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# Song Strength Lists Best #1s Year
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
18,213		 196 #1 37 1991
2 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin
15,575		 162 #1 51 –
3 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
15,154		 161 #1 7 –
4 Alive Pearl Jam
13,890		 172 #2 – 1992
5 Hotel California The Eagles
13,067		 153 #1 1 –
6 With or Without You U2
12,901		 199 #8 – 1987
7 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers
12,645		 176 #2 – 1992
8 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2
12,606		 187 #2 – 1983
9 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
12,082		 143 #2 – –
10 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd
11,681		 137 #1 1 1980
11 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones
11,501		 152 #1 1 –
12 Black Pearl Jam
11,378		 157 #1 10 1992
13 Jeremy Pearl Jam
11,254		 160 #1 1 1992
14 Roxanne The Police
11,124		 160 #10 – 1978
15 Come As You Are Nirvana
10,807		 148 #6 – 1992
16 Losing My Religion R.E.M.
10,727		 151 #6 – 1991
17 Enter Sandman Metallica
10,621		 144 #2 – 1991
18 New Year's Day U2
10,616		 168 #4 – 1983
19 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2
10,434		 154 #2 – 1984
20 Creep Radiohead
10,427		 129 #2 – 1993
21 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses
10,366		 128 #1 2 1988
22 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits
10,358		 137 #6 – 1978
23 Layla Derek and the Dominos
10,299		 125 #2 – –
24 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix
10,276		 145 #2 – –
25 Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd
10,266		 116 #1 4 –

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