It’s been 17 years since Rolling Stone magazine updated their list of the ‘500 Greatest Songs Of All Time’. Bout time! Take a look at just the top 20 below and notice how many Classic Hits we play on 104-5 made the list!
1) “Respect”, Aretha Franklin.
2) “Fight the Power”, Public Enemy.
3) “A Change Is Gonna Come”, Sam Cooke.
4) “Like a Rolling Stone”, Bob Dylan.
5) “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Nirvana.
6) “What’s Going On”, Marvin Gaye.
7) “Strawberry Fields Forever”, The Beatles.
8) “Get Ur Freak On”, Missy Elliott.
9) “Dreams”, Fleetwood Mac.
10) “Hey Ya!”, Outkast.
11) “God Only Knows”, The Beach Boys.
12) “Superstition”, Stevie Wonder.
13) “Gimme Shelter”, The Rolling Stones.
14) “Waterloo Sunset”, The Kinks.
15) “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, The Beatles.
16) “Crazy in Love”, Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z.
17) “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Queen.
18) “Purple Rain”, Prince and the Revolution.
19) “Imagine”, John Lennon.
20) “Dancing on My Own”, Robyn.
Rolling Stone first published its 500 Greatest Songs list in 2004, when the iPod was relatively new and Billie Eilish was three years old. Music has changed immeasurably since, so we remade the list from scratch. Here we present the all-new #RS500Songshttps://t.co/TwKwFA6DnP
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) September 15, 2021
