Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs
- Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
- Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
- Imagine - John Lennon
- What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
- Respect - Aretha Franklin
- Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Hey Jude - The Beatles
- Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
- What'd I Say - Ray Charles
- My Generation - The Who
- A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
- Yesterday - The Beatles
- Blowin' in The Wind - Bob Dylan
- London Calling - The Clash
- I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
- Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
- Maybellene - Chuck Berry
- Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
- Let It Be - The Beatles
- Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
- Be My Baby - The Ronettes
- In My Life - The Beatles
- People Get Ready - The Impressions
- God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
- A Day In The Life - The Beatles
- Layla - Derek And The Dominos
- (Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
- Help - The Beatles
- I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash
- Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
- River Deep, Mountain High - Tina Turner
- You've Lost That Loving Feeling - The Righteous Brothers
- Light My Fire - The Doors
- One - U2
- No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
- Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
- That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
- Dancing In The Streets - Martha And The Vandellas
- The Weight - The Band
- Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
- Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
- Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
- Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
- Heroes - David Bowie
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel
- All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
- Hotel California - The Eagles
- The Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson
- The Message - Grandmaster Flash
- When Doves Cry - Prince
- Anarchy In The U K - The Sex Pistols
- When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
- Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
- Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
- A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
- Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
- The Times They Are A-changin' - Bob Dylan
- Let's Stay Together - Al Green
- Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
- Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
- For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
- She Loves You - The Beatles
- Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
- Redemption Song - Bob Marley
- Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
- Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
- Crying - Roy Orbison
- Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
- California Girls - The Beach Boys
- Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pt.1 - James Brown
- Summertime Blues - Cochran Eddie
- Superstition - Stevie Wonder
- Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
- Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
- Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
- I Feel Good - James Brown
- Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
- Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
- You Really Got Me - The Kinks
- Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
- Every Breath You Take - The Police
- Crazy - Patsy Cline
- Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
- Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
- My Girl - The Temptations
- California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
- In The Still Of The Night - The Five Satins
- Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
- Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
- Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
- Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
- Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
- Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
- Love And Happiness - Al Green
- Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
- Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent
- Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
- Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
- Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
- Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly
- Little Red Corvette - Prince
- Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now) - Otis Redding
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
- That's All Right - Elvis Presley
- Up On The Roof - The Drifters
- Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
- You Send Me - Sam Cooke
- Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
- Take Me To The River - Al Green
- Shout (Parts 1 and 2) - The Isley Brothers
- Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
- I Want You Back - TheJackson 5
- Stand By Me - Ben E. King
- House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
- It`s A Man's Man's World - James Brown
- Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - The Shirelles
- Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
- Changes - David Bowie
- Rock And Roll Music - Chuck Berry
- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
- Maggie May - Rod Stewart
- With Or Without You - U2
- Who Do You Love - Bo Diddley
- Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
- In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
- Your Song - Elton John
- Family Affair - Sly & the Family Stone
- I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
- Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
- All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
- Please, Please, Please - James Brown
- Purple Rain - Prince
- I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
- Everyday People - Sly & the Family Stone
- Rock Lobster - B-52s
- Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
- Me And Bobby Mcgee - Janis Joplin
- Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
- Eight Miles High - The Byrds
- Earth Angel (will You Be Mine) - The Penguins
- Foxey Lady - Jimi Hendrix
- A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
- Rave On - Buddy Holly
- Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- The Sound Of Silence - Simon And Garfunkel
- I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos
- Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley
- I'm Waiting For The Man - Velvet Underground
- Bring The Noise - Public Enemy
- I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
- Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead Oconnor
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
- Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
- Lose Yourself - Eminem
- Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
- Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations
- Losing My Religion - REM
- Both Sides, Now - Joni Mitchell
- Dancing Queen - ABBA
- Dream On - Aerosmith
- God Save The Queen - The Sex Pistols
- Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
- I Fought The Law - Bobby Fuller Four
- Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
- Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
- September Gurls - Big Star
- Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
- Hey Ya - Outkast
- Green Onions - Booker T. and the MG's
- Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters
- The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
- Please Please Me - The Beatles
- Desolation Row - Bob Dylan
- I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) - Aretha Franklin
- Back In Black - AC/DC
- Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
- Knocking On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
- Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
- There Goes My Baby - The Drifters
- Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
- Maybe - The Chantels
- Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'N Roses
- Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
- Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
- Flash Light - Parliament
- Loser - Beck
- Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
- Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
- Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
- Lean On Me - Bill Withers
- Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops
- Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers
- In My Room - The Beach Boys
- Caroline, No - The Beach Boys
- 1999 - Prince
- Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams
- Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
- Sh-Boom - The Chords
- Do You Believe In Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful
- Jolene - Dolly Parton
- Boom Boom - Hooker John Lee
- Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
- Walk Away Renee - Left Banke
- Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
- Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
- Dance to the Music - Sly & the Family Stone
- Good Times - Chic
- Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- Moondance - Van Morrison
- Fire And Rain - James Taylor
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - The Clash
- Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
- Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan
- Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
- Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
- We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals
- I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better - The Byrds
- I Got A Woman - Ray Charles
- Everyday - Buddy Holly
- Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa
- I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline
- The Wanderer - Dion
- Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
- Stand! - Sly & the Family Stone
- Rocket Man - Elton John
- Love Shack - B-52s
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
- (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
- Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly & the Family Stone
- Rappers Delight - Sugarhill Gang
- Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin
- Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
- Money Honey - The Drifters
- All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
- Highway To Hell - AC/DC
- Heart Of Glass - Blondie
- Paranoid Android - Radiohead
- Wild Thing - The Troggs
- I Can See For Miles - The Who
- Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
- Oh, What a Night - The Dells
- Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
- Ooo Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson
- He's a Rebel - The Crystals
- Sail Away - Randy Newman
- Tighten Up - Archie Bell & the Drells
- Walking In The Rain - The Ronettes
- Personality Crisis - New York Dolls
- Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
- Roadrunner - The Modern Lovers
- He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
- Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
- Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
- Something - The Beatles
- Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
- Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
- I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
- Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
- Pictures Of You - The Cure
- Chapel of Love - The Dixie Cups
- Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
- You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
- Help Me - Joni Mitchell
- Call Me - Blondie
- Peace, Love & Understanding - Elvis Costello
- Smoke Stack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Summer Babe - Pavement
- Walk This Way - Run D.M.C.
- She's Not There - The Zombies
- Train in Vain - The Clash
- Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green
- Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
- Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones
- Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley
- Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
- One Way Or Another - Blondie
- Like A Prayer - Madonna
- Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
- Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson
- Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
- With A Little Help From My Friends - Beatles
- Say It Loud -- I'm Black and I'm Proud - James Brown
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
- Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
- What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
- Iron Man - Black Sabbath
- Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers
- In Dreams - Roy Orbison
- I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Animals
- Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
- Many Rivers to Cross - Jimmy Cliff
- Alison - Elvis Costello
- School's Out - Alice Cooper
- Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
- Cortez The Killer - Neil Young
- Fight The Power - Public Enemy
- Dancing Barefoot - Patti Smith
- Baby Love - Diana Ross
- Good Lovin' - Rascals
- Sex Machine - James Brown
- For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler
- The End - The Doors
- That's The Way Of The World - Earth Wind & Fire
- We Will Rock You - Queen
- I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
- Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
- Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
- Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
- Walk This Way - Aerosmith
- Beat It - Michael Jackson
- Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
- You Keep Me Hangin' On - Diana Ross
- The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff
- Runaround Sue - Dion
- Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin
- La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
- California Love - 2Pac
- Candle In The Wind - Elton John
- That Lady (Part 1 and 2) - The Isley Brothers
- Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
- The Locomotion - Little Eva
- The Great Pretender - The Platters
- All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
- Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
- Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello
- Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Sweet Dreams (are Made Of This) - The Eurythmics
- Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
- Complete Control - The Clash
- The Letter - The Box Tops
- Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
- Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
- How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees
- White Room - Cream
- Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
- I'm a Man - Bo Diddley
- I Can't Explain - The Who
- Marquee Moon - Television
- Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry
- Another Brick In The Wall, Part Ii - Pink Floyd
- Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
- Hit The Road Jack (Studio) - Ray Charles
- Pride (in The Name Of Love) - U2
- Radio Free Europe - REM
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
- Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
- Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
- Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band
- Ticket To Ride - The Beatles
- Ohio - Crosby, Still, Nash & Young
- I Know You Got Soul - Eric B. & Rakim
- Tiny Dancer - Elton John
- Roxanne - The Police
- Just My Imagination - Temptations
- Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
- Summer In The City - Lovin Spoonful
- Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
- Remember (Walkin' in The Sand) - The Shangri-Las
- Thirteen - Big Star
- Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
- Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Enter Sandman - Metallica
- Kicks - Paul Revere And The Raiders
- Tonight's the Night - The Shirelles
- Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & the Family Stone
- C'mon Everybody - Cochran Eddie
- Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan
- We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
- I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
- In Bloom - Nirvana
- Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
- Crossroads - Cream
- Monkey Gone to Heaven - The Pixies
- I Feel Love - Donna Summer
- The Girl Can't Help It - Little Richard
- Young Blood - The Coasters
- I Can't Help Myself - The Four Tops
- Fuck tha Police - NWA
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby Stills Nash
- Nuthin But A G Thang - Dr. Dre
- It's Your Thing - The Isley Brothers
- Piano Man - Billy Joel
- Lola - The Kinks
- Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley
- Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones
- William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
- Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
- New Year's Day - U2
- Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - Solomon Burke
- White Man In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
- Ain't That A Shame - Fats Domino
- Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight And The Pips
- Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
- Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
- Beast Of Burden - The Rolling Stones
- Alone Again Or - Love
- Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
- I Wanna Be Your Dog - Stooges
- Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
- Push It - Salt N Pepa
- Keep On Knockin' - Little Richard
- I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley
- I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
- Come As You Are - Nirvana
- Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytals
- Leader Of The Pack - The Shangri-Las
- Heroin - Velvet Underground
- Penny Lane - The Beatles
- By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Campbell Glen
- The Twist - Chubby Checker
- Cupid - Sam Cooke
- Paradise City - Guns 'N Roses
- My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
- All Apologies - Nirvana
- Soul Man - Sam & Dave
- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- One Fine Day - The Chiffons
- Kiss - Prince
- Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
- Rain - The Beatles
- Standing in the Shadows of Love - The Four Tops
- Surrender - Cheap Trick
- Runaway - Del Shannon
- Welcome To The Jungle - Guns 'N Roses
- Search and Destroy - Stooges
- It's Too Late - Carole King
- Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell
- On The Road Again - Willie Nelson
- Where Did Our Love Go - Diana Ross
- Do Right Woman -- Do Right Man - Aretha Franklin
- One Nation Under a Groove -- Part 1 - Funkadelic
- Sabotage - The Beastie Boys
- I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
- Super Freak - James Rick
- White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
- Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle
- Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
- Young Americans - David Bowie
- I'm Eighteen - Alice Cooper
- Just Like Heaven - The Cure
- I Love Rock N' Roll - Joan Jett
- Graceland - Paul Simon
- How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
- Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
- Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
- I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
- Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
- You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield
- Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
- Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
- Desperado - The Eagles
- Shop Around - Smokey Robinson
- Miss You - The Rolling Stones
- Buddy Holly - Weezer
- Rainy Night In Georgia - Benton Brook
- The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
- More Than A Feeling - Boston
- Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
- Crazy in Love - Beyonce featuring Jay-Z
- Moment of Surrender - U2
- 99 Problems - Jay-Z
- Rehab - Amy Winehouse
- Paper Planes - M.I.A.
- Mississippi - Bob Dylan
- Jesus Walks - Kanye West
- Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
- One More Time - Daft Punk
- Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
- Beautiful Day - U2
- Buddy Holly - Weezer
- Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
- Juicy - The Notorious B.I.G.
- American Idiot - Green Day
- In da Club - 50 Cent
- Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliott
- Big Pimpin' - Jay-Z featuring UGK
- Last Nite - The Strokes
- Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
- Cry Me a River - Justin Timberlake
- Clocks - Coldplay
- Time to Pretend - MGMT
- Ignition - R. Kelly
- The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
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