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I posted only the Top 50, but here's the link if you wanna see all 500 songs. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/tracy-chapman-fast-car-3-1225267/

Question: How many of those do you actually really like????

For me..... 3. (based only on the Top 50) Once In a Lifetime, Fight the Power, and Bohemian Rhapsody are the only 3 I really love, tho there are a few others that are listenable.

Yeah...... kinda bad list, tho I haven't heard nearly all of them. Stuff like Crazy in Love, Get Ur Freak On, and I Wanna Hold Your Hand aren't anything I ever saw as even good, much less GOAT.

50 Daddy Yankee feat. Glory, 'Gasolina'

2010
WRITER(S):Francisco Saldaña, Ramon Ayala, Victor Cabrera

49 Lauryn Hill, 'Doo Wop (That Thing)'

1998
WRITER(S):Lauryn Hill

48 Radiohead, 'Idioteque'

2000
WRITER(S):Arthur Krieger, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Paul Lansky, Philip Selway, Thom Yorke

47 Elton John, 'Tiny Dancer'

1972
WRITER(S):Bernie Taupin, Elton John

46 M.I.A., 'Paper Planes'

2008
WRITER(S):Joe Strummer, Maya Arulpragasam, Mick Jones, Nick Headon, Paul Simonon, Wesley Pentz

45 Kendrick Lamar, 'Alright'

2015
WRITER(S):Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears, P. Williams

44 Michael Jackson, 'Billie Jean'

1982
WRITER(S):Michael J. Jackson

43 The Temptations, 'My Girl'

1965
WRITER(S):Ronald White, Smokey Robinson

42 Bob Marley and the Wailers, 'Redemption Song'

1980
WRITER(S):Bob Marley and the Wailers

41 Joy Division, 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

1980
WRITER(S):Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris

40 The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 'All Along the Watchtower'

1968
WRITER(S):Bob Dylan

39 Outkast, 'B.O.B.'

2000
WRITER(S):André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, David Sheats

38 Otis Redding, '(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay'

1967
WRITER(S):Otis Redding, Steve Cropper

37 Prince and the Revolution, 'When Doves Cry'

1984
WRITER(S): Prince

36 The White Stripes, 'Seven Nation Army'

2003
WRITER(S):Jack White

35 Little Richard, 'Tutti-Frutti'

1955
WRITER(S):Dorothy LaBostrie, Richard Penniman, Joe Lubin

34 James Brown, 'Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag'

1966
WRITER(S):James Brown

33 Chuck Berry, 'Johnny B. Goode'

1958
WRITER(S):Chuck Berry

32 Notorious B.I.G., 'Juicy'

1994
WRITER(S):Diddy, James Mtume, Jean-Claude Olivier, The Notorious B.I.G.

31 The Rolling Stones, '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'

1965
WRITER(S):Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

30 Lorde, 'Royals'

2011
WRITER(S):Ella Yelich O'Connor, Joel Little

29 Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg, 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang'

1992
WRITER(S):Calvin Broadus, Frederick Knight, Leon Haywood

28 Talking Heads, 'Once in a Lifetime'

1980
WRITER(S):Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth

27 Bruce Springsteen, 'Born to Run'

1975
WRITER(S):Bruce Springsteen

26 Joni Mitchell, 'A Case of You'

1971
WRITER(S):Joni Mitchell

25 Kanye West feat. Pusha T, 'Runaway'

2010
WRITER(S):Emile Haynie, John Roger Branch, Kanye West, Malik Yusef, Pete Rock, Terrence Thornton, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean

24 The Beatles, 'A Day in the Life'

1967
WRITER(S):John Lennon, Paul McCartney

23 David Bowie, 'Heroes'

1977
WRITER(S):David Bowie, Brian Eno

22 The Ronettes, 'Be My Baby'

1963
WRITER(S):Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector

21 Billie Holiday, 'Strange Fruit'

1939
WRITER(S):Lewis Allan

20 Robyn, 'Dancing on My Own'

2010
WRITER(S):Robin Miriam Carlsson, Patrik Berger

19 John Lennon, 'Imagine'

1971
WRITER(S):John Lennon

18 Prince and the Revolution, 'Purple Rain'

1984
WRITER(S):Prince

17 Queen, 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

1975
WRITER(S):Freddie Mercury

16 Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z, 'Crazy in Love'

2003
WRITER(S):Shaun Carter, Beyoncé Knowles, Eugene Record, Rich Harrison

15 The Beatles, 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'

1963
WRITER(S):John Lennon, Paul McCartney

14 The Kinks, 'Waterloo Sunset'

1967
WRITER(S):Ray Davies

13 The Rolling Stones, 'Gimme Shelter'

1969
WRITER(S):Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

12 Stevie Wonder, 'Superstition'

1972
WRITER(S):Stevie Wonder

11 The Beach Boys, 'God Only Knows'

1966
WRITER(S):Brian Wilson, Tony Asher

10 Outkast, 'Hey Ya!'

2003
WRITER(S):André Benjamin

9 Fleetwood Mac, 'Dreams'

1977
WRITER(S):Stevie Nicks

8 Missy Elliott, 'Get Ur Freak On'

2001
WRITER(S):Missy Elliott, Timbaland

7 The Beatles, 'Strawberry Fields Forever'

1967
WRITER(S):John Lennon, Paul McCartney

6 Marvin Gaye, 'What’s Going On'

1971
WRITER(S):Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland

5 Nirvana, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'

1991
WRITER(S):Kurt Cobain

4 Bob Dylan, 'Like a Rolling Stone'

1965
WRITER(S):Bob Dylan

3 Sam Cooke, 'A Change Is Gonna Come'

1964
WRITER(S):Sam Cooke

2 Public Enemy, 'Fight the Power'

1989
WRITER(S):Carlton Ridenhour, Eric Sadler, Hank Shocklee, Keith Shocklee

1 Aretha Franklin, 'Respect'

1967
WRITER(S):Otis Redding

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Rolling Stones Top 500 Songs of All Time - 2021 Updated Sept 16, 2021 1:38:38 GMT Martin Stett and flasuss like this

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I can appreciate some of the more out of left field picks here (Strawberry Fields and A Day in the Life for The Beatles instead of Hey Jude or something, Waterloo Sunset being so high) but this still feels so calculated and lame, like a deliberate attempt to include every genre and era, much the same as the new albums list. In particular some of the pop songs on there just feels really forced. I like Crazy in Love, Hey Ya, and Paper Planes as much as the next person (I guess not, but you know what I mean) but if they're in your 10-20 songs of all time I'm gonna guess you haven't heard much music aside from super mainstream top 40 stuff.

Ultimately, stuff like this should really be split up by genre. Is Fight the Power a better song than Like a Rolling Stone for example? How could you tell? The old Rolling Stone lists were essentially just rock music lists which is fine. You want a hip hop list let The Source do it.

I probably personally like about half the list. The hip hop, pop, and pre 60's stuff aren't really my thing.

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Rolling Stones Top 500 Songs of All Time - 2021 Updated Sept 16, 2021 2:01:29 GMT

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Sept 16, 2021 1:38:38 GMT countjohn said:

I like Crazy in Love, Hey Ya, and Paper Planes as much as the next person (I guess not, but you know what I mean) but if they're in your 10-20 songs of all time I'm gonna guess you haven't heard much music aside from super mainstream top 40 stuff.

Now I'll agree that "Crazy in Love" and "Paper Planes," while good songs, are not top 50 material but I'll throw hands to defend Outkast's "Hey Ya!" as one of the greatest songs ever made.

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Rolling Stones Top 500 Songs of All Time - 2021 Updated Sept 16, 2021 2:10:39 GMT

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Sept 16, 2021 1:38:38 GMT countjohn said:

I can appreciate some of the more out of left field picks here (Strawberry Fields and A Day in the Life for The Beatles instead of Hey Jude or something, Waterloo Sunset being so high) but this still feels so calculated and lame, like a deliberate attempt to include every genre and era, much the same as the new albums list. In particular some of the pop songs on there just feels really forced. I like Crazy in Love, Hey Ya, and Paper Planes as much as the next person (I guess not, but you know what I mean) but if they're in your 10-20 songs of all time I'm gonna guess you haven't heard much music aside from super mainstream top 40 stuff.

Ultimately, stuff like this should really be split up by genre. Is Fight the Power a better song than Like a Rolling Stone for example? How could you tell? The old Rolling Stone lists were essentially just rock music lists which is fine. You want a hip hop list let The Source do it.

I probably personally like about half the list. The hip hop, pop, and pre 60's stuff aren't really my thing.

Wow...ok. I agree with most of what you're saying, but Fight the Power is an infinitely better song than Like a Rolling Stone, and as far as I'm concerned Public Enemy > Bob Dylan.

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Rolling Stones Top 500 Songs of All Time - 2021 Updated Sept 16, 2021 2:19:42 GMT

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Sept 16, 2021 2:01:29 GMT mikediastavrone96 said:

Sept 16, 2021 1:38:38 GMT countjohn said:

I like Crazy in Love, Hey Ya, and Paper Planes as much as the next person (I guess not, but you know what I mean) but if they're in your 10-20 songs of all time I'm gonna guess you haven't heard much music aside from super mainstream top 40 stuff.

Now I'll agree that "Crazy in Love" and "Paper Planes," while good songs, are not top 50 material but I'll throw hands to defend Outkast's "Hey Ya!" as one of the greatest songs ever made.

It's certainly very catchy and good for blasting at parties but to me it's too light to be "one of the greatest songs of all time". It's not even close to the best Outkast song, just their biggest hit (note I had nothing bad to say about B.O.B. being on there)

Sept 16, 2021 2:10:39 GMT urbanpatrician said:

Sept 16, 2021 1:38:38 GMT countjohn said:

I can appreciate some of the more out of left field picks here (Strawberry Fields and A Day in the Life for The Beatles instead of Hey Jude or something, Waterloo Sunset being so high) but this still feels so calculated and lame, like a deliberate attempt to include every genre and era, much the same as the new albums list. In particular some of the pop songs on there just feels really forced. I like Crazy in Love, Hey Ya, and Paper Planes as much as the next person (I guess not, but you know what I mean) but if they're in your 10-20 songs of all time I'm gonna guess you haven't heard much music aside from super mainstream top 40 stuff.

Ultimately, stuff like this should really be split up by genre. Is Fight the Power a better song than Like a Rolling Stone for example? How could you tell? The old Rolling Stone lists were essentially just rock music lists which is fine. You want a hip hop list let The Source do it.

I probably personally like about half the list. The hip hop, pop, and pre 60's stuff aren't really my thing.

Wow...ok.   I agree with most of what you're saying, but Fight the Power is an infinitely better song than Like a Rolling Stone, and as far as I'm concerned Public Enemy > Bob Dylan.

To me that's just a definitive apples and oranges comparison. I guess I prefer Dylan just because I like that kind of music better but they're doing such entirely different things having them on a list side by side is just bizarre.

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Rolling Stones Top 500 Songs of All Time - 2021 Updated Sept 16, 2021 2:40:43 GMT

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Sept 16, 2021 2:19:42 GMT countjohn said:

Sept 16, 2021 2:01:29 GMT mikediastavrone96 said:

Now I'll agree that "Crazy in Love" and "Paper Planes," while good songs, are not top 50 material but I'll throw hands to defend Outkast's "Hey Ya!" as one of the greatest songs ever made.

It's certainly very catchy and good for blasting at parties but to me it's too light to be "one of the greatest songs of all time". It's not even close to the best Outkast song, just their biggest hit (note I had nothing bad to say about B.O.B. being on there)

See, I think part of its greatness is that it's a deceptively sad song about people staying in unhappy and unfulfilling relationships for fear of being lonely disguised as an absolute banger of a funk power pop song on par with "Be My Baby" (as André says, "y'all don't wanna hear me, you just wanna dance").

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I wrote this, below - on this board - 1 month ago like some elderly yet visionary genius (um) ........(in the Best Female Sung Songs thread) - does it deserve its Top 50 spot (?!?) - probably not - but it's the single of this century to me........maybe........Like A Rolling Stone I could legitimately write a pretty compelling essay/argument for my pick as #1 .....if I was inclined to give a sh it about a Rolling Stone list - which I'm not - you know, it always comes down to "my teenage Pop music is better than yours!" stuff :uhoh:

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This song - one of the great pieces of Pop Art of this century - by anyone - was a big hit, current in its sound, topical (and scathing) in lyrics and conception, far beyond merely smart, and importantly also outside her own personal world.

In 2007 this seemed like the realization of what the world of music might have sounded like if The Clash or Public Enemy had a whole lot of hit singles........today though it sounds utterly out of step with the "personal" or "confessional" (yeah right) hit songs of Disney Pop Princesses and former strippers turned rappers ruling over the wasteland that is "the charts".

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This is your standard typical list, probably from someone that hasn't listened to much music outside of the mainstream pop-rock-hip hop that is easy to listen to and radio friendly. I browsed the list (not all of it, just the top 250) and there is only one song on there that I would include in my personal top 100 and it's in 192nd place (Mind Playing Tricks On Me by Geto Boys). Also, not including a single Metal song (not even dull generic garbage like Metallica's Enter Sandman for instance) as if the genre doesn't exist, just rubbed me the wrong way. Also, not including any Goran Bregovic (not that I expected them to) is complete bullshit.

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Also, not including a single Metal song (not even dull generic garbage like Metallica's Enter Sandman for instance)

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Sept 16, 2021 1:38:38 GMT countjohn said:

I can appreciate some of the more out of left field picks here (Strawberry Fields and A Day in the Life for The Beatles instead of Hey Jude or something,

I wouldn't really say either of those are left field but there are probably like 50 Beatles songs you could put that high and not raise any eyebrows.

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Sept 16, 2021 1:38:38 GMT countjohn said:

I can appreciate some of the more out of left field picks here (Strawberry Fields and A Day in the Life for The Beatles instead of Hey Jude or something, Waterloo Sunset being so high) but this still feels so calculated and lame, like a deliberate attempt to include every genre and era, much the same as the new albums list. In particular some of the pop songs on there just feels really forced. I like Crazy in Love, Hey Ya, and Paper Planes as much as the next person (I guess not, but you know what I mean) but if they're in your 10-20 songs of all time I'm gonna guess you haven't heard much music aside from super mainstream top 40 stuff.

Ultimately, stuff like this should really be split up by genre. Is Fight the Power a better song than Like a Rolling Stone for example? How could you tell? The old Rolling Stone lists were essentially just rock music lists which is fine. You want a hip hop list let The Source do it.

I probably personally like about half the list. The hip hop, pop, and pre 60's stuff aren't really my thing.

I agree with everything.

It's the ultimate example of pandering to see Like a Rolling Stone drop to #4 to three songs that were already out there for long when they made the list. But it's rock and made by a white guy, I guess that doesn't fly anymore...