NUMBER TEN - 20: Ray Charles' 'What'd I Say' was ousted from the list altogether and Outkast took tenth place with 'Hey Ya,' which was released the year before the 2004 came out ![]() ![]() Some of the top ten songs were taken off the 2021 list altogether, including The Beach Boys' 'Good Vibrations,' which sat at six in 2004, The Beatles' 'Hey Jude,' which previously earned eighth place, and Ray Charles' 'What'd I Say,' which was tenth in the original list.Īnd a number of songs on the list weren’t even released in 2004 and the top 50 includes a number of standout songs from the past decade like Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Alright,’ Lorde’s ‘Royals’ and Kanye West and Pusha T.’s ‘Runaway.’ The top ten also features five songs that didn't even make the list in 2004, including 'Fight the Power' at number two, The Beatles' 'Strawberry Fields Forever' at number seven, Missy Elliot's 'Get Ur Freak On,' Fleetwood Mac's 'Dreams' and Outkast's 'Hey Ya!,' which was only a year old when the list was created in 2004. And following ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ is Nirvana’s grunge hit ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit,’ which moved up four places and filled the slot ‘Respect’ held in 2004. Soul musician Sam Cooke moved from number 12 to number three with ‘A Change is Gonna Come,’ bumping John Lennon's 'Imagine' to 19. NUMBER SIX - 20: The Beach Boys' 'Good Vibrations' has been knocked off the list entirely and Marvin Gaye's ‘What’s Going On' dropped two places to six Snoop Doggy Dogg – 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang Prince and the Revolution – 'Purple Rain'Ģ9. Dr. The Beatles – 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'ġ6. Beyoncé feat. Outkast – ‘Hey Ya’ (First time on list)ġ5. Fleetwood Mac – ‘Dreams’ (First time on list)ġ0. Missy Elliott – 'Get Ur Freak On’ (First time on list)ĩ. The Beatles – ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ (First time on list)Ĩ. Nirvana – ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ (+4)ħ. Bob Dylan – ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ (-3)ĥ. Sam Cooke – 'A Change Is Gonna Come' (+9)Ĥ. Public Enemy – ‘Fight the Power’ (First time on list)ģ. Otis Redding – '(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay'Ģ. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – 'Purple Haze'Ģ6. The Beatles – 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'ġ7. The Rolling Stones – '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'ġ6. The result is a more expansive, inclusive vision of pop, music that keeps rewriting its history with every beat.'Ģ. So we’ve decided to give the list a total reboot. 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.Īn introduction to the list notes, ‘a lot has changed since 2004 back then the iPod was relatively new, and Billie Eilish was three years old. ![]() Rolling Stone's last chart, published in 2004, was topped by three white artists - Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and John Lennon. The most prominent changes are seen in the coveted top three positions, which went to three famous black singers: Aretha Franklin, Public Enemy and Sam Cooke, respectively. Rolling Stone has 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.
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