The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

1
Respect
Aretha Franklin
2
Fight the Power
Public Enemy
3
A Change Is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke
4
Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan
5
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
6
What’s Going On
Marvin Gaye
7
Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles
8
Get Ur Freak On
Missy Elliott
9
Dreams
Fleetwood Mac
10
Hey Ya!
Outkast
11
God Only Knows
The Beach Boys
12
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
13
Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones
14
Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks
15
I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
16
Crazy in Love
Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z
17
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
18
Purple Rain
Prince and the Revolution
19
Imagine
John Lennon
20
Dancing on My Own
Robyn
21
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday
22
Be My Baby
The Ronettes
23
Heroes
David Bowie
24
A Day in the Life
The Beatles
25
Runaway
Kanye West feat. Pusha T
26
A Case of You
Joni Mitchell
27
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
28
Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
29
Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg
30
Royals
Lorde
31
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones
32
Juicy
Notorious B.I.G.
33
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry
34
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
James Brown
35
Tutti-Frutti
Little Richard
36
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
37
When Doves Cry
Prince and the Revolution
38
(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
39
B.O.B.
Outkast
40
All Along the Watchtower
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
41
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
42
Redemption Song
Bob Marley and the Wailers
43
My Girl
The Temptations
44
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
45
Alright
Kendrick Lamar
46
Paper Planes
M.I.A.
47
Tiny Dancer
Elton John
48
Idioteque
Radiohead
49
Doo Wop (That Thing)
Lauryn Hill
50
Gasolina
Daddy Yankee
51
Walk on By
Dionne Warwick
52
I Feel Love
Donna Summer
53
Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys
54
The Tracks of My Tears
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
55
Like a Prayer
Madonna
56
Work It
Missy Elliott
57
Family Affair
Sly and the Family Stone
58
The Weight
The Band
59
The Message
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
60
Running Up That Hill
Kate Bush
61
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
62
One
U2
63
Jolene
Dolly Parton
64
Blitzkrieg Bop
Ramones
65
September
Earth, Wind, and Fire
66
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon and Garfunkel
67
Tangled Up in Blue
Bob Dylan
68
Good Times
Chic
69
All Too Well
Taylor Swift
70
Suspicious Minds
Elvis Presley
71
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
72
Yesterday
The Beatles
73
Formation
Beyoncé
74
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
75
Common People
Pulp
76
I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash
77
Roadrunner
The Modern Lovers
78
Reach Out (I’ll Be There)
The Four Tops
79
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse
80
What’d I Say
Ray Charles
81
I’m Waiting for the Man
The Velvet Underground
82
Rolling in the Deep
Adele
83
Desolation Row
Bob Dylan
84
Let’s Stay Together
Al Green
85
Kiss
Prince
86
Tumbling Dice
The Rolling Stones
87
All My Friends
LCD Soundsystem
88
Sweet Child O’ Mine
Guns N’ Roses
89
Hey Jude
The Beatles
90
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Aretha Franklin
91
Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
UGK feat. Outkast
92
Good Golly, Miss Molly
Little Richard
93
Since U Been Gone
Kelly Clarkson
94
I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston
95
Wonderwall
Oasis
96
99 Problems
Jay-Z
97
Gloria
Patti Smith
98
In My Life
The Beatles
99
Stayin’ Alive
Bee Gees
100
Blowin’ in the Wind
Bob Dylan
101
Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
102
Maybelline
Chuck Berry
103
You Oughta Know
Alanis Morissette
104
I Want You Back
The Jackson 5
105
Life on Mars?
David Bowie
106
Sympathy for the Devil
The Rolling Stones
107
C.R.E.A.M.
Wu-Tang Clan
108
Just Like Heaven
The Cure
109
Everyday People
Sly and the Family Stone
110
Something
The Beatles
111
Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen
112
Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
113
Higher Ground
Stevie Wonder
114
Toxic
Britney Spears
115
At Last
Etta James
116
It Takes Two
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
117
I Say a Little Prayer
Aretha Franklin
118
Creep
Radiohead
119
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
120
Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
X-Ray Spex
121
Let It Be
The Beatles
122
People Get Ready
The Impressions
123
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Talking Heads
124
That’ll Be the Day
Buddy Holly
125
Anarchy in the U.K.
Sex Pistols
126
Freedom! ’90
George Michael
127
Waterfalls
TLC
128
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
129
Hold On, We’re Going Home
Drake feat. Majid Jordan
130
Dancing in the Street
Martha and the Vandellas
131
Stand by Me
Ben E. King
132
Paid in Full
Eric B. and Rakim
133
Don’t Stop Believin’
Journey
134
What’s Love Got to Do With It
Tina Turner
135
She Loves You
The Beatles
136
Try a Little Tenderness
Otis Redding
137
Thank U, Next
Ariana Grande
138
Heart of Glass
Blondie
139
Vogue
Madonna
140
No Woman No Cry
Bob Marley and the Wailers
141
Maggie May
Rod Stewart
142
He Stopped Loving Her Today
George Jones
143
London Calling
The Clash
144
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
The Rolling Stones
145
Ms. Jackson
Outkast
146
Fire and Rain
James Taylor
147
Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino
148
Kashmir
Led Zeppelin
149
Rocket Man
Elton John
150
Basket Case
Green Day
151
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
152
Proud Mary
Creedence Clearwater Revival
153
Super Freak
Rick James
154
Spoonful
Howlin’ Wolf
155
Last Nite
The Strokes
156
Louie Louie
The Kingsmen
157
Teenage Riot
Sonic Youth
158
Cissy Strut
The Meters
159
Baba O’Riley
The Who
160
Nightswimming
R.E.M.
161
Into the Groove
Madonna
162
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
163
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac
164
Mr. Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan
165
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams
166
All the Young Dudes
Mott the Hoople
167
Lose Yourself
Eminem
168
Son of a Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield
169
American Girl
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
170
In the Still of the Night
The Five Satins
171
What a Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong
172
Mississippi Goddam
Nina Simone
173
Marquee Moon
Television
174
Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
175
I Only Have Eyes for You
The Flamingos
176
You Really Got Me
The Kinks
177
Jump
Van Halen
178
Bad Guy
Billie Eilish
179
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
180
Walk on the Wild Side
Lou Reed
181
Eight Miles High
The Byrds
182
The Sounds of Silence
Simon and Garfunkel
183
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Stevie Wonder
184
Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinéad O’Connor
185
Beat It
Michael Jackson
186
I’ll Take You There
The Staple Singers
187
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan
188
Little Wing
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
189
Space Oddity
David Bowie
190
Fuck tha Police
N.W.A
191
Ode to Billie Joe
Bobbie Gentry
192
Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Geto Boys
193
Wild Horses
The Rolling Stones
194
Rid of Me
PJ Harvey
195
Crazy
Patsy Cline
196
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
James Brown
197
I Can’t Stand the Rain
Ann Peebles
198
Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye
199
Dream On
Aerosmith
200
Changes
David Bowie
201
Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash
202
Your Song
Elton John
203
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
Stevie Wonder
204
Young Americans
David Bowie
205
…Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
206
Wichita Lineman
Glen Campbell
207
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine
208
Doll Parts
Hole
209
Boys of Summer
Don Henley
210
One Nation Under a Groove
Funkadelic
211
With or Without You
U2
212
More Than a Feeling
Boston
213
Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones
214
Deacon Blues
Steely Dan
215
Shook Ones, Pt. II
Mobb Deep
216
Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley
217
Edge of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks
218
In the Midnight Hour
Wilson Pickett
219
Free Fallin’
Tom Petty
220
Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
221
River Deep, Mountain High
Ike and Tina Turner
222
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
223
Stan
Eminem feat. Dido
224
Layla
Derek and the Dominos
225
Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell
226
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
227
Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival
228
Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
Beyoncé
229
This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
230
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
231
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Whitney Houston
232
My Generation
The Who
233
Groove Is in the Heart
Deee-Lite
234
You Keep Me Hangin’ On
The Supremes
235
Blue Monday
New Order
236
Lean on Me
Bill Withers
237
Your Cheatin’ Heart
Hank Williams
238
Are You That Somebody?
Aaliyah
239
September Gurls
Big Star
240
I Want It That Way
Backstreet Boys
241
The Humpty Dance
Digital Underground
242
Great Balls of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis
243
Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles
244
Summer Babe (Winter Version)
Pavement
245
Sabotage
Beastie Boys
246
Ooh La La
Faces
247
River
Joni Mitchell
248
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A
249
Bad Reputation
Joan Jett
250
Purple Haze
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
251
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
252
Flash Light
Parliament
253
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Willie Nelson
254
Stop! In the Name of Love
The Supremes
255
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Loretta Lynn
256
Master of Puppets
Metallica
257
Heat Wave
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
258
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil-Scott Heron
259
Heart of Gold
Neil Young
260
Get Up, Stand Up
The Wailers
261
Pusherman
Curtis Mayfield
262
American Tune
Paul Simon
263
Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
264
Let’s Get It On
Marvin Gaye
265
Left of the Dial
The Replacements
266
King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown
Augustus Pablo
267
Kill Bill
SZA
268
Shout (Parts 1 and 2)
The Isley Brothers
269
Unchained Melody
The Righteous Brothers
270
Closer
Nine Inch Nails
271
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Procol Harum
272
The Boys Are Back in Town
Thin Lizzy
273
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Roberta Flack
274
Love and Happiness
Al Green
275
Sail Away
Randy Newman
276
Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)
Buzzcocks
277
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
278
Pressure Drop
Toots and the Maytals
279
Karma Police
Radiohead
280
Spring Day
BTS
281
Grindin’
Clipse
282
Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
283
Georgia on My Mind
Ray Charles
284
Suzanne
Leonard Cohen
285
Say My Name
Destiny’s Child
286
Dancing Queen
ABBA
287
You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC
288
That’s the Joint
The Funky 4 + 1
289
Atlantic City
Bruce Springsteen
290
Yeah!
Usher feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris
291
In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
292
Can I Kick It?
A Tribe Called Quest
293
School’s Out
Alice Cooper
294
Sweet Jane
The Velvet Underground
295
Won’t Get Fooled Again
The Who
296
Rebel Girl
Bikini Kill
297
Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Beach Boys
298
Jungleland
Bruce Springsteen
299
I Put a Spell on You
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
300
Rock Lobster
The B-52’s
301
Night Moves
Bob Seger
302
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
303
No Scrubs
TLC
304
Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk
305
Every Breath You Take
The Police
306
Chain of Fools
Aretha Franklin
307
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley
308
Divorce Song
Liz Phair
309
Ain’t No Sunshine
Bill Withers
310
Light My Fire
The Doors
311
Hotel California
The Eagles
312
Walk on By
Isaac Hayes
313
The Tears of a Clown
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
314
I Wanna Be Your Dog
The Stooges
315
Pt. 1-Acknowledgement
John Coltrane
316
Leader of the Pack
The Shangri-Las
317
Visions of Johanna
Bob Dylan
318
Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton
319
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears
320
Blank Space
Taylor Swift
321
California Love
2Pac
322
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
U2
323
After the Gold Rush
Neil Young
324
All I Have to Do Is Dream
Everly Brothers
325
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Billy Joel
326
Lust for Life
Iggy Pop
327
Portions for Foxes
Rilo Kiley
328
Real Love
Mary J. Blige
329
Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
330
Safaera
Bad Bunny
331
Big Poppa
The Notorious B.I.G.
332
Please Mr. Postman
The Marvelettes
333
Umbrella
Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
334
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
The Temptations
335
Ripple
The Grateful Dead
336
Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)
Marshall Jefferson
337
She’s Gone
Hall and Oates
338
Believe
Cher
339
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
340
1999
Prince
341
(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
The Clash
342
I’m a Believer
The Monkees
343
Promised Land
Chuck Berry
344
What a Fool Believes
The Doobie Brothers
345
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
346
It’s Too Late
Carole King
347
Dynamite
BTS
348
Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley
349
Virginia Plain
Roxy Music
350
Time of the Season
The Zombies
351
Angel From Montgomery
John Prine
352
Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma)
Jorge Ben
353
It Was a Good Day
Ice Cube
354
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Eurythmics
355
Rock With You
Michael Jackson
356
Don’t Leave Me This Way
Thelma Houston
357
Surrender
Cheap Trick
358
Because the Night
Patti Smith
359
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Fugees
360
Little Red Corvette
Prince
361
The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff
362
Merry Go ‘Round
Kacey Musgraves
363
Could You Be Loved
Bob Marley and the Wailers
364
Box of Rain
The Grateful Dead
365
God Save the Queen
Sex Pistols
366
Da Doo Ron Ron
The Crystals
367
Thinkin Bout You
Frank Ocean
368
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden
369
Just What I Needed
The Cars
370
Peggy Sue
Buddy Holly
371
Bennie and the Jets
Elton John
372
I Can’t Make You Love Me
Bonnie Raitt
373
Hotline Bling
Drake
374
Be Thankful for What You Got
William DeVaughn
375
Up on the Roof
The Drifters
376
Mama Tried
Merle Haggard
377
Driver’s License
Olivia Rodrigo
378
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
379
Untitled (How Does It Feel)
D’Angelo
380
Radiation Vibe
Fountains of Wayne
381
Typical Girls
The Slits
382
Paper Bag
Fiona Apple
383
Redbone
Childish Gambino
384
I Like It
Cardi B, J Balvin, and Bad Bunny
385
I’m Coming Out
Diana Ross
386
Lola
The Kinks
387
Personality Crisis
New York Dolls
388
Party Up (Up in Here)
DMX
389
Brass in Pocket
Pretenders
390
Enter Sandman
Metallica
391
Springsteen
Eric Church
392
Fix You
Coldplay
393
Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)
James Brown
394
Grace
Jeff Buckley
395
Planet Rock
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force
396
Alison
Elvis Costello
397
Bring the Noise
Public Enemy
398
Hungry Like the Wolf
Duran Duran
399
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Sylvester
400
Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
401
Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac
402
Ella Baila Sola
Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma
403
Ain’t Nobody
Rufus and Chaka Khan
404
Rock and Roll All Nite
Kiss
405
Amor Prohibido
Selena
406
Sucker MC’s
Run-DMC
407
Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd
408
Father and Son
Cat Stevens/Yusuf
409
Everlong
Foo Fighters
410
Whipping Post
Allman Brothers Band
411
Heavy Metal Drummer
Wilco
412
Buffalo Stance
Neneh Cherry
413
Gloria
Them
414
Essence
Wizkid feat. Tems
415
Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
416
Alive
Pearl Jam
417
Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
418
Green Onions
Booker T. and the MGs
419
Fantasy
Mariah Carey
420
California Dreamin’
The Mamas and the Papas
421
How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
422
Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)
Craig Mack feat. Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Rampage
423
Criminal
Fiona Apple
424
No Diggity
Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre and Queen Pen
425
Mannish Boy
Muddy Waters
426
Super Bass
Nicki Minaj
427
Rapper’s Delight
Sugar Hill Gang
428
Break My Soul
Beyonce
429
Under Pressure
Queen and David Bowie
430
They Reminisce Over You
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
431
Adore
Prince
432
Summertime Blues
Eddie Cochran
433
West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
434
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Ramones
435
Limelight
Rush
436
Call Me Maybe
Carly Rae Jepsen
437
Passionate Kisses
Lucinda Williams
438
Savage (Remix)
Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé
439
La Vida Es un Carnaval
Celia Cruz
440
If I Ain’t Got You
Alicia Keys
441
The House That Built Me
Miranda Lambert
442
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
443
Sugar, We’re Goin Down
Fall Out Boy
444
In Da Club
50 Cent
445
Cosmic Dancer
T. Rex
446
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Bruce Springsteen
447
Help!
The Beatles
448
Tyrone
Erykah Badu
449
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper
Blue Öyster Cult
450
Powderfinger
Neil Young
451
Bad and Boujee
Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert
452
Africa
Toto
453
The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Missy Elliot
454
Bam Bam
Sister Nancy
455
White Rabbit
Jefferson Airplane
456
A&W
Lana Del Rey
457
Livin’ on a Prayer
Bon Jovi
458
Loser
Beck
459
No Ordinary Love
Sade
460
Ku Klux Klan
Steel Pulse
461
Crying
Roy Orbison
462
Into the Mystic
Van Morrison
463
Boom Boom
John Lee Hooker
464
Help Me
Joni Mitchell
465
Get Lucky
Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams
466
Never Too Much
Luther Vandross
467
Come as You Are
Nirvana
468
Fade Into You
Mazzy Star
469
Goodbye Earl
Dixie Chicks
470
Midnight Train to Georgia
Gladys Knight and the Pips
471
The House of the Rising Sun
The Animals
472
Solsbury Hill
Peter Gabriel
473
Stand by Your Man
Tammy Wynette
474
Move On Up
Curtis Mayfield
475
Rhythm Nation
Janet Jackson
476
Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down
Kris Kristofferson
477
Our Lips Are Sealed
The Go-Gos
478
Back That Azz Up
Juvenile feat. Lil Wayne and Mannie Fresh
479
Oye Como Va
Santana
480
Just a Friend
Biz Markie
481
Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson
482
Bad Romance
Lady Gaga
483
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
The Four Tops
484
Buddy Holly
Weezer
485
212
Azealia Banks
486
A Milli
Lil Wayne
487
Cranes in the Sky
Solange
488
House of Balloons
The Weeknd
489
Cannonball
The Breeders
490
Old Town Road
Lil Nas X
491
Titi Me Pregunto
Bad Bunny
492
So What
Miles Davis
493
Stronger
Kanye West
494
Where Is My Mind?
The Pixies
495
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
496
You’re So Vain
Carly Simon
497
Without You
Harry Nilsson
498
Truth Hurts
Lizzo
499
Pancho and Lefty
Townes Van Zandt
500
As It Was
Harry Styles