Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 500 Songs

Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 500 Songs

No. Interpret 1. Bob Dylan 2. The Rolling Stones 3. John Lennon 4. Marvin Gaye 5. Aretha Franklin 6. The Beach Boys 7. Chuck Berry 8. The Beatles 9. Nirvana 10. Ray Charles 11. The Who 12. Sam Cooke 13. The Beatles 14. Bob Dylan 15. The Clash 16. The Beatles 17. Jimmy Hendrix 18. Chuck Berry 19. Elvis Presley 20. The Beatles 21. Bruce Springsteen 22. The Ronettes 23. The Beatles 24. The Impressions 25. The Beach Boys 26. The Beatles 27. Derek and the Dominos 28. Otis Redding 29. The Beatles 30. Johnny Cash 31. Led Zeppelin 32. The Rolling Stones 33. Tina Turner 34. The Righteous Brothers 35. The Doors 36. U2 37. Bob Marley 38. The Rolling Stones 39. Holly, Buddy 40. Martha & The Vandellas 41. The Band 42. The Kinks 43. Little Richard 44. Ray Charles 45. Elvis Presley 46. David Bowie 47. Simon and Garfunkel

Title Like a Rolling Stone Satisfaction Imagine What's Going on Respect Good Vibrations Johnny B. Goode Hey Jude Smells Like Teen Spirit What'd I Say (part 1&2) My Generation A Change is Gonna Come Yesterday Blowin' in the Wind London Calling I Want zo Hold Your Hand Purple Haze Maybellene Hound Dog Let It Be Born to Run Be My Baby In my Life People Get Ready God Only Knows A day in a life Layla Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Help I Walk the Line Stairway to Heaven Sympathy for the Devil River Deep - Mountain High You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' Light my Fire One No Woman No Cry Gimme Shelter That'll be the Day Dancing in the Street The Weight Waterloo Sunset Tutti Frutti Georgia On My Mind Heartbreak Hotel Heroes Bridge over Troubled Water

Year of release 1961 1965 1971 1971 1967 1966 1958 1968 1991 1959 1965 1964 1965 1963 1980 1963 1967 1955 1956 1970 1975 1963 1965 1965 1966 1967 1970 1968 1965 1956 1971 1968 1966 1964 1967 1991 1975 1969 1957 1964 1968 1968 1956 1960 1956 1977 1970

48. Jimi Hendrix

All Along the Watchtower

1968

49. The Eagles

Hotel California

1976

50. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles The Tracks of my Tears

1965

51. Grandmaster Flash

The Message

1980

52. Prince

When Doves Cry

1984

53. Sex Pistols

Anarchy in the U.K.

1976

54. Percy Sledge

When a man loves a woman

1966

55. The Kingsmen

Louie Louie

1963

56. Little Richard

Long Tall Sally

1956

57. Procol Harum

A Whiter Shade of Pale

1967

58. Michael Jackson

Billie Jean

1983

59. Bob Dylan

The times they are a changin'

1964

60. Al Green

Let's Stay together

1971

61. Jerry Lee Lewis

Whole Lotta Shakin' Going on

1957

62. Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

1955

63. Buffalo Springfield

For what it's Worth

1967

64. The Beatles

She Loves you

1963

65. Cream

Sunshine of your Love

1968

66. Bob Marley

Redemption Song

1980

67. Elvis Presley

Jailhouse Rock

1958

68. Bob Dylan

Tangled up in Blue

1975

69. Roy Orbison

Crying

1961

70. Dionne Warwick

Walk on By

1964

71. The Beach Boys

California Girls

1965

72. James Brown

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

1966

73. Eddie Cochran

Summertime Blues

1958

74. Stevie Wonder

Superstition

1973

75. Led Zeppelin

Whole Lotta Love

1969

76. The Beatles

Strawberry Fields Forever

1967

77. Elvis Presley

Mystery Train

1955

78. James Brown

I Got You (I Feel Good)

1966

79. The Byrds

Mr. Tambourine Man

1965

80. Marvin Gaye

I Heard it through the Grapevine

1968

81. Fats Domino

Blueberry Hill

1956

82. The Kinks

You Really Got me

1964

83. The Beatles

Norwegian Wood

1965

84. The Police

Every Breath you Take

1983

85. Patsy Cline

Crazy

1961

86. Bruce Springsteen

Thunder Road

1975

87. Johnny Cash

Ring of Fire

1963

88. The Temptations

My Girl

1965

89. The Mamas and the Papas

California Dreamin'

1967

90. The Five Satins

In the Still of the Night

1956

91. Elvis Presley

Suspicious Minds

1969

92. The Ramones

Blitzkrieg Bop

1976

93. U2

I Still Haven't Found what I Am Looking 1987

94. Little Richard

Good Golly Miss Molly

1958

95. Carl Perkins

Blue Suede Shoes

1956

96. Jerry Lee Lewis

Great Balls of Fire

1957

97. Chuck Berry

Roll over Beethoven

1956

98. Al Green

Love and Happiness

1972

99. CCR 100. Rolling Stones 101. Jimi Hendrix 102. Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps 103. Donna Summer 104. Stevie Wonder 105. Simon and Garfunkel 106. Bob Dylan 107. Buddy Holly 108. Prince 109. Van Morrison 110. Otis Redding 111. Hank Williams, Sr. 112. Elvis Presley 113. The Drifters 114. The Crystals 115. Sam Cooke 116. Rolling Stones 117. Al Green 118. The Isley Brothers 119. Fleetwood Mac 120. The Jackson 5 121. Ben E. King 122. The Animals 123. James Brown 124. Rolling Stones 125. The Shirelles 126. Big Joe Turner 127. David Bowie 128. Chuck Berry 129. Steppenwolf 130. Rod Stewart 131. U2 132. Bo Diddley 133. The Who 134. Wilson Picket 135. The Beatles 136. Elton John 137. The Beatles 138. Sly and the Family Stone 139. The Beatles 140. Led Zeppelin 141. The Everly Brothers 142. James Brown 143. Prince 144. The Ramones 145. Sly & Family Stone 146. The B-52's 147. Iggy Pop 148. Janis Joplin 149. The Everly Brothers

Fortunate Son You Can't Always Get What you Want Voodoo Child Be Bop A Lula Hot Stuff Living for the City The Boxer Mr. Tambourine Man Not Fade Away Little Red Corvette Brown Eyed Girl I've Been Loving you too Long I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry That's All Right Up on the Roof Da doo ron ron You Send me Honky Tonk Woman Take me to the River Shout (part 1 & 2) Go your Own Way I Want you Back Stand by me House of the Rising Sun It's a Man's Man's World Jumpin' Jack Flash Will you Love me Tomorrow Shake, Rattle and Roll Changes Rock and Roll Music Born to Be Wild Maggie May With or without you Who Do you Love Won't Get Fooled Again In the Midnight Hour While My Guitar Gently Weeps Your Song Eleanor Rigby Family Affair I Saw her Standing there Kashmir All I Have to Do is Dream Please, Please, Please Purple Rain I Wanna Be Sedated Everyday People Rock Lobster Lust for Life Me and Bobby McGee Cathy's Clown

1970 1969 1968 1956 1979 1973 1969 1965 1957 1983 1967 1965 1949 1954 1962 1963 1957 1969 1974 1959 1977 1969 1961 1964 1966 1968 1960 1954 1971 1957 1968 1971 1987 1957 1971 1965 1968 1970 1966 1971 1964 1975 1958 1956 1984 1978 1968 1979 1977 1971 1960

150. The Byrds

Eight Miles High

1966

151. The Penguins

Earth Angel

1954

152. Jimi Hendrix

Foxy Lady

1965

153. The Beatles

Hard Day's Night

1964

154. Buddy Holly

Rave On

1958

155. CCR

Proud Mary

1969

156. Simon & Garfunkel

The Sound of Silence

1965

157. The Flamingos

I Only Have Eyes for you

1959

158. Bill Haley

Rock around the clock

1954

159. Lou Reed The Velvet Underground I'm Waiting for the Man

1967

160. Public Enemy ft. Anthrax

Bring the Noise

1988

161. Ray Charles

I Can't Stop Loving you

1962

162. Sinead O'Connor

Nothing Compares 2 U

1990

163. Queen

Bohemian Rhapsody

1975

164. Johnny Cash

Folsom Prison Blues

1956

165. Tracy Chapman

Fast Car

1988

166. Eminem

Lose yourself

2002

167. Marvin Gaye

Let's Get it on

1973

168. The Temptations

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone

1972

169. R.E.M.

Losing my Religion

1991

170. Joni Mitchell

Both Sides Now

1969

171. Abba

Dancing Queen

1976

172. Aerosmith

Dream on

1973

173. The Sex Pistols

God Save the Queen

1977

174. Rolling Stones

Paint it Black

1966

175. Bobby Fuller Four

I Fought the Law

1966

176. The Beach Boys

Don't Worry Baby

1964

177. Tom Petty

Free Fallin'

1989

178. Big Star

September Girls

1974

179. Joy Division

Love Will Tear us Apart

1980

180. Outkast

Hey ya

2003

181. Booker T & MGs

Green Onions

1962

182. Drifters

Save the Last Dance for Me

1960

183. BB King

The Thrill is Gone

1969

184. The Beatles

Please, Please me

1964

185. Bob Dylan

Desolation Row

1965

186. Aretha Franklin

Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love you) 1967

187. AC/DC

Back in Black

1980

188. CCR

Who'll Stop the Rain

1970

189. The Bee Gees

Stayin' Alive

1977

190. Bob Dylan

Knocking on Heavens Door

1973

191. Lynyrd Skynyrd

Free bird

1973

192. Glen Campbell

Wichita Lineman

1968

193. The Drifters

There Goes my Baby

1959

194. Buddy Holly

Peggy Sue

1957

195. The Chantels

Maybe

1957

196. Guns n Roses

Sweet Child o Mine

1987

197. Elvis Presley

Don't Be Cruel

1956

198. Jimi Hendrix

Hey Joe

1966

199. Parliament Funkadelic

Flashlight

1977

200. Beck

Loser

1993

201. New Order

Bizarre Love Triangle

202. The Beatles 203. Bob Dylan

Come Together Positively 4th Street

204. Otis Redding

Try a Little Tenderness

205. Bill Withers

Lean on Me

206. The Four Tops

Reach out I'll Be There

207. The Everly Brothers

Bye Bye Love

208. Them

Gloria

209. The Beach Boys

In my Room

210. Question Mark and the Mysterians 96 Tears

211. The Beach Boys

Caroline No

212. Prince

1999

213. Hank Williams Sr.

Your Cheating Heart

214. Neil Young

Rockin' In The Free World

215. The Chords

Sh-boom

216. The Lovin' Spoonful

Do you Believe in Magic

217. Dolly Parton

Jolene

218. John Lee Hooker

Boom Boom

219. Howlin' Wolf

Spoonful

220. The Left banke

Walk away Renee

221. Lou Reed

Walk on the Wild Side

222. Roy Orbison

Oh Pretty Woman

223. Sly & The Family Stone

Dance to the Music

224. Chic

Good Times

225. Muddy Waters

Hoochie Coochie Man

226. Van Morrison

Moondance

227. James Taylor

Fire and Rain

228. The Clash

Should I Stay or Should I Go

229. Muddy Waters

Mannish Boy

230. Bob Dylan

Just Like a Woman

231. Marvin Gaye

Sexual Healing

232. Roy Orbison

Only the Lonely

233. The Animals

We`ve Gotta Get out of this Place

234. The Byrds

I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better

235. Ray Charles

I Got a Woman

236. Buddy Holly

Everyday

237. Afrika Bambaataa

Planet Rock

238. Patsy Cline

I Fall to Pieces

239. Dion

The Wanderer

240. Dusty Springfield

Son of a Preacher Man

241. Sly & the Family Stone

Stand!

242. Elton John

Rocket Man

243. The B 52s

Love Shack

244. The Spencer Davis Group

Gimme Some Lovin'

245. The Band

The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down

246. Jackie Wilson

Higher and Higher

247. Sly and the Family Stone

Hot Fun in the Summertime

248. Sugarhill Gang

Rappers Delight

249. Aretha Franklin

Chain of Fools

250. Black Sabbath

Paranoid

251. Bobby Darin

Mack the Knife

1986 1969 1965 1966 1972 1966 1957 1965 1963 1966 1966 1982 1953 1989 1954 1965 1974 1963 1960 1966 1972 1964 1968 1979 1954 1970 1970 1982 1955 1966 1982 1960 1965 1965 1954 1957 1982 1961 1961 1968 1969 1972 1989 1966 1969 1967 1969 1979 1967 1970 1959

252. The Drifters

Money Honey

1953

253. Mott the Hoople

All the Young Dudes

1972

254. AC/DC

Highway to Hell

1979

255. Blondie

Heart of Glass

1978

256. Radiohead

Paranoid Android

1997

257. The Troggs

Wild Thing

1966

258. The Who

I Can See for Miles

1967

259. Jeff Buckley

Hallelujah

1994

260. The Dells

Oh, what a Night

1969

261. Stevie Wonder

Higher Ground

1973

262. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Ooo Baby Baby

1965

263. The Crystals

He's a Rebel

1962

264. Randy Newman

Sail Away

1972

265. Archie Bell

Tighten' up

1968

266. The Ronettes

Walking in the Rain

1964

267. New York Dolls

Personality Crisis

1973

268. U2

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1983

269. The Modern Lovers

Roadrunner

1976

270. George Jones

He Stopped Loving her Today

1980

271. The Beach Boys

Sloop John B

1966

272. Chuck Berry

Sweet Little Sixteen

1958

273. The Beatles

Something

1969

274. Jefferson Airplane

Somebody to Love

1967

275. Bruce Springsteen

Born in the USA

1984

276. The Staple Singers

I'll Take you there

1972

277. David Bowie

Ziggy Stardust

1972

278. The Cure

Pictures of you

1989

279. The Dixie Cups

Chapel of Love

1964

280. Bill Withers

Ain't no Sunshine

1971

281. Stevie Wonder

You Are the Sunshine of my Life

1972

282. Joni Mitchell

Help me

1974

283. Blondie

Call Me

1980

284. Elvis Costello

What's so Funny about Peace, Love & ... 1979

285. Howlin' Wolf

Smoke stack Lightnin'

1965

286. Pavement

Summer Babe

1992

287. Run DMC

Walk this Way

1986

288. Barrett Strong

Money (That's What I Want)

1960

289. The Beatles

Can't Buy me Love

1964

290. Eminem feat. Dido

Stan

2000

291. The Zombies

She's Not There

1964

292. The Clash

Train in Vain

1979

293. Al Green

Tired of Being Alone

1971

294. Led Zeppelin

Black Dog

1971

295. The Rolling Stones

Street Fighting Man

1968

296. Bob Marley

Get Up, Stand Up

1975

297. Neil Young

Heart of Gold

1972

298. Blondie

One Way or Another

1978

299. Prince

Sign 'O' the Times

1987

300. Madonna

Like a Prayer

1989

301. Rod Stewart

Da Ya Think I'm Sexy

1978

302. Willie Nelson

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

1975

303. The Rolling Stones

Ruby Tuesday

1967

304. The Beatles

With a Little Help from my Friends

1967

305. James Brown

Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud

1968

306. The Jam

That's Entertainment

1980

307. Franky Lymon

Why Do Fools Fall in Love

1956

308. Jackie Wilson

Lonely Teardrops

1958

309. Tina Turner

What's Love Got to Do with it

1984

310. Black Sabbath

Iron Man

1971

311. The Everly Brothers

Wake Up Little Susie

1957

312. Roy Orbison

In Dreams

1963

313. Screamin' Jay Hawkins

I Put a Spell on You

1956

314. Pink Floyd

Comfortably Numb

1979

315. The Animals

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

1965

316. Pink Floyd

Wish you Were Here

1975

317. Jimmy Cliff

Many Rivers to Cross

1969

318. Elvis Costello

Alison

1977

319. Alice Cooper

Schools out

1972

320. Led Zeppelin

Heartbreaker

1969

321. Neil Young

Cortez the Killer

1975

322. Public Enemy

Fight the Power

1989

323. Patti Smith

Dancing Barefoot

1979

324. Diana Ross & The Supremes

Baby Love

1964

325. The Rascals

Good Lovin

1966

326. James Brown

Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine 1970

327. Jerry Butler

For your Precious Love

1958

328. The Doors

The End

1967

329. Earth, Wind & Fire

That's the Way of the World

1975

330. The Queen

We Will Rock you

1977

331. Bonnie Raitt

I Can't Make you Love me

1991

332. Bob Dylan

Subterranean Homesick Blues

1965

333. Norman Greenbaum

Spirit in the sky

1970

334. The Rolling Stones

Wild Horses

1971

335. Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground Sweet Jane

1970

336. Aerosmith & Run DMC

Walk this Way

1976

337. Michael Jackson

Beat it

1982

338. Paul McCartney

Maybe I'm Amazed

1970

339. Diana Ross & The Supremes

You Keep me Hangin' on

1966

340. The Who

Baba O'Riley

1971

341. Jimmy Cliff

The Harder they Come

1975

342. Dion & The Belmonts

Runaround Sue

1961

343. Lavern Baker

Jim Dandy

1956

344. Janis Joplin

Piece of my heart

1968

345. Ritchie Valens

La Bamba

1958

346. Tupac Shakur

California Love

1996

347. Elton John

Candle in the Wind

1973

348. The Isley Brothers

Who's that Lady

1973

349. Ben E. King

Spanish Harlem

1960

350. Little Eva

The Loco-Motion

1962

351. The Platters

The Great Pretender

1955

352. Elvis Presley

All Shook up

1955

353. Eric Clapton

Tears in Heaven

1992

354. Elvis Costello

Watching the Detectives

1977

355. CCR

Bad Moon Rising

1969

356. Eurythmics

Sweet Dreams

1983

357. Jimi Hendrix

Little Wing

1968

358. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas Nowhere to Run

1965

359. Muddy Waters

Got my Mojo Working

1957

360. Roberta Flack

Killing me Softly with his Son

1973

361. The Clash

Complete Control

1979

362. The Beatles

All you Need is Love

1967

363. The Box Tops

The Letter

1967

364. Bob Dylan

Highway 61 revisited

1965

365. The Righteous Brothers

Unchained Melody

1965

366. The Bee Gees

How Deep is your Love

1977

367. Cream

White Room

1968

368. Depeche Mode

Personal Jesus

1989

369. Bo Diddley

I'm a Man

1955

370. Jimi Hendrix

The Wind Cries Mary

1967

371. The Who

I Can't Explain

1965

372. Television

Marquee Moon

1977

373. Sam Cooke

Wonderful World

1960

374. Chuck Berry

Brown Eyed Handsome Man

1956

375. Pink Floyd

Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

1979

376. Radiohead

Fake Plastic Trees

1996

377. Ray Charles

Hit the Road Jack

1961

378. U2

Pride (In the Name of Love)

1984

379. R.E.M.

Radio Free Europe

1991

380. Elton John

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

1973

381. Aaron Neville

Tell it Like it is

1965

382. The Verve

Bitter Sweet Symphony

1997

383. The Allman Brothers Band

Whipping Post

1971

384. The Beatles

Ticket to Ride

1965

385. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Ohio

1970

386. Eric B. and Rakim

I Know you Got Soul

1987

387. Elton John

Tiny Dancer

1972

388. The Police

Roxanne

1978

389. The Temptations

Just my Imagination

1971

390. The Four Tops

Baby I Need your Loving

1965

391. Freda Payne

Band of Gold

1970

392. The Five Stairsteps

O-o-h Child

1970

393. The Lovin' Spoonful

Summer in the City

1966

394. Elvis Presley

Can't Help Falling in Love

1961

395. The Shangri-Las

Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)

1964

396. Big Star

Thirteen

1972

397. Blue Oyster Cult

(Don`t Fear) The Reaper

1976

398. Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sweet Home Alabama

1974

399. Metallica

Enter Sandman

1991

400. Paul Revere & The Raiders

Kicks

1966

401. The Shirelles

Tonight's the Night

1960

402. Sly and the Family Stone

Thank you (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) 1970

403. Eddie Cochran

C'mon Everybody

1958

404. Bob Dylan

Visions of Johanna

1966

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