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WMGK Philly 500

RockLists has 5 editions of the WMGK Philly 500, from 2022 to 2026. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Sympathy For The Devil” by The Rolling Stones, which appears in 5 editions. Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” finished first two times.

5editions
2022–2026years
4different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2022 Philly 500 (2022) FreebirdLynyrd Skynyrd 500
2023 Philly 500 (2023) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 500
2024 Philly 500 (2024) Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones 500
2025 Philly 500 (2025) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 500
2026 Philly 500 (2026) Baba O'RileyThe Who 500

How the top songs moved between editions

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

#Song'22'23'24'25'26
1 Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones 3 8 1 2 3
2 Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 2 1 7 1 8
3 FreebirdLynyrd Skynyrd 1 2 4 9 14
4 Baba O'RileyThe Who 7 7 10 14 1
5 Comfortably NumbPink Floyd 10 5 16 6 2
6 Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles 6 4 15 11 10
7 Do You Feel Like We Do (Live)Peter Frampton 4 3 40 4 4
8 Bohemian RhapsodyQueen 12 6 24 13 12
9 Hey JudeThe Beatles 11 10 13 16 17
10 Crazy On YouHeart 18 36 5 17 11
11 KashmirLed Zeppelin 17 13 22 18 25
12 Born to RunBruce Springsteen 23 11 23 28 19
13 Let It BeThe Beatles 32 25 20 25 23
14 25 or 6 to 4Chicago 44 44 17 10 18
15 Dream OnAerosmith 25 24 26 32 28
16 ThunderstruckAC/DC 26 27 39 22 26
17 Hold On Loosely.38 Special 36 62 12 24 22
18 Gimme ShelterThe Rolling Stones 51 40 33 12 31
19 Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana 49 103 2 8 9
20 More than a FeelingBoston 27 28 44 36 42
21 Wish You Were HerePink Floyd 30 18 64 39 30
22 Piano ManBilly Joel 52 19 48 31 47
23 Livin' on a PrayerBon Jovi 54 43 6 87 13
24 American GirlTom Petty & The Heartbreakers 41 9 36 61 63
25 Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen 37 30 74 27 43
26 While My Guitar Gently WeepsThe Beatles 31 20 68 45 50
27 UnchainedVan Halen 34 23 3 40 118
28 Simple ManLynyrd Skynyrd 33 17 117 37 27
29 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt CheapAC/DC 79 90 19 21 29
30 Here Comes the SunThe Beatles 28 39 42 85 61
31 Back in BlackAC/DC 48 84 25 66 36
32 You Shook Me All Night LongAC/DC 29 29 31 62 113
33 SqueezeboxThe Who 104 50 100 5 6
34 A Day in the LifeThe Beatles 14 16 219 19 21
35 Highway to HellAC/DC 46 78 56 64 60
36 Carry On My Wayward SonKansas 57 33 73 67 77
37 Foreplay/LongtimeBoston 66 63 53 46 81
38 Tom SawyerRush 8 12 92 128 72
39 Sweet EmotionAerosmith 64 71 46 54 85
40 LaylaDerek and the Dominos 9 14 103 104 101
41 I Can't Get No SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones 13 26 11 148 142
42 Mr. Blue SkyElectric Light Orchestra 97 82 57 50 62
43 Sweet Child o' MineGuns N Roses 70 37 49 74 124
44 Silver Blue And GoldBad Company 43 56 75 49 133
45 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)Bruce Springsteen 50 35 18 72 184
46 Nights in White SatinThe Moody Blues 142 64 38 83 51
47 MargaritavilleJimmy Buffett 83 74 43 63 116
48 House of the Rising SunThe Animals 80 96 77 51 86
49 Against the WindBob Seger 200 143 9 20 24
50 Shooting StarBad Company 86 99 65 65 88
51 Summer of '69Bryan Adams 61 94 30 159 69
52 The WeightThe Band 109 92 67 58 89
53 Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies BleedingElton John 60 41 133 59 126
54 Space OddityDavid Bowie 102 140 72 52 84
55 HeroesDavid Bowie 56 49 215 48 90
56 Sweet Home AlabamaLynyrd Skynyrd 98 54 27 133 150
57 American PieDon McLean 123 79 120 78 66
58 Sultans of SwingDire Straits 157 76 149 42 45
59 JessicaAllman Brothers Band 84 125 71 135 67
60 Caught Up In You.38 Special 120 161 55 81 68