Best Rock Songs of All Time
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1) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
2) November Rain - Guns N’ Roses
4) Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
5) Weak - Marie Picasso
6) Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
7) Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses
8) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
9) Numb - Linkin Park
10) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
11) Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N’ Roses
12) Morphine - Michael Jackson
13) Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
14) Hey Jude - The Beatles
16) It's My Life - Bon Jovi
17) Seize the Night - Meat Loaf
18) One - Metallica
19) Wonderwall - Oasis
20) Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
21) Thunderstruck - AC/DC
23) Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
24) Killing In the Name - Rage Against The Machine
25) Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
26) Imagine - John Lennon
28) YYZ - Rush
30) Crawling - Linkin Park
31) Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
33) The Trooper - Iron Maiden
34) Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
35) Chop Suey! - System of a Down
36) Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
37) Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
40) Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
41) Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
43) Welcome Home - Coheed & Cambria
44) I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf
47) Enter Sandman - Metallica
49) Ride the Lightining - Metallica
50) Renegade - Styx
53) Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
54) No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
55) Paradise City - Guns 'N Roses
58) Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
60) Would? - Alice In Chains
61) Tom Sawyer - Rush
62) Smoke On the Water - Deep Purple
63) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
64) Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses
65) Lola - The Kinks
70) Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
72) Panama - Van Halen
73) Jeremy - Pearl Jam
74) Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
75) Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
76) Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
77) Dark Star - Grateful Dead
78) Hells Bells - AC/DC
79) Mr. Jack - System of a Down
81) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
82) Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
83) Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
84) More Than A Feeling - Boston
85) Headstrong - Trapt
86) Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
87) Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
88) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Divison
89) Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
92) Vladivostok - Prism
94) Superstar - Sonic Youth
96) Paranoid - Black Sabbath
97) Song 2 - Blur
98) Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
99) Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
100) Heavy - Collective Soul
101) Coming Back To Life - Pink Floyd
102) Foreplay / Long Time - Boston
103) Mr. Roboto - Styx
104) The Show Must Go On - Queen
105) Back in Black - AC/DC
106) Share the Land - The Guess Who
107) Blood Brothers - Iron Maiden
108) Can You Do It - Geordie
110) Lazy - Deep Purple
111) All My Love - Led Zeppelin
112) Bed Of Razors - Children Of Bodom
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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 rock song for ever”
“The best song by Guns N’ Roses. Period.”
“this song will last forever, unfortunatly not like the band.”
4) Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
“As rock songs go, this is the best”
“the tempo changing at the end and the sweet sound of the guitar are vital towards this song. The drums don’t even start til four minutes in and all they do is improve a glorious song.”
“the best song of the best rock band in the world”
5) Weak - Marie Picasso
“Much better than the original and with Marie’s wonderful voice, this song is the best rock song ever!”
6) Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
“this song is the greatest”
“If this song can be listed as a Rock song, there is no other song which could match it. Don’t cry haters, it’s a simple fact!”
“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!”
7) Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses
“great vocals. amazing guitar. I can play this song on guitar. it may not be the best but its pretty champ
”
“This is simple just the most well made and complete song ever. WINWIN”
“this song is a lot better than seven”
8) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
“Best music killing song it killed power ballad brought grunge to the top”
“This is the greatest rock song of all time. It not only was the gateway song into grunge but killed hairbands for good!!! WE OWE NIRVANA BIG!!!”
“revolutionary... changed everything”
9) Numb - Linkin Park
“It is a good song one of the best I heard”
“The emotion in this song makes it great to listen to.”
“It is good”
10) 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”
“beautiful. warms my day.”
“This is easily one of the greatest rock songs of all time.”
11) Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N’ Roses
“"You know where you are?! , your on the jungle baby your gonn’a die... "”
“YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? IF YOU VOTE NO, YOU’RE A WUSS”
“sweet song
”
12) Morphine - Michael Jackson
13) Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
“greatest song of all, it just makes you fell free.”
“awesome”
“Don’t know what it is about this song. But I can’t stop listening to it. My top three songs are Free Bird, Bohemian Rhapsody and American Woman(by The Guess Who).”
14) Hey Jude - The Beatles
“How can you go wrong with a song that was rated #1 through two decades? Well written, meaningful (written by McCartney for Julian Lennon to try and comfort him during his parents’ divorce). It set the standard!”
“the first time I heard this song I just stopped everything I was doing to listen. I love this song. I love the beat and the tune. it makes me feel relaxed :)”
16) It's My Life - Bon Jovi
“great song”
“one of the most amazing songs... this song’s got life in it.. it makes you feel alive nd thats wt great abt it...
”
“the best”
17) Seize the Night - Meat Loaf
“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”
18) One - Metallica
“THE best song out there!”
“ANYTHING Metallica should be on this list... nobody can beat the sheer badassness of their music. Not Queen, not GNR, not Micheal Jackson, NOBODY!... and to think... THEY’RE STILL ROCKING!
Their lyrics are powerful, and their music is simply, the best. I can’t believe that this isn’t higher on the list...”
“I don’t think this is the best ever, but it should be way ahead of 21. As a person who doesn’t play guitar, that one riff is one of the best I’ve ever heard.”
19) Wonderwall - Oasis
“The best song I’ve ever heard”
“Well written and Performed...”
“Awesome song, so well done.”
20) Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
“The best song of the Chilis”
“No question! The perfect composition!”
“this song is super excellent.
perfect for any mood.”
21) Thunderstruck - AC/DC
“Most amazing song by AC/DC. Classic song for sports events or anything really! My favourite song made, Thanks you AC/DC”
“best song ever”
“It’s an awesome song”
23) Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
“best song of 1987 and this century”
“Can’t believe nobody has voted for this! The song epitomizes the very best of the 80s.”
“One of my faves.”
24) Killing In the Name - Rage Against The Machine
“great song”
“RATM is so passionate about their music. this song is beast.”
“awesome song! Awesome song
”
25) Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
“An anthem still widely heard and used 27 years after its release. Fabulous song!”
“This song is the soundtrack of an army of fans around tue world.”
26) Imagine - John Lennon
“I think we all hope that Lennon’s world that he imagined would come true.”
“great song and artist!”
28) YYZ - Rush
“Great song with good bass, guitar and drums!”
“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”
“Amazing. Geddy, Alex, and Niel ROCK!”
30) Crawling - Linkin Park
“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”
31) Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
“simply the best”
“the song that changed rock history the most ever.”
33) The Trooper - Iron Maiden
“Sure it’s one of the best ones in rock history.”
“Love the guitar rift!”
34) Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
“Why the Hell is this not on here its the best song of the 21st century and the best song ever It should be on top of the list”
35) Chop Suey! - System of a Down
“Greatest, most original song!”
36) Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
“Some of the Boss’ best work... Possibly the best rock tune of all time!”
37) Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
“one of the best rock songs playd by one of the best rock bands. it’s amazing.”
“Get the Air-Guitar out! Some amazing solos there...!
”
“It rocks me like a hurricane, plain and simple.”
40) Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
“That is the best rock song it has such a good beat and I like playing it really loud”
41) Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
“Sure, it’s long. Like a Rock Opera. But just awesome.”
“Just one word... Immense”
43) Welcome Home - Coheed & Cambria
“this song blows my mind!”
“the intro to this song is amazing claudio sanchez is one of the best rock singers ever”
“EPIC!”
44) 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.”
47) Enter Sandman - Metallica
“Awesome lyrics, awesome guitar, and well, awesome everything.”
“easily the best song of one of the best rock bands of all time”
“best song in the world”
49) Ride the Lightining - Metallica
“one of the best songs by metallica!”
“The Best Rock song ever”
“awsome song”
50) Renegade - Styx
“Love this song makes me want to jam and party every time I hear it”
53) Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
“a great song with excellent guitar riffs”
“the first heavy metal song that I heard after whole lotta love. black dog was even heavier than lead”
54) No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
“Dave Grohl on Drums and Josh Hommes on Guitar, you can’t go wrong”
55) Paradise City - Guns 'N Roses
“the most powerful song you ever hear
”
“AMAZING SONG”
“best song ever!”
58) 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”
60) Would? - Alice In Chains
“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.”
61) Tom Sawyer - Rush
62) Smoke On the Water - Deep Purple
“One of the most famous guitar riffts so it has to do better than this position. VOTE!”
“The simplest but the catchiest riff ever!
”
63) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
64) Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses
65) Lola - The Kinks
“Fun and clever song, played with transvestitism way before Aerosmith did "Dude Looks Like a Lady. "”
70) Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
“van halen is so underrated. one of the greatest riffs of all time.”
72) Panama - Van Halen
“THE BEST SONG EVER!
NO CONTEST!”
“This was the song that made me a cult fan for VAN HALEN... if you got the feeling that you re a down pet and that you need to drive more force into your veins then no need to take any vitamins or any kinda crap drugs, just go on and listen to this strenuous track , and it will pump you all the wayz up nd will drive extra powers into your body... this song got all the best outta DAVID LEE ROTH and got the best guitar mix between the brilliant EDDIE van halen and the other brilliant bassist ANTHONY... they all screamed it out loud shouting PANAMA IT DROVE AND PUMPED HELL OF ADRENALINE INTO MY VEINS
”
73) Jeremy - Pearl Jam
“One of the most rebel against society songs of the Millenium.”
74) Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
“best song no words”
75) Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
“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!”
76) Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
“C Mon You Can´t Tell Me That November Rain or whatever is better than voodoo child from the best guitaist ever. ”
77) Dark Star - Grateful Dead
“REINVENTION OF MUSIC.THE MODAL STYLE HAS VIRTUALLY NEVER BEEN COPIED.”
78) Hells Bells - AC/DC
“It’s a classic!
”
“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.”
79) 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”
81) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
“We make the karaoke guy play it every Wednesday at closing time.”
82) Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
“Who hasn’t related to this song?”
“One of the best songs and also one of the best music videos ever!”
83) Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
84) More Than A Feeling - Boston
“Seriously, the only good thing to ever come out of Boston. This song should be number one.”
85) Headstrong - Trapt
86) Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
87) Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
“This is the greatest rock balled of all time!”
88) 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.”
89) Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
“"deep down in Louisiana... ", the greatest rock song in history, rock at its purest and most amazing form, chuck berry, the father of rock, Johnny be Goode, the song that started it all”
“An insane solo at the start, the song that started it all, simply amazing”
“definitely the best, chuck berry master of the guitar, this is, the anthem of rock”
92) Vladivostok - Prism
“a great 70’s Canadian Band..this is a beautful song!!!”
94) 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 :)”
96) 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”
97) Song 2 - Blur
“Its shocking to not find song 2 on here, simply the world’s best song ever to have written”
98) Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
99) Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
100) Heavy - Collective Soul
101) Coming Back To Life - Pink Floyd
102) Foreplay / Long Time - Boston
103) Mr. Roboto - Styx
104) The Show Must Go On - Queen
105) Back in Black - AC/DC
106) Share the Land - The Guess Who
107) Blood Brothers - Iron Maiden
108) Can You Do It - Geordie
“excellant song! great beat! by the band that created the present day lead singer of ACDC!”
110) Lazy - Deep Purple
111) 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)”
112) Bed Of Razors - Children Of Bodom
“this can represent the generation of today”
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