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500 Songs Every Rock Fan Should Know

Personal Jesus

Depeche Mode

2Rebel Without a Pause

Public Enemy

3Redemption Song

Bob Marley

4Relax

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5Respect (Stereo Version)

Aretha Franklin

6

Rhiannon

Fleetwood Mac

7Riders On The Storm

The Doors

8

River Deep, Mountain High

Ike & Tina Turner

9Rock And Roll

Led Zeppelin

10Rock And Roll Music

Chuck Berry

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11Rock Box

Run DMC

12Rock Lobster

The B-52's

13Rocket 88

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14Rocket Man (I Think It's Going ...

Elton John

15Reach Out, I'll Be There

The Four Tops

16

Rapper's Delight (Hip-Hop Remix...

The Sugarhill Gang

17Piano Man

Billy Joel

18Piece Of My Heart

Janis Joplin

19Pinball wizard

The Who

20Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

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21Please, Please, Please

James Brown

22Pledging My Love

Ace, Johnny

23Pride (In the Name of Love)

U2

24Proud Mary

Creedence Clearwater Rev...

25Psychotic Reaction

Count Five

26

Purple Haze

Jimi Hendrix

27Purple Rain

Prince

28Push It

Salt-N-Pepa

29Radio Free Europe

R.E.M.

30Rockin' in the Free World

Neil Young

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31Roll over Beethoven

Chuck Berry

32Roundabout

Yes

33Sherry

Frankie Valli and the Fo...

34Shop Around

Smokey Robinson & The Mi...

35Should I Stay or Should I Go

The Clash

36

Shout

The Isley Brothers

37Show Me The Way

Peter Frampton

38Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

39Sincerely

The Moonglows

40Sledgehammer

Peter Gabriel

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41Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nirvana

42Smoke On The Water

Deep Purple

43Somebody to Love

Jefferson Airplane

44Something

The Beatles

45Son Of A Preacher Man (Remaster...

Dusty Springfield

46

She's Not There

The Zombies

47She Loves You

The Beatles

48Roxanne

The Police

49Rumble

Link Wray

50Runaround Sue

Dion

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51Runaway

Del Shannon

52Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm ...

James Brown

53School Days

Chuck Berry

54School's Out (Album/Single Vers...

Alice Cooper

55Search And Destroy

Iggy & The Stooges

56

September

Earth, Wind & Fire

57Seven Nation Army

The White Stripes

58Sexual Healing

Marvin Gaye

59Sh-Boom

The Chords

60Shake, Rattle and Roll

Big Joe Turner

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61Song 2

Blur

62People Get Ready

The Impressions

63Lonely Teardrops

Jackie Wilson

64Mama He Treats Your Daughter Me...

Ruth Brown

65Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

66

Material Girl

Madonna

67Maybe

The Chantels

68Maybellene

Chuck Berry

69Me And Bobby McGee

Janis Joplin

70Midnight Train To Georgia

Gladys Knight & The Pips

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71Misirlou

Dick Dale

72Money

Pink Floyd

73Money For Nothing

Dire Straits

74Money Honey

The Drifters with Clyde ...

75Mony Mony

Tommy James & the Shondells

76

Moondance

Van Morrison

77Magic Carpet Ride

Steppenwolf

78Maggie May

Rod Stewart

79Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dre...

The Hollies

80Long Tall Sally

Little Richard

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81Lose Yourself

Eminem

82Loser

???

83Losing My Religion

R.E.M.

84Love is Strange

Mickey & Sylvia

85Love Me Tender

Elvis Presley

86

Love Potion No. 9

The Clovers

87Love Song

The Cure

88Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division

89Low Rider

War

90Lucille

Little Richard

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91Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

92More Than a Feeling

Boston

93Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

94Mr. Tambourine Man

Bob Dylan

95Ohio (Digitally Remastered Vers...

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Y...

96

Once In A Lifetime

Talking Heads

97One

Metallica

98One

U2

99One Love/People Get Ready

Bob Marley

100One Nation under a Groove

Funkadelic

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101Only the Lonely

Roy Orbison

102Only You (And You Alone)

The Platters

103Paint It Black

The Rolling Stones

104Papa Was a Rolling Stone

The Temptations

105Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

James Brown

106

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

107Paranoid Android

Radiohead

108Oh, What A Night

The Dells

109Oh, Pretty Woman

Roy Orbison

110Mrs. Robinson

Simon and Garfunkel

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111Ms. Jackson

OutKast

112My Generation

The Who

113My Girl

The Temptations

114My Sharona

The Knack

115My Sweet Lord

George Harrison

116

Night Fever

The Bee Gees

117Night Moves

Bob Seger & The Silver B...

118Nights in White Satin

The Moody Blues

119No Woman No Cry

Bob Marley & The Wailers

120Not Fade Away

Buddy Holly

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121Nothing Compares 2 U

Sinad O'Connor

122Nuthin' But a "G" Thang

Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg

123Peggy Sue

Buddy Holly

124Soul Man (LP/Single Version)

Sam & Dave

125Twist and Shout

The Isley Brothers

126

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

127What's Love Got to Do With It

Tina Turner

128When A Man Loves A Woman

Percy Sledge

129When Doves Cry

Prince

130Where Did Our Love Go

The Supremes

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131Where is My Mind?

The Pixies

132Where the Streets Have No Name

U2

133Whip It

Devo

134White Rabbit

Jefferson Airplane

135White Room

Cream

136

Who Do You Love?

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137Whole Lotta Love

Led Zeppelin

138Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Jerry Lee Lewis

139What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2

Ray Charles

140We Will Rock You

Queen

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141Unchained Melody

The Righteous Brothers

142Under Pressure

Queen With David Bowie

143Under The Bridge

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

144Up On The Roof

The Drifters

145Voodoo Child

Jimi Hendrix

146

Wake Up Little Susie

The Everly Brothers

147Walk On By

Dionne Warwick

148Walk On The Wild Side

Lou Reed

149Walk This Way

Run DMC

150War

Barrett Strong

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151Waterfalls

TLC

152Waterloo Sunset

The Kinks

153We Are The Champions

Queen

154Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Frankie Lymon and The Te...

155Wild Night

Van Morrison

156

Wild Thing (1966)

The Troggs

157You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'...

The Righteous Brothers

158Your Song

Elton John

159Ziggy Stardust

David Bowie

160Have Mercy Baby

Billy Ward & the Dominoes

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161California Girls

The Beach Boys

162The Times They Are A-Changin'

Bob Dylan

163Sixty Minute Man

Billy Ward & the Dominoes

164Lady Marmalade

LaBelle

165Honky Tonk

Bill Doggett

166

Mystery Train

Elvis Presley

167Louie, Louie

The Kingsmen

168Fever

Little Willie John

169The Tracks of My Tears

Smokey Robinson & The Mi...

170You Shook Me All Night Long

AC/DC

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171You Send Me

Sam Cooke

172Will You Love Me Tomorrow

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174With or Without You

U2

175Won't Get Fooled Again

The Who

177Work With Me, Annie

Midnighters, The

178

Yakety Yak

The Coasters

179Yesterday

The Beatles

180You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

BachmanTurner Overdrive

181You Are The Sunshine Of My Life...

Stevie Wonder

182You Can't Always Get What You W...

The Rolling Stones

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183You Keep Me Hangin' On

The Supremes

184You Really Got Me

The Kinks

185Big Poppa

The Notorious B.I.G.

186Tweedle Dee

LaVern Baker

187Space Oddity

David Bowie

188

Super Freak

Rick James

189Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

190Superstition

Stevie Wonder

191Surfin' U.S.A.

The Beach Boys

192Suspicious Minds

Elvis Presley

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193Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

194Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)...

Eurythmics

195Sweet Emotion

Aerosmith

196Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd

197Sweet Jane

The Velvet Underground

198

Sweet Little Sixteen

Chuck Berry

199Sympathy For The Devil

The Rolling Stones

200Tainted Love

Soft Cell

201Sunshine Of Your Love

Cream

202Sunday Bloody Sunday

U2

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203Spanish Harlem

Ben E. King

204Spirit In The Sky

Norman Greenbaum

205Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

206Stan (f. Dido)

Eminem

207Stand By Me (Single Version)

Ben E. King

208

Stayin' Alive

The Bee Gees

209Stop! In The Name Of Love

The Supremes

210Strawberry Fields Forever

The Beatles

211Subterranean Homesick Blues

Bob Dylan

212Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1)

Run DMC

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213Suite- Judy Blue Eyes

Crosby, Stills and Nash

214Sultans Of Swing

Dire Straits

215Summertime Blues

Eddie Cochran

216Tangled Up in Blue

Bob Dylan

217Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (G...

Parliament

218

tears in heaven

Eric Clapton

219The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

220The Things That I Used To Do

Guitar Slim

221The Thrill Is Gone

B.B. King

222The Train Kept A-Rollin'

Johnny Burnette & the Ro...

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223The Twist

Chubby Checker

224The Weight

The Band

225Theme From Shaft

Isaac Hayes

226There Goes My Baby

The Drifters

227Thriller

Michael Jackson

228

Thunder Road

Bruce Springsteen

229Time

Pink Floyd

230Train in Vain

The Clash

231Truckin'

The Grateful Dead

232The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

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233The Night They Drove Old Dixie ...

The Band

234Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice E...

Sly & The Family Stone

235That'll Be the Day

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236That's All Right

Elvis Presley

237The Boys Are Back in Town

Thin Lizzy

238

The Breaks

Kurtis Blow

239The Fat Man

Fats Domino

240The First Time Ever I Saw Your ...

Roberta Flack

241The Great Pretender

The Platters

242The House Of The Rising Sun

The Animals

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243The Joker

The Steve Miller Band

244The Letter

The Box Tops

245The Loco-Motion (Single Version...

Little Eva

246The Message (feat. The Furious...

Grandmaster Flash

247Tutti Frutti

Little Richard

248

Blowin' In The Wind

Bob Dylan

249Bye Bye Love

The Everly Brothers

250California Dreamin'

The Mamas & the Papas

251California Love (Original Versi...

2Pac

252Call Me

Blondie

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253Candle in the Wind

Elton John

254Cars

Gary Numan

255Cathy's Clown

The Everly Brothers

256Celebration

Kool & The Gang

257Chain Of Fools

Aretha Franklin

258

Changes

David Bowie

259Chapel Of Love

The Dixie Cups

260Child In Time

Deep Purple

261Cold Sweat

James Brown

262Burning Down the House

Talking Heads

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263Brown Sugar

The Rolling Stones

264Blue Monday

New Order

265Blue Suede Shoes

Carl Perkins

266Blueberry Hill

Fats Domino

267Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

268

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

269Born In The USA

Bruce Springsteen

270Born To Be Wild

Steppenwolf

271Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen

272Brass in Pocket

The Pretenders

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273Break On Through

The Doors

274Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

275Bring It On Home To Me

Sam Cooke

276Brown Eyed Girl

Van Morrison

277Come As You Are

Nirvana

278

Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd

279Complete Control

The Clash

280Don't Worry Baby

The Beach Boys

281Don't You Want Me

The Human League

282Doo Wop (That Thing)

Lauryn Hill

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283Dream On

Aerosmith

284Dreams

Fleetwood Mac

285Eight Miles High

The Byrds

286Eleanor Rigby

The Beatles

287Enter Sandman

Metallica

288

Every Breath You Take

The Police

289Everybody Hurts

R.E.M.

290Everyday People

Sly & The Family Stone

291Eye of the Tiger

Survivor

292F _ _ _ tha Police

N.W.A

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293Don't Stop...Planet Rock (Bonus...

Afrika Bambaataa & the S...

294Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

295Creep

Radiohead

296Crimson And Clover

Tommy James & the Shondells

297Crying

Roy Orbison

298

Crying In The Chapel (Live in P...

The Orioles

299Da Doo Ron Ron

The Crystals,La La Brooks

300Dance To The Music

Sly & The Family Stone

301Dancing In The Street

Martha Reeves & The Vand...

302Dancing Queen

ABBA

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303Dazed and Confused

Led Zeppelin

304Do It Again

Steely Dan

305Do You Believe in Magic?

The Lovin' Spoonful

306Do You Love Me

A+

307Don't Be Cruel

Elvis Presley

308

Fight for your Right

The Beastie Boys

309Blitzkreig Bop (Remastered Vers...

The Ramones

310Uptight (Everything's Alright)

Stevie Wonder

311(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natur...

Aretha Franklin

312(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Hi...

Jackie Wilson

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3131979

The Smashing Pumpkins

3141999 (The New Master)

Prince

31521st Century Schizoid Man

King Crimson

31696 Tears

? & The Mysterians

317A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke

318

A Day In The Life

The Beatles

319A Hard Day's Night

The Beatles

320A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Procol Harum

321Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Tammi Terrell,Marvin Gaye

322Ain't No Sunshine

Bill Withers

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323Ain't That a Shame

Fats Domino

324(What a) Wonderful World

Sam Cooke

325(We're Gonna) Rock Around The C...

Bill Haley & His Comets

326Lean On Me

Bill Withers

327Don't Stop Believin'

Journey

328

All Along The Watchtower

Jimi Hendrix Experience

329All You Need Is Love

The Beatles

330The Wanderer

Dion

331Apache

The Shadows

332Earth Angel

The Penguins

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333Good Rockin' Tonight

Wynonie Harris

334(Don't Fear) The Reaper

Blue Oyster Cult

335(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

The Rolling Stones

336(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave

Martha Reeves & The Vand...

337(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Ba...

Otis Redding

338

(They Long To Be) Close To You

The Carpenters

339Alison

Elvis Costello

340Alive

Pearl Jam

341All I Have To Do Is Dream

The Everly Brothers

342Bad Moon Rising

Creedence Clearwater Rev...

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343Band on the Run

Paul McCartney/Wings

344Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Remast...

T Rex

345Be My Baby

The Ronettes

346Be-Bop-A-Lula

Gene Vincent

347Beat It

Michael Jackson

348

Bennie And The Jets

Elton John

349Billie Jean

Michael Jackson

350Bitter Sweet Symphony

The Verve

351Black Dog

Led Zeppelin

352Black Hole Sun

Soundgarden

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353Black Magic Woman

Santana

354Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

355Back in Black

AC/DC

356Baby Love

Diana Ross & The Supremes

357All Right Now

Free

358

All Shook Up

Elvis Presley

359American Pie

Don McLean

360American Woman

The Guess Who

361Anarchy In The UK

The Sex Pistols

362Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. ...

Pink Floyd

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363Another One Bites The Dust

Queen

364Aqualung

Jethro Tull

365Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Elvis Presley

366At Last

Etta James

367At The Hop

Danny & The Juniors

368

Baba O'Riley

The Who

369Baby I Need Your Loving

The Four Tops

370Blister In The Sun

Violent Femmes

371Fight The Power

Public Enemy

372I Only Have Eyes For You

The Flamingos

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373Imagine (Rehearsal)

John Lennon

374In my Life (stereo)

The Beatles

375In The Midnight Hour

Wilson Pickett

376In The Still Of The Night

The Five Satins

377In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

378

Instant Karma!

John Lennon

379Iris

The Goo Goo Dolls

380Iron Man

Black Sabbath

381It's a Man's Man's Man's World

James Brown

382It's Like That

Run DMC

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383It's Too Late

Carole King

384It's Your Thing

The Isley Brothers

385Jailhouse Rock

Elvis Presley

386If You Don't Know Me By Now

Harold Melvin & The Blue...

387I've Been Loving You Too Long

Otis Redding

388

I Put a Spell on You

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

389I Say A LIttle Prayer

Dionne Warwick

390I Want to Hold Your Hand

The Beatles

391I Want To Take You Higher

Sly & The Family Stone

392I Want You Back

The Jackson 5

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393I Will Always Love You

Whitney Houston

394I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor

395I Wish

Stevie Wonder

396I'll Take You There

The Staple Singers

397I'm A Believer

The Monkees

398

I'm A Man

Bo Diddley

399I'm Not In Love

10 CC

400I'm So Excited

The Pointer Sisters

401Jeremy

Pearl Jam

402Johnny B. Goode

Chuck Berry

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403Jump

Van Halen

404Let It Be

The Beatles

405Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll

Kiss

406Let The Good Times Roll

Shirley & Lee

407Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

408

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

409Light My Fire

The Doors

410Like A Prayer

Madonna

411Like a Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan

412Like A Virgin

Madonna

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413Little Red Corvette

Prince

414Little Wing

Jimi Hendrix

415Living For The City

Stevie Wonder

416Lola

The Kinks

417Leader Of The Pack

The Shangri-Las

418

Le Freak

Chic

419Jumpin' Jack Flash

The Rolling Stones

420Just My Imagination

The Temptations

421Kashmir

Led Zeppelin

422Kick Out The Jams

The MC5

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423Killing Me Softly With His Song...

Roberta Flack

424Kiss

Prince

425Knock On Wood

Eddie Floyd

426Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

427Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Kraftwerk

428

La Bamba (Single Version)

Ritchie Valens

429Land Of 1000 Dances

Wilson Pickett

430Lawdy Miss Clawdy

Lloyd Price

431Layla

Derek and the Dominos

432London Calling

The Clash

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433I Never Loved A Man (The Way I ...

Aretha Franklin

434Fire And Rain

James Taylor

435God Save the Queen

The Sex Pistols

436Good Golly Miss Molly

Little Richard

437Good Times

Chic

438

Good Vibrations

The Beach Boys

439Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

440Great Balls Of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis

441Heart Of Glass

Blondie

442Heart of Gold

Neil Young/Stray Gators

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443Heart Shaped Box

Nirvana

444Heartbreak Hotel

Elvis Presley

445Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart

Rick Nelson

446Help Me

Joni Mitchell

447Heroes

David Bowie

448

God Only Knows

The Beach Boys

449Go Your Own Way

Fleetwood Mac

450Fools Gold

The Stone Roses

451For What It's Worth

Buffalo Springfield

452For Your Precious Love

A+

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453Fortunate Son

Creedence Clearwater Rev...

454Free Bird

Lynyrd Skynyrd

455Free Fallin'

Tom Petty

456Gee

The Crows

457Georgia on My Mind

Ray Charles

458

Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex ...

James Brown

459Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones

460Gimme Some Lovin'

The Spencer Davis Group

461Give Peace A Chance

John Lennon

462Gloria

Them

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463Heroin

The Velvet Underground

464Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)...

Neil Young/Crazy Horse

465Hey Joe

Jimi Hendrix

466I Can See For Miles

The Who

467I Can't Explain

The Who

468

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie,...

The Four Tops

469I Can't Stop Loving You

Ray Charles

470I Feel For You

Chaka Khan

471I Feel Love

Donna Summer

472I Fought the Law

Bobby Fuller

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473I Get Around

The Beach Boys

474I Got a Woman

Ray Charles

475I Got You (I Feel Good)

James Brown

476I Got You Babe

Sonny & Cher

477I Heard It Through The Grapevin...

Marvin Gaye

478

I Know You Got Soul

Eric B. & Rakim

479I Can See Clearly Now

Johnny Nash

480Hurdy Gurdy Man

Donovan

481Hey Jude

The Beatles

482Hey Ya!

OutKast

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483Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder

484Highway To Hell

AC/DC

485Hit The Road Jack

Ray Charles

486Hold On, I'm Coming (LP/Single ...

Sam & Dave

487Holiday (Immaculate Collection ...

Madonna

488

Honky Tonk Women

The Rolling Stones

489Hot Stuff

Donna Summer

490Hotel California

The Eagles

491Hound Dog

Elvis Presley

492How Soon Is Now?

The Smiths

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493Hungry Like The Wolf (Digital R...

Duran Duran

494I Love Rock & Roll

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts