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Qfm96 Memorial Day 500

RockLists has 4 editions of the Qfm96 Memorial Day 500, from 2016 to 2025. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Back in Black” by AC/DC, which appears in 4 editions.

4editions
2016–2025years
4different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2016 Memorial Day 500 (2016) Walk on the Wild SideLou Reed 500
2023 Memorial Day 500 (2023) Sweet EmotionAerosmith 500
2024 Memorial Day 500 (2024) partial Back in BlackAC/DC 498
2025 Memorial Day 500 (2025) partial Bohemian RhapsodyQueen 498

How the top songs moved between editions

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

#Song'16'23'24'25
1 Back in BlackAC/DC 3 2 1 9
2 Sweet EmotionAerosmith 7 1 3 7
3 Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 11 3 2 2
4 Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles 5 7 5 3
5 Another Brick in the WallPink Floyd 2 8 6 12
6 Dream OnAerosmith 1 6 8 14
7 We Will Rock You/We Are the ChampionsQueen 4 9 9 13
8 FreebirdLynyrd Skynyrd 25 5 4 5
9 Tom SawyerRush 6 10 10 15
10 Runnin' With The DevilVan Halen 13 4 13 17
11 Sweet Child o' MineGuns N Roses 19 17 7 10
12 LaylaDerek and the Dominos 8 19 14 19
13 You Shook Me All Night LongAC/DC 23 13 12 16
14 Sweet Home AlabamaLynyrd Skynyrd 14 14 17 20
15 All Along the WatchtowerJimi Hendrix 9 25 29 32
16 Crazy TrainOzzy Osbourne 36 21 18 21
17 Comfortably NumbPink Floyd 34 26 30 8
18 More than a FeelingBoston 17 24 28 30
19 ParanoidBlack Sabbath 41 16 20 23
20 Highway to HellAC/DC 35 23 26 27
21 Eruption/You Really Got MeVan Halen 71 15 19 22
22 Black DogLed Zeppelin 16 34 38 39
23 No One Like YouScorpions 32 33 37 38
24 LimelightRush 43 31 35 36
25 Carry On My Wayward SonKansas 10 47 50 53
26 Walk This WayAerosmith 28 45 48 49
27 Turn the PageBob Seger 30 46 49 48
28 Over the Hills and Far AwayLed Zeppelin 42 43 46 46
29 PanamaVan Halen 68 35 39 40
30 Bohemian RhapsodyQueen 104 54 24 1
31 Hells BellsAC/DC 119 18 22 25
32 Peace of MindBoston 60 39 43 45
33 I Can't Get No SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones 156 11 15 6
34 Foreplay/LongtimeBoston 96 30 34 35
35 Bad to the BoneGeorge Thorogood 37 49 57 57
36 Ramble OnLed Zeppelin 77 40 44 44
37 Life in the Fast LaneThe Eagles 39 51 58 58
38 La GrangeZZ Top 27 56 62 63
39 Welcome to the JungleGuns N Roses 102 62 21 24
40 Paradise CityGuns N Roses 114 29 33 33
41 In the Air TonightPhil Collins 61 48 51 51
42 Life's Been GoodJoe Walsh 89 38 42 43
43 RefugeeTom Petty & The Heartbreakers 18 66 70 72
44 Wish You Were HerePink Floyd 48 55 61 62
45 Rocky Mountain WayJoe Walsh 33 63 67 66
46 Won't Get Fooled AgainThe Who 195 12 16 11
47 TimePink Floyd 117 36 40 42
48 Smoke on the WaterDeep Purple 150 42 45 4
49 Spirit of RadioRush 70 53 60 61
50 TNTAC/DC 59 61 66 65
51 Gimme ShelterThe Rolling Stones 116 44 47 47
52 Pour Some Sugar On MeDef Leppard 170 57 11 18
53 RenegadeStyx 65 60 65 67
54 Behind Blue EyesThe Who 45 68 72 73
55 Immigrant SongLed Zeppelin 155 32 36 37
56 The OceanLed Zeppelin 90 52 59 59
57 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt CheapAC/DC 58 67 71 70
58 Whole Lotta LoveLed Zeppelin 182 28 32 28
59 KashmirLed Zeppelin 217 20 23 34
60 Riders on the StormThe Doors 24 88 91 91