The list was based on votes by 172 musicians, critics, and music-industry figures. There is one song published before 1950, two thirds are published in the ’60s and ’70s. The list is dominated by songs produced in the US and UK (469 of them), a dozen songs from Ireland , songs from Canada, songs from Jamaica (mostly Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff), from Australia and a lone song from Sweden.
1 1965 Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone, from Highway 61 Revisited
2 1965 The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, from Out of Our Heads
3 1971 John Lennon – Imagine, from Imagine
4 1971 Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On, from What’s Going On
5 1967 Aretha Franklin – Respect, from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
6 1966 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations, from Smile
7 1958 Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode, from The Great Twenty-Eight
8 1968 The Beatles – Hey Jude
9 1991 Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit, from Nevermind
10 1959 Ray Charles – What’d I Say, from The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings 1952-1959
11 1965 The Who – My Generation, from My Generation
12 1964 Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come, from Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
13 1965 The Beatles – Yesterday, from Help!
14 1963 Bob Dylan – Blowin’ in the Wind, from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
15 1980 The Clash – London Calling, from London Calling
16 1963 The Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand
17 1967 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze, from Are You Experienced
18 1955 Chuck Berry – Maybellene, from The Great Twenty-Eight
19 1956 Elvis Presley – Hound Dog, from Elvis Presley
20 1970 The Beatles – Let It Be, from Let It Be
21 1975 Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run, from Born to Run
22 1963 The Ronettes – Be My Baby, from Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
23 1965 The Beatles – In My Life, from Rubber Soul
24 1965 The Impressions – People Get Ready
25 1966 The Beach Boys – God Only Knows, from Pet Sounds
26 1968 Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay, from The Dock of the Bay
27 1970 Derek and the Dominos – Layla, from Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
28 1967 The Beatles – A Day in the Life, from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
29 1965 The Beatles – Help!, from Help!
30 1956 Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line
31 1971 Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven, from Led Zeppelin IV
32 1968 The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil, from Beggars Banquet
33 1966 Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep – Mountain High, from Proud Mary – the Best of Ike and Tina Turner
34 1964 The Righteous Brothers – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
35 1967 The Doors – Light My Fire, from The Doors
36 1991 U2 – One, from Achtung Baby
37 1975 Bob Marley & The Wailers – No Woman, No Cry, from Natty Dread
38 1969 The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter, from Let It Bleed
39 1957 Buddy Holly & The Crickets – That’ll Be the Day, from The “Chirping” Crickets
40 1964 Martha and the Vandellas – Dancing in the Street
41 1968 The Band – The Weight, from Music From Big Pink
42 1968 The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset, from Something Else By The Kinks
43 1956 Little Richard – Tutti-Frutti, from Here’s Little Richard
44 1960 Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind
45 1956 Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel, from Elvis Presley
46 1977 David Bowie – Heroes
47 1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along the Watchtower, from Electric Ladyland
48 1970 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water, from Bridge Over Troubled Water
49 1976 Eagles – Hotel California, from Hotel California
50 1965 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears, from Going to a Go-Go
51 1980 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – 
The Message
52 1984 Prince and The Revolution – When Doves Cry, from Purple Rain
53 1966 Percy Sledge – When a Man Loves a Woman
54 1963 The Kingsmen – Louie Louie
55 1956 Little Richard – Long Tall Sally, from Here’s Little Richard
56 1976 Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the U.K., from Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
57 1967 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale
58 1983 Michael Jackson – Billie Jean, from Thriller
59 1964 Bob Dylan – The Times They Are a-Changin’
60 1971 Al Green – Let’s Stay Together, from Greatest Hits
61 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On, from All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology
62 1955 Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
63 1967 Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth
64 1963 The Beatles – She Loves You
65 1968 Cream – Sunshine of Your Love, from Disraeli Gears
66 1980 Bob Marley & The Wailers – Redemption Song, from Legend
67 1957 Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
68 1975 Bob Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue, from Blood on the Tracks
69 1961 Roy Orbison – Crying
70 1964 Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
71 1966 James Brown – Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, from Star Time
72 1965 The Beach Boys – California Girls
73 1973 Stevie Wonder – Superstition, from Talking Book
74 1958 Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues
75 1969 Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love, from Led Zeppelin II
76 1967 The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever
77 1955 Elvis Presley – Mystery Train, from Sunrise
78 1966 James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good), from Star Time
79 1965 The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man, from Mr. Tambourine Man
80 1964 The Kinks – You Really Got Me
81 1968 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine
82 1956 Fats Domino – Blueberry Hill
83 1965 The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), from Rubber Soul
84 1983 The Police – Every Breath You Take, from Synchronicity
85 1961 Patsy Cline – Crazy, from The Ultimate Collection
86 1975 Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road, from Born to Run
87 1963 Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire
88 1965 The Temptations – My Girl, from Anthology
89 1965 The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’, from If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears
90 1956 The Five Satins – In The Still Of The Nite
91 1969 Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
92 1976 Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop, from Ramones
93 1987 U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, from The Joshua Tree
94 1958 Little Richard – Good Golly, Miss Molly
95 1956 Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes
96 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls of Fire, from All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology
97 1956 Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven, from The Great Twenty-Eight
98 1972 Al Green – Love And Happiness, from I’m Still in Love With You
99 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son, from Willy And The Poor Boys
100 NEW 2006 Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
101 1969 The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want, from Let It Bleed
102 1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Child (Slight Return), from Electric Ladyland
103 1956 Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps – Be-Bop-A-Lula
104 1979 Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
105 1973 Stevie Wonder – Living For The City, from Innervisions
106 1969 Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer, from Bridge Over Troubled Water
107 1965 Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man, from Bringing It All Back Home
108 1957 Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Not Fade Away, from The “Chirping” Crickets
109 1983 Prince – Little Red Corvette, from 1999
110 1967 Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
111 1965 Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now), from Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
112 1949 Hank Williams – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, from 40 Greatest Hits
113 1954 Elvis Presley – That’s All Right, from Sunrise
114 1962 The Drifters – Up On The Roof, from The Drifters’ Golden Hits
115 1957 Sam Cooke – You Send Me, from Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
116 1969 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women
117 1974 Al Green – Take Me To The River
118 NEW 2003 Beyoncé – Crazy in Love (feat. Jay-Z)
119 1959 The Isley Brothers – Shout (Parts 1 & 2)
120 1977 Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way, from Rumours
121 1969 The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
122 1961 Ben E. King – Stand By Me
123 1964 The Animals – The House of the Rising Sun
124 1966 James Brown – It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World, from Star Time
125 1968 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
126 1960 The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow
127 1954 Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle and Roll
128 1971 David Bowie – Changes, from Hunky Dory
129 1957 Chuck Berry – Rock And Roll Music, from The Great Twenty-Eight
130 1968 Steppenwolf – Born to Be Wild
131 1971 Rod Stewart – Maggie May, from Every Picture Tells A Story
132 1987 U2 – With or Without You, from The Joshua Tree
133 1957 Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love?
134 1971 The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again, from Who’s Next
135 1965 Wilson Pickett – In the Midnight Hour
136 1968 The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps, from The Beatles
137 1970 Elton John – Your Song
138 1966 The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby, from Revolver
139 1971 Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair, from There’s a Riot Goin’ On
140 1964 The Beatles – I Saw Her Standing There, from Please Please Me
141 1975 Led Zeppelin – Kashmir, from Physical Graffiti
142 1958 The Everly Brothers – All I Have To Do Is Dream
143 1956 James Brown – Please, Please, Please, from Star Time
144 1984 Prince and The Revolution – Purple Rain, from Purple Rain
145 1978 Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated, from Ramones
146 1968 Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People, from Stand!
147 1979 The B-52’s – Rock Lobster, from The B-52’s
148 1971 Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGee, from Pearl
149 1977 Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
150 1960 The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown
151 1966 The Byrds – Eight Miles High
152 1954 The Penguins – Earth Angel
153 1965 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Foxey Lady, from Are You Experienced
154 1964 The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night, from A Hard Day’s Night
155 1958 Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Rave On, from 20 Golden Greats
156 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary, from Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
157 1965 Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
158 1959 The Flamingos – I Only Have Eyes for You
159 1954 Bill Haley & His Comets – (We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock
160 NEW 2009 U2 – Moment of Surrender
161 1967 The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting for the Man, from The Velvet Underground & Nico
162 1988 Public Enemy – Bring the Noise, from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
163 1956 Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues
164 1962 Ray Charles – I Can’t Stop Loving You, from Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
165 1990 Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
166 1975 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody, from A Night at the Opera
167 1988 Tracy Chapman – Fast Car, from Tracy Chapman
168 1973 Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On, from Let’s Get It On
169 1972 The Temptations – Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone, from Anthology
170 1991 R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
171 1969 Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now
172 NEW 2004 Jay-Z – 99 Problems, from The Black Album
173 1973 Aerosmith – Dream On
174 1976 ABBA – Dancing Queen
175 1977 Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen, from Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
176 1966 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black, from Aftermath
177 1966 The Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought the Law
178 1964 The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby
179 1989 Tom Petty – Free Fallin’
180 1974 Big Star – September Gurls, from Radio City
181 1980 Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
182 2003 OutKast – Hey Ya!
183 1962 Booker T. & The MG’s – Green Onions
184 1960 The Drifters – Save the Last Dance for Me, from The Drifters’ Golden Hits
185 1969 B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone
186 1964 The Beatles – Please Please Me, from Please Please Me
187 1965 Bob Dylan – Desolation Row, from Highway 61 Revisited
188 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop the Rain, from Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
189 1967 Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You), from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
190 1980 AC/DC – Back in Black, from Back in Black
191 1977 Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive, from Saturday Night Fever
192 1973 Bob Dylan – Knocking On Heaven’s Door
193 1973 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird, from (pronounced ‘lĕh-‘nérd ‘skin-‘nérd)
194 NEW 2007 Amy Winehouse – Rehab, from Back to Black
195 1968 Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
196 1959 The Drifters – There Goes My Baby, from The Drifters’ Golden Hits
197 1957 Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue
198 1987 Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child o’ Mine, from Appetite for Destruction
199 1957 The Chantels – Maybe
200 1956 Elvis Presley – Don’t Be Cruel, from Elvis Presley
201 1966 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Hey Joe, from Are You Experienced
202 1977 Parliament – Flash Light
203 1993 Beck – Loser
204 1986 New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle, from Substance
205 1969 The Beatles – Come Together, from Abbey Road
206 1965 Bob Dylan – Positively 4th Street
207 1966 Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness, from Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
208 1972 Bill Withers – Lean on Me
209 1966 The Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There
210 1957 The Everly Brothers – Bye Bye Love
211 1965 Them – Gloria
212 1963 The Beach Boys – In My Room
213 1966 ? and the Mysterians – 96 Tears
214 1966 The Beach Boys – Caroline, No, from Pet Sounds
215 1982 Prince – 1999, from 1999
216 1989 Neil Young – Rockin’ in the Free World
217 1953 Hank Williams – Your Cheatin’ Heart, from 40 Greatest Hits
218 1965 The Lovin’ Spoonful – Do You Believe In Magic
219 1974 Dolly Parton – Jolene
220 1963 John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom, from The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990)
221 1960 Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful, from Howlin’ Wolf
222 1966 The Left Banke – Walk away Renée
223 1972 Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side, from Transformer
224 1964 Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman
225 1968 Sly & The Family Stone – Dance To The Music, from Greatest Hits
226 1954 Muddy Waters – Hoochie Coochie Man, from The Anthology: 1947-1972
227 1970 James Taylor – Fire and Rain, from Sweet Baby James
228 1982 The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
229 1979 Chic – Good Times
230 1955 Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy, from The Anthology: 1947-1972
231 1970 Van Morrison – Moondance, from Moondance
232 1966 Bob Dylan – Just Like a Woman, from Blonde on Blonde
233 1982 Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
234 1960 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely
235 1965 The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
236 NEW 2008 M.I.A. – Paper Planes, from Kala
237 1965 The Byrds – I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better, from Mr. Tambourine Man
238 1957 Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Everyday, from 20 Golden Greats
239 1954 Ray Charles – I Got a Woman, from The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings 1952-1959
240 1982 Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force – Planet Rock
241 1961 Patsy Cline – I Fall to Pieces, from The Ultimate Collection
242 1968 Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man, from Dusty In Memphis
243 1961 Dion – The Wanderer
244 1969 Sly & The Family Stone – Stand!, from Stand!
245 1972 Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time), from Honky Château
246 1989 The B-52’s – Love Shack
247 1966 The Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin’
248 1967 Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher, from Mr. Excitement!
249 1969 The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, from The Band
250 1969 Sly & The Family Stone – Hot Fun In The Summertime, from Greatest Hits
251 1979 The Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
252 1967 Aretha Franklin – Chain Of Fools, from Lady Soul
253 1970 Black Sabbath – Paranoid, from Paranoid
254 1953 The Drifters – Money Honey
255 1959 Bobby Darin – Mack the Knife
256 1972 Mott the Hoople – All the Young Dudes, from All The Young Dudes
257 1997 Radiohead – Paranoid Android, from OK Computer
258 1979 AC/DC – Highway To Hell, from Highway to Hell
259 1978 Blondie – Heart of Glass, from Parallel Lines
260 NEW 2001 Bob Dylan – Mississippi, from Love and Theft
261 1966 The Troggs – Wild Thing
262 1967 The Who – I Can See for Miles, from The Who Sell Out
263 1969 The Dells – Oh, What A Night
264 1994 Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah, from Grace
265 1973 Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground, from Innervisions
266 1965 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles – Ooo Baby Baby, from Going to a Go-Go
267 1962 The Crystals – He’s a Rebel
268 1972 Randy Newman – Sail Away, from Sail Away
269 1964 The Ronettes – Walking In The Rain, from Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
270 1968 Archie Bell & The Drells – Tighten Up
271 1973 New York Dolls – Personality Crisis, from New York Dolls
272 1983 U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday, from War
273 NEW 2004 Kanye West – Jesus Walks, from The College Dropout
274 1976 The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner
275 1980 George Jones – He Stopped Loving Her Today
276 1966 The Beach Boys – Sloop John B, from Pet Sounds
277 1958 Chuck Berry – Sweet Little Sixteen, from The Great Twenty-Eight
278 1969 The Beatles – Something, from Abbey Road
279 1967 Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to Love, from Surrealistic Pillow
280 1984 Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A., from Born in the U.S.A.
281 1972 The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There
282 1972 David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust, from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
283 1989 The Cure – Pictures of You, from Disintegration
284 1964 The Dixie Cups – Chapel Of Love
285 1971 Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
286 NEW 2003 The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army, from Elephant
287 1972 Stevie Wonder – You Are the Sunshine of My Life, from Talking Book
288 1974 Joni Mitchell – Help Me, from Court and Spark
289 1980 Blondie – Call Me
290 1979 Elvis Costello & The Attractions – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding, from Armed Forces
291 1965 Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightning, from Moanin’ In The Moonlight
292 1992 Pavement – Summer Babe (Winter Version), from Slanted and Enchanted
293 1986 Run-D.M.C. – Walk This Way, from Raising Hell
294 1960 Barrett Strong – Money (That’s What I Want)
295 1964 The Beatles – Can’t Buy Me Love, from A Hard Day’s Night
296 2000 Eminem – Stan (feat. Dido), from The Marshall Mathers LP
297 1964 The Zombies – She’s Not There
298 1979 The Clash – Train in Vain, from London Calling
299 1971 Al Green – Tired Of Being Alone, from Greatest Hits
300 1971 Led Zeppelin – Black Dog, from Led Zeppelin IV
301 1968 The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man, from Beggars Banquet
302 1975 Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up, from Burnin’
303 1972 Neil Young – Heart of Gold, from Harvest
304 1987 Prince – Sign ‘O’ The Times, from Sign ‘O’ The Times
305 1978 Blondie – One Way or Another, from Parallel Lines
306 1989 Madonna – Like a Prayer, from Like a Prayer
307 NEW 2000 Daft Punk – One More Time
308 1978 Rod Stewart – Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
309 1975 Willie Nelson – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, from Red Headed Stranger
310 1967 The Rolling Stones – Ruby Tuesday, from Between the Buttons
311 1967 The Beatles – With a Little Help from My Friends, from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
312 1968 James Brown – Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud), from Star Time
313 1980 The Jam – That’s Entertainment
314 1956 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers – Why Do Fools Fall In Love
315 1958 Jackie Wilson – Lonely Teardrops, from Mr. Excitement!
316 1984 Tina Turner – What’s Love Got to Do With It
317 1971 Black Sabbath – Iron Man, from Paranoid
318 1957 The Everly Brothers – Wake Up Little Susie
319 1963 Roy Orbison – In Dreams
320 1956 Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell On You
321 1979 Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb, from The Wall
322 1965 The Animals – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
323 1977 Elvis Costello – Alison, from My Aim Is True
324 1975 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here, from Wish You Were Here
325 1969 Jimmy Cliff – Many Rivers to Cross, from The Harder They Come
326 1972 Alice Cooper – School’s Out
327 NEW 2004 Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
328 1969 Led Zeppelin – Heartbreaker, from Led Zeppelin II
329 1975 Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Cortez the Killer
330 1989 Public Enemy – Fight the Power, from Fear of a Black Planet
331 1979 Patti Smith Group – Dancing Barefoot
332 1964 The Supremes – Baby Love
333 1966 The Rascals – Good Lovin’
334 1970 James Brown – Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, from Star Time
335 1958 The Impressions – For Your Precious Love
336 1967 The Doors – The End, from The Doors
337 1975 Earth, Wind and Fire – That’s The Way of the World
338 1977 Queen – We Will Rock You
339 1991 Bonnie Raitt – I Can’t Make You Love Me
340 1965 Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues, from Bringing It All Back Home
341 1970 Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky
342 1970 The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane, from Loaded
343 1971 The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses, from Sticky Fingers
344 1982 Michael Jackson – Beat It, from Thriller
345 NEW 2000 U2 – Beautiful Day, from All That You Can’t Leave Behind
346 1975 Aerosmith – Walk This Way, from Toys in the Attic
347 1970 Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m Amazed
348 1966 The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin’ On
349 1971 The Who – Baba O’Riley, from Who’s Next
350 1975 Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come, from The Harder They Come
351 1961 Dion – Runaround Sue
352 1956 Lavern Baker – Jim Dandy
353 1968 Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece of My Heart, from Cheap Thrills
354 1958 Ritchie Valens – La Bamba
355 1996 2Pac – California Love (remix) (feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman)
356 1973 Elton John – Candle in the Wind, from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
357 1973 The Isley Brothers – That Lady (Parts 1 & 2)
358 1960 Ben E. King – Spanish Harlem
359 1962 Little Eva – The Loco-Motion
360 1955 The Platters – The Great Pretender
361 1957 Elvis Presley – All Shook Up
362 1992 Eric Clapton – Tears in Heaven
363 1977 Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives, from My Aim Is True
364 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising, from Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
365 1983 Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
366 1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Little Wing, from Axis: Bold As Love
367 1965 Martha and the Vandellas – Nowhere To Run
368 1957 Muddy Waters – Got My Mojo Working, from The Anthology: 1947-1972
369 1973 Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song
370 1967 The Beatles – All You Need Is Love
371 1979 The Clash – Complete Control, from The Clash
372 1967 The Box Tops – The Letter
373 1965 Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited, from Highway 61 Revisited
374 1965 The Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
375 1977 Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love, from Saturday Night Fever
376 1968 Cream – White Room, from Wheels Of Fire
377 1989 Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus, from Violator
378 1955 Bo Diddley – I’m A Man
379 1967 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Wind Cries Mary, from Are You Experienced
380 1965 The Who – I Can’t Explain
381 1977 Television – Marquee Moon, from Marquee Moon
382 1960 Sam Cooke – Wonderful World, from Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
383 1956 Chuck Berry – Brown Eyed Handsome Man, from The Great Twenty-Eight
384 1979 Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part II), from The Wall
385 1995 Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees, from The Bends
386 NEW 2004 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
387 1961 Ray Charles – Hit the Road Jack
388 1984 U2 – Pride (in the Name of Love)
389 1983 R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe, from Murmur
390 1973 Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
391 1965 Aaron Neville – Tell It Like It Is
392 1997 The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
393 1971 The Allman Brothers Band – Whipping Post
394 1965 The Beatles – Ticket to Ride, from Help!
395 1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio
396 1987 Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul, from Paid In Full
397 1972 Elton John – Tiny Dancer
398 1978 The Police – Roxanne, from Outlandos D’Amour
399 1971 The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me), from Anthology
400 1965 The Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Loving
401 1966 The Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the City
402 1970 The Five Stairsteps – O-o-h Child
403 1961 Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love
404 1964 The Shangri-Las – Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand)
405 1976 Blue Öyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
406 1972 Big Star – Thirteen, from #1 Record
407 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
408 1991 Metallica – Enter Sandman, from Metallica
409 1960 The Shirelles – Tonight’s the Night
410 1970 Sly & The Family Stone – Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), from Greatest Hits
411 1958 Eddie Cochran – C’mon Everybody
412 NEW 2007 Rihanna – Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z)
413 1966 Bob Dylan – Visions of Johanna, from Blonde on Blonde
414 1971 Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun, from Close To You
415 1991 Nirvana – In Bloom, from Nevermind
416 1975 Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion, from Toys in the Attic
417 1989 Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven, from Doolittle
418 1977 Donna Summer – I Feel Love
419 1967 Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe
420 1957 Little Richard – The Girl Can’t Help It
421 1957 The Coasters – Young Blood
422 1965 The Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself
423 1984 Don Henley – The Boys Of Summer
424 NEW 1994 The Notorious B.I.G – Juicy
425 1988 N.W.A – Fuck tha Police, from Straight Outta Compton
426 1969 Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, from Crosby, Stills & Nash
427 1993 Dr. Dre – Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang, from The Chronic
428 1969 The Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing
429 1973 Billy Joel – Piano Man
430 1956 Elvis Presley – Blue Suede Shoes, from Elvis Presley
431 1984 The Smiths – William, It Was Really Nothing
432 NEW 2004 Green day – American Idiot, from American Idiot
433 1972 The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice, from Exile on Main Street
434 1972 Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water
435 1983 U2 – New Year’s Day, from War
436 1964 Solomon Burke – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
437 1978 The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, from The Clash
438 1955 Fats Domino – Ain’t That a Shame
439 1977 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia
440 1969 Led Zeppelin – Ramble On, from Led Zeppelin II
441 1966 Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally
442 1967 Love – Alone Again Or, from Forever Changes
443 1981 The Rolling Stones – Beast of Burden, from Some Girls
444 1956 Elvis Presley – Love Me Tender, from Elvis Presley
445 1969 The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog, from The Stooges
446 1987 Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
447 1984 John Mellencamp – Pink Houses
448 NEW 2003 50 Cent – In Da Club
449 1957 The Del-Vikings – Come Go With Me
450 1973 Bob Marley & The Wailers – I Shot The Sheriff, from Burnin’
451 1965 Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
452 1992 Nirvana – Come as You Are, from Nevermind
453 1968 Toot and the Maytals – Pressure Drop
454 1964 The Shangri-Las – Leader of the Pack
455 1967 The Velvet Underground – Heroin, from The Velvet Underground & Nico
456 1967 The Beatles – Penny Lane
457 1960 Chubby Checker – The Twist
458 1961 Sam Cooke – Cupid, from Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
459 1987 Guns N’ Roses – Paradise City, from Appetite for Destruction
460 1970 George Harrison – My Sweet Lord, from All Things Must Pass
461 1977 Ramones – Sheena Is a Punk Rocker, from Rocket to Russia
462 1993 Nirvana – All Apologies, from In Utero
463 1965 Sam & Dave – Soul Man
464 1986 Prince and The Revolution – Kiss
465 1948 Muddy Waters – Rollin’ Stone, from The Anthology: 1947-1972
466 NEW 2001 Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
467 NEW 2000 Jay-Z – Big Pimpin’ (feat. UGK)
468 1972 The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
469 1966 The Beatles – Rain
470 1966 The Four Tops – Standing In The Shadows Of Love
471 1978 Cheap Trick – Surrender
472 1961 Del Shannon – Runaway
473 1987 Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle, from Appetite for Destruction
474 1970 Van Morrison – Into The Mystic, from Moondance
475 1964 The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go
476 1967 Aretha Franklin – Do Right Woman, Do Right Man, from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
477 1984 The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?
478 NEW 2001 The Strokes – Last Nite, from Is This It
479 1984 Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is
480 1994 Beastie Boys – Sabotage
481 1981 Rick James – Super Freak
482 NEW 2004 Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
483 1967 Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit, from Surrealistic Pillow
484 NEW 2002 Justin Timberlake – Cry Me a River
485 1974 Labelle – Lady Marmalade, from Nightbirds
486 1975 David Bowie – Young Americans
487 1971 Alice Cooper – I’m Eighteen, from Love It to Death
488 1987 The Cure – Just Like Heaven
489 1964 The Drifters – Under the Boardwalk, from The Drifters’ Golden Hits
490 NEW 2002 Coldplay – Clocks, from A Rush of Blood to the Head
491 1981 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘N Roll
492 1978 Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
493 NEW 2008 MGMT – Time to Pretend, from Oracular Spectacular
494 NEW 2003 R. Kelly – Ignition (Remix)
495 1971 The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar, from Sticky Fingers
496 1977 Jackson Browne – Running On Empty
497 NEW 2002 Bruce Springsteen – The Rising, from The Rising
498 1978 The Rolling Stones – Miss You, from Some Girls
499 1994 Weezer – Buddy Holly, from Weezer (Blue Album)
500 1960 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles – Shop Around
| 1940s |
1 |
0.2% |
| 1950s |
70 |
14% |
| 1960s |
195 |
39% |
| 1970s |
131 |
26.2% |
| 1980s |
55 |
11% |
| 1990s |
22 |
4.4% |
| 2000s |
26 |
5.2% |
Music’s biggest night lived up to its name, punctuated by performances by the aforementioned robots and another by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis that culminated in an appearance by Madonna.
The Grammys nominations for 2014 have arrived.
Stairway to Heaven. One of the most acclaimed classic rock songs of all time, despite it never being released as a single in the US charts. This didn’t chart because it was never released as a single to the general public. Radio stations received promotional singles which quickly became collector’s items. 
This runs 8:03, but still became one of the most-played songs on American radio, proving that people wouldn’t tune out just because a song was long. It was a perfect fit for FM radio, which was a newer format challenging the established AM with better sound quality and more variety. “Stairway” fit nicely into what was called the “Album Oriented Rock” (AOR) format, and later became a staple of Classic Rock. By most measures, it is the most-played song in the history of American FM radio. It has also sold more sheet music than any other rock song – about 10,000 to 15,000 copies a year, and more than one million total.
I showed up at John’s house and he had a drawing Julian had done at school with the title ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ above it. Then we went up to his music room and wrote the song, swapping psychedelic suggestions as we went. I remember coming up with ‘cellophane flowers’ and ‘newspaper taxis’ and John answered with things like ‘kaleidoscope eyes’ and ‘looking glass ties’. We never noticed the LSD initial until it was pointed out later – by which point people didn’t believe us. – Paul McCartney
Written by: Lennon-McCartney
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards was held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.The Recording Academy introduced three new categories to the 78 awards previously presented at the 54th ceremony—Best Classical Compendium, Best Latin Jazz Album, and Best Urban Contemporary Album, bringing it to a total of 81 awards.
