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Rolling Stone magazine has published numerous best-of lists over the years. Below is an exclusive Dave’s Music Database in which various lists from Rolling Stone have been consolidated into an aggregate list.
- Aretha Franklin…Respect (1967)
- Eagles…Hotel California (1977)
- The Police…Every Breath You Take (1983)
- Prince…Little Red Corvette (1983)
- Marvin Gaye…What’s Going On (1971)
- Bruce Springsteen…Born to Run (1975)
- Michael Jackson…Billie Jean (1983)
- Prince…When Doves Cry (1984)
- Nirvana…Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)
- The Beatles…Hey Jude (1968)
- John Lennon…Imagine (1971)
- The Beach Boys…Good Vibrations (1966)
- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five…The Message (1982)
- The Miracles…The Tracks of My Tears (1965)
- The Jackson 5…I Want You Back (1969)
- Al Green…Let’s Stay Together (1971)
- Fleetwood Mac…Go Your Own Way (1977)
- Elton John…Your Song (1970)
- Marvin Gaye…I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968)
- Sinead O’Connor…Nothing Compares 2 U (1990)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival…Proud Mary (1969)
- Bee Gees…Stayin’ Alive (1977)
- Joy Division…Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980)
- Rod Stewart…Maggie May (1971)
- Chic…Good Times (1979)
- The Rolling Stones…Brown Sugar (1971)
- The Rolling Stones…(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
- Bob Dylan…Like a Rolling Stone (1965)
- The Beatles…I Want to Hold Your Hand (1963)
- The Who…My Generation (1966)
- Otis Redding…(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (1968)
- Bob Dylan…Tangled Up in Blue (1975)
- Stevie Wonder…Superstition (1972)
- The Doors…Light My Fire (1967)
- The Ronettes…Be My Baby (1963)
- Ike & Tina Turner…River Deep, Mountain High (1966)
- U2…With Or Without You (1987)
- Van Morrison…Brown-Eyed Girl (1967)
- The Rolling Stones…Honky Tonk Women (1969)
- Sex Pistols…Anarchy in the U.K. (1976)
- The Clash…London Calling (1980)
- Buffalo Springfield…For What It’s Worth (1967)
- R.E.M….Losing My Religion (1991)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience…All Along the Watchtower (1968)
- The Beatles…Strawberry Fields Forever (1967)
- OutKast…Hey Ya! (2003)
- Elvis Presley…Suspicious Minds (1969)
- Wilson Pickett…In the Midnight Hour (1965)
- David Bowie…Changes (1972)
- The Who…Won’t Get Fooled Again (1971)
- The Rolling Stones…Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1968)
- Guns N’ Roses…Sweet Child O’ Mine (1988)
- Roy Orbison…Oh, Pretty Woman (1964)
- Tom Petty…Free Fallin’ (1989)
- Four Tops…Reach Out (I’ll Be There) (1966)
- Ramones…I Wanna Be Sedated (1978)
- The B-52’s…Love Shack (1989)
- Michael Jackson…Beat It (1983)
- Jefferson Airplane…Somebody to Love (1967)
- Aretha Franklin…Chain of Fools (1967)
- Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry…Walk This Way (1986)
- U2…Pride (In the Name of Love) (1984)
- The Rolling Stones…Miss You (1978)
- Blue Oyster Cult…Don’t Fear the Reaper (1976)
- Eric Clapton…Tears in Heaven (1992)
- Foreigner…I Want to Know What Love Is (1984)
- Al Green…Tired of Being Alone (1971)
- The Temptations…Just My Imagination Running Away with Me (1971)
- The Beatles…Yesterday (1965)
- The Rolling Stones…Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
- The Beatles…In My Life (1965)
- The Rolling Stones…Gimme Shelter (1968)
- U2…One (1992)
- The Righteous Brothers…You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (1964)
- The Beatles…A Day in the Life (1967)
- Van Halen…Jump (1984)
- Gnarls Barkley…Crazy (2006)
- The Beatles…Help! (1965)
- The Band…The Weight (1968)
- The Kingsmen…Louie Louie (1963)
- Percy Sledge…When a Man Loves a Woman (1966)
- The Impressions…People Get Ready (1965)
- Derek and the Dominos…Layla (1971)
- Simon & Garfunkel…Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
- Beyonce with Jay-Z…Crazy in Love (2003)
- The Kinks…You Really Got Me (1964)
- Chuck Berry…Johnny B. Goode (1958)
- Procol Harum…A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967)
- Sam Cooke…A Change Is Gonna Come (1965)
- The Temptations…My Girl (1965)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival…Fortunate Son (1969)
- James Brown…Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag (1965)
- Jay-Z…99 Problems (2003)
- The Mamas & the Papas…California Dreamin’ (1966)
- The Byrds…Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
- U2…Moment of Surrender (2009)
- Led Zeppelin…Whole Lotta Love (1969)
- The Kinks…Waterloo Sunset (1967)
- Elvis Presley…Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
- Eminem…Lose Yourself (2002)
Resources and Related Links:
- The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years. New York, NY; Straight Arrow Publishing Company. (9/8/88; issue 534)
- The Best Records of 5 Decades (8/97)
- MTV/Rolling Stone (12/7/00). Pop 100. New York, NY; Straight Arrow Publishing Company.
- The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (12/04)
- Songs of the Decade (2000-2009) (?)
- 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (4/10)
- Rolling Stone Top 500: Critics and Reader Polls, 1967-2012 (5/7/13). Compiled by Steve Sullivan.
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