For thefirst time in 17 years, “Rolling Stone” updated their “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list. Here are the Top 20:
1. “Respect”, Aretha Franklin.
2. “Fight the Power”, Public Enemy.
3. “A Change Is Gonna Come”, Sam Cooke.
4. “Like a Rolling Stone”, Bob Dylan.
5. “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Nirvana.
6. “What’s Going On”, Marvin Gaye.
7. “Strawberry Fields Forever”, The Beatles.
8. “Get Ur Freak On”, Missy Elliott.
9. “Dreams”, Fleetwood Mac.
10. “Hey Ya!”, Outkast.
11. “God Only Knows”, The Beach Boys.
12. “Superstition”, Stevie Wonder.
13. “Gimme Shelter”, The Rolling Stones.
14. “Waterloo Sunset”, The Kinks.
15. “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, The Beatles.
16. “Crazy in Love”, Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z.
17. “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Queen.
18. “Purple Rain”, Prince and the Revolution.
19. “Imagine”, John Lennon.
20. “Dancing on My Own”, Robyn.
(Does “Get Ur Freak On” truly outshine “Imagine” or “Bohemian Rhapsody”? Discuss.)
(See more at RollingStone.com . . . if you really want to spend the rest of the day obsessing and griping over all the songs you hate that are on the list, and all the songs you love that aren’t.)
