Acclaimed Music - The All Time Top 3000 Songs
The All Time Top 3000 Songs

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RankArtistSingleYearSample
1 Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling Stone
1965
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2 The Rolling Stones
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
1965

3 The Beach Boys
Good Vibrations
1966
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4 Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
1991
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5 Aretha Franklin
Respect
1967
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6 Chuck Berry
Johnny B. Goode
1958
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7 Otis Redding
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
1968
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8 Marvin Gaye
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1968

9 Led Zeppelin
Stairway to Heaven
1971
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10 Sex Pistols
Anarchy in the U.K.
1976
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11 The Kingsmen
Louie Louie
1963

12 The Ronettes
Be My Baby
1963
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13 The Who
My Generation
1965
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14 Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
The Message
1982

15 Elvis Presley
Heartbreak Hotel
1956
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16 The Beatles
Strawberry Fields Forever
1967

17 The Kinks
You Really Got Me
1964
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18 The Beatles
A Day in the Life
1967

19 Joy Division
Love Will Tear Us Apart
1980

20 Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
1971
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21 The Beatles
I Want to Hold Your Hand
1963

22 Ike and Tina Turner
River Deep Mountain High
1966

23 Sex Pistols
God Save the Queen
1977
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24 The Righteous Brothers
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
1964

25 Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run
1975
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26 John Lennon
Imagine
1971

27 Ray Charles
What'd I Say
1959

28 Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
1955

29 Michael Jackson
Billie Jean
1982
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30 The Jackson 5
I Want You Back
1969

31 The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man
1965
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32 Gnarls Barkley
Crazy
2006
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33 The Doors
Light My Fire
1967
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34 The Rolling Stones
Sympathy for the Devil
1968
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35 The Clash
London Calling
1979
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36 The Four Tops
Reach Out (I'll Be There)
1966

37 The Beatles
Hey Jude
1968

38 Stevie Wonder
Superstition
1972
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39 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
The Tracks of My Tears
1965

40 The Rolling Stones
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1968

41 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Purple Haze
1967
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42 OutKast
Hey Ya!
2003
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43 The Crickets
That'll Be the Day
1957
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44 R.E.M.
Losing My Religion
1991
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45 Bill Haley and His Comets
(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
1954

46 Prince and The Revolution
When Doves Cry
1984
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47 The Eagles
Hotel California
1976

48 Derek and The Dominos
Layla
1970
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49 The Verve
Bitter Sweet Symphony
1997
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50 The Police
Every Breath You Take
1983
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51 Pulp
Common People
1995
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52 The Beach Boys
God Only Knows
1966
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53 Martha and The Vandellas
Dancing in the Street
1964

54 New Order
Blue Monday
1983

55 The Kinks
Waterloo Sunset
1967
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56 Creedence Clearwater Revival
Proud Mary
1969
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57 Elvis Presley
Hound Dog
1956
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58 Lou Reed
Walk on the Wild Side
1972

59 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
Get Ur Freak On
2001
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60 Beck
Loser
1993
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61 David Bowie
Heroes
1977
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62 The Animals
House of the Rising Sun
1964

63 Al Green
Let's Stay Together
1971
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64 Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
1957

65 Massive
Unfinished Sympathy
1991
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66 Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds
1969

67 Ben E. King
Stand by Me
1961

68 Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
1975
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69 Simon and Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970
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70 Franz Ferdinand
Take Me Out
2004
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71 Oasis
Live Forever
1994
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72 Elvis Presley
That's All Right (Mama)
1954
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73 Percy Sledge
When a Man Loves a Woman
1966

74 Bob Marley and The Wailers
No Woman No Cry
1974
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75 Carl Perkins
Blue Suede Shoes
1956

76 Led Zeppelin
Whole Lotta Love
1969
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77 Del Shannon
Runaway
1961

78 Chuck Berry
Maybellene
1955
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79 Eddie Cochran
Summertime Blues
1958

80 Chic
Good Times
1979
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81 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
All Along the Watchtower
1968
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82 James Brown
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
1965

83 Run-D.M.C.
Walk This Way
1986
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84 Public Enemy
Fight the Power
1989
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85 Elvis Presley
Mystery Train
1955
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86 Beyoncé
Crazy in Love
2003

87 Booker T. & The MG's
Green Onions
1962
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88 Prince and The Revolution
Little Red Corvette
1982
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89 Wilson Pickett
In the Midnight Hour
1965

90 Guns N' Roses
Sweet Child O' Mine
1987
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91 Sam Cooke
A Change Is Gonna Come
1965

92 Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel
1956
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93 Johnny Cash
I Walk the Line
1956
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94 U2
One
1991
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95 The Specials
Ghost Town
1981

96 The Bee Gees
Stayin' Alive
1977
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97 The Mamas and the Papas
California Dreamin'
1965
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98 The Shirelles
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
1960

99 The Beatles
She Loves You
1963

100 Sinéad O'Connor
Nothing Compares 2 U
1990

101 Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl
1967

102 Buffalo Springfield
For What It's Worth
1967
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103 Rod Stewart
Maggie May
1971
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104 Buddy Holly
Peggy Sue
1957

105 The Smiths
This Charming Man
1983
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106 The Temptations
My Girl
1964
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107 Oasis
Wonderwall
1995
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