Complete List: Rolling Stone Magazine Top 500 Songs of All Time (Hurling)

Rolling Stone Magazine | 11-20-2004 | my favorite headache

[My Favorite Headache]

1

Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 1965

2

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 1965

3 Imagine John Lennon 1971

4

What's Going On Marvin Gaye 1971

5

Respect Aretha Franklin 1967

6

Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 1966

7

Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry 1958

8 Hey Jude The Beatles 1968

9

Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 1991

10

What'd I Say Ray Charles 1959

11

My Generation The Who 1965

12 A Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke 1964

13 Yesterday The Beatles 1965

14

Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan 1963

15

London Calling The Clash 1980

16 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles 1963

17

Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix 1967

18

Maybellene Chuck Berry 1955

19

Hound Dog Elvis Presley 1956

20 Let It Be The Beatles 1970

21

Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 1975

22 Be My Baby The Ronettes 1963

23 In My Life The Beatles 1965

24

People Get Ready The Impressions 1965

25

God Only Knows The Beach Boys 1966

26 A Day in the Life The Beatles 1967

27

Layla Derek and the Dominos 1970

28

(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay Otis Redding 1968

29 Help! The Beatles 1965

30

I Walk the Line Johnny Cash 1956

31 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 1971

32

Sympathy for the Devil The Rolling Stones 1968

33

River Deep, Mountain High Tina Turner 1966

34

You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling The Righteous Brothers 1964

35

Light My Fire The Doors 1967

36

One U2 1991

37

No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley 1975

38

Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 1969

39

That'll Be the Day Buddy Holly 1957

40

Dancin' in the Streets Martha and the Vandellas 1964

41

The Weight The Band 1968

42

Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 1968

43

Tutti Frutti Little Richard 1956

44 Georgia on My Mind Ray Charles 1960

45

Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 1956

46

Heroes David Bowie 1977

47

Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel 1970

48

All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 1968

49

Hotel California The Eagles 1976

50

The Tracks of My Tears Smokey Robinson 1965

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51 The Message Grandmaster Flash 1982

52

When Doves Cry Prince 1984

53 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 1977

54

When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge 1966

55 Louie Louie The Kingsmen 1963

56

Long Tall Sally Little Richard 1956

57

A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 1967

58

Billie Jean Michael Jackson 1983

59

The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan 1964

60

Let's Stay Together Al Green 1971

61 Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On Jerry Lee Lewis 1957

62

Bo Diddley Bo Diddley 1955

63

For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield 1967

64 She Loves You The Beatles 1963

65

Sunshine of Your Love Cream 1968

66

Redemption Song Bob Marley 1980

67

Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley 1957

68

Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan 1975

69

Crying Roy Orbison 1961

70 Walk On By Dionne Warwick 1964

71

California Girls The Beach Boys 1965

72

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag James Brown 1966

73 Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran 1958

74

Superstition Stevie Wonder 1972

75 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin 1969

76 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 1967

77

Mystery Train Elvis Presley 1955

78

I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown 1965

79

Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds 1965

80

I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye 1968

81

Blueberry Hill Fats Domino 1956

82

You Really Got Me The Kinks 1964

83 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) The Beatles 1965

84

Every Breath You Take The Police 1983

85

Crazy Patsy Cline 1961

86

Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen 1975

87

Ring of Fire Johnny Cash 1963

88

My Girl The Temptations 1965

89

California Dreamin' The Mamas & The Papas 1965

90 In the Still of the Night The Five Satins 1956

91

Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley 1969

92

Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones 1976

93

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 1987

94

Good Golly, Miss Molly Little Richard 1958

95

Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins 1956

96

Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis 1957

97

Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry 1956

98

Love and Happiness Al Green 1972

99

Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969

100

You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 1969

SONG TITLE ARTIST YEAR

101

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Jimi Hendrix 1968

102

Be-Bop-A-Lula Gene Vincent 1956

103

Hot Stuff Donna Summer 1979

104

Living for the City Stevie Wonder 1973

105

The Boxer Simon & Garfunkel 1969

106

Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan 1965

107

Not Fade Away Buddy Holly 1957

108

Little Red Corvette Prince 1983

109

Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 1967

110

I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now) Otis Redding 1965

111

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams 1949

112

That's All Right Elvis Presley 1954

113 Up on the Roof The Drifters 1962

114 Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) The Crystals 1963

115

You Send Me Sam Cooke 1957

116

Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones 1969

117

Take Me to the River Al Green 1974

118

Shout (Parts 1 and 2) The Isley Brothers 1959

119

Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac 1977

120

I Want You Back The Jackson 5 1969

121

Stand By Me Ben E. King 1961

122

House of the Rising Sun The Animals 1964

123

It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World James Brown 1966

124

Jumpin' Jack Flash The Rolling Stones 1968

125 Will You Love Me Tomorrow The Shirelles 1960

126

Shake, Rattle & Roll Big Joe Turner 1954

127

Changes David Bowie 1971

128

Rock And Roll Music Chuck Berry 1957

129

Born To Be Wild Steppenwolf 1968

130 Maggie May Rod Stewart 1971

131

With or Without You U2 1987

132

Who Do You Love? Bo Diddley 1957

133

Won't Get Fooled Again The Who 1971

134

In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett 1965

135 While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles 1968

136

Your Song Elton John 1970

137 Eleanor Rigby The Beatles 1966

138

Family Affair Sly & the Family Stone 1971

139 I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles 1964

140 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 1975

141

All I Have to Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers 1958

142

Please, Please, Please James Brown 1956

143

Purple Rain Prince 1984

144

I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 1978

145

Everyday People Sly & the Family Stone 1968

146

Rock Lobster The B-52's 1979

147 Lust for Life Iggy Pop 1977

148

Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin 1971

149

Cathy's Clown The Everly Brothers 1960

150

Eight Miles High The Byrds 1966

151

Earth Angel The Penguins 1954

152

Foxey Lady Jimi Hendrix 1965

153 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles 1964

154

Rave On Buddy Holly 1958

155

Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969

156

The Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkel 1965

157

I Only Have Eyes for You The Flamingos 1959

158

(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & the Comets 1954

159

I'm Waiting for the Man The Velvet Underground 1967

160

Bring the Noise Public Enemy 1988

161 I Can't Stop Loving You Ray Charles 1962

162

Nothing Compares 2 U Sinead O'Connor 1990

163

Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 1975

164

Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash 1956

165 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 1988

166

Lose Yourself Eminem 2002

167

Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye 1973

168

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone The Temptations 1972

169

Losing My Religion R.E.M. 1991

170

Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell 1969

171

Dancing Queen Abba 1976

172 Dream On Aerosmith 1973

173 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 1977

174

Paint It, Black The Rolling Stones 1966

175

I Fought The Law Bobby Fuller Four 1966

176

Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys 1964

177

Free Fallin' Tom Petty 1989

178

September Gurls Big Star 1974

179

Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 1980

180

Hey Ya! Outkast 2003

181 Green Onions Booker T. and the MG's 1962

182

Save the Last Dance for Me The Drifters 1960

183

The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King 1969

184 Please Please Me The Beatles 1964

185

Desolation Row Bob Dylan 1965

186

I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) Aretha Franklin 1967

187 Back in Black AC/DC 1980

188

Who'll Stop the Rain Creedence Clearwater Revival 1970

189

Stayin' Alive The Bee Gees 1977

190

Knocking on Heaven's Door Bob Dylan 1973

191

Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd 1973

192

Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell 1968

193

There Goes My Baby The Drifters 1959

194

Peggy Sue Buddy Holly 1957

195 Maybe The Chantels 1957

196

Sweet Child O' Mine Guns N' Roses 1987

197

Don't Be Cruel Elvis Presley 1956

198

Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix 1966

199

Flash Light Parliament 1977

200

Loser Beck 1993

201

Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 1986

202 Come Together The Beatles 1969

203

Positively 4th Street Bob Dylan 1965

204

Try a Little Tenderness Otis Redding 1966

205

Lean On Me Bill Withers 1972

206

Reach Out, I'll Be There The Four Tops 1966

207

Bye Bye Love The Everly Brothers 1957

208 Gloria Them 1965

209

In My Room The Beach Boys 1963

210 96 Tears ? & the Mysterians 1966

211

Caroline, No The Beach Boys 1966

212

1999 Prince 1982

213

Your Cheatin' Heart Hank Williams 1953

214

Rockin' in the Free World Neil Young 1989

215 Sh-Boom The Chords 1954

216

Do You Believe in Magic The Lovin' Spoonful 1965

217

Jolene Dolly Parton 1974

218

Boom Boom John Lee Hooker 1962

219

Spoonful Howlin' Wolf 1960

220

Walk Away Renee The Left Banke 1966

221

Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 1972

222

Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison 1964

223

Dance to the Music Sly & the Family Stone 1968

224

Good Times Chic 1979

225

Hoochie Coochie Man Muddy Waters 1954

226

Moondance Van Morrison 1970

227

Fire and Rain James Taylor 1970

228

Should I Stay or Should I Go The Clash 1982

229

Mannish Boy Muddy Waters 1955

230

Just Like a Woman Bob Dylan 1966

231

Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye 1982

232

Only the Lonely Roy Orbison 1960

233

We Gotta Get Out of This Place The Animals 1965

234

I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better The Byrds 1965

235 I Got a Woman Ray Charles 1954

236

Everyday Buddy Holly 1957

237

Planet Rock Afrika Bambaataa 1982

238

I Fall to Pieces Patsy Cline 1961

239

The Wanderer Dion 1961

240

Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield 1968

241

Stand! Sly & the Family Stone 1969

242

Rocket Man Elton John 1972

243

Love Shack The B-52's 1989

244

Gimme Some Lovin' The Spencer Davis Group 1966

245

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band 1969

246

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Jackie Wilson 1967

247

Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly & the Family Stone 1969

248 Rappers Delight The Sugarhill Gang 1979

249

Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin 1967

250

Paranoid Black Sabbath 1970

251

Mack the Knife Bobby Darin 1959

252 Money Honey The Drifters 1953

253

All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople 1972

254 Highway to Hell AC/DC 1979

255

Heart of Glass Blondie 1978

256 Paranoid Android Radiohead 1997

257

Wild Thing The Troggs 1966

258

I Can See for Miles The Who 1967

259

Hallelujah Jeff Buckley 1994

260

Oh, What a Night The Dells 1969

261

Higher Ground Stevie Wonder 1973

262

Ooo Baby Baby Smokey Robinson 1965

263 He's a Rebel The Crystals 1962

264

Sail Away Randy Newman 1972

265 Tighten Up Archie Bell & the Drells 1968

266 Walking in the Rain The Ronettes 1964

267

Personality Crisis New York Dolls 1973

268

Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 1983

269

Roadrunner The Modern Lovers 1976

270

He Stopped Loving Her Today George Jones 1980

271

Sloop John B The Beach Boys 1966

272

Sweet Little Sixteen Chuck Berry 1958

273 Something The Beatles 1969

274

Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane 1967

275

Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 1984

276

I'll Take You There The Staple Singers 1972

277

Ziggy Stardust David Bowie 1972

278

Pictures of You The Cure 1989

279 Chapel of Love The Dixie Cups 1964

280

Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers 1971

281

You Are the Sunshine of My Life Stevie Wonder 1972

282

Help Me Joni Mitchell 1974

283

Call Me Blondie 1980

284 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding Elvis Costello 1979

285

Smoke Stack Lightning Howlin' Wolf 1956

286 Summer Babe Pavement 1992

287

Walk This Way Run-D.M.C. 1986

288

Money (That's What I Want) Barrett Strong 1960

289 Can't Buy Me Love The Beatles 1964

290

Stan Eminem 2000

291 She's Not There The Zombies 1964

292

Train in Vain The Clash 1979

293

Tired of Being Alone Al Green 1971

294 Black Dog Led Zeppelin 1971

295

Street Fighting Man The Rolling Stones 1968

296

Get Up, Stand Up Bob Marley 1975

297

Heart of Gold Neil Young 1972

298

One Way or Another Blondie 1978

299

Sign O' the Times Prince 1987

300 Like a Prayer Madonna 1989

[mdittmar]

Total Eclipse of the Heart

[mdittmar]

Always liked 47.

[ScoochDude]

That is exactly what I was thinking
What is the best VH tune?

[mdittmar]

Hank Williams 213,I don't think so!

Honky Tonk Blues

[PrtzlLogic]

So treacly, only a Peggy Noonan could love it.

Dave Barry said of Bobby Goldsboro (paraphrasing): "You could've drilled a hole in him and let the sap out."

[mdittmar]

I'm going to enjoy the "Autumn of My Life"

[Baraonda]

>>3 Imagine John Lennon 1971
>>Yuck!!!

And yuck it is. Puack!!!

[Baraonda]

Or Gilbert O' Sullivan: Alone again, naturally and Clair

I think I'm gonna go lissen Danny Boy.

[mdittmar]

Here ya go, Alone again,naturally.

[PrtzlLogic]

I'm going to enjoy the "Autumn of My Life"

Okay, that song's not too bad actually. I can at least relate to the lyrics somewhat.

[mdittmar]

Don't forget"Bucky".

[L.N. Smithee]

In My Humble Opinion:

WAY TOO HIGH ON THE LIST:

15. London Calling/The Clash 1980

41. The Weight/The Band 1968

42. Waterloo Sunset/The Kinks 1968

52. When Doves Cry/Prince

165. Fast Car/Tracy Chapman

243. Love Shack The B-52's

DON'T EVEN BELONG ON THE LIST:

Anything by The Velvet Underground

306. That's Entertainment/ The Jam

461. Kiss/Prince

SHOULD BE ON THE LIST:

Funeral For a Friend/Elton John

Sweet Talkin' Guy/The Chiffons

Something by Rush

New Year's Day/U2

I'll probably think of more as this thread goes along...

[185JHP]

There are nastier lines in that particular offense against mankind: "slipped and almost hurt herself, and I laughed 'til I cried" !!!???

[cajungirl]

Oh OH,,thank you. I love that song!!!

[My Favorite Headache]

I just noticed that myself...Jesus H Christ!

[Baraonda]

When I click on the link you provide, I see a dialog box flashing and disappearing before my screen.

[DemforBush]

Let's see now:

Not one song from Alice in Chains! "Would?", "Man in the Box", and and the heart-wrenching "Rooster" don't make the list?!?

They pick Metallica's "Enter Sandman" over "One", "Master of Puppets", and "For Whom the Bell Tolls?"


Dylan gets 12 entries but John Lee Hooker only gets one?

No Pearl Jam or Soundgarden? No Rush or Bad Company?

What sort of music-hating clowns do they have working at RS?

[My Favorite Headache]

The same that have been there for decades. Jann Werner has already said about Rush not being nominated for the rock and roll hall of shame "They have never released anything worth being nominated for...what? Tom Sawyer? Yeah right. Bands like Yes,Rush,Genesis...can all hold their breath when it comes to getting into the hall of shame."

You made a good point with Alice In Chains...Would? is my favorite song from them and gives me chills to this day when I hear it.