| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Surfin' U.S.A. (stereo/remastered 2012) | The Beach Boys | 4.45 | 2:29 |
| 2 | My Sharona- recording engineer:
- Pete Coleman
- producer:
- Mike Chapman
- bass guitar:
- Prescott Niles
- drums (drum set):
- Bruce Gary
- guitar:
- Berton Averre and Doug Fieger
- lead vocals:
- Doug Fieger
- vocals:
- Berton Averre
- remixer:
- Dave Jerden
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Capitol Records, Inc. (in 1979, in 1994, in 2013)
- part of:
- Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 18), TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 24), Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (number: 72) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 201)
- recording of:
- My Sharona
- writer:
- Berton Averre and Douglas Fieger
- publisher:
- Campbell Connelly (Australia) P/L, Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Copyright Control , Eighties Music, Music Sales Corporation , Small Hill Music, Universal Music Publishing , Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia and Wise Brothers Music LLC
| The Knack | 4.1 | 4:55 |
| 3 | 9 to 5 | Dolly Parton | 3.55 | 2:44 |
| 4 | Hound Dog- bass:
- Bill Black (on 1956-07-02)
- drums (drum set):
- D.J. Fontana (on 1956-07-02)
- guitar:
- Scotty Moore (on 1956-07-02) and Elvis Presley (on 1956-07-02)
- piano:
- Shorty Long (on 1956-07-02)
- lead vocals:
- Elvis Presley (on 1956-07-02)
- vocals:
- The Jordanaires (on 1956-07-02)
- additional performer:
- The Jordanaires
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Entertainment (in 1956, in 1972), BMG Music (in 1956) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 2002)
- recorded at:
- RCA Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-07-02)
- cover recording of:
- Hound Dog (on 1956-07-02)
- lyricist:
- Jerry Leiber (on 1952-08-12)
- composer:
- Mike Stoller (on 1952-08-12)
- previously attributed to:
- Johnny Otis
- publisher:
- Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane, Cherry Lane Music, Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Elvis Presley Music, Gladys Music, Lion Publishing Co., MCA Music Inc. , MCA Music Ltd., MCA Music Publishing , Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Universal Music Publishing , Universal/MCA Music , Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
| Elvis Presley | 3.65 | 2:18 |
| 5 | Walk on the Wild Side- producer:
- David Bowie , Lou Reed and Mick Ronson
- baritone saxophone:
- Ronnie Ross (in 1972-08)
- double bass and electric bass guitar:
- Herbie Flowers (in 1972-08)
- drums (drum set):
- John Halsey (in 1972-08)
- background vocals:
- The Thunder Thighs (in 1972-08)
- lead vocals:
- Lou Reed (in 1972-08)
- brass arranger and strings arranger:
- Mick Ronson
- arranger:
- David Bowie , Lou Reed and Mick Ronson
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Entertainment (in 1972), BMG Music (in 1972), RCA Records (in 1972) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1972)
- recorded at:
- Trident Studios in Soho, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom (in 1972-08)
- mixed at:
- Trident Studios in Soho, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom
- samples from:
- Lexicon Valley #150, “Why Language Can’t Be Tamed” by John McWhorter
- part of:
- Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 75), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 180) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 221)
- recording of:
- Walk on the Wild Side (in 1972-08)
- lyricist and composer:
- Lou Reed
- publisher:
- Dunbar Music, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Oakfield Avenue Music, Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. and Six Continents Music Publishing Inc.
| Lou Reed | 4.25 | 4:11 |
| 6 | Sweet Home Alabama- miscellaneous support:
- Ronnie Van Zant
- engineer and producer:
- Al Kooper
- drums (drum set):
- Bob Burns (in 1973-07)
- electric bass guitar:
- Leon Wilkeson (in 1973-07)
- electric guitar:
- Allen Collins (in 1973-07), Ed King (in 1973-07) and Gary Rossington (in 1973-07)
- keyboard:
- Billy Powell (in 1973-07)
- background vocals:
- Merry Clayton (in 1973-07) and Clydie King (in 1973-07)
- lead vocals:
- Ronnie Van Zant (in 1973-07)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Geffen Records (in 1974), MCA Records (in 1974), MCA Records Ltd. (in 1974), MCA Records, Inc. (in 1974), UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1974), Universal Music (in 1974), Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2018) and Universal Music Operations Ltd. (in 2018)
- produced for:
- Sounds of the South Productions
- recorded at:
- Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, United States (in 1973-07)
- part of:
- Billboard Hot 100: 2026-07-18 (number: 31), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 398)
- recording of:
- Sweet Home Alabama (in 1973-07)
- miscellaneous support:
- Ronnie Van Zant
- writer:
- Ed King , Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
- publisher:
- Hustler Inc., Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. , Universal Music Corp. , Universal Music Publishing Ltd. , Universal/MCA Music Ltd. , Universal/MCA Music Publishing GmbH and Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | 4.1 | 4:46 |
| 7 | Somebody to Love (remastered)- recording engineer:
- David Hassinger (on 1966-11-03)
- producer:
- Rick Jarrard (from 1966-10-31 until 1966-11-22)
- bass:
- Jack Casady (from 1966-10-31 until 1966-11-22)
- drums (drum set):
- Spencer Dryden (from 1966-10-31 until 1966-11-22)
- guitar [lead guitar]:
- Jorma Kaukonen (from 1966-10-31 until 1966-11-22)
- guitar [rhythm guitar]:
- Paul Kantner (from 1966-10-31 until 1966-11-22)
- lead vocals:
- Grace Slick (from 1966-10-31 until 1966-11-22)
- vocals:
- Marty Balin (from 1966-10-31 until 1966-11-22) and Paul Kantner (from 1966-10-31 until 1966-11-22)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Music (in 1967) and RCA (in 1967)
- recorded at:
- RCA Victor’s Music Center of the World in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1966-10-31 until 1966-11-22)
- part of:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 274)
- recording of:
- Somebody to Love (from 1966-10-31 until 1966-11-22)
- lyricist and composer:
- Darby Slick
- publisher:
- Copperpenny Music, Copyright Control , Irving Music , Irving Music, Inc., Knockout Music Company, Rondor Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC , Sony/ATV Tunes LLC , Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
| Jefferson Airplane | 4.55 | 3:00 |
| 8 | Great Balls of Fire (1963 mono) | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 1:48 |
| 9 | Peggy Sue (single version)- producer:
- Norman Petty
- bass:
- Joe B. Mauldin (on 1957-07-01)
- drums (drum set):
- Jerry Allison (on 1957-07-01)
- guitar:
- Buddy Holly (on 1957-07-01) and Niki Sullivan (on 1957-07-01)
- vocals:
- Buddy Holly (on 1957-07-01)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Geffen Records (in 1957) and MCA Records, Inc. (in 1957)
- recorded at:
- Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico, United States (on 1957-07-01)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 5), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 194) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 370)
- recording of:
- Peggy Sue (from 1957-06-29 until 1957-07-01)
- writer:
- Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly and Norman Petty
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , McCartney Music, Melody Lane Publications Inc., MPL Communications Inc. , MPL Musik Verlags GmbH , Peermusic (UK) Limited, Southern Music and Wren Music Co.
| Buddy Holly | 4.5 | 2:31 |
| 10 | Johnny B. Goode (single version)- producer:
- Leonard & Phil Chess
- double bass:
- Willie Dixon (on 1958-01-06)
- drums (drum set):
- Jasper Thomas (on 1958-01-06)
- guitar and lead vocals:
- Chuck Berry (on 1958-01-06)
- piano:
- Johnnie Johnson (on 1958-01-06)
- recorded at:
- Sheldon Recording Studios, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1958-01-06)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1958 (number: 1), NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (number: 3), Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (number: 6), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 7), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 33), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 53) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
- recording of:
- Johnny B. Goode (on 1958-01-06)
- lyricist and composer:
- Chuck Berry (in 1955)
- publisher:
- Arc Music , Arc Music Corp. , Isalee Music, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and ロックンロール ミュージック
- part of:
- Back to the Future: the Musical
| Chuck Berry | 4.25 | 2:40 |
| 11 | Real Wild Child (Wild One)- drum machine [Linn drum] programming:
- David Richards (from 1986-04 until 1986-05)
- engineer:
- David Richards
- producer and mixer:
- David Bowie and David Richards
- bass, drums (drum set), organ, sampler [Akai S900], synthesizer [Yamaha DX7] and violin:
- Erdal Kızılçay (from 1986-04 until 1986-05)
- guitar:
- Kevin Armstrong (from 1986-04 until 1986-05) and Steve Jones (from 1986-04 until 1986-05)
- background vocals:
- Kevin Armstrong (from 1986-04 until 1986-05), David Bowie (from 1986-04 until 1986-05) and Erdal Kızılçay (from 1986-04 until 1986-05)
- lead vocals:
- Iggy Pop (from 1986-04 until 1986-05)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- A&M Records (in 1986)
- recorded at:
- Mountain Recording Studios in Montreux, Vaud , Switzerland (from 1986-04 until 1986-05)
- cover recording of:
- Wild One (from 1986-04 until 1986-05)
- writer:
- Johnny Greenan, Johnny O’Keefe and Dave Owens
- publisher:
- Melodie der Welt , MPL Communications Inc. , Peermusic (Germany) GmbH, Peermusic (UK) Limited and Southern Music
| Iggy Pop | 3.85 | 3:40 |
| 12 | Black Hole Sun (edit) | Soundgarden | 4 | 4:33 |
| 13 | Malibu | Hole | 3.65 | 3:52 |
| 14 | All I Wanna Do- engineer:
- Blair Lamb
- producer:
- Bill Bottrell
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- A&M Records, Inc. (in 1993) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1993)
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 405)
- recording of:
- All I Wanna Do
- writer:
- David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow and Kevin Gilbert
- publisher:
- Almo Music Corp. , Ignorant Music , Old Crow Music , Reservoir One America, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC , Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , WB Music Corp. , WC Music Corp. and Zen of Iniquity
| Sheryl Crow | 3.9 | 4:35 |
| 15 | Easy | Commodores | 3.75 | 4:18 |
| 16 | My Girl (stereo)- producer:
- Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
- bass:
- James Jamerson (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- drums (drum set):
- Benny Benjamin (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- guitar:
- Robert White (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- strings:
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- background vocals:
- Eddie Kendricks (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17), Otis Williams (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17) and Paul Williams (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- lead vocals:
- David Ruffin (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- performer:
- The Temptations (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- strings arranger:
- Paul Riser
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Record Company, L.P. (in 1964)
- recorded at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 3), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (number: 11), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 43) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 88)
- recording of:
- My Girl (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- lyricist:
- Smokey Robinson
- composer:
- Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
- publisher:
- Jobete Music , Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Music for Africa , Poochum, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| The Temptations | 4.45 | 2:45 |
| 17 | Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | Marvin Gaye | 3.5 | 3:00 |
| 18 | (You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman | Aretha Franklin | 4.2 | 2:43 |
| 19 | Ain’t That a Kick in the Head | Dean Martin | | 2:26 |
| 20 | Summertime (1957 version)- recorded in:
- Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-08-18)
- double bass:
- Joe Mondragon (on 1957-08-18)
- drums (drum set):
- Alvin Stoller (on 1957-08-18)
- French horn:
- Vincent DeRosa (on 1957-08-18)
- guitar:
- Tony Rizzi (on 1957-08-18)
- piano:
- Paul Smith (on 1957-08-18)
- trombone:
- Buddy Childers (on 1957-08-18)
- trumpet:
- Louis Armstrong (on 1957-08-18) and Frank Beach (on 1957-08-18)
- violin:
- Victor Arno (on 1957-08-18)
- vocals:
- Louis Armstrong (on 1957-08-18) and Ella Fitzgerald (on 1957-08-18)
- orchestra:
- Russ Garcia and His Orchestra (in 1957)
- conductor:
- Russell Garcia (on 1957-08-18)
- part of:
- Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 20)
- cover recording of:
- Summertime (on 1957-08-18)
- lyricist:
- Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
- composer:
- George Gershwin (in 1934)
- publisher:
- Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. , Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner/Chappell , Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited , Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
- version of:
- Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
| Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | 2.85 | 4:54 |
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