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WNEW Firecracker 500

RockLists has 2 editions of the WNEW Firecracker 500, from 1991 to 1996. 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
1991–1996years
1different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
1991 Firecracker 500 (1991) Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 500
1996 Firecracker 500 (1996) 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'91'96
1 Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 1 1
2 Hey JudeThe Beatles 5 3
3 LaylaDerek and the Dominos 3 5
4 Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles 7 4
5 Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen 4 9
6 Born to RunBruce Springsteen 13 2
7 SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones 9 10
8 FreebirdLynyrd Skynyrd 14 6
9 Baba O'RileyThe Who 10 13
10 Comfortably NumbPink Floyd 17 7
11 Nights in White SatinThe Moody Blues 15 16
12 Light My FireThe Doors 8 26
13 Bohemian RhapsodyQueen 16 19
14 KashmirLed Zeppelin 26 14
15 Scenes from an Italian RestaurantBilly Joel 18 25
16 Won't Get Fooled AgainThe Who 33 11
17 ImagineJohn Lennon 31 20
18 AqualungJethro Tull 30 21
19 A Day in the LifeThe Beatles 38 15
20 Paradise by the Dashboard LightMeat Loaf 20 33
21 Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones 45 12
22 LolaThe Kinks 25 36
23 Let It BeThe Beatles 11 52
24 Wish You Were HerePink Floyd 41 22
25 Piano ManBilly Joel 40 24
26 Like a Rolling StoneBob Dylan 32 32
27 Truckin'The Grateful Dead 12 60
28 Whipping PostAllman Brothers 49 28
29 Dream OnAerosmith 48 30
30 JunglelandBruce Springsteen 64 17
31 RosalitaBruce Springsteen 37 47
32 MoneyPink Floyd 54 40
33 Purple HazeJimi Hendrix 75 23
34 Suite: Judy Blue EyesCrosby, Stills, and Nash 21 80
35 RevolutionThe Beatles 72 29
36 Wonderful TonightEric Clapton 6 98
37 RoxanneThe Police 42 64
38 Maggie MayRod Stewart 53 55
39 Gimme ShelterThe Rolling Stones 57 54
40 Whiter Shade of PaleProcol Harum 29 85
41 Jumping Jack FlashThe Rolling Stones 91 35
42 American PieDon McLean 44 83
43 All Along the WatchtowerJimi Hendrix 102 27
44 Brown SugarThe Rolling Stones 67 66
45 Dazed and ConfusedLed Zeppelin 74 61
46 You Can't Always Get What You WantThe Rolling Stones 81 69
47 Me and Bobby McGeeJanis Joplin 36 116
48 Low Spark of High Heeled BoysTraffic 47 107
49 Smoke on the WaterDeep Purple 107 48
50 YesterdayThe Beatles 58 97
51 Sunshine of Your LoveCream 76 79
52 Tom SawyerRush 39 117
53 Behind Blue EyesThe Who 28 131
54 Pinball WizardThe Who 103 56
55 TimePink Floyd 117 45
56 Whole Lotta LoveLed Zeppelin 50 115
57 Who Are YouThe Who 85 91
58 L.A. WomanThe Doors 129 49
59 Brown Eyed GirlVan Morrison 73 113
60 Blue SkyAllman Brothers 121 67