The 500 greatest songs of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine. We’ve tried to include every song in the list but some artists (most notably the Beatles) aren’t available on Spotify yet. Full playlist below:
Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stones – Satisfaction
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
Aretha Franklin – Respect
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
Paul McCartney – Hey Jude
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Ray Charles – What’d I Say
The Who – My Generation
Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
Paul McCartney – Yesterday
The Clash – London Calling
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
Chuck Berry – Maybellene
Elvis Presley – Hound Dog
Paul McCartney – Let It Be
Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
The Ronettes – Be My Baby
Johnny Cash – In My Life
The Impressions – People Get Ready
The Beach Boys – God Only Knows
Derek & The Dominos – Layla
Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line
Various Artists - Led Zeppelin Tribute – Stairway To Heaven
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
Tina Turner – River Deep - Mountain High
The Righteous Brothers – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
The Doors – Light My Fire
U2 – One
Bob Marley & The Wailers – No Woman, No Cry
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
Buddy Holly – That’ll Be the Day
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Dancing In The Street
The Band – The Weight
The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset
Little Richard – Tutti Frutti
Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind
Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel
David Bowie – Heroes
Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along the Watchtower
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee – The Message
Prince – When Doves Cry
Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the U.K.
Percy Sledge – When A Man Loves A Woman
The Kingsmen – Louie Louie
Little Richard – Long Tall Sally
Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth
Cream – Sunshine of Your Love
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Redemption Song
Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
Bob Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue
Roy Orbison – Crying
Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
The Beach Boys – California Girls
James Brown – Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
Pat Travers – Whole Lotta Love
Elvis Presley – Mystery Train
James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good)
The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
Fats Domino – Blueberry Hill
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Joe Gongora – Norwegian Wood - This Bird Has Flown - (Chill Out )
Patsy Cline – Crazy
Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road
The Temptations – My Girl
The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’
The Five Satins – In The Still Of The Nite
Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Little Richard – Good Golly Miss Molly
Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes
Al Green – Love And Happiness (Live)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Gene Vincent – Be Bop A Lula
Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
Stevie Wonder – Living for the City
Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man
Buddy Holly – Not Fade Away
Prince – Little Red Corvette
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
Hank Williams – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Elvis Presley – That’s All Right
The Drifters – Up On The Roof
The Crystals – Da Doo Ron Ron
Sam Cooke – You Send Me
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women
The Commitments – Take Me to the River
The Isley Brothers – Shout (Part 1 + 2)
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
Ben E. King – Stand By Me
The Animals – House of the Rising Sun
James Brown – It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World
The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle And Roll
David Bowie – Changes
Chuck Berry – Rock & Roll Music
Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
Rod Stewart – Maggie May
U2 – With Or Without You
Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love?
Wilson Pickett – In The Midnight Hour
Paul McCartney & Eric Clapton – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (feat. Eric Clapton)
Elton John – Your Song
Paul McCartney – Eleanor Rigby
Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair
Paul McCartney – I Saw Her Standing There
Paul Dianno (ex-Iron Maiden) – Kashmir
The Everly Brothers – All I Have To Do Is Dream
James Brown & The Famous Flames – Please, Please, Please
Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated
Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People
The B-52’s – Rock Lobster
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee
The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown
The Byrds – Eight Miles High
The Penguins – Earth Angel
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Foxey Lady
Glaucs – A Hard Day’s Night
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary
Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
The Flamingos – I Only Have Eyes For You
Bill Haley – Rock Around The Clock
The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man
Public Enemy – Bring the Noise
Elvis Presley – I Can’t Stop Loving You
Sinéad O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues
Kristian Leontiou – Fast Car
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now
ABBA – Dancing Queen
Aerosmith – Dream On
Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen
The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
The Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought The Law
The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby
Big Star – September Gurls
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
OutKast – Hey Ya!
Booker T. & The MG’s – Green Onions
The Drifters – Save the Last Dance for Me
B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone
Abbey Road – Please Please Me
Bob Dylan – Desolation Row
Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man
Joe Lynn Turner – Back In Black
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop the Rain
Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
Bob Dylan – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
The Drifters – There Goes My Baby
Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue
The Chantels – Maybe
Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child o’ Mine
Elvis Presley – Don’t Be Cruel
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Hey Joe
Parliament – Flash Light
Beck – Loser
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
Bob Dylan – Positively 4th Street
Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness
Bill Withers – Lean On Me
Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There
The Everly Brothers – Bye Bye Love
Them – Gloria
The Beach Boys – In My Room
Question Mark & The Mysterians – 96 Tears
The Beach Boys – Caroline, No
Prince – 1999
Hank Williams – Your Cheatin’ Heart
Neil Young – Rockin’ in the Free World
Chords – Sh-Boom
The Lovin’ Spoonful – Do You Believe in Magic
Dolly Parton – Jolene
John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom
Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful
Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side
Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman
Sly & The Family Stone – Dance to the Music
Chic – Good Times
Muddy Waters – I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Van Morrison – Moondance
James Taylor – Fire And Rain
The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go
Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy
Bob Dylan – Just Like a Woman
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
Roy Orbison – Only the Lonely
The Animals – We Gotta Get Out of This Place
The Byrds – I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better
Ray Charles – I Got a Woman
Buddy Holly – Everyday
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock
Dion – The Wanderer
Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man
Sly & The Family Stone – Stand!
Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time)
The Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin’
The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Sly & The Family Stone – Hot Fun in the Summertime
The Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
Aretha Franklin – Chain Of Fools
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Bobby Darin – Mack the Knife
The Drifters – Money Honey
Mott The Hoople – All the Young Dudes
The Rock Masters – Highway To Hell (AC/DC)
Blondie – Heart of Glass
Radiohead – Paranoid Android
The Troggs – Wild Thing
The Who – I Can See For Miles
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
The Dells – Oh What A Night
Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Ooo Baby Baby
The Crystals – He’s A Rebel
Randy Newman – Sail Away
Archie Bell and The Drells – Tighten Up
The Ronettes – Walking In The Rain
New York Dolls – Personality Crisis
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner
George Jones – He Stopped Loving Her Today
The Beach Boys – Sloop John B
Chuck Berry – Sweet Little Sixteen
Abbey Road – Something
Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to Love
Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
The Cure – Pictures of You
Dixe Cups – Chapel of Love
Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
Stevie Wonder – You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Joni Mitchell – Help Me
Blondie – Call Me
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, & Understanding
Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin’
Pavement – Summer Baby
Aerosmith – Walk This Way
Paul McCartney – Can’t Buy Me Love
The Zombies – She’s Not There
The Clash – Train in Vain
Various Artists - Led Zeppelin Tribute – Black Dog
The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up Stand Up
Neil Young – Heart Of Gold
Blondie – One Way or Another
Prince – Sign ‘O’ The Times
Madonna – Like a Prayer
Rod Stewart – Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
Willie Nelson – Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
The Rolling Stones – Ruby Tuesday
Ringo Starr – With A Little Help From My Friends
James Brown – Say It Loud - I’m Black And I’m Proud
The Jam – That’s Entertainment
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers – Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Jackie Wilson – Lonely Teardrops
Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To Do WIth It
Black Sabbath – Iron Man
The Everly Brothers – Wake Up Little Susie
Roy Orbison – In Dreams
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put a Spell on You
Roger Waters feat. Van Morrison & The Band – Comfortably Numb (live) (feat. Van Morrison & The Band)
The Animals – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Various Artists - Pink Floyd Tribute – Wish You Were Here (Cover Version)
Jimmy Cliff – Many Rivers to Cross
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Alison
Alice Cooper – School’s Out
Studio 99 – Heartbreaker
Neil Young – Cortez the Killer
Public Enemy – Fight the Power
Patti Smith Group – Dancing Barefoot
The Supremes – Baby Love
The Young Rascals – Good Lovin’
James Brown – Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
Jerry Butler – For Your Precious Love
The Doors – The End
Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World
Queen – We Will Rock You
Bonnie Raitt – I Can’t Make You Love Me
The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses
The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane
Aerosmith – Walk This Way
Michael Jackson – Beat It
Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m Amazed
The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin’ On
Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come
Dion – Runaround Sue
LaVern Baker – Jim Dandy
Ritchie Valens – La Bamba
2Pac – California Love
Elton John – Candle In The Wind
The Isley Brothers – That Lady (Part 1 & 2)
Ben E. King – Spanish Harlem
Little Eva – The Locomotion
The Platters – The Great Pretender
Elvis Presley – All Shook Up
Eric Clapton – Tears in Heaven
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Watching the Detectives
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Little Wing
Muddy Waters – Got My Mojo Working
Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song
The Clash – Complete Control
Studio 99 – All You Need Is Love
The Box Tops – The Letter
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
The Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love
Cream – White Room
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
Bo Diddley – I’m A Man
Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Wind Cries Mary
Television – Marquee Moon
Sam Cooke – (What A) Wonderful World
Chuck Berry – Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Various Artists - Pink Floyd Tribute – Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 (Cover Version)
Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love)
R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Aaron Neville – Tell It Like It Is
The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Allman Brothers Band – Whipping Post
Studio 99 – Ticket To Ride
Neil Young – Ohio
Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
Elton John – Tiny Dancer
The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Loving
Freda Payne – Band Of Gold
The Five Stairsteps – O-o-h Child
The Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the City
Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling in Love
The Shangri-Las – Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand)
Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
Studio 99 – Enter Sandman
Paul Revere & The Raiders – Kicks
The Shirelles – Tonight’s The Night
Sly & The Family Stone – Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Eddie Cochran – C’mon Everybody
Bob Dylan – Visions of Johanna
The Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun
Studio 99 – I Believe I Can Fly
Nirvana – In Bloom
Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion
Cream – Crossroads
Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven
Donna Summer – I Feel Love
Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe
Little Richard – The Girl Can’t Help It
The Coasters – Young Blood
N.W.a – Fuck tha Police
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
The Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing
Billy Joel – Piano Man
The Kinks – Lola
Elvis Presley – Blue Suede Shoes
The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice
The Smiths – William It Was Really Nothing
Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water
U2 – New Year’s Day
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels – Devil With a Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly
Solomon Burke – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
The Clash – (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
Fats Domino – Ain’t It A Shame
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia
Rick Derringer – Ramble On
Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally
The Rolling Stones – Beast of Burden
Love – Alone Again Or
Elvis Presley – Love Me Tender
The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog
John Mellencamp – Pink Houses
The Dell-Vikings – Come Go With Me
Little Richard – Keep A Knockin’
Bob Marley & The Wailers – I Shot the Sheriff
Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
Nirvana – Come as You Are
Toots & The Maytals – Pressure Drop
The Shangri-Las – Leader Of The Pack
The Velvet Underground – Heroin
Paul McCartney – Penny Lane
Glen Campbell – By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again
Sam Cooke – Cupid
Guns N’ Roses – Paradise City
Billy Preston – My Sweet Lord
Nirvana – All Apologies
Lloyd Price – Stagger Lee
Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker [Remastered ABC Single Version]
Sam & Dave – Soul Man
Muddy Waters – Rollin’ Stone
The Chiffons – One Fine Day
Prince & The Revolution – Kiss
The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
Four Tops – Standing In The Shadows Of Love
Cheap Trick – Surrender
Del Shannon – Runaway
Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
The Stooges – Search and Destroy
Joni Mitchell – Free Man In Paris
Willie Nelson – On the Road Again
The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go
Aretha Franklin – Do Right Woman - Do Right Man
Foreigner – I Want to Know What Love Is
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
Labelle – Lady Marmalade
Van Morrison – Into the Mystic
David Bowie – Young Americans
Alice Cooper – I’m Eighteen
Paul Simon – Graceland
The Drifters – Under The Boardwalk
Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
Jackson Browne – Running on Empty
The Crystals – Then He Kissed Me
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Shop Around
The Rolling Stones – Miss You
Weezer – Buddy Holly
Brook Benton – Rainy Night In Georgia
Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back in Town
Boston – More Than a Feeling

(4.00 out of 5)







Malarkey said:
This pisses on the Daily Torygraph list.
March 22nd, 2009 at 9:17 pm
HopeForTheBest said:
This is wicked, thank you.
Real commitment in getting all five hundred.
April 2nd, 2009 at 7:35 pm
LycraLout said:
Aah. Boston - More Than A Feeling. Everybody’s guilty secret. You love it, but won’t admit it
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Mike said:
Cheers for this
April 4th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Lorraine Paterson said:
Kudos for putting together such a great, ecletic list - outdoes the DT one any day
April 5th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
dude said:
Neat. Thx.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Ian Skeet said:
It’s like the ‘old days’ of walking around record shops and finding musical gems I’d forgotten about…
April 18th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
bruno said:
Nice one,mate
April 19th, 2009 at 7:48 am
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Good job! It must be hard to create such a large playlist, lol.
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:19 pm
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