Top 100 Songs
Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to singles charts.)
DMDB Top 1%:
1. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1965) #1 US, CB, UK, AU
2. Honky Tonk Women (1969) #1 US, CB, UK, AU
3. Paint It Black (1966) #1 US, CB, UK, CN, AU
4. Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1968) #1 CB, UK
5. Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
6. Brown Sugar (1971) #1 US, CN
7. Gimme Shelter (1969)
8. Start Me Up (1981) #1 AR, AU
9. Angie (1973) #1 US, CB, CN, AU
10. You Can’t Always Get What You Want (1969) #1 AU
11. Miss You (1978) #1 US, CB, CN
DMDB Top 2%:
12. Get Off of My Cloud (1965) #1 US, CB, UK, CN
13. Ruby Tuesday (1967) #1 US, CB
14. Wild Horses (1971)
DMDB Top 5%:
15. Tumbling Dice (1972)
16. It’s Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It) (1974)
17. Beast of Burden (1978)
18. 19th Nervous Breakdown (1966)
19. The Last Time (1965) #1 UK
20. Mother’s Little Helper (1966)
21. Time Is on My Side (1964)
22. As Tears Go By (1965) #1 CN
23. Street Fighting Man (1968)
24. It’s All Over Now (1964) #1 UK
25. She’s a Rainbow (1967)
26. Let’s Spend the Night Together (1967)
27. Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (1973)
28. She’s So Cold (1980)
DMDB Top 10%:
29. Under My Thumb (1966)
30. Shattered (1978)
31. Fool to Cry (1976)
32. Waiting on a Friend (1981)
33. Emotional Rescue (1980) #1 CN
34. Happy (1972)
35. We Love You (1967)
36. Mixed Emotions (1989) #1 CN, AR
37. Undercover of the Night (1983)
38. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows? (1966)
39. Heart of Stone (1964)
40. Love Is Strong (1994)
41. Tell Me (You’re Coming Back) (1964)
42. Not Fade Away (1964)
43. Harlem Shuffle (1986)
DMDB Top 20%:
44. 2000 Light Years from Home (1967)
45. Play with Fire (1965)
46. Out of Tears (1994)
47. Anybody Seen My Baby? (1997) #1 CN
48. Rock and a Hard Place (1989) #1 AR
49. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (1974)
50. Out of Time (1966)
51. Little Red Rooster (1964) #1 UK
52. Dandelion (1967)
53. Hang Fire (1981)
54. Lady Jane (1966)
55. Midnight Rambler (1979)
56. You Got Me Rocking (1994)
57. High Wire (1991) #1 AR
58. Bitch (1971)
59. Saint of Me (1997)
60. One Hit to the Body (1986)
61. Let It Bleed (1969)
62. Going to a Go-Go (live) (1982)
63. Almost Hear You Sigh (1989) #1 AR
64. Like a Rolling Stone (live, 1995)
65. She Was Hot (1983)
66. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (1971)
67. All Down the Line (1972)
68. Moonlight Mile (1971)
69. Hot Stuff (1976)
70. Memory Motel (1976)
71. I Wanna Be Your Man (1963)
72. Far Away Eyes (1978)
Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:
73. Sister Morphine (1971)
74. Don’t Stop (2002)
75. Living in a Ghost Town (2020)
76. No Expectations (1968)
77. I Go Wild (1994)
78. I’m Free (1965)
79. I Don’t Know Why I Love You (1969)
80. Monkey Man (1969)
81. Come On (1963)
82. Respectable (1978)
83. Rough Justice (2005)
84. Get Your Kicks on Route 66 (1964)
85. Sway (1971)
86. Rain Fall Down (2005)
87. Dead Flowers (1971)
88. Sparks Will Fly (1994)
89. When the Whip Comes Down (1978)
90. Doom and Gloom (2012)
91. Little T & A (1981)
92. Good Times, Bad Times (1964)
93. Plundered My Soul (1972/2010)
94. Under the Boardwalk (1964) #1 AU
95. Rip This Joint (1972)
96. Terrifying (1989)
97. Shine a Light (1972)
98. I Just Want to Make Love to You (1964)
99. Rocks Off (1972)
100. Just Your Fool (2016)
The Rolling Stones: Studio Albums Ranked
Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by album’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, critics’ ratings, and awards. Also factored in are the status of each album’s songs in Dave’s Music Database for songs.
1. Exile on Main Street (1972)
2. Sticky Fingers (1971)
3. Let It Bleed (1969)
4. Beggars Banquet (1968)
5. Some Girls (1978)
6. England’s Newest Hit Makers (aka ‘The Rolling Stones’) (1964)
7. Aftermath (UK version, 1966)
8. Aftermath (US version, 1966)
9. Tattoo You (1981)
10. Between the Buttons (1967)
11. Goats Head Soup (1973)
12. Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
13. Voodoo Lounge (1994)
14. Emotional Rescue (1980)
15. Out of Our Heads (US version, 1965)
16. Black and Blue (1976)
17. A Bigger Bang (2005)
18. Steel Wheels (1989)
19. 12 x 5 (1964)
20. Bridges to Babylon (1997)
21. It’s Only Rock and Roll (1974)
22. December's Children…and Everybody's (1965)
23. Blue & Lonesome (covers, 2016)
24. Undercover (1983)
25. No. 2 (1965)
26. Out of Our Heads (UK version, 1965)
27. Dirty Work (1986)
28. Now! (1965)
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First posted 7/26/2013; last updated 10/26/2021. |