My Top 500 of the 20th Century
(Yesterday, Steve Crawford took down the Rolling Stone greatest songs top 500 in spectacular fashion here, and today is his compiled list of 500 greatest songs of the 20th century. I’ve been nagging him for a 21st century list but he has proven resistant. This is odd because Crawford, unlike some of my friends, has kept an open mind when he comes to the past twenty years, and whatever he might miss in hip hop and jazz he more than makes up for in country, blues and Americana. It is odd to see the list with no Drive-By Truckers, Jason Isbell or Ray Wylie Hubbard -all a form of personal jesus for the man. Having said that, I’ll take this over Rolling Stone anyday… IL)
500. “Down on the Corner,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
499. “(Say No To) Saturday’s Girl,” Human Switchboard
498. “If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time),” Lefty Frizzell
497. “Dance to the Music,” Sly and the Family Stone
496. “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” 13th Floor Elevators
495. “Love Train,” The O’Jays
494. “You Shook Me All Night Long,” AC/DC
493. “I’m Walkin’,” Fats Domino
492. “King of the Road,” Roger Miller
491. “Shakin’ All Over,” Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
490. “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You),” The King Cole Trio with String Choir
489. “River Deep – Mountain High,” Ike & Tina Turner
488. “The Loco-Motion,” Little Eva
487. “Alison,” Elvis Costello
486. “Changed the Locks,” Lucinda Williams
485. “Take Me,” George Jones
484. “Disco Inferno,” The Trammps
483. “To Sir with Love,” Lulu
482. “For What It’s Worth,” Buffalo Springfield
481. “Why Don’t You Love Me,” Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys
480. “The Big Rock Candy Mountain,” Harry McClintock
479. “The Impression That I Get,” The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
478. “Television Light,” Marshall Crenshaw
477. “ When You Say Nothing at All,” Alison Krauss and Union Station
476. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” The Rolling Stones
475. “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” The Four Tops
474. “You Make Loving Fun,” Fleetwood Mac
473. “Youth Against Fascism,” Sonic Youth
472. “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
471. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World,” Ramones
470. “Wicked Game,” Chris Isaak
469. “Life Beings at the Hop,” XTC
468. “My Pal,” God
467. “Stranglehold,” Ted Nugent
466. “Word Up!,” Cameo
465. “Heart of Glass,” Blondie
464. “I Can See for Miles,” The Who
463. “Rave On,” Buddy Holly
462. “The Summer of My Wasted Youth,” Amy Rigby
461. “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere,” The Byrds
460. “Midnight Train to Georgia,” Gladys Knight and the Pips
459. “Don’t Worry Baby,” Los Lobos
458. “Girl from the North Country,” Bob Dylan
457. “Twilight Time,” The Platters
456. “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Sinead O’Connor
455. “All I Have to Do is Dream,” The Everly Brothers
454. “Just a Little Lovin’,” Dusty Springfield
453. “Crying,” Roy Orbison
452. “I Was Made to Love Her,” Stevie Wonder
451. “You Send Me,” Sam Cooke
450. “Be-Bop-A-Lula,” Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps
449. “Wabash Cannonball,” Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans
448. “Saturday Night Fish Fry,” Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
447. “Final Solution,” Pere Ubu
446. “The Leader of the Pack,” The Shangri-Las
445. “Only Happy When It Rains,” Garbage
444. “Walk This Way,” Aerosmith
443. “Over the Rainbow,” Judy Garland
442. “Go Rest High on That Mountain,” Vince Gill
441. “Wrap It Up,” Sam and Dave
440. “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” The Animals
439. “Well…All Right,” Buddy Holly
438. “Something,” The Beatles
437. “Fools Fall in Love,” The Drifters
436. “Maybe I’m Amazed,” Paul McCartney
435. “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” The Stooges
434. “Suspicious Minds,” Elvis Presley
433. “Sing Me Back Home,” Merle Haggard
432. “My Girl,” The Temptations
431. “Born To Be Wild,” Steppenwolf
430. “Get Back,” The Beatles
429. “That’s the Joint,” Funky 4 Plus 1
428. “Fingertips (Part 2),” Stevie Wonder
427. “Wake Up Little Susie,” The Everly Brothers
426. “Highway 61 Revisited,” Bob Dylan
425. “Ode to Billy Joe,” Bobbie Gentry
424. “Victoria,” Old 97’s
423. “Powderfinger,” Neil Young and Crazy Horse
422. “Little Red Corvette,” Prince
421. “Web in Front,” Archers of Loaf
420. “I Can’t Get Next to You,” The Temptations
419. “Take Five,” The Dave Brubek Quartet
418. “No Particular Place to Go,” Chuck Berry
417. “Bang a Gong (Get it On),” T. Rex
416. “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted,” Jimmy Ruffin
415. “Whole Lotta Rosie,” AC/DC
414. “Cleaning Windows,” Van Morrison
413. “Cathy’s Clown,” The Everly Brothers
412. “Bus Stop,” The Hollies
411. “Strictly Business,” EPMD
410. “The Passenger,” Iggy Pop
409. “Alone Again Or,” Love
408. “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You),” Marvin Gaye
407. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” The Beatles
406. “Watching the Detectives,” Elvis Costello and the Attractions
405. “Gloria: In Exclesis Deo/Gloria,” Patti Smith
404. “I Feel Love,” Donna Summer
403. “Candy’s Room,” Bruce Springsteen
402. “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” Little Richard
401. “A Sunday Kind of Love,” Etta James
400. “You Can’t Catch Me,” Chuck Berry
399. “Let’s Spend the Night Together,” The Rolling Stones
398. “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye
397. “Workin’ Man Blues,” Merle Haggard
396. “On Broadway,” The Drifters
395. “California Dreamin’,” The Mamas & The Papas
394. “Time of the Season,” The Zombies
393. “Baby Blue,” Badfinger
392. “Into the Groove,” Madonna
391. “Brand New Cadillac,” Vince Taylor & His Playboys
390. “Tipitina,” Professor Longhair
389. “Speedoo,” The Cadillacs
388. “Jamming,” Bob Marley and the Wailers
387. “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” They Might Be Giants
386. “The Wanderer,” Dion
385. “Paradise,” John Prine
384. “Thirteen,” Big Star
383. “Green River,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
382. “Day Tripper,” The Beatles
381. “(I Know) I’m Losing You,” The Temptations
380. “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Loretta Lynn
379. “Genius of Love,” Tom Tom Club
378. “You’ve Really Got A Hold on Me,” The Miracles
377. “Swingin’,” John Anderson
376. “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do),” Hall & Oates
375. “Ready Teddy,” Little Richard
374. “Move It On Over,” Hank Williams
373. “Honky Tonk Women,” The Rolling Stones
372. “Come Together,” The Beatles
371. “Bizarre Love Triangle,” New Order
370. “Trust in Me,” Etta James
369. “Save My Soul,” Wimple Winch
368. “Go West,” Pet Shop Boys
367. “Please Mr. Postman,” The Marvalettes
366. “Daydream Believer,” The Monkees
365. “You’re No Good,” Betty Everett
364. “Hey Jude,” The Beatles.
363. “Kiss,” Prince and The Revolution
362. “Train Kept A-Rollin’,” The Johnny Burnette Trio
361. “Yes We Can (Part 1),” Lee Dorsey
360. “The Boys Are Back in Town,” Thin Lizzy
359. “Sail Away,” Randy Newman
358. “The Band Plays On,” John Anderson
357. “Discovering Japan,” Graham Parker
356. “The Village Green Preservation Society,” The Kinks
355. “Indianapolis,” Bottle Rockets
354. “Are You Experienced?,” Jimi Hendrix
353. “Many Rivers to Cross,” Jimmy Cliff
352. “Waltz #2 (XO),” Elliott Smith
351. “I Only Have Eyes for You,” The Flamingos
350. “Seminole Wind,” John Anderson
349. “Lookin’ Out My Back Door,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
348. “The Boys of Summer,” Don Henley
347. “Miss You,” The Rolling Stones
346. “Wild Night, Van Morrison
345. “The Book of Love,” The Magnetic Fields
344. “Stay,” Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
343. “Jagged,” Old 97s.
342. “Kicks,” Paul Revere & The Raiders
341. “Susie Q,” Dale Hawkins
340. “The House of the Rising Sun,” The Animals
339. “Tunnel of Love,” Bruce Springsteen.
338. “Tumblin’ Dice,” The Rolling Stones
337. “At My Front Door,” The El Dorados
336. “Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile),” Van Morrison
335. “Band of Gold,” Freda Payne
334. “She’s Not There,” The Zombies
333. “I’m A Loser,” The Beatles
332. “Blue Yodel #9 (Standing on the Corner),” Jimmie Rodgers
331. “Rock This Joint,” Jimmy Preston and His Prestonians
330. “Rebel Girl,” Bikini Girl
329. “Freak Scene,” Dinosaur Jr
328. “Stagger Lee,” Lloyd Price
327. “Gimme Some Lovin’,” The Spencer Davis Group
326. “I’m Eighteen,” Alice Cooper
325. “All Shook Up,” Elvis Presley
324. “Summer in the City,” The Lovin’ Spoonful
323. “Sexual Healing,” Marvin Gaye
322. “Just Like Honey,” The Jesus and Mary Chain
321. “Fly Like an Eagle,” Steve Miller
320. “Sweet Little Rock and Roller,” Chuck Berry
319. “Sunny Afternoon,” The Kinks
318. “Oh Boy!,” The Crickets
317. “Somebody to Love,” Jefferson Airplane
316. “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On,” Jerry Lee Lewis
315. “Cruel to Be Kind,” Nick Lowe
314. “Shove,” L7
313. “I Second That Emotion,” Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
312. “Jump,” Van Halen
311. “Every Picture Tells a Story,” Rod Stewart
310. “Under the Milky Way,” The Church
309. “Since I Don’t Have You,” The Skyliners
308. “Wild Thing,” The Troggs
307. “The Needle and the Damage Done,” Neil Young
306. “Potato Head Blues,” Louis Armstrong
305. “Eight Miles High,” The Byrds
304. “I Try,” Macy Gray
303. “Down the Road a Piece,” Will Bradley Trio
302. “Ace of Spades,” Motorhead
301. “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” The Who
300. “Light My Fire,” The Doors
299. “Bad Reputation,” Freedy Johnston
298. “Can the Circle be Unbroken (By and By),” Carter Family
297. “Why Do Falls Fall in Love,” Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
296. Wake Up Everybody (Part 1),” Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
295. “Lost Highway,” Hank Williams
294. “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” The Beatles
293. “Love Sick,” Bob Dylan
292. “Harlem Shuffle,” Bob & Earl
291. “When A Man Loves a Woman,” Percy Sledge
290. “Farmer John,” The Premiers.
289. “Nowhere to Run,” Martha & the Vandellas
288. “Superstition,” Stevie Wonder
287. “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place,” Animals
286. “City Slang,” Sonic’s Rendezvous Band
285. “There She Goes Again,” Marshall Crenshaw
284. “Off the Wall,” Michael Jackson
283. “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again),” Sly & the Family Stone
282. “School’s Out,” Alice Cooper
281. “Hey Good Lookin’,” Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys
280. “I Wish,” Stevie Wonder
279. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
278. “Blue Suede Shoes,” Carl Perkins
277. “What a Wonderful World,” Louis Armstrong
276. “Down in the Alley,” The Clovers
275. “The City of New Orleans,” Arlo Guthrie
274. “You Can’t Hurry Love,” Supremes
273. “Shake, Rattle, and Roll,” Big Joe Turner
272. “Blue Yodel,” Jimmie Rodgers
271. “Mind Playing Tricks on Me,” Geto Boys
270. “Absolutely Sweet Marie,” Jason & the Scorchers
269. “Follow the Leader,” Eric B. & Rakim
268. “Let It Rock,” Chuck Berry
267. “Tupelo Honey,” Van Morrison
266. “It’s Too Late,” Carole King
265. “Whenever You’re on My Mind,” Marshall Crenshaw
264. “Kansas City,” Wilbert Harrison
263. “Little Maggie,” The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys
262. “Can’t Truss It,” Public Enemy
261. “I Want You Back,” The Jackson 5
260. “Mama Tried,” Merle Haggard
259. “Dreaming,” Blondie
258. “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” Otis Redding
257. “Pump It Up,” Elvis Costello
256. “Better Man,” Pearl Jam
255. “All the Young Dudes,” Mott the Hoople
254. “Slow Death,” Flamin’ Groovies
253. “Highway to Hell,” AC/DC
252. “Unsatisfied,” The Replacements
251. “Hello in There,” John Prine
250. “Crazy,” Patsy Cline
249. “The Long Black Veil,” Lefty Frizzell
248. “When the Levee Breaks,” Led Zeppelin
247. “I Got a Woman,” Ray Charles and His Band
246. “Steal My Sunshine,” Len
245. “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock,” Bill Haley and the Comets
244. “Right Side of My Mind,” Angry Samoans
243. “They Don’t Know,” Tracey Ullman
242. “Runaway,” Del Shannon
241. “Walking the Floor Over You,” Ernest Tubb
240. “Doctor My Eyes,” Jackson Browne
239. “A Teenager in Love,” Dion and the Belmonts
238. “The Road Goes on Forever,” Joe Ely
237. “Blue Monday,” Fats Domino
236. “My Life,” Iris Dement
235. “Summertime Blues,” Eddie Cochran
234. “Gold Soundz,” Pavement
233. “Rockaway Beach,” The Ramones
232. “Living for the City,” Stevie Wonder
231. “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” The Righteous Brothers
230. “Rumble,” Link Wray and His Ray Men
229. “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
228. “Lola,” The Kinks
227. “People Get Ready,” Impressions
226. “Don’t Stop,” Fleetwood Mac
225. “Like a Prayer,” Madonna
224. “Stop! In The Name Of Love,” The Supremes
223. “You Win Again,” Hank Williams
222. “Walkin’ After Midnight,” Patsy Cline
221. “True Faith,” New Order
220. “Sweet Little Sixteen,” Chuck Berry
219. “California Girls,” The Beach Boys.
218. “Mean Woman Blues,” Jerry Lee Lewis
217. “Mother’s Little Helper,” The Rolling Stones
216. “Baby, I Love You,” The Ronettes
215. “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” George Jones
214. “Ziggy Stardust,” David Bowie
213. “Highway Star,” Deep Purple
212. “Travelin’ Man,” Ricky Nelson
211. “Flagpole Sitta,” Harvey Danger
210. “There Stands the Glass,” Webb Pierce
209. “Tears of a Clown,” Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
208. “Oliver’s Army,” Elvis Costello and the Attractions
207. “I Fall to Pieces,” Patsy Cline
206. “Dead End Street,” The Kinks
205. “Shop Around,” The Miracles
204. “Lady Marmalade,” Labelle
203. “Cortez the Killer,” Neil Young
202. “Imagine,” John Lennon
201. “Lake Marie,” John Prine
200. “Night Moves,” Bob Seger
199. “Welfare Music,” The Bottle Rockets
198. “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember,” Otis Redding
197. “Carol,” Chuck Berry
196. “Victoria,” The Kinks
195. “California Sun,” The Rivieras
194. “Moondance,” Van Morrison
193. “Hold On, I’m Coming,” Sam and Dave
192. “Twistin’ the Night Away,” Sam Cooke
191. “Got to Get You into My Life,” The Beatles
190. “Bye Bye Love,” The Everly Brothers
189. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” The Beatles
188. “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road,” Lucinda Williams
187. “I’ll Be Around,” The Spinners
186. “Go Your Own Way,” Fleetwood Mac
185. “I Got You (I Feel Good),” James Brown
184. “Pusherman,” Curtis Mayfield
183. “Fortunate Son,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
182. “Blank Generation,” Richard Hell and the Voidoids
181. “Mystery Train,” Elvis Presley
180. “Common People,” Pulp
179. “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell),” Squeeze
178. “Having a Party,” Sam Cooke
177. “Roll Me Away,” Bob Seger
176. “She’s Got You,” Patsy Cline
175. “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
174. “Runaround Sue,” Dion
173. “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles
172. “Bring It On Home to Me,” Sam Cooke
171. “Ana Ng,” They Might Be Giants
170. “Gloomy Sunday,” Billie Holiday
169. “Life is So Peculiar,” Louis Armstrong with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
168. “Get Off of My Cloud,” Rolling Stones
167. “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” The Temptations
166. “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” The Beach Boys
165. “Rock and Roll Music,” Chuck Berry
164. “Hot Burrito #1,” The Flying Burrito Brothers
163. “Ohio,” Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
162. “Money (That’s What I Want),” Barrett Strong
161. “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” Bob Dylan
160. “Loose,” The Stooges
159. “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” The Shirelles
158. “Color of the Blues,” George Jones.
157. “Standing in the Doorway,” Bob Dylan.
156. “P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up),” Parliament
155. “Wooly Bully,” Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
154. “Left of the Dial,” The Replacements
153. “Rockin’ in the Free World,” Neil Young and Crazy Horse
152. “Cut Your Hair,” Pavement
151. “Maybellene,” Chuck Berry
150. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” The Supremes
149. “Let it Be,” The Beatles
148. “Money Changes Everything,” Cyndi Lauper
147. “Son of Preacher Man,” Dusty Springfield
146. “Into the Mystic,” Van Morrison
145. “Mule Skinner Blues,” Jimmie Rodgers
144. “Back in the U.S.A.,” Chuck Berry
143. “White Light/White Heat,” Velvet Underground
142. “Layla,” Derek and the Dominos
141. “1969,” The Stooges
140. “Under My Thumb,” The Rolling Stones
139. “At Last,” Etta James
138. “Remedy,” Black Crowes
137. “Help!,” The Beatles
136. “Do You Believe in Magic,” The Lovin’ Spoonful
135. “Paranoid,” Black Sabbath
134. “The Coo Coo Bird,” Clarence Ashley
133. “I’m Waiting for the Man,” The Velvet Underground
132. “Penny Lane,” The Beatles
131. “Heartbreak Hotel,” Elvis Presley
130. “Little Queenie,” Chuck Berry
129. “Soul Man,” Sam and Dave
128. “I Am I Be,” De La Soul
127. “The Love You Save,” The Jackson 5
126. “Don’t Worry Baby,” The Beach Boys
125. “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” The Platters
124. “Trying to Tell You I Don’t Know,” Freedy Johnston
123. “Talk of the Town,” Pretenders
122. “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine,” James Brown
121. “Jailhouse Rock,” Elvis Presley
120. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” The Band
119. “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher,” Jackie Wilson
118. “I Am the Walrus,” The Beatles
117. “Oh, Pretty Woman,” Roy Orbison
116. “Ain’t No Sunshine,” Bill Withers
115. “Save the Last Dance for Me,” The Drifters
114. “Kick Out the Jams,” MC5
113. “Dancing in the Street,” Martha and the Vandellas
112. “Sea of Love,” Phil Phillips with the Twilights
111. “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere,” Dwight Yoakam
110. “Dust My Blues,” Elmore James and His “Broom Dusters”
109. “New San Antonio Rose,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
108. “19th Nervous Breakdown,” The Rolling Stones
107. “West End Blues,” Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
106. “Got My Mojo Working”, Muddy Waters
105. “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,” Frank Sinatra
104. “Heroin,” Velvet Underground
103. “Great Balls of Fire,” Jerry Lee Lewis
102. “You Never Can Tell,” Chuck Berry
101. “I Walk the Line,” Johnny Cash
100. “Chinese Rocks,” The Heartbreakers
99. “When Doves Cry,” Prince
98. “The Letter,” The Box Tops
97. “ Friday on My Mind,” The Easybeats
96. “Proud Mary,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
95. “Our Lips Are Sealed,” The Go-Go’s
94. “School Day,” Chuck Berry
93. “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg,” Ramones
92. “I’m the Ocean,” Neil Young
91. “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” The Beatles
90. “Thunder Road,” Bruce Springsteen
89. “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” Hank Williams
88. “Shangri-La,” The Kinks
87. “Life During Wartime,” Talking Heads
86. “Paint It, Black,” Rolling Stones
85. “Up on the Roof,” The Drifters
84. “The Kids Are Alright,” The Who
83. “Folsom Prison Blues,” Johnny Cash
82. “What I’d Say,” Ray Charles
81. “Praise You,” Fatboy Slim
80. “Sabotage,” Beastie Boys
79. “Wichita Lineman,” Glen Campbell
78. “96 Tears,” Question Mark and the Mysterians
77. “A Hard Day’s Night,” The Beatles
76. “Running on Empty,” Jackson Browne
75. “Roll over Beethoven,” Chuck Berry and his Combo
74. “Marquee Moon,” Television
73. “Kiss Off (Live),” Violent Femmes
72. “God Only Knows,” Beach Boys
71. “Louie Louie,” The Kingsmen
70. “And It Stoned Me,” Van Morrison.
69. “Don’t Be Cruel,” Elvis Presley
68. “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology),” Marvin Gaye
67. “Try A Little Tenderness,” Otis Redding
66. “Long Tall Sally,” Little Richard
65. “Once in a Lifetime,” Talking Heads
64. “Let’s Stay Together,” Al Greene
63. “Quarter to Three,” Gary U.S. Bonds
62. “Knock on Wood,” Eddie Floyd
61. “Refugee,” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
60. “Strawberry Fields Forever,” The Beatles
59. “Gloria,” Them
58. “You Really Got Me,” The Kinks
57. “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” Hank Williams
56. “That’s All Right,” Elvis Presley
55. “Purple Haze,” Jimi Hendrix
54. “Sultans of Swing,” Dire Straits
53. “(You May Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” Aretha Franklin
52. “Fight the Power,” Public Enemy
51. “Losing My Religion,” R.E.M.
50. “Celebrated Summer,” Hüsker Dü
49. “I Saw Her Standing There,” The Beatles
48. “All Day and All of the Night,” The Kinks
47. “Rock and Roll,” Led Zeppelin
46. “Who Do You Love?,” Bo Diddley
45. “Stand by Me,” Ben E. King
44. “September Gurls,” Big Star
43. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” Marvin Gaye
42. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” The Rolling Stones
41. “In the Midnight Hour,” Wilson Pickett
40. “Blitzkrieg Bop,” The Ramones
39. “Respect,” Aretha Franklin
38. “In My Life,” Beatles
37. “I Saw the Light,” Hank Williams
36. “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black),” Neil Young & Crazy Horse
35. “Good Vibrations,” The Beach Boys
34. “Be My Baby,” The Ronettes
33. “I’d Rather Go Blind,” Etta James
32. “Tutti-Frutti,” Little Richard
31. “Eight Miles High,” Hüsker Dü
30. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” Rolling Stones
29. “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” James Brown
28. “She Loves You,” The Beatles
27. “Anarchy in the U.K.,” Sex Pistols
26. “Roadrunner,” Modern Lovers
25. “Sweet Jane,” Velvet Underground
24. “Brown Sugar,” The Rolling Stones
23. “Another Girl, Another Planet,” The Only Ones
22. “Bring the Noise,” Public Enemy
21. “Call Me,” Blondie
20. “Search and Destroy,” Iggy and the Stooges.
19. “My Generation,” The Who
18. “The Tracks of My Tears,” The Miracles
17. “Shake Some Action,” Flamin’ Groovies
16. “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke
15. “Tangled Up in Blue,” Bob Dylan
14. “Eleanor Rigby,” The Beatles
13. “Ticket to Ride,” The Beatles
12. “Surrender,” Cheap Trick
11. “ All Along the Watchtower,” Jimi Hendrix
10. “Smells Like Teen Spirt,” Nirvana.
9. “A Day in the Life,” The Beatles
8. “Like A Rolling Stone,” Bob Dylan
7. “Rock & Roll,” Velvet Underground
6. “London Calling,” The Clash
5. “Johnny B. Goode,” Chuck Berry
4. “Gimme Shelter,” The Rolling Stones
3. “Waterloo Sunset,” The Kinks
2. “Hound Dog,” Elvis Presley
1. “Born to Run,” Bruce Springsteen
