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The Whale Hartford 500

RockLists has 2 editions of the The Whale Hartford 500, from 2015 to 2016. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Hey Jude” by The Beatles, which appears in 2 editions.

2editions

2015–2016years

2different #1s

Every edition and its number one

Year	Countdown	Number one	Size
2015	Hartford 500 (2015)	Hey Jude The Beatles	500
2016	Hartford 500 (2016)	The Happiest Days of Our Lives / Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)Pink Floyd	500

How the top songs moved between editions

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

#	Song	'15	'16
1	Hey Jude The Beatles	1	4
2	Hotel California The Eagles	2	9
3	Baba O'Riley The Who	7	7
4	Rock and Roll Led Zeppelin	3	14
5	Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones	12	6
6	Bohemian Rhapsody Queen	9	10
7	Dream On Aerosmith	13	8
8	Born to Run Bruce Springsteen	8	20
9	Kashmir Led Zeppelin	27	3
10	Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin	5	25
11	Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd	18	13
12	We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions Queen	24	29
13	Imagine John Lennon	35	21
14	Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses	41	16
15	A Day in the Life The Beatles	11	48
16	Time Pink Floyd	38	24
17	I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones	23	40
18	Welcome to the Jungle Guns N Roses	29	38
19	Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd	10	60
20	Paranoid Black Sabbath	37	34
21	Foreplay/Longtime Boston	16	61
22	Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd	54	23
23	Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	30	47
24	More than a Feeling Boston	57	22
25	Won't Get Fooled Again The Who	14	66
26	Walk This Way Aerosmith	56	31
27	Pride (In the Name of Love)U2	22	67
28	Let It Be The Beatles	4	86
29	Who Are You The Who	68	28
30	Miss You The Rolling Stones	73	26
31	Don't Stop Believing Journey	70	30
32	Behind Blue Eyes The Who	59	41
33	Jumpin' Jack Flash The Rolling Stones	34	69
34	Black Dog Led Zeppelin	71	33
35	Roadhouse Blues The Doors	25	101
36	Panama Van Halen	95	39
37	Runnin' With The Devil Van Halen	111	27
38	Already Gone The Eagles	36	103
39	Life in the Fast Lane The Eagles	89	50
40	Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)Journey	46	94
41	Take It Easy The Eagles	77	70
42	Takin' Care of Business Bachman Turner Overdrive	40	108
43	Turn the Page Bob Seger	67	82
44	Ramble On Led Zeppelin	86	64
45	Jump Van Halen	62	91
46	Come Together The Beatles	21	134
47	Run Like Hell Pink Floyd	76	81
48	Light My Fire The Doors	148	11
49	Layla Derek and the Dominos	79	80
50	Hey You Pink Floyd	55	109
51	Cold as Ice Foreigner	32	137
52	Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac	19	155
53	Highway to Hell AC/DC	132	43
54	Another One Bites the Dust Queen	123	56
55	Have a Cigar Pink Floyd	91	92
56	Smoke on the Water Deep Purple	64	125
57	I Love Rock-N-Roll Joan Jett	93	105
58	You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC	191	12
59	Start Me Up The Rolling Stones	153	51
60	Under Pressure Queen	163	46