Rolling Stone: Top Ten Songs of All Time
 

1. "Like a Rolling Stone," Bob Dylan
2. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," Rolling Stones
3. "Imagine," John Lennon
4. "What's Going On," Marvin Gaye
5. "Respect," Aretha Franklin
6. "Good Vibrations," Beach Boys
7. "Johnny B. Goode," Chuck Berry
8. "Hey Jude," Beatles
9. "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana
10. "What'd I Say," Ray Charles

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- "Like a Rolling Stone," Bob Dylan's scornful, ironic ode to a spoiled woman's reversal of fortune, was named the greatest rock 'n' roll song of all time on Wednesday by Rolling Stone magazine.

The six-minute opening track from his landmark 1965 album "Highway 61 Revisited" broke the barrier of the three-minute hit single and established Dylan as a mainstream pop artist, marking his transformation from folk troubadour to rock sensation.

"No other pop song has so thoroughly challenged and transformed the commercial laws and artistic conventions of its time, for all time," wrote Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke in an article accompanying the magazine's list of the top 500 rock songs of all time.

The list, published in a special edition out on Friday, was compiled by a panel of recording artists, producers, label executives, critics and songwriters. Among them were singer Art Garfunkel, Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, vocalist Joni Mitchell and even Dylan's rock star son, Jakob.

Ranked No. 2 on the magazine's roster of greatest rock songs of all time was the Rolling Stones' 1965 hit "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," followed by John Lennon's utopian ballad "Imagine," Marvin Gaye's languid soul classic "What's Going On" and Aretha Franklin's empowerment anthem "Respect."

Rounding out the top 10 were "Good Vibrations" from the Beach Boys; Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode"; the Beatles' "Hey Jude" and Ray Charles' seminal soul record "What'd I Say."

The lion's share of songs from the list hail from the 1960s, and only a handful were released after 1990, including Nirvana's 1991 hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at No. 9. The most recent single to make the list was "Hey Ya!" (2003) from the hip-hop duo OutKast, at No. 180. Rapper Eminem's "Lose Yourself" (2002) ranked No. 166.

The highest-charting song on the list from the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, was his 1956 hit "Hound Dog" at No. 19.

The Beatles, not surprisingly, notched the most songs on the list, with 22 entries. They were trailed by archrivals the Rolling Stones, who tallied 13 in all. A dozen of Dylan's songs made the cut.

In a similar list published in 1989, the magazine named the Stones' "Satisfaction" as the best single of the past 25 years, with Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" placed at No. 2 -- a reversal of the latest ranking.

Last year's Rolling Stone magazine list of the top 500 rock albums of all time put the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" at No. 1.

Their taste is all in their mouth. :rolleyes3

Those are very popular songs but they seem awfully generic to anglo/american pop culture. It just depends what group of people you are asking in your survey.
I myself would vote the last decade remake of bittersweet symphony as number one at this point. Love Ella Fitzgerald. Sinatra of course. Country music when it isn't stupid or twangy. (Yes Randy Traivs destroyed coutry for decades just as Bush is setting america back decades)

So, the top TWO songs on Rolling Stone magazine's list are:

"Like a Rolling Stone" by Dylan

and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," by the Rolling Stones

Hmmmm.....

Ironic, isn't it? :cool:

I generally like the list, but I just don't get why Imagine is #3. Yeah, it's a great song. I love it. But #3?

And since it's a list of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time, I can't imagine a top ten list without Led Zeppelin.

Here is 11 - 20


11. "My Generation", The Who
12. "A Change is Gonna Come", Sam Cooke
13. "Yesterday", The Beatles
14. "Blowin' in the Wind", Bob Dylan
15. "London Calling", The Clash
16. "I Want to Hold Your Hand", The Beatles
17. "Purple Haze", The Jimi Hendrix Experience
18. "Maybellene", Chuck Berry
19. "Hound Dog", Elvis Presley
20. "Let It Be", The Beatles

#21- 'Baby Got Back' -Sir Mix a Lot

Shouldn't it be "Rolling Stones top most influential and recognizable songs"? ;)

What, no "Ninety Six Tears" ?

I think it's number 96....

Been nice if they could have come up with at least one song that was from the 20th century :rolleyes:

And what about "Wooly-Bully"?

Watch it now! Watch it!

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WOOLY BULLY

Uno, dos, one, two, tres, quatro
Matty told Hatty about a thing she saw.
Had two big horns and a wooly jaw.
Wooly bully, wooly bully.
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully.
Hatty told Matty, "Let's don't take no chance.
Let's not be L-seven, come and learn to dance."
Wooly bully, wooly bully
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully.
Matty told Hatty, "That's the thing to do.
Get you someone really to pull the wool with you."
Wooly bully, wooly bully.
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully.

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96 Tears

Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now
Since you left me
You're always laughin'
Way down at me
But watch out now
I'm gonna get there
We'll be together
For just a little while
And then I'm gonna put you
Way down here
And you'll start cryin'
Ninety-six tears
Cry
Cry

And when the sun comes up
I'll be on top
You'll be way down there
Lookin' up
And I might wave
Come up here
But I don't see you
Wavin' now
I'm way down here
Wonderin' how
I'm gonna get you
But I know now
I'll just cry, cry, I'll just cry

Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart
To carry on
You're gonna cry ninety-six tears
You're gonna cry ninety-six tears
You're gonna cry cry, cry, cry, now
You're gonna cry cry, cry, cry
Ninety-six tears c'mon and lemme hear you cry, now
Ninety-six tears (whoo!) I wanna hear you cry
Night and day, yeah, all night long
Uh-ninety-six tears cry cry cry
C'mon baby, let me hear you cry now, all night long
Uh-ninety-six tears! Yeah! C'mon now
Uh-ninety-six tears!