Criteria: Songs listed are from Rock 'n' Roll and related sub-genres from the 1970s. Rankings are based on initial and lasting popularity and on acclaim received from critics and musicians.
Edited By: Brian
Last Updated: 2026-08-26
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1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin 2. Hotel California - The Eagles 3. Superstition - Stevie Wonder 4. Imagine - John Lennon 5. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye 6. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen 7. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 8. Let's Stay Together - Al Green 9. Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees 10. Dancing Queen - ABBA 11. Layla - Derek and the Dominos 12. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel 13. Let It Be - The Beatles 14. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac 15. American Pie - Don McLean 16. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd 17. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor 18. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits 19. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson 20. Heart of Glass - Blondie 21. Maggie May - Rod Stewart 22. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd 23. More Than a Feeling - Boston 24. Your Song - Elton John 25. (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 26. Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye 27. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers 28. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 29. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd 30. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - James Brown 31. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple 32. Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight and the Pips 33. Dream On - Aerosmith 34. We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions - Queen 35. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac 36. Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival 37. Roxanne - The Police 38. Le Freak - Chic 39. Baba O'Riley - The Who 40. Heroes - David Bowie 41. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations 42. Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang 43. Highway to Hell - AC/DC 44. Heart of Gold - Neil Young 45. London Calling - The Clash 46. Piano Man - Billy Joel 47. Good Times - Chic 48. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones 49. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison 50. Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack 51. Rocket Man - Elton John 52. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 53. I Feel Love - Donna Summer 54. Rock with You - Michael Jackson 55. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads 56. No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley and the Wailers 57. Walk This Way - Aerosmith 58. Family Affair - Sly and the Family Stone 59. Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed 60. Bang a Gong (Get It On) - T. Rex 61. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin 62. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who 63. Lean on Me - Bill Withers 64. I'm Not in Love - 10cc 65. Fire and Rain - James Taylor 66. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones 67. Lola - The Kinks 68. Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes 69. Living for the City - Stevie Wonder 70. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd 71. Hot Stuff - Donna Summer 72. The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy 73. September - Earth, Wind and Fire 74. You're So Vain - Carly Simon 75. Riders On the Storm - The Doors 76. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure ** 77. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin ** 78. Funkytown - Lipps, Inc. 79. Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield ** 80. Anarchy in the UK - The Sex Pistols 81. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin 82. It's Too Late - Carole King 83. All Right Now - Free 84. Tired of Being Alone - Al Green 85. Knockin' on Heaven’s Door - Bob Dylan 86. Tiny Dancer - Elton John 87. Message in a Bottle - The Police 88. Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival 89. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder ** 90. Night Moves - Bob Seger 91. The Joker - The Steve Miller Band 92. We Are Family - Sister Sledge 93. Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra ** 94. ABC - The Jackson 5 ** 95. My Sharona - The Knack 96. Rock and Roll All Nite - KISS 97. Love Train - The O’Jays 98. Miss You - The Rolling Stones 99. Just My Imagination - The Temptations 100. How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees **
101. Money - Pink Floyd 102. Bennie and the Jets - Elton John 103. Because the Night - Patti Smith 104. Changes - David Bowie 105. Low Rider - War 106. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 107. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen 108. War - Edwin Starr 109. Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder 110. Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders 111. Killer Queen - Queen 112. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers 113. Angie - The Rolling Stones 114. A Horse with No Name - America 115. Black Magic Woman - Santana 116. You Ain't Seen Nothin’ Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive 117. School's Out - Alice Cooper 118. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie 119. Boogie Wonderland - Earth Wind & Fire / The Emotions ** 120. Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings 121. La Grange - ZZ Top ** 122. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin 123. Iron Man - Black Sabbath ** 124. Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye 125. Y.M.C.A. - Village People 126. Moondance - Van Morrison 127. Waterloo - ABBA 128. You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder 129. Take It Easy - Eagles 130. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones 131. Stuck in the Middle with You - Stealers Wheel 132. One Love / People Get Ready - Bob Marley and the Wailers ** 133. I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash 134. Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles ** 135. Rock Your Baby - George McCrae 136. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers 137. Disco Inferno - The Trammps 138. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac 139. Lady Marmalade - LaBelle 140. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith 141. American Girl - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ** 142. Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones 143. One of These Nights - Eagles 144. Easy - Commodores ** 145. Reeling in the Years - Steely Dan 146. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry 147. Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel 148. Got to Give It Up - Marvin Gaye 149. Dust in the Wind - Kansas 150. I'll Be There - The Jackson 5 151. Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers 152. That's the Way (I Like It) - KC & the Sunshine Band 153. Old Time Rock 'n' Roll - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 154. I'll Be Around - The Spinners 155. Starman - David Bowie ** 156. Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin 157. Get Up, Stand Up - The Wailers 158. Surrender - Cheap Trick 159. Maybe I'm Amazed (studio version) - Paul McCartney 160. If You Don’t Know Me by Now - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 161. Just What I Needed - The Cars 162. Is This Love - Bob Marley and the Wailers ** 163. God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols 164. Night Fever - The Bee Gees 165. Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul 166. The Chain - Fleetwood Mac ** 167. Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas 168. Burning Love - Elvis Presley 169. Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder ** 170. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty 171. Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers 172. You're the First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White ** 173. Best of My Love - The Emotions 174. American Woman - The Guess Who 175. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush ** 176. Runnin' with the Devil - Van Halen 177. Without You - Nilsson 178. Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf 179. Flash Light - Parliament 180. Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton 181. Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan 182. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen ** 183. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 184. Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe - Barry White 185. I Was Made for Lovin' You - KISS ** 186. Cars - Gary Numan 187. Back Stabbers - The O’Jays 188. Drift Away - Dobie Gray 189. Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk) - Parliament 190. Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers 191. The Logical Song - Supertramp 192. Brick House - Commodores 193. LA Woman - The Doors 194. One Way or Another - Blondie 195. Barracuda - Heart ** 196. Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? - Rod Stewart ** 197. Crocodile Rock - Elton John 198. Roundabout - Yes 199. That Lady - The Isley Brothers 200. Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites
201. The Passenger - Iggy Pop ** 202. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel ** 203. Do It Again - Steely Dan ** 204. Train in Vain - The Clash 205. Instant Karma - John Lennon 206. Time - Pink Floyd 207. O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps 208. Love and Happiness - Al Green ** 209. Aqualung - Jethro Tull 210. Band of Gold - Freda Payne 211. Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles 212. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon 213. Running on Empty - Jackson Browne 214. Cocaine - Eric Clapton 215. Oye Como Va - Santana 216. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon ** 217. Behind Blue Eyes - The Who 218. Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer 219. Shining Star - Earth Wind & Fire ** 220. The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles 221. One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic 222. Autobahn - Kraftwerk 223. Who Are You - The Who 224. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight 225. Wild World - Cat Stevens ** 226. Have You Seen Her - The Chi-Lites 227. Radar Love - Golden Earring 228. Refugee - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 229. Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson 230. We're an American Band - Grand Funk 231. Long Cool Woman - The Hollies 232. Fly Like an Eagle - The Steve Miller Band 233. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors 234. What I Like About You - The Romantics 235. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons 236. Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA ** 237. Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band 238. Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans 239. Joy to the World - Three Dog Night 240. The Payback - James Brown 241. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell ** 242. Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett 243. Go All the Way - The Raspberries 244. When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees 245. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago 246. You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Stylistics 247. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus 248. Oliver’s Army - Elvis Costello 249. Truckin' - The Grateful Dead 250. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin **
