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River 500

RockLists has 2 editions of the River 500, from 2020 to 2022. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, which appears in 2 editions. Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” finished first two times.

2editions
2020–2022years
1different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2020 River 500 (2020) partial Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 47
2022 River 500 (2022) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 500

How the top songs moved between editions

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

#Song'20'22
1 Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 1 1
2 Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles 2 2
3 Bohemian RhapsodyQueen 3 3
4 Don't Stop BelievingJourney 5 6
5 FreebirdLynyrd Skynyrd 6 4
6 Pour Some Sugar On MeDef Leppard 7 7
7 Sweet Home AlabamaLynyrd Skynyrd 8 8
8 Livin' on a PrayerBon Jovi 9 26
9 Sweet Child o' MineGuns N Roses 12 12
10 Tom SawyerRush 10 35
11 Back in BlackAC/DC 14 10
12 Baba O'RileyThe Who 15 14
13 More than a FeelingBoston 13 37
14 Crazy TrainOzzy Osbourne 18 41
15 Carry On My Wayward SonKansas 21 16
16 Smoke on the WaterDeep Purple 20 28
17 FaithfullyJourney 16 86
18 Free Fallin'Tom Petty 23 19
19 Come TogetherThe Beatles 22 36
20 Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)Kiss 19 68
21 Another Brick in the WallPink Floyd 26 27
22 RoundaboutYes – 123
23 Black DogLed Zeppelin 24 49
24 DreamsFleetwood Mac 27 20
25 We Will Rock You/We Are the ChampionsQueen 25 65
26 I Can't Get No SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones 29 32
27 Hey JudeThe Beatles 31 25
28 I Love Rock-N-RollJoan Jett 30 79
29 Blinded By The LightManfred Mann's Earth Band 32 61
30 Tiny DancerElton John 28 107
31 Slow RideFoghat 34 45
32 Space OddityDavid Bowie 33 63
33 Piano ManBilly Joel 35 53
34 LaylaDerek and the Dominos 36 46
35 Highway to HellAC/DC 37 62
36 The JokerSteve Miller Band 38 55
37 All Along the WatchtowerJimi Hendrix 39 58
38 School's OutAlice Cooper 41 50
39 Turn The Page (Live)Bob Seger – 5
40 Enter SandmanMetallica – 9
41 Wish You Were HerePink Floyd – 11
42 Night MovesBob Seger – 13
43 Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones – 15
44 Come Sail AwayStyx – 17
45 Gimme ShelterThe Rolling Stones – 18
46 Foreplay/LongtimeBoston – 21
47 PanamaVan Halen – 22
48 You Can't Always Get What You WantThe Rolling Stones – 23
49 Paradise CityGuns N Roses 44 66
50 In the Air TonightPhil Collins – 24
51 Whole Lotta LoveLed Zeppelin 45 60
52 You Shook Me All Night LongAC/DC – 29
53 Do You Feel Like We Do (Live)Peter Frampton – 30
54 Sweet EmotionAerosmith – 31
55 Turn The Page (Live Bullet)Bob Seger 4 –
56 Rocket ManElton John – 33
57 Comfortably NumbPink Floyd – 34
58 Take It EasyThe Eagles – 38
59 I Want You To Want Me (Live)Cheap Trick 43 92
60 Don't Fear the ReaperBlue Oyster Cult – 39