Best Songs by Janis Joplin

The Top Ten
1 Piece of My Heart

Love you Janis :) Your soul will be here FOREVER!

She has such a raw honest voice.

Come on come on come on

2 Me and Bobby McGee

This song really takes me back to when I was a child. My Mum used to sing it before we went to bed.

Just such a beautiful, classic song.

Told her life storey.

3 Summertime

Very romantic song, definitely one of the best

Great song! One of the best

4 Bye, Bye, Baby
5 Cry Baby
6 Mercedes Benz

It's... different. Not my favourite but I like it a lot. I adore that accent!

7 Maybe

Love her so much! This song is just so powerful and amazing

8 Down on Me
9 Get It While You Can
10 Ball and Chain

The live version from the Monterey International Pop Festival (1967) is phenomenal. That festival introduced Joplin to a wider audience and launched her career.

The Contenders
11 Move Over
12 Little Girl Blue

The story and raw emotion of Janis Joplin in one song!

Janis's most beautiful song

The passion and emotion in her voice sweep you away in all of her songs. it's too difficult to remix this list. Every song is just... wow! What a singer. What a lady.

13 Kozmic Blues
14 To Love Somebody

Yes, I love this one'

15 I Need a Man to Love

I don't think I can find anyone who sang something so perfect

16 Work Me, Lord
17 Turtle Blues

I had to add this. Those vocals...A Janis Joplin list without this song is like thinking that custard and wasabi taste great together. Well, I mean, it just isn't natural or right is it?

18 Half Moon

This is my friend's (natalie) favorite song. I LOVE JANIS JOPLIN. - kristen

I love this song!

19 One Good Man
20 Buried Alive In the Blues
21 A Woman Left Lonely
22 Combination of the Two
23 One Night Stand
24 Try
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