From power ballads to protest songs, three-chord 
headbangers to micro symphonies, VH1 has 
assembled the ultimate playlist: The 100 Greatest 
Songs of Rock and Roll. Discover the remarkable
stories behind each one of these classic cuts. 

Hear the artists explain the tunes' origins. 
And find out if your all-time faves have made the ultimate list.
 

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100 Greatest Songs 

The Rolling Stones / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 
Aretha Franklin / Respect 
Led Zeppelin / Stairway To Heaven 
Bob Dylan / Like a Rolling Stone 
Bruce Springsteen / Born To Run 
Eagles / Hotel California 
The Doors / Light My Fire 
The Beach Boys / Good Vibrations 
The Beatles / Hey Jude 
John Lennon / Imagine 
The Kingsmen / Louie Louie 
The Beatles / Yesterday 
The Who / My Generation 
Marvin Gaye / What's Going On 
Chuck Berry / Johnny B. Goode 
Derek And The Dominos / Layla 
The Who / Won't Get Fooled Again 
Elvis Presley / Jailhouse Rock 
Don McLean / American Pie 
The Beatles / A Day In The Life 
James Brown / I Got You (I Feel Good) 
Stevie Wonder / Superstition 
The Beatles / I Want to Hold Your Hand 
The Rolling Stones / Brown Sugar 
Jimi Hendrix / Purple Haze 
The Rolling Stones / Sympathy for the Devil 
Queen / Bohemian Rhapsody 
The Kinks / You Really Got Me 
Roy Orbison / Oh, Pretty Woman 
Simon and Garfunkel / Bridge Over Troubled Water 
Elvis Presley / Hound Dog 
The Beatles / Let It Be 
Otis Redding / (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay 
The Jimi Hendrix Experience / All Along The Watchtower 
Aerosmith / Walk This Way 
The Temptations / My Girl 
Bill Haley And His Comets / Rock Around The Clock 
Marvin Gaye / I Heard It Through The Grapevine 
Creedence Clearwater Revival / Proud Mary 
Steppenwolf / Born To Be Wild 
Nirvana / Smells Like Teen Spirit 
The Police / Every Breath You Take 
Ray Charles / What'd I Say 
Lynyrd Skynyrd / Free Bird 
Buddy Holly and The Crickets / That'll Be The Day 
Led Zeppelin / Whole Lotta Love 
Aerosmith / Dream On 
The Mamas & The Papas / California DreaminŐ 
Van Morrison / Brown Eyed Girl 
The Troggs / Wild Thing 
Crosby, Stills and Nash / Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 
Michael Jackson / Beat It 
Jerry Lee Lewis / Great Balls Of Fire 
Bee Gees / Stayin' Alive 
The Buffalo Springfield / For What It's Worth 
Bob Dylan / Blowin' In The Wind 
The Beatles / Twist And Shout 
Billy Joel / Piano Man 
The Beatles / She Loves You 
David Bowie / Space Oddity 
The Beatles / Strawberry Fields Forever 
Led Zeppelin / Kashmir 
Patsy Cline / Crazy 
The Clash / London Calling 
The Rolling Stones / Jumpin' Jack Flash 
Led Zeppelin / Rock & Roll 
Al Green / Let's Stay Together 
Elvis Presley / All Shook Up 
Rod Stewart / Maggie May 
Elton John / Your Song 
Elvis Presley / Heartbreak Hotel 
The Beach Boys / God Only Knows 
Chubby Checker / The Twist 
Little Richard / Good Golly, Miss Molly 
Cream / Sunshine Of Your Love 
The Beach Boys / California Girls 
Eddie Cochran / Summertime Blues 
Carl Perkins / Blue Suede Shoes 
The Beatles / A Hard Day's Night 
James Taylor / Fire and Rain 
Them / Gloria 
Marvin Gaye / Sexual Healing 
The Rolling Stones / Start Me Up 
Boston / More Than A Feeling 
The Police / Roxanne 
Queen / We Are The Champions 
Bob Dylan / Tangled Up In Blue 
Jefferson Airplane / Somebody To Love 
Ben E. King / Stand By Me 
Jerry Lee Lewis / Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On 
AC/DC / You Shook Me All Night Long 
Prince and the Revolution / When Doves Cry 
Wilson Pickett / In The Midnight Hour 
Spencer Davis Group / Gimme Some Lovin' 
Van Halen / Jump 
Bruce Springsteen / Thunder Road 
Bob Marley and the Wailers / No Woman No Cry 
Ritchie Valens / La Bamba 
The Carpenters / We've Only Just Begun 
The Temptations / Papa Was a Rolling Stone