascha Atlas – Ana Hina
60. New Buffalo – Recovery
61. Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance
62. Nina Simone – Here Comes The Sun
63. Nico – Frozen Warnings
64. The Organ – Brother
65. Olivia Newton John – Physical
66. Peaches – The Teaches of Peaches
67. PJ Harvey – You Said Something
68. Paradise Motel – Derwent River Star
69. Patti Labelle – Lady Marmalade
70. Petula Clarke – Downtown
71. Patti Smith – Free Money
72. The Pretenders  – Brass In Pocket
73. Queen Latifa – Wrath of My Madness
74. Randy Crawford – Street Life
75. The Ronettes – Be My Baby
76. Royal Trux – A Night To Remember
77. Romeo Void – Never Say Never
78. The Slits – Typical Girls
79. Sade – No Ordinary Love
80. Salt N Pepa – Push It
81. Shonen Knife – Banana Chips
82. Santigold – LES Artistes
83. Sleater-Kinney – Modern Girl
84. Sister Sledge – Lost In Music
85. Sonic Youth – Bull in the Heather
86. The Shaggs – Who Are Parents?
87. Sinead O’Connor – Emperor’s New Clothes
88. Siouxie and The Banshees – Cities of Dust
89. Spice Girls – Who Do You Think You Are?
90. Stereolab – Ping Pong
91. Tracy Chapman – Talkin Bout A Revolution
92. Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood
93. Tina Turner – Private Dancer
94. The Triffids – Raining Pleasure
95. The Velvet Underground – After Hours
96. Veruca Salt – Volcano Girls
97. Whitney Houston – I’m Every Woman
98. X Ray Spex – Oh Bondage, Up Yours
99. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion
100. Yoko Ono – Yang Yang