Las mejores canciones de la historia según Rolling Stones y VH1

Las 500 mejores canciones de la historia según Rolling Stones

Estas son las 500 mejores canciones de la historia según la revista Rolling Stones. Una celebración de los mejores temas del rock & roll de todos los tiempos, elegidos por un selecto jurado de cantantes, músicos, productores, personalidades de la industria, críticos y, por supuesto, compositores. 172 votantes eligieron sus 50 temas favoritos por orden de preferencia.

En total, se citaron 2.103 canciones de todos los géneros de la música popular del último medio siglo. De esas votaciones salieron varias curiosidades: Art Garfunkel tiene la caligrafía más impecable de la historia (escribe a mano mejor que la mayoría de la gente con un teclado); al Príncipe de las Tinieblas, Ozzy Osbourne, le encantan las baladas; el director de cine Cameron Crowe es tremendamente indeciso (su selección llegó repleta de tachones); Lisa Marie Presley es una chica de papá (votó a Elvis); y la «mayor sorpresa»: a todo el mundo le gustan los Beatles. Entre gustos y colores, si tú hubieses sido el jurado ¿cuáles canciones faltan o sobran en este conteo?

Lista de canciones:

001 – Like a Rolling stone – Bob Dylan – 1965

002 – (I Can’t Get No) satisfaction – The Rolling Stones – 1965

003 – Imagine – John Lennon – 1971

004 – What’s Going on – Marvin Gaye – 1971

005 – Respect – Aretha Franklin – 1967

006 – Good vibrations – The Beach Boys – 1966

007 – Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry – 1958

008 – Hey Jude – The Beatles – 1968

009 – Smells Like Teen spirit – Nirvana – 1991

010 – What’d I say – Ray Charles – 1959

011 – My Generation – The Who – 1965

012 – A change Is Gonna come – Sam Cooke – 1964

013 – Yesterday – The Beatles – 1965

014 – Blowin’ in the wind – Bob Dylan – 1963

015 – London calling – The Clash – 1980

016 – I want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles – 1963

017 – Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix – 1967

018 – Maybeliene – Chuck Berry – 1955

019 – Hound Dog – Elvis Presley – 1956

020 – Let It Be – The Beatles – 1970

021 – Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen – 1975

022 – Be my Baby – The Ronettes – 1963

023 – In my Life – The Beatles – 1965

024 – People Get Ready – The Impressions – 1965

025 – God Only Knows – The Beach Boys – 1966

026 – A Day in the Life – The Beatles – 1967

027 – Layla – Derek and the Dominos – 1970

028 – (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding – 1968

029 – Help! – The Beatles – 1965

030 – I walk the Line — Johnny Cash – 1956

031 – Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin – 1971

032 – sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones – 1968

033 – River Deep, mountain High – Tina Turner – 1966

034 – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling – The Righteous Brothers – 1964

035 – Light my Fire – The Doors – 1967

036 – One – U2 – 1991

037 – No woman, No cry – Bob Marley – 1975

038 – Gimme shelter – The Rolling Stones – 1969

039 – That’ll Be the Day – Buddy Holly – 1957

040 – Dancin’ in the streets – Martha and the Vandellas – 1964

041 – The weight – The Band – 1968

042 – Waterloo sunset – The Kinks – 1968

043 – Tutti Frutti – Little Richard – 1956

044 – Georgia on my mind – Ray Charles – 1960

045 – Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley – 1956

046 – Heroes – David Bowie – 1977

047 – Bridge over Troubled water – Simon & Garfunkel – 1970

048 – All Along the watchtower – Jimi Hendrix – 1968

049 – Hotel California – The Eagles – 1976

050 – The Tracks of my Tears – Smokey Robinson – 1965

051 – The message – Grandmaster Flash – 1982

052 – When Doves cry – Prince – 1984

053 – Anarchy in the U.K. – The Sex Pistols – 1977

054 – When a man Loves a woman – Percy Sledge – 1966

055 – Louie Louie – The Kingsmen – 1963

056 – Long Tall sally – Little Richard – 1956

057 – A whiter shade of Pale – Procol Harum – 1967

058 – Billie Jean – Michael Jackson – 1983

059 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan – 1964

060 – Let’s Stay Together – Al Green – 1971

061 – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going on – Jerry Lee Lewis – 1957

062 – Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley – 1955

063 – For what It’s worth – Buffalo Springfield – 1967

064 – she Loves You – The Beatles – 1963

065 – Sunshine of Your Love – cream – 1968

066 – Redemption Song – Bob Marley – 1980

067 – Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley – 1957

068 – Tangled up in Blue – Bob Dylan – 1975

069 – Crying – Roy Orbison – 1961

070 – Walk on By – Dionne Warwick – 1964

071 – California Girls – The Beach Boys – 1965

072 – Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag – James Brown – 1966

073 – Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran – 1958

074 – Superstition – Stevie Wonder – 1972

075 – Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin – 1969

076 – Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles – 1967

077 – Mystery Train – Elvis Presley – 1955

078 – I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown – 1965

079 – Mr. Tambourine man – The Byrds – 1965

080 – I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye – 1968

081 – Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino – 1956

082 – You Really Got me – The Kinks – 1964

083 – Norwegian wood (This Bird Has Flown) – The Beatles – 1965

084 – Every Breath You Take – The Police – 1983

085 – Crazy – Patsy cline – 1961

086 – Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen – 1975

087 – Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash – 1963

088 – My Girl – The Temptations – 1965

089 – California Dreamin’ – The mamas & The Papas – 1965

090 – In the Still of the Night – The Five Satins – 1956

091 – Suspicious minds – Elvis Presley – 1969

092 – Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones – 1976

093 – I Still Haven’t Found what I’m Looking For – u2 – 1987

094 – Good Golly, miss molly – Little Richard – 1958

095 – Blue suede shoes – Carl Perkins – 1956

096 – Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis – 1957

097 – Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry – 1956

098 – Love and Happiness – Al Green – 1972

099 – Fortunate Son – creedence Clearwater Revival – 1969

100 – You can’t Always Get what You want – The Rolling Stones – 1969

101 – Voodoo child (slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix – 1968

102 – Be-Bop-A-Lula – Gene Vincent – 1956

103 – Hot stuff – Donna Summer – 1979

104 – Living for the City – Stevie Wonder – 1973

105 – The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel – 1969

106 – Mr. Tambourine man – Bob Dylan – 1965

107 – Not Fade Away – Buddy Holly – 1957

108 – Little Red Corvette – Prince – 1983

109 – Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison – 1967

110 – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (to stop Now) – Otis Redding – 1965

111 – I’m so Lonesome I Could cry – Hank Williams – 1949

112 – That’s All Right – Elvis Presley – 1954

113 – Up on the Roof – The Drifters – 1962

114 – Da Doo Ron Ron (when He walked me Home) – The Crystals – 1963

115 – You send me – Sam Cooke 1957

116 – Honky Tonk women – The Rolling Stones – 1969

117 – Take me to the River – Al Green – 1974

118 – Shout (Parts 1 and 2) – The Isley Brothers – 1959

119 – Go Your own way – Fleetwood Mac – 1977

120 – I want You Back – The Jackson 5 – 1969

121 – stand By me – Ben E. King – 1961

122 – House of the Rising sun – The Animals – 1964

123 – It’s a man’s, man’s, man’s World – James Brown – 1966

124 – Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones – 1968

125 – Will You Love me Tomorrow – The Shirelles – 1960

126 – Shake, Rattle & Roll – Big Joe Turner – 1954

127 – Changes – David Bowie – 1971

128 – Rock And Roll music – Chuck Berry – 1957

129 – Born To Be wild – Steppenwolf – 1968

130 – Maggie may – Rod Stewart – 1971

131 – With or without You – U2 – 1987

132 – Who do You Love? – Bo Diddley – 1957

133 – Won’t Get Fooled Again – The who – 1971

134 – In the midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett – 1965

135 – While my Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles – 1968

136 – Your song – Elton John – 1970

137 – Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles – 1966

138 – Family Affair – sly & the Family Stone – 1971

139 – I Saw Her standing There – The Beatles – 1964

140 – Kashmir – Led zeppelin – 1975

141 – All I Have to Do Is Dream – The Everly Brothers – 1958

142 – Please, Please, Please – James Brown – 1956

143 – Purple Rain – Prince – 1984

144 – I wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones – 1978

145 – Everyday People – Sly & the Family Stone – 1968

146 – Rock Lobster – The B-52′s – 1979

147 – Lust for Life – Iggy Pop – 1977

148 – Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin – 1971

149 – Cathy’s clown – The Everly Brothers – 1960

150 – Eight miles High – The Byrds – 1966

151 – Earth Angel – The Penguins – 1954

152 – Foxey Lady – Jimi Hendrix – 1965

153 – A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles – 1964

154 – Rave on – Buddy Holly – 1958

155 – Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival – 1969

156 – The sound of silence – Simon & Garfunkel – 1965

157 – I Only Have Eyes for You – The Flamingos – 1959

158 – (we’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley & the Comets – 1954

159 – I’m waiting for the man – The Velvet Underground – 1967

160 – Bring the Noise – Public Enemy – 1988

161 – I Can’t stop Loving You – Ray Charles – 1962

162 – Nothing compares to you – Sinead O’Connor – 1990

163 – Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen – 1975

164 – Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash – 1956

165 – Fast Car – Tracy Chapman – 1988

166 – Lose Yourself Eminem – 2002

167 – Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye – 1973

168 – Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone – The Temptations – 1972

169 – Losing my Religion – R.E.M. – 1991

170 – Both sides Now – Joni Mitchell – 1969

171 – Dancing Queen – Abba – 1976

172 – Dream on – Aerosmith – 1973

173 – God Save the Queen – The Sex Pistols – 1977

174 – Paint It, Black – The Rolling Stones – 1966

175 – I Fought The Law – Bobby Fuller Four – 1966

176 – Don’t worry Baby – The Beach Boys – 1964

177 – Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty – 1989

178 – September Gurls – Big star – 1974

179 – Love will Tear us Apart – Joy Division – 1980

180 – Hey Ya! – Outkast – 2003

181 – Green onions – Booker T. & The MGs – 1962

182 – save the Last Dance for me – The Drifters – 1960

183 – The Thrill is Gone – B.B. King – 1969

184 – Please Please me – The Beatles – 1964

185 – Desolation Row – Bob Dylan – 1965

186 – I Never Loved a man (The way I Love You) – Aretha Franklin – 1967

187 – Back in Black – AC/DC – 1980

188 – who’ll Stop the Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival – 1970

189 – stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees – 1977

190 – Knocking on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan – 1973

191 – Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd – 1973

192 – Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell – 1968

193 – There Goes my Baby – The Drifters – 1959

194 – Peggy sue – Buddy Holly – 1957

195 – Maybe – The Chantels – 1957

196 – Sweet child 0′ Mine – Guns N’ Roses – 1987

197 – Don’t Be cruel – Elvis Presley – 1956

198 – Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix – 1966

199 – Flash Light – Parliament – 1977

200 – Loser – Beck – 1993

201 – Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order – 1986

202 – Come Together – The Beatles – 1969

203 – Positively 4th street – Bob Dylan – 1965

204 – Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Redding – 1966

205 – Lean on me – Bill Withers – 1972

206 – Reach out, I’ll Be There – The Four Tops – 1966

207 – Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers – 1957

208 – Gloria – Them – 1965

209 – In my Room – The Beach Boys – 1963

210 – 96 Tears – ? & the Mysterians – 1966

211 – Caroline, No – The Beach Boys – 1966

212 – 1999 – Prince – 1982

213 – Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams – 1953

214 – Rockin’ in the Free world – Neil Young – 1989

215 – Sh-Boom – The chords – 1954

216 – Do You Believe in magic – The Lovin’ Spoonful – 1965

217 – Jolene – Dolly Parton – 1974

218 – Boom Boom – John Lee Hooker – 1962

219 – Spoonful – Howlin’ Wolf – 1960

220 – Walk Away Renee – The Left Banke – 1966

221 – Walk on the wild side – Lou Reed – 1972

222 – Oh, Pretty woman – Roy Orbison – 1964

223 – Dance to the music – Sly & the Family Stone – 1968

224 – Good Times – Chic – 1979

225 – Hoochie Coochie man – Muddy Waters – 1954

226 – Moondance – van Morrison – 1970

227 – Fire and Rain – James Taylor – 1970

228 – Should i stay or should I Go – The Clash – 1982

229 – Mannish Boy – Muddy waters – 1955

230 – Just Like a woman – Bob Dylan – 1966

231 – Sexual Healing – Marvin Gaye – 1982

232 – Only the Lonely – Roy Orbison – 1960

233 – we Gotta Get Out of This Place – The Animals – 1965

234 – I’ll Feel a whole Lot Better – The Byrds – 1965

235 – I Got a woman – Ray Charles – 1954

236 – Everyday – Buddy Holly – 1957

237 – Planet Rock – Afrika Bambaataa – 1982

238 – I Fall to Pieces – Patsy cline – 1961

239 – The wanderer – Dion – 1961

240 – Son of a Preacher man – Dusty Springfield – 1968

241 – Stand! – Sly & the Family Stone – 1969

242 – Rocket Man – Elton John – 1972

243 – Love Shack – The B-52′s – 1989

244 – Gimme some Lovin’ – The spencer Davis Group – 1966

245 – The Night They Drove old Dixie Down – The Band – 1969

246 – (Your Love Keeps Lifting me) Higher and Higher – Jackie Wilson – 1967

247 – Hot Fun in the Summertime – Sly & the Family stone – 1969

248 – Rappers Delight – The Sugarhill Gang – 1979

249 – Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin – 1967

250 – Paranoid – Black Sabbath – 1970

251 – Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin – 1959

252 – Money Honey – The Drifters – 1953

253 – All the Young Dudes – Mott the Hoople – 1972

254 – Highway to Hell – AC/DC – 1979

255 – Heart of Glass – Blondie – 1978

256 – Paranoid Android – Radiohead – 1997

257 – wild Thing – The Troggs – 1966

258 – I can see for miles – The who – 1967

259 – Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley – 1994

260 – Oh, what a Night – The Dells – 1969

261 – Higher Ground – Stevie wonder – 1973

262 – 000 Baby Baby – Smokey Robinson – 1965

263 – He’s a Rebel – The Crystals – 1962

264 – Sail Away – Randy Newman – 1972

265 – Tighten up – Archie Bell & the Drells – 1968

266 – Walking in the Rain – The Ronettes – 1964

267 – Personality crisis – New York Dolls – 1973

268 – Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2 – 1983

269 – Roadrunner – The modern Lovers – 1976

270 – He stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones – 1980

271 – Sloop John B – The Beach Boys – 1966

272 – Sweet Little sixteen – Chuck Berry – 1958

273 – Something – The Beatles – 1969

274 – Somebody to Love – Jefferson Airplane – 1967

275 – Born in the u.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen – 1984

276 – I’ll Take You There – The staple singers – 1972

277 – Ziggy stardust – David Bowie – 1972

278 – Pictures of You – The Cure – 1989

279 – Chapel of Love – The Dixie Cups – 1964

280 – Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill withers – 1971

281 – You Are the sunshine of my Life – Stevie Wonder – 1972

282 – Help me – Joni Mitchell – 1974

283 – Call me – Blondie – 1980

284 – (what’s so Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and understanding – Elvis Costello – 1979

285 – Smoke Stack Lightning – Howlin’ wolf – 1956

286 – Summer Babe – Pavement – 1992

287 – Walk This way – Run-D.M.C. – 1986

288 – Money (That’s what I want) – Barrett strong – 1960

289 – Can’t Buy me Love – The Beatles – 1964

290 – Stan – Eminem – 2000

291 – She’s Not There – The zombies – 1964

292 – Train in vain – The Clash – 1979

293 – Tired of Being Alone – Al Green – 1971

294 – Black D09 – Led zeppelin – 1971

295 – Street Fighting man – The Rolling Stones – 1968

296 – Get up, Stand up – Bob Marley – 1975

297 – Heart of Gold – Neil Young – 1972

298 – One way or Another – Blondie – 1978

299 – Sign 0′ the Times – Prince – 1987

300 – Like a Prayer – Madonna – 1989

301 – Da Ya Think I’m sexy? – Rod Stewart – 1978

302 – Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain – Willie Nelson – 1975

303 – Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones – 1967

304 – With a Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles – 1967

305 – Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud – James Brown – 1968

306 – That’s Entertainment – The Jam – 1980

307 – Why Do Fools Fall in Love – Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers – 1956

308 – Lonely Teardrops – Jackie Wilson – 1958

309 – What’s Love Got To Do with It – Tina Turner – 1984

310 – Iron man – Black Sabbath – 1971

311 – Wake up Little Susie – The Everly Brothers – 1957

312 – In Dreams – Roy orbison – 1963

313 – I Put a spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – 1956

314 – Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd – 1979

315 – Don’t Let me Be misunderstood – The Animals – 1965

316 – Wish You were Here – Pink Floyd – 1975

317 – Many Rivers to Cross – Jimmy Cliff – 1969

318 – Alison – Elvis Costello – 1977

319 – School’s Out – Alice Cooper – 1972

320 – Heartbreaker – Led zeppelin – 1969

321 – Cortez the Killer – Neil Young – 1975

322 – Fight the Power – Public Enemy – 1989

323 – Dancing Barefoot – Patti Smith – 1979

324 – Baby Love – Diana Ross – 1964

325 – Good Lovin’ – The Rascals – 1966

326 – Get up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex machine – James Brown – 1970

327 – For Your Precious Love – Jerry Butler – 1958

328 – The End – The Doors – 1967

329 – That’s The way of the world – Earth, Wind & Fire – 1975

330 – We will Rock You – Queen – 1977

331 – I Can’t make You Love me – Bonnie Raitt – 1991

332 – Subterranean Homesick Blues – Bob Dylan – 1965

333 – Spirit in the sky – Norman Greenbaum – 1970

334 – Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones – 1971

335 – Sweet Jane – The velvet Underground – 1970

336 – Walk This way – Aerosmith – 1976

337 – Beat It – Michael Jackson – 1982

338 – Maybe I’m Amazed – Paul McCartney – 1970

339 – You Keep me Hangin’ On – Diana Ross — 1966

340 – Baba O’Riley – The who – 1971

341 – The Harder They come – Jimmy Cliff – 1975

342 – Runaround sue – Dion – 1961

343 – Jim Dandy – Lavern Baker – 1956

344 – Piece of my Heart – Janis Joplin – 1968

345 – La Bamba – Ritchie Valens – 1958

346 – California Love – Tupac Shakur – 1996

347 – Candle in the wind – Elton John – 1973

348 – That Lady (Part 1 and 2) – The Isley Brothers – 1973

349 – 5 anish Harlem – Ben E. King – 1960

350 – The Loco-Motion – Little Eva – 1962

351 – The Great Pretender – The Platters – 1955

352 – All shook up – Elvis Presley – 1957

353 – Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton – 1992

354 – Watching the Detectives – Elvis Costello – 1977

355 – Bad moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival – 1969

356 – Sweet Dreams (Are made of This) – Eurythmics – 1983

357 – Little wing – Jimi Hendrix – 1968

358 – Nowhere to Run – Martha and the Vandellas – 1965

359 – Got my Mojo working – Muddy waters – 1957

360 – Killing me softly with His Song – Roberta Flack – 1973

361 – Complete control – The clash – 1979

362 – All You Need Is Love – The Beatles – 1967

363 – The Letter – The Box Tops – 1967

364 – Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan – 1965

365 – Unchained melody – The Righteous Brothers – 1965

366 – How Deep is Your Love – The Bee Gees – 1977

367 – White Room – Cream – 1968

368 – Personal Jesus – Depeche mode – 1989

369 – I’m a man – Bo Diddley – 1955

370 – The wind cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix – 1967

371 – I Can’t Explain – The who – 1965

372 – Marquee moon – Television – 1977

373 – Wonderful World – Sam Cooke – 1960

374 – Brown Eyed Handsome man — Chuck Berry – 1956

375 – Another Brick in the wall Part 2 – Pink Floyd – 1979

376 – Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead – 1995

377 – Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles – 1961

378 – Pride (In the Name of Love) – U2 – 1984

379 – Radio Free Europe – R.E.M. – 1983

380 – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John – 1973

381 – Tell It Like It Is – Aaron Neville – 1966

382 – Bitter Sweet Symphony – The verve – 1997

383 – Whipping Post – The Allman Brothers Band – 1969

384 – Ticket to Ride – The Beatles – 1965

385 – Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Younq – 1970

386 – I Know You Got Soul – Eric B and Rakim – 1987

387 – Tiny Dancer – Elton John – 1971

388 – Roxanne – The Police – 1979

389 – Just my Imagination – The Temptations – 1971

390 – Baby I Need Your Loving – The Four Tops – 1964

391 – Band of Gold – Freda Payne – 1970

392 – O-o-h Child – The Five Stairsteps – 1970

393 – Summer in the City – The Lovin’ Spoonful – 1966

394 – Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley – 1961

395 – Remember (walkin’ in The Sand) – The Shangri-Las – 1964

396 – Thirteen – Big star – 1972

397 – (Don’t Fear) the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult – 1976

398 – Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd – 1974

399 – Enter sandman – Metallica – 1991

400 – Kicks – Paul Revere & the Raiders – 1966

401 – Tonight’s the Night – The Shirelles – 1960

402 – Thank You (Falettinme Be mice Elf Agin) – sly & the Family Stone – 1970

403 – C’mon Everybody – Eddie Cochran – 1958

404 – Visions of Johanna – Bob Dylan – 1966

405 – We’ve Only Just Begun – The Carpenters – 1970

406 – I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly – 1996

407 – In Bloom – Nirvana – 1991

408 – Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith – 1975

409 – Crossroads – Cream – 1968

410 – Monkey Gone to Heaven – Pixies – 1989

411 – I Feel Love – Donna summer – 1977

412 – Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry – 1967

413 – The Girl can’t Help It – Little Richard – 1957

414 – Young Blood – The Coasters – 1957

415 – I Can’t Help myself – The Four Tops – 1965

416 – The Boys of Summer – Don Henley – 1984

417 – Fuck tha Police – N.W.A. – 1989

418 – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – 1969

419 – Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang – Dr. Dre – 1993

420 – It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers – 1969

421 – Piano man – Billy Joel – 1973

422 – Lola – The Kinks – 1970

423 – Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley – 1956

424 – Tumbling Dice – The Rolling stones – 1972

425 – William, It was Really Nothing – The Smiths – 1984

426 – Smoke on the water – Deep Purple – 1973

427 – New Year’s Day – u2 – 1983

428 – Devil with a Blue Dress on/Good Golly miss molly – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit wheels – 1966

429 – Everybody Needs Somebody to Love – Solomon Burke – 1964

430 – White Man in Hammersmith Palais – The Clash – 1979

431 – Ain’t It a Shame – Fats Domino – 1955

432 – Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight – 1973

433 – Ramble on – Led Zeppelin – 1969

434 – Mustang sally – Wilson Pickett – 1966

435 – Beast of Burden – The Rolling Stones – 1978

436 – Alone Again Or – Love – 1968

437 – Love me Tender – Elvis Presley – 1956

438 – I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges – 1969

439 – Pink Houses – John Mellencamp – 1983

440 – Push It – salt-n-Pepa – 1987

441 – Come Go with me – The Del-vikings – 1957

442 – Keep a Knockin’ – Little Richard – 1957

443 – I shot the sheriff – Bob Marley – 1973

444 – I Got You Babe – sonny and Cher – 1965

445 – Come As You Are – Nirvana – 1991

446 – Pressure Drop – Toots and the Maytals – 1973

447 – Leader of the Pack – The Shangri-Las – 1964

448 – Heroin – The velvet underground – 1967

449 – Penny Lane – The Beatles – 1967

450 – By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell – 1967

451 – The Twist – Chubby Checker – 1960

452 – Cupid – Sam Cooke – 1961

453 – Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses – 1987

454 – My Sweet Lord – George Harrison – 1970

455 – All Apologies – Nirvana – 1993

456 – Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price – 1958

457 – Sheena Is a Punk Rocker – The Ramones – 1977

458 – Soul man – Sam and Dave – 1967

459 – Rollin’ Stone – Muddy Waters – 1948

460 – One Fine Day – The Chiffons – 1963

461 – Kiss – Prince – 1986

462 – Respect Yourself – The Staple Singers – 1971

463 – Rain – The Beatles – 1966

464 – Standing in the shadows of Love – The Four Tops – 1966

465 – Surrender – Cheap Trick – 1978

466 – Runaway – Del Shannon – 1961

467 – Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses – 1987

468 – Search and Destroy – The stooges – 1973

469 – It’s Too Late – Carole King – 1970

470 – Free man in Paris – Joni Mitchell – 1974

471 – On the Road Again – Willie Nelson – 1980

472 – Where Did our Love Go – Diana Ross – 1964

473 – Do Right woman — Do Right Man – Aretha Franklin – 1967

474 – One Nation under a Groove — Part 1 – Funkadelic – 1978

475 – Sabotage – Beastie Boys – 1994

476 – I want to Know what Love Is – Foreigner – 1984

477 – Super Freak – Rick James – 1981

478 – White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane – 1967

479 – Lady marmalade – Labelle – 1975

480 – Into the mystic – Van Morrison – 1970

481 – Young Americans – David Bowie – 1975

482 – I’m Eighteen – Alice Cooper – 1971

483 – Just Like Heaven – The Cure – 1987

484 – I Love Rock ‘N Roll – Joan Jett – 1982

485 – Graceland – Paul Simon – 1986

486 – How Soon Is Now? – The Smiths – 1985

487 – Under the Boardwalk – The Drifters – 1964

488 – Rhiannon – Fleetwood mac – 1975

489 – I will survive – Gloria Gaynor – 1978

490 – Brown Sugar – The Rolling stones – 1971

491 – You Don’t Have to say You Love me – Dusty Springfield – 1966

492 – Running on Empty – Jackson Browne – 1977

493 – Then He Kissed me – The Crystals – 1963

494 – Desperado – The Eagles – 1973

495 – Shop Around – Smokey Robinson – 1960

496 – Miss You – The Rolling stones – 1978

497 – Buddy Holly – Weezer – 1994

498 – Rainy Night in Georgia – Brook Benton – 1970

499 – The Boys are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy – 1976

500 – More Than a Feeling – Boston – 1976

Las mejores canciones de rock de la historia, según VH1

Las benditas o malditas listas de las mejores canciones o discos son siempre un ejercicio de subjetividad agrupada que permiten, normalmente, descubrir buenos temas

Las benditas o malditas listas de las mejores canciones de rock o discos son siempre un ejercicio de subjetividad agrupada que puede provocar encendidos debates (ahí radicaría quizá su éxito) y, también, permitir a los no-iniciados descubrir una ingente cantidad de música, lo que es la verdadera y loable consecuencia de todo esto.

Hace unos años, en 2009 concretamente, la cadena VH1 realizó una lista con 700 votantes de cierto nivel, Bono de U2 entre ellos, y eligieron las 100 mejores canciones de la historia del rock and roll.

La lista, que generó su controversia por las destacadas ausencias, también ordena grandes clásicos del rock porque allí pocas o ninguna sobra. Aquí os la dejamos para que opinen.

Las mejores canciones de Rock según VH1 son:

1. «(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction», The Rolling Stones.

2. «Respect», Aretha Franklin.

3. «Stairway to Heaven,» Led Zeppelin.

4. «Like a Rolling Stone», Bob Dylan.

5. «Born to Run», Bruce Springsteen.

6. «Hotel California», the Eagles.

7. «Light My Fire», the Doors.

8. «Good Vibrations», the Beach Boys.

9. «Hey Jude», the Beatles.

10. «Imagine», John Lennon.

11. «Louie Louie,» the Kingsmen.

12. «Yesterday,» the Beatles.

13. «My Generation,» the Who.

14. «What's Going On,» Marvin Gaye.

15. «Johnny B. Goode,» Chuck Berry.

16. «Layla,» Derek and the Dominos.

17. «Won't Get Fooled Again,» the Who.

18. «Jailhouse Rock,» Elvis Presley.

19. «American Pie,» Don McLean.

20. «A Day in the Life,» the Beatles.

21. «I Got You (I Feel Good),» James Brown.

22. «Superstition,» Stevie Wonder.

23. «I Want to Hold Your Hand,» the Beatles.

24. «Brown Sugar,» the Rolling Stones.

25. «Purple Haze,» Jimi Hendrix.

26. «Sympathy for the Devil,» the Rolling Stones.

27. «Bohemian Rhapsody,» Queen.

28. «You Really Got Me,» the Kinks.

29. «Oh, Pretty Woman,» Roy Orbison.

30. «Bridge Over Troubled Water,» Simon & Garfunkel.

31. «Hound Dog,» Elvis Presley.

32. «Let It Be,» the Beatles.

33. «(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay,» Otis Redding.

34. «All Along the Watchtower,» the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

35. «Walk This Way,» Aerosmith.

36. «My Girl,» the Temptations.

37. «Rock Around the Clock,» Bill Haley & His Comets.

38. «I Heard it Through the Grapevine,» Marvin Gaye.

39. «Proud Mary,» Creedence Clearwater Revival.

40. «Born to Be Wild,» Steppenwolf.

41. «Smells Like Teen Spirit,» Nirvana.

42. «Every Breath You Take,» the Police.

43. «What'd I Say,» Ray Charles.

44. «Free Bird,» Lynyrd Skynyrd.

45. «That'll Be the Day,» Buddy Holly and the Crickets.

46. «Whole Lotta Love,» Led Zeppelin.

47. «Dream On,» Aerosmith.

48. «California Dreamin',» the Mamas and the Papas.

49. «Brown Eyed Girl,» Van Morrison.

50. «Wild Thing,» the Troggs.

51. «Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,» Crosby, Stills and Nash.

52. «Beat It,» Michael Jackson.

53. «Great Balls of Fire,» Jerry Lee Lewis.

54. «Stayin' Alive,» the Bee Gees.

55. «For What It's Worth,» the Buffalo Springfield.

56. «Blowin' in the Wind,» Bob Dylan.

57. «Twist and Shout,» the Beatles.

58. «Piano Man,» Billy Joel.

59. «She Loves You,» the Beatles.

60. «Space Oddity,» David Bowie.

61. «Strawberry Fields Forever,» the Beatles.

62. «Kashmir,» Led Zeppelin.

63. «Crazy,» Patsy Cline.

64. «London Calling,» the Clash.

65. «Jumpin' Jack Flash,» the Rolling Stones.

66. «Rock & Roll,» Led Zeppelin.

67. «Let's Stay Together,» Al Green.

68. «All Shook Up,» Elvis Presley.

69. «Maggie May,» Rod Stewart.

70. «Your Song,» Elton John.

71. «Heartbreak Hotel,» Elvis Presley.

72. «God Only Knows,» the Beach Boys.

73. «The Twist,» Chubby Checker.

74. «Good Golly, Miss Molly,» Little Richard.

75. «Sunshine of Your Love,» Cream.

76. «California Girls,» the Beach Boys.

77. «Summertime Blues,» Eddie Cochran.

78. «Blue Suede Shoes,» Carl Perkins.

79. «A Hard Day's Night,» the Beatles.

80. «Fire and Rain,» James Taylor.

81. «Gloria,» Them.

82. «Sexual Healing,» Marvin Gaye.

83. «Start Me Up,» the Rolling Stones.

84. «More Than a Feeling,» Boston.

85. «Roxanne,» the Police.

86. «We Are the Champions,» Queen.

87. «Tangled Up in Blue,» Bob Dylan.

88. «Somebody to Love,» Jefferson Airplane.

89. «Stand By Me,» Ben E. King.

90. «Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On,» Jerry Lee Lewis.

91. «You Shook Me All Night Long,» AC/DC.

92. «When Doves Cry,» Prince & the Revolution.

93. «In the Midnight Hour,» Wilson Pickett.

94. «Gimme Some Lovin',» Spencer Davis Group.

95. «Jump,» Van Halen.

96. «Thunder Road,» Bruce Springsteen.

97. «No Woman No Cry,» Bob Marley & the Wailers.

98. «La Bamba,» Ritchie Valens.

99. «We've Only Just Begun,» the Carpenters.

100. «Papa Was a Rolling Stone,» the Temptations.