This is what we consider to be the Top 100 Rock Songs of All Time, and like all lists of this sort, can only stir up the public. The goal of compiling the songs are to hopefully, through research and personal taste, list the songs that have most influenced rock music in the last 40+ plus years. The artist start in the 1950′s, continue thru the British Invasion and into the Present.
Comments will be accepted and encouraged, let us know how you feel.
01. Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix
02. Roundabout – Yes
03. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
04. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
05. Dream On – Aerosmith
06. Iron Man -Black Sabbath
07. Come Together – The Beatles
08. Eruption – Ain’t Talkin ’bout Love – Van Halen
09. Crazy Train – Ozzy Ozbourne
10. Sweet Child O`Mine – Guns N`Roses
11. Baba O’Reilly (Teenage Wasteland) – The Who
12. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
13. Hotel California – Eagles
14. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
15. Pride and Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughan
16. Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 – Pink Floyd
17. Reelin’ In The Years – Steely Dan
18. Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf
19. You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
20. Carrie On Our Wayward Son – Kansas
21. Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
22. Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
23. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
24. Promised Land – Bruce Springsteen
25. Enter Sandman – Metallica
26. (I Can’t Get) No Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
27. Sultans Of Swing – Dire Straits
28. More Than a Feeling – Boston
29. Money – Pink Floyd
30. Wanted Dead or Alive – Bon Jovi
31. Eye Of The Tiger – Survivor
32. Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
33. Sweet Leaf – Black Sabbath
34. Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
35. Machinehead – Bush
36. Ace Of Spades – Motörhead
37. Black Magic Women – Santana
38. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
39. Knockin On Heavens Door – Bob Dylan
40. Walk this Way – Aerosmith
41. Living Colour – Cult Of Personality
42. For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
43. House Of The Rising Sun – The Animals
44. Rainbow In The Dark – Rainbow
45. Help -The Beatles
46. Whipping Post – The Allman Brothers Band
47. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills and Nash
48. Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
49. Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo – Rick Derringer
50. I Can’t Explain – The Who
51. Killing In The Name Of – Rage Against The Machine
52. Barracuda – Heart
53. All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
54. I Love Rock`N Roll – Joan Jett
55. All the Young Dudes – Mott the Hoople
56. Rock You Like A Hurricane – The Scorpions
57. Piece Of My Heart – Big Brother & The Holding Company
(with Janis Joplin)
58. Could You Be Loved – Bob Marley
59. Like A Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
60. White Room – Cream
61. One – U2
62. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
63. We Will Rock You – Queen
64. Voodoo Child – Jimi Hendrix
65. Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
66. Under The Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
67. Fly Like An Eagle – Steve Miller Band
68. The Boys Are Back In Town – Thin Lizzy
69. Welcome To The Jungle – Guns n`Roses
70. Light My Fire – The Doors
71. God Save The Queen – The Sex Pistols
72. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
73. Frankenstein -The Edgar Winter Band
74. Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones
75. You Really Got Me – The Kinks
76. Highway Star – Deep Purple
77. We’re An American Band – Grand Funk Railroad
78. Subdivisions – Rush
79. Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones
80. Roxanne – Police
81. Layla – Derek and the Dominos
82. Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
83. Rock & Roll – Led Zeppelin
84. Plush – Stone Temple Pilots
85. Pump It Up – Elvis Costello
86. A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
87. Great Balls Of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
88. Wonderwall – Oasis
89. Aqualung – Jethro Tull
90. Jeremy – Pearl Jam
91. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
92. Let It Be – Paul McCartney
93. Saturday Night – Elton John
94. Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley
95. My Generation – The Who
96. Epic – Faith No More
97. Rock & Roll All Night – Kiss
98. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
99. Heavy -Collective Soul
100. Grand Illusion – Styx