“Rolling Stone“ has put out a list of ‘The 50 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time’ . . . and it hits everybody from The Monkees to One Direction, so it isn’t just ALL the easy stuff from the late ’90s and early 2000s.
They specifically left out Hanson (which Chantel was not happy about). Boyz II Men, All-4-One, and Color Me Badd were also omitted, because they were, quote, “too close to the Motown vocal group tradition.”
Here’s the Top 20:
1. “I Want You Back”, The Jackson 5 (1969)
2. “I’ll Be There”, The Jackson 5 (1970)
3. “Saturday Night”, Bay City Rollers (1975)
4. “I’m a Believer”, The Monkees (1967)
5. “I Want It That Way”, Backstreet Boys (1999)
6. “Bye, Bye, Bye”, ‘N Sync (2000)
7. “ABC”, The Jackson 5 (1970)
8. “Back for Good”, Take That (1995)
9. “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”, New Kids on the Block (1988)
10. “Story of My Life”, One Direction (2013)
11. “Candy Girl”, New Edition (1983)
12. “Sherlock”, the K-pop group SHINee (2012)
13. “Daydream Believer”, The Monkees (1967)
14. “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”, Backstreet Boys (1997)
15. “It’s Gonna Be Me”, ‘N Sync (2000)
16. “Pass the Dutchie”, Musical Youth (1982)
17. “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)”, Backstreet Boys (1996)
18. “Dragostea Din Tei”, O-Zone (2003)
19. “Please Don’t Go Girl”, New Kids on the Block (1988)
20. “The Love You Save”, The Jackson 5 (1970)
See the entire list and enjoy the music videos here!
