Rock music is the music in which there is a dominant vocal melody that is complemented by the sounds of electric guitar, bass guitar and drums. Apart from that, even keyboard instruments, saxophone, harmonica, violin, flute, French horn, banjo, melodica, and timpani are also used in this genre of music. In rock music, the sound of the guitar is centric and a strong back beat revolves around it. One can trace back its roots to the rock and roll and rockabilly of the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1960s, various variations of rock music were developed - folk rock, blues-rock jazz-rock and psychedelic rock. The next decade saw the emergence of soft rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock and punk rock. The decade of 1980s saw people moving to the beats of rock subgenres, such as synthpop, hardcore punk and alternative rock. Since the 1990s, the subgenres have included grunge, Britpop, Indie rock, and nu metal. In the following lines, we have provided the list of best and most popular rock songs of all times.
Top 100 Rock Songs
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
- Respect - Aretha Franklin
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
- Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
- A Day In The Life - Beatles
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
- What'd I Say - Ray Charles
- Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown
- Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
- All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
- (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
- Imagine - John Lennon
- Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
- Layla - Derek & the Dominos
- Light My Fire - Doors
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
- Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
- When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
- Hey Jude - Beatles
- Hotel California - Eagles
- Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
- You Really Got Me - Kinks
- American Pie - Don McLean
- Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
- Baba O'Riley - The Who
- Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
- Superstition - Stevie Wonder
- Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
- Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
- Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
- Yesterday - The Beatles
- My Generation - The Who
- Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
- Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
- Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
- Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
- Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
- Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
- In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
- Time - Pink Floyd
- Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
- Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
- Walk This Way - Aerosmith
- Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
- A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
- What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye
- Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
- Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
- You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
- Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard
- Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
- Roundabout - Yes
- Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
- Sixty Minute Man - The Dominoes
- Voodoo Child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix
- November Rain - Guns N' Roses
- One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
- House Of The Rising Sun - Animals
- Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds
- Let's Go Crazy - Prince
- Please, Please, Please - James Brown
- Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
- Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
- Dust In The Wind - Kansas
- Slow Ride - Foghat
- Crossroads - Cream
- Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
- With Or Without You - U2
- More Than A Feeling - Boston
- We Will Rock You - Queen
- Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
- 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
- Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSN
- Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
- Where Did Our Love Go - Supremes
- My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) - Neil Young
- Money - Pink Floyd
- Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
- Master of Puppets - Metallica
- Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone
- Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
- That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
- Dream On - Aerosmith
- Maybellene - Chuck Berry
- Every Breath You Take - Police
- Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden
- For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
- All Day And All Of The Night - Kinks
- Tom Sawyer - Rush
- Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
- Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
- Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
- All Right Now - Free