Thursday

Van Halen - Jump

As great a band as Van Halen were/are, it's amazing that they only had one single top the Billboard Hot 100 charts. 1984's Jump went to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. Enjoy!

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Wednesday

Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

When compiling a collection of the greatest rock songs of all-time, some songs are no-brainers. Stairway to Heaven from Led Zeppelin is one of those songs. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #31 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time. Enjoy!

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Tuesday

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

Magic Carpet Ride is Steppenwolf's second biggest hit of their career behind Born to Be Wild. In 1968, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, but it has sense become a cult classic and a staple on classic rock stations around the world. This video features the band in their later years performing the full album cut of the song. Enjoy!

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Monday

The Doors - Light My Fire

Light My Fire is one of the most famous rock songs of all-time. This video is from their first and only appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Sullivan asked the band to change the lyrics from "girl, we couldn't get much higher" to "girl, we couldn't get much better", but Morrison claimed he forgot to change the lyrics because he was nervous. In reality, Ray Manzarek wrote years later that the band had no intention of changing the lyrics. Sullivan told the band they'd never play on his show again, and Morrison gave one of his trademark responses, "Hey, man, so what, we just did the Sullivan show!" Enjoy!

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Sunday

3 Doors Down - Loser

Loser by 3 Doors Down holds the record for spending the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. Back in 2000, the song spent 21 weeks atop the Mainstream Rock charts. It was their second single released from their debut album The Better Life. The first single from that album was Kryptonite, which also was a #1 hit on the Mainstream Rock charts as well as the Billboard Modern Rock charts. The band hit #1 on the Mainstream Rock charts earlier this year with It's Not My Time. Enjoy!

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Monday

The Police - Every Breath You Take

Every Breath You Take is one of The Police's biggest hits. It spent eight weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts back in 1983. It also won Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 1984 Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #84 on their 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time. Enjoy!

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Tuesday

Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home is considered to be one of the first true power ballads by a heavy metal band. It ranks #12 on VH1's chart of the greatest power ballads of all time. The music video spent several months at #1 on MTV's Top 20 video countdown back in 1985. Enjoy!

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Monday

The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

Start Me Up is one of the greatest rock songs of all-time, my favorite song by the Rolling Stones, and it's one of the worst music videos of all-time. Oh well, two out of three ain't bad. Seriously, this is a great song, but what the heck was Mick thinking when he got dressed for this video. Enjoy!

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Sunday

Aerosmith - Dream On

Dream On is one of the most famous rock ballads of all-time. It was Aerosmith's first single from their self-titled first album. It peaked at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts when it was originally released as a single in 1973. It was re-released as a single in 1976, and this time, it cracked the top ten and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, making it their highest charting single of the 70's.

Dream On is part of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list, and it's ranked #172 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Enjoy!

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Saturday

Foreigner - Hot Blooded

Hot Blooded is my favorite song by Foreigner. It was a pretty successful hit for them in 1978 when it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, but it's sense become a huge hit due to the emergence of classic radio stations across the country in the 90's and today. Enjoy!

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Friday

The Beatles - Twist and Shout

No list of the greatest rock songs of all-time would be complete without featuring a Beatles song (actually a number of Beatles songs will be featured). My favorite Beatles song is their cover version of Twist and Shout, which was released as single in the U.K. in 1963 and the U.S. in 1964. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in '64. It enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in 1986 when it was featured in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. So much so, that it peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts that summer. Enjoy!

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Thursday

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday was on U2's 1983 War album. It didn't chart on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and peaked at #7 on the Mainstream Rock charts, but it's become one of U2's most famous songs. One of the main reasons for the songs popularity was this video, which was shot during U2's June 5, 2003 concert at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. Enjoy!

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Wednesday

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit is not only one of the greatest rock songs of all-time, but it's also one of the songs that helped launch the American grunge rock scene of the 90's, while helping destroy the popularity 80's hair band metal. The song was a #1 hit in 1991 on the Billboard Modern Rock charts, and it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1992. Enjoy!

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Tuesday

Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode

The first time I was really exposed to Chuck Berry's Johnny B Goode was when I went to see the first Back to the Future movie when Michael J. Fox's character performs the song at the school dance towards the end of the movie. In 1958, the song peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and #2 on the R& B charts. Enjoy!

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Monday

Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away

Over the Hills and Far Away by Led Zeppelin has the best opening acoustic guitar segment of any song I've ever heard. This is by far my favorite Led Zep song. It only reached #51 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, but it's become a staple on classic rock radio stations around the country. Enjoy!

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Saturday

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

There's one major reason why I loved Bon Jovi's Livin' On A Prayer. I was in high school when it was released, and the girls absolutely went berserk over this song. You could play Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet cassette, and when Livin' On A Prayer came on, the girls would go crazy singing along. It was a good time to be a teenager. This song topped VH1's list of The 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's. It was also their first song to go to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock charts. Enjoy!

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Friday

Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle

Guns N' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle was a very close second to AC/DC's You Shook Me All Night Long as my favorite rock song of all-time. I remember the first time I heard this song. I was blown away because they looked like a hair band, but played and sounded like a heavy metal band with a slight hint of pop influence. It truly was a ground-breaking song. Enjoy!

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Thursday

Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone magazine named Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone it's Greatest Song of All-Time. He released the song as a single in 1965, and although it's length (over six minutes) prevented it from being played heavily on the radio, it still rose all the way to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. At the time of it's release, many Dylan fans did not like the song because it had a much harder and edgier tone than his folksy earlier stuff. However, this song is considered to be a pivotal point in American rock music as it ushered in a harder rock sound. Enjoy!

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Wednesday

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long

I started really getting into rock music around 1980 when I was ten years old. One of the first rock songs I ever heard was AC/DC's You Shook Me All Night Long. It's been my favorite rock song ever since. It's one of those songs that no matter where you are, when it comes on the radio, you've got to turn it up loud. So, to get this blog rolling, here's my favorite rock song of all-time.

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