500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll

Compiled in 2004
James Henke, chief curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with the help of music writers and critics,
selected 500 songs (not only rock songs) that they believe have been most influential in shaping rock and roll.

Performer	Song
AC/DC	“Back in Black”
AC/DC	“Highway to Hell”
Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys	“Wabash Cannonball”
Aerosmith	“Dream On”
Aerosmith	“Toys in the Attic”
Afrika Bambaataa	“Planet Rock”
The Allman Brothers Band	“Ramblin' Man”
The Allman Brothers Band	“Whipping Post”
The Animals	“The House of the Rising Sun”
The Animals	“We Gotta Get Out of This Place”
Louis Armstrong	“West End Blues”
Arrested Development	“Tennessee”
The B-52's	“Rock Lobster”
LaVern Baker	“Jim Dandy”
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters	“Work With Me Annie”
The Band	“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
The Band	“The Weight”
Beach Boys	“California Girls”
Beach Boys	“Don't Worry Baby”
Beach Boys	“God Only Knows”
Beach Boys	“Good Vibrations”
Beach Boys	“Surfin' U.S.A.”
The Beastie Boys	“(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)”
The Beatles	“A Day in the Life”
The Beatles	“Help!”
The Beatles	“Hey Jude”
The Beatles	“I Want to Hold Your Hand”
The Beatles	“Norwegian Wood”
The Beatles	“Yesterday”
The Beau Brummels	“Laugh Laugh”
Beck	“Loser”
Jeff Beck Group	“Plynth (Water Down the Drain)”
The Bee Gees	“Stayin' Alive”
Archie Bell and the Drells	“Tighten Up”
Chuck Berry	“Johnny B. Goode”
Chuck Berry	“Maybelline”
Chuck Berry	“Rock and Roll Music”
The Big Bopper	“Chantilly Lace”
Big Brother and the Holding Company	“Piece of My Heart”
Big Star	“September Gurls”
Black Sabbath	“Iron Man”
Black Sabbath	“Paranoid”
Bobby Blue Bland	“Turn On Your Love Light”
Blondie	“Heart of Glass”
Kurtis Blow	“The Breaks”
Gary U.S. Bonds	“Quarter to Three”
Booker T. & the M.G.'s	“Green Onions”
Boston	“More Than a Feeling”
David Bowie	“Fame”
David Bowie	“Space Oddity”
David Bowie	“Ziggy Stardust”
The Box Tops	“The Letter”
Charles Brown	“Driftin' Blues”
James Brown	“I Got You (I Feel Good)”
James Brown	“Please, Please, Please”
James Brown	“Say It Loud — I'm Black and I'm Proud”
Ruth Brown	“Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean”
Jackson Browne	“Late for the Sky”
Buffalo Springfield	“For What It's Worth”
Solomon Burke	“Everybody Needs Somebody to Love”
Johnny Burnette Trio	“Train Kept a-Rollin'”
The Byrds	“Eight Miles High”
The Byrds	“Hickory Wind”
The Byrds	“Mr. Tambourine Man”
Johnny Cash	“Folsom Prison Blues”
Johnny Cash	“I Walk the Line”
The Champs	“Tequila”
Gene Chandler	“Duke of Earl”
The Chantays	“Pipeline”
Ray Charles	“Hallelujah I Love Her So”
Ray Charles	“I Got a Woman”
Ray Charles	“What'd I Say”
Chubby Checker	“The Twist”
Chic	“Le Freak”
Charlie Christian with The Benny Goodman Orchestra	“Solo Flight”
Eric Clapton	“After Midnight”
Dave Clark Five	“Glad All Over”
The Clash	“London Calling”
Jimmy Cliff	“Many Rivers to Cross”
Jimmy Cliff	“The Harder They Come”
Patsy Cline	“I Fall to Pieces”
The Clovers	“Love Potion No. 9”
The Coasters	“Yakety Yak”
The Coasters	“Young Blood”
Eddie Cochran	“C'mon Everybody”
Eddie Cochran	“Summertime Blues”
Joe Cocker	“With a Little Help From My Friends”
The Contours	“Do You Love Me”
Sam Cooke	“A Change Is Gonna Come”
Sam Cooke	“Bring It on Home to Me”
Sam Cooke	“You Send Me”
Alice Cooper	“I'm Eighteen”
Elvis Costello	“Pump It Up”
The Count Five	“Psychotic Reaction”
Country Joe and the Fish	“The Fish Cheer and I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag”
Don Covay	“Mercy Mercy”
Cream	“Crossroads”
Cream	“Sunshine of Your Love”
Creedence Clearwater Revival	“Fortunate Son”
Creedence Clearwater Revival	“Green River”
Creedence Clearwater Revival	“Proud Mary”
Crosby, Stills and Nash	“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young	“Ohio”
The Crows	“Gee”
The Crystals	“Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)”
The Crystals	“He's a Rebel”
Culture Club	“Time (Clock of the Heart)”
Dick Dale and the Del-Tones	“Let's Go Trippin'”
The Damned	“New Rose”
Danny & the Juniors	“At the Hop”
Bobby Darin	“Splish Splash”
Spencer Davis Group	“Gimme Some Lovin'”
De La Soul	“Me Myself and I”
Deep Purple	“Smoke on the Water”
The Dell-Vikings	“Come Go With Me”
The Dells	“Oh, What a Night”
The Delmore Brothers	“Hillbilly Boogie”
Derek and the Dominos	“Layla”
Devo	“Whip It”
Bo Diddley	“Bo Diddley”
Dion and the Belmonts	“A Teenager in Love”
Dire Straits	“Sultans of Swing”
The Dixie Cups	“Chapel of Love”
The Dixie Hummingbirds	“I'll Live Again”
Bill Doggett	“Honky Tonk”
Fats Domino	“Ain't That a Shame”
Fats Domino	“Blueberry Hill”
The Dominoes	“Sixty Minute Man”
Lonnie Donegan	“Rock Island Line”
Donovan	“Sunshine Superman”
The Doors	“Light My Fire”
The Doors	“The End”
Dr. Dre	“Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang”
Dr. John	“Right Place Wrong Time”
The Drifters	“Money Honey”
The Drifters	“There Goes My Baby”
The Drifters	“Up on the Roof”
Duran Duran	“Hungry Like the Wolf”
Bob Dylan	“Blowin' in the Wind”
Bob Dylan	“Like a Rolling Stone”
Bob Dylan	“Subterranean Homesick Blues”
Bob Dylan	“Tangled Up in Blue”
Bob Dylan	“The Times They Are a-Changin'”
The Eagles	“Hotel California”
The Eagles	“Take It Easy”
Duane Eddy	“Rebel Rouser”
Eurythmics	“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”
The Everly Brothers	“All I Have to Do Is Dream”
The Everly Brothers	“Bye Bye Love”
The 5 Satins	“In the Still of the Night”
The Flamingos	“I Only Have Eyes for You”
Fleetwood Mac	“Go Your Own Way”
The Flying Burrito Brothers	“Sin City”
The 4 Seasons	“Big Girls Don't Cry”
The 4 Seasons	“Walk Like a Man”
The Four Tops	“Baby I Need Your Loving”
The Four Tops	“Reach Out I'll Be There”
Aretha Franklin	“Chain of Fools”
Aretha Franklin	“I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)”
Aretha Franklin	“Respect”
Free	“All Right Now”
The Bobby Fuller Four	“I Fought the Law”
Lowell Fulson	“Reconsider Baby”
Funkadelic	“One Nation Under a Groove”
Peter Gabriel	“Biko”
Cecil Gant	“We're Gonna Rock”
Marvin Gaye	“I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
Marvin Gaye	“Sexual Healing”
Marvin Gaye	“What's Going On”
Gerry and the Pacemakers	“How Do You Do It?”
Gary Glitter	“Rock 'n' Roll Part 2”
Go-Go's	“We Got the Beat”
Golden Gate Quartet	“Rock My Soul”
Grand Funk Railroad	“We're an American Band”
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five	“The Message”
The Grateful Dead	“Dark Star”
The Grateful Dead	“Uncle John's Band”
Al Green	“Let's Stay Together”
Guitar Slim	“The Things That I Used to Do”
Guns N' Roses	“Welcome to the Jungle”
Woody Guthrie	“Pastures of Plenty”
Woody Guthrie	“Pretty Boy Floyd”
Woody Guthrie	“This Land Is Your Land”
Bill Haley and His Comets	“(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock”
Slim Harpo	“Rainin' in My Heart”
Wynonie Harris	“Good Rockin' Tonight”
Wilbert Harrison	“Kansas City”
Dale Hawkins	“Suzy-Q”
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	“I Put a Spell on You”
Richard Hell & the Voidoids	“(I Belong to the) Blank Generation”
Jimi Hendrix	“All Along the Watchtower”
Jimi Hendrix	“Purple Haze”
Jimi Hendrix	“Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”
The Hollies	“Bus Stop”
Buddy Holly	“Peggy Sue”
Buddy Holly and The Crickets	“That'll Be the Day”
John Lee Hooker	“Boogie Chillun”
John Lee Hooker	“Boom Boom”
Howlin' Wolf	“Smokestack Lightnin'”
Howlin' Wolf	“Spoonful”
Howlin' Wolf	“The Red Rooster”
Human League	“Don't You Want Me?”
Mississippi John Hurt	“Stack o' Lee Blues”
Hüsker Dü	“Turn on the News”
The Impressions	“People Get Ready”
The Ink Spots	“If I Didn't Care”
Iron Butterfly	“In-a-Gadda-da-Vida”
The Isley Brothers	“It's Your Thing”
The Isley Brothers	“Shout — Parts 1 & 2”
Jackson 5	“ABC”
Jackson 5	“I Want You Back”
Mahalia Jackson	“Move on Up a Little Higher”
Michael Jackson	“Beat It”
Michael Jackson	“Billie Jean”
Elmore James	“Dust My Broom”
Elmore James	“Shake Your Moneymaker”
Etta James	“Tell Mama”
Rick James	“Super Freak”
Tommy James and the Shondells	“Hanky Panky”
Jan & Dean	“Surf City”
Jane's Addiction	“Been Caught Stealin'”
Jefferson Airplane	“Somebody to Love”
Jefferson Airplane	“White Rabbit”
Blind Lemon Jefferson	“Matchbox Blues”
Jethro Tull	“Aqualung”
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	“I Love Rock 'n' Roll”
Billy Joel	“Just the Way You Are”
Elton John	“Bennie and the Jets”
Elton John	“Your Song”
Little Willie John	“Fever”
Blind Willie Johnson	“Motherless Children”
Robert Johnson	“Crossroads Blues”
Robert Johnson	“Hell Hound on My Trail”
Robert Johnson	“Love in Vain”
Robert Johnson	“Sweet Home Chicago”
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	“Caldonia”
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	“Saturday Night Fish Fry”
Joy Division	“Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Albert King	“Born Under a Bad Sign”
B.B. King	“Sweet Little Angel”
B.B. King	“The Thrill Is Gone”
Ben E. King	“Spanish Harlem”
Ben E. King	“Stand by Me”
Carole King	“You've Got a Friend”
Freddy King	“Hide Away”
The Kingsmen	“Louie Louie”
The Kinks	“A Well Respected Man”
The Kinks	“Lola”
The Kinks	“You Really Got Me”
Kiss	“Rock and Roll All Nite”
Buddy Knox	“Party Doll”
Kraftwerk	“Autobahn”
LL Cool J	“Mama Said Knock You Out”
Cyndi Lauper	“Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
Leadbelly	“The Midnight Special”
Led Zeppelin	“Dazed and Confused”
Led Zeppelin	“Rock and Roll”
Led Zeppelin	“Stairway to Heaven”
Led Zeppelin	“Whole Lotta Love”
The Left Banke	“Walk Away Renee”
John Lennon	“Give Peace a Chance”
John Lennon	“Imagine”
John Lennon	“Instant Karma (We All Shine On)”
Jerry Lee Lewis	“Great Balls of Fire”
Jerry Lee Lewis	“Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On”
Little Eva	“The Loco-Motion”
Little Feat	“Dixie Chicken”
Little Walter	“Juke”
Professor Longhair	“Tipitina”
The Lovin' Spoonful	“Do You Believe in Magic”
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers	“I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent”
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers	“Why Do Fools Fall in Love”
Lynyrd Skynyrd	“Free Bird”
Madonna	“Like a Virgin”
The Mamas and the Papas	“California Dreamin'”
The Marcels	“Blue Moon”
Bob Marley and The Wailers	“Lively Up Yourself”
Bob Marley and The Wailers	“No Woman, No Cry”
Martha and the Vandellas	“Dancing in the Street”
Martha and the Vandellas	“(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave”
Curtis Mayfield	“Superfly”
M.C. Hammer	“U Can't Touch This”
Paul McCartney	“Maybe I'm Amazed”
Barry McGuire	“Eve of Destruction”
Don McLean	“American Pie”
Blind Willie McTell	“Statesboro Blues”
John Cougar Mellencamp	“Authority Song”
Metallica	“Enter Sandman”
Midnight Oil	“Beds Are Burning”
Amos Milburn	“Let's Have a Party”
Steve Miller Band	“Fly Like an Eagle”
The Miracles	“Going to a Go-Go”
The Miracles	“The Tracks of My Tears”
The Miracles	“You've Really Got a Hold on Me”
Joni Mitchell	“Help Me”
Moby Grape	“Omaha”
The Monkees	“I'm a Believer”
The Monkees	“Last Train to Clarksville”
The Monotones	“Book of Love”
Bill Monroe	“Mule Skinner Blues”
The Moody Blues	“Nights in White Satin”
The Moonglows	“Sincerely”
Van Morrison	“Brown Eyed Girl”
Van Morrison	“Madame George”
Van Morrison	“Moondance”
The Mothers of Invention	“Brown Shoes Don't Make It”
Mott the Hoople	“All the Young Dudes”
Ricky Nelson	“Hello Mary Lou”
Aaron Neville	“Tell It Like It Is”
New York Dolls	“Personality Crisis”
Randy Newman	“Sail Away”
Nirvana	“Smells Like Teen Spirit”
O'Jays	“Love Train”
Phil Ochs	“I Ain't Marchin' Anymore”
Roy Orbison	“Oh, Pretty Woman”
The Orioles	“Crying in the Chapel”
Johnny Otis	“Willie and the Hand Jive”
Parliament	“Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)”
Les Paul and Mary Ford	“How High the Moon”
Pearl Jam	“Jeremy”
The Penguins	“Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)”
Carl Perkins	“Blue Suede Shoes”
Carl Perkins	“Matchbox”
Pinetop Perkins	“Pinetop's Boogie Woogie”
Peter and Gordon	“A World Without Love”
Peter, Paul and Mary	“If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)”
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	“American Girl”
Wilson Pickett	“In the Midnight Hour”
Pink Floyd	“Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2”
Pink Floyd	“Money”
Pink Floyd	“See Emily Play”
The Platters	“The Great Pretender”
The Police	“Every Breath You Take”
The Police	“Roxanne”
Elvis Presley	“Heartbreak Hotel”
Elvis Presley	“Jailhouse Rock”
Elvis Presley	“Love Me Tender”
Elvis Presley	“Mystery Train”
Elvis Presley	“Suspicious Minds”
Elvis Presley	“That's All Right”
The Pretenders	“Brass in Pocket”
Lloyd Price	“Lawdy Miss Clawdy”
Prince	“Little Red Corvette”
Prince	“When Doves Cry”
Procol Harum	“A Whiter Shade of Pale”
Public Enemy	“Fight the Power”
Queen	“Bohemian Rhapsody”
Queen Latifah	“Ladies First”
Question Mark and the Mysterians	“96 Tears”
Quicksilver Messenger Service	“Who Do You Love”
R.E.M.	“Losing My Religion”
R.E.M.	“Radio Free Europe”
Ma Rainey and Her Tub Jug Washboard Band	“Prove It on Me Blues”
Bonnie Raitt	“Something to Talk About”
Ramones	“Sheena Is a Punk Rocker”
The Young Rascals	“Groovin'”
The Young Rascals	“Good Lovin'”
Red Hot Chili Peppers	“Give It Away”
Otis Redding	“Shake”
Otis Redding	“(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay”
Otis Redding	“Try a Little Tenderness”
Jimmy Reed	“Big Boss Man”
Jimmy Reed	“Bright Lights, Big City”
Lou Reed	“Walk on the Wild Side”
The Replacements	“I Will Dare”
Paul Revere and The Raiders	“Just Like Me”
Cliff Richard and the Shadows	“Move It”
Little Richard	“Good Golly, Miss Molly”
Little Richard	“Long Tall Sally”
Little Richard	“Tutti Frutti”
The Righteous Brothers	“You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'”
Billy Riley and His Little Green Men	“Red Hot”
Jimmie Rodgers	“Blue Yodel No. 9”
The Rolling Stones	“Honky Tonk Women”
The Rolling Stones	“(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”
The Rolling Stones	“Jumpin' Jack Flash”
The Rolling Stones	“Miss You”
The Rolling Stones	“Sympathy for the Devil”
The Rolling Stones	“Time Is on My Side”
The Ronettes	“Be My Baby”
Roxy Music	“Love Is the Drug”
Run-D.M.C.	“Walk This Way”
Rush	“The Spirit of Radio”
Otis Rush	“I Can't Quit You Baby”
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels	“Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly”
Sam and Dave	“Soul Man”
Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs	“Wooly Bully”
Santana	“Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen”
The Searchers	“Needles and Pins”
The Seeds	“Pushin' Too Hard”
Pete Seeger	“Where Have All the Flowers Gone”
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band	“Night Moves”
Sex Pistols	“Anarchy in the U.K.”
Sex Pistols	“God Save the Queen”
The Shadows of Knight	“Gloria”
The Shangri-Las	“Leader of the Pack”
Del Shannon	“Runaway”
Shirelles	“Dedicated to the One I Love”
Shirelles	“Will You Love Me Tomorrow”
Simon and Garfunkel	“Bridge Over Troubled Water”
Simon and Garfunkel	“The Sounds of Silence”
Paul Simon	“Graceland”
Sir Douglas Quintet	“She's About a Mover”
Sister Sledge	“We Are Family”
Percy Sledge	“When a Man Loves a Woman”
Sly and the Family Stone	“Dance to the Music”
Sly and the Family Stone	“Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”
Bessie Smith	“Downhearted Blues”
Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns	“Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu”
Patti Smith	“Gloria (in Excelsis Deo)”
The Smiths	“Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now”
Sonic Youth	“Teenage Riot”
The Soul Stirrers	“By and By”
Bruce Springsteen	“Born to Run”
Bruce Springsteen	“Dancing in the Dark”
Bruce Springsteen	“Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”
The Standells	“Dirty Water”
The Staple Singers	“Respect Yourself”
Edwin Starr	“War”
Steely Dan	“Reelin' in the Years”
Steppenwolf	“Born to Be Wild”
Rod Stewart	“Maggie May”
Iggy and The Stooges	“Search and Destroy”
The Stooges	“I Wanna Be Your Dog”
Stray Cats	“Rock This Town”
Barrett Strong	“Money (That's What I Want)”
The Sugarhill Gang	“Rapper's Delight”
Donna Summer	“Love to Love You Baby”
The Supremes	“Stop! In the Name of Love”
The Supremes	“You Can't Hurry Love”
The Surfaris	“Wipe Out”
Swinging Blue Jeans	“Hippy Hippy Shake”
T. Rex	“Bang a Gong (Get It On)”
Talking Heads	“Life During Wartime”
Talking Heads	“Once in a Lifetime”
James Taylor	“Fire and Rain”
Television	“Little Johnny Jewel”
The Temptations	“Ain't Too Proud to Beg”
The Temptations	“My Girl”
The Temptations	“Papa Was a Rollin' Stone”
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	“This Train”
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton	“Ball 'n' Chain”
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton	“Hound Dog”
Toots and the Maytals	“Pressure Drop”
Peter Tosh	“Legalize It”
Traffic	“Dear Mr. Fantasy”
The Trammps	“Disco Inferno”
The Troggs	“Wild Thing”
Big Joe Turner	“Shake, Rattle and Roll”
Ike and Tina Turner	“River Deep, Mountain High”
The Turtles	“It Ain't Me Babe”
U.T.F.O.	“Roxanne, Roxanne”
U2	“I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For”
U2	“Pride (In the Name of Love)”
U2	“Sunday Bloody Sunday”
Ritchie Valens	“La Bamba”
Van Halen	“Jump”
Van Halen	“Runnin' With the Devil”
Stevie Ray Vaughan	“Pride and Joy”
Velvet Underground	“Heroin”
Velvet Underground	“White Light/White Heat”
The Ventures	“Walk Don't Run”
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	“Be-Bop-a-Lula”
The Wailers	“Get Up Stand Up”
The Wailers	“I Shot the Sheriff”
Jr. Walker and the All Stars	“Shotgun”
T-Bone Walker	“Call It Stormy Monday”
War	“Slippin' Into Darkness”
Clara Ward and the Ward Singers	“How I Got Over”
Dinah Washington	“Am I Asking Too Much”
Muddy Waters	“Got My Mojo Working”
Muddy Waters	“Hoochie Coochie Man”
Muddy Waters	“Mannish Boy”
Muddy Waters	“Rollin' Stone”
The Weavers	“Goodnight Irene”
Mary Wells	“My Guy”
The Who	“Baba O'Riley”
The Who	“Go to the Mirror Boy”
The Who	“My Generation”
Big Joe Williams	“Baby Please Don't Go”
Larry Williams	“Bony Maronie”
Marion Williams	“Packing Up”
Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson	“Good Morning (Little) School Girl”
Chuck Willis	“C. C. Rider”
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	“Take Me Back to Tulsa”
Jackie Wilson	“(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”
Stevie Wonder	“Living for the City”
Stevie Wonder	“Master Blaster (Jammin')”
Stevie Wonder	“Superstition”
Stevie Wonder	“Uptight (Everything's Alright)”
Link Wray	“Rumble”
X	“Los Angeles”
Jimmy Yancey	“Midnight Stomp”
The Yardbirds	“Shapes of Things”
Yes	“Roundabout”
Neil Young	“Down by the River”
Neil Young	“Heart of Gold”
Neil Young	“My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)”
ZZ Top	“Legs”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

#	Performer	Song	Date
500	Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	Shop Around	Dec. '60
499	Weezer	Buddy Holly	Aug. '94
498	The Rolling Stones	Miss You	May '78
497	Bruce Springsteen	The Rising	July '02
496	Jackson Browne	Running on Empty	Jan. '77
495	The Rolling Stones	Brown Sugar	April '71
494	R. Kelly	Ignition (Remix)	Oct. '02
493	MGMT	Time to Pretend	Jan '08
492	Gloria Gaynor	I Will Survive	Dec. '78
491	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	I Love Rock N Roll	Jan. '82
490	Coldplay	Clocks	Aug. '02
489	The Drifters	Under the Boardwalk	June '64
488	The Cure	Just Like Heaven	May '87
487	Alice Cooper	I'm Eighteen	Feb. '71
486	David Bowie	Young Americans	March '75
485	LaBelle	Lady Marmalade	Jan. '75
484	Justin Timberlake	Cry Me a River	Nov. '02
483	Jefferson Airplane	White Rabbit	Sept. '67
482	Kelly Clarkson	Since U Been Gone	Nov. '04
481	Rick James	Super Freak	Aug. '81
480	Beastie Boys	Sabotage	May '94
479	Foreigner	I Want to Know What Love Is	Nov. '84
478	The Strokes	Last Nite	Aug. '01
477	The Smiths	How Soon Is Now?	Feb. '85
476	Aretha Franklin	Do Right Woman — Do Right Man	March '67
475	The Supremes	Where Did Our Love Go	June '64
474	Van Morrison	Into the Mystic	March '70
473	Guns N' Roses	Welcome to the Jungle	Aug. '87
472	Del Shannon	Runaway	March '61
471	Cheap Trick	Surrender	May '78
470	The Four Tops	Standing in the Shadows of Love	Dec. '66
469	The Beatles	Rain	June '66
468	The Staple Singers	Respect Yourself	Oct. '71
467	Jay-Z Featuring UGK	Big Pimpin	Dec. '99
466	Missy Elliott	Get Ur Freak On	March '01
465	Muddy Waters	Rollin Stone	1948
464	Prince and the Revolution	Kiss	Feb. '86
463	Sam and Dave	Soul Man	Sept. '67
462	Nirvana	All Apologies	Sept. '93
461	Ramones	Sheena Is a Punk Rocker	May '77
460	George Harrison	My Sweet Lord	Nov. '70
459	Guns N' Roses	Paradise City	Aug. '87
458	Sam Cooke	Cupid	July '61
457	Chubby Checker	The Twist	Aug. '60
456	The Beatles	Penny Lane	Feb. '67
455	The Velvet Underground	Heroin	March '67
454	The Shangri-Las	Leader of the Pack	Oct. '64
453	Toots and the Maytals	Pressure Drop	Feb. '73
452	Nirvana	Come As You Are	Sept. '91
451	Sonny and Cher	I Got You Babe	July '65
450	Bob Marley and the Wailers	I Shot the Sheriff	Oct. '73
449	The Dell-Vikings	Come Go With Me	Feb. '57
448	50 Cent	In Da Club	Dec. '02
447	John Cougar Mellencamp	Pink Houses	Oct. '83
446	Salt 'n Pepa	Push It	Nov. '87
445	The Stooges	I Wanna Be Your Dog	August '69
444	Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender	Oct. '56
443	The Rolling Stones	Beast of Burden	June '78
442	Love	Alone Again Or	Jan. '68
441	Wilson Pickett	Mustang Sally	Nov. '66
440	Led Zeppelin	Ramble On	Oct. '69
439	Gladys Knight and the Pips	Midnight Train to Georgia	Sept. '73
438	Fats Domino	Ain't It a Shame	July '55
437	The Clash	(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais	July '79
436	Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody to Love	July '64
435	U2	New Year's Day	April '83
434	Deep Purple	Smoke on the Water	May '73
433	Rolling Stones	Tumbling Dice	April '72
432	Green Day	American Idiot	Oct. '04
431	The Smiths	William, It Was Really Nothing	Aug. '84
430	Elvis Presley	Blue Suede Shoes	March '56
429	Billy Joel	Piano Man	Nov. '73
428	The Isley Brothers	It's Your Thing	Feb. '69
427	Dr. Dre	Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang	Jan. '93
426	Crosby, Stills and Nash	Suite: Judy Blue Eyes	June '69
425	N.W.A	F••k tha Police	Jan. '89
424	The Notorious B.I.G.	Juicy	Aug '94
423	Don Henley	The Boys of Summer'	Nov. '84
422	The Four Tops	Can't Help Myself	June '65
421	The Coasters	Young Blood	May '57
420	Little Richard	The Girl Can't Help It	Jan. '57
419	Bobbie Gentry	Ode to Billie Joe	July '67
418	Donna Summer	I Feel Love	May '77
417	Pixies	Monkey Gone to Heaven	March '89
416	Aerosmith	Sweet Emotion	April '75
415	Nirvana	In Bloom	Sept. '91
414	Carpenters	We've Only Just Begun	Sept. '70
413	Bob Dylan	Visions of Johanna	May '66
412	Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z	Umbrella	March' 07
411	Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	Oct. '58
410	Sly and the Family Stone	Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)	Jan. '70
409	The Shirelles	Tonight's the Night	Sept. '60
408	Metallica	Enter Sandman	July '91
407	Lynyrd Skynyrd	Sweet Home Alabama	April '74
406	Big Star	Thirteen	April '72
405	Blue Öyster Cult	(Don't Fear) the Reaper	July '76
404	The Shangri-Las	Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)	Aug. '64
403	Elvis Presley	Can't Help Falling in Love	Oct. '61
402	The Five Stairsteps	O-o-h Child	April '70
401	The Lovin' Spoonful	Summer in the City	June '66
400	The Four Tops	Baby I Need Your Loving	July '64
399	The Temptations	Just My Imagination	Jan. '71
398	The Police	Roxanne	Jan '79
397	Elton John	Tiny Dancer	Nov. '71
396	Eric B. and Rakim	Know You Got Soul	July '87
395	Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young	Ohio	June '70
394	The Beatles	Ticket to Ride	April '65
393	The Allman Brothers Band	Whipping Post	Nov. '69
392	The Verve	Bitter Sweet Symphony	Sept. '97
391	Aaron Neville	Tell It Like It Is	Nov. '66
390	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Sept. '73
389	R.E.M.	Radio Free Europe	July '83
388	U2	Pride (In the Name of Love)	Oct. '84
387	Ray Charles	Hit the Road Jack	Sept. '61
386	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Maps	Feb. '04
385	Radiohead	Fake Plastic Trees	March '95
384	Pink Floyd	Another Brick in the Wall Part 2	Nov. '79
383	Chuck Berry	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Sept. '56
382	Sam Cooke	Wonderful World	May '60
381	Television	Marquee Moon	Feb. '77
380	The Who	I Can't Explain	March '65
379	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	The Wind Cries Mary	May '67
378	Bo Diddley	I'm a Man	June '55
377	Depeche Mode	Personal Jesus	Nov. '89
376	Cream	White Room	Aug. '68
375	Bee Gees	How Deep Is Your Love	Sept. '77
374	The Righteous Brothers	Unchained Melody	July '65
373	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	Aug. '65
372	The Box Tops	The Letter	July '67
371	The Clash	Complete Control	July '79
370	The Beatles	All You Need is Love	July '67
369	Roberta Flack	Killing Me Softly With His Song	Jan '73
368	Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Working	1957
367	Martha and the Vandellas	Nowhere to Run	Feb. '65
366	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Little Wing	Feb. '68
365	Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)	April '83
364	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bad Moon Rising	April '69
363	Elvis Costello	Watching the Detectives	Nov. '77
362	Eric Clapton	Tears in Heaven	Jan. '92
361	Elvis Presley	All Shook Up	March '57
360	The Platters	The Great Pretender	Dec. '55
359	Little Eva	The Loco-Motion	June '62
358	Ben E. King	Spanish Harlem	Dec. '60
357	The Isley Brothers	That Lady (Part 1 and 2)	July '73
356	Elton John	Candle in the Wind	Oct. '73
355	Dr. Dre and 2Pac	California Love	Feb. '96
354	Ritchie Valens	La Bamba	Oct. '58
353	Big Brother and the Holding Company	Piece of My Heart	Aug. ’68
352	Lavern Baker	Jim Dandy	Dec. '56
351	Dion	Runaround Sue	Sept. '61
350	Jimmy Cliff	The Harder They Come	March '75
349	The Who	Baba O'Riley	Aug. '71
348	The Supremes	You Keep Me Hanging On	Oct. ’66
347	Paul McCartney	Maybe I'm Amazed	April '70
346	Aerosmith	Walk This Way	Dec. '76
345	U2	Beautiful Day	Oct. '00
344	Michael Jackson	Beat It	Dec. '82
343	The Rolling Stones	Wild Horses	April '71
342	The Velvet Underground	Sweet Jane	Aug. '70
341	Norman Greenbaum	Spirit in the Sky	Feb. '70
340	Bob Dylan	Subterranean Homesick Blues	March '65
339	Bonnie Raitt	I Can't Make You Love Me	Nov. '91
338	Queen	We Will Rock You	Oct. '77
337	Earth, Wind and Fire	Way of the World	March '75
336	The Doors	The End	March '67
335	Jerry Butler and The Impressions	For Your Precious Love	June '58
334	James Brown	Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine	July '70
333	The Young Rascals	Good Lovin'	March '66
332	The Supremes	Baby Love	Sept. '64
331	Patti Smith Group	Dancing Barefoot	May '79
330	Public Enemy	Fight the Power	June '89
329	Neil Young	Cortez the Killer	Nov. '75
328	Led Zeppelin	Heartbreaker	Oct. '69
327	Franz Ferdinand	Take Me Out	Feb. '04
326	Alice Cooper	School's Out	May '72
325	Jimmy Cliff	Many Rivers to Cross	Dec. '69
324	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	Sept. '75
323	Elvis Costello	Alison	Nov. '77
322	The Animals	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	Jan. '65
321	Pink Floyd	Comfortably Numb	Dec. '79
320	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell on You	Sept. '56
319	Roy Orbison	In Dreams	Feb. '63
318	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	Sept. '57
317	Black Sabbath	Iron Man	Feb. '71
316	Tina Turner	What's Love Got to Do With It	June '84
315	Jackie Wilson	Lonely Teardrops	Nov. '58
314	Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall In Love	Jan. '56
313	The Jam	That's Entertainment	Nov. '80
312	James Brown	Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud	Sept. '68
311	The Beatles	With a Little Help From My Friends	June '67
310	The Rolling Stones	Ruby Tuesday	Jan. '67
309	Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	July '75
308	Rod Stewart	Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?	Dec. '78
307	Daft Punk	One More Time	Nov. '00
306	Madonna	Like A Prayer	March '89
305	Blondie	One Way or Another	Sept. '78
304	Prince	Sign 'O' The Times	March '87
303	Neil Young	Heart of Gold	Feb '72
302	Bob Marley and the Wailers	Get Up, Stand Up	Nov. '75
301	The Rolling Stones	Street Fighting Man	Aug. '68
300	Led Zeppelin	Black Dog	Nov. '71
299	Al Green	Tired of Being Alone	July '71
298	The Clash	Train in Vain	Dec. '79
297	The Zombies	She's Not There	Oct. '64
296	Eminem feat. Dido	Stan	March '00
295	The Beatles	Can't Buy Me Love	March '64
294	Barrett Strong	Money (That's What I Want)	Jan. '60
293	Run-DMC	Walk This Way	May '86
292	Pavement	Summer Babe (Winter Version)	April '92
291	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightning	March '56
290	Elvis Costello and the Attractions	(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding	Jan. '79
289	Blondie	Call Me	Feb. '80
288	Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Feb. '74
287	Stevie Wonder	You Are the Sunshine of My Life	Nov. '72
286	The White Stripes	Seven Nation Army	April '03
285	Bill Withers	Ain't No Sunshine	July '71
284	The Dixie Cups	Chapel of Love	June '64
283	The Cure	Pictures of You	May '89
282	David Bowie	Ziggy Stardust	June '72
281	The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There	June '72
280	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	June '84
279	Jefferson Airplane	Somebody to Love	Feb. '67
278	The Beatles	Something	Oct. '69
277	Chuck Berry	Sweet Little Sixteen	Jan. '58
276	The Beach Boys	Sloop John B	March '66
275	George Jones	He Stopped Loving Her Today	March '80
274	The Modern Lovers	Roadrunner	Oct. '76
273	Kanye West	Jesus Walks	Feb. '04
272	U2	Sunday Bloody Sunday	March '83
271	New York Dolls	Personality Crisis	Aug. '73
270	Archie Bell and The Drells	Tighten Up	March '68
269	The Ronettes	Walking in the Rain	Oct. '64
268	Randy Newman	Sail Away	June '72
267	The Crystals	He's A Rebel	Aug. '62
266	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	Ooo Baby Baby	March '65
265	Stevie Wonder	Higher Ground	Aug. '73
264	Jeff Buckley	Hallelujah	Aug. '94
263	The Dells	Oh, What A Night	Aug. '69
262	The Who	I Can See For Miles	Oct. '67
261	The Troggs	Wild Thing	June '66
260	Bob Dylan	Mississippi	Sept. '01
259	Blondie	Heart of Glass	Sept. '78
258	AC/DC	Highway to Hell	Aug. '79
257	Radiohead	Paranoid Android	May '97
256	Mott the Hoople	All the Young Dudes	July ’72
255	Bobby Darin	Mack the Knife	March '59
254	The Drifters	Money Honey	Sept.'53
253	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	Nov. '70
252	Aretha Franklin	Chain of Fools	Nov. '67
251	Sugarhill Gang	Rapper's Delight	Oct. '79
250	Sly and the Family Stone	Hot Fun in the Summertime	Aug. '69
249	The Band	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Sept. '69
248	Jackie Wilson	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher	Aug. '67
247	The Spencer Davis Group	Gimme Some Lovin'	Dec. '66
246	The B-52's	Love Shack	June '89
245	Elton John	Rocket Man	May '72
244	Sly and the Family Stone	Stand!	April '69
243	Dion	The Wanderer	Dec. '61
242	Dusty Springfield	Son of a Preacher Man	Nov. '68
241	Patsy Cline	I Fall to Pieces	Jan. '61
240	Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force	Planet Rock	July '82
239	Ray Charles	I Got a Woman	Nov. '54
238	Buddy Holly and the Crickets	Everyday	Sept. '57
237	The Byrds	I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better	June '65
236	M.I.A.	Paper Planes	August '07
235	The Animals	We Gotta Get Out of This Place	Aug. ’65
234	Roy Orbison	Only the Lonely	May '60
233	Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing	Oct. '82
232	Bob Dylan	Just Like a Woman	May '66
231	Van Morrison	Moondance	Feb. '70
230	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	May '55
229	Chic	Good Times	June '79
228	The Clash	Should I Stay or Should I Go	May '82
227	James Taylor	Fire and Rain	Feb. '70
226	Muddy Waters	Hoochie Coochie Man	Jan. '54
225	Sly and the Family Stone	Dance to the Music	Jan. '68
224	Roy Orbison	Oh, Pretty Woman	Aug. '64
223	Lou Reed	Walk on the Wild Side	Dec. '72
222	The Left Banke	Walk Away Renee	Sept. '66
221	Howlin' Wolf	Spoonful	June '60
220	John Lee Hooker	Boom Boom	Feb. '62
219	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Jan. '74
218	The Lovin' Spoonful	Do You Believe in Magic	July '65
217	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	Jan. '53
216	Neil Young	Rockin' in the Free World	Oct. '89
215	Prince	1999	Oct. '82
214	The Beach Boys	Caroline, No	March '66
213	? and the Mysterians	96 Tears	Sept. '66
212	The Beach Boys	In My Room	Sept. '63
211	Them	Gloria	March '65
210	The Everly Brothers	Bye Bye Love	May '57
209	The Four Tops	Reach Out, I'll Be There	Aug. '66
208	Bill Withers	Lean on Me	June '72
207	Otis Redding	Try a Little Tenderness	Dec. '66
206	Bob Dylan	Positively 4th Street	Sept. '65
205	The Beatles	Come Together	Sept. '69
204	New Order	Bizarre Love Triangle	Oct. '86
203	Beck	Loser	1993
202	Parliament	Flash Light	Dec. '77
201	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Hey Joe	Dec. '66
200	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	July '56
199	The Chantels	Maybe	Dec. '57
198	Guns n' Roses	Sweet Child O'Mine	Aug. '87
197	Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue	Sept. '57
196	The Drifters	There Goes My Baby	May '59
195	Glen Campbell	Wichita Lineman	Nov. '68
194	Amy Winehouse	Rehab	March '07
193	Lynyrd Skynyrd	Free Bird	Sept. '73
192	Bob Dylan	Knockin' on Heaven's Door	July '73
191	Bee Gees	Stayin' Alive	Nov. '77
190	AC/DC	Back in Black	July '80
189	Aretha Franklin	I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)	March '67
188	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Who'll Stop the Rain	Jan. '70
187	Bob Dylan	Desolation Row	Aug. '65
186	The Beatles	Please Please Me	Feb. '64
185	B.B. King	The Thrill is Gone	Dec. '69
184	The Drifters	Save the Last Dance for Me	Sept. '60
183	Booker T. and the MG's	Green Onions	Oct. '62
182	OutKast	Hey Ya!	Sept. '03
181	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart	April '80
180	Big Star	September Gurls	May '74
179	Tom Petty	Free Fallin'	June '89
178	The Beach Boys	Don't Worry Baby	May '64
177	The Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought the Law	Feb. '66
176	The Rolling Stones	Paint it Black	May '66
175	The Sex Pistols	God Save the Queen	May '77
174	Abba	Dancing Queen	Nov. '76
173	Aerosmith	Dream On	June '73
172	Jay-Z	99 Problems	Nov. '03
171	Joni Mitchell	Both Sides Now	May '69
170	R.E.M.	Losing My Religion	March '91
169	The Temptations	Papa Was a Rollin' Stone	Oct. '72
168	Marvin Gaye	Let's Get It On	June '73
167	Tracy Chapman	Fast Car	April '88
166	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	Nov. '75
165	Sinead O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U	March '90
164	Ray Charles	I Can't Stop Loving You	May '62
163	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	Jan. '56
162	Public Enemy	Bring the Noise	April '88
161	The Velvet Underground	I'm Waiting for the Man	March '67
160	U2	Moment of Surrender	March '09
159	Bill Haley and His Comets	(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock	May '54
158	The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes for You	April '59
157	Simon and Garfunkel	The Sounds of Silence	Nov. '65
156	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Proud Mary	Jan. '69
155	Buddy Holly and the Crickets	Rave On	April '58
154	The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	July '64
153	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Foxey Lady	Aug. '65
152	The Penguins	Earth Angel	Dec. '54
151	The Byrds	Eight Miles High	April '66
150	The Everly Brothers	Cathy's Clown	April '60
149	Iggy Pop	Lust for Life	Sept. '77
148	Janis Joplin	Me and Bobby McGee	Jan. '71
147	The B-52's	Rock Lobster	July '79
146	Sly and the Family Stone	Everyday People	Nov. '68
145	Ramones	I Wanna Be Sedated	Oct. '78
144	Prince and the Revolution	Purple Rain	June '84
143	James Brown and His Famous Flames	Please, Please, Please	Feb. '56
142	The Everly Brothers	All I Have to Do Is Dream	May '58
141	Led Zeppelin	Kashmir	March '75
140	The Beatles	I Saw Her Standing There	Jan. '64
139	Sly and the Family Stone	Family Affair	Oct. '71
138	The Beatles	Eleanor Rigby	Aug. '66
137	Elton John	Your Song	Nov. '70
136	The Beatles	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	Nov. '68
135	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour	July '65
134	The Who	Won't Get Fooled Again	July '71
133	Bo Diddley	Who Do You Love?	March '57
132	U2	With or Without You	March '87
131	Rod Stewart	Maggie May	June '71
130	Steppenwolf	Born to Be Wild	Jan. '68
129	Chuck Berry	Rock & Roll Music	Sept. '57
128	David Bowie	Changes	Dec. '71
127	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	April '54
126	The Shirelles	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	Nov. '60
125	The Rolling Stones	Jumpin' Jack Flash	May '68
124	James Brown	It's A Man's Man's Man's World	April '66
123	The Animals	The House of the Rising Sun	July '64
122	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	April '61
121	The Jackson 5	I Want You Back	Nov. '69
120	Fleetwood Mac	Go Your Own Way	Jan. '77
119	The Isley Brothers	Shout (Parts 1 and 2)	Sept. '59
118	Beyonce feat. Jay-Z	Crazy in Love	May '03
117	Al Green	Take Me to the River	Nov. '74
116	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women	July '69
115	Sam Cooke	You Send Me	Oct. '57
114	The Drifters	Up on the Roof	Nov. '62
113	Elvis Presley	That's All Right	Aug. '54
112	Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Nov. '49
111	Otis Redding	I've Been Loving You too Long (to Stop Now)	April '65
110	Van Morrison	Brown Eyed Girl	June '67
109	Prince	Little Red Corvette	March '83
108	Buddy Holly and the Crickets	Not Fade Away	Oct. '57
107	Bob Dylan	Mr. Tambourine Man	March '65
106	Simon and Garfunkel	The Boxer	April '69
105	Stevie Wonder	Living for the City	August '73
104	Donna Summer	Hot Stuff	April '79
103	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	Be-Bop-A-Lula	May '56
102	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Voodoo Child (Slight Return)	Oct. '68
101	The Rolling Stones	You Can't Always Get What You Want	July '69
100	Gnarls Barkley	Crazy	May '06
99	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son	Oct. '69
98	Al Green	Love and Happiness	June '72
97	Chuck Berry	Roll Over Beethoven	May '56
96	Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls of Fire	Nov. '57
95	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	Feb '56
94	Little Richard	Good Golly, Miss Molly	Feb. '58
93	U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	May '87
92	Ramones	Blitzkrieg Bop	May '76
91	Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds	Sept. '69
90	The Five Satins	In the Still of the Night	Sept. '56
89	The Mamas and the Papas	California Dreamin'	Dec. '65
88	The Temptations	My Girl	Jan. '65
87	Johnny Cash	Ring of Fire	May '63
86	Bruce Springsteen	Thunder Road	Aug. '75
85	Patsy Cline	Crazy	Oct. '61
84	The Police	Every Breath You Take	May '83
83	The Beatles	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Dec. '65
82	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	Oct. '56
81	Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through the Grapevine	Oct. '68
80	The Kinks	You Really Got Me	Sept. '64
79	The Byrds	Mr. Tambourine Man	May '65
78	James Brown	I Got You (I Feel Good)	Nov. '65
77	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	Sept. '55
76	The Beatles	Strawberry Fields Forever	Feb. '67
75	Led Zeppelin	Whole Lotta Love	Oct. '69
74	Eddie Cochran	Summertime Blues	July '58
73	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	Nov. '72
72	The Beach Boys	California Girls	July '65
71	James Brown	Papa's Got A Brand New Bag	July '66
70	Dionne Warwick	Walk On By	April '64
69	Roy Orbison	Crying	Aug. '61
68	Bob Dylan	Tangled Up in Blue	Jan. '75
67	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	Oct. '57
66	Bob Marley and the Wailers	Redemption Song	June '80
65	Cream	Sunshine of Your Love	Jan. '68
64	The Beatles	She Loves You	Sept. '63
63	Buffalo Springfield	For What It's Worth	Feb. '67
62	Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	June '55
61	Jerry Lee Lewis	Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On	June '57
60	Al Green	Let's Stay Together	Dec. '71
59	Bob Dylan	The Times They Are A-Changin	Jan. '64
58	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	Jan. '83
57	Procol Harum	Whiter Shade of Pale	June '67
56	The Sex Pistols	Anarchy in the U.K.	Nov. '77
55	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	March '56
54	The Kingsmen	Louie Louie	June '63
53	Percy Sledge	When a Man Loves a Woman	March '66
52	Prince	When Doves Cry	June '84
51	Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five	The Message	May '82
50	Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	The Tracks of My Tears	June '65
49	The Eagles	Hotel California	Dec. '76
48	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Feb. '70
47	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	All Along the Watchtower	Sept. '68
46	David Bowie	Heroes	Sept. '77
45	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	Jan. '56
44	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	Sept. '60
43	Little Richard	Tutti-Frutti	Dec. '55
42	The Kinks	Waterloo Sunset	Feb. '68
41	The Band	The Weight	Aug. '68
40	Martha Reeves and the Vandellas	Dancing in the Street	Sept. '64
39	Buddy Holly and the Crickets	That'll Be the Day	May '57
38	The Rolling Stones	Gimme Shelter	April '69
37	Bob Marley	No Woman, No Cry	May '75
36	U2	One	Nov. '91
35	The Doors	Light My Fire	June '67
34	The Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	Dec. '64
33	Ike and Tina Turner	River Deep - Mountain High	May '66
32	The Rolling Stones	Sympathy for the Devil	Dec. '68
31	Led Zeppelin	Stairway to Heaven	Nov. '71
30	Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line	Aug. '56
29	The Beatles	Help!	July '65
28	The Beatles	A Day in the Life	June '67
27	Derek and the Dominos	Layla	Nov. '70
26	Otis Redding	(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay	Jan. '68
25	The Beach Boys	God Only Knows	May '66
24	The Impressions	People Get Ready	Jan. '65
23	The Beatles	In My Life	Dec. '65
22	The Ronettes	Be My Baby	Aug. '63
21	Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	Aug. '75
20	The Beatles	Let It Be	March '70
19	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	July '56
18	Chuck Berry	Maybellene	July '55
17	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Purple Haze	March '67
16	The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand	Dec. '63
15	The Clash	London Calling	Jan. '80
14	Bob Dylan	Blowin' in the Wind	May '63
13	The Beatles	Yesterday	Sept. '65
12	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Dec. '64
11	The Who	My Generation	Nov. '65
10	Ray Charles	What'd I Say	June '59
9	Nirvana	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Sept. '91
8	The Beatles	Hey Jude	Aug. '68
7	Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	April '58
6	The Beach Boys	Good Vibrations	Oct. '66
5	Aretha Franklin	Respect	April '67
4	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On	Feb. '71
3	John Lennon	Imagine	Oct. '71
2	The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	May '65
1	Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone	July '65