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Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs

RockLists has 5 editions of the Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs, from 2021 to 2025. 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 five times.

5editions
2021–2025years
1different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2021 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 1,043
2022 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 1,043
2023 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 1,043
2024 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 1,043
2025 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 1,043

How the top songs moved between editions

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

#Song'21'22'23'24'25
1 Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 1 1 1 1 1
2 Bohemian RhapsodyQueen 2 2 2 2 3
3 Hey JudeThe Beatles 4 3 3 4 2
4 Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles 3 4 6 3 7
5 LaylaDerek and the Dominos 5 6 4 5 4
6 FreebirdLynyrd Skynyrd 6 5 8 6 6
7 KashmirLed Zeppelin 10 8 5 8 8
8 Let It BeThe Beatles 8 9 10 11 5
9 Comfortably NumbPink Floyd 9 7 9 10 9
10 Baba O'RileyThe Who 7 10 12 9 11
11 Gimme ShelterThe Rolling Stones 16 11 7 7 10
12 Born to RunBruce Springsteen 11 12 13 13 12
13 Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones 13 15 15 12 16
14 Won't Get Fooled AgainThe Who 15 13 16 14 15
15 American PieDon McLean 12 14 19 25 17
16 ImagineJohn Lennon 20 16 21 19 13
17 While My Guitar Gently WeepsThe Beatles 17 17 22 21 14
18 In My LifeThe Beatles 21 18 18 18 21
19 Wish You Were HerePink Floyd 18 19 20 24 19
20 Piano ManBilly Joel 22 24 24 15 18
21 JunglelandBruce Springsteen 33 21 11 17 23
22 Dream OnAerosmith 14 27 30 26 20
23 Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen 19 23 23 20 32
24 Whole Lotta LoveLed Zeppelin 35 22 31 16 36
25 Sweet Child o' MineGuns N Roses 29 20 28 31 34
26 Scenes from an Italian RestaurantBilly Joel 28 29 29 32 29
27 I Can't Get No SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones 26 33 33 36 22
28 Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies BleedingElton John 25 67 14 22 24
29 All Along the WatchtowerJimi Hendrix 30 28 27 45 28
30 Tom SawyerRush 40 36 26 27 35
31 Nights in White SatinThe Moody Blues 37 31 32 42 26
32 Light My FireThe Doors 24 25 38 50 42
33 Black DogLed Zeppelin 23 41 56 39 43
34 Paradise by the Dashboard LightMeat Loaf 39 26 35 44 65
35 War PigsBlack Sabbath 58 49 39 40 27
36 Shine On You Crazy DiamondPink Floyd 38 34 73 47 30
37 Smoke on the WaterDeep Purple 45 52 42 52 49
38 Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band/A Day In The LifeThe Beatles 32 30 34 86 59
39 Back in BlackAC/DC 54 38 60 41 53
40 Enter SandmanMetallica 31 143 25 23 31
41 Here Comes the SunThe Beatles 65 78 40 33 37
42 November RainGuns N Roses 73 32 41 55 56
43 Tiny DancerElton John 78 71 17 38 57
44 Who Are YouThe Who 47 47 46 74 47
45 Rock and RollLed Zeppelin 44 40 45 63 78
46 Bat Out of HellMeat Loaf 50 44 80 70 33
47 More than a FeelingBoston 56 51 48 64 69
48 Simple ManLynyrd Skynyrd 83 102 37 30 41
49 Paint It BlackThe Rolling Stones 66 39 69 61 58
50 Like a Rolling StoneBob Dylan 57 69 59 56 52
51 Crazy TrainOzzy Osbourne 80 100 55 49 25
52 BarracudeHeart 67 126 43 35 46
53 American GirlTom Petty 49 56 72 43 104
54 Highway to HellAC/DC 42 54 74 75 84
55 In a Gadda Da VidaIron Butterfly 81 75 44 93 38
56 We Will Rock You/We Are the ChampionsQueen 68 73 76 29 89
57 Sultans of SwingDire Straits 41 85 81 72 63
58 Don't Stop BelievingJourney 52 61 111 60 61
59 Eleanor RigbyThe Beatles 119 43 58 77 48
60 Livin' on a PrayerBon Jovi 94 45 79 65 71