As 100 mellores cancións de rock foi un programa especial de televisión da canle musical de cable VH1, o cal presentaba unha listaxe de temas de música rock que este realizou entre 700 persoas vinculadas á industria da música nos Estados Unidos. Entre os músicos que votaron figuraron Bono do grupo U2, Johnny Cash, Art Garfunkel, Bonnie Raitt e Lou Reed.
A canción de The Rolling Stones, ''(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'' foi seleccionada como o mellor tema xamais interpretado na historia do rock, segundo unha sondaxe realizada en Nova York.
The Beatles estiveron representados na lista co maior número de temas dun mesmo intérprete ou grupo de intérpretes: nove cancións. A primeira delas, "Hey Jude", quedou en noveno posto.
Na lista aparecen cinco cortes de The Rolling Stones e catro de Elvis Presley e Led Zeppelin respectivamente. Bob Dylan estivo representado con tres, ademais da súa composición "All Along the Watchtower", que os enquisados preferiron na versión de Jimi Hendrix.
O tema máis antigo da lista é "Rock Around the Clock" de Bill Haley e as súas Cometas, publicado en 1955, e o máis recente foi "Smells Like Teen Spirit", da banda Nirvana, publicado en 1991.
Controversia Unha importante cantidade de público ficou descontento polas fortes ausencias de cancións como "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" de U2, "Losing My Religion" de REM, "Sultans of Swing" de Dire Straits, "Help!" de The Beatles, "Tutti Frutti" de Little Richard, a lendaria "Smoke on the Water" de Deep Purple ou os éxitos de Black Sabbath "Iron Man" e "Paranoid". O público tamén definiu como "vergoñoso" editar unha listaxe sen incluír nada de Pink Floyd, Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Stooges, Pearl Jam, The Byrds ou Guns N' Roses, xa que son consideradas como algunhas das mellores bandas de rock da historia.
Lista Cancións Artistas 1 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 2 Respect Aretha Franklin 3 Stairway to heaven Led Zeppelin 4 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 5 Born To Run Bruce Springsteen 6 Hotel California Eagles 7 Light My Fire The Doors 8 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 9 Hey Jude The Beatles 10 Imagine John Lennon 11 Louie Louie The Kingsmen 12 Yesterday The Beatles 13 My Generation The Who 14 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 15 Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry 16 Layla Derek and the Dominos 17 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who 18 Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley 19 American Pie Don McLean 20 A Day in the Life The Beatles 21 I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown 22 Superstition Stevie Wonder 23 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles 24 Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones 25 Purple Haze The Jimi Hendrix Experience 26 Sympathy for the Devil The Rolling Stones 27 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 28 You Really Got Me The Kinks 29 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison 30 Bridge over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 31 Hound Dog Elvis Presley 32 Let It Be The Beatles 33 (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding 34 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix Experience 35 Walk This Way Aerosmith 36 My Girl The Temptations 37 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley and His Comets 38 I Heard I Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye 39 Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival 40 Born to Be Wild Steppenwolf 41 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 42 Every breath you take The Police 43 What'd I say Ray Charles 44 Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd 45 That'll Be the Day Buddy Holly 46 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin 47 Dream On Aerosmith 48 California Dreamin' The Mamas & the Papas 49 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 50 Wild Things The Troggs 51 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 52 Beat It Michael Jackson 53 Great Balls of Fire! Jerry Lee Lewis 54 Stayin' Alive The Bee Gees 55 For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield 56 Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan 57 Twist and Shout The Beatles 58 Piano Man Billy Joel 59 She Loves You The Beatles 60 Space Oddity David Bowie 61 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 62 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 63 Crazy Patsy Cline 64 London Calling The Clash 65 Jumpin' Jack Flash The Rolling Stones 66 Rock and Roll Led Zeppelin 67 Let's Stay Together Al Green 68 All Shook Up Elvis Presley 69 Maggie May Rod Stewart 70 Your Song Elton John 71 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 72 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 73 The Twist Chubby Checker 74 Good Golly, Miss Molly Little Richard 75 Sunshine of Your Love Cream 76 California Girls The Beach Boys 77 Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran 78 Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins 79 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles 80 Fire and Rain James Taylor 81 Gloria Them 82 Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye 83 Start Me Up The Rolling Stones 84 More Than a Feeling Boston 85 Roxanne The Police 86 We Are the Champions Queen 87 Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan 88 Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane 89 Stand by Me Ben E. King 90 Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On Jerry Lee Lewis 91 You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC 92 When Doves Cry Prince 93 In The Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett 94 Gimme Some Lovin' Spencer Davis Group 95 Jump Van Halen 96 Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen 97 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley & The Wailers 98 La bamba Ritchie Valens 99 We've Only Just Begun The Carpenters 100 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone The Temptations
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