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Magazine's Top 500

No. Interpret Title Year of release 1. 1961 2. Satisfaction 1965 3. Imagine 1971 4. What’s Going on 1971 5. Respect 1967 6. 1966 7. Johnny B. Goode 1958 8. 1968 9. Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991 10. Charles What'd Say (part 1&2) 1959 11. 1965 12. 1964 13. The Beatles Yesterday 1965 14. Bob Dylan Blowin' 1963 15. Calling 1980 16. The Beatles I Want zo Hold Your Hand 1963 17. Jimmy Hendrix 1967 18. Chuck Berry 1955 19. Presley Hound Dog 1956 20. The Beatles 1970 21. 1975 22. 1963 23. The Beatles In my 1965 24. 1965 25. The Beach Boys 1966 26. The Beatles A day in a life 1967 27. Derek and the Dominos 1970 28. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay 1968 29. The Beatles Help 1965 30. I 1956 31. Stairway to 1971 32. The Rolling Stones 1968 33. Turner River Deep - Mountain High 1966 34. The Righteous You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' 1964 35. 1967 36. One 1991 37. Bob No Woman No Cry 1975 38. The Rolling Stones 1969 39. Holly, Buddy That'll be the Day 1957 40. Martha & The Vandellas 1964 41. The 1968 42. 1968 43. Tutti Frutti 1956 44. On My Mind 1960 45. 1956 46. Bowie 1977 47. Simon and Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water 1970 48. 1968 49. The Hotel 1976 50. & 1965 51. The Message 1980 52. 1984 53. Anarchy in the U.K. 1976 54. When a man loves a woman 1966 55. 1963 56. Little Richard 1956 57. 1967 58. 1983 59. Bob Dylan they are a changin' 1964 60. Let's Stay together 1971 61. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going on 1957 62. Bo Diddley 1955 63. For what it's Worth 1967 64. The Beatles 1963 65. Cream Sunshine of your 1968 66. Redemption 1980 67. Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 1958 68. Bob Dylan Tangled in 1975 69. Crying 1961 70. Dionne Walk on By 1964 71. The Beach Boys 1965 72. Papa's Got a New Bag 1966 73. Summertime 1958 74. Superstition 1973 75. Led Zeppelin Whole 1969 76. The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever 1967 77. Elvis Presley 1955 78. James Brown (I Feel Good) 1966 79. Mr. Man 1965 80. Marvin Gaye I Heard it through the Grapevine 1968 81. Blueberry Hill 1956 82. The Kinks You Really Got 1964 83. The Beatles Norwegian Wood 1965 84. 1983 85. Crazy 1961 86. Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road 1975 87. Johnny Cash 1963 88. My Girl 1965 89. The Mamas and the Papas California Dreamin' 1967 90. The Five Satins In the Still of the Night 1956 91. Elvis Presley 1969 92. The 1976 93. U2 I Still Haven't Found Looking 1987 94. Little Richard Good Golly Miss Molly 1958 95. 1956 96. Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire 1957 97. Chuck Berry 1956 98. Al Green 1972 99. CCR Fortunate Son 1970 100. Rolling Stones You Can’t Always Get What you Want 1969 101. Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child 1968 102. and his Blue Caps Be Bop A Lula 1956 103. 1979 104. Stevie Wonder 1973 105. Simon and Garfunkel 1969 106. Bob Dylan Mr. Tambourine Man 1965 107. Not Fade Away 1957 108. Prince Little Red Corvette 1983 109. 1967 110. Otis Redding I've Been Loving you too Long 1965 111. , Sr. I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry 1949 112. Elvis Presley That's All Right 1954 113. Up on the Roof 1962 114. 1963 115. Sam Cooke 1957 116. Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Woman 1969 117. Al Green 1974 118. Shout (part 1 & 2) 1959 119. 1977 120. 1969 121. Ben E. King Stand by me 1961 122. House of the Rising Sun 1964 123. James Brown It's a Man's Man's World 1966 124. Rolling Stones Jumpin' Jack Flash 1968 125. Will you Love me Tomorrow 1960 126. Shake, Rattle and Roll 1954 127. Changes 1971 128. Chuck Berry Music 1957 129. Steppenwolf Born to Be Wild 1968 130. Maggie 131. U2 1987 132. Bo Diddley Who Do you Love 1957 133. The Who Won't Get Fooled Again 1971 134. Wilson Picket In the Midnight Hour 1965 135. The Beatles While My Gently Weeps 1968 136. 1970 137. The Beatles 1966 138. Family Affair 1971 139. The Beatles 1964 140. Led Zeppelin 1975 141. All I Have to Do is Dream 1958 142. James Brown Please, Please, Please 1956 143. Prince Purple Rain 1984 144. The Ramones 1978 145. Sly & Family Stone People 1968 146. The B-52's Rock Lobster 1979 147. Lust for Life 1977 148. Me and Bobby McGee 1971 149. The Everly Brothers Cathy's Clown 1960 150. The Byrds 1966 151. The Penguins Earth Angel 1954 152. Jimi Hendrix 1965 153. The Beatles Hard Day's Night 1964 154. Buddy Holly On 1958 155. CCR 1969 156. Simon & Garfunkel 1965 157. I Only Have Eyes for you 1959 158. Rock around the clock 1954 159. I'm Waiting for the Man 1967 160. ft. Anthrax 1988 161. Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving you 1962 162. Sinead O'Connor 1990 163. Queen 1975 164. Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues 1956 165. Fast Car 1988 166. 2002 167. Marvin Gaye Let’s Get it on 1973 168. The Temptations Papa a Rollin' Stone 1972 169. R.E.M. 1991 170. Both Sides Now 1969 171. Abba Dancing Queen 1976 172. 1973 173. The Sex Pistols 1977 174. Rolling Stones 1966 175. Four 1966 176. The Beach Boys Don't Worry Baby 1964 177. Free Fallin' 1989 178. September Girls 1974 179. Love Will Tear us Apart 1980 180. Hey ya 2003 181. Booker T & MGs Green Onions 1962 182. Drifters Save the Last for Me 1960 183. BB King 1969 184. The Beatles Please, Please me 1964 185. Bob Dylan 1965 186. Aretha Franklin Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love you) 1967 187. AC/DC Back in Black 1980 188. CCR Who'll Stop the Rain 1970 189. The Stayin' Alive 1977 190. Bob Dylan Knocking on Heavens Door 1973 191. 1973 192. 1968 193. The Drifters There Goes my Baby 1959 194. Buddy Holly 1957 195. The Chantels Maybe 1957 196. Guns n Roses Sweet Child o Mine 1987 197. Elvis Presley Don't Be Cruel 1956 198. Jimi Hendrix 1966 199. Parliament Funkadelic Flashlight 1977 200. Loser 1993 201. New Order Bizarre 1986 202. The Beatles 1969 203. Bob Dylan Positively 1965 204. Otis Redding 1966 205. Lean on Me 1972 206. The Reach out I'll Be There 1966 207. The Everly Brothers Bye Bye Love 1957 208. Them Gloria 1965 209. The Beach Boys 1963 210. Question Mark and the Mysterians 1966 211. The Beach Boys Caroline No 1966 212. Prince 1999 1982 213. Hank Williams Sr. Your Cheating 1953 214. Rockin' In The Free World 1989 215. The Chords Sh-boom 1954 216. The Lovin' Do you Believe in 1965 217. Jolene 1974 218. Hooker Boom Boom 1963 219. Howlin' Wolf Spoonful 1960 220. Walk away Renee 1966 221. Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side 1972 222. Roy Orbison Oh 1964 223. Sly & The Family Stone Dance to the Music 1968 224. Chic Good Times 1979 225. 1954 226. Van Morrison 1970 227. Fire and Rain 1970 228. The Clash Should I Stay or Should I Go 1982 229. Muddy Waters 1955 230. Bob Dylan 1966 231. Marvin Gaye 1982 232. Roy Orbison 1960 233. The Animals We`ve Gotta Get out of this Place 1965 234. The Byrds I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better 1965 235. Ray Charles 1954 236. Buddy Holly Everyday 1957 237. Planet Rock 1982 238. Patsy Cline 1961 239. Dion The Wanderer 1961 240. Son of a 1968 241. Sly & the Family Stone Stand! 1969 242. Elton John Rocket Man 1972 243. The B 52s Love Shack 1989 244. The Group Gimme Some Lovin' 1966 245. The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down 1969 246. Higher and Higher 1967 247. Sly and the Family Stone Hot Fun in the Summertime 1969 248. Sugarhill Gang Rappers Delight 1979 249. Aretha Franklin 1967 250. Paranoid 1970 251. 1959 252. The Drifters Money Honey 1953 253. Mott 1972 254. AC/DC 1979 255. Blondie Heart of Glass 1978 256. Paranoid Android 1997 257. The Troggs Wild Thing 1966 258. The Who 1967 259. Hallelujah 1994 260. Oh, what a Night 1969 261. Stevie Wonder Higher Ground 1973 262. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 1965 263. The Crystals He's a Rebel 1962 264. Sail Away 1972 265. Archie Bell Tighten' up 1968 266. The Ronettes Walking in the Rain 1964 267. Dolls Personality Crisis 1973 268. U2 1983 269. Roadrunner 1976 270. He Stopped Loving her 1980 271. The Beach Boys 1966 272. Chuck Berry 1958 273. The Beatles Something 1969 274. Somebody to Love 1967 275. Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA 1984 276. I'll Take you there 1972 277. David Bowie Ziggy Stardust 1972 278. Pictures of you 1989 279. 1964 280. Bill Withers Ain’t no Sunshine 1971 281. Stevie Wonder You Are the Sunshine of my Life 1972 282. Joni Mitchell Help me 1974 283. Blondie 1980 284. What's so Funny about Peace, Love & … 1979 285. Howlin' Wolf Smoke stack Lightnin' 1965 286. Pavement Summer Babe 1992 287. Run DMC 1986 288. Barrett Strong Money (That's What I Want) 1960 289. The Beatles Can't Buy me Love 1964 290. Eminem feat. Dido Stan 2000 291. She's Not There 1964 292. The Clash Train in Vain 1979 293. Al Green 1971 294. Led Zeppelin Black Dog 1971 295. The Rolling Stones 1968 296. Bob Marley Get Up, Stand Up 1975 297. Neil Young Heart of Gold 1972 298. Blondie One Way or Another 1978 299. Prince Sign 'O' the Times 1987 300. Like a Prayer 1989 301. Rod Stewart Da Ya Think I'm 1978 302. Blue Eyes 1975 303. The Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday 1967 304. The Beatles With a Little Help from my Friends 1967 305. James Brown Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud 1968 306. That's Entertainment 1980 307. Franky Lymon Why Do 1956 308. Jackie Wilson 1958 309. What's Love Got to Do with it 1984 310. Black Sabbath 1971 311. The Everly Brothers 1957 312. Roy Orbison In Dreams 1963 313. Screamin' Jay Hawkins 1956 314. 1979 315. The Animals Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 1965 316. Pink Floyd Wish you Were Here 1975 317. 1969 318. Elvis Costello Alison 1977 319. Schools out 1972 320. Led Zeppelin Heartbreaker 1969 321. Neil Young Cortez the Killer 1975 322. Public Enemy Fight the Power 1989 323. 1979 324. & 1964 325. Good Lovin 1966 326. James Brown Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine 1970 327. For 1958 328. The Doors The End 1967 329. Earth, Wind & Fire That's the Way of the World 1975 330. The Queen 1977 331. I Can't Make you Love me 1991 332. Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues 1965 333. Norman Greenbaum Spirit in the sky 1970 334. The Rolling Stones Wild Horses 1971 335. Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground 1970 336. Aerosmith & Run DMC Walk this Way 1976 337. Michael Jackson 1982 338. Paul McCartney Maybe I'm 1970 339. Diana Ross & The Supremes You Keep me Hangin' on 1966 340. The Who Baba O'Riley 1971 341. Jimmy Cliff The Harder they Come 1975 342. Dion & 1961 343. Lavern Baker Jim Dandy 1956 344. Janis Joplin 1968 345. La Bamba 1958 346. California Love 1996 347. Elton John Candle in the Wind 1973 348. The Isley Brothers Who's that Lady 1973 349. Ben E. King Spanish Harlem 1960 350. The Loco-Motion 1962 351. 1955 352. Elvis Presley 1955 353. 1992 354. Elvis Costello Watching the Detectives 1977 355. CCR Moon Rising 1969 356. Sweet Dreams 1983 357. Jimi Hendrix 1968 358. and the Vandellas Nowhere to Run 1965 359. Muddy Waters Got my Mojo Working 1957 360. Killing me Softly with his Son 1973 361. The Clash 1979 362. The Beatles 1967 363. The Letter 1967 364. Bob Dylan 1965 365. Unchained 1965 366. The Bee Gees How Deep is your Love 1977 367. Cream 1968 368. Personal 1989 369. Bo Diddley I'm a Man 1955 370. Jimi Hendrix 1967 371. The Who I Can't Explain 1965 372. Television 1977 373. Sam Cooke Wonderful World 1960 374. Chuck Berry 1956 375. Pink Floyd Another Brick in (Part 2) 1979 376. Radiohead Fake Plastic Trees 1996 377. Ray Charles 1961 378. U2 Pride (In the Name of Love) 1984 379. R.E.M. Radio Free Europe 1991 380. Elton John Yellow Brick Road 1973 381. Tell it Like it is 1965 382. Bitter Sweet Symphony 1997 383. Whipping Post 1971 384. The Beatles Ticket to Ride 1965 385. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Ohio 1970 386. Eric B. and Rakim you Got Soul 1987 387. Elton John Tiny Dancer 1972 388. The Police Roxanne 1978 389. The Temptations Just my Imagination 1971 390. The Four Tops 1965 391. Band of Gold 1970 392. The O-o-h Child 1970 393. The Lovin’ Spoonful Summer in the City 1966 394. Elvis Presley Can't Help Falling in Love 1961 395. The Shangri-Las Remember (Walkin' In The Sand) 1964 396. Big Star Thirteen 1972 397. Blue Oyster Cult (Don`t Fear) The Reaper 1976 398. Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974 399. Enter Sandman 1991 400. Paul Revere & The Raiders Kicks 1966 401. The Shirelles Tonight's the Night 1960 402. Sly and the Family Stone Thank you (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) 1970 403. Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody 1958 404. Bob Dylan 1966 405. We've Only Just Begun 1971 406. R. Kelly I Believe I can Fly 1996 407. Nirvana In 1992 408. Aerosmith 1975 409. Cream Crossroads 1969 410. Pixies Monkey Gone to Heaven 1989 411. Donna Summer 1977 412. Ode to Billy Joe 1967 413. Little Richard The Girl Can't help it 1957 414. Young Blood 1957 415. The Four Tops I Can't Help myself 1965 416. The Boys of Summer 1984 417. N.W.A. Fuck the Police 1988 418. Crosby, Stills & Nash Suite Judy Blue Eyes 1969 419. Dr. Dre Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang 1993 420. The Isley Brothers It's your thing 1969 421. Man 1973 422. The Kinks Lola 1970 423. Elvis Presley Blue Suede Shoes 1956 424. The Rolling Stones 1972 425. William, It was Really Nothing 1984 426. 1972 427. U2 New Year's Day 1983 428. Mitch Ryder & The Wheels Devil with a Blue Dress on Good Golly... 1966 429. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love 1964 430. The Clash White Man in 1978 431. Fats Domino Ain't it a Shame 1955 432. Gladys and the Pips Midnight Train to Georgia 1977 433. Led Zeppelin Ramble on 1969 434. Mustang Sally 1966 435. The Rolling Stones Beast of Burden 1981 436. Love Alone Again or 1967 437. Elvis Presley Love me Tender 1956 438. 1969 439. John Cougar Mellenkamp Pink Houses 1984 440. Salt-N-Pepa Push it 1987 441. The Dell-Vikings 1957 442. Little Richard Keep a Knockin' 1957 443. Bob Marley & The Wailers 1973 444. Sonny & I Got you Babe 1965 445. Nirvana Come as you are 1992 446. Pressure Drop 1968 447. The Shangri-Las 1964 448. The Velvet Underground 1967 449. The Beatles 1967 450. Glen Campbell By the I Get to Phoenix 1967 451. The 1960 452. Sam Cooke Cupid 1961 453. Guns ‘N' Roses Paradise City 1987 454. 1970 455. Nirvana All Apologies 1994 456. 1958 457. Ramones Sheena is a Punk 1977 458. Sam & Soul man 1965 459. Muddy Waters Rollin' Stone 1950 460. One Fine Day 1963 461. Prince and the Revolution Kiss 1986 462. The Staple Singers 1972 463. The Beatles Rain 1966 464. The Four Tops Standing in of Love 1966 465. Surrender 1978 466. Runaway 1961 467. Guns ‘N' Roses 1987 468. The Stooges Search and Destroy 1964 469. It's too Late 1971 470. Joni Mitchell Free Man in 1974 471. Willie Nelson Again 1980 472. The Supremes 1964 473. Aretha Franklin Do Right Woman - Do Right Man 1967 474. Funkadelic One Nation under a Groove (Part. 1) 1978 475. Sabotage 1994 476. Foreigner I Want to Know What Love is 1984 477. Super Freak 1981 478. Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit 1967 479. 1974 480. Van Morrison 1970 481. David Bowie 1975 482. Alice Cooper I'm Eighteen 1971 483. The Cure Just Like Heaven 1987 484. I Love Rock and Roll 1981 485. 1986 486. The Smiths How Soon is Now 1984 487. The Drifters 1964 488. Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon 1975 489. Survive 1978 490. The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar 1971 491. Dusty Springfield You Don't Have to Say you Love me 1966 492. Running on Empty 1977 493. The Crystals 1963 494. The Eagles Desperado 1973 495. Smokey Robinson Shop Around 1960 496. The Rolling Stones Miss you 1978 497. Weezer Buddy Holly 1994 498. Brook Benton 1970 499. The Boys are Back in Town 1976 500. More than a Feeling 1976

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