Criteria: These songs are ranked based on their intitial and lasting popularity, as well as influence & impact on rock 'n' roll. The lists include songs from every rock related sub-genre including Metal, Prog, Indie, Alternative, Rap, Reggae, EDM, R&B, and more.
Note: Artists are alphabetical by first name, and sans "The".
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Game Theory
1. Erica's Word 2. We Love You, Carol and Alison 3. 24 4. The Real Sheila 5. Shark Pretty 6. I've Tried Subtlety 7. Nine Lives to Rigel Five 8. Throwing the Election 9. Curse of the Frontier Land 10. Regenisraen
Gamma Ray
1. Rebellion in Dreamland 2. Somewhere Out in Space 3. Beyond the Black Hole 4. Land of the Free 5. Armageddon 6. Man on a Mission 7. The Heart of the Unicorn 8. Lust for Life 9. One With the World 10. Rising Star/Shine On
Gang Starr
1. Mass Appeal 2. Words I Manifest 3. Jazz Thing 4. DWYCK 5. You Know My Steez 6. Just To Get a Rep 7. Who's Gonna Take the Weight? 8. Lovesick 9. Take It Personal 10. Step In the Arena
Gap Band
1. You Dropped a Bomb On Me 2. I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up 3. Burn Rubber 4. Early In the Morning 5. Yearning For Your Love 6. Outstanding 7. Going In Circles 8. All of My Love 9. Shake 10. Steppin'
Garbage
1. Stupid Girl 2. Only Happy When It Rains 3. #1 Crush 4. Special 5. I Think I'm Paranoid 6. Queer 7. When I Grow Up 8. Push It 9. Vow 10. Cherry Lips
Gary Lewis & Playboys
1. This Diamond Ring 2. She's Just My Style 3. Count Me In 4. Save Your Heart For Me 5. Everybody Loves A Clown 6. Sure Gonna Miss Her 7. Green Grass 8. My Heart's Symphony 9. Paint Me A Picture 10. Where Will The Words Come From
Gary Numan
1. Cars 2. Are 'Friends' Electric? [with Tubeway Army] 3. Down in the Park [with Tubeway Army] 4. We Are Glass 5. I Die: You Die 6. Complex 7. She's Got Claws 8. We Take Mystery (To Bed) 9. Change Your Mind [with Bill Sharpe] 10. Music for Chameleons
Gary Puckett & Union Gap
1. Young Girl 2. Woman, Woman 3. Lady Willpower 4. This Girl Is A Woman Now 5. Over You 6. Could I 7. Gentle Woman 8. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 9. Daylight Stranger 10. Don't Give In To Him
Gary U.S. Bonds
1. Quarter To Three 2. New Orleans 3. School Is Out 4. This Little Girl 5. Dear Lady Twist 6. Twist, Twist Senora 7. Not Me 8. Seven Day Weekend 9. Havin' So Much Fun 10. School Is In
Gene Chandler
1. Duke Of Earl 2. Rainbow/Rainbow '65 3. Groovy Situation 4. Nothing Can Stop Me 5. Just Be True 6. What Now 7. I Fooled You This Time 8. Man's Temptation 9. Bless Our Love 10. To Be A Lover
Gene Pitney
1. It Hurts To Be In Love 2. Every Breath I Take 3. Town Without Pity 4. (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance 5. (I Wanna) Love My Life Away 6. Only Love Can Break A Heart 7. I'm Gonna Be Strong 8. She's A Heartbreaker 9. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 10. Half Heaven - Half Heartache
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
1. Be-Bop-A-Lula 2. Lotta Lovin' 3. Woman Love 4. Race With The Devil 5. Dance To The Bop 6. Bluejean Bop 7. Cat Man 8. Pink Thunderbird 9. Who Slapped John? 10. Double Talkin' Baby
Genesis
1. Invisible Touch 2. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 3. Land of Confusion 4. Supper's Ready 5. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 6. That's All 7. Follow You, Follow Me 8. The Carpet Crawlers 9. Mama 10. Turn It On Again
Gentle Giant
1. The Advent of Panurge 2. Knots 3. Pantagruel's Nativity 4. In a Glass House 5. Proclamation 6. Funny Ways 7. A Cry for Everyone 8. The Runaway 9. Free Hand 10. Plain Truth
George Harrison
1. My Sweet Lord 2. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) 3. What Is Life? 4. Bangla Desh 5. Dark Horse 6. Got My Mind Set On You 7. All Things Must Pass 8. When We Was Fab 9. Blow Away 10. Ding Dong, Ding Dong
George Michael / WHAM!
1. Last Christmas 2. Careless Whisper 3. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 4. Faith 5. Jesus To A Child 6. Freedom 7. Father Figure 8. Fastlove 9. I Want Your Sex 10. Outside
George Thorogood
1. Bad To The Bone 2. Move It On Over 3. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 4. I Drink Alone 5. Who Do You Love? 6. Madison Blues 7. Gear Jammer 8. You Talk Too Much 9. Willie And The Hand Jive 10. Get A Haircut
Georgia Satellites
1. Keep Your Hands to Yourself 2. Battleship Chains 3. Open All Night 4. Hippy Hippy Shake 5. Railroad Steel 6. Don't Pass Me By 7. All Over But The Cryin' 8. Whole Lotta Shakin' 9. Red Light 10. Games People Play
Gerry & the Pacemakers
1. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying 2. How Do You Do It 3. Ferry Across The Mersey 4. I Like It 5. You'll Never Walk Alone 6. It's Gonna Be All Right 7. I'll Be There 8. I'm The One 9. Girl On A Swing 10. Walk Hand In Hand
Gerry Rafferty
1. Baker Street 2. Right Down the Line 3. Days Gone Down (Still Got the Light in Your Eyes) 4. Get It Right Next Time 5. The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin') 6. City to City 7. Night Owl 8. Home and Dry 9. Can I Have My Money Back? 10. The Ark
Geto Boys
1. Mind Playing Tricks on Me 2. Six Feet Deep 3. Do It Like a G.O. 4. The World Is a Ghetto 5. Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta 6. Mind of a Lunatic 7. Assassins 8. Crooked Officer 9. G-Code 10. Chuckie
Ghost
1. Square Hammer 2. Cirice 3. Dance Macabre 4. Year Zero 5. Ghuleh / Zombie Queen 6. Ritual 7. From the Pinnacle to the Pit 8. Mary on a Cross 9. He Is 10. Rats
Gil Scott-Heron
1. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 2. The Bottle 3. Winter in America 4. Home Is Where The Hatred Is 5. We Almost Lost Detroit 6. Lady Day and John Coltrane 7. Johannesburg 8. B Movie 9. New York Is Killing Me 10. I'll Take Care of U
Gilbert O'Sullivan
1. Alone Again (Naturally) 2. Clair 3. Get Down 4. Nothing Rhymed 5. Out of the Question 6. Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day 7. Happiness Is Me and You 8. No Matter How I Try 9. Ooh, Baby 10. What's in a Kiss?
Gin Blossoms
1. Hey Jealousy 2. Found Out About You 3. Follow You Down 4. Til I Hear It From You 5. Until I Fall Away 6. Allison Road 7. Pieces Of The Night 8. Mrs. Rita 9. As Long As It Matters 10. Learning The Hard Way
Gino Vannelli
1. I Just Wanna Stop 2. Living Inside Myself 3. Hurts to Be in Love 4. People Gotta Move 5. Wheels of Life 6. Wild Horses 7. Black Cars 8. The Time of Day 9. Love of My Life 10. Nightwalker
Gladys Knight & Pips
1. Midnight Train To Georgia 2. Neither One Of Us 3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine 4. If I Were Your Woman 5. The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me 6. I've Got To Use My Imagination 7. Every Beat Of My Heart 8. The End Of Our Road 9. Save The Overtime 10. On And On
Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine
1. Conga 2. Anything for You 3. Rhythm Is Gonna Get You 4. Dr. Beat 5. Don't Wanna Lose You 6. Turn the Beat Around 7. Mi tierra 8. Bad Boy 9. Coming Out of the Dark 10. 1-2-3
Gloria Gaynor
1. I Will Survive 2. Never Can Say Goodbye 3. Reach Out I'll Be There 4. Honey Bee 5. I Am What I Am 6. Let Me Know 7. How High the Moon 8. Casanova Brown 9. (If You Want It) Do It Yourself 10. Walk On By
Gnarls Barkley
1. Crazy 2. Smiley Faces 3. Going On 4. Run 5. Gone Daddy Gone 6. Who Cares? 7. Who's Gonna Save Your Soul? 8. Rhinestone Eyes 9. Just a Thought 10. St. Elsewhere
The Go-Betweens
1. Cattle and Cane 2. Streets of Your Town 3. Head Full of Steam 4. Right Here 5. Spring Rain 6. Bachelor Kisses 7. Love Goes On! 8. Bye Bye Pride 9. Part Company 10. Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea
Go-Go's
1. We Got The Beat 2. Vacation 3. Our Lips Are Sealed 4. Head Over Heels 5. Turn To You 6. Get Up And Go 7. Skidmarks On My Heart 8. This Town 9. Beatnik Beach 10. Stuck In My Car
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
1. Storm 2. East Hastings 3. Sleep 4. The Dead Flag Blues 5. Providence 6. Moya 7. Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls 8. Static 9. Antennas to Heaven 10. 9-15-00
Golden Earring
1. Radar Love 2. Twilight Zone 3. When the Lady Smiles 4. Eight Miles High 5. Dong Dong Diki Digi Dong 6. Going To The Run 7. Candys Going Bad 8. Weekend Love 9. Vanilla Queen 10. Angel
Goldfrapp
1. Ooh La La 2. Rocket 3. Number 1 4. Fly Me Away 5. Alive 6. Ocean 7. Ride a White Horse 8. A&E 9. Fly Me Away 10. Strict Machine
Goo Goo Dolls
1. Iris 2. Slide 3. Name 4. Black Balloon 5. Here Is Gone 6. Give a Little Bit 7. Better Days 8. Broadway 9. Big Machine 10. Naked
Goodie Mob
1. Cell Therapy 2. Soul Food 3. Black Ice 4. Dirty South 5. They Don't Dance No Mo 6. Guess Who 7. Thought Process 8. Live At the O.M.N.I. 9. I Didn't Ask To Come 10. The Day After
Gorillaz
1. Feel Good Inc. 2. Clint Eastwood 3. 19-2000 4. DARE 5. Rock the House 6. Kids with Guns 7. Tomorrow Comes Today 8. El Manana 9. Dirty Harry 10. Stylo
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
1. Patio Song 2. Poodle Rockin' 3. Sweet Johnny 4. The Game of Eyes 5. Diamond Dew 6. If Fingers Were Xylophones 7. Stood On Gold 8. Merched Yn Neud Gwallt Eu Gilydd 9. Spanish Dance Troupe 10. Let's Get Together (In Our Minds)
Gotye
1. Somebody That I Used to Know 2. Eyes Wide Open 3. Easy Way Out 4. Hearts a Mess 5. Save Me 6. Learnalilgivinanlovin 7. Coming Back 8. Out Here in the Cold 9. I Feel Better 10. Thanks for Your Time
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
1. Stars 2. Paris (Ooh La La) 3. Never Go Bac 4. Tiny Light 5. Ah, Mary 6. Medicine 7. Runaway 8. Ain't No Time 9. Apologies 10. Low Road
Graham Parker
1. Local Girls 2. Hold Back the Night 3. Wake Up (Next to You) 4. Discovering Japan 5. Temporary Beauty 6. Stupefaction 7. Don't Ask Me Questions 8. Get Started, Start a Fire 9. Life Gets Better 10. Watch the Moon Come Down
Grand Funk Railroad
1. We're An American Band 2. Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain) 3. Some Kind Of Wonderful 4. The Loco-Motion 5. Bad Time 6. Walk Like A Man 7. Footstompin' Music 8. Rock 'N Roll Soul 9. Shinin' On 10. Mr. Limousine Driver
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
1. The Message 2. White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) 3. The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel 4. Freedom 5. Beat Street Breakdown 6. The Birthday Party 7. New York, New York 8. Girls Love The Way He Spins 9. Scorpio 10. We Don't Work For Free
Grass Roots
1. Let's Live For Today 2. Midnight Confessions 3. Sooner Or Later 4. I'd Wait A Million Years 5. Two Divided By Love 6. Where Were You When I Needed You 7. The River Is Wide 8. Temptation Eyes 9. Heaven Knows 10. Lovin' Things
Grateful Dead
1. Dark Star 2. Truckin' 3. Uncle Johns Band 4. Casey Jones 5. Friend of the Devil 6. Touch of Grey 7. Sugar Magnolia 8. St. Stephen 9. China Cat Sunflower 10. Box of Rain
Green Day
1. Basket Case 2. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) 3. Boulevard of Broken Dreams 4. American Idiot 5. When I Come Around 6. Wake Me Up When September Ends 7. Longview 8. Holiday 9. Brain Stew 10. Welcome to Paradise
Greg Kihn Band
1. The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) 2. Jeopardy 3. Lucky 4. Any Other Woman 5. Happy Man 6. Love And Rock And Roll 7. Someday 8. Reunited 9. Rendezvous 10. Madison Avenue
Grizzly Bear
1. Two Weeks 2. While You Wait for the Others 3. Knife 4. Colorado 5. Southern Point 6. On a Neck, On a Spit 7. Alligator 8. Central and Remote 9. Foreground 10. Deep Sea Diver
Guess Who
1. American Woman 2. No Time 3. These Eyes 4. No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature 5. Laughing 6. Share The Land 7. Clap For The Wolfman 8. Undun 9. Hand Me Down World 10. Albert Flasher
Guided By Voices
1. Hold On Hope 2. I am a Scientist 3. Teenage FBI 4. Echoes Myron 5. Glad Girls 6. Downed 7. Gold Star For Robot Boy 8. The Best of Jill Hives 9. Game of Pricks 10. Hot Freaks
Guns N' Roses
1. Sweet Child O' Mine 2. November Rain 3. Welcome to the Jungle 4. Paradise City 5. Patience 6. Don't Cry 7. Knocking on Heaven's Door 8. You Could Be Mine 9. Civil War 10. Rocket Queen
Guster
1. Fa Fa 2. Airport Song 3. Satellite 4. Amsterdam 5. Happier 6. One Man Wrecking Machine 7. Barrel of a Gun (4, 3, 2, 1) 8. Careful 9. Window 10. Demons
Gwen Stefani
1. Hollaback Girl 2. The Sweet Escape 3. What You Waiting For? 4. Rich Girl 5. Cool 6. Wind It Up 7. 4 in the Morning 8. Luxurious 9. Make Me Like You 10. Crash
