Hit Song
|
Years Active
|
#
|
Answer
|
Burning Down the House
|
1975 - 1991
|
100
|
Talking Heads
|
Blue Suede Shoes
|
1946 - 1998
|
99
|
Carl Perkins
|
Move On Up
|
1960 - 1999
|
98
|
Curtis Mayfield
|
Losing My Religion
|
1980 - 2011
|
97
|
R.E.M
|
Stop! In the Name of Love
|
1959 - 1977
|
96
|
Diana Ross and the Supremes
|
Sweet Home Alabama
|
1964 - 1977, 1987 - Present
|
95
|
Lynyrd Skynyrd
|
Head Like a Hole
|
1988 - Present
|
94
|
Nine Inch Nails
|
Green Onions
|
1962 - 1971, 1973 - 1977, 1994 - Present
|
93
|
Booker T. and the MGs
|
Sweet Child o' Mine
|
1985 - Present
|
92
|
Guns N' Roses
|
Free Fallin'
|
1969 - Present
|
91
|
Tom Petty
|
Evil Ways
|
1965 - Present
|
90
|
Carlos Santana
|
Heart Full of Soul
|
1963 - 1968, 1992 - Present
|
89
|
The Yardbirds
|
Takeover
|
1986 - Present
|
88
|
Jay-Z
|
Return of the Grievous Angel
|
1963 - 1973
|
87
|
Gram Parsons
|
Keep Ya Head Up
|
1987 - 1996
|
86
|
Tupac Shakur
|
Paranoid
|
1968 - 2006, 2011 - Present
|
85
|
Black Sabbath
|
Fire and Rain
|
1966 - Present
|
84
|
James Taylor
|
Stan
|
1992 - Present
|
83
|
Eminem
|
Fortunate Son
|
1967 - 1972
|
82
|
Creedence Clearwater Revival
|
Save the Last Dance for Me
|
1953 - Present
|
81
|
The Drifters
|
Man Out of Time
|
1970 - Present
|
80
|
Elvis Costello
|
It's the Same Old Song
|
1953 - Present
|
79
|
The Four Tops
|
Search and Destroy
|
1967 - 1974, 2003 - 2016
|
78
|
The Stooges
|
Sabotage
|
1980 - 2012
|
77
|
Beastie Boys
|
Will Love You Tomorrow
|
1957 - 1982
|
76
|
The Shirelles
|
Hotel California
|
1971 - 1980, 1994 - 2016
|
75
|
Eagles
|
I Saw the Light
|
1937 - 1953
|
74
|
Hank Williams
|
Paranoid Android
|
1985 - Present
|
73
|
Radiohead
|
Back in Black
|
1973 - Present
|
72
|
AC/DC
|
Montana
|
1955 - 1993
|
71
|
Frank Zappa
|
Roxanne
|
1977 - 1986, 2007 - 2008
|
70
|
The Police
|
Lonely Teardrops
|
1953 - 1975
|
69
|
Jackie Wilson
|
My Girl
|
1960 - Present
|
68
|
The Temptations
|
Sunshine of Your Love
|
1966 - 1968
|
67
|
Cream
|
Take Me to the River
|
1967 - Present
|
66
|
Al Green
|
You Really Got Me
|
1963 - 1996
|
65
|
The Kinks
|
Be My Baby (Cover)
|
1958 - 2009
|
64
|
Phil Spector
|
What's Love Got to Do With It
|
1958 - Present
|
63
|
Tina Turner
|
Big Yellow Taxi
|
1964 - 2007
|
62
|
Joni Mitchell
|
Enter Sandman
|
1981 - Present
|
61
|
Metallica
|
Pretty Vacant
|
1975 - 1978, 1996 - 2001, 2002 - 2003, 2007 - 2008
|
60
|
The Sex Pistols
|
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
|
1970 - Present
|
59
|
Aerosmith
|
One Nation Under a Groove
|
1968 - Present
|
58
|
Parliament - Funkadelic
|
Casey Jones
|
1965 - 1995
|
57
|
Grateful Dead
|
Nuthin' But a 'G Thang
|
1984 - Present
|
56
|
Dr. Dre
|
Layla
|
1962 - Present
|
55
|
Eric Clapton
|
Smokestack Lightning
|
1940s - 1976
|
54
|
Howlin' Wolf
|
Whipping Post
|
1969 - 1976, 1978 - 1982, 1986, 1989 - 2014
|
53
|
The Allman Brothers Band
|
Bohemian Rhapsody
|
1970 - Present
|
52
|
Queen
|
Comfortably Numb
|
1965 - 1995, 2012 - 2014
|
51
|
Pink Floyd
|
The Weight
|
1964 - 1977, 1983 - 1999
|
50
|
The Band
|
Rocket Man
|
1962 - Present
|
49
|
Elton John
|
King of Rock
|
1981 - 2002
|
48
|
Run-DMC
|
Because the Night
|
1971 - Present
|
47
|
Patti Smith
|
Kozmic Blues
|
1962 - 1970
|
46
|
Janis Joplin
|
Eight Miles High
|
1964 - 1973, 1989 - 1991, 2000
|
45
|
The Byrds
|
Fight the Power
|
1982 - Present
|
44
|
Public Enemy
|
Everday People
|
1967 - 1983
|
43
|
Sly and the Family Stone
|
Into the Mystic
|
1958 - Present
|
42
|
Van Morrison
|
Light My Fire
|
1965 - 1973
|
41
|
The Doors
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water
|
1957 - 1970
|
40
|
Simon and Garfunkel
|
Space Oddity
|
1962 - 2016
|
39
|
David Bowie
|
Imagine
|
1970 - 1975, 1980
|
38
|
John Lennon
|
Oh, Pretty Woman
|
1953 - 1988
|
37
|
Roy Orbison
|
Like a Virgin
|
1979 - Present
|
36
|
Madonna
|
Thriller
|
1964 - 2009
|
35
|
Michael Jackson
|
Rockin' in the Free World
|
1960 - Present
|
34
|
Neil Young
|
The Price of Love
|
1957 - 1973, 1983 - 2005
|
33
|
The Everly Brothers
|
I Don't Blame You at All
|
1955 - 1978, 1980 - 1983, 1993 - 2011
|
32
|
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
|
I Walk the Line
|
1954 - 2003
|
31
|
Johnny Cash
|
Smells Like Teen Spirit
|
1987 - 1994
|
30
|
Nirvana
|
Baba O'Reilly
|
1964 - 1982, 1989, 1996 - Present
|
29
|
The Who
|
Rock the Casbah
|
1976 - 1986
|
28
|
The Clash
|
Purple Rain
|
1976 - 2016
|
27
|
Prince
|
Blitzkreig Bop
|
1974 - 1996
|
26
|
Ramones
|
Be My Guest
|
1947 - Present
|
25
|
Fats Domino
|
Lewis Boogie
|
1954 - Present
|
24
|
Jerry Lee Lewis
|
Born to Run
|
1964 - Present
|
23
|
Bruce Springsteen
|
Mysterious Ways
|
1976 - Present
|
22
|
U2
|
Try a Little Tenderness
|
1958 - 1967
|
21
|
Otis Redding
|
Say Man
|
1943 - 2006
|
20
|
Bo Diddley
|
Sweet Jane
|
1964 - 1973, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996
|
19
|
The Velvet Underground
|
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
|
1970s - 1984
|
18
|
Marvin Gaye
|
Hoochie Coochie Man
|
1941 - 1982
|
17
|
Muddy Waters
|
Chain Gang
|
1951 -1964
|
16
|
Sam Cooke
|
Superstition
|
1961 - Present
|
15
|
Stevie Wonder
|
Stairway to Heaven
|
1968 - 1980
|
14
|
Led Zeppelin
|
That'll Be the Day
|
1955 - 1959
|
13
|
Buddy Holly
|
Good Vibrations
|
1961 - Present
|
12
|
The Beach Boys
|
Redemption Song
|
1962 - 1981
|
11
|
Bob Marley
|
Georgia
|
1947 - 2004
|
10
|
Ray Charles
|
Think
|
1956 - Present
|
9
|
Aretha Franklin
|
Tutti-Frutti
|
1947 - Present
|
8
|
Little Richard
|
I Got You (I Feel Good)
|
1953 - 2006
|
7
|
James Brown
|
Purple Haze
|
1963 - 1970
|
6
|
Jimi Hendrix
|
Johnny B. Goode
|
1955 - Present
|
5
|
Chuck Berry
|
Sympathy for the Devil
|
1962 - Present
|
4
|
The Rolling Stones
|
Jailhouse Rock
|
1953 - 1977
|
3
|
Elvis Presley
|
Like a Rolling Stone
|
1959 - Present
|
2
|
Bob Dylan
|
A Day in the Life
|
1960 - 1970
|
1
|
The Beatles
|