
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 & Crazy Horse
Cortez the Killer
Leonard Cohen
The Partisan
Tom Waits
I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You
I Muvrini
Á té Corsica
Leonard Cohen
Dance Me to the End of Love
Leonard Cohen
Famous Blue Raincoat
Grandaddy
He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot
David Bowie
Station to Station
Leonard Cohen
Take This Waltz
Nick Cave
The Weeping Song
Jacques Brel
Quand on n’a que l’amour
Patti Smith
Gloria
Bob Dylan
Sara
Wilco
Impossible Germany
David Bowie
Five Years
Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A‐Changin’
Simon & Garfunkel
The Boxer
Noir Désir
Le vent nous portera
The War on Drugs
Under the Pressure
Chuck Berry
Roll Over Beethoven
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Red Right Hand
Patti Smith
Frederick
Neil Young
After the Gold Rush
The Beatles
I Am the Walrus
John Cale
Close Watch
Bob Dylan
Changing of the Guards
Bob Dylan
Masters of War
Led Zeppelin
Since I’ve Been Loving You
Tom Waits
Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Rattlesnakes
The Beatles
Nowhere Man
Talking Heads
Heaven
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
Patti Smith
People Have the Power
Talking Heads
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
France Gall
Évidemment
Bram Vermeulen
De wedstrijd
Elvis Presley
Blue Suede Shoes
Louis Neefs
Laat ons een bloem
The Beatles
In My Life
David Bowie
Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide
Bob Dylan
Mr.Tambourine Man
Tom Waits
Closing Time
Paul Simon
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Chuck Berry
Carol
Editors
Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
Elvis Presley
Heartbreak Hotel
Neil Young
Cinnamon Girl
Grauzone
Eisbär
Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire
Chicken Shack
I’d Rather Go Blind
Bob Dylan
Jokerman
Us3
Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
Paul Simon
Late in the Evening
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Cowgirl in the Sand
Bryan Ferry
Don’t Stop the Dance
Jackson Browne
Running on Empty
Bob Dylan
Blind Willie McTell
Leonard Cohen
I'm Your Man
Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
The Girl From Ipanema
Neil Young
Harvest Moon
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Push the Sky Away
Nina Simone
Sinnerman
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Born on the Bayou
Bob Dylan
Tangled Up in Blue
Neil Young
Southern Man
Leonard Cohen
Sisters of Mercy
Neil Young
Down by the River
Grant Lee Buffalo
Fuzzy
Tom Waits
Jersey Girl
Warren Zevon
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Summertime
Joni Mitchell
A Case of You
Nina Simone
Mr. Bojangles
Ralph McTell
Streets of London
John Hiatt
Perfectly Good Guitar
Frank Zappa
Bobby Brown
Nirvana
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Neil Young
Out On The Weekend
Kraftwerk
Radioactivity
Simple Minds
Theme for Great Cities
dirk Blanchart
Fool Yourself Forever
Roxy Music
A Song for Europe
Claude François
Comme d’habitude
The Doors
Roadhouse Blues
Fischer‐Z
The Worker
Pavlov’s Dog
Julia
Raymond van het Groenewoud
In m’n hoofd
Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind
John Cale
Dead or Alive
The Scene
Open
Arcade Fire
Intervention
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Little Wing
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Jubilee Street
Robert Wyatt
Shipbuilding
Bob Dylan
Simple Twist of Fate
Gilbert Bécaud
L’important c’est la rose
Pearl Jam
Sirens
Dionne Warwick
Walk on By
The Smiths
This Charming Man
Paolo Conte
Via con me
This Mortal Coil
Song to the Siren
Tom Waits
Ol’ 55
Neil Young
Long May You Run
David Bowie
Amsterdam
Boudewijn de Groot
Een wonderkind van 50
Duncan Browne
The Wild Places
Bob Dylan
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
The Triffids
Bury Me Deep in Love
Oasis
Live Forever
David Bowie
Young Americans
The Waterboys
Fisherman’s Blues
The Smiths
Girlfriend in a Coma
Martha and the Muffins
Echo Beach
Patti Smith
Dancing Barefoot
Van Morrison
Madame George
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Shipbuilding
Depeche Mode
Personal Jesus
The Rolling Stones
Midnight Rambler
Jah Wobble
How Much Are They?
First Aid Kit
Emmylou
Tom Waits
Downtown Train
Richard Thompson
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Joan Armatrading
The Weakness in Me
Morphine
Cure for Pain
The Velvet Underground
Pale Blue Eyes
George Harrison
What Is Life
Zjef Vanuytsel
Tussen Antwerpen en Rotterdam
Steely Dan
Reelin’ In the Years
eels
Beautiful Freak
Joni Mitchell
Amelia
Ryan Adams
Oh My Sweet Carolina
Bonnie Raitt
I Can’t Make You Love Me
The Beatles
She’s Leaving Home
Frank Zappa
Peaches en Regalia
Johnny Cash & June Carter
Jackson
Sufjan Stevens
Chicago
The Doors
Touch Me
Bram Vermeulen
Rode wijn
Charles Trenet
La Mer
The Waterboys
How Long Will I Love You
Johnny Cash
One
Serge Gainsbourg
Initials B.B.
The Rolling Stones
Time Is on My Side
Led Zeppelin
Dazed and Confused
Axelle Red
Rouge ardent
Nick Drake
Northern Sky
King Crimson
In the Court of the Crimson King
Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker
Serge Gainsbourg
Je suis venu te dire que je m’en vais
The Cure
Lovesong
Lyle Lovett
Simple Song
Neil Young
A Man Needs a Maid
The Rolling Stones
Mother's Little Helper
Carole King
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
The War on Drugs
Burning
Joni Mitchell
River
Van Morrison
Dweller on the Treshold
John Lennon
Jealous Guy
? and the Mysterians
96 Tears
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Mercy Seat
The Walkabouts
The Light Will Stay On
The Box Tops
The Letter
Warren Zevon
Let Nothing Come Between You
Roy Orbison
She’s a Mystery to Me
Talking Heads
Burning Down the House
Otis Redding
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds & PJ Harvey
Henry Lee
The Clash
The Magnificent Seven
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Killing Moon
Randy Newman
Baltimore
Neil Young
Pocahontas
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Refugee
Hazel O’Connor
Will You?
Rory Gallagher
Going to My Home Town
Pixies
Gigantic
Steve Winwood
While You See a Chance
Melanie
Ruby Tuesday
Bob Dylan
Oh, Sister
The Doors
Hello, I Love You
Lou Reed
Vicious
Gerry Rafferty
Right Down the Line
Traveling Wilburys
Handle With Care
Johnny Cash
Man in Black
Les Rita Mitsouko
Marcia baila
The Stone Roses
Fools Gold
The Beatles
Revolution
Bob Dylan
A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall
David Sylvian
Forbidden Colours
Led Zeppelin
Black Dog
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Powderfinger
Wilco
Jesus, Etc.
Leonard Cohen
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
Derroll Adams
Oregon
Lou Reed
Sweet Jane
Van Morrison
Real, Real Gone
Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind
Fleetwood Mac
Never Going Back Again
The Herd
From the Underworld
The Doors
People Are Strange
Beirut
Nantes
The Beatles
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Bart Peeters
Poolijs
Amy Winehouse
Love Is a Losing Game
Natalie Merchant
Motherland
Daft Punk
Da Funk
EELS
A Line in the Dirt
Gruppo Sportivo
Beep Beep Love
Melanie De Biasio
No Deal
Boudewijn de Groot
Beneden alle peil
Pixies
Gouge Away
Roxy Music
Same Old Scene
Spinvis
Voor ik vergeet
Jethro Tull
Bourée
Steely Dan
Dirty Work
Paul Weller
Wild Wood
The Doors
Break On Through (to the Other Side)
Indila
Dernière danse
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Against the Wind
Elvis Presley
King Creole
Portishead
Glory Box
Elvin Bishop
Fooled Around and Fell in Love
The Cure
Charlotte Sometimes
Depeche Mode
Everything Counts
Frank Zappa
Zoot Allures
The Ronettes
Be My Baby
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Learning to Fly
Nick Drake
Time Has Told Me
PJ Harvey
This Is Love
Joy Division
Transmission
Damien Rice
The Blower's Daughter
Funkadelic
Maggot Brain
Crowded House
Better Be Home Soon
The War on Drugs
Strangest Thing
Boudewijn de Groot
Een tip van de sluier
The Stranglers
No More Heroes
Texas
I Don’t Want a Lover
Arcade Fire
Wake Up
Bob Dylan
Make You Feel My Love
Fastball
The Way
Bon Iver
Skinny Love
The Velvet Underground
I’m Waiting for the Man
Roxy Music
Do the Strand
Steve Miller Band
The Joker
Eddie Vedder
Guaranteed
Tom Waits
The Piano Has Been Drinking
Joan Baez
Here’s to You
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Stir It Up
Kevin Ayers & The Whole World
Puis-je?
David Bowie
Fame
The Kinks
Days
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
We've Got Tonight
Brad
The Day Brings
Bob Dylan
I Want You
Wim De Craene & Della Bosiers
Mensen van 18
Genesis
That’s All
Delavega
Surely
Nancy Sinatra
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Robert Palmer
Johnny and Mary
John Lennon
Working Class Hero
The Cure
In Between Days
Sigur Rós
Svefn-g-englar
Sinéad O’Connor
The Emperor’s New Clothes
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Take 5
The Velvet Underground
Sunday Morning
Steely Dan
Peg
Blue Blot
Hold the Line
The National
I Need My Girl
Fats Domino
Blue Berry Hill
Elvis Presley
Mystery Train
Rod Stewart
Handbags and Gladrags
Kate Bush
Babooshka
Véronique Sanson
Amoureuse
Warren Zevon
Desperados Under the Eaves
Jacques Brel
Les Vieux
Bobbie Gentry
Ode to Billy Joe
Pixies
Here Comes Your Man
Ray Charles
Georgia on My Mind
Christine and the Queens
Christine
The Sundays
Here’s Where the Story Ends
Lou Reed
Dirty Blvd.
Petula Clark
Cœur blessé
Mink DeVille
Demasiado Corazón
Otis Redding
These Arms of Mine
eels
Novocaine for the Soul
Georges Moustaki
Le Métèque
The Tragically Hip
Grace Too
Jonathan Richman
Ice Cream Man
Björk
Human Behaviour
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Don’t Come Around Here No More
Bourvil
Salade de fruits
Amatorski
Come Home
Steely Dan
Gaucho
The Scabs
Crystal Eyes
Michel Polnareff
La Poupée qui fait non
Elkie Brooks
Pearl’s a Singer
Jeanette
Porque te vas
Long John Baldry
(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Cutter
Elliott Smith
Between the Bars