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WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012)

The countdown (2012) from WXPN in Philadelphia, PA ranks 885 songs, with “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen at number one. The list features 319 different artists; Led Zeppelin has the most entries with 37 songs.

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1 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 61 #1
2 I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 34 #2
3 Layla Derek and the Dominos 37 #2
4 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 73 #1
5 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 65 #1
6 Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen 21 #1
7 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 69 #2
8 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 34 #4
9 Baba O'Riley The Who 21 #1
10 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who 26 #10
11 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 48 #2
12 Along The Watch Tower Jimi Hendrix 1 #12
13 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
14 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
15 Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry 12 #15
16 Rosalita Bruce Springsteen 13 #16
17 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix 21 #17
18 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin 66 #16
19 Rock and Roll Led Zeppelin 20 #19
20 Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd 29 #1
21 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 38 #2
22 You Really Got Me The Kinks 30 #22
23 Hey Jude The Beatles 39 #2
24 Piece of My Heart Janis Joplin 10 #24
25 Jungleland Bruce Springsteen 18 #11
26 Revolution The Beatles 24 #26
27 Gloria Them 4 #27
28 Intro/Sweet Jane Lou Reed 3 #28
29 My Generation The Who 23 #26
30 Black Dog Led Zeppelin 23 #23
31 Back in Black AC/DC 37 #1
32 Can't You Hear Me Knocking The Rolling Stones 18 #32
33 You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC 25 #2
34 Dream On Aerosmith 20 #10
35 Whipping Post Allman Brothers Band 14 #34
36 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 64 #17
37 Light My Fire The Doors 44 #5
38 Sunshine of Your Love Cream 18 #28
39 Hotel California The Eagles 65 #3
40 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 70 #1
41 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 81 #1
42 Helter Skelter The Beatles 13 #42
43 A Day in the Life The Beatles 44 #4
44 Monkey Man The Rolling Stones 25 #44
45 Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley 10 #45
46 Born to be Wild Steppenwolf 28 #1
47 Welcome to the Jungle Guns N Roses 26 #3
48 American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 11 #9
49 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd 48 #2
50 Jumpin' Jack Flash The Rolling Stones 20 #47
51 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 56 #3
52 The Weight The Band 19 #7
53 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 23 #43
54 Radar Love Golden Earring 20 #3
55 Let It Be The Beatles 36 #3
56 Hey Hey, My My Neil Young 6 #56
57 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 16 #41
58 Smoke on the Water Deep Purple 35 #14
59 Imagine John Lennon 54 #1
60 Suffragette City David Bowie 33 #60
61 Twist and Shout The Beatles 15 #61
62 I Love Rock n' Roll Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 13 #21
63 I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles 16 #63
64 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits 67 #6
65 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 44 #3
66 Because The Night Patti Smith 32 #38
67 1999 Prince 29 #36
68 Voodoo Child Jimi Hendrix 4 #56
69 Rockin' In The Free World Neil Young 51 #31
70 When the Levee Breaks Led Zeppelin 20 #70
71 L.A. Woman The Doors 24 #14
72 Alive Pearl Jam 119 #1
73 White Room Cream 20 #73
74 Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin 19 #12
75 Come Together The Beatles 25 #20
76 Badlands Bruce Springsteen 19 #76
77 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 32 #50
78 We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions Queen 13 #4
79 Walk This Way Aerosmith 20 #24
80 Back in the U.S.S.R. The Beatles 16 #80
81 While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles 23 #14
82 One Metallica 68 #2
83 Jessica Allman Brothers Band 13 #10
84 Black Pearl Jam 101 #1
85 Down By the River Neil Young 13 #85
86 Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 32 #20
87 Crossroads Cream 15 #51
88 Stay With Me The Faces 12 #88
89 Ramble On Led Zeppelin 21 #36
90 Behind Blue Eyes The Who 14 #28
91 Time Pink Floyd 25 #45
92 Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin 22 #18
93 Iron Man Black Sabbath 22 #6
94 Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane 10 #94
95 Love Reign O'er Me The Who 18 #66
96 Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley And The Comets 1 #96
97 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie 45 #61
98 The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Traffic 2 #98
99 White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane 19 #24
100 Lust For Life Iggy Pop 67 #1
101 Cinnamon Girl Neil Young 13 #101
102 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 77 #5
103 She Loves You The Beatles 10 #43
104 War Pigs Black Sabbath 32 #17
105 American Woman Guess Who 12 #105
106 Cowgirl in the Sand Neil Young 8 #87
107 Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pink Floyd 36 #7
108 In My Life The Beatles 23 #4
109 Barracude Heart 15 #24
110 Aqualung Jethro Tull 18 #21
111 Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix 34 #24
112 Money Pink Floyd 27 #14
113 Paranoid Android Radiohead 68 #5
114 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
115 Rocks Off The Rolling Stones 12 #115
116 House of the Rising Sun The Animals 21 #50
117 Honky Tonk Woman The Rolling Stones 20 #101
118 Tom Sawyer Rush 23 #8
119 Break on Through The Doors 14 #119
120 Paranoid Black Sabbath 65 #9
121 Atlantic City Bruce Springsteen 11 #108
122 Bitch The Rolling Stones 10 #122
123 Little Wing Jimi Hendrix 12 #73
124 Pinball Wizard The Who 21 #56
125 Magic Carpet Ride Steppenwolf 16 #50
126 Pump It Up Elvis Costello 20 #123
127 Roundabout Yes 18 #19
128 Statesboro Blues Allman Brothers Band 10 #116
129 Truckin' The Grateful Dead 18 #5
130 Locomotive Breath Jethro Tull 17 #78
131 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
132 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
133 Don't Stop Believing Journey 26 #11
134 Hound Dog Elvis Presley 5 #134
135 Proud Mary Ike & Tina Turner 5 #135
136 Enter Sandman Metallica 73 #5
137 All Day And All of the Night The Kinks 21 #137
138 American Pie Don McLean 24 #12
139 Mississippi Queen Mountain 12 #60
140 Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan 21 #6
141 Roadhouse Blues The Doors 18 #15
142 Who Are You The Who 21 #46
143 Starman David Bowie 23 #20
144 Like a Hurricane Neil Young 56 #8
145 Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd 6 #5
146 In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed Allman Brothers Band 8 #95
147 Train in Vain The Clash 68 #10
148 Get Back The Beatles 22 #29
149 Dazed and Confused Led Zeppelin 19 #53
150 The Reaper Blue Oyster Cult 1 #150
151 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
152 Rebel Rebel David Bowie 42 #63
153 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Crosby, Stills, and Nash 13 #21
154 Inna-Gadda-da-Vida Iron Butterfly 3 #150
155 One Way Out Allman Brothers Band 10 #155
156 It's Only Rock and Roll The Rolling Stones 9 #90
157 Wild Horses The Rolling Stones 19 #64
158 Bad U2 59 #5
159 Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival 18 #99
160 Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones 43 #3
161 Not Fade Away Buddy Holly 3 #161
162 Funk #49 James Gang 11 #162
163 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles 16 #114
164 Highway to Hell AC/DC 42 #14
165 Signs Five Man Electrical Band 1 #165
166 All Right Now Free 18 #6
167 Green Grass And High Tides Forever The Outlaws 1 #167
168 Sweet Emotion Aerosmith 17 #4
169 Surrender Cheap Trick 18 #88
170 Maybellene Chuck Berry 4 #113
171 Street Fighting Man The Rolling Stones 9 #140
172 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
173 Moondance Van Morrison 16 #19
174 Roxanne The Police 82 #10
175 Runnin' Down A Dream Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 3 #46
176 The Real Me The Who 13 #176
177 Heroes David Bowie 93 #1
178 Great Balls Of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis 1 #178
179 Heartbreaker Led Zeppelin 2 #179
180 Respect Aretha Franklin 17 #16
181 More than a Feeling Boston 26 #27
182 Roadrunner The Modern Lovers 8 #22
183 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 71 #6
184 10th Avenue Freeze Out Bruce Springsteen 3 #184
185 Good Times Bad Times Led Zeppelin 15 #31
186 Take It Easy The Eagles 23 #20
187 Even Flow Pearl Jam 74 #5
188 Refugee Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 9 #188
189 Money for Nothing Dire Straits 38 #7
190 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley 7 #91
191 Breed Nirvana 17 #48
192 Left of the Dial The Replacements 23 #156
193 What's The Frequency Kenneth? R.E.M. 44 #2
194 Cocaine Eric Clapton 15 #24
195 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd 25 #23
196 Hurricane Bob Dylan 11 #44
197 Crazy Train Ozzy Osbourne 19 #1
198 Voodoo Child Stevie Ray Vaughan 2 #198
199 Changes David Bowie 62 #54
200 Here Comes the Sun The Beatles 20 #9
201 Melissa Allman Brothers Band 13 #90
202 Cry Baby Janis Joplin 1 #202
203 I Wanna Rock And Roll All Night Kiss 1 #203
204 It's A Long Way To The Top AC/DC 9 #44
205 Communication Breakdown Led Zeppelin 11 #149
206 The Boys are Back in Town Thin Lizzy 19 #26
207 Living on a Prayer Bon Jovi 4 #12
208 Young Americans David Bowie 37 #122
209 Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac 38 #31
210 The Pretender Jackson Browne 7 #109
211 Soul Sacrifice Santana 6 #211
212 Goin Home Ten Years After 1 #212
213 Sugar Magnolia The Grateful Dead 16 #86
214 59 Sound The Gaslight Anthem 1 #214
215 Panama Van Halen 18 #6
216 Tumbling Dice The Rolling Stones 23 #110
217 Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan 14 #196
218 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 21 #12
219 Love Shack The B-52's 61 #1
220 Roll Over Beethoven Electric Light Orchestra 1 #220
221 Midnight Rambler The Rolling Stones 11 #164
222 Free Fallin' Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 3 #64
223 The Rover Led Zeppelin 8 #223
224 what's So Funny (About Peace, Love, and Understanding)? Elvis Costello 11 #25
225 The Promised Land Bruce Springsteen 6 #225
226 Crazy On You Heart 18 #5
227 Alison Elvis Costello 49 #3
228 Misty Mountain Hop Led Zeppelin 18 #140
229 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 9 #13
230 I Can See For Miles The Who 10 #190
231 Kitty's Back Bruce Springsteen 6 #231
232 Shattered The Rolling Stones 14 #115
233 The Spirit Of Radio Rush 10 #24
234 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 72 #9
235 White Riot The Clash 18 #15
236 Achilles Last Stand Led Zeppelin 7 #236
237 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles 18 #64
238 Born on the Bayou Creedence Clearwater Revival 13 #160
239 Red House Jimi Hendrix 3 #239
240 Black Magic Woman Santana 11 #125
241 Search And Destroy The Stooges 3 #146
242 Carry On My Wayward Son Kansas 17 #23
243 Ace of Spades Motorhead 38 #3
244 Thunderstruck AC/DC 58 #2
245 I'm A Man Chicago 1 #245
246 Riders on the Storm The Doors 53 #20
247 Bad Reputation Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 11 #173
248 Tutti Frutti Little Richard 1 #248
249 La Grange ZZ Top 14 #55
250 Sabotage Beastie Boys 73 #3
251 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 22 #2
252 Diznee Land dada 1 #252
253 Good Golly Miss Molly Little Richard 3 #253
254 Tusk Fleetwood Mac 11 #231
255 Ten Years Gone Led Zeppelin 12 #57
256 Powderfinger Neil Young 11 #138
257 For Those About to Rock AC/DC 12 #58
258 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Creedence Clearwater Revival 9 #68
259 Detroit Rock City Kiss 10 #13
260 Frankenstein Edgar Winter 12 #245
261 Ripple The Grateful Dead 20 #48
262 One Big Holiday My Morning Jacket 18 #36
263 Running With the Devil Van Halen 3 #8
264 Hells Bells AC/DC 17 #48
265 Do You Feel Like We Do Peter Frampton 9 #154
266 Dogs Pink Floyd 11 #103
267 Summertime Blues Blue Cheer 2 #267
268 Start Me Up The Rolling Stones 19 #7
269 Cult of Personality Living Colour 47 #42
270 All The Way To Memphis Mott the Hoople 1 #270
271 Paradise by the Dashboard Light Meat Loaf 33 #6
272 All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople 21 #100
273 Crosstown Traffic Jimi Hendrix 12 #72
274 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 83 #1
275 25 or 6 to 4 Chicago 14 #10
276 Queen Bitch David Bowie 6 #105
277 Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues 35 #12
278 For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield 16 #65
279 Time Has Come Today Chambers Brothers 9 #172
280 Beautiful Day U2 66 #2
281 With a Little Help from My Friends Joe Cocker 17 #42
282 Middle of the Road The Pretenders 32 #82
283 Magic Bus The Who 9 #118
284 Panic In Detroit David Bowie 18 #95
285 Over the Hills and Far Away Led Zeppelin 23 #37
286 Dixie Chicken Little Feat 13 #147
287 So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star Patti Smith 1 #287
288 Stranglehold Ted Nugent 9 #67
289 What Light Wilco 2 #289
290 Day Tripper The Beatles 15 #105
291 Backstreets Bruce Springsteen 12 #28
292 Paradise City Guns N Roses 26 #17
293 Rocky Mountain Way Joe Walsh 13 #28
294 Fool in the Rain Led Zeppelin 18 #154
295 Werewolves of London Warren Zevon 18 #87
296 Slow Ride Foghat 16 #81
297 Cortez The Killer Neil Young 9 #12
298 Life During Wartime Talking Heads 52 #64
299 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 26 #17
300 Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys 17 #2
301 The Core Eric Clapton 11 #259
302 Doctor My Eyes Jackson Browne 4 #302
303 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 69 #16
304 Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum 15 #227
305 I've Seen All Good People Yes 13 #120
306 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 6 #57
307 Funeral for a Friend Elton John 3 #2
308 How Many More Times Led Zeppelin 9 #200
309 It's the End of the World as We Know it R.E.M. 13 #12
310 Bastards of Young The Replacements 25 #90
311 Lowdown Boz Scaggs 2 #219
312 Hello I Love You The Doors 9 #46
313 Have Love Will Travel The Sonics 2 #313
314 Lawyers, Guns And Money Warren Zevon 14 #56
315 Candy Iggy Pop And Kate Pierson 1 #315
316 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 11 #12
317 Since I've Been Loving You Led Zeppelin 11 #211
318 Beast of Burden The Rolling Stones 20 #68
319 No Excuses Alice In Chains 43 #12
320 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
321 Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles 18 #157
322 Rave On Buddy Holly 1 #322
323 Whole Lotta Shakin Goin' On Jerry Lee Lewis 2 #323
324 Midnight Rider Allman Brothers Band 13 #17
325 Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan 7 #99
326 Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen 23 #48
327 Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 10 #216
328 Pour Some Sugar On Me Def Leppard 16 #9
329 Time To Kill Gentle Giant 1 #329
330 She's Gone Hall and Oates 5 #38
331 Box of Rain The Grateful Dead 12 #78
332 Into the Mystic Van Morrison 17 #7
333 Can't Find y Way Home Blind Faith 15 #65
334 Fat Bottomed Girls Queen 16 #99
335 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 75 #3
336 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
337 Foxey Lady Jimi Hendrix 8 #144
338 Night Moves Bob Seger 16 #15
339 21st Century Schizoid Man King Crimson 6 #129
340 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 58 #16
341 Back in the Saddle Aerosmith 14 #63
342 Long Tall Sally Little Richard 1 #342
343 Cherry Bomb The Runaways 1 #343
344 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
345 Something The Beatles 21 #39
346 Rock And Roll Music Chuck Berry 1 #346
347 The End The Doors 52 #10
348 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band 13 #177
349 Wooden Ships Crosby Stills Nash 1 #349
350 Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart 10 #350
351 American Idiot Green Day 50 #1
352 Kick Out The Jams MC5 10 #352
353 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 54 #30
354 The Clampdown The Clash 1 #354
355 Working Man Rush 11 #64
356 Bang A Gong T. Rex 8 #284
357 People Who Died Jim Carroll Band 28 #17
358 Pretty Woman Roy Orbison 2 #358
359 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 16 #9
360 Your Little Hoodrat Friend Hold Steady 2 #101
361 Rockaway Beach The Ramones 24 #67
362 Gimme Some Lovin' Spencer Davis Group 10 #121
363 Close to the Edge Yes 12 #90
364 Brain Damage Pink Floyd 3 #318
365 Breakdown Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 7 #104
366 I Will Follow U2 69 #9
367 November Rain Guns N Roses 51 #25
368 Alex Chilton The Replacements 46 #8
369 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 63 #3
370 Dreams Allman Brothers Band 6 #137
371 Carry On Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 10 #260
372 I'm The Man Joe Jackson 29 #178
373 Starship Trooper Yes 12 #146
374 Hallelujah Jeff Buckley 36 #3
375 A Case Of You Joni Mitchell 7 #15
376 Going to California Led Zeppelin 21 #94
377 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 60 #9
378 And You and I Yes 13 #50
379 I Fought The Law Bobby Fuller Four 2 #379
380 Candy's Room Bruce Springsteen 7 #380
381 Incident on 57th Street Bruce Springsteen 4 #155
382 Teenage Riot Sonic Youth 27 #19
383 Rock-N-Roll Suicide David Bowie 20 #283
384 Touch Me The Doors 13 #156
385 Bell Bottom Blues Derek and the Dominos 11 #112
386 Rip This Joint The Rolling Stones 1 #386
387 Tunnel of Love Bruce Springsteen 6 #387
388 Shoot to Thrill AC/DC 12 #134
389 Wake Up The Arcade Fire 21 #12
390 Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd 17 #17
391 Us and Them Pink Floyd 17 #189
392 Fell in Love With a Girl The White Stripes 45 #1
393 Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival 17 #65
394 Under Pressure Queen 20 #50
395 Trouble Ray LaMontagne 5 #13
396 Hold On Alabama Shakes 17 #3
397 Killing in the Name of Rage Against the Machine 15 #8
398 Happy The Rolling Stones 11 #227
399 Limelight Rush 16 #36
400 My Old School Steely Dan 11 #222
401 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love Van Halen 15 #89
402 We Gotta Get Out Of This Place The Animals 8 #185
403 I Want You (She's So Heavy) The Beatles 10 #381
404 Foreplay/Longtime Boston 14 #44
405 Call Me The Breeze Lynyrd Skynyrd 13 #140
406 Scarlet Begonias The Grateful Dead 12 #134
407 Tattooed Love Boys The Pretenders 18 #35
408 I Am the Walrus The Beatles 13 #45
409 Norwegian Wood The Beatles 10 #67
410 Peace Frog The Doors 10 #282
411 Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting Elton John 11 #197
412 Up on Cripple Creek The Band 15 #71
413 Bad Company Bad Company 15 #81
414 Loan Me a Dime Boz Scaggs 6 #78
415 Clocks Coldplay 71 #1
416 Pride and Joy Stevie Ray Vaughan 14 #82
417 Yesterday The Beatles 36 #12
418 Open My Eyes Nazz 2 #418
419 Reeling in the Years Steely Dan 18 #127
420 Victoria The Kinks 15 #420
421 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 13 #25
422 Marquee Moon Television 19 #15
423 Little Black Submarines The Black Keys 16 #11
424 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
425 Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash 13 #79
426 Loving Cup The Rolling Stones 5 #290
427 Superstition Stevie Wonder 16 #20
428 Hot for Teacher Van Halen 15 #49
429 Long Live Rock The Who 9 #56
430 Space Oddity David Bowie 84 #8
431 Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston 1 #431
432 Rock And Roll Hoochie Coo Johnny Winter 1 #432
433 Stoned Soul Picnic Laura Nyro 3 #433
434 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 66 #3
435 Shes Not There Santana 1 #435
436 Heart of the Sunrise Yes 5 #436
437 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 3 #437
438 Terrapin Station The Grateful Dead 7 #50
439 Ho Hey Lumineers 20 #1
440 Trash New York Dolls 3 #440
441 Under My Thumb The Rolling Stones 12 #201
442 Pure And Easy Pete Townshend 1 #442
443 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 16 #32
444 Mystery Achievement The Pretenders 21 #19
445 Another One Bites the Dust Queen 17 #20
446 Rock n' Roll High School The Ramones 24 #80
447 Bridge of Sighs Robin Trower 3 #192
448 Congo Square Sonny Landreth 1 #448
449 Tupelo Honey Van Morrison 10 #51
450 Bargain The Who 10 #194
451 Travelin' Band Creedence Clearwater Revival 6 #440
452 Thick as a Brick Jethro Tull 8 #199
453 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding 9 #40
454 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker The Ramones 55 #46
455 I'd Love To Change The World Ten Years After 12 #320
456 Jump Van Halen 23 #15
457 Wouldn't It Be Nice The Beach Boys 7 #45
458 Glory Days Bruce Springsteen 15 #52
459 Crush Dave Matthews Band 31 #19
460 Moonage Day Dream David Bowie 21 #231
461 Black Water Doobie Brothers 16 #226
462 The Song Remains the Same Led Zeppelin 9 #176
463 Personality Crisis New York Dolls 15 #346
464 Red Barchetta Rush 8 #71
465 Wild Thing Troggs 13 #29
466 Abbey Road Medley The Beatles 4 #43
467 Happiness is a Warm Gun The Beatles 6 #412
468 Radio Radio Elvis Costello 5 #106
469 Paperback Writer The Beatles 8 #215
470 Woodstock Joni Mitchell 3 #226
471 Girlfriend Matthew Sweet 43 #2
472 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 66 #10
473 Echoes Pink Floyd 10 #4
474 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 117 #1
475 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 62 #1
476 This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Talking Heads 8 #23
477 Howlin' for You The Black Keys 14 #1
478 Adam Raised A Cain Bruce Springsteen 2 #478
479 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 70 #4
480 Zombie The Cranberries 71 #1
481 Supper's Ready Genesis 7 #31
482 Jack and Diane John Cougar Mellencamp 6 #113
483 Can't Hardly Wait The Replacements 26 #27
484 I'm Waiting For My Man The Velvet Underground 9 #88
485 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley 2 #485
486 Woman From Tokyo Deep Purple 14 #78
487 Let's Stay Together Al Green 8 #112
488 Anyway You Want It Journey 11 #36
489 Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam 57 #2
490 Monkey Gone To Heaven The Pixies 59 #5
491 School's Out Alice Cooper 15 #7
492 All You Need is Love The Beatles 18 #41
493 Holiday Bee Gees 1 #493
494 So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star The Byrds 1 #494
495 China Grove Doobie Brothers 13 #129
496 Stuck Between Stations Hold Steady 7 #140
497 Gimme Three Steps Lynyrd Skynyrd 15 #130
498 Run Like Hell Pink Floyd 13 #60
499 Back on the Chain Gang The Pretenders 45 #43
500 I Will Dare The Replacements 35 #50
501 Because The Beatles 3 #46
502 Maggies Farm Bob Dylan 1 #502
503 Blinded By The Light Bruce Springsteen 1 #503
504 Life on Mars David Bowie 20 #29
505 Eyes of the World The Grateful Dead 6 #60
506 Shakedown Street The Grateful Dead 12 #32
507 The Star Spangled Banner Jimi Hendrix 1 #507
508 I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock n' Roll Band) The Moody Blues 8 #201
509 You Get What You Give The New Radicals 30 #3
510 Every Breath You Take The Police 56 #3
511 Eminence Front The Who 16 #71
512 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 53 #10
513 Change Of Heart Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1 #513
514 So Lonely The Police 44 #94
515 Going for the One Yes 2 #358
516 Cheap Sunglasses ZZ Top 6 #308
517 Photograph Def Leppard 14 #11
518 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
519 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet 58 #1
520 Rainy Night In Soho The Pogues 1 #520
521 The Last Time The Rolling Stones 1 #521
522 Desolation Row Bob Dylan 8 #3
523 Night Bruce Springsteen 1 #523
524 Brand New Cadillac The Clash 16 #165
525 Chest Fever The Band 3 #525
526 Move Over Janis Joplin 2 #526
527 You Set The Scene Love 4 #422
528 Like The Way I Do Melissa Etheridge 9 #48
529 Aces High Iron Maiden 2 #438
530 Ophelia The Band 2 #174
531 Mysterious Ways U2 74 #2
532 Man in the Box Alice In Chains 55 #3
533 Thing Called Love Bonnie Raitt 2 #437
534 Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits 25 #32
535 Shake Some Action Flaming Groovies 2 #348
536 My Sharona The Knack 18 #69
537 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 8 #29
538 I Got A Line Spirit 1 #538
539 Ballroom Blitz Sweet 10 #179
540 Jailbreak Thin Lizzy 8 #134
541 Ball and Biscuit The White Stripes 6 #191
542 Mother Danzig 11 #62
543 You Got Another Thing Coming Judas Priest 5 #47
544 Bring It On Home Led Zeppelin 6 #499
545 Summer In The City The Lovin' Spoonful 1 #545
546 Purple Rain Prince 51 #1
547 The Lemon Song Led Zeppelin 3 #507
548 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 64 #5
549 The Ocean Led Zeppelin 19 #146
550 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
551 Fairies Wear Boots Black Sabbath 6 #551
552 Positively 4th Street Bob Dylan 11 #84
553 Stop! Jane's Addiction 46 #6
554 Blue Joni Mitchell 5 #262
555 Tie Your Mother Down Queen 6 #326
556 Impossible Germany Wilco 12 #6
557 Let There Be Rock AC/DC 7 #319
558 Train Kept a Rollin Aerosmith 9 #200
559 Life in the Fast Lane The Eagles 17 #61
560 Let It Ride Bachman Turner Overdrive 6 #241
561 Blowin' in The Wind Bob Dylan 7 #42
562 You're All I've Got Tonight The Cars 4 #469
563 We're an American Band Grand Funk Railroad 11 #20
564 Walk Away James Gang 7 #410
565 The Wind Cries Mary Jimi Hendrix 13 #102
566 This Is It Kenny Loggins 1 #566
567 Old Man Neil Young 16 #120
568 Eruption Van Halen 1 #568
569 All My Loving The Beatles 8 #149
570 Only the Good Die Young Billy Joel 11 #137
571 Season Of The Witch Donovan 1 #571
572 Bennie and the Jets Elton John 14 #130
573 Waiting Room Fugazi 16 #15
574 Load Out/Stay Jackson Browne 2 #69
575 Summertime Janis Joplin 3 #319
576 Fat Man in the Bathtub Little Feat 6 #391
577 Cruel To Be Kind Nick Lowe 22 #281
578 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
579 Story of My Life Social Distortion 36 #7
580 Come Sail Away Styx 14 #53
581 Ticket to Ride The Beatles 18 #91
582 Cannonball The Breeders 60 #1
583 Prove It All Night Bruce Springsteen 9 #262
584 Ants Marching Dave Matthews Band 39 #25
585 Bye Bye Love The Everly Brothers 1 #585
586 Going Underground The Jam 17 #7
587 In the Court of the Crimson King King Crimson 10 #181
588 Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith 20 #47
589 Band on the Run Paul McCartney 13 #66
590 Salty Dog Procol Harum 3 #353
591 Waiting on a Friend The Rolling Stones 11 #20
592 Oye Como Va Santana 7 #592
593 Deacon Blues Steely Dan 12 #139
594 Glad / Freedom Rider Traffic 3 #245
595 And Your Bird Can Sing The Beatles 9 #289
596 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan 6 #65
597 No Particular Place To Go Chuck Berry 2 #85
598 Diamond Dogs David Bowie 16 #598
599 I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home) Grand Funk Railroad 9 #63
600 Friend of the Devil The Grateful Dead 14 #127
601 Jump Into the Fire Harry Nilsson 3 #437
602 Instant Karma! John Lennon 17 #95
603 Bron Y Aur Stomp Led Zeppelin 1 #603
604 Kodachrome Paul Simon 6 #313
605 Corduroy Pearl Jam 43 #5
606 Rock You Like a Hurricane Scorpions 12 #52
607 We're Not Gonna Take It Twisted Sister 14 #23
608 I Can't Explain The Who 2 #608
609 Racing in the Street Bruce Springsteen 8 #115
610 Mr. Soul Buffalo Springfield 2 #610
611 Mrs Potters Lullaby Counting Crows 5 #301
612 Miserlou Dick Dale 1 #612
613 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 55 #1
614 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 71 #9
615 Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town Pearl Jam 46 #4
616 Chalk Dust Torture Phish 16 #470
617 Steady, As She Goes The Raconteurs 31 #2
618 Testify Rage Against the Machine 30 #16
619 Time To Pretend MGMT 25 #18
620 Jeepster T. Rex 6 #336
621 Viva La Vida Coldplay 27 #1
622 I Believe in a Thing Called Love The Darkness 37 #9
623 Love Her Madly The Doors 11 #77
624 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis 13 #127
625 White Bird It's a Beautiful Day 4 #321
626 Live and Let Die Paul McCartney 10 #92
627 I Know I'm Losing You Rare Earth 1 #627
628 Radio Song R.E.M. 26 #10
629 Learning To Fly Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 9 #76
630 Time of the Season The Zombies 9 #217
631 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap AC/DC 16 #19
632 Knockin' on Heaven's Door Bob Dylan 15 #136
633 Spirit in the Night Bruce Springsteen 10 #202
634 Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis 12 #55
635 Shimmer Fuel 27 #1
636 Twilight Zone Golden Earring 18 #144
637 Today Jefferson Airplane 2 #595
638 Sugaree Jerry Garcia Band 1 #638
639 Dancing Days Led Zeppelin 8 #251
640 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 63 #6
641 Synchronicity II The Police 38 #15
642 I Wanna Be Your Dog The Stooges 15 #42
643 I Won't Back Down Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 2 #10
644 Dear Mr. Fantasy Traffic 15 #153
645 Siberian Khatru Yes 2 #645
646 Livin' On The Edge Aerosmith 12 #123
647 Fight For Your Right Beastie Boys 19 #1
648 Captain Jack Billy Joel 16 #82
649 Beginnings Chicago 8 #145
650 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
651 Thats Alright Mama Elvis Presley 1 #651
652 After Midnight Eric Clapton 9 #171
653 I Want You Back Jackson 5 5 #170
654 Rumble Link Wray 3 #465
655 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 16 #25
656 Dark Star Polica 3 #388
657 Message of Love The Pretenders 32 #95
658 Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo Rick Derringer 9 #21
659 Dude Looks Like a Lady Aerosmith 16 #37
660 Baby You Can Drive My Car The Beatles 1 #660
661 Dear Prudence The Beatles 12 #137
662 I Got Mine The Black Keys 2 #230
663 When My Time Comes Dawes 9 #11
664 Do The Trick Dr. Dog 2 #664
665 U.S. Blues The Grateful Dead 10 #164
666 I Shot the Sheriff Bob Marley 10 #205
667 Pink Houses John Cougar Mellencamp 4 #278
668 The Battle Of Evermore Led Zeppelin 7 #339
669 Float On Modest Mouse 55 #1
670 Dr. Feelgood Motley Crue 9 #113
671 Mahgeetah My Morning Jacket 6 #324
672 Timebomb Old 97's 5 #334
673 Jet Paul McCartney 8 #47
674 Showbiz Kids Steely Dan 1 #674
675 The Sky Is Crying Stevie Ray Vaughan 1 #675
676 Renegade Styx 12 #81
677 Take Me to the River Talking Heads 47 #66
678 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
679 White Wedding Billy Idol 65 #7
680 Old Time Rock n' Roll Bob Seger 2 #142
681 Wanted Dead or Alive Bon Jovi 18 #48
682 Rock and Roll Band Boston 12 #87
683 E Street Shuffle Bruce Springsteen 1 #683
684 Straight To Hell The Clash 19 #6
685 So Far Away Dire Straits 4 #333
686 Bad to the Bone George Thorogood 12 #66
687 Changed the Locks Lucinda Williams 4 #154
688 Angie The Rolling Stones 50 #1
689 Better Man Pearl Jam 71 #3
690 Ruby Tuesday The Rolling Stones 19 #216
691 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 77 #1
692 Blowin Free Wishbone Ash 1 #692
693 10 AM Automatic The Black Keys 15 #22
694 Holocene Bon Iver 10 #13
695 The Rising Bruce Springsteen 10 #5
696 The Magnificent Seven The Clash 28 #158
697 Teen Angst Cracker 25 #16
698 Tales Of Brave Ulysses Cream 5 #641
699 Who'll Stop The Rain Creedence Clearwater Revival 6 #369
700 Touch of Grey The Grateful Dead 19 #90
701 Higher And Higher Jackie Wilson 1 #701
702 Goin Down Jeff Beck 2 #702
703 Are You Experienced? Jimi Hendrix 8 #214
704 Castles Made Of Sand Jimi Hendrix 8 #360
705 Shake Rattle And Roll Big Joe Turner 1 #705
706 Man on the Moon R.E.M. 44 #24
707 Heart Of The City Nick Lowe 1 #707
708 Even The Losers Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 2 #708
709 Galileo The Indigo Girls 19 #30
710 Dust in the Wind Kansas 15 #69
711 When You Were Young The Killers 43 #2
712 In My Time of Dying Led Zeppelin 6 #426
713 Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac 13 #92
714 Stone Cold Crazy Queen 3 #646
715 Do You Remember Rock-N-Roll Radio? The Ramones 18 #162
716 Day Of The Eagle Robin Trower 1 #716
717 Live With Me The Rolling Stones 1 #717
718 What I Like About You The Romantics 39 #16
719 In a Big Country Big Country 63 #3
720 Manic Depression Jimi Hendrix 3 #659
721 Presence Of The Lord Blind Faith 1 #721
722 Louie Louie The Kingsmen 7 #373
723 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again Bob Dylan 7 #355
724 Just Like a Woman Bob Dylan 4 #148
725 The Fire Down Below Bob Seger 2 #725
726 Lost In The Supermarket The Clash 33 #75
727 Golden Years David Bowie 29 #154
728 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
729 Mr. Brightside The Killers 80 #1
730 I Want You Bob Dylan 4 #603
731 20Th Century Man The Kinks 1 #731
732 Custard Pie Led Zeppelin 4 #410
733 Daughter Pearl Jam 65 #1
734 Killer Queen Queen 16 #27
735 Get Off My Cloud The Rolling Stones 11 #197
736 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 75 #2
737 Bodhisattva Steely Dan 6 #314
738 Everybody Wants Some Van Halen 6 #72
739 Show Me How to Live Audioslave 19 #14
740 No Matter What Badfinger 9 #180
741 Fame David Bowie 36 #34
742 Tiny Dancer Elton John 22 #17
743 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 48 #25
744 Lucky Man Emerson, Lake, and Palmer 7 #342
745 Fire On The Mountain The Grateful Dead 4 #666
746 I Hate Myself for Loving You Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 5 #37
747 Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You Led Zeppelin 12 #92
748 No Quarter Led Zeppelin 13 #208
749 Devil With The Blue Dress On Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels 1 #749
750 Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes Paul Simon 7 #150
751 Debaser The Pixies 47 #3
752 Karma Police Radiohead 92 #2
753 Shoot Out The Lights Richard Thompson 1 #753
754 Mother's Little Helper The Rolling Stones 8 #257
755 Living For the City Stevie Wonder 5 #268
756 Last Night The Strokes 8 #5
757 See No Evil Television 4 #120
758 Mary Jane's Last Dance Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 10 #104
759 Wolf Like Me TV on the Radio 24 #28
760 Oh! Sweet Nuthin' The Velvet Underground 3 #389
761 Buddy Holly Weezer 62 #8
762 Jammin' Bob Marley 36 #2
763 Journey To The Center Of Your Mind Amboy Dukes 1 #763
764 Put The Message In The Box World Party 17 #550
765 Takin' Care of Business Bachman Turner Overdrive 15 #49
766 A Quick One The Who 1 #766
767 You Give Love a Bad Name Bon Jovi 16 #33
768 Death Or Glory The Clash 8 #221
769 Let It Rain Eric Clapton 3 #31
770 White Lies Grin 1 #770
771 Long Cool Woman The Hollies 7 #317
772 Gideon My Morning Jacket 4 #246
773 Whiskey Train Procol Harum 1 #773
774 YYZ Rush 7 #356
775 Rebellion (Lies) The Arcade Fire 38 #6
776 I Want You To Want Me Cheap Trick 10 #38
777 Complete Control The Clash 9 #2
778 Stay Free The Clash 3 #778
779 I Know You Rider The Grateful Dead 2 #779
780 Living Loving Maid Led Zeppelin 1 #780
781 Rip It Up Little Richard 2 #781
782 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
783 Rock & Roll The Velvet Underground 22 #17
784 Tuesday's Gone Lynyrd Skynyrd 14 #35
785 Talk Talk Music Machine 1 #785
786 Gloria Patti Smith 29 #52
787 Judy is a Punk The Ramones 3 #787
788 She's So Cold The Rolling Stones 3 #4
789 Cupid Sam Cooke 2 #789
790 Sounds Of Silence Simon and Garfunkel 5 #30
791 The Joker Steve Miller Band 11 #45
792 You're Gonna Miss Me Thirteenth Floor Elevators 1 #792
793 September Gurls Big Star 6 #325
794 The Seeker The Who 1 #794
795 Yours Is No Disgrace Yes 7 #399
796 I Feel Fine The Beatles 11 #133
797 Roll Me Away Bob Seger 3 #176
798 Cadillac Ranch Bruce Springsteen 5 #129
799 Yellow Coldplay 65 #4
800 Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival 1 #800
801 Shadow People Dr. Dog 7 #84
802 Hocus Pocus Focus 7 #281
803 Teacher Jethro Tull 2 #575
804 Axis (Bold As Love) Jimi Hendrix 2 #450
805 Do You Wanna Touch Me Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 1 #805
806 What Is and What Should Never Be Led Zeppelin 12 #220
807 Ride My See-Saw The Moody Blues 3 #296
808 Try A Little Tenderness Otis Redding 7 #88
809 Rearviewmirror Pearl Jam 25 #8
810 Night In My Veins The Pretenders 13 #28
811 Rip Off T. Rex 1 #811
812 Unchained Van Halen 12 #3
813 Say It Ain't So Weezer 46 #12
814 Sharp Dressed Man ZZ Top 14 #43
815 TNT AC/DC 17 #40
816 No Cars Go The Arcade Fire 10 #46
817 Rainy Day Woman #12 & #35 Bob Dylan 11 #358
818 4Th Of July Asbury Park Bruce Springsteen 2 #496
819 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 58 #2
820 Cathedral Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 1 #820
821 Drift Away Dobie Gray 8 #487
822 That Old Black Hole Dr. Dog 6 #49
823 Moby Dick Led Zeppelin 3 #823
824 Hit Me With Your Best Shot Pat Benatar 14 #34
825 A Girl Like You The Smithereens 39 #30
826 Down on the Street The Stooges 3 #424
827 Papa Was a Rolling Stone Temptations 8 #91
828 All I Want Is You U2 36 #32
829 Rock Bottom UFO 2 #393
830 Georgia Willie Nelson 1 #830
831 Penny Lane The Beatles 21 #37
832 Loser Beck 77 #2
833 Your Touch The Black Keys 11 #34
834 Ballad Of A Thin Man Bob Dylan 2 #834
835 Addicted to Love Robert Palmer 16 #50
836 Just Like Honey The Jesus and Mary Chain 24 #2
837 Piano Man Billy Joel 29 #15
838 Police On My Back The Clash 25 #100
839 The Jean Genie David Bowie 2 #459
840 Space Truckin Deep Purple 8 #106
841 Nobody's Fault But Mine Led Zeppelin 4 #400
842 Best of You Foo Fighters 45 #1
843 St. Stephen The Grateful Dead 3 #73
844 Sunny Afternoon The Kinks 7 #95
845 Try Janis Joplin 1 #845
846 All These Things That I've Done The Killers 34 #2
847 Superman The Kinks 1 #847
848 Going To A Go Go Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 1 #848
849 Hypnotized Fleetwood Mac 3 #643
850 Paper Planes M.I.A. 21 #4
851 Knights of Cydonia Muse 53 #1
852 Little Willy Sweet 1 #852
853 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder 7 #68
854 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 38 #17
855 Uprising Muse 24 #3
856 Vertigo U2 45 #4
857 Southern Cross Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 5 #412
858 Katmandu Bob Seger 2 #280
859 Just What I Needed The Cars 29 #62
860 What'd I Say Ray Charles 3 #444
861 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
862 Start Choppin' Dinosaur Jr. 20 #45
863 Whip It Devo 64 #1
864 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley 41 #3
865 Reach Out, I'll Be There The Four Tops 2 #865
866 Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin 8 #203
867 Walk This Way Run DMC 7 #9
868 Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin 5 #331
869 I Saw The Light Todd Rundgren 4 #551
870 Rhiannon Fleetwood Mac 14 #96
871 Where It's At Beck 58 #2
872 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
873 Don't You Want Me Baby The Human League 1 #873
874 Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins 2 #874
875 8 Miles High The Byrds 2 #657
876 You've Lost That Lovin Feeling Righteous Brothers 3 #142
877 Graceland Paul Simon 10 #35
878 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 71 #1
879 Let My Love Open The Door Pete Townshend 7 #325
880 One Way or Another Blondie 52 #22
881 Running on Empty Jackson Browne 17 #13
882 Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran 1 #882
883 Brain Stew Green Day 39 #8
884 Go All The Way Raspberries 3 #577
885 Song 2 Blur 82 #2

About this countdown

WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) was voted by WXPN’s listeners (Philadelphia, PA) in 2012. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. Because it is a themed or special countdown, it is archived here but not counted in the combined rankings.

Source: WXPN, "885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012)".

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