The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

Respect — Aretha Franklin (1967)

Fight the Power — Public Enemy (1989)

A Change Is Gonna Come — Sam Cooke (1964)

Like a Rolling Stone — Bob Dylan (1965)

Smells Like Teen Spirit — Nirvana (1991)

What's Going On — Marvin Gaye (1971)

Johnny B. Goode — Chuck Berry (1958)

Good Vibrations — The Beach Boys (1966)

Superstition — Stevie Wonder (1972)

London Calling — The Clash (1979)

Maybellene — Chuck Berry (1955)

Hound Dog — Elvis Presley (1956)

Yesterday — The Beatles (1965)

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction — The Rolling Stones (1965)

Waterloo Sunset — The Kinks (1967)

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry — Hank Williams (1949)

Help! — The Beatles (1965)

Strange Fruit — Billie Holiday (1939)

Born to Run — Bruce Springsteen (1975)

Purple Rain — Prince (1984)

Gimme Shelter — The Rolling Stones (1969)

Be My Baby — The Ronettes (1963)

God Only Knows — The Beach Boys (1966)

When Doves Cry — Prince (1984)

Boogie Wonderland — Earth, Wind & Fire (1979)

Hey Jude — The Beatles (1968)

Strawberry Fields Forever — The Beatles (1967)

The Message — Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1982)

I Walk the Line — Johnny Cash (1956)

Imagine — John Lennon (1971)

Be Careful — Cardi B feat. Bad Bunny (2018)

Formation — Beyoncé (2016)

Alright — Kendrick Lamar (2015)

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy — Kanye West (2010)

Lose Yourself — Eminem (2002)

N.Y. State of Mind — Nas (1994)

C.R.E.A.M. — Wu-Tang Clan (1993)

Ms. Jackson — OutKast (2000)

Hey Ya! — OutKast (2003)

B.O.B. — OutKast (2000)

Crazy in Love — Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z (2003)

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) — Beyoncé (2008)

Empire State of Mind — Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys (2009)

99 Problems — Jay-Z (2003)

Juicy — The Notorious B.I.G. (1994)

Hypnotize — The Notorious B.I.G. (1997)

One More Time — Daft Punk (2000)

Get Lucky — Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams (2013)

Bohemian Rhapsody — Queen (1975)

Under Pressure — Queen & David Bowie (1981)

Heroes — David Bowie (1977)

Life on Mars? — David Bowie (1971)

Ziggy Stardust — David Bowie (1972)

Waterloo — ABBA (1974)

Dancing Queen — ABBA (1976)

Ring of Fire — Johnny Cash (1963)

Folsom Prison Blues — Johnny Cash (1955)

Jolene — Dolly Parton (1974)

I Will Always Love You — Dolly Parton (1974)

9 to 5 — Dolly Parton (1980)

You Shook Me All Night Long — AC/DC (1980)

Black Dog — Led Zeppelin (1971)

Stairway to Heaven — Led Zeppelin (1971)

Whole Lotta Love — Led Zeppelin (1969)

Kashmir — Led Zeppelin (1975)

Hotel California — Eagles (1977)

Go Your Own Way — Fleetwood Mac (1977)

The Chain — Fleetwood Mac (1977)

Dreams — Fleetwood Mac (1977)

Africa — Toto (1982)

Sweet Child O' Mine — Guns N' Roses (1987)

November Rain — Guns N' Roses (1991)

Enter Sandman — Metallica (1991)

Creep — Radiohead (1992)

Karma Police — Radiohead (1997)

Fake Plastic Trees — Radiohead (1995)

Here Comes Your Man — Pixies (1989)

Where Is My Mind? — Pixies (1988)

Bizarre Love Triangle — New Order (1986)

Blue Monday — New Order (1983)

Just Like Heaven — The Cure (1987)

Boys Don't Cry — The Cure (1979)

This Charming Man — The Smiths (1983)

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out — The Smiths (1986)

Once in a Lifetime — Talking Heads (1981)

Psycho Killer — Talking Heads (1977)

How Soon Is Now? — The Smiths (1984)

Personal Jesus — Depeche Mode (1989)

Enjoy the Silence — Depeche Mode (1990)

Mr. Brightside — The Killers (2003)

Take Me Out — Franz Ferdinand (2004)

Seven Nation Army — The White Stripes (2003)

Fell in Love with a Girl — The White Stripes (2002)

Last Nite — The Strokes (2001)

Hard to Explain — The Strokes (2001)

Float On — Modest Mouse (2004)