Tuesday, January 06, 2009

VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs

Cable network VH1 has rolled out the latest of their list, this time focusing on the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. The five part special, shown last week, is topped off by Guns N' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle and includes a total of 75 tracks by veteran artists.

As with any of these lists, the results are subjective and, in this case, may even have people questioning exactly what constitutes hard rock.

Here are the top ten and all other listings from veteran artists:

  • 1. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
  • 2. Back in Black - AC/DC
  • 3. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
  • 4. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
  • 5. Enter Sandman - Metallica
  • 6. Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
  • 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
  • 8. Walk This Way - Aerosmith
  • 9. Runnin' With the Devil - Van Halen
  • 10. Ace of Spades - Motorhead
  • 11. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
  • 12. Breaking the Law - Judas Priest
  • 13. Photograph - Def Leppard
  • 14. Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
  • 15. Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
  • 16. Rock and Roll All Night - Kiss
  • 17. I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
  • 18. Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
  • 19. Tom Sawyer - Rush
  • 20. You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
  • 21. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
  • 22. Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Experience
  • 23. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
  • 24. In-a-Gadda-da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
  • 25. Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones
  • 26. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • 27. Still of the Night - Whitesnake
  • 29. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
  • 31. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
  • 32. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
  • 34. Barracuda - Heart
  • 35. Schools Out - Alice Cooper
  • 36. Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
  • 37. My Generation - Who
  • 38. Stone Cold Crazy - Queen
  • 39. More Than a Feeling - Boston
  • 40. Talk Dirty to Me - Poison
  • 41. Cum On Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
  • 42. Should I Stay or Should I Go - Clash
  • 43. Holy Diver - Dio
  • 44. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
  • 45. Slow Ride - Foghat
  • 46. Madhouse - Anthrax
  • 49. Search & Destroy - Stooges
  • 50. Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • 51. Peace Sells - Megadeath
  • 52. Cherry Bomb - Runaways
  • 53. Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
  • 54. Epic - Faith No More
  • 55. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
  • 56. Cherry Pie - Warrant
  • 57. You Really Got Me - Kinks
  • 59. The Stroke - Billy Squire
  • 61. Round and Round - Ratt
  • 62. Breaking the Chains - Dokken
  • 63. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
  • 65. Kick Out the Jams - MC5
  • 66. The Final Countdown - Europe
  • 67. Tush - ZZ Top
  • 70. Hot Blooded - Foreigner
  • 72. Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
  • 73. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
  • 74. Love Removal Machine - Cult
  • 76. Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
  • 78. Feel Like Making Love - Bad Company
  • 79. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
  • 80. Any Way You Want It - Journey
  • 81. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
  • 82. Since You Been Gone - Rainbow
  • 84. I Wanna Be Somebody - W.A.S.P.
  • 90. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
  • 92. Don't Tell Me You Love Me - Night Ranger
  • 93. Turn Up the Radio - Autograph
  • 96. Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
  • 97. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
  • 99. We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
  • 100. I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
To fill in the (very few) blanks, see the full list here.

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