#40 Martha & the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street 1964 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The Top 40 songs of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine.
#39 Buddy Holly & the Crickets - That’ll Be the Day 1957 (Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)
#38 The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 1969 (Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)
#35 The Doors - Light My Fire 1967 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#34 - The Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ 1964 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#33 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High 1966 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#32 The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil 1968 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#31 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven 1971 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#30 Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line 1956 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
#29 The Beatles - Help 1965 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#28 The Beatles - A Day In the Life 1967 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#27 Derek & the Dominos - Layla 1970 (Blank Archives/Getty Images)
#26 Otis Redding - (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay 1968 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#25 The Beach Boys - God Only Knows 1966 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#23 The Beatles - In My Life 1965 (Central Press/Getty Images)
#22 The Ronettes - Be My Baby 1963 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#21 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 1975 (Tom Hill/WireImage)
#20 The Beatles - Let it Be 1970 (Roger Viollet Collection/Getty Images)
#18 Chuck Berry - Maybellene 1955 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#17 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze 1967 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#16 The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand 1963 (Blank Archives/Getty Images)
#14 Bob Dylan - Blowin’ in the Wind 1963 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#13 The Beatles - Yesterday 1965 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#12 Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come 1964 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#11 The Who - My Generation 1965 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#10 Ray Charles - What’d I Say 1959 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#9 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991 (Marty Temme/WireImage)
#8 The Beatles - Hey Jude 1968 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#7 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 1958 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#6 - The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 1966 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#5 Aretha Franklin - Respect 1967 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#4 - Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On 1971 (Doug McKenzie/Getty Images)
#3 John Lennon - Imagine 1971 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
#2 The Rolling Stones - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 1965 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
