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Rolling Stone's 500 Best Songs Of All Time

*As of February 16th 2024. Can You Name All The Artists That Made The List?
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Respect
Aretha Franklin
Fight The Power
Public Enemy
A Change Is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke
Like A Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
What's Going On?
Marvin Gaye
Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles
Get Ur Freak On
Missy Elliott
Dreams
Fleetwood Mac
Hey Ya!
OutKast
God Only Knows
The Beach Boys
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones
Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks
I Want To Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
Crazy In Love
Beyonce ft Jay-Z
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Purple Rain
Prince
Imagine
John Lennon
Dancing On My Own
Robyn
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday
Be My Baby
The Ronettes
Heroes
David Bowie
A Day In The Life
The Beatles
Runaway
Kanye West
A Case Of You
Joni Mitchell
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Once In A Lifetime
Talking Heads
Nuthin But A G'Thang
Snoop Dogg ft Dr Dre
Royals
Lorde
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones
Juicy
The Notorious B.I.G.
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
James Brown
Tutti Frutti
Little Richard
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
When Doves Cry
Prince
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Otis Redding
B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad
OutKast
All Along The Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Redemption Song
Bob Marley & The Wailers
My Girl
The Temptations
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
Alright
Kendrick Lamar
Paper Planes
M.I.A.
Tiny Dancer
Elton John
Idioteque
Radiohead
Doo Wop (That Thing)
Ms Lauryn Hill
Gasolina
Daddy Yankee
Walk On By
Dionne Warwick
I Feel Love
Donna Summer
Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys
The Tracks Of My Tears
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Like A Prayer
Madonna
Work It
Missy Elliott
Family Affair
Sly & The Family Stone
The Weight
The Band
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin
One
U2
Jolene
Dolly Parton
Blitzkrieg Bop
Ramones
September
Earth, Wind & Fire
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Dylan
Good Times
Chic
All Too Well
Taylor Swift
Suspicious Minds
Elvis Presley
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Yesterday
The Beatles
Formation
Beyonce
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
Common People
Pulp
I Walk The Line
Johnny Cash
Roadrunner (Once)
The Modern Lovers
Reach Out, I'll Be There
The Four Tops
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
What'd I Say Pt 1 & 2
Ray Charles
I'm Waiting For The Man
The Velvet Underground
Rolling In The Deep
Adele
Desolation Row
Bob Dylan
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Kiss
Prince
Tumbling Dice
The Rolling Stones
All My Friends
LCD Soundsystem
Sweet Child O'Mine
Guns N Roses
Hey Jude
The Beatles
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Aretha Franklin
Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
UGK ft OutKast
Good Golly Miss Molly
Little Richard
Since U Been Gone
Kelly Clarkson
I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston
Wonderwall
Oasis
99 Problems
Jay-Z
Gloria: In Excelsis Deo
Patti Smith
In My Life
The Beatles
Stayin' Alive
Bee Gees
Blowin' In The Wind
Bob Dylan
Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Maybellene
Chuck Berry
You Oughta Know
Alanis Morrisette
I Want You Back
The Jackson 5
Life On Mars
David Bowie
Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones
C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)
Wu-Tang Clan
Just Like Heaven
The Cure
Everyday People
Sly & The Family Stone
Something
The Beatles
Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen
Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
Higher Ground
Stevie Wonder
Toxic
Britney Spears
At Last
Etta James
It Takes Two
Rob Base & DJ Ez Rock
I Say A Little Prayer
Aretha Franklin
Creep
Radiohead
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
Let It Be
The Beatles
People Get Ready
The Impressions
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Talking Heads
That'll Be The Day
Buddy Holly
Anarchy In The UK
Sex Pistols
Freedom! 90
George Michael
Waterfalls
TLC
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Hold On, We're Going Home
Drake ft Majid Jordan
Dancing In The Street
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Stand By Me
Ben E.King
Paid In Full
Eric B & Rakim
Don't Stop Believin'
Journey
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Tina Turner
She Loves You
The Beatles
Try A Little Tenderness
Otis Redding
Thank U, Next
Ariana Grande
Heart Of Glass
Blondie
Vogue
Madonna
No Woman No Cry
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Maggie May
Rod Stewart
He Stopped Loving Her Today
George Jones
London Calling
The Clash
Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Rolling Stones
Ms Jackson
OutKast
Fire And Rain
James Taylor
Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino
Kashmir
Led Zeppelin
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)
Elton John
Basket Case
Green Day
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
Proud Mary
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Super Freak
Rick James
Spoonful
Howlin' Wolf
Last Nite
The Strokes
Louie Louie
The Kingsmen
Teen Age Riot
Sonic Youth
Cissy Strut
The Meters
Baba O'Riley
The Who
Nightswimming
R.E.M.
Into The Groove
Madonna
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac
Mr Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams
All The Young Dudes
Mott The Hoople
Lose Yourself
Eminem
Son Of A Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield
American Girl
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
In The Still Of The Nite
The Five Satins
What A Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong
Mississippi Goddam
Nina Simone
Marquee Moon
Television
Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
I Only Have Eyes For You
The Flamingos
You Really Got Me
The Kinks
Jump
Van Halen
Bad Guy
Billie Eilish
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
Walk On The Wild Side
Lou Reed
Eight Miles High
The Byrds
The Sound Of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Stevie Wonder
Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinead O'Connor
Beat It
Michael Jackson
I'll Take You There
The Staple Singers
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan
Little Wing
Jimi Hendrix
Space Oddity
David Bowie
Fuck The Police
N.W.A
Ode To Billie Joe
Bobbie Gentry
Mind Playing Tricks On Me
Geto Boys
Wild Horses
The Rolling Stones
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Crazy
Patsy Cline
Get Up I Feel Like A Sex Machine Pt 1
James Brown
I Can't Stand The Rain
Ann Peebles
Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye
Dream On
Aerosmith
Changes
David Bowie
Ring Of Fire
Johnny Cash
Your Song
Elton John
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
Stevie Wonder
Young Americans
David Bowie
Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
Wichita Lineman
Glen Campbell
Killing In The Name
Rage Against The Machine
Doll Parts
Hole
The Boys Of Summer
Don Henley
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
With Or Without You
U2
More Than A Feeling
Boston
Paint It Black
The Rolling Stones
Deacon Blues
Steely Dan
Shook Ones Pt II
Mobb Deep
Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley
Edge Of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks
In The Midnight Hour
Wilson Pickett
Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
River Deep - Mountain High
Ike & Tina Turner
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Croby with Stills & Nash
Stan
Eminem ft Dido
Layla
Derek & The Dominos
Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Beyonce
This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
Me Tambourine Man
The Byrds
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Whitney Houston
My Generation
The Who
Groove Is In The Heart
Deee-Lite
You Keep Me Hangin' On
The Supremes
Blue Monday
New Order
Lean On Me
Bill Withers
Your Cheatin' Heart
Hank Williams & Drifting Cowboys
Are You That Somebody?
Aaliyah
September Gurls
Big Star
I Want It That Way
Backstreet Boys
The Humpty Dance
Digital Underground & Claudio Cueni
Great Balls Of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis
Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles
Summer Babe
Pavement
Sabotage
Beastie Boys
Ooh La La
Faces
River
Joni Mitchell
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Bad Reputation
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Purple Haze
Jimi Hendrix
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
 
 
Flash Light
Parliament
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Willie Nelson
Stop! In The Name Of Love
The Supremes
Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron
Heart Of Gold
Neil Young
Get Up, Stand Up
The Wailers
Pusherman
Curtis Mayfield
American Tune
Paul Simon
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Left Of The Dial
The Replacements
King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Augustus Pablo
Kill Bill
SZA
Shout Pts 1 & 2
The Isley Brothers
Unchained Melody
The Righteous Brothers
Closer
Nine Inch Nails
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Procol Harum
The Boys Are Back In Town
Thin Lizzy
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Roberta Flack
Love And Happiness
Al Green
Sail Away
Randy Newman
Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
Buzzcocks
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
Pressure Drop
Toots & The Maytals
Karma Police
Radiohead
Spring Day
BTS
Grindin'
Clipse
Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
Georgia On My Mind
Ray Charles
Suzanne
Leonard Cohen
Say My Name
Destiny's Child
Dancing Queen
ABBA
You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC
That's The Joint
Funky 4+1
Atlantic City
Bruce Springsteen
Yeah!
Usher ft Lil Jon & Ludacris
In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins
Can I Kick It?
A Tribe Called Quest
School's Out
Alice Cooper
Sweet Jane
The Velvet Underground
Won't Get Fooled Again
The Who
Rebel Girl
Bikini Kill
Wouldn't It Be Nice
The Beach Boys
Jungleland
Bruce Springsteen
I Put A Spell On You
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Rock Lobster
The B-52's
Night Moves
Bob Seger
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
No Scrubs
TLC
Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Every Breath You Take
The Police
Chain Of Fools
Aretha Franklin
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley
Divorce Song
Liz Phair
Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers
Light My Fire
The Doors
Hotel California
Eagles
Walk On By
Isaac Hayes
The Tears Of A Clown
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
I Wanna Be Your Dog
The Stooges
A Love Supreme Pt 1
John Coltrane
Leader Of The Pack
The Shangri-Las
Visions Of Johanna
Bob Dylan
Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tears For Fears
Blank Space
Taylor Swift
California Love
2Pac
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
All I Have To Do Is Dream
The Everly Brothers
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Billy Joel
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Portions For Foxes
Rilo Kiley
Real Love
Mary J.Blige
Under The Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Safaera
Bad Bunny
Big Poppa
The Notorious B.I.G.
Please Mr Postman
The Marvelettes
Umbrella
Rihanna ft Jay-Z
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
The Temptations
Ripple
Grateful Dead
Move Your Body
Marshall Jefferson
She's Gone
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Believe
Cher
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
1999
Prince
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Clash
I'm A Believer
The Monkees
Promised Land
Chuck Berry
What A Fool Believes
The Doobie Brothers
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
It's Too Late
Carole King
Dynamite
BTS
Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley
Virginia Plain
Roxy Music
Time Of The Season
The Zombies
Angel From Montgomery
John Prine
Ponta De Lanca Africano
Jorge Ben Jor
It Was A Good Day
Ice Cube
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This_
Eurythmics
Rock With You
Michael Jackson
Don't Leave Me This Way
Thelma Houston
Surrender
Cheap Trick
Because The Night
Patti Smith
Killing Me Softly With His Song
The Fugees
Little Red Corvette
Prince
The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff
Merry Go 'Round
Kacey Musgraves
Could You Be Loved
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Box Of Rain
Grateful Dead
God Save The Queen
Sex Pistols
Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)
The Crystals
Thinkin Bout You
Frank Ocean
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden
Just What I Needed
The Cars
Peggy Sue
Buddy Holly
Bennie And The Jets
Elton John
I Can't Make You Love Me
Bonnie Raitt
Hotline Bling
Drake
Be Thankful For What You Got (Pt 1&2)
William DeVaughn
Up On The Roof
The Drifters
Mama Tried
Merle Haggard
Drivers License
Olivia Rodrigo
Mr Brightside
The Killers
Untitled (How Does It Feel)
D'Angelo
Radiation Vibe
Fountains Of Wayne
Typical Girls
The Slits
Paper Bag
Fiona Apple
Redbone
Childish Gambino
I Like It
Cardi B ft Bad Bunny & J Balvin
I'm Coming Out
Diana Ross
Lola
The Kinks
Personality Crisis
New York Dolls
Party Up (Up In Here)
DMX
Brass In Pocket
Pretenders
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Springsteen
Eric Church
Fix You
Coldplay
Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud - Pt 1 & 2
James Brown
Grace
Jeff Buckley
Planet Rock
Afrika Bambaataa
Alison
Elvis Costello
Bring The Noise
Public Enemy
Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Sylvester
Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac
Ella Baila Sola
Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma
Ain't Nobody
Chaka Khan
Rock And Roll All Nite
Kiss
Amor Prohibido
Selena
Sucker MC's (Krush-Groove 1)
Run DMC
Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Father And Son
Yusuf & Cat Stevens
Everlong
Foo Fighters
Whipping Post
Allman Brothers Band
Heavy Metal Drummer
Wilco
Buffalo Stance
Neneh Cherry
Gloria
Them
Essence
Wizkid ft Tems
Enjoy The Silence
Depeche Mode
Alive
Pearl Jam
Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars
Green Onions
Booker T & The MG's
Fantasy
Mariah Carey
California Dreamin'
The Mamas & The Papas
How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
Flava In Your Ear
Craig Mack
Criminal
Fiona Apple
No Diggity
Blackstreet ft Dr Dre
Mannish Boy
Muddy Waters
Super Bass
Nicki Minaj
Rapper's Delight
The Sugarhill Gang
Break My Soul
Beyonce
Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
The Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Adore
Prince
Summertime Blues
Eddie Cochran
West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Ramones
Limelight
Rush
Call Me Maybe
Carly Rae Jepsen
Passionate Kisses
Lucinda Williams
Savage Remix
Megan Thee Stallion ft Beyonce
La Vida Es Un Carnaval
Celia Cruz
If I Ain't Got You
Alicia Keys
The House That Built Me
Miranda Lambert
Ace Of Spades
Motorhead
Sugar, We're Going Down
Fall Out Boy
In Da Club
50 Cent
Cosmic Dancer
T-Rex
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Bruce Springsteen
Help!
The Beatles
Tyrone
Erykah Badu
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult
Powderfinger
Neil Young
Bad And Boujee
Migos ft Lil Uzi Vert
Africa
Toto
The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Missy Elliott
Bam Bam
Sister Nancy
White Rabbit
Jefferson Airplane
A&W
Lana Del Rey
Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
Loser
Beck
No Ordinary Love
Sade
Ku Klux Klan
Steel Pulse
Crying
Roy Orbison
Into The Mystic
Van Morrison
Boom Boom
John Lee Hooker
Help Me
Joni's Soul
Get Lucky
Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams
Never Too Much
Luther Vandross
Come As You Are
Nirvana
Fade Into You
Mazzy Star
Goodbye Earl
The Chicks
Midnight Train To Georgia
Gladys Knight & The Pips
House Of The Rising Sun
The Animals
Solsbury Hill
Peter Gabriel
Stand By Your Man
Tammy Wynette
Move On Up
Curtis Mayfield
Rhythm Nation
Janet Jackson
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
Kris Kristofferson
Our Lips Are Sealed
The Go-Gos
Back That Azz Up
Juvenile ft Lil Wayne & Mannie Fresh
Oye Como Va
Santana
Just A Friend
Biz Markie
Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson
Bad Romance
Lady Gaga
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey)
The Four Tops
Buddy Holly
Weezer
212
Azealia Banks ft Lazy Jay
A Milli
Lil Wayne
Cranes In The Sky
Solange
House Of Balloons/Glass Table Girls
The Weeknd
Cannonball
The Breeders
Old Town Road
Lil Nas X
Titi Me Pregunto
Bad Bunny
So What
Miles Davis
Stronger
Kanye West
Where Is My Mind?
Pixies
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
You're So Vain
Carly Simon
Without You
Henry Nilsson
Truth Hurts
Lizzo
Poncho & Lefty
Townes Van Zandt
As It Was
Harry Styles
Take Care
Drake ft Rihanna
Penny Lane
The Beatles
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9 Comments
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Level 88
Feb 23, 2025
*Morissette
+8
Level 60
Feb 24, 2025
There's 500 answers, you really have to give more time.
+2
Level 75
Mar 1, 2025
I think “Daryl Hall and John Oates” can just be written as what they usually go by— “Hall & Oates”. I was typing Hall & Oates multiple times and wondered why it wasn’t taken

Also definitely agree with expanding the time limit as it is 500 answers

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Level 59
Mar 15, 2025
More time please. This isn't enough time to read them all, let alone answer them.
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Level 77
Jun 1, 2025
Four minutes to read and type in 500 songs? Why even bother to try this quiz?
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Level 65
Jun 8, 2025
Not enough time!
+3
Level 60
Jul 5, 2025
Harry Nilsson, not Henry
+2
Level 57
Jul 7, 2025
Add more time my guy 😭
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Level 77
Oct 20, 2025
Alanis Morissette, not Morrisette. Lauryn Hill shouldn't need Ms.