So Rolling Stone Made a Top 500 Songs List - Here's Their Top 25

[5 Grand]

#25: Runaway: Kanye West featuring Pusha T (2010)
#24: A Day In The Life: The Beatles (1967)
#23: Heroes: David Bowie (1977)
#22: Be My Baby: The Ronettes (1963)
#21: Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday (1939)
#20: Dancing On My Own: Robyn (2010)
#19: Imagine: John Lennon (1971)
#18: Purple Rain: Prince and the Revolution (1984)
#17: Bohemian Rhapsody: Queen (1975)
#16: Crazy In Love: Beyonce featuring Jay-Z (2003)
#15: I Want To Hold Your Hand: The Beatles (1963)
#14: Waterloo Sunset: The Kinks (1967)
#13: Gimme Shelter: The Rolling Stones (1969)
#12: Superstition: Stevie Wonder (1972)
#11: God Only Knows: The Beach Boys (1966)
#10: Hey Ya!: Outkast (2003)
#9: Dreams: Fleetwood Mac (1977)
#8: Get Ur Freak On: Missy Elliott (2001)
#7: Strawberry Fields Forever: The Beatles (1967)
#6: What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye (1971)
#5: Smells Like Teen Spirit: Nirvana (1991)
#4: Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan (1965)
#3: A Change Is Gonna Come: Sam Cooke (1964)
#2: Fight The Power: Public Enemy (1989)
#1: Respect: Aretha Franklin (1967)

Rolling Stone updates list of 500 greatest songs of all time: See the top 25

The Beatles hold three of the top 25 spots in Rolling Stone's list.

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[5 Grand]

Personally I think that list is trash

 

[Sony Montana]

lol @ get your freak on

 

[IP360]

The fact that Michael Jackson didn't even make top 25...tells you they never took this seriously.

 

[shutupGabi]

Umm...ok.

 

[Mister B.]

No Thriller?

Aight then.

 

[Don Dada]

Shook ones should be nr 1

 

[Freshb651]

Shook ones should be nr 1

"Word up son,Word "-Prodigy

 

[The Lonious Monk]

lol @ get your freak on

Man, is that some kinda joke. What drug do you have to be smoking to have that song in your top 10 song list of all time?

 

[Focal Point]

Some songs make sense but others lol and smh

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

The slow erasure of Michael Jackson by the establishment is on us

 

[grYmes]

…so Hey Ya & Runaway in the top 25 but no Michael Jackson..

:tuh:

 

[Ghostface]

Lol that missy song was random as hell

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Man, is that some kinda joke. What drug do you have to be smoking to have that song in your top 10 song list of all time?

She got 5/6 songs better on Supa Dupa Fly alone.

And none of them are even top 50 songs, let alone top 10.

 

[PhenomTheMac]

They could have just not included hip hop songs at all if those were gonna be their choices.

 

[FlowrenSick]

rolling stone matters to music like mtv matters to music videos. nonexistent in 2021

 

[already home_17]

fucking hey ya lol not surprised tho. white people love that shit

 

[FlowrenSick]

…so Hey Ya & Runaway in the top 25 but no Michael Jackson..

:tuh:

..and WTF is #20???? cronyism at work folks

 

[Hater Hearst Helmsley]

Lol yeah this ain’t it

 

[The Lonious Monk]

The crazy thing is that's only the more recent music they really botched. I wouldn't have put Fight the Power as number 2, but I ain't mad at it being treated as the premier rap song on the list. A Change is Gonna Come, What's Going On, and Strange Fruit are all placed well too. Hey Ya being high is surprising, but it shouldn't be that damn high. They can GTFOH with the Missy, Beyonce, and Kanye placements though.