TOP 100 Classic Rock Songs

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

This List was compiled by with the cooperation of the Box Ghost. You will notice a Who and Rush Bias (11 who, 7 Rush) but thats us. please log any complaints here, or if you have some buring desire, pm either of us.

*Song was swapped in to replace other song

100: Talk Dirty to Me-Poison
99: All Right Now-Free
98: Rock and Roll All Nite- KISS
97: Surfin’ USA-Beach Boys
96: Billion Dollar Babies-Alice Cooper
95: Evil Ways-Santana
94: Mr. Crowley-Ozzy Osbourne
93: Wanted Dead or Live-Bon Jovi
92: Aqualung-Jethro Tull
91: Anyway You Want it-Journey
90: Kashmir-Led Zeppelin
89: You Don’t Know How it Feels-Tom Petty and Heartbreakers
88: Rellin’ in the Years-Steely Dan
87: I Can’t Explain-The Who
86: Working Class Hero-John Lennon
85: Run Through the Jungle-Creedence Clearwater Revival
84: Tom Sawyer-Rush
83: LA Woman-The Doors
82: Synchronicity II-The Police
81: Back in Black-ACDC
80: Hey Jude- The Beatles
79: Mary Jane’s Last Dance-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
78: Jumpin’ Jack Flash-The Rolling Stones
77: Jamie’s Crying-Van Halen
76: Killer Queen-Queen
75: Substitute-The Who
74: Welcome to the Jungle-Guns N’ Roses
73: Keep on Rockin' in the Free World-Neil Young
72: Rock and Roll Band-Boston
71: Same Old Song and Dance-Aerosmith
70: Whipping Post-Allman Brothers
69: Hush-Deep Purple*
68: Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin
67: Day Tripper-The Beatles
66: Gimmie Three Steps-Lynyrd Skynyrd
65: Paranoid-Black Sabbath
64: Young Man Blues-The Who
63: Enter Sandman-Metallica
62: Juke Box Hero-Foreigner
61: The Trooper-Iron Maiden
60: Hell’s Bells-ACDC
59: Civil War-Guns N’ Roses
58: Come Together-The Beatles
57: Black Magic Women-Santana
56: Freewill-Rush
55: Pride and Joy-Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
54: Like a Rolling Stone-Bob Dylan
53: Sympathy to the Devil-Rolling Stones
52: We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions-Queen
51: Money-Pink Floyd
50: NIB-Black Sabbath
49: Baba O’Riely -The Who
48: Helter Skelter-The Beatles
47: Gimmie Shelter-The Rolling Stones
46: Thunderstruck- ACDC
45: Paradise City-Guns N’ Roses
44: Sunshine of Your Love-Cream
43: Smokin’-Boston
42: The Wind Cries Mary-Jimi Hendrix
41: Red Barachetta- Rush
40: Satisfaction-The Rolling Stones
39: Jump-Van Halen
38: Rock n’ Roll-Led Zeppelin
37: Time-Pink Floyd
36: ….and Justice for All-Metallica
35: Simple Man-Lynyrd Skynyrd
34: Working Man-Rush
33: Jessica-Allman Brothers
32: Hotel California-The Eagles
31: Roundabout-Yes
30: Fly by Night-Rush
29: Piece of Mind-Boston
28: War Pigs-Black Sabbath
27: Panama-Van Halen
26: Summertime Blues-The Who (originally performed by Eddie Cochran)
25: Hey Joe-Jimi Hendrix
24: When the Levee Breaks-Led Zeppelin
23: The End-The Doors
22: Let It Be-The Beatles
21: Foreplay/Long Time-Boston
20: Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix
19: Behind Blue Eyes-The Who
18: Message in a Bottle-The Police
17: Pure and Easy-The Who
16: Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
15: Layla-Derek and the Dominos
14: You Really Got Me-Van Halen (originally performed by The Kinks)
13: Subdivisions-Rush
12: Won’t Get Fooled Again-The Who
11: All Along the Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix (originally performed by Bob Dylan)
10: I’m Your Captain-Grand Funk Railroad
9: Heartbreaker-Led Zeppelin
8: Love Reign Ore Me-The Who
7: Revolution-The Beatles
6: Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd
5: Free Bird-Lynyrd Skynyrd
4: Amazing Journey/Sparks-The Who
3: Crossroads-Cream
2: Closer to the Heart-Rush
1: My Generation-The Who

[BhindBluEyes430]

i dont think i herd "I am Your Captian" by Grand Funk Railroad yet ill have to check it out if its so high on your list

I do wish Like a Rolling stone was higher on the list. Well maby not for Classic rock standards but for general music standards its my favorite. the lyrics are some of the best ever written

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

I'm Your Captain is just a preety powerful song with emotion. In retrospect, I would have put it a Tense bit lower (maybe in the high teens) but its still good were it is.

[NX013]

whe2r32 stairway!??!? /sarcasm


Its a good list, though what was the list based on?

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

just on our opinions and the song its self (like how it sounded). Also on the emotion of the song, sort of.

[BhindBluEyes430]

I'm Your Captain is just a preety powerful song with emotion. In retrospect, I would have put it a Tense bit lower (maybe in the high teens) but its still good were it is.

Its a really good song something i would listen to on a regular basis too
I love "Somekind Of Wonderfull" tho i dident see it on your list.

I dident see any faces either They may not be as popular but they can go up among many of the big bands

"Miss Judys farm"
and of corse "stay with me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei-L_AuuaxI

[SteelersFreak1]

Stairway may be way overrated, but come on, you've gotta have it in the top 100.

[Gargoyle2500]

Nothing by Ted Mulry Gang is on there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmzMdTfr6eA&watch_response

I don't blame you though, Few have heard of TMG outside of Australia.

(Ignore the creepy picture)

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

Stairway may be way overrated, but come on, you've gotta have it in the top 100.


Well, as a joke we SPECIFICALLY left it of because we were tired of almost every list having it.
Instead we put When the Levee Breaks, which both of us like a whole lot more then Stairway and I think sounds better with that awesome harmonica.

[guitarguru2112]

Overall amazing list. Some of the Rush songs were a little out of order to me, but I liked that Heartbreaker was the top ranked Zeppelin song. But who decided not to include Deep Purple, Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult, or Foghat on the list?

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

CRAP!
I forgot HUSH! shoot! Thanks for reminding me. I guess we can make a updated list later :\

[BhindBluEyes430]

Well, as a joke we SPECIFICALLY left it of because we were tired of almost every list having it.
Instead we put When the Levee Breaks, which both of us like a whole lot more then Stairway and I think sounds better with that awesome harmonica.

easily a much better song. When the levee breaks is the best song off that album. Black dog 2nd.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

Too much Who on this list. Seems biased.

[SteelersFreak1]

easily a much better song. When the levee breaks is the best song off that album. Black dog 2nd.

I agree 100%, but to say that Stairway isn't in the top 100 classic rock songs, it kind of kills a lot of your credibility.

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

This List was compiled by with the cooperation of the Box Ghost. You will notice a Who and Rush Bias (11 who, 7 Rush) but thats us. please log any complaints here, or if you have some buring desire, pm either of us.


I said that in the beggening

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

I agree 100%, but to say that Stairway isn't in the top 100 classic rock songs, it kind of kills a lot of your credibility.

Yeah, but like I said, we did that on purpose. We wanted a stairway free list.

[BhindBluEyes430]

Yeah, but like I said, we did that on purpose. We wanted a stairway free list.

plus My Generation > Stairway

I love Hush my favorite song of The Guitar Hero series no joke

[partyboydanial]

Closer to the Heart, number 2?!?!?

i mean yeah its a good song but it shouldn't even be in the top 100

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

That one i do disagree with, but to say not in top 100..... I don't know.
It seems every top 100 list only has one rush song: Tom Sawyer. There are MUCH better songs by rush. They should definatly be mroe Rush on the top 100 lists people make.

[guitarguru2112]

I agree 100%. Tom Sawyer is a great song, but it is not Rush's greatest song. Working Man, Anthem and the Spirit of Radio are awesome songs that would work on a top 100 list as far as Rush songs go.

[TheBoxGhost]

I agree 100%, but to say that Stairway isn't in the top 100 classic rock songs, it kind of kills a lot of your credibility.

Credibility? Horsepuckey. If putting an over-rated song where it doesn't belong gives me credibility, then Chris Crocker's straight.

[Mystlyfe77]

Since when is 1991 considered classic rock?

Also, how do you have Anyway You Want It, but not Don't Stop Believing?
I'm not too keen on this list.