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Classic rock stations and their all-time countdowns: the rock canon of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as voted by listeners. RockLists has 14 countdowns from 5 stations in this format.

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Greatest classic rock songs of all time

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# Song Strength Lists Best #1s Year
1 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin
1,393		 14 #1 9 –
2 Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd
1,385		 14 #1 1 –
3 Hotel California The Eagles
1,377		 14 #3 – –
4 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
1,376		 14 #2 – –
5 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd
1,356		 14 #2 – 1980
6 Dream On Aerosmith
1,337		 14 #14 – –
7 Kashmir Led Zeppelin
1,334		 14 #2 – –
8 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones
1,332		 14 #1 1 –
9 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen
1,321		 14 #2 – –
10 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones
1,286		 14 #7 – –
11 Tom Sawyer Rush
1,276		 14 #8 – 1981
12 Baba O'Riley The Who
1,242		 13 #1 1 –
13 You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC
1,240		 14 #3 – 1980
14 More than a Feeling Boston
1,232		 14 #27 – –
15 Layla Derek and the Dominos
1,228		 14 #3 – –
16 Sweet Emotion Aerosmith
1,225		 14 #4 – –
17 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
1,224		 13 #18 – –
18 Back in Black AC/DC
1,196		 14 #1 1 –
19 Smoke on the Water Deep Purple
1,192		 14 #27 – –
20 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
1,186		 14 #23 – –
21 Hey Jude The Beatles
1,185		 12 #2 – –
22 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses
1,176		 13 #7 – 1988
23 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who
1,163		 14 #11 – –
24 Carry On My Wayward Son Kansas
1,163		 14 #23 – –
25 Let It Be The Beatles
1,160		 12 #5 – –

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