
De Classics 1000 van Radio 1 is de opvolger van de Classics 100 op, die samengesteld werd van 2010 tot en met 2015. De lijst bevat nummers die generaties lang goed blijven en daarmee is de Classics 1000 een gevarieerd overzicht van de muziekgeschiedenis.
De lijst bevat niet alleen bekende namen zoals The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, David Bowie Van Morrison en The Kimks, maar ook Belgische artiesten zoals Jacques Brel, Gorki en Raymond Van Het Groenewoud, Het Zesde Metaal, War On Drugs, T.C. Matic, Spinvis en The Scabs.
Sinds 2020 is er ook de digitale stream 'Radio 1 Classics', beschikbaar via de Radio 1-app en radio1.be, waarop de lijst 24/7 te beluisteren is.
Neil Young
Cortez the Killer
Tom Waits
I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You
The Beatles
I Am the Walrus
Leonard Cohen
Famous Blue Raincoat
Bob Dylan
Sara
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Red Right Hand
Grandaddy
He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Little Wing
Randy Newman
Rider in the Rain
Wilco
Jesus, Etc.
Leonard Cohen
The Partisan
Bob Dylan
Tangled Up in Blue
Jacques Brel
Quand on n’a que l’amour
Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker
David Bowie
Station to Station
Noir Désir
Le vent nous portera
Van Morrison
Madame George
Steve Winwood
While You See a Chance
Frank Zappa
Bobby Brown Goes Down
Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A‐Changin’
Eefje de Visser
Scheef
Tom Waits
Downtown Train
John Lee Hooker
Boom Boom Boom Boom
Leonard Cohen
Take This Waltz
John Cale
Close Watch
The Doors
Touch Me
Bob Dylan
I Want You
The National
Anyone's Ghost
I Muvrini
Á té Corsica
Neil Young
Down by the River
Depeche Mode
Personal Jesus
The Beatles
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Nick Cave
The Weeping Song
Neil Young
After the Gold Rush
Talking Heads
Heaven
David Bowie
Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide
Randy Newman
Short People
Minnie Riperton
Lovin’ You
The Jam
Town Called Malice
Tom Waits
Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)
Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire
eels
Beautiful Freak
Nick Drake
Northern Sky
Arcade Fire
Intervention
The War on Drugs
Under the Pressure
Simon & Garfunkel
The Boxer
Rory Block
Lovin' Whiskey
Neil Young
Southern Man
Nirvana
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Georges Moustaki
Le Métèque
Jackson Browne
Running on Empty
The Beatles
In My Life
The Jam
That’s Entertainment
Françoise Hardy
La Maison où j’ai grandi
The Cure
Charlotte Sometimes
Boudewijn de Groot
Eva
Martha and the Muffins
Echo Beach
Bob Dylan
Masters of War
Johnny Cash
One
Tom Waits
Closing Time
The Doors
People Are Strange
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Killing Moon
Neil Young
Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
Arno
Mourir à plusieurs
Simple Minds
Theme for Great Cities
Grant Lee Buffalo
Fuzzy
Lou Reed
Coney Island Baby
Pixies
Here Comes Your Man
The Box Tops
The Letter
Morphine
Cure for Pain
Nick Drake
Cello Song
Elvis Presley
Heartbreak Hotel
Chicken Shack
I’d Rather Go Blind
Bruce Springsteen
Point Blank
Vaya Con Dios
Just a Friend of Mine
John Hiatt
Lipstick Sunset
Boudewijn de Groot & Jan Rot
Naast jou
Paolo Conte
Max
Neil Young
Harvest Moon
The Cure
Lovesong
Elvis Costello
Alison
Amy Winehouse
Love Is a Losing Game
Elvis Presley
Blue Moon
Nina Simone
Mr. Bojangles
Steely Dan
Gaucho
Otis Redding
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
David Bowie
Suffragette City
Regina Spektor
Samson
Bram Vermeulen
Testament
Patti Smith
People Have the Power
Bob Dylan
One More Cup of Coffee
Pulp
Common People
Leonard Cohen
Dance Me to the End of Love
The Rolling Stones
Midnight Rambler
Nirvana
Dumb
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Powderfinger
Crowded House
Better Be Home Soon
J.J. Cale
Magnolia
David Bowie
Amsterdam
Patti Smith
Gloria
Miriam Makeba
Pata Pata
Blue Blot
Who Is He and What Is He to You
The Clash
The Magnificent Seven
Dire Straits
Why Worry?
Paul Simon
Still Crazy After All These Years
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Summertime
Lou Reed
Vicious
Cream
Crossroads
Lou Reed
Satellite of Love
Kraftwerk
Radioactivity
The Scene
Open
Randy Newman
Sail Away
Wilco
Impossible Germany
R.E.M.
Drive
Bob Dylan
Ballad of a Thin Man
David Bowie
Five Years
Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian
Forbidden Colours
Jean Gabin
Maintenant je sais
Led Zeppelin
Since I’ve Been Loving You
Talking Heads
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Robert Wyatt
Shipbuilding
Leonard Cohen
Sisters of Mercy
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
We've Got Tonight
Spinvis
Voor ik vergeet
Fleet Foxes
Mykonos
Bobby Womack
Across 110th Street
Warren Zevon
Werewolves of London
Jacques Brel
Le Moribond
Marvin Gaye
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
This Mortal Coil
Song to the Siren
Arcade Fire
The Suburbs
The Scene
Feest
Christine and the Queens
Christine
Roy Orbison
She’s a Mystery to Me
The Velvet Underground
I’m Waiting for the Man
Robert Palmer
Johnny and Mary
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Foxy Lady
Elvis Presley
That's All Right
Jethro Tull
Aqualung
Santana
Oye como va
Elliott Smith
Waltz #2
Steely Dan
Hey Nineteen
Eric Clapton
Let It Grow
Les Rita Mitsouko
Marcia baila
The Rolling Stones
Beast of Burden
Lou Reed
Dirty Blvd.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Born on the Bayou
Jackson Browne
The Pretender
Big Country
Chance
Gianna Nannini
I maschi
Randy Newman
In Germany Before the War
John Lennon
Watching the Wheels
XTC
Senses Working Overtime
Toots Thielemans
Ne me quitte pas
Wim Mertens
Close Cover
Roxy Music
A Song for Europe
Nirvana
Heart Shaped Box
Joni Mitchell
Hejira
Zaz
Éblouie par la nuit
Neil Young
A Man Needs a Maid
André Hazes
’n Beetje verliefd
Lou Reed
Caroline Says II
Depeche Mode
Everything Counts
Bob Dylan
Jokerman
Elliott Smith
Between the Bars
The Ronettes
Be My Baby
Nina Simone
Here Comes the Sun
Nirvana
Polly
Mink DeVille
Demasiado Corazón
Neil Young
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Joan Armatrading
The Weakness in Me
Leonard Cohen
Who by Fire
Paul Simon
Late in the Evening
Stevie Nicks
Stand Back
The Smiths
This Charming Man
Elvis Presley
Blue Suede Shoes
Boudewijn de Groot & Elly Nieman
Prikkebeen
Bob Dylan
Changing of the Guards
Neil Young
Out On The Weekend
Moloko
The Time Is Now
10cc
The Things We Do for Love
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Mercy Seat
Pearl Jam
Sirens
The Herd
From the Underworld
Eels
Trouble With Dreams
Laid Back
Bakerman
Beirut
Nantes
The Smiths
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Cowgirl in the Sand
John Lennon
Working Class Hero
Arcade Fire
No Cars Go
Crowded House
Fall at Your Feet
Led Zeppelin
Black Dog
Duncan Browne
The Wild Places
The Velvet Underground
Sunday Morning
The Pogues
Dirty Old Town
Joan Armatrading
Love and Affection
Stevie Wonder
As
Jimi Hendrix
Crosstown Traffic
Roy Orbison
Running Scared
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Take 5
George Harrison
What Is Life
The Cure
In Between Days
U2
Gloria
John Cale
Paris 1919
Ryan Adams
New York, New York
Véronique Sanson
Amoureuse
Leonard Cohen
I'm Your Man
Tony Joe White
Polk Salad Annie
Michelle Shocked
Anchorage
The Beatles
She’s Leaving Home
Charles Trenet
La Mer
Paul Simon
The Boy in the Bubble
Neil Young
The Needle and the Damage Done
Warren Zevon
The Hula Hula Boys
Nick Drake
Pink Moon
Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land
Otis Redding
Try a Little Tenderness
Warren Zevon
The Envoy
Raymond van het Groenewoud
Je moest eens weten hoe gelukkig ik was
Brenda Lee
I'm Sorry
Rodriguez
Sugar Man
Neil Young
Harvest
Lenny Kravitz
Mr. Cab Driver
Jacques Brel
La Chanson de Jacky
Damien Rice
Cannonball
Portishead
Glory Box
Kraftwerk
The Robots
Cat Stevens
Sad Lisa
Fischer‐Z
The Worker
Nick Drake
Time Has Told Me
Triggerfinger
Soon
Jeanne Mas
En rouge et noir
Steely Dan
Reelin’ In the Years
The National
I Need My Girl
France Gall
Babacar
Patti Smith
Frederick
Calexico
The Crystal Frontier
Tröckener Kecks
Nu of nooit
Grace Jones
Pull Up to the Bumper
Ry Cooder
Paris, Texas
Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
The Girl From Ipanema
The Who
Behind Blue Eyes
Chuck Berry
Sweet Little Sixteen
Rufus Wainwright
Jericho
Paul Simon
American Tune
Roxy Music
More Than This
Frank Zappa
Joe’s Garage
Carole King
Tapestry
David Sylvian
Red Guitar
Long John Baldry
(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew
Sonic Youth
Superstar
Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire
EELS
Susan’s House
This Mortal Coil
You and Your Sister
Ray Charles
Georgia on My Mind
Sting
Moon Over Bourbon Street
Bruce Springsteen
Darkness on the Edge of Town
The Shirts
Laugh and Walk Away
Paul Simon
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind
Johan Verminnen
Een of andere dag
The Supremes
You Can’t Hurry Love
Booker T. & the MG’s
Green Onions
The Scene
Rigoureus
Bonnie Raitt
I Can’t Make You Love Me
George Michael & Elton John
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
The Cure
The Lovecats
Leonard Cohen
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
Van Morrison
Caravan
Jeanette
Porque te vas
PJ Harvey
Good Fortune
Françoise Hardy
Comment te dire adieu
Ian Dury
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
The Sundays
Here’s Where the Story Ends
Mink DeVille
Just to Walk That Little Girl Home
The Doors
Roadhouse Blues
Adriano Celentano
Prisencolinensinainciusol
Blur
Girls & Boys
Fleetwood Mac
Never Going Back Again
Elvis Presley
Mystery Train
Lyle Lovett
She’s No Lady
Bram Vermeulen
Rode wijn
Bon Iver
Skinny Love
Jan De Wilde
Joke
The Rolling Stones
Time Is on My Side
Air
Kelly Watch the Stars
Steve Miller Band
Fly Like an Eagle
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Is This Love?
The Allman Brothers Band
Jessica
Antony and the Johnsons
Hope There’s Someone
Joni Mitchell
River
Ray Charles
Hit the Road Jack
Arctic Monkeys
Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
Fats Domino
Blue Berry Hill
The Waterboys
How Long Will I Love You
John Cougar
Jack & Diane
Oasis
Live Forever
Buffalo Tom
I'm Allowed
Bernthøler
My Suitor
Talking Heads
Burning Down the House
Dionne Warwick
Anyone Who Had a Heart
Marianne Faithfull
Tenderness
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Snow ((Hey Oh))
Wim De Craene
Marcellino