These are the 100 Greatest Songs according to VH1. While I don't necessarily agree with all of the selections (much less the order) I do agree that every song here is great...in one way or another. I'm going to analyze each of these songs for overall 'greatness' and perhaps generate my own order. Yes, I do realize the high subjectivity of such an endeavor; but, as was immortalized in High Fidelity "I have decided that what's important about someone is not what they're like, but what they like." Perhaps now I'll know who to look for in life...

  1. The Rolling Stones / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
  2. Aretha Franklin / Respect
  3. Led Zeppelin / Stairway To Heaven
  4. Bob Dylan / Like a Rolling Stone
  5. Bruce Springsteen / Born To Run
  6. Eagles / Hotel California
  7. The Doors / Light My Fire
  8. The Beach Boys / Good Vibrations
  9. The Beatles / Hey Jude
  10. John Lennon / Imagine
  11. The Kingsmen / Louie Louie
  12. The Beatles / Yesterday
  13. The Who / My Generation
  14. Marvin Gaye / What's Going On
  15. Chuck Berry / Johnny B. Goode
  16. Derek And The Dominos / Layla
  17. The Who / Won't Get Fooled Again
  18. Elvis Presley / Jailhouse Rock
  19. Don McLean / American Pie
  20. The Beatles / A Day In The Life
  21. James Brown / I Got You (I Feel Good)
  22. Stevie Wonder / Superstition
  23. The Beatles / I Want to Hold Your Hand
  24. The Rolling Stones / Brown Sugar
  25. Jimi Hendrix / Purple Haze
  26. The Rolling Stones / Sympathy for the Devil
  27. Queen / Bohemian Rhapsody
  28. The Kinks / You Really Got Me
  29. Roy Orbison / Oh, Pretty Woman
  30. Simon and Garfunkel / Bridge Over Troubled Water
  31. Elvis Presley / Hound Dog
  32. The Beatles / Let It Be
  33. Otis Redding / (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
  34. The Jimi Hendrix Experience / All Along The Watchtower
  35. Aerosmith / Walk This Way
  36. The Temptations / My Girl
  37. Bill Haley And His Comets / Rock Around The Clock
  38. Marvin Gaye / I Heard It Through The Grapevine
  39. Creedence Clearwater Revival / Proud Mary
  40. Steppenwolf / Born To Be Wild
  41. Nirvana / Smells Like Teen Spirit
  42. The Police / Every Breath You Take
  43. Ray Charles / What'd I Say
  44. Lynyrd Skynyrd / Free Bird
  45. Buddy Holly and The Crickets / That'll Be The Day
  46. Led Zeppelin / Whole Lotta Love
  47. Aerosmith / Dream On
  48. The Mamas & The Papas / California Dreamin
  49. Van Morrison / Brown Eyed Girl
  50. The Troggs / Wild Thing
  51. Crosby, Stills and Nash / Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
  52. Michael Jackson / Beat It
  53. Jerry Lee Lewis / Great Balls Of Fire
  54. Bee Gees / Stayin' Alive
  55. The Buffalo Springfield / For What It's Worth
  56. Bob Dylan / Blowin' In The Wind
  57. The Beatles / Twist And Shout
  58. Billy Joel / Piano Man
  59. The Beatles / She Loves You
  60. David Bowie / Space Oddity
  61. The Beatles / Strawberry Fields Forever
  62. Led Zeppelin / Kashmir
  63. Patsy Cline / Crazy
  64. The Clash / London Calling
  65. The Rolling Stones / Jumpin' Jack Flash
  66. Led Zeppelin / Rock & Roll
  67. Al Green / Let's Stay Together
  68. Elvis Presley / All Shook Up
  69. Rod Stewart / Maggie May
  70. Elton John / Your Song
  71. Elvis Presley / Heartbreak Hotel
  72. The Beach Boys / God Only Knows
  73. Chubby Checker / The Twist
  74. Little Richard / Good Golly, Miss Molly
  75. Cream / Sunshine Of Your Love
  76. The Beach Boys / California Girls
  77. Eddie Cochran / Summertime Blues
  78. Carl Perkins / Blue Suede Shoes
  79. The Beatles / A Hard Day's Night
  80. James Taylor / Fire and Rain
  81. Them / Gloria
  82. Marvin Gaye / Sexual Healing
  83. The Rolling Stones / Start Me Up
  84. Boston / More Than A Feeling
  85. The Police / Roxanne
  86. Queen / We Are The Champions
  87. Bob Dylan / Tangled Up In Blue
  88. Jefferson Airplane / Somebody To Love
  89. Ben E. King / Stand By Me
  90. Jerry Lee Lewis / Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On
  91. AC/DC / You Shook Me All Night Long
  92. Prince and the Revolution / When Doves Cry
  93. Wilson Pickett / In The Midnight Hour
  94. Spencer Davis Group / Gimme Some Lovin'
  95. Van Halen / Jump
  96. Bruce Springsteen / Thunder Road
  97. Bob Marley and the Wailers / No Woman No Cry
  98. Ritchie Valens / La Bamba
  99. The Carpenters / We've Only Just Begun
  100. The Temptations / Papa Was a Rolling Stone
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