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MTV, Rolling Stone list top 100 pop songs since 1963
November 19, 2000
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A list of the 100 greatest pop songs since 1963, as determined by experts at MTV and Rolling Stone magazine.
1. "Yesterday," The Beatles
2. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," The Rolling Stones
3. "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana
4. "Like a Virgin," Madonna
5. "Billie Jean," Michael Jackson
6. "I Want to Hold Your Hand," The Beatles
7. "Respect," Aretha Franklin
8. "One," U2
9. "I Want You Back," The Jackson 5
10. "I Want it That Way," Backstreet Boys
11. "Hotel California," The Eagles
12. "Where Did Our Love Go?" The Supremes
13. "Sweet Child O' Mine," Guns N' Roses
14. "Brown Sugar," The Rolling Stones
15. "Imagine," John Lennon
16. "Nothing Compares 2 U," Sinead O'Connor
17. "Superstition," Stevie Wonder
18. "Losing My Religion," R.E.M.
19. "Vogue," Madonna (1990).
20. "Like a Rolling Stone," Bob Dylan
21. "Brown Eyed Girl," Van Morrison
22. "Beat It," Michael Jackson
23. "Oh, Pretty Woman," Roy Orbison
24. "What's Going On," Marvin Gaye
25. " ... Baby One More Time," Britney Spears
26. "Go Your Own Way," Fleetwood Mac
27. "When Doves Cry," Prince
28. "In My Life," The Beatles
29. "Bohemian Rhapsody," Queen
30. "Your Song," Elton John
31. "Smooth," Santana featuring Rob Thomas
32. "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay," Otis Redding
33. "My Generation," The Who
34. "You Oughta Know," Alanis Morissette
35. "Born to Run," Bruce Springsteen
36. "Waterfalls," TLC
37. "O.P.P.," Naughty By Nature
38. "Changes," David Bowie
39. "Iris," Goo Goo Dolls
40. "I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston
41. "Proud Mary," Creedence Clearwater Revival
42. "Every Breath You Take," The Police
43. "Miss You," The Rolling Stones
44. "Dancing Queen," ABBA
45. "Tears in Heaven," Eric Clapton
46. "The Tracks of My Tears," Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
47. "Jump," Van Halen
48. "Jeremy," Pearl Jam
49. "Tangled Up in Blue," Bob Dylan
50. "Little Red Corvette," Prince
51. "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," The Temptations
52. "Maybe I'm Amazed," Paul McCartney
53. "Faith," George Michael
54. "Under the Bridge," Red Hot Chili Peppers
55. "Bye Bye Bye," 'N Sync
56. "I Will Survive," Gloria Gaynor
57. "Our Lips Are Sealed," Go-Go's
58. "One Headlight," The Wallflowers
59. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," Stevie Wonder
60. "Just the Way You Are," Billy Joel
61. "The One I Love," R.E.M.
62. "Papa Don't Preach," Madonna
63. "MMMbop," Hanson
64. "Bennie and the Jets," Elton John
65. "Just What I Needed," The Cars
66. "Time After Time," Cyndi Lauper
67. "My Name Is," Eminem
68. "Only Happy When it Rains," Garbage
69. "Just Can't Get Enough," Depeche Mode
70. "Good Vibrations," The Beach Boys
71. "I Wanna Be Sedated," The Ramones
72. "Free Fallin'," Tom Petty
73. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" Culture Club
74. "Tiny Dancer," Elton John
75. "Hot Fun in the Summertime," Sly & The Family Stone
76. "Creep," Radiohead
77. "Let's Stay Together," Al Green
78. "Longview," Green Day
79. "Nasty," Janet Jackson
80. "I Need Love," LL Cool J
81. "Don't Speak," No Doubt
82. "Rock With You," Michael Jackson
83. "I Want to Know What Love Is," Foreigner
84. "Wonderwall," Oasis
85. "Surrender," Cheap Trick
86. "Don't You Want Me," The Human League
87. "Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)," The Pretenders
88. "Gone Til November," Wyclef Jean
89. "Careless Whisper," Wham! Featuring George Michael
90. "The Boy Is Mine," Brandy & Monica
91. "No Diggity," Blackstreet
92. "You Shook Me All Night Long," AC/DC
93. "Stayin' Alive," The Bee Gees
94. "All the Small Things," Blink-182
95. "Good Times," Chic
96. "Photograph," Def Leppard
97. "Love Shack," the B-52's
98. "She Drives Me Crazy," Fine Young Cannibals
99. "Just a Friend," Biz Markie
100. "Tainted Love," Soft Cell
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