Best Rock Songs of All Time

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   Stairway to Heaven

   Led Zeppelin · from Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

   Rock's most famous slow build.

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   Bohemian Rhapsody

   Queen · from A Night at the Opera (1975)

   The mock-opera with no chorus.

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   Gimme Shelter

   The Rolling Stones · from Let It Bleed (1969)

   Apocalyptic and electric.

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   Baba O'Riley

   The Who · from Who's Next (1971)

   Synth pulse and a teenage-wasteland holler.

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   Smells Like Teen Spirit

   Nirvana · from Nevermind (1991)

   The riff that changed the 90s.

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   Sweet Child o' Mine

   Guns N' Roses · from Appetite for Destruction (1987)

   A tender riff turned anthem.

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   Back in Black

   AC/DC · from Back in Black (1980)

   A monstrous riff and a roar.

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   Born to Run

   Bruce Springsteen · from Born to Run (1975)

   A widescreen escape anthem.

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   Go Your Own Way

   Fleetwood Mac · from Rumours (1977)

   Heartbreak turned into a hit.

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    “Heroes”

    David Bowie · from “Heroes” (1977)

    A soaring anthem of fleeting triumph.

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    All Along the Watchtower

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience · from Electric Ladyland (1968)

    Guitar reinvention in three minutes.

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    Wish You Were Here

    Pink Floyd · from Wish You Were Here (1975)

    An acoustic elegy for a lost friend.

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