Rolling Stone Magazine Top 500 Songs

In 2004, Rolling Stone published its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It's one of the most widely read stories in our history, viewed hundreds of millions of times on this site. But a lot has changed since 2004; back then the iPod was relatively new, and Billie Eilish was three years old. They each sent in a ranked list of their top 50 songs, and we tabulated the results. Via a poll of more than 250 artists, musicians and producers and music industry figures, who each sent in a ranked list of their top 50 tracks. Nearly 4,000 songs received votes and the list was compiled.

The updated list was created with input from players across the music industry as Rolling Stone asked 250 musicians, journalists and producers to vote for their top 50 songs of all time. Over 4,000 songs received at list one vote and the completed list features 254 songs that weren't featured in 2004. The 2021 list was based on a poll of more than 250 artists, musicians, producers, critics, journalists and industry figures.

They each sent in a ranked list of their top 50 songs, and Rolling Stone tabulated the results. "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" is a recurring opinion survey and music ranking of the finest songs in history, compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone. It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures. The first list was published in December 2004 in a special issue of the magazine, issue number 963, a year after the magazine published its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

In 2010, Rolling Stone published a revised edition, drawing on the original and a later survey of songs released up until the early 2000s. Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time was originally published in 2003, with a slight update in 2012. Over the years, it's been the most widely read — and argued over — feature in the history of the magazine . But no list is definitive — tastes change, new genres emerge, the history of music keeps being rewritten. So we decided to remake our greatest albums list from scratch.

To do so, we received and tabulated Top 50 Albums lists from more than 300 artists, producers, critics, and music-industry figures . Where the 2004 version of the list was dominated by early rock and soul, the new edition contains more hip-hop, modern country, indie rock, Latin pop, reggae, and R&B. More than half the songs here — 254 in all — weren't present on the old list, including a third of the Top 100. The result is a more expansive, inclusive vision of pop, music that keeps rewriting its history with every beat. To come up with this list, Rolling Stone said it polled more than 250 artists, musicians and producers, as well as figures from the music industry, critics and journalists.

Each sent the publication a ranked list of their top 50 songs. Rolling Stone magazine has announced its updated list of the greatest 500 songs of all time, adding newer artists like Lizzo, Billie Eilish and The Weeknd next to legendary artists like The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Janet Jackson. Rolling Stone music editor Christian Hoard breaks down the new additions to the list and who holds the number one spot.

Iconic music magazine Rolling Stone has released an updated version of its top 500 songs in history with a major reshuffle at the top of the list. According to the magazine editors, the 2021 list is a "more expansive, inclusive vision of pop music that keeps rewriting its history." Rewriting history can be dangerous. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it on youtube, from the waist up, on the Ed Sullivan Show. "Respect," soul singer Aretha Franklin's hot 1967 cover of Otis Redding's song, is ranked as the number-one song of all-time. To construct their list, Rolling Stone polled approximately 250 artists, musicians and producers, ranging from rap star Megan Thee Stallion to original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward. 17 years ago, music streaming services were a lot different and artists like Billie Eilish were just three years old.

That being said, Rolling Stone magazine decided to give the list a complete reboot. According toRolling Stone, the new version of the list was constructed by a poll of more than 250 artists including Angelique Kidjo to Zedd, Sam Smith and Megan Thee Stallion, along with other well-known artists in the music industry and critics. Rolling Stone magazine has released their 500 greatest songs of all time list for the first time since 2004, which is now viewable on their website. Over 250 artists, writers and industry figures contributed to choosing a brand new list. Rolling Stone's original list came in 2004, but a measurable amount of change was evidenced in the revised list, with nearly half the songs new to the ranking. There's far more hip hop, country music, Latin pop, reggae and R&B in the latest list.

Outkast's "Hey Ya!," for instance, checked in at No. 10, while Kanye West's "Stronger" took the final spot at No. 500. The magazine noted that its list was created from over 250 artists, writers and industry figures who participated in a poll of over 4,000 songs. The newly updated list offers a bigger nod to hip-hop, modern country, indie rock, Latin pop, reggae and R&B. More than half of the songs — 254 in all — weren't present on the old list, Rolling Stone reported. The new list, while not beholden to sacred vintage tunes, is dotted with interesting factoids within blurbs corresponding to each song. Despite any eyerolls it induces, the piece should be read as a road map through the music shaping pop right now.

More than half the songs on Rolling Stone's new 500 greatest songs list weren't on their 2004 list. For this new list the magazine convened a poll with more than 250 artists, musicians, producers, critics and journalists. Each one of them send their top 50 songs and the results were tabulated. The magazine polled more than 250 artistes, musicians and producers - from Angelique Kidjo to Zedd, Sam Smith to Megan Thee Stallion, M. Ward to Bill Ward - as well as figures from the music industry, leading critics and journalists. Keep in mind that lists like these are almost designed to provoke arguments and debate.

One must also remember Mick Jagger's sage advice that it's only rock 'n' roll, but I like it . Nevertheless, the list does suggest a significant Jewish contribution to the canon, ranging from Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" to Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" . The list was created from a poll of 250 artists, musicians, producers, critics and journalists, each of whom submitted their top 50 songs of all-time. Rolling Stone magazine on Wednesday released a new list of the 500 greatest songs in history, the first time it has done it in 17 years. Rolling Stone has released a brand new list of the top 500 songs in history — and it's changed dramatically from the first list released by the iconic music magazine almost two decades ago. More than 250 artists, writers, producers and music industry figures were asked to help choose what the mag called a list "full of historic favourites, world-changing anthems and new classics".

The new "RS 500" marks the first time the iconic magazine has updated its list of the greatest songs for 17 years, with the 2004 list topped by three white artists - Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and John Lennon. More than 250 artists, writers, producers and music industry figures were asked to help them choose what they called a list "full of historic favourites, world-changing anthems and new classics". Rolling Stone has released a brand new list of the top 500 songs in history — and it's changed dramatically from the first list released by the iconic music magazine almost two decades ago. Iconic music magazine Rolling Stone has updated its list of the top 500 songs in history after first releasing the collection in 2004.

Now approaching two decades after the first list, the music mag re-released an updated list of "historic favorites, world-changing anthems, and new classics" with the help of over 200 artists, writers, and industry figures. Aretha Franklin wanted to re-record her take on Otis Redding's track 'Respect' when she signed with Atlantic Records in 1966. There's no doubt that her version has become the definitive cut. The track - which was the opener on her album 'I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You' - combined rock 'n' roll, blues and gospel, with its impact still felt today. In 1999, she wrote in her memoir that the song reflected "the need of the average man and woman in the street, the businessman, the mother, the fireman, the teacher - everyone wanted respect".

A Michigan singer has the best song in the history of music, according to Rolling Stone. The publication just released its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, remaking it for the first time since 2004. In 2016, "Respect" ranked No. 1 on Detroit's 100 Greatest Songs, a Free Press project that tabulated voting by the public, artists and music industry professionals.

The updated list contains more hip-hop, modern country, indie rock, Latin pop, reggae and R&B compared to the 2004 list, which consisted of more early rock and soul. Nearly smack dab in the middle of the top 500 songs is the queen of country music,Loretta Lynn. BOSTON — Rolling Stone magazine just released an updated version its top 500 songs of all-time, and several musical acts with distinct Massachusetts ties made it onto the list with their signature hits.

SEVEN IRISH songs have made it into this year's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, published by US music magazine Rolling Stone. Franklin's 1967 smash "catalyzed rock & roll, gospel, and blues to create the model for soul music that artists still look to today," the mag writes. "Just as important, the song's unapologetic demands resonated powerfully with the civil rights movement and emergent feminist revolution, fitting for an artist who donated to the Black Panther Party and sang at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr." The list was created with the help of more than 250 artists, writers, and industry figures who were asked to rank their personal top 50s, before the results were combined to form the top 500. The famed music publication wrote that its original list was 'dominated by early rock and soul,' while the new one includes a wider genre pallet that includes hip-hop, Latin pop, rap, country, indie rock and reggae. Having published lists of the Greatest 500 Songs of All Time in 2004 and 2010, Rolling Stone dropped another list based on the same premise this week.

What's stunning is how little this list has in common with the prior ones. I counted 180 songs from the 20thCentury that wasn't on any of the prior lists. The list manages to be both funkier and more mainstream at the same time. The time appears to be ripe for a Missy Elliott/Outkast nostalgia tour.

In 2004 the magazine published its first list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All-Time, which the magazine said was one of the most widely read stories in its history, and was viewed hundreds of millions of times on its website. Not only did the country legend earn her first-ever Emmy Award for her Christmas on the Square Netflix special, but she also was named to the TIME100 list of most influential people. Now, Rolling Stone magazine just shuffled the rankings on its list of the Top 500 Songs of All Time and, naturally, Dolly features heavily. In 2004, the magazine published its first list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time, which the magazine said was one of the most widely read stories in its history, and was viewed hundreds of millions of times on its website. More times means a deeper understanding of what makes for a legendary song in a specific music genre and that's why we're seeing a much more varied offering in the this year's list.

Referring to it as the "definitive list of the 500 greatest songs of all time," that first list caused a lot of buzz and heated discussions in and out of the music industry. Oh, all the arguments that must have been happening on MySpace in 2004. For 'Fight the Power', Public Enemy originally took inspiration from the Isley Brothers' track of the same name after Spike Lee asked them to write something for his movie 'Do the Right Thing'. Chuck D once compared the song to Pete Seeger's performance of 'We Shall Overcome', saying it "points to the legacy of the strengths of standing up in music".

The song received plenty of air time both in the film and on the radio, and it helped usher in a new era in hip hop. ' started with Andre 3000 trying to capture the sound of The Smiths and Buzzcocks. From there, it would change as the synth and bass got added, and the powerful and bleak lyrics contrasted the upbeat tune. It's become a party pop anthem - the first track to hit one million downloads on iTunes - but on Twitter this year even Outkast referred to it as "the saddest song ever written". Now everybody has their own personal 500 greatest songs of all time on their Spotify playlist and phone.

I don't need Rolling Stone magazine and too-cool "industry insiders" to tell me that Hey Jude isn't in the Top 10 – it's No. 89. This week, Rolling Stone magazine released another debate-triggering list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Rolling Stone first published the list in 2003 and gave it a slight update in 2012. Because people love to argue over ranked listings, it's been a perennial draw online, with nearly 63 million people reading it last year alone.

Rolling Stone Magazine has just issued a brand new list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and the big winner was Aretha Franklin's 1967 anthem Respect –judged to be the greatest song in history. The winner is Aretha Franklin's Respect, whose 1967 anthem Respect is judged to be the greatest song in history, knocking Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone from the 2004 top spot. More than 250 artists, producers and musicians, from US pop icon Lizzo to American rapper Megan Thee Stallion, were asked to rank their personal top 50 songs, before the results were combined to form the final 500. The newer list is more diverse and features hip-hop, modern country, indie rock, Latin pop, reggae and R&B tracks and includes a total of 254 new entries. The new list is the third version of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The original edition — with "Respect" at No. 5 and Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" in the top spot — was released in 2004. It was republished six years later to incorporate 26 songs from the 2000s. Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" is No. 1 on the magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, most recently updated in 2020. The title track of Gaye's 1971 album is also No. 6 in the new songs ranking. The magazine says the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list was compiled from ballots submitted by more than 250 artists, journalists and industry figures. So where did the selected artists, musicians, and producers rank Kentucky artists and their hit music?

More than half of the songs were not on the old list and the revamped list contains more hip-hop, modern country, indie rock, Latin pop, reggae and R&B. LOS ANGELES - American magazine Rolling Stone has completely revamped its influential list of the 500 greatest songs of all time - and South Korean boy band BTS' Dynamite is on it. Fans noted that there was more pop, hip-hop, R&B, and dance songs in the new list compared to the one released in 2004. The Modern Lovers, who were led by Massachusetts-raised Jonathan Richman, also placed a song in the top 100.

The band's song "Roadrunner", which was released in 1976, ranked 77th on the list. Aretha Franklin's 1967 anthem Respect was named the greatest song of all time, with Rolling Stone commending the hit's "unapologetic demands" which "resonated powerfully within the civil rights movement and emergent feminist revolution". Some critics suggest the magazine has intentionally favoured songs celebrating progressive culture, black history and the civil rights movement, to match the spirit of the current socio-political atmosphere in the US. Back in 2004, Rolling Stone took on the job of ranking the 500 greatest songs of all time. Now, they've updated that list for the first time in 17 years.

The top 500 list was first released in 2004 and was one of the magazine's most widely read articles with views in the hundreds of millions but changing times and music lead to a reiteration of the famous list. After 17 years the Rolling Stone magazine has updated its "Top 500 songs in history" with noticeable changes in the top 10. Rolling Stonehas updated their list of the greatest 500 songs for the first time in 17 years, with a markedly more diverse chart that sees Aretha Franklin bumping Bob Dylan off the top spot.

The revamped Rolling Stone 500 list includes 254 songs that weren't present on the old list, published in 2004. The new edition features more hip-hop, indie rock, reggae and R&B, altering a third of the top 100 songs, including adding Missy Elliot's 'Get Ur Freak On' at number eight, and 'Hey Ya! More than 4000 songs received at least one vote, and more than half of the 500 songs did not feature in the 2004 list.

Rolling Stone now ranks the incendiary track, written by Chuck D with producers The Bomb Squad, as the second-greatest song in the history of contemporary music. "A lot has changed since 2004," the music publication wrote in the introduction to the updated list. Rolling Stone magazine has given its 2004 list of the greatest 500 songs of all time what some detractors are describing as a "woke" makeover to include a more diverse sample of artists and genres. More than 250 artists, musicians and producers — from Brit pop singer Sam Smith to American rapper Megan Thee Stallion to Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward — were asked to rank their personal top 50s, before the results were combined to form the top 500.

And not only are we now discussing music on different social media platforms, the version 2.0 looks completely different too; with the panel of critics swapping out more than 50% of the songs that appeared on that original 2004 list. Since you're here, you're very-likely aware that Rolling Stone magazine recently released an updated version of their popular, controversial and infamous "Top 500 Songs of All-Time" list that first irritated the internet waaaaay back in 2004. Left up to me, The Beatles would hold down No. 1 through No. 212, their entire catalog of songs released in the U.S. – everything except Revolution No. 9. I accepted that Rolling Stone was a mass media magazine and had to appeal across the board, and above all else, had to look hip to its readers. Away from the social messaging, the list has updated sonically, with old school rock 'n' roll and rhythm 'n' blues from three key decades largely making way for a new wave of hip-hop, pop and other genres spanning five decades. In 2004, about 170 musicians, industry figures and music reporters voted on their favourites to make the list of 500.

In May 2010, Rolling Stone compiled an update, published in a special issue and in digital form for the iPod and iPad. The list differs from the 2004 version, with 26 songs added, all of which are songs from the 2000s except "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G., released in 1994. The top 25 remained unchanged, but many songs down the list were given different rankings as a result of the inclusion of new songs, causing consecutive shifts among the songs listed in 2004. The highest-ranked new entry was Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" . Few songs written prior to the 1950s are included; some that are listed are Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" , in the version recorded by Cream, and Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" .