AcclaimedMusic.net was created by Henrik Franzon from Stockholm, Sweden. On the website, he explains his interest in critics’ lists started in 1994 with Swedish magazine Pop’s 100 best albums in the world. He then discovered Julian’s Rock Lists, eventually writing a computer program to determine ultimate lists of albums and songs. He launched the website in September 2001.
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1. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
2. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
3. The Beatles “A Day in the Life” (1967)
4. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
5. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
6. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
7. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
8. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)
9. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
10. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
11. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
12. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
13. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
14. The Who “My Generation” (1965)
15. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
16. The Beach Boys “God Only Knows” (1966)
17. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
18. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
19. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
20. M.I.A. “Paper Planes” (2007)
21. The Clash “London Calling” (1979)
22. The Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” (1968)
23. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
24. Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” (1955)
25. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
26. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message” (1982)
27. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959)
28. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
29. Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1964)
30. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977)
31. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
32. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)
33. Pulp “Common People” (1995)
34. The Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter” (1969)
35. Billie Holiday “Strange Fruit” (1939) (1939)
36. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
37. Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
38. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003)
39. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)
40. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)
41. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
42. New Order “Blue Monday” (1983)
43. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
44. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
45. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
46. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)
47. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1964)
48. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
49. The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” (1967)
50. Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” (2004)
51. Missy Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)
52. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
53. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
54. Donna Summer “I Feel Love” (1977)
55. The Smiths “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” (1986)
56. David Bowie “Space Oddity” (1969)
57. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961)
58. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)
59. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (1997)
60. Bill Haley & the Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
61. Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1971)
62. Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep, Mountain High” (1966)
63. Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” (1991)
64. Beck “Loser” (1993)
65. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” (1989)
66. Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime” (1980)
67. Radiohead “Paranoid Android” (1997)
68. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969)
69. Kendrick Lamar “Alright” (2015)
70. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
71. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1972)
72. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
73. Jay-Z “99 Problems” (2003)
74. Robyn “Dancing on My Own” (2010)
75. Beyoncé “Formation” (2016)
76. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (1971)
77. The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968)
78. LCD Soundsystem “All My Friends” (2007)
79. The Mamas & Papas “California Dreamin’” (1965)
80. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976)
81. Martha & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street” (1964)
82. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)
83. Grimes “Oblivion” (2012)
84. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
85. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
86. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
87. The Smiths “How Soon Is Now? ” (1984)
88. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
89. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1967)
90. The Band “The Weight” (1968)
91. Kanye West feat. Pusha T “Runaway” (2010)
92. The Specials “Ghost Town” (1981)
93. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
94. Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (2013)
95. Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (1969)
96. David Bowie “Life on Mars?” (1971)
97. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)
98. Elvis Presley “That’s All Right” (1954)
99. James Brown “Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine” (1970)
100. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
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