Chronology index
Decades
The current archive contains 1,293 records. 1,259 carry a year and are placed below; 34 remain undated and are held out rather than guessed into place.
Data rule: decade placement is calculated only from the year field in the current song archive. It is a filing fact, not an IWL interpretation. Missing years remain unresolved.
1930s
4 records · Robert Johnson, Skip James
1960s
46 records · Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Genesis / related solo catalog
1970s
470 records · Journey, Genesis / related solo catalog, Led Zeppelin
1980s
217 records · Genesis / related solo catalog, Rush, The Police
1990s
84 records · Rush, Genesis / related solo catalog, DMX
2000s
117 records · My Chemical Romance, Rush, Genesis / related solo catalog
2010s
109 records · My Chemical Romance, Rush, Genesis / related solo catalog
2020s
212 records · Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, Bad Bunny
Undated register
34 records currently carry no usable year. They are not assigned to a decade.
| Artist | Title | Album / case | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billie Holiday | God Bless the Child | Legacy | |
| Billie Holiday | Strange Fruit | Legacy | |
| Bing Crosby | White Christmas | Legacy | |
| Bruce Springsteen | I'm on Fire | Born in the U.S.A. | Field note |
| David Bowie | Heroes | Cross-catalog | |
| Depeche Mode | Personal Jesus | Violator | Field note |
| Eagles | Hotel California | Hotel California | Field note |
| Eagles | Hotel California | Hotel California | Convergence |
| Ella Fitzgerald | A-Tisket, A-Tasket | Legacy | |
| Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | Field note |
| Genesis | One-Eyed Hound | Convergence | |
| John Lennon | Imagine | Imagine | Field note |
| Peter Gabriel | One by One | Developing | |
| Peter Gabriel | Playing for Time | i/o | Convergence |
| Peter Gabriel | Sledgehammer | So | Field note |
| Peter Gabriel / Thomas Newman | Down to Earth | WALL·E | Convergence |
| Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart | Blue Moon | Legacy | |
| Robert Johnson | Cross Road Blues | Legacy | |
| Robert Johnson | Hellhound on My Trail | Legacy | |
| Robert Johnson | Me and the Devil Blues | Legacy | |
| Sex Pistols | Submission | Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols | Cross-catalog |
| Soundgarden | Black Hole Sun | Superunknown | Field note |
| The Andrews Sisters | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | Legacy | |
| The Beatles | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | Field note | |
| The Beatles | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | Field note | |
| The Police | Every Breath You Take | Synchronicity | Field note |
| The Who | Baba O’Riley | Field note | |
| The Who | Go to the Mirror! | Tommy | Field note |
| The Who | Going Mobile | Field note | |
| The Who | Who Are You | Field note | |
| The Who | Won’t Get Fooled Again | Field note | |
| Tom Petty | Runnin’ Down a Dream | Field note | |
| Twenty One Pilots | Chlorine | Trench | Cross-catalog |
| Vera Lynn | We'll Meet Again | Legacy |