The Best Rock Songs of All Time
I've seen a lot of lists on the Internet of the top songs of all time, but
I've noticed something about these lists -- they're all wrong. Thus, I
feel I have a duty to set the record straight. So here are (in my humble
opinion) the best rock* songs of all time.
* Note: I'm defining "rock" very broadly here.
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
- Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
- Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'n' Roses
- Baba O'Riley - The Who
- Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
- The Spirit of Radio - Rush
- Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
- Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
- Imagine - John Lennon
- Let it Be - The Beatles
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
- Black - Pearl Jam
- Foreplay / Longtime - Boston
- Slaves and Bulldozers - Soundgarden
- Highway to Hell - AC/DC
- Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
- Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
- You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
- Chloe Dancer / Crown Of Thorns - Mother Love Bone
- Radar Love - Golden Earring
- Run Run Away - Slade
- Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
- The Zoo - Scorpions
- Paranoid - Black Sabbath
- Dancing Queen - Abba
- Get Back - The Beatles
- Tom Sawyer - Rush
- Blow Up the Outside World - Soundgarden
- Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin
- Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
- All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
- Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
- Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
- Layla - Eric Clapton
- Roundabout - Yes
- Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Eruption / You Really Got Me - Van Halen
- The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
- Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
- Hey Jude - The Beatles
- Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
- Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
- Bang on the Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren
- White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
- Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
- Closer to the Heart - Rush
- California Dreaming - The Mamas and the Papas
- Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
- Dancing in the Streets - Van Halen
- Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
- At the Hop - Danny and the Juniors
- Come Sail Away - Styx
- Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds
- Light My Fire - The Doors
- Anarchy in the U.K. - Sex Pistols
- Boogie Nights - Heatwave
- Yesterday - The Beatles
- Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
- Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
- Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
- You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
- Rock & Roll All Night - Kiss
- Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden
- Rock And Roll Music - Chuck Berry
- Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
- Twist and Shout - The Beatles
- Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
- Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
- New York, New York - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
- Riders on the Storm - The Doors
- Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
- Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets
- Come As You Are - Nirvana
- Rock and Roll Fantasy - Bad Company
- Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
- A Day in the Life - The Beatles
- Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
- Jungle Love - The Steve Miller Band
- Pop Muzik - M
- Lunatic Fringe - Red Ryder
- My Sharona - The Knack
- Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie
- Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful
- Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension
- Lightning Crashes - Live
- Until the Ocean - Malfunkshun
- The Twist - Chubby Checker
- California Uber Alles - The Dead Kennedys
- Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys
- Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
- Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
- Aqualung - Juthro Tull
- China Grove - Doobie Brothers
- Like Suicide - Soundgarden
- December 1963 (Oh What a Night) - The Four Seasons
- Self Esteem - Offspring
- Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
- Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
- Break on Through - The Doors
- Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet
- Mirror in the Bathroom - The English Beat
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
- How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
- Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
- Tequila - The Champs
- Let it Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- Space Oddity - David Bowie
- Hey You - Pink Floyd
- Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
- Barracuda - Heart
- Blackout - The Scorpions
- Alive - Pearl Jam
- Soul Stripper - AC/DC
- Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
- New Year's Day - U2
- School's Out - Alice Cooper
- Journey to the Center of Your Mind - The Amboy Dukes
- La Grange - ZZ Top
- Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog
- Superstition - Stevie Wonder
- Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney
- Town Called Malice - The Jam
- White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
- All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
- Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups
- It's a Long Way to the Top - AC/DC
- Wipeout - The Surfaries
- Penny Lane - The Beatles
- You Really Got Me - The Kinks
- Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
- Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
- Sex and Drugs and Rock & Roll - Ian Durry & The Blockheads
- Carry on My Wayward Son - Kansas
- Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
- Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
- Time Warp - Rock Horror Picture Show Cast
- For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
- Melt With You - Modern English
- Get it On (Bang a Gong) - T. Rex
- American Woman - The Guess Who
- Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
- Suffragette City - David Bowie
- Children of the Sun - Billy Thorpe
- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- Proud Mary - Credence Clearwater Revival
- Gansta's Paradise - Coolio
- 5:15 - The Who
- Suite Madame Blue - Styx
- 19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones
- Devil With A Blue Dress On - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
- Gloria - Them
- Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
- Lola - The Kinks
- Day Tripper - The Beatles
- Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
- Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
- That's Good - Devo
- Heartbreaker / Living Loving Maid - Led Zeppelin
- We Are the Champions / We Will Rock You - Queen
- Rock Lobster - B52's
- One - Metallica
- Favourite Shirt (Boy Meets Girl) - Haircut One Hundred
- Earth Angel - The Penguins
- Kim the Waitress - Green Pajamas
- Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
- Slow Ride - Foghat
- Cum on Feel the Noise - Quiet Riot
- Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
- Black Betty - Ram Jam
- In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
- Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
- Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2
- Eminence Front - The Who
- All Day and All of the Night - The Kinks
- Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
- She's Not There - The Zombies
- Words & Guitars - Sleater-Kinney
- Jane Says - Jane's Addiction
- Rock Steady - Whispers
- Round & Round - Ratt
- Sometime Around Midnight - Airborne Toxic Event
- The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana
- Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Suede
- Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
- Waltz # 2 (XO) - Elliot Smith
- Dust in the Wind - Kansas
- Pictures of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Beethoven
- 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
- Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
- The Witch - The Sonics
- Johnny Q - The Crazy 8s
- Given to Fly - Pearl Jam
- Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
- Down with the Sickness - Disturbed
- Do Wa Ditty Ditty - Manfred Mann
- I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys (featuring Dan
Tyminski)
- Crazy on You - Heart
- Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
- Sail Away - David Gray
- Sugar Sugar - The Archies
- Teach Your Children Well - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Get Together - The Youngbloods
- Hey Ya! - Outkast
- Drops of Jupiter - Train
- Sober - Tool
- Epic - Faith No More
- Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
- The Ghost in You - The Psychedelic Furs
- Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups
- We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
- Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum
- Have Love Will Travel - The Sonics
- Happy Together - The Turtles
- Surrender - Cheap Trick
- Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John
- House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
- Makin' It - David Naughton
- Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
- Bad - U2
- X-15 - Vaporized
- Wanna Be Startin' Something - Michael Jackson
- Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
- Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
- Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
- The Allies - Emma Peel
- I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett
- ? and the Mysterians - 96 Tears
- Hotel California - The Eagles
- Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
- Whirly Girl - Oxo
- I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family
- I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
- Seattle - Bobby Sherman
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