If, forty years from now, we were listening to an oldies station - playing the "turn of the century hits" (that's 21st century) - what music from the '90s, '00s and '10s would we hear? And what would be long forgotten? We ask Chris Molanphy - author of the "100 & Single" Billboard charts column in the Village Voice - to share his predictions. (He also made us a heck of a playlist, listed chronologically by release date below). 

Plus, we talk with Scott Shannon - WPLJ host and creator of the syndicated radio network The True Oldies Channel - about the state of oldies today. 

Check out Chris Molanphy's playlist below - and tell us what you think is missing. 

Twenty songs we’ll still be hearing on oldies radio in 2052

by Chris Molanphy

(In chronological order by original release)

1. Sir Mix-a-Lot, “Baby Got Back” (1992) – This hit was underestimated by critics in ’92, compared with Arrested Development’s “Tennessee”

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 1)

2. Pearl Jam, “Yellow Ledbetter” (1992) – An example of how classic-rock acts are eventually remembered for a song that wasn’t their biggest radio hit.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 97)

3. Radiohead, “Creep” (1993) – Still their U.S. biggest hit, and though they’ve recorded greater albums this is still most likely to be in rotation decades from now.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 34)

4. Snoop (Doggy) Dogg, “Gin and Juice” (1994) – Because a great line is a great line, and “With my mind on my money and my money on my mind” is a great one.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 8)

5. Mariah Carey, “Always Be My Baby” (1996) – She was the biggest pop star of the ’90s, but a lot of her hits got burned out long ago; this one hasn’t.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 1)

6. Sublime, “What I Got” (1996) – Because bros and stoners, like it or not, are going to have a new “The Joker”/”Slow Ride.”

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: N/A—Airplay chart peak No. 29)

7. Blur, “Song 2” (1997) – Sports will still be the way we hear a lot of pop songs.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: N/A—Airplay chart peak No. 55)

8. Backstreet Boys, “I Want It That Way” (1999) – Great song; but also the Chinese brothers’ lip-dub (2005) was one of YouTube’s first viral videos—the future of hits.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 6)

9. Eminem, “Lose Yourself” (2002) – He won an Oscar for it, essentially because it’s this generation’s “Gonna Fly Now”/“Eye of the Tiger.”

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 1)

10. Coldplay, “Clocks” (2002) – Every generation has its easy-listening songs.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 29)

11. The White Stripes, “Seven Nation Army” (2003) – Because you can’t stop a good bassline, even when it’s actually played on a guitar.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 76)

12. The Postal Service, “Such Great Heights” or Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Maps” (2003) – One of these will be the “Just Like Heaven” of our era—the hipster love song.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: N/A, No. 87)

13. OutKast, “Hey Ya!” (2003) – Burned out in its heyday but will probably never die.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 1)

14. Kelly Clarkson, “Since U Been Gone” (2005) – It will be the Millennial generation’s “sass anthem,” akin to “Respect” or “I Will Survive”

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 2)

15. Gnarls Barkley, “Crazy” (2006) – Because of its malleability as a song; decades hence it might be a folk classic.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 2)

16. Rihanna, “Umbrella” (2007) – It’s the lyrics: beneath its hip-hop exterior lie the bones of an old-time, sentimental love ballad.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 1)

17. Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008) – Weddings alone guarantee this a permanent hit-parade spot.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 1)

18. Jay-Z, “Empire State of Mind” (2009) – Rap’s Frank Sinatra ensured himself decades of royalties with his own Yankee-game-worthy perennial.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 1)

19. Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance” (2009) – Its nonsense lyric is “wamp-baba-lula” worthy; its video is a classic.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 2)

20. Taio Cruz, “Dynamite” (2010) – I’ve never met a kid under 10 who doesn’t love it, and they will all be in their fifties in 2052.

(Peak on Billboard’s Hot 100: No. 2)