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KISW Top 1000

RockLists has 5 editions of the KISW Top 1000, from 1994 to 1999. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, which appears in 5 editions. Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” finished first two times.

5editions
1994–1999years
4different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
1994 Top 1000 of All Time (1994) Purple HazeJimi Hendrix 1,000
1995 Top 1000 of All Time (1995) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 1,000
1996 Top 1000 of All Time (1996) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 1,000
1998 Top 1000 of All Time (1998) I Love Rock-N-RollJoan Jett 1,000
1999 Top 1000 of All Time (1999) partial Black BettyRam Jam 998

How the top songs moved between editions

Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.

#Song'94'95'96'98'99
1 Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 3 1 1 1 1
2 Purple HazeJimi Hendrix 1 2 2 3 2
3 Tom SawyerRush 16 4 5 2 8
4 FreebirdLynyrd Skynyrd 9 8 10 8 3
5 Highway to HellAC/DC 2 3 3 21 14
6 Sweet EmotionAerosmith 5 20 4 6 9
7 Crazy TrainOzzy Osbourne 10 14 12 12 11
8 Won't Get Fooled AgainThe Who 8 16 13 13 10
9 You Shook Me All Night LongAC/DC 24 17 21 4 4
10 Runnin' With The DevilVan Halen 7 12 27 5 21
11 Bohemian RhapsodyQueen 13 24 17 11 7
12 Another Brick in the WallPink Floyd 18 9 22 9 15
13 Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana 30 13 9 14 12
14 Iron ManBlack Sabbath 6 5 7 34 31
15 Dream OnAerosmith 14 7 16 22 25
16 AlivePearl Jam 23 18 14 16 20
17 StrangleholdTed Nugent 15 10 15 26 27
18 Foxy LadyJimi Hendrix 17 21 19 24 17
19 Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones 32 33 11 19 13
20 ParanoidBlack Sabbath 35 28 38 7 5
21 I Can't Get No SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones 11 11 28 39 30
22 Eruption/You Really Got MeVan Halen 40 50 6 18 6
23 2112 (Pt. 1-7)Rush 25 15 39 23 24
24 Working ManRush 4 25 20 40 52
25 You've Got Another Thing ComingJudas Priest 20 22 32 41 38
26 Foreplay/LongtimeBoston 19 41 48 31 32
27 Baba O'RileyThe Who 26 32 30 49 37
28 Whole Lotta LoveLed Zeppelin 63 47 18 35 19
29 KashmirLed Zeppelin 29 19 37 15 88
30 Welcome to the JungleGuns N Roses 44 60 47 20 18
31 Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles 28 29 40 45 47
32 BarracudeHeart 21 61 44 36 28
33 We Will Rock You/We Are the ChampionsQueen 49 39 42 30 35
34 Man in the BoxAlice In Chains 79 40 29 27 23
35 Comfortably NumbPink Floyd 69 23 8 50 61
36 Enter SandmanMetallica 101 55 33 10 16
37 Master of PuppetsMetallica 22 6 50 84 71
38 Rock and RollLed Zeppelin 45 27 67 51 44
39 The ZooScorpions 64 26 25 56 64
40 GodzillaBlue Oyster Cult 38 73 65 33 29
41 Life's Been GoodJoe Walsh 43 46 52 44 58
42 Walk This WayAerosmith 66 45 35 48 54
43 Sweet Home AlabamaLynyrd Skynyrd 42 48 57 58 51
44 Sweet Child o' MineGuns N Roses 84 31 23 73 55
45 L.A. WomanThe Doors 12 30 34 95 96
46 Silent LucidityQueensryche 82 59 41 32 60
47 Cat Scratch FeverTed Nugent 59 36 45 71 66
48 Back in BlackAC/DC 135 34 43 38 34
49 All Along the WatchtowerJimi Hendrix 76 53 46 66 50
50 The JokerSteve Miller Band 37 80 49 53 82
51 Slow RideFoghat 31 58 76 80 67
52 My GenerationThe Who 54 44 72 72 70
53 More than a FeelingBoston 67 70 61 69 45
54 Flying High AgainOzzy Osbourne 92 63 58 52 48
55 Smoke on the WaterDeep Purple 39 37 31 101 107
56 Rock You Like a HurricaneScorpions 131 66 54 29 36
57 ShatteredThe Rolling Stones 74 51 80 62 65
58 Break on Through (To The Other Side)The Doors 175 83 24 28 26
59 Living After MidnightJudas Priest 75 43 75 78 87
60 Bad CompanyBad Company 57 76 73 91 63