Criteria: These songs are ranked based on their intitial and lasting popularity, as well as influence & impact on rock 'n' roll. The lists include songs from every rock related sub-genre including Metal, Prog, Indie, Alternative, Rap, Reggae, EDM, R&B, and more.
Note: Artists are alphabetical by first name, and sans "The".
A
A Flock Of Seagulls
1. I Ran (So Far Away) 2. Space Age Love Song 3. Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) 4. The More You Live The More You Love 5. Nightmares 6. Transfer Affection 7. Telecommunication 8. The Story Of A Young Heart 9. D.N.A. 10. Never Again (The Dancer)
A Perfect Circle
1. Judith 2. The Outsider 3. Passive 4. Weak And Powerless 5. The Noose 6. Thomas 7. Orestes 8. 3 Libras 9. Pet 10. The Package
A Tribe Called Quest
1. Scenario 2. Award Tour 3. Bonita Applebum 4. Excursion 5. Jazz (We've Got) 6. Can I Kick It? 7. Check the Rhime 8. Electric Relaxation 9. I Left My Wallet In El Segundo 10. Find a Way
Aaliyah
1. Try Again? 2. Are You That Somebody? 3. Back and Forth 4. If Your Girl Only Knew 5. One In a Million 6. Rock the Boat 7. At Your Best 8. More Than a Woman 9. Age Ain't Nothing But a Number 10. Miss You
ABBA
1. Dancing Queen 2. Waterloo 3. SOS 4. Take A Chance On Me 5. Knowing Me, Knowing You 6. Mamma Mia 7. Fernando 8. The Winner Takes It All 9. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 10. Chiquitita
ABC
1. The Look of Love 2. When Smokey Sings 3. Poison Arrow 4. Be Near Me 5. All of My Heart 6. Tears Are Not Enough 7. That Was Then But This Is Now 8. (How To Be A) Millionaire 9. One Better World 10. S.O.S.
Accept
1. Fast As A Shark 2. Balls To The Wall 3. Restless And Wild 4. Princess Of The Dawn 5. Starlight 6. I'm A Rebel 7. Son Of A Bitch 8. T.V. War 9. Breaker 10. Metal Heart
AC/DC
1. You Shook Me All Night Long 2. Highway to Hell 3. Back In Black 4. Thunderstruck 5. Whole Lotta Rosie 6. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 7. TNT 8. For Those About to Rock 9. Hells Bells 10. It's a Long Way to the Top
Ace of Base
1. All that She Wants 2. The Sign 3. Don't Turn Around 4. Beautiful Life 5. Cruel Summer 6. Lucky Love 7. Living In Danger 8. Wheel of Fortune 9. Always Have, Always Will 10. Happy Nation
Adam & the Ants / Adam Ant
1. Antmusic 2. Stand And Deliver 3. Goody Two Shoes 4. Kings Of The Wild Frontier 5. Prince Charming 6. Ant Rap 7. Dog Eat Dog 8. Beat My Guest 9. Friend Or Foe 10. Room At The Top
Adele
1. Rolling In The Deep 2. Hello 3. Someone Like You 4. Skyfall 5. Chasing Pavements 6. Set Fire To The Rain 7. Rumour Has It 8. Make You Feel My Love 9. Hometown Glory 10. Easy on Me
Aerosmith
1. Dream On 2. Walk This Way 3. I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing 4. Sweet Emotion 5. Janie's Got a Gun 6. Livin' On The Edge 7. Back in the Saddle 8. Love in an Elevator 9. Jaded 10. Cryin'
AFI
1. Miss Murder 2. Girls Not Grey 3. Silver and Cold 4. Love Like Winter 5. The Days of the Phoenix 6. Totalimmortal 7. The Missing Frame 8. The Leaving Song (Part II) 9. Medicate 10. 17 Crimes
Afrika Bambaataa
1. Planet Rock 2. Looking For the Perfect Beat 3. Zulu Nation Throwdown 4. Jazzy Sensation 5. Unity 6. Wildstyle 7. Reckless 8. Renegades of Funk 9. World Destruction 10. Death Mix
Agalloch
1. In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion 2. Not Unlike the Waves 3. I Am the Wooden Doors 4. Into the Painted Grey 5. The Hawthorne Passage 6. She Painted Fire Across the Skyline Part 1 7. Falling Snow 8. ...and the Great Cold Death of the Earth 9. Our Fortress Is Burning... I 10. Black Lake Nidstang
A-Ha
1. Take On Me 2. The Sun Always Shines On TV 3. The Living Daylights 4. Cry Wolf 5. I've Been Loosing You 6. Hunting High And Low 7. Summer Moved On 8. Celice 9. Stay On The Roads 10. Analogue
Al Green
1. Lets Stay Together 2. Tired of Being Alone 3. Im Still in Love with You 4. Love and Happiness 5. Take Me to the River 6. Look What You Done for Me 7. Call Me (Come Back Home) 8. Here I Am (Come and Take Me) 9. You Ought to Be with Me 10. Sha La La
Al Stewart
1. Year of the Cat 2. Time Passages 3. On the Border 4. Song on the Radio 5. Midnight Rocks 6. Roads to Moscow 7. Lord Grenville 8. Electric Los Angeles Sunset 9. Bedsitter Images 10. You Don't Even Know Me
Alan Parsons Project
1. Eye In The Sky 2. Games People Play 3. Time 4. I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You 5. Sirius 6. Psychobabble 7. Sooner Or Later 8. Prime Time 9. You Don't Believe 10. Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
Alanis Morissette
1. You Oughta Know 2. Ironic 3. Hand In My Pocket 4. Head Over Feet 5. You Learn 6. Thank U 7. Uninvited 8. Hands Clean 9. Everything 10. So Pure
Alexander O'Neal
1. Fake 2. Criticize 3. Saturday Love (with Cherrelle) 4. Never Knew Love Like This 5. Sunshine 6. All True Man 7. If You Were Here Tonight 8. Love Makes No Sense 9. In the Middle 10. What Is This Thing Called Love?
Alice Cooper
1. I'm Eighteen 2. School's Out 3. Elected 4. Only Women Bleed 5. No More Mr. Nice Guy 6. Poison 7. Billion Dollar Babies 8. Be My Lover 9. Welcome To My Nightmare 10. You And Me
Alice In Chains
1. Down in a Hole 2. Rooster 3. Them Bones 4. Nutshell 5. Man in the Box 6. Would? 7. No Excuses 8. We Die Young 9. I Stay Away 10. Angry Chair
Alicia Keys
1. Fallin' 2. No One 3. If I Ain't Got You 4. A Woman's Worth 5. You Don't Know My Name 6. Like You'll Never See Me Again 7. Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart 8. Diary 9. Empire State of Mind Part II 10. Doesn't Mean Anything
Alkaline Trio
1. Help Me 2. Time to Waste 3. We've Had Enough 4. Mercy Me 5. Burn 6. Stupid Kid 7. This Addiction 8. Love Love, Kiss Kiss 9. All on Black 10. Private Eye
Allman Brothers Band
1. Whipping Post 2. One Way Out 3. Midnight Rider 4. Ramblin' Man 5. Statesboro Blues 6. Hot 'Lanta 7. Jessica 8. Melissa 9. Blue Sky 10. Revival (Love Is Everywhere)
Alter Bridge
1. Isolation 2. Rise Today 3. Open Your Eyes 4. Ghost of Days Gone By 5. Find the Real 6. Addicted to Pain 7. Show Me a Leader 8. Wouldn't You Rather 9. Broken Wings 10. Before Tomorrow Comes
Ambrosia
1. How Much I Feel 2. Biggest Part of Me 3. You're The Only Woman 4. Holdin' On To Yesterday 5. Mama Don't Understand 6. I Just Can't Let Go 7. Still Not Satisfied 8. Heart To Heart 9. Livin' On My Own 10. Time Waits For No One
America
1. A Horse With No Name 2. Ventura Highway 3. Sister Golden Hair 4. I Need You 5. Lonely People 6. Tin Man 7. You Can Do Magic 8. Sandman 9. Daisy Jane 10. Today's The Day
Amon Amarth
1. Cry of the Blackbirds 2. Fate of Norns 3. Death in Fire 4. Runes To My Memory 5. Under the Northern Star 6. The Pursuit of Vikings 7. Twilight of the Thunder Gods 8. Valhall Awaits Me 9. Siegreicher Marsch 10. Guardian of Asgaard
Amon Düül II
1. Archangels Thunderbird 2. Light 3. All the Years Round 4. Green Bubble Raincoated Man 5. Rattlesnakeplumcake 6. Kanaan 7. Mirror 8. Fly United 9. Jail-House Frog 10. Wolf City
Amos Lee
1. Windows Are Rolled Down 2. Flower 3. Violin 4. Chill In the Air 5. Shout Out Loud 6. Sweet Pea 7. Vaporize 8. The Man Who Wants You 9. Say Goodbye 10. Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight
Amos Milburn
1. Chicken-Shack Boogie 2. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer 3. Bad, Bad Whiskey 4. Bewildered 5. Roomin' House Boogie 6. Let Me Go Home Whiskey 7. In The Middle Of The Night 8. Let's Rock A While 9. Down The Road Apiece 10. Let's Have A Party
Amy Winehouse
1. Rehab 2. You Know I'm No Good 3. Valerie 4. Tears Dry On Their Own 5. Back To Black 6. Love Is a Losing Game 7. Take the Box 8. Stronger Than Me 9. In My Bed 10. Pumps
Angra
1. Carry On 2. Carolina IV 3. Nova Era 4. The Temple of Hate 5. Evil Warning 6. Make Believe 7. Acid Rain 8. Rebirth 9. The Shadow Hunter 10. Nothing to Say
Animal Collective
1. My Girls 2. Fireworks 3. Peacebone 4. Who Could Win a Rabbit 5. Summertime Clothes 6. Grass 7. Brother Sport 8. What Would I Want? Sky 9. The Purple Bottle 10. Water Curses
Anita Baker
1. Sweet Love 2. Giving You the Best That I Got 3. Caught Up in the Rapture 4. Just Because 5. Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year) 6. No One in the World 7. Body & Soul 8. Talk to Me 9. Angel 10. You Bring Me Joy
The Animals / Eric Burdon
1. House Of The Rising Sun 2. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 3. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 4. It's My Life 5. When I Was Young 6. Monterey 7. I'm Crying 8. San Franciscan Nights 9. Don't Bring Me Down 10. Sky Pilot
Annihilator
1. Alison Hell 2. Never, Neverland 3. Road to Ruin 4. Schizos [Are Never Alone] 5. I Am in Command 6. Knight Jumps Queen 7. The Fun Palace 8. King of the Kill 9. Stonewall 10. Set the World on Fire
Anthrax
1. Caught In A Mosh 2. Madhouse 3. Indians 4. Among the Living 5. Armed And Dangerous 6. Got the Time 7. Metal Thrashing Mad 8. Death From Above 9. AIR 10. Be All, End All
Aphex Twin
1. Windowlicker 2. Digeridoo 3. Come to Daddy 4. On 5. Analogue Bubblebath 1 [as AFX] 6. Girl/Boy Song 7. Quoth [as Polygon Window] 8. Ventolin 9. Donkey Rhubarb 10. Pulsewidth
Apocalyptica
1. S.O.S. (Anything but Love) 2. Hall of the Mountain King 3. Inquisition Symphony 4. I Don't Care 5. Hope 6. I'm Not Jesus 7. Bittersweet 8. End of Me 9. Seemann 10. Path Vol.2
Arcade Fire
1. Rebellion (Lies) 2. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) 3. Keep the Car Running 4. No Cars Go 5. Ready to Start 6. Intervention 7. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) 8. Neighboorhood #2 (Laika) 9. The Suburbs 10. Black Mirror
Arch Enemy
1. Heart Of Darkness 2. Burning Angel 3. Nemesis 4. Dehumanization 5. Demonic Science 6. Silverwing 7. Bridge Of Destiny 8. The Immortal 9. Silent Wars 10. Dark Of The Sun
Archie Bell & the Drells
1. Tighten Up 2. I Can't Stop Dancing 3. There's Gonna Be A Showdown 4. Girl You're Too Young 5. Do The Choo Choo 6. Dancing To Your Music 7. Let's Groove 8. I Could Dance All Night 9. The Soul City Walk 10. I Love My Baby
Arctic Monkeys
1. I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor 2. Do I Wanna Know? 3. 505 4. I Wanna Be Yours 5. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? 6. Flourescent Adolescent 7. R U Mine? 8. When the Sun Goes Down 9. Brianstorm 10. A Certain Romance
Arcturus
1. For to End Yet Again 2. Radical Cult 3. Master of Disguise 4. Ad Absurdum 5. Collapse Generation 6. The Chaos Path 7. The Throne of Tragedy 8. Nightmare Heaven 9. Kinetic 10. Hibernation Sickness Complete
Aretha Franklin
1. Respect 2. Chain Of Fools 3. I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) 4. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 5. I Say a Little Prayer 6. Think 7. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 8. Freeway of Love 9. (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone 10. Rock Steady
Ariana Grande
1. Thank U, Next 2. 7 Rings 3. Problem 4. No Tears Left to Cry 5. Bang Bang [with Jessie J & Nicki Minaj] 6. Into You 7. Side to Side [with Nicki Minaj] 8. Dangerous Woman 9. Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored 10. Positions
Art of Noise
1. Moments In Love 2. Close (To the Edit) 3. Beat Box 4. Kiss 5. Peter Gunn 6. Paranoimia 7. Legs 8. Dragnet 9. Instruments of Darkness 10. Yebo
Arthur Alexander
1. Anna (Go To Him) 2. You Better Move On 3. Soldier Of Love 4. Rainbow Road 5. A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues 6. Everyday I Have To Cry Some 7. In The Middle Of It All 8. Go Home Girl 9. Burnin' Love 10. Sally Sue Brown
A$ap Rocky
1. Fuckin' Problems (feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar) 2. Praise the Lord (Da Shine) (feat. Skepta) 3. Peso 4. Everyday (feat. Rod Stewart, Miguel & Mark Ronson) 5. Sundress 6. Goldie 7. LSD 8. 1 Train (feat. Kendrick Lamar and others) 9. Wild for the Night (feat. Skrillex & Birdy Nam Nam) 10. Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2 (LPFJ2)
Ash
1. Shining Light 2. Goldfinger 3. Orpheus 4. Girl From Mars 5. Wildsurf 6. Oh Yeah 7. There's a Star 8. Angel Interceptor 9. You Can't Have It All 10. Burn Baby Burn
Asia
1. Heat of the Moment 2. Don't Cry 3. Only Time Will Tell 4. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes 5. Go 6. Days Like These 7. Sole Survivor 8. True Colors 9. Daylight 10. Wildest Dreams
Association
1. Cherish 2. Never My Love 3. Along Comes Mary 4. Windy 5. Everything That Touches You 6. The Time It Is Today 7. Time For Livin' 8. Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies 9. Not Fair At All 10. Goodbye Columbus
At The Gates
1. Blinded by Fear 2. Slaughter of the Soul 3. The Swarm 4. Under a Serpent Sun 5. Kingdom Gone 6. Cold 7. The Beautiful Wound 8. Within 9. Suicide Nation 10. The Break of Autumn
Audioslave
1. Like a Stone 2. Be Yourself 3. Cochise 4. Doesn't Remind Me 5. Show Me How to Live 6. I Am the Highway 7. Original Fire 8. What You Are 9. Shadow on the Sun 10. Gasoline
1. Bat Country 2. Beast And The Harlot 3. Seize the Day 4. Burn It Down 5. Unholy Confessions 6. Chapter Four 7. Blinded in Chains 8. Sidewinder 9. Trashed And Scattered 10. Warmness On The Soul
Average White Band
1. Pick Up the Pieces 2. Cut the Cake 3. School Boy Crush 4. Person To Person 5. A Love of Your Own 6. Let's Go 'Round Again 7. Queen of My Soul 8. If I Should Ever Lose This Heaven 9. Love Your Life 10. Reach Out
Avicii
1. Wake Me Up 2. Levels 3. Hey Brother 4. The Nights 5. Waiting for Love 6. SOS 7. Without You 8. Lonely Together 9. I Could Be the One 10. Heaven
Avril Lavigne
1. Complicated 2. Girlfriend 3. What the Hell 4. Keep Holding On 5. My Happy Ending 6. Here's to Never Growing Up 7. When You're Gone 8. I'm With You 9. Sk8ter Boi 10. Don't Tell Me
Aztec Camera
1. Somewhere in My Heart 2. Good Morning Britain 3. Oblivious 4. The Crying Scene 5. How Men Are 6. All I Need Is Everything 7. Working in a Goldmine 8. Miss Otis Regrets 9. Spanish Horses 10. Walk Out to Winter
