Statistics for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Best Songs of All Time - 2021

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Aretha Franklin	Respect	83%
Nirvana	Smells Like Teen Spirit	81%
Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	73%
The Beatles	Hey Jude	69%
John Lennon	Imagine	67%
Prince and the Revolution	Purple Rain	67%
Outkast	Hey Ya!	64%
Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	61%
Gnarls Barkley \| Patsy Cline	Crazy	55%
Led Zeppelin	Stairway to Heaven	54%
The Beatles	Let It Be	52%
U2	One	51%
Eminem feat. Dido	Stan	51%
The Beatles	Yesterday	50%
Radiohead	Creep	48%
Lorde	Royals	48%
Van Halen	Jump	47%
R.E.M.	Losing My Religion	47%
Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone	46%
Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	45%
Fleetwood Mac	Dreams	44%
Stevie Wonder	Superstition	44%
Louis Armstrong	What a Wonderful World	44%
The Eagles	Hotel California	43%
Marvin Gaye	What's Going On	42%
Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	41%
The White Stripes	Seven Nation Army	41%
Oasis	Wonderwall	41%
Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	40%
Leonard Cohen	Hallelujah	40%
Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	40%
Dolly Parton	Jolene	40%
The Bee Gees	Stayin' Alive	40%
Guns N' Roses	Sweet Child O' Mine	40%
Journey	Don't Stop Believin'	39%
The Beach Boys	Good Vibrations	39%
Bob Marley and the Wailers	No Woman No Cry	39%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	All Along the Watchtower	38%
The Beatles	Help!	38%
The Rolling Stones	Paint It, Black	38%
Johnny Cash	Ring of Fire	38%
Elton John	Rocket Man	38%
Michael Jackson	Beat It	37%
ABBA	Dancing Queen	37%
Madonna	Like a Prayer	37%
Adele	Rolling in the Deep	37%
Earth, Wind, and Fire	September	37%
Britney Spears	Toxic	37%
Toto	Africa	36%
Beyonce feat. Jay-Z	Crazy in Love	36%
Blondie	Heart of Glass	36%
Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	36%
Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	35%
Kate Bush	Running Up That Hill	35%
Queen and David Bowie	Under Pressure	35%
Billie Eilish	Bad Guy	34%
The Mamas and the Papas	California Dreamin'	34%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Purple Haze	34%
Carly Rae Jepson	Call Me Maybe	33%
Tracy Chapman	Fast Car	33%
The Clash	London Calling	33%
Sinead O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U	33%
Black Sabbath	Paranoid	33%
David Bowie	Space Oddity	33%
Guns N' Roses	Welcome to the Jungle	33%
Prince and the Revolution	When Doves Cry	33%
Cher	Believe	31%
Tom Petty	Free Fallin'	31%
David Bowie	Heroes	31%
Gloria Gaynor	I Will Survive	31%
Marvin Gaye	Let's Get It On	31%
Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)	31%
Amy Winehouse	Back to Black	30%
Metallica	Enter Sandman	30%
Derek and the Dominos	Layla	30%
Ben E. King	Stand by Me	30%
The Rolling Stones	Sympathy for the Devil	30%
Elton John	Tiny Dancer	30%
Aerosmith	Dream On	29%
The Beatles	Eleanor Rigby	29%
The Police	Every Breath You Take	29%
Eminem	Lose Yourself	29%
Outkast	Ms. Jackson	29%
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars	Uptown Funk	29%
Madonna	Vogue	29%
TLC	Waterfalls	29%
Public Enemy	Fight the Power	28%
Lynyrd Skynyrd	Free Bird	28%
Fleetwood Mac	Go Your Own Way	28%
Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay	28%
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Under the Bridge	28%
The Kinks	You Really Got Me	28%
The Sex Pistols	Anarchy in the U.K.	27%
Tears for Fears	Everybody Wants to Rule the World	27%
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son	27%
The Rolling Stones	Gimme Shelter	27%
The Beach Boys	God Only Knows	27%
Black Sabbath	Iron Man	27%
Bon Jovi	Livin' on a Prayer	27%
Lil Nas X	Old Town Road	27%
M.I.A.	Paper Planes	27%
The Animals	The House of the Rising Sun	27%
Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	27%
U2	With or Without You	27%
Prince	1999	26%
Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls of Fire	26%
The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	26%
The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand	26%
The Doors	Light My Fire	26%
Phil Collins	In the Air Tonight	25%
Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart	25%
The Who	My Generation	25%
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Proud Mary	25%
Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	25%
Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	24%
The Ramones	Blitzkrieg Bop	24%
Bob Dylan	Blowin' in the Wind	24%
Nirvana	Come as You Are	24%
Blue Oyster Cult	(Don't Fear) The Reaper	24%
Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams	Get Lucky	24%
Prince	Kiss	24%
The Kinks	Lola	24%
The Temptations	My Girl	24%
Beyonce	Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)	24%
Dusty Springfield	Son of a Preacher Man	24%
The Beatles	Strawberry Fields Forever	24%
Rihanna feat. Jay-Z	Umbrella	24%
The Beatles	A Day in the Life	23%
The Jackson 5	I Want You Back	23%
The Beatles	Penny Lane	23%
Weezer	Buddy Holly	22%
The Sex Pistols	God Save the Queen	22%
Backstreet Boys	I Want It That Way	22%
Prince	Little Red Corvette	22%
Beck	Loser	22%
Boston	More Than a Feeling	22%
The Killers	Mr. Brightside	22%
The Beatles	Something	22%
Elton John	Your Song	22%
Lady Gaga	Bad Romance	21%
Pink Floyd	Comfortably Numb	21%
50 Cent	In Da Club	21%
Rage Against the Machine	Killing in the Name	21%
Metallica	Master of Puppets	21%
Bob Dylan \| The Byrds	Mr. Tambourine Man	21%
Alice Cooper	School's Out	21%
Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing	21%
Green Day	Basket Case	20%
The Ronettes	Be My Baby	20%
Soundgarden	Black Hole Sun	20%
David Bowie	Changes	20%
Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	20%
Led Zeppelin	Kashmir	20%
David Bowie	Life on Mars?	20%
Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	20%
Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds	20%
Lou Reed	Walk on the Wild Side	20%
Led Zeppelin	Whole Lotta Love	20%
Carly Simon	You're So Vain	20%
Etta James	At Last	19%
Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	19%
Taylor Swift	Blank Space	19%
Fleetwood Mac	Landslide	19%
The Beatles	She Loves You	19%
The Isley Brothers	Shout (Parts 1 and 2)	19%
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five	The Message	19%
The Band	The Weight	19%
Tina Turner	What's Love Got to Do With It	19%
Jefferson Airplane	White Rabbit	19%
Foo Fighters	Everlong	18%
Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	18%
Neil Young	Heart of Gold	18%
Duran Duran	Hungry Like the Wolf	18%
Whitney Houston	I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)	18%
Rod Stewart	Maggie May	18%
The B-52's	Rock Lobster	18%
Usher feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris	Yeah!	18%
Motorhead	Ace of Spades	17%
Procol Harum	A Whiter Shade of Pale	17%
BTS	Dynamite	17%
Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through the Grapevine	17%
Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime	17%
Thin Lizzy	The Boys Are Back in Town	17%
The Kinks	Waterloo Sunset	17%
Jay-Z	99 Problems	16%
Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	16%
New Order	Blue Monday	16%
Pulp	Common People	16%
Robyn	Dancing on My Own	16%
Stevie Nicks	Edge of Seventeen	16%
The Monkees	I'm a Believer	16%
Radiohead	Karma Police	16%
Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue	16%
Kanye West	Stronger	16%
Rick James	Super Freak	16%
Don Henley	The Boys of Summer	16%
Bruce Springsteen	Thunder Road	16%
Cyndi Lauper	Time After Time	16%
2Pac	California Love	15%
The Beatles	In My Life	15%
U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	15%
Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line	15%
The Rolling Stones	Jumpin' Jack Flash	15%
TLC	No Scrubs	15%
Bob Marley and the Wailers	Redemption Song	15%
The Righteous Brothers	Unchained Melody	15%
Pet Shop Boys	West End Girls	15%
The Rolling Stones	Wild Horses	15%
Alanis Morissette	You Oughta Know	15%
Bill Withers	Ain't No Sunshine	14%
The Who	Baba O' Riley	14%
Sly and the Family Stone	Family Affair	14%
James Taylor	Fire and Rain	14%
Jeff Buckley	Grace	14%
Al Green	Let's Stay Together	14%
Joni Mitchell	River	14%
Kanye West feat. Pusha T	Runaway	14%
Harry Styles	Sign of the Times	14%
Missy Elliot	Work It	14%
Pearl Jam	Alive	13%
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	American Girl	13%
Nine Inch Nails	Closer	13%
Wu-Tang Clan	C.R.E.A.M.	13%
Martha and the Vandellas	Dancing in the Street	13%
Daddy Yankee	Gasolina	13%
Missy Elliot	Get Ur Freak On	13%
Deee-Lite	Groove Is in the Heart	13%
Drake	Hotline Bling	13%
Notorious B.I.G.	Juicy	13%
Bill Withers	Lean on Me	13%
Beastie Boys	Sabotage	13%
Kelly Clarkson	Since U Been Gone	13%
N.W.A.	Straight Outta Compton	13%
Dionne Warwick	Walk on By	13%
The Who	Won't Get Fooled Again	13%
The Supremes	Baby Love	12%
Patti Smith	Because the Night	12%
Coldplay	Fix You	12%
The Strokes	Last Nite	12%
The Kingsmen	Louie Louie	12%
Iggy Pop	Lust for Life	12%
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Maps	12%
Gladys Knight and the Pips	Midnight Train to Georgia	12%
Sugar Hill Gang	Rapper's Delight	12%
Simon and Garfunkel	The Sounds of Silence	12%
Isaac Hayes	Walk on By	12%
Mott the Hoople	All the Young Dudes	11%
Taylor Swift	All Too Well	11%
Fiona Apple	Criminal	11%
Lauryn Hill	Doo Wop (That Thing)	11%
Depeche Mode	Enjoy the Silence	11%
N.W.A.	Fuck tha Police	11%
James Brown	Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine	11%
Patti Smith \| Them	Gloria	11%
Little Richard	Good Golly, Miss Molly	11%
Booker T. and the MGs	Green Onions	11%
James Brown	Papa's Got a Brand New Bag	11%
Destiny's Child	Say My Name	11%
Lana Del Rey	Summertime Sadness	11%
Ariana Grande	Thank U, Next	11%
Buddy Holly	That'll Be the Day	11%
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	The Tears of a Clown	11%
Lizzo	Truth Hurts	11%
The Pixies	Where Is My Mind?	11%
The Beach Boys	Wouldn't It Be Nice	11%
AC/DC	You Shook Me All Night Long	11%
Elton John	Bennie and the Jets	10%
Outkast	B.O.B.	10%
The Pretenders	Brass in Pocket	10%
Roy Orbison	Crying	10%
Donna Summer	I Feel Love	10%
Ice Cube	It Was a Good Day	10%
The Cure	Just Like Heaven	10%
Fugees \| Roberta Flack	Killing Me Softly With His Song	10%
Bill Withers	Lovely Day	10%
Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre and Queen Pen	No Diggity	10%
Tammy Wynette	Stand by Your Man	10%
The Supremes	Stop! In the Name of Love	10%
Bob Dylan	Tangled Up in Blue	10%
Kendrick Lamar	Alright	9%
The Notorious B.I.G.	Big Poppa	9%
Joni Mitchell	Both Sides Now	9%
Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	9%
Cat Stevens/Yusuf	Father and Son	9%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Little Wing	9%
Childish Gambino	Redbone	9%
Ike and Tina Turner	River Deep, Mountain High	9%
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	The Tracks of My Tears	9%
Ray Charles	What'd I Say	9%
Glen Campbell	Wichita Lineman	9%
Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	8%
The Breeders	Cannonball	8%
Chic	Good Times	8%
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg	Nuthin' but a G Thang	8%
Kiss	Rock and Roll All Nite	8%
Eddie Cochran	Summertime Blues	8%
Nicki Minaj	Super Bass	8%
New Order	Bizarre Love Triangle	7%
Sly and the Family Stone	Everyday People	7%
Mazzy Star	Fade Into You	7%
Mariah Carey	Fantasy	7%
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	7%
Stevie Wonder	Higher Ground	7%
Cardi B, J Balvin, and Bad Bunny	I Like It	7%
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell on You	7%
Aretha Franklin	I Say a Little Prayer	7%
Chuck Berry	Maybelline	7%
INXS	Never Tear Us Apart	7%
R.E.M.	Nightswimming	7%
Nick Drake	Pink Moon	7%
R.E.M.	Radio Free Europe	7%
Janet Jackson	Rhythm Nation	7%
Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyonce	Savage (Remix)	7%
Cheap Trick	Surrender	7%
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	7%
The Smiths	There Is a Light That Never Goes Out	7%
Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	7%
The Zombies	Time of the Season	7%
Harry Nilsson	Without You	7%
Aretha Franklin	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	7%
Joan Jett	Bad Reputation	6%
Aretha Franklin	Chain of Fools	6%
Beyonce	Formation	6%
Bob Marley and the Wailers	Get Up, Stand Up	6%
The Smiths	How Soon Is Now?	6%
Diana Ross	I'm Coming Out	6%
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock	It Takes Two	6%
The Stooges	I Wanna Be Your Dog	6%
Television	Marquee Moon	6%
Bob Seger	Night Moves	6%
The Go-Gos	Our Lips Are Sealed	6%
The Cure	Pictures of You	6%
Michael Jackson	Rock With You	6%
Peter Gabriel	Solsbury Hill	6%
Crosby, Stills, and Nash	Suite: Judy Blue Eyes	6%
The Velvet Underground	Sweet Jane	6%
The Rolling Stones	Tumbling Dice	6%
Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert	Bad and Boujee	5%
Neneh Cherry	Buffalo Stance	5%
Dolly Parton	Coat of Many Colors	5%
George Michael	Freedom! 90	5%
Carole King	It's Too Late	5%
Biz Markie	Just a Friend	5%
Curtis Mayfield	Move On Up	5%
Santana	Oye Como Va	5%
Billy Joel	Scenes From an Italian Restaurant	5%
The Ramones	Sheena Is a Punk Rocker	5%
Drake feat. Rihanna	Take Care	5%
Sonic Youth	Teenage Riot	5%
David Bowie	Young Americans	5%
Azealia Banks	212	4%
Rufus and Chaka Khan	Ain't Nobody	4%
Elvis Costello	Alison	4%
LCD Soundsystem	All My Friends	4%
Bob Marley and the Wailers	Could You Be Loved	4%
Thelma Houston	Don't Leave Me This Way	4%
Blondie	Dreaming	4%
The Byrds	Eight Miles High	4%
Buzzcocks	Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)	4%
Parliament	Flash Light	4%
Martha and the Vandellas	Heat Wave	4%
Drake feat. Majid Jordan	Hold On, We're Going Home	4%
Radiohead	Idioteque	4%
Madonna	Into the Groove	4%
Bruce Springsteen	Jungleland	4%
The Cars	Just What I Needed	4%
The Shangri-Las	Leader of the Pack	4%
Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	4%
Bobbie Gentry	Ode to Billie Joe	4%
Eric B. and Rakim	Paid in Full	4%
The Four Tops	Reach Out (I'll Be There)	4%
Miles Davis	So What	4%
Bob Dylan	Subterranean Homesick Blues	4%
Fall Out Boy	Sugar, We're Goin Down	4%
Digital Underground	The Humpty Dance	4%
Otis Redding	Try a Little Tenderness	4%
Allman Brothers Band	Whipping Post	4%
Stevie Wonder	You Are the Sunshine of My Life	4%
Joni Mitchell	A Case of You	3%
Prince	Adore	3%
Neil Young	After the Gold Rush	3%
The Everly Brothers	All I Have to Do Is Dream	3%
John Lee Hooker	Boom Boom	3%
A Tribe Called Quest	Can I Kick It?	3%
Bob Dylan	Desolation Row	3%
Hole	Doll Parts	3%
Dixie Chicks	Goodbye Earl	3%
George Jones	He Stopped Loving Her Today	3%
The Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	3%
Bonnie Raitt	I Can't Make You Love Me	3%
Ann Peebles	I Can't Stand the Rain	3%
The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There	3%
The Five Satins	In the Still of the Night	3%
Rush	Limelight	3%
Al Green	Love and Happiness	3%
Nina Simone	Mississippi Goddam	3%
The Temptations	Papa Was a Rollin' Stone	3%
DMX	Party Up (Up in Here)	3%
The Impressions	People Get Ready	3%
The Marvelettes	Please Mr. Postman	3%
The Modern Lovers	Roadrunner	3%
Randy Newman	Sail Away	3%
James Brown	Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)	3%
Hall and Oates	She's Gone	3%
Eric Church	Springsteen	3%
Gil-Scott Heron	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	3%
Talking Heads	This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)	3%
The Drifters	Up on the Roof	3%
The Doobie Brothers	What a Fool Believes	3%
The Shirelles	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	3%
Sylvester	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)	3%
Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	3%
John Prine	Angel From Montgomery	2%
Bruce Springsteen	Atlantic City	2%
Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	2%
Public Enemy	Bring the Noise	2%
Robert Johnson	Cross Road Blues	2%
The Crystals	Da Doo Ron Ron	2%
Steely Dan	Deacon Blues	2%
Alicia Keys	If I Ain't Got You	2%
Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	2%
Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour	2%
Van Morrison	Into the Mystic	2%
The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes for You	2%
Merle Haggard	Mama Tried	2%
Funkadelic	One Nation Under a Groove	2%
Townes Van Zandt	Pancho and Lefty	2%
Fiona Apple	Paper Bag	2%
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force	Planet Rock	2%
Toots and the Maytals	Pressure Drop	2%
Stevie Wonder	Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours	2%
Howlin' Wolf	Spoonful	2%
David Bowie	Station to Station	2%
Jimmy Cliff	The Harder They Come	2%
Miranda Lambert	The House That Built Me	2%
Kraftwerk	Trans-Europe Express	2%
Roxy Music	Virginia Plain	2%
Bob Dylan	Visions of Johanna	2%
Paul Simon	American Tune	1%
Lil Wayne	A Milli	1%
Selena	Amor Prohibido	1%
Aaliyah	Are You That Somebody?	1%
Juvenile feat. Lil Wayne and Mannie Fresh	Back That Azz Up	1%
Sister Nancy	Bam Bam	1%
The Grateful Dead	Box of Rain	1%
The Meters	Cissy Strut	1%
T. Rex	Cosmic Dancer	1%
Solange	Cranes in the Sky	1%
Liz Phair	Divorce Song	1%
Craig Mack feat. Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Rampage	Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)	1%
Clipse	Grindin'	1%
Wilco	Heavy Metal Drummer	1%
The Weeknd	House of Balloons	1%
The Velvet Underground	I'm Waiting for the Man	1%
UGK feat. Outkast	Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)	1%
The Replacements	Left of the Dial	1%
Kacey Musgraves	Merry Go 'Round	1%
Geto Boys	Mind Playing Tricks on Me	1%
Luther Vandross	Never Too Much	1%
Sade	No Ordinary Love	1%
X-Ray Spex	Oh Bondage! Up Yours!	1%
Faces	Ooh La La	1%
Lucinda Williams	Passionate Kisses	1%
New York Dolls	Personality Crisis	1%
Rilo Kiley	Portion for Foxes	1%
Neil Young	Powderfinger	1%
Curtis Mayfield	Pusherman	1%
Fountains of Wayne	Radiation Vibe	1%
Mary J. Blige	Real Love	1%
Bikini Kill	Rebel Girl	1%
PJ Harvey	Rid of Me	1%
The Grateful Dead	Ripple	1%
Bruce Springsteen	Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)	1%
Bad Bunny	Safaera	1%
Big Star	September Gurls	1%
Missy Elliot	The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)	1%
Frank Ocean	Thinkin Bout You	1%
D'Angelo	Untitled (How Does It Feel)	1%
The Clash	(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais	1%
The Supremes	You Keep Me Hangin' On	1%
William DeVaughn	Be Thankful for What You Got	0%
Augustus Pablo	King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown	0%
Steel Pulse	Ku Klux Klan	0%
Celia Cruz	La Vida Es un Carnaval	0%
Marshall Jefferson	Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)	0%
Jorge Ben	Ponta de Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)	0%
Chuck Berry	Promised Land	0%
John Coltrane	Pt. 1-Acknowledgement	0%
Mobb Deep	Shook Ones, Pt. II	0%
Run-DMC	Sucker MC's	0%
Pavement	Summer Babe (Winter Version)	0%
Kris Kristofferson	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down	0%
The Funky 4 + 1	That's the Joint	0%
Pete Rock and CL Smooth	They Reminisce Over You	0%
The Slits	Typical Girls	0%
Erykah Badu	Tyrone	0%