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  • Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

    Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

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    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

    Decade Number of songs Percentage
    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%

  • 20 Reasons why ‘The Beatles’ are the ‘Greatest’ Band Ever

    20 Reasons why ‘The Beatles’ are the ‘Greatest’ Band Ever


    Every once in a while, I meet someone who just doesn’t get the Beatles, or who doesn’t even like them.
    I try to keep an open mind about this, since there are some groups that I simply don’t get, either. David Bowie? Yeah, I can understand that. Bob Dylan? Sure.
    But The Beatles? Come on.

    Here are 20 reasons why the Beatles are the greatest band ever:

    1. During the week of April 4, 1964, The Beatles occupied the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (12 in the Hot 100), the top 2 positions on the albums chart, the no. 1 position in the British singles chart, the first two positions in the British albums chart and the no. 1 position in the British EP chart, – the most complete domination of the British and American charts in history. Today, you’re lucky to have one top 10 album and single at the same time.
    2. To date, the Beatles have sold over 1 billion records. That’s billion, with a B.
    3. They have the most no. 1 albums in the British album charts (15), and 17 No. 1 hits.
    4. They hold the record for the group with the longest span between no. 1 albums in the Billboard albums chart (36 years and 51 weeks, 1964 to 2001). In 2000 – 20 years after John Lennon was killed, their greatest hits compilation, 1, spent eight weeks at no. 1 and sold 13 million copies in its first month of release.
    5. They boast 20 No. 1 hits in the United States, (19 No. 1 albums), with 24 consecutive Top 10 hits from 1964 to 1976 (six years after they broke up), a record for a group. They also have 12 no. 1 hits in Germany, 23 in Australia, 21 in the Netherlands, 22 in Canada, and 13 in Malaysia.
    6. According to the United World Chart, the Beatles have 16 of the 100 most successful tracks of all time, and also 7 of the 100 most successful albums in history.
    7. The Beatles recorded four of the Top 10 Greatest Albums of All Time, according to Rolling Stone magazine, and three of the Top Five. (I will ignore the fact that Abbey Road was only No. 14. Blasphemy.)
    8. They were ground-breaking pioneers almost from the beginning, being the first group ever to employ feedback in 1964′s “I Feel Fine.” One of their first hits, “A Hard Day’s Night,” features an opening chord so revolutionary that people are still trying to figure out. 1965′s Rubber Soul and the follow-up, Revolver, saw more innovation, from the use of a sitar in “Norwegian Wood” to tape loops in “Tomorrow Never Knows.” Then there are the backwards vocals in “Rain” (a first) and a Moog synthesizer on several songs on 1969′s Abbey Road.
    9. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band is arguably the greatest album ever made (indeed, it topped Rolling Stone‘s list). While it doesn’t have the strongest material, the album was a landmark in recording. It popularized the concept album – something that would serve as inspiration to The Who and Pink Floyd.
    10. “A Day in the Life” from Sgt. Pepper may have been the crowning achievement of the group – a five and a half minute song composed of two suites – one by Lennon, one by Paul McCartney – that are totally different in sound and texture, yet complement each other perfectly. The song features two cacophonous crescendos from an orchestra, the final one climaxing in a single E major piano chord that lasts 42 seconds.
    11. One may not like songs such as “Yesterday” and “Hey Jude,” but they are unrivaled in their popularity, and the melodies are unforgettable.
    12. Paul McCartney actually dreamed the tune to “Yesterday.”
    13. “Helter Skelter” and “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” are considered two of the first heavy metal songs.
    14. They have 23 of the Top 500 songs of all time, again according to Rolling Stone – the most of any artist.
    15. Their iconic No. 1 singles notwithstanding (“Love Me Do”, “From Me to You”, “She Loves You”, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “A Hard Day’s Night”, “I Feel Fine”, “Eight Days a Week”, “Ticket to Ride”, “Help!”, “Yesterday”, “Day Tripper”, “We Can Work It Out”, “Paperback Writer”, “Yellow Submarine”, “Eleanor Rigby”, “Penny Lane”, “All You Need Is Love”, “Hello, Goodbye”, “Lady Madonna”, “Hey Jude”, “Get Back”, “The Ballad of John and Yoko”, “Something”, “Come Together”, “Let It Be” and “The Long and Winding Road”), some of their best songs weren’t even on any singles or B-sides: “I Should Have Known Better,” “You Won’t See Me,” “For No One,” “Across the Universe,” “Two of Us,” “Dear Prudence,” and “Because” are all just album filler.
    16. They revolutionized the science of recording, using multiple tracks instead of playing live. Producer George Martin used varying tape speeds to make Lennon’s voice sound high (“Tomorrow Never Knows”) and slow (“Strawberry Fields Forever”); he also brought in string musicians to accompany certain songs (“Yesterday”). In another session, McCartney utilized bass drums halfway down a corridor to achieve a staccato sound in “Mother Nature’s Son.”
    17. In an age where other people wrote songs for the flavor of the day – think the Brill Building songwriters doing all the work for the Shangri-Las and the Dixie Cups – The Beatles surprised everyone by penning their own hits from the beginning. As a result, they helped usher the singer-songwriter movement that popularized the late 1960s.
    18. Their ability to cross over from media and teen idols to musical innovators is one-of-a-kind. Their chart success is unparalleled; but despite their popularity, they managed to continue to improve throughout their career.
    19. Their place in popular culture is unrivaled – Their movies, their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show (in which they played to 74 million people), the “bigger than Jesus” comment, the refusal to play in concert after 1966, the Maharishi, the painstaking production work, the beginnings of the drug culture and LSD fad, “Helter Skelter” and Charles Manson, the “Paul is Dead” phenomenon, Yoko Ono, the rooftop concert, the cover of Abbey Road, the subsequent solo years, and the hit singles created from rough demos of the late Lennon.
    20. They accomplished all this in seven years.

    “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” by The Beatles – What they really mean !!