Nous vous livrons ci-après le classement des 500 meilleures chansons « rock » de l’histoire de la musique, tel qu’il a été établi par les visiteurs du site « Classic Rock ».
Les Beatles y figurent à plusieurs reprises :
500 Beach Boys – Fun Fun Fun
499 Bob Dylan – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
498 Joe Cocker – The Letter
497 Ten Years After – I’d Love To Change The World
496 Kingsmen – Louie Louie
495 Humble Pie – Thirty Days In The Hole
494 Beatles – I Should Have Known Better
493 Bob Seger – Old Time Rock And Roll
492 Santana – Evil Ways
491 Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
490 Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer In The City
489 David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
488 Amboy Dukes – Journey To The Center Of The Mind
487 Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
486 Sly/Family Stone – Dance To The Music
485 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Suzie Q
484 George Thorogood – Move It On Over
483 Eric Clapton – Forever Man
482 Hollies – Bus Stop
481 Sugarloaf – Green-Eyed Lady
480 Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer
479 Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
478 Tom Petty – Free Fallin’ 2
477 Neil Young – Southern Man
476 Crosby, Stills Nash – Helplessly Hoping
475 Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today
474 Santana – Black Magic Woman
473 Eagles – One Of These Nights
472 Canned Heat – On The Road Again
471 Dr. John – Right Place, Wrong Time
470 Rolling Stones – Waiting On A Friend
469 Grateful Dead – Sugar Magnolia
468 Jethro Tull – Bungle In The Jungle
467 Beatles – Glass Onion
466 John Fogerty – Old Man Down The Road
465 Golden Earring – Twilight Zone
464 Moody Blues – The Voice
463 Supertramp – Goodbye Stranger
462 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air
461 Bob Seger – Turn The Page
460 ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin’
459 Eric Clapton – Layla ( Unplugged)
458 Cheap Trick – Dream Police
457 Pink Floyd – Breathe
456 Doors – The End
455 Foghat – Slow Ride
454 Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes
453 Beatles – Ballad Of John And Yoko
452 Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
451 Pete Townshend – Rough Boys
450 Foreigner – Cold As Ice
449 Deep Purple – Woman From Toyko
448 Jethro Tull – Living In The Past
447 Beatles – Lucy In The Sky w/ Diamonds
446 Crosby Stills Nash – Wooden Ships
445 Led Zeppelin – All Of My Love
444 Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky
443 CCR – Up Around The Bend
442 Allman Brothers – Melissa
441 Outlaws – Green Grass & High Tides
440 Bruce Springsteen – Spirit In The Night
439 Peter Frampton – Baby I Love Your Way
438 Beatles – Please Please Me
437 Steve Miller – The Joker
436 Dire Straits – So Far Away
435 Queen – Tie Your Mother Down
434 Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
433 Rolling Stones – Beast Of Burden
432 Van Morrison – Wild Night
431 Tom Petty – I Won’t Back Down
430 Led Zeppelin – Dy’er Ma’ker
429 Stephen Stills – Love The One You’re With
428 Bob Dylan – Just Like A Woman
427 Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well
426 Beatles – Norwegian Wood
425 U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
424 Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes
423 Van Halen – Dance The Night Away
422 Rolling Stones – Mother’s Little Helper
421 Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
420 Rick Derringer – Rock ‘N Roll Hootchie Koo
419 Boston – Peace Of Mind
418 Focus – Hocus Pocus
417 Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
416 Blue Oyster Cult – Burnin’ For You
415 ELO – Strange Magic
414 Animals – It’s My Life
413 Jethro Tull – Cross-Eyed Mary
412 Cream – Badge
411 Grateful Dead – Friend of the Devil
410 Cars – My Best Friend’s Girl
409 Doors – 20th Century Fox
408 Tom Petty – Refugee
407 Bad Company – Bad Company
406 Deep Purple – Highway Star
405 Neil Young – Rockin In The Free World
404 Elton John – Madman Across The Water
403 America – Horse With No Name
402 Peter Frampton – Do You Feel Like We Do?
401 Who – Substitute
400 Bruce Springsteen – Pink Cadillac
399 Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times
398 Guess Who – No Sugar Tonight
397 Chicago – Make Me Smile
396 Doors – Waiting For The Sun
395 Eric Clapton – I Shot The Sheriff
394 Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
393 Queen – Fat Bottom Girls
392 Who – You Better You Bet
391 Badfinger – Baby Blue
390 Grand Funk Railroad – Bad Time
389 Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice
388 Bob Dylan – Positively 4th Street
387 Edgar Winter – Frankenstein
386 Paul McCartney – Jet
385 Kinks – Celluloid Heroes
384 Yes – Wonderous Stories
383 Steve Winwood – Arc Of A Diver
382 Rush – Tom Sawyer
381 Steely Dan – Dirty Work
380 Canned Heat – Goin’ Up The Country
379 Van Halen – Runnin’ With The Devil
378 Bad Company – Movin’ On
377 Santana – Oye Como Va
376 ZZ Top – La Grange
375 Nazareth – Hair of the Dog
374 Jimi Hendrix – The Wind Cries Mary
373 Tom Petty – American Girl
372 Alice Cooper – School’s Out
371 James Gang – Funk #49
370 Rolling Stones – Start Me Up
369 Golden Earring – Radar Love
368 Moody Blues – Story In Your Eyes
367 Paul McCartney – Another Day
366 The Boxtops – The Letter
365 Genesis – We Can’t Dance
364 Who – Going Mobile
363 T. Rex – Band a Gong (Get It On)
362 Cat Stevens – Wild World
361 Steely Dan – Josie
360 Todd Rundgren – Hello It’s Me
359 Elton John – Funeral/Love Lies Bleeding
358 Procol Harum – Conquistador
357 U2 – New Year’s Day
356 George Thorogood – Bad To The Bone
355 ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man
354 Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond
353 Styx – Blue Collar Man
352 Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
351 ELO – Livin’ Thing
350 Heart – Barracuda
349 Hollies – Long Cool Woman
348 Beatles – Hard Day’s Night
347 David Bowie – Fame
346 Neil Young – Heart Of Gold
345 Guess Who – Share the Land
344 America – Sister Golden Hair
343 Who – Magic Bus
342 Bruce Springsteen – Going Down
341 Chicago – Beginnings
340 CCR – Proud Mary
339 Rolling Stones – Get Off My Cloud
338 Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick
337 Led Zeppelin – Fool In The Rain
336 Animals – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
335 Badfinger – No Matter What
334 George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
333 Cheap Trick – I Want You To Want Me
332 BTO – Takin’ Care Of Business
331 Boston – Foreplay/Long Time
330 Zombies – She’s Not There
329 Elton John – Tiny Dancer
328 John Fogerty – Centerfield
327 Beatles – We Can Work It Out
326 Kinks – Destroyer
325 Who – My Wife
324 Uriah Heep – Easy Livin’
323 Steve Miller Band – Take The Money And Run
322 Moody Blues – Ride My See-Saw
321 Pink Floyd – Young Lust
320 Derek & Dominoes – Bell Bottom Blues
319 Allman Brothers – Midnight Rider
318 Bruce Springsteen – Brilliant Disguise
317 Steely Dan – FM (No Static At All)
316 Supertramp – Give A Little Bit
315 Beatles – Penny Lane
314 Rolling Stones – Play With Fire
313 Bob Seger – Against The Wind
312 Paul Simon – Kodachrome
311 Crosby, Stills, Nash – Long Time Gone
310 Led Zeppelin – Misty Mountain Hop
309 Elton John – Levon
308 Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart
307 Argent – Hold Your Head Up
306 James Gang – Walk Away
305 Deep Purple – Hush
304 The Band – Up On Cripple Creek
303 ELO – Fire On High
302 Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough
301 CCR – Green River
300 Beatles – Paperback Writer
299 Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You
298 Who – The Kids Are Alright
297 Rush – New World Man
296 Styx – Renegade
295 Bob Dylan – Blowin’ In The Wind
294 Foghat – Fool For The City
293 Nazareth – Love Hurts
292 Byrds – So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘N Roll Star
291 Alice Cooper – Eighteen
290 Beatles – I Wanna Hold Your Hand
289 Who – I Can See For Miles
288 Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
287 Guess Who – Laughing
286 Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
285 Chicago – 25 Or 6 To 4
284 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
283 Led Zeppelin – Over The Hills And Far Away
282 Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride
281 Rolling Stones – Heartbreaker
280 Moody Blues – Tuesday Afternoon
279 Rascals – Good Lovin’
278 Badfinger – Come And Get It
277 Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light
276 Doobie Brothers – Black Water
275 Byrds – Eight Miles High
274 Eagles – Already Gone
273 Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven
272 Beatles – She Loves You
271 CCR – Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
270 Who – Eminence Front
269 George Harrison – All Those Years Ago
268 David Bowie – Young Americans
267 Steve Miller – Jet Airliner
266 Beatles – Strawberry Fields
265 Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart
264 Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing
263 Doors – People Are Strange
262 Fleetwood Mac – Say You Love Me
261 Elton John – Your Song
260 Yes – Long Distance Runaround
259 Beatles – Here Comes The Sun
258 Heart – Magic Man
257 Bad Company – Feel Like Makin’ Love
256 Country Joe & the Fish – Fixin’ To Die Rag
255 Cat Stevens – Peace Train
254 Mountain – Mississippi Queen
253 ELO – Turn To Stone
252 Troggs – Wild Thing
251 Led Zeppelin – Trampled Under Foot
250 CCR – Heard It Through The Grapevine
249 Bob Dylan – Shelter From The Storm
248 Seals and Crofts – Summer Breeze
247 Steely Dan – Reeling In The Years
246 Rascals – People Got To Be Free
245 Strawberry Alarm Clock – Incense/Peppermints
244 Beatles – Twist And Shout
243 Band, The – The Weight
242 Allman Brothers – Whipping Post
241 Doors – Riders On The Storm
240 Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth
239 David Bowie – Space Oddity
238 Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy
237 Eric Clapton – Lay Down Sally
236 Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man
235 Blind Faith – Can’t Find My Way Home
234 Moody Blues – Question
233 Blue Oyster Cult – Godzilla
232 Beatles – Sun King Medley
231 Who – 5:15
230 Ted Nugent – Stranglehold
229 CCR – Bad Moon Rising
228 Cheap Trick – Surrender
227 Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
226 Elton John – Honky Cat
225 Steely Dan – Do It Again
224 Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
223 Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel Of Love
222 Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
221 Chicago – Colour My World
220 Beatles – Golden Slumbers Medley
219 Who – I Can’t Explain
218 Kinks – A Well Respected Man
217 Beatles – Get Back
216 AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
215 Guess Who – These Eyes
214 Kiss – Rock ‘N Roll All Night
213 Eric Clapton – After Midnight
212 Pink Floyd – Us And Them
211 Rolling Stones – Angie
210 George Harrison – I Got My Mind Set On You
209 Heart – Crazy On You
208 ZZ Top – Tush
207 Tom Petty – Breakdown
206 Lynryd Skynyrd – Gimme Three Steps
205 Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
204 Beatles – Ticket To Ride
203 Doobie Brothers – Long Train Running
202 Peter Frampton – Show Me The Way
201 Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night
200 Led Zeppelin Ramble On
199 Boston – Rock And Roll Band
198 ELO – Evil Woman
197 Beatles – Eight Days A Week
196 The Firm – Radioactive
195 Bob Dylan – Tangled Up In Blue
194 CCR – Lodi
193 Queen – Keep Yourself Alive
192 AC/DC – T.N.T.
191 Led Zeppelin – Heartbreaker/Livin’ Lovin’ Maid
190 Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music
189 Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
188 Jackson Browne – Running On Empty
187 Cars – Just What I Needed
186 Moody Blues – Your Wildest Dreams
185 Who – Bargain
184 Doors – Love Me Two Times
183 Janis Joplin – Piece Of My Heart
182 Cream – Strange Brew
181 Van Halen – Jump
180 Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath
179 Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
178 Bob Seger – Old Time Rock ‘N Roll
177 Billy Joel – Piano Man
176 Steve Miller – Fly Like An Eagle
175 Guess Who – No Time
174 Elton John – Rocket Man
173 Kansas – Dust In The Wind
172 Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.
171 Steve Winwood – Higher Love
170 Badfinger – Day After Day
169 Ted Nugent – Cat Scratch Fever
168 Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
167 Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
166 Who – Long Live Rock
165 Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken
164 Crosby, Stills, Nash – Teach Your Children
163 Eagles – Take It Easy
162 GFR – I’m Your Captain/Closer To Home
161 Beatles – In My Life
160 Pink Floyd – Time
159 Chicago – Saturday In The Park
158 Yardbirds – Heart Full Of Soul
157 Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
156 Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb
155 Doors – Love Her Madly
154 Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin’
153 ELP – From The Beginning
152 Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
151 Crosby Stills Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
150 Van Morrison – Domino
149 Head East – Never Been Any Reason
148 George Harrison – When We Was Fab
147 Edgar Winter Band – Free Ride
146 Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days
145 Byrds – Turn, Turn, Turn
144 Styx – Come Sail Away
143 Black Sabbath – Paranoid
142 Eagles – Life In The Fast Lane
141 Genesis – Home By The Sea
140 David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
139 Foreigner – Feels Like The First Time
138 CCR – Down On The Corner
137 George Harrison – What Is Life
136 Eric Clapton – Let It Rain
135 Elton John – Crocodile Rock
134 Beatles – Help!
133 Traffic – Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
132 Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
131 Bad Company – Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy
130 ZZ Top – Legs
129 Beatles – Day Tripper
128 Cream – Crossroads
127 ELO – Telephone Line
126 Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop
125 Joe Walsh – Life’s Been Good
124 Supertramp – Logical Song
123 Neil Young – Old Man
122 Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
121 Iron Butterfly – In A Gadda Da Vida
120 Crosby, Stills, Nash – Ohio
119 Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion
118 Guess Who – American Woman
117 Doors – Hello I Love You
116 Led Zeppelin – Going To California
115 Beatles – Come Together
114 Pink Floyd – Welcome To The Machine
113 Zombies – Time Of The Season
112 Allman Brothers Band – Jessica
111 Who – Squeeze Box
110 ELP – Karn Evil 9
109 Doobie Brothers – China Grove
108 Rolling Stones – Ruby Tuesday
107 Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper
106 Van Morrison – Moondance
105 Paul McCartney – Band On The Run
104 BTO – You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
103 Yardbirds – For Your Love
102 Beatles – Revolution
101 Elton John – Daniel
100 ELO – Don’t Bring Me Down
99 Beatles – Long and Winding Road
98 Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGee
97 Who – Who Are You
96 CCR – Fortunate Son
95 Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way
94 Pink Floyd – Brain Damage/Eclipse
93 David Bowie – Suffragette City
92 Queen – We Will Rock You/Champions
91 Beatles – All You Need Is Love
90 Grateful Dead – Touch Of Grey
89 Eagles Heartache Tonight
88 Procol Harum – Whiter Shade Of Pale
87 Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
86 ELP – Lucky Man
85 Beatles – Sgt. Pepper/With A Little Help From My Friends
84 Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
83 Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
82 Manfred Mann – Blinded By The Light
81 Kinks – Lola
80 Grand Funk – We’re An American Band
79 Crosby, Stills, Nash – Woodstock
78 Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower
77 Tom Petty – Running Down A Dream
76 Allman Brothers – Ramblin’ Man
75 Beatles – Something
74 Jefferson Airplane – Somebody To Love
73 Pink Floyd – Hey You
72 Led Zeppelin – Thank You
71 Don McLean – American Pie
70 Doors – Break On Through
69 Rod Stewart – Maggie May
68 Jimi Hendrix – Fire
67 Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
66 Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark
65 Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay
64 David Bowie – Changes
63 Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon
62 Elton John – Bennie And The Jets
61 Police – Every Breath You Take
60 Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m Amazed
59 Who – Pinball Wizard
58 Aerosmith – Walk This Way
57 Jimi Hendrix – Foxy Lady
56 Led Zeppelin – Communication Breakdown
55 Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Pt. 2)
54 Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil
53 Doors – Touch Me
52 Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
51 Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
50 Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
49 Animals – House Of The Rising Sun
48 John Lennon – Instant Karma
47 Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
46 Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water
45 Cream – Sunshine Of Your Love
44 Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
43 Who – My Generation
42 Doors – L.A. Woman
41 Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
40 Eric Clapton – Cocaine
39 Beatles – Let It Be
38 Boston – More Than A Feeling
37 Free – All Right Now
36 Grateful Dead – Casey Jones
35 Kansas – Carry On My Wayward Son
34 Kinks – You Really Got Me
33 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
32 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Freebird
31 Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love
30 Rolling Stones – Jumping Jack Flash
29 Aerosmith – Dream On
28 Jethro Tull – Aqualung
27 Beatles – Hey Jude
26 Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
25 Doors – Roadhouse Blues
24 Yes – Roundabout
23 Who – Behind Blue Eyes
22 Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
21 Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin
20 Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
19 Pink Floyd – Money
18 Grateful Dead – Truckin’
17 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
16 Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze
15 Beatles – Yesterday
14 Cream – White Room
13 Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll
12 Who – Baba O’Riley
11 Led Zeppelin – Rock And Roll
10 John Lennon – Imagine
9 Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
8 Eagles – Hotel California
7 Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
6 Doors – Light My Fire
5 Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
4 Beatles – A Day In The Life
3 Derek And The Dominoes – Layla
2 Rolling Stones – Satisfaction
1 Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven
