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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

May 01, 2023

"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" is a recurring survey compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone. It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures. The first list was published in December 2004 in a special issue of the magazine, issue number 963, a year after the magazine published its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[1] In 2010, Rolling Stone published a revised edition, drawing on the original and a later survey of songs released up until the early 2000s.[2]

Another updated edition of the list was published in 2021, with more than half the entries not having appeared on either of the two previous editions; it was based on a new survey and does not factor in the surveys that were conducted for the previous lists. The 2021 list was based on a poll of more than 250 artists, musicians, producers, critics, journalists, and industry figures. They each sent in a ranked list of their top 50 songs, and Rolling Stone tabulated the results.[3]

Top 10 songs

2004 and 2010 lists

2021 list

Statistics

2004 list

Decade Number of songs Percentage
1940s 1 0.2%
1950s 72 14%
1960s 203 41%
1970s 142 28%
1980s 57 11%
1990s 22 4.4%
2000s 3 0.6%

2010 list

In May 2010, Rolling Stone compiled an update, published in a special issue and in digital form for the iPod and iPad. The list differs from the 2004 version, with 26 songs added, all of which are songs from the 2000s except "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G., released in 1994. The top 25 remained unchanged, but many songs down the list were given different rankings as a result of the inclusion of new songs, causing consecutive shifts among the songs listed in 2004. The highest-ranked new entry was Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" (number 100).

The number of songs from each decade in the updated version is as follows:

Decade Number of songs Percentage
1940s 1 0.2%
1950s 68 14%
1960s 196 39%
1970s 131 26%
1980s 55 11%
1990s 22 4.4%
2000s 27 5.4%

2021 list

Decade Number of songs Percentage
1930s 2 0.4%
1940s 1 0.2%
1950s 24 5%
1960s 108 22%
1970s 144 29%
1980s 80 16%
1990s 70 14%
2000s 38 8%
2010s 30 6%
2020s 3 0.6%

Artists with multiple songs (2021 edition)

12 songs

7 songs

6 songs

5 songs

4 songs

3 songs

2 songs

See also

References

  1. ^ . Rolling Stone. 2004-12-09. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
  2. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2010-05-28. from the original on 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  3. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  4. ^ "Pete Seeger – American Favorite Ballads" (PDF). Volume 2, pp. 11–12. Smithsonian Folkways. 2009. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  5. ^ Palmer, Robert (1993). Blues Masters Volume 8: Mississippi Delta Blues. Liner notes. Rhino Records. p. 8. R2 71130.
  6. ^ #1 #14 #59 #68 #107 #187 #192 #206 #232 #260 #340 #373 #413
  7. ^ "Sex and drugs and Rock'n'roll: Analysing the lyrics of the Rolling Stone 500 greatest songs of all time". 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

External links

  • "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" by Rolling Stone magazine (updated version of the list)
  • "Dylan track voted 'greatest song'". BBC News. 2004-11-17. Retrieved 2009-11-08.

May 01, 2023
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The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time is a recurring survey compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians critics and industry figures The first list was published in December 2004 in a special issue of the magazine issue number 963 a year after the magazine published its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 1 In 2010 Rolling Stone published a revised edition drawing on the original and a later survey of songs released up until the early 2000s 2 Another updated edition of the list was published in 2021 with more than half the entries not having appeared on either of the two previous editions it was based on a new survey and does not factor in the surveys that were conducted for the previous lists The 2021 list was based on a poll of more than 250 artists musicians producers critics journalists and industry figures They each sent in a ranked list of their top 50 songs and Rolling Stone tabulated the results 3 Contents 1 Top 10 songs 2 Statistics 2 1 2004 list 2 2 2010 list 2 3 2021 list 2 4 Artists with multiple songs 2021 edition 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksTop 10 songs Edit2004 and 2010 lists Rank Artist Song Year1 Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone 19652 The Rolling Stones I Can t Get No Satisfaction 19653 John Lennon Imagine 19714 Marvin Gaye What s Going On 19715 Aretha Franklin Respect 19676 The Beach Boys Good Vibrations 19667 Chuck Berry Johnny B Goode 19588 The Beatles Hey Jude 19689 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 199110 Ray Charles What d I Say 19592021 list Rank Artist Song Year1 Aretha Franklin Respect 19672 Public Enemy Fight the Power 19893 Sam Cooke A Change Is Gonna Come 19644 Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone 19655 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 19916 Marvin Gaye What s Going On 19717 The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever 19678 Missy Elliott Get Ur Freak On 20019 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 197710 Outkast Hey Ya 2003Statistics Edit2004 list Edit Of the 500 songs 351 are from the United States and 120 from the United Kingdom they are followed by Canada with 13 Ireland with 12 entries of which 8 were composed by U2 Jamaica with 7 Australia with two AC DC Sweden ABBA and France Daft Punk each with one The list includes only songs written in English with the sole exception of La Bamba number 345 sung in Spanish by the American singer songwriter Ritchie Valens Few songs written prior to the 1950s are included some that are listed are Robert Johnson s Crossroads 1936 in the version recorded by Cream and Hank Williams I m So Lonesome I Could Cry 1949 The House of the Rising Sun listed in the version by English rock band the Animals was recorded at least as early as 1934 4 Muddy Waters Rollin Stone 1950 is based on an earlier song dating to the 1920s 5 There is one instrumental on the list Green Onions by the American band Booker T and the M G s number 181 The number of songs from each of the decades represented in the 2004 version is as follows Decade Number of songs Percentage1940s 1 0 2 1950s 72 14 1960s 203 41 1970s 142 28 1980s 57 11 1990s 22 4 4 2000s 3 0 6 The Beatles are the most represented musical act with 23 songs on the list John Lennon Paul McCartney and George Harrison are also represented as solo artists Lennon is the only artist to appear twice in the top 10 as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist The Beatles are followed by the Rolling Stones 14 Bob Dylan 13 6 Elvis Presley 11 U2 8 the Beach Boys Jimi Hendrix 7 Led Zeppelin Prince Sly and the Family Stone James Brown Chuck Berry 6 Elton John Ray Charles the Clash the Drifters Buddy Holly and the Who 5 The artists not included on the list of the top 100 artists but having the most songs featured in the list are the Animals Blondie and the Isley Brothers each with three songs The album with the most entries on the list excluding compilation albums is Are You Experienced by the Jimi Hendrix Experience with four songs on the list Purple Haze number 17 Foxy Lady number 152 Hey Joe number 198 and The Wind Cries Mary number 370 Three songs appear on the list twice performed by different artists Mr Tambourine Man performed by Bob Dylan number 107 and by the Byrds number 79 Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis Presley number 430 and by Carl Perkins number 95 and Walk This Way by Aerosmith number 346 and by Run DMC number 293 The shortest tracks are Rave On by Buddy Holly running 1 47 Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis 1 52 and Eddie Cochran s C mon Everybody 1 53 The longest tracks are The End 11 41 by the Doors Desolation Row 11 21 by Bob Dylan and Marquee Moon 9 58 by Television Love is the most frequent word used in the songs lyrics with 1 057 occurrences followed by I m 1 000 oh 847 know 779 baby 746 got 702 and yeah 656 7 2010 list Edit In May 2010 Rolling Stone compiled an update published in a special issue and in digital form for the iPod and iPad The list differs from the 2004 version with 26 songs added all of which are songs from the 2000s except Juicy by The Notorious B I G released in 1994 The top 25 remained unchanged but many songs down the list were given different rankings as a result of the inclusion of new songs causing consecutive shifts among the songs listed in 2004 The highest ranked new entry was Gnarls Barkley s Crazy number 100 The number of songs from each decade in the updated version is as follows Decade Number of songs Percentage1940s 1 0 2 1950s 68 14 1960s 196 39 1970s 131 26 1980s 55 11 1990s 22 4 4 2000s 27 5 4 Two songs by U2 and two by Jay Z were added to the list Jay Z is featured in two other new songs on the list Crazy in Love by Beyonce and Umbrella by Rihanna The only artist to have two songs dropped from the list is the Crystals their Da Doo Ron Ron previously number 114 was the highest ranked song to have been dropped 2021 list Edit Decade Number of songs Percentage1930s 2 0 4 1940s 1 0 2 1950s 24 5 1960s 108 22 1970s 144 29 1980s 80 16 1990s 70 14 2000s 38 8 2010s 30 6 2020s 3 0 6 The most represented musical act is once again the Beatles 12 followed by Bob Dylan David Bowie the Rolling Stones 7 Prince 6 and Bruce Springsteen 5 The album with the most entries on the list excluding compilation albums is Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen with three songs on the list Born to Run number 27 Thunder Road number 111 and Jungleland number 298 The most represented year is 1971 with 21 songs from that year in the Top 500 including 6 in the Top 100 Daddy Yankee s Gasolina was listed as released in 2010 by mistake when it was released in 2004 Da Doo Ron Ron by the Crystals was added back to the list after being removed The song s new position is at 366 The highest entry for a newly added song is Dreams by Fleetwood Mac at number 9 The highest entry not in the English language is Gasolina by Daddy Yankee at number 50 30 songs from the 2010s were added with the highest entry being Dancing On My Own by Robyn at number 20 The highest entry for a song from 2020 is Safaera by Bad Bunny at number 329 The highest entry from the previous lists to be excluded is Hound Dog by Elvis Presley originally placed at number 19 The original version by Big Mama Thornton is however present at number 318 after being absent from the earlier iterations of the list The longest song on the list is Walk On By by Isaac Hayes 12 00 number 312 and the shortest is Old Town Road by Lil Nas X 1 53 number 490 It is worth noting that the live version of Whipping Post by the Allman Brothers Band number 410 is specifically referenced in the article and is 22 40 almost twice as long as any other song on the list if counted Four songs are featured twice on the list performed by different artists Walk On By by Dionne Warwick number 51 and Isaac Hayes number 312 Gloria by Them number 413 and Patti Smith number 97 Mr Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan number 164 and the Byrds number 230 and Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack number 273 and Fugees number 359 Artists with multiple songs 2021 edition Edit 12 songs The Beatles7 songs David Bowie Bob Dylan The Rolling Stones 6 songs Prince5 songs Bruce Springsteen4 songs Beyonce Aretha Franklin Marvin Gaye Elton John Joni Mitchell Outkast Stevie Wonder 3 songs The Beach Boys Chuck Berry James Brown Drake Missy Elliott Fleetwood Mac Jimi Hendrix Michael Jackson Jay Z The Kinks Led Zeppelin Madonna Bob Marley and the Wailers The Notorious B I G Dolly Parton Elvis Presley Radiohead R E M The Supremes U2 The Who Bill Withers Neil Young 2 songs Fiona Apple Bad Bunny Black Sabbath Blondie The Byrds Johnny Cash Ray Charles The Clash Leonard Cohen Creedence Clearwater Revival The Cure Dr Dre Eminem The Four Tops Grateful Dead Al Green Guns N Roses Buddy Holly Whitney Houston Lil Wayne Linkin Park Little Richard Martha and the Vandellas Curtis Mayfield Metallica The Miracles New Order Nirvana N W A Pink Floyd Public Enemy Queen Ramones Otis Redding The Revolution Rihanna Sex Pistols Simon amp Garfunkel Sly and the Family Stone Patti Smith The Smiths Britney Spears Taylor Swift Talking Heads The Temptations TLC The Velvet Underground Kanye West Hank WilliamsSee also EditThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame s selection of 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll Rockism and poptimismReferences Edit The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Rolling Stone 2004 12 09 Archived from the original on 2008 06 22 Retrieved 2008 04 10 The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Rolling Stone 2010 05 28 Archived from the original on 2011 05 30 Retrieved 2023 03 17 The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Rolling Stone 2021 09 15 Retrieved 2021 09 16 Pete Seeger American Favorite Ballads PDF Volume 2 pp 11 12 Smithsonian Folkways 2009 pp 27 28 Retrieved 2011 12 04 Palmer Robert 1993 Blues Masters Volume 8 Mississippi Delta Blues Liner notes Rhino Records p 8 R2 71130 1 14 59 68 107 187 192 206 232 260 340 373 413 Sex and drugs and Rock n roll Analysing the lyrics of the Rolling Stone 500 greatest songs of all time 2014 05 09 Retrieved 2014 07 21 External links Edit 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine updated version of the list Dylan track voted greatest song BBC News 2004 11 17 Retrieved 2009 11 08 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rolling Stone 27s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time amp oldid 1150302074, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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