Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

The 500 best songs of all time (The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, Eng. 500 for the best songs of all time ) is a published by the U.S. pop magazine Rolling Stone 2004 list from their point of view so far 500 best songs of all time. Record stores and artists indicate their placement in the list.

As was the case published in 2003 list of " 500 greatest albums of all time" there was also the publication of this list go much controversy. Fans of unrecognized groups complained - especially the friends of hip-hop and more recent pop music. Particularly striking was released the disappointed that the song title or band name of the first two places in particular have a direct connection with the title of the journal. Especially was also criticized negative that Stairway to Heaven ( Led Zeppelin) 31 and only place Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) only occupies space 163. Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) reached # 426, Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd ) Place 321

The oldest song on the list is Rollin ' Stone by Muddy Waters from 1950 at number 459 The newest song is Hey Ya! OutKast 's 2003 ranked 180th The performers most represented are the Beatles with 23 songs. La Bamba at No. 354 is the only non-English song in the list.

202 songs are from the 1960s, 1970s, 144 out of the 72 from 1950, 55 from the 1980s, 24 from the 1990s and three from the 2000s.

Formation

The entire list was chosen by musicians, producers and critics who formed a jury of a total of 172 people. Everyone was able to make 50 votes, what songs ( in whose opinion ) the most important in the whole history of music are / were. Have agreed with under other Ozzy Osbourne, Art Garfunkel, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell and Berry Gordy. Here many malcontents appeared particularly interesting that some members who were known to himself could have chosen.

The first 100 places in the list

The artists most frequently represented