Best Rock Songs of All Time
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1) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
2) November Rain - Guns N’ Roses
3) Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
4) Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
5) Weak - Marie Picasso
6) Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
7) Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
8) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
9) Numb - Linkin Park
10) Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses
11) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
12) One - Metallica
13) Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N’ Roses
14) Hey Jude - The Beatles
15) Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
16) Hotel California - The Eagles
17) It's My Life - Bon Jovi
18) Thunderstruck - AC/DC
20) Morphine - Michael Jackson
21) Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
22) Seize the Night - Meat Loaf
24) Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
25) Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
26) Imagine - John Lennon
27) Welcome Home - Coheed & Cambria
28) All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
29) Chop Suey! - System of a Down
30) Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
31) Killing In the Name - Rage Against The Machine
32) Beat It - Michael Jackson
34) Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
35) YYZ - Rush
36) Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
37) Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
38) The Trooper - Iron Maiden
39) Crawling - Linkin Park
40) Enter Sandman - Metallica
41) Smoke On the Water - Deep Purple
42) Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
43) Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses
46) Would? - Alice In Chains
47) Every Breath You Take - The Police
48) Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
49) Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
50) Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
51) Paradise City - Guns 'N Roses
52) Foreplay / Long Time - Boston
53) I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf
54) Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
55) Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
57) Tom Sawyer - Rush
58) Lazy - Deep Purple
59) Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
60) Panama - Van Halen
61) Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
62) Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
63) Song 2 - Blur
64) More Than A Feeling - Boston
65) Renegade - Styx
69) Ride the Lightining - Metallica
70) Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
71) Headstrong - Trapt
72) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
73) Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
74) The Joker - Steve Miller Band
75) Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
77) Hells Bells - AC/DC
78) Nothin' But a Good Time - Poison
79) You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
80) All My Love - Led Zeppelin
81) Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
82) Jeremy - Pearl Jam
83) The Show Must Go On - Queen
84) Blood Brothers - Iron Maiden
85) Lola - The Kinks
87) No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
88) Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
89) Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
90) Coming Back To Life - Pink Floyd
91) Mr. Roboto - Styx
92) Share the Land - The Guess Who
97) Paranoid - Black Sabbath
98) Ironic - Alanis Morissette
99) Heavy - Collective Soul
100) Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
101) Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
103) Mr. Jack - System of a Down
105) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
106) Superstar - Sonic Youth
107) Bed Of Razors - Children Of Bodom
108) Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
109) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Divison
110) Dark Star - Grateful Dead
111) Can You Do It - Geordie
112) Vladivostok - Prism
114) Primitive Man - Jerusalem
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1) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
“None will ever compare to the brilliant talent of Freddie, Brian, John and Roger.”“rock and opera with a lyrical mastery of mystery, anyone can beat it.. just asking”“best of all time”
2) November Rain - Guns N’ Roses
“best song eva great guitar solos!”
“Epic!”
“this is a song of indulgence. every time I hear it I feel totally drenched in the November rain.”
3) Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
“journey is one of the most epic bands of all time!
”
“really the best soft rock song”
“Best group of all time "classic"”
4) Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
“As rock songs go, this is the best”“To be a rock and not to roll! Legendary...”
“this should be number 1, led zeppelin is one of the best all around bands of all time.”
5) Weak - Marie Picasso
“Much better than the original and with Marie’s wonderful voice, this song is the best rock song ever!”
6) Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
“this song really rocks!”“Genius”“I LOVE Michael Jackson and all of his songs. This just made it better! r.i.p.”
7) Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
“Recently voted the greatest dance song of all time. Way to go Michael!”
“#1”
“Rated by most of the critics and past legends of Music as the greatest song since the 80s. For me, the greatest song since everything!”
8) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
“Kurt changed the way we saw grunge”
“most insanely catchy song vth toxic lyrics... the best rock song evr... hatsoff to kurt cobain...”
“I love nirvana and I think its the best rock band ever”
9) Numb - Linkin Park
“One of the best songs”
“linkin park brought a new genre to history.”
“the music is just BEAUTIFUL. I could listen to this song all day!”
10) Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses
“lol step brothers this song is still amazing”
“My favorite song ever - #1 for me”
“sweet child of mine may also have the greatest guitar solo of all time”
11) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
“this song by far i think is the best song on this list, or possably one of the best songs ever”“It definitely needs to be at the top. Salute Syd Barrett.”
“"Possibly one of the best songs ever" ONLY POSSIBLY?! You mean it IS THE BEST SONG EVER.”
12) One - Metallica
“THE best song out there!”“BEST METALLICA SONG BEST ROCK SONG You just can’t deny it. A legend in its own words, The song is no doubt, Number ONE”
“its a awesome you shold like it”
13) Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N’ Roses
“a cool song”
“its my favourite song! I love axl’s voice on this song”
“best song there ever once was! its definitely supposed to be in the #1 slot”
14) Hey Jude - The Beatles
“beatles have made this masterpiece for everyone to share and love”
“the greatest rock song all time”
“I love this song
hey jude.. is the greatest rock song of all time”
15) Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
“other songs here are really good but hands down, free bird is the best. this song makes you feel, I can’t describe it. #1”
“There are no words to describe this song”
“One of the best songs ever! It should be No. 1!”
16) Hotel California - The Eagles
“great song!”
“So many guitar layers, ingeniously put together”
“amazing song, best solo ever
”
17) It's My Life - Bon Jovi
“great song”“best song
evvvvvvvvvvverrrrrr”
“what I think is one of the best bon jovi songs of all time
”
18) Thunderstruck - AC/DC
“Simply the best song ever!... and the greatest band ever!”
“Should be #1”
“best rock song eva
”
20) Morphine - Michael Jackson
21) Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
“this song can change lives!
”
“this song is AMAZING just like the chili peppers”
“everything is perfect in this song, amazing lyrics, unbelievable guitar with astonishing accents from the bass guitar and drums. I think it should be in the top 5”
22) Seize the Night - Meat Loaf
“Meat Loaf in general is epic, but this song truly is amazing in every aspect.”
“Yes this is perhaps the greatest song I have ever heard only behind Bohemian Rhapsody and even better than Jesus of Suburbia which is is also 1 of the best songs iv’e heard”
24) Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
“its a great song”
“This song is in my top3 def Leppard songs behind Animal and Rocket.”
“BEST SONG! I don’t know why, but it seems like a theme song for all the strippers out there.”
25) Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
“this is the best song of the new century and it should be in the top 5 of the greatest rocksongs! Green Day´s best song ever... epic!”
“This is an awesome song Best everrrrr!”
“every suburb has it’s own Jesus...
”
26) Imagine - John Lennon
“This song blows me away, the thought of the world being in peace is a dream.”
“great song and artist!”
“I think we all hope that Lennon’s world that he imagined would come true.”
27) Welcome Home - Coheed & Cambria
“coheed rocks but they need to keep a steady roster
”
“just simply a great song
”
“Coheed is soo incredibly underrated. Welcome Home is just one of the many examples of their genius.”
28) All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
“One of the best bands!
”
“This is just a near perfect song, destined to become a future "Classic".”
“the killers are one of the best bands of this decade
”
29) Chop Suey! - System of a Down
“the best system of a down song!”
“sounds great”
“Greatest, most original song!”
30) Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
“greatest song by u2 which is really saying something!”
“One of the best songs I’ve heard and got one of the most natural video I’ve seen.”
“Best... intro... ever... made”
31) Killing In the Name - Rage Against The Machine
“great song”“I love this song, always been one of my top 10”
“this song has so much meaning in it. rock on ratm!”
32) Beat It - Michael Jackson
“I love the beat”
“If Dirty Diana And Billie Jean is in the top ten.. why isn’t this in the top ten? this song was Jackson’s actual first "rock" song... this song inspired all of his other rock songs.
All of you just Beat It!”
34) Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
“This is the best song ever!”
“this is like... THE american song. its about hope.. love this song and bon jovi!”
“ANTHEM of the 80’s!”
35) YYZ - Rush
“this song is pure talent godley everthing”
“Amazing. Geddy, Alex, and Niel ROCK!”
“Seeing as this is the only RUSH song people seem to know and like when they have a wide selection of amazing songs... I guess I will vote for this one, though its not my favorite because GEDDY LEE has no vocals in this one... but still a good song I mean neil pert alex lifeson doesn’t get better than that”
36) Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
“This song evokes youthfulness and a sense of unadulterated freedom. It’s simply an amazing song!”
“this is an amazing amazing song. wonderful lyrics, soulful voice. if god could sing, it would not be very different from bruce.”
“This should be a lot higher on the list.
"The screen door slams
Mary’s dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that’s me and I want you only"
that is lyrical genius!”
37) Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
“such an influential song in the world of rock... and for good reason!”
“simply the best”
“the song that changed rock history the most ever.”
38) The Trooper - Iron Maiden
“Sure it’s one of the best ones in rock history.”
“Love the guitar rift!”
39) Crawling - Linkin Park
“Just plain cool”
“THIS SONG IS ONE OF LINKIN PARK’S BEST... I LOVE THE RYTHEM AND IT JUST FLOWS VERY GREAT... ALL THE LYRICS MAKE SENSE UNLIKE MOST SONGS WHERE THEY JUST MAKE A BUNCH OF NOISE”
40) Enter Sandman - Metallica
“Hush little baby don’t say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It’s just the beasts under your bed
In your closet and in your head”
“Best of Metallica!”
“best song in the world”
41) Smoke On the Water - Deep Purple
“Go into any guitar shop on a Saturday morning and this is what everyone is trying to play - greatness indeed!”
“Awesome guitar intro; the lyrics are equally magnificent!”
“Greatest Air Guitar Song Ever”
42) Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
“ONE OF THE BEST SONGS OUT THERE. ROCK ON”
“It rocks me like a hurricane, plain and simple.”
“Get the Air-Guitar out! Some amazing solos there...!
”
43) Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses
46) Would? - Alice In Chains
“You can always hear the passion in each and every one of AIC’s songs. Would? is no different.”
“Unknown by many, but by far the best and missed. I feel so connected with ALL of their songs. The best group of all time.”
“Alice in Chains are artists in the truest sense and this is the quintessential "alternative" rock song of the era.”
47) Every Breath You Take - The Police
“great song, one of the best police songs that are out there”
“This song is not only hauntingly beautiful, it is complexly simple. And I love that everyone thinks it’s a love song when really it’s all about obsession and possession.”
“best song of the 8o’s and beyond”
48) Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
“easily one of the best songs ever! thus the reason everyone uses it in their movies!”
“was the only rs song that I liked. their best”
49) Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
“Everybody in some point of the time feels identified with this song... we all had born to run... and I love the Boss!”
“The best rock song of all time! New Jersey nearly made it the state song!”
“Lyrical prowess, Bruce at his best.”
50) Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
“Tells an amazing story.”
“Just one word... Immense”
“Sure, it’s long. Like a Rock Opera. But just awesome.”
51) Paradise City - Guns 'N Roses
“This song is just insane, there’s nothing better than this!”
“the most powerful song you ever hear
”
“AMAZING SONG”
52) Foreplay / Long Time - Boston
“this song defines rock”
53) I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf
“Genius! The kind of song that makes you feel like you’re on top of the world when you listen to it. Meatloaf writes a beautiful about love that isn’t soft or sappy. It’s an epic that guy’s guys can admit to liking without embarrassment. Astonishing epic of a song! A magnum opus.”
54) Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
“This song should be way up the list for me its in the top 5 all time rock songs of all time a true blue print of all rock songs to come.”
“definitely the best, chuck berry master of the guitar, this is, the anthem of rock”
“An insane solo at the start, the song that started it all, simply amazing”
55) Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
“the best song ever!”
“That is the best rock song it has such a good beat and I like playing it really loud”
57) Tom Sawyer - Rush
“Neil Peart is the greatest drummer ever!”
“Great vocals.”
58) Lazy - Deep Purple
“spontaneous yet controlled”
“spontaneous yet controlled”
“spontaneous yet controlled”
59) Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
“This is the happiest song ever. It just makes people happy. Catchy guitar, too.”
“sounds fresh everytime you hear it!”
60) Panama - Van Halen
“VANHALEN BEST BAND EVER”
“# 66 for Van Halen? should be #6... must be a typo...”
“This song just feeds you with energy... and you can’t help but air guitar to this one... not to mention... IT’S EDDIE VAN HALEN! There is no one better... NO ONE!”
61) Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
“should be much higher one of the best songs”
“Captures the ugliness in a beautiful song-way underated thanks to all the mainstreamers who idolize"smells like teen spirit". Number one in my books!”
62) Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
“This song is amazing... Carry on wayward Kansas you rock!”
“The best guitar riffs ever!”
63) Song 2 - Blur
“Its shocking to not find song 2 on here, simply the world’s best song ever to have written”
64) More Than A Feeling - Boston
“Only the greatest rock song ever! Listen to it on a great pumping stereo and you will be transported to another world!”
“Seriously, the only good thing to ever come out of Boston. This song should be number one.”
65) Renegade - Styx
“Love this song makes me want to jam and party every time I hear it”
69) Ride the Lightining - Metallica
“one of the best songs by metallica!”
“The Best Rock song ever”
“awsome song”
70) Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
“one of the most original bands of all time with a fabulous evocative song that stays with you 4 ever.”
71) Headstrong - Trapt
“best song for getting in the zone”
“amazing song. gets me pumped for my workout”
72) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
73) Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
“what? this is a masterpiece! the best guitarist ever! wth? this song should be top 10”
“C Mon You Can´t Tell Me That November Rain or whatever is better than voodoo child from the best guitaist ever. ”
74) The Joker - Steve Miller Band
“best song ever written better than imagine, stairway to heaven, highway to hell, and definitely better than bohemian rapsody”
“you can’t not like this song... go ahead, I dare you”
75) Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
“And what about John Bonham on drums? He’s the world’s best drummer!”
“the first heavy metal song that I heard after whole lotta love. black dog was even heavier than lead”
“a great song with excellent guitar riffs”
77) Hells Bells - AC/DC
“this song is awesome, if you’re a rocker listen to this song.”
“great song one, of my favorite AC/DC songs”
“As AC/DC songs go, Back In Black is #1... but Hells Bells is a close #2.
When you want to rock, and I mean bad-@$$, head-bangin’ ROCK, you throw on some AC/DC.”
78) Nothin' But a Good Time - Poison
“This song makes me feel free.. great song!”
“This might be my favorite song of all time I just get pumped up everytime I hear it.”
“They demystified accoustical art with this song. Simply great!”
79) You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
“so much emotion in this song”
“No one knows good rock like a Canadian!”
80) All My Love - Led Zeppelin
“One of Led Zeppelins best (better then stairway, stairways on that great, people just like it because its the most popular song)”
81) Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
“Simply the best Elvis song; true expression of how trust can warp in a relationship.”
82) Jeremy - Pearl Jam
“One of the most rebel against society songs of the Millenium.”
83) The Show Must Go On - Queen
“One of the most moving songs ever!”
84) Blood Brothers - Iron Maiden
85) Lola - The Kinks
“Fun and clever song, played with transvestitism way before Aerosmith did "Dude Looks Like a Lady. "”
87) No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
“Dave Grohl on Drums and Josh Hommes on Guitar, you can’t go wrong”
88) Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
“van halen is so underrated. one of the greatest riffs of all time.”
89) Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
“this song kicks ass”
“"Despite all my rage" that’s exactly what this song is, RAGE!”
“One of the best songs and also one of the best music videos ever!”
90) Coming Back To Life - Pink Floyd
91) Mr. Roboto - Styx
“One of the best songs ever! First Styx song I ever listened to.”
“People still say this song today... Domo!”
92) Share the Land - The Guess Who
“memories of days past”
97) Paranoid - Black Sabbath
“IT’S WAY BETTER THAN ANY SONG BUY LED ZEPPLIN.”
“needs to be no 1 heavy song of the century as it received airplay and released as a seven single”
98) Ironic - Alanis Morissette
“talk about murder with words, slap in the face to her ex boyfriend its awesome!”
“Undoubtedly a symbol of Female rocker!”
99) Heavy - Collective Soul
“I like music on wednesdays or either like on the speaker wall notebook frank... thats about it”
100) Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
“This is the greatest rock balled of all time!”
101) Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
“Absolutely amazing song. It is powerful and kick ass.”
“One of the best songs ever!”
103) Mr. Jack - System of a Down
“Good vocals, good guitars, good drums. Nobody asks for more!”
“this song is a corner stone for the 20th century”
105) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
“We make the karaoke guy play it every Wednesday at closing time.”
106) Superstar - Sonic Youth
“there are way too many great songs on this list to vote for just one...so i’ll add a new one :)”“Sonic Youth is underated. They rock!”
107) Bed Of Razors - Children Of Bodom
“this can represent the generation of today”
108) Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
“Great song... A 8th octave vocalist sings that...”
109) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Divison
“several great songs on this list... but this song sticks out from the rest... I don’t feel the need to explain.”
110) Dark Star - Grateful Dead
“REINVENTION OF MUSIC.THE MODAL STYLE HAS VIRTUALLY NEVER BEEN COPIED.”
111) Can You Do It - Geordie
“excellant song! great beat! by the band that created the present day lead singer of ACDC!”
112) Vladivostok - Prism
“a great 70’s Canadian Band..this is a beautful song!!!”
114) Primitive Man - Jerusalem
“Probably one of the heaviest songs ever written, from the legendary 1972 Jerusalem album produced by Ian Gillan of Deep Purple”
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