Top 10 “Wolf Songs”

A Photo of the Author, his Assistant and his Editor during the Last Full Moon (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

From today’s history file we have two choices: celebrate the opening of Dances With Wolves on this day in 1990 with our Top 10 Wolf Songs or celebrate the ascent of Anne Murray to the Number 1 spot in 1978 with the Top 10 Anne Murray Songs.

Either way, we howl at the moon.

10. Machine Head – “Wolves”

9. Nomads - “Where the Wolf Bane Blooms”: Garage rock from Sweden before garage rock (or Sweden) was cool.

8. Amon Duul – “Wolf City”: Political art commune turned noise rock band before noise rock was cool.

7. Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf”: A great pop song, spikey hair and all.

6. X – “The Hungry Wolf”: Pirate radio darlings of the ’80′s get a little furry.

5. and 4. Rainbow – “Run With the Wolf” and “Wolf to the Moon”: Wolves and Ritchie Blackmore. Would have never guessed…

3. iwrestedabearonce – “I’m Cold and the Wolves Are After Me”: Cutting edge new wolf music.

2. Grateful Dead – “Dire Wolf”: Dead wolves.

1. Los Lobos – “How Will the Wolf Survive”: The one that introduced most of us to the best little band in East L.A.

BONUS WOLF: Warren Zevon – “Werewolves of London”: Ah oooooh!

More of Michael’s Top 10 picks can be found here …

(Editor’s Note: Looking at the caption … since when do you rate an assistant, Verity?  -I- don’t have an assistant!  This is an outrage! An outrage, I say!)