1960s Rock Song Rankings

The 100 greatest rock songs of the 1960s, capturing the British Invasion, folk-rock evolution, and the dawn of psychedelia.

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Like a Rolling Stone — Bob Dylan (1965)—

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction — The Rolling Stones (1965)—

A Day in the Life — The Beatles (1967)—

Purple Haze — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)—

Good Vibrations — The Beach Boys (1966)—

My Generation — The Who (1965)—

Light My Fire — The Doors (1967)—

You Really Got Me — The Kinks (1964)—

Gimme Shelter — The Rolling Stones (1969)—

Sympathy for the Devil — The Rolling Stones (1968)—

Hey Jude — The Beatles (1968)—

Fortunate Son — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)—

All Along the Watchtower — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)—

Tomorrow Never Knows — The Beatles (1966)—

Baba O'Riley — The Who (1971) [Note: Recorded 1971, replacing with I Can See for Miles (1967)]—

I Can See for Miles — The Who (1967)—

Born to Be Wild — Steppenwolf (1968)—

Whole Lotta Love — Led Zeppelin (1969)—

House of the Rising Sun — The Animals (1964)—

California Dreamin' — The Mamas & the Papas (1965)—

For What It's Worth — Buffalo Springfield (1966)—

Strawberry Fields Forever — The Beatles (1967)—

Paint It, Black — The Rolling Stones (1966)—

Waterloo Sunset — The Kinks (1967)—

White Rabbit — Jefferson Airplane (1967)—

Somebody to Love — Jefferson Airplane (1967)—

Mr. Tambourine Man — The Byrds (1965)—

God Only Knows — The Beach Boys (1966)—

Piece of My Heart — Big Brother and the Holding Company (1968)—

Sunshine of Your Love — Cream (1967)—

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)—

Dazed and Confused — Led Zeppelin (1969)—

Space Oddity — David Bowie (1969)—

In My Life — The Beatles (1965)—

Turn! Turn! Turn! — The Byrds (1965)—

Proud Mary — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)—

White Room — Cream (1968)—

Wild Thing — The Troggs (1966)—

Louie Louie — The Kingsmen (1963)—

Ticket to Ride — The Beatles (1965)—

Subterranean Homesick Blues — Bob Dylan (1965)—

Jumpin' Jack Flash — The Rolling Stones (1968)—

A Whiter Shade of Pale — Procol Harum (1967)—

Helter Skelter — The Beatles (1968)—

Pinball Wizard — The Who (1969)—

Bad Moon Rising — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)—

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes — Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)—

Eight Miles High — The Byrds (1966)—

Break On Through (To the Other Side) — The Doors (1967)—

Communication Breakdown — Led Zeppelin (1969)—

She Loves You — The Beatles (1963)—

I Want to Hold Your Hand — The Beatles (1963)—

All Day and All of the Night — The Kinks (1964)—

Magic Carpet Ride — Steppenwolf (1968)—

Crossroads — Cream (1968)—

While My Guitar Gently Weeps — The Beatles (1968)—

Riders on the Storm — The Doors (1971) [Note: Recorded 1970, replacing with The End (1967)]—

The End — The Doors (1967)—

Gloria — Them (1964)—

Don't Let Me Down — The Beatles (1969)—

Penny Lane — The Beatles (1967)—

Tangled Up in Blue — Bob Dylan (1975) [Note: Replacing with Tangled Up in Blue replacement: Desolation Row (1965)]—

Desolation Row — Bob Dylan (1965)—

Honky Tonk Women — The Rolling Stones (1969)—

You Can't Always Get What You Want — The Rolling Stones (1969)—

Something — The Beatles (1969)—

Eleanor Rigby — The Beatles (1966)—

The Weight — The Band (1968)—

Good Times Bad Times — Led Zeppelin (1969)—

Foxy Lady — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)—

Little Wing — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)—

My Generation — The Who (1965)—

Substitute — The Who (1966)—

Days of Pearly Spencer — David McWilliams (1967)—

River Deep - Mountain High — Ike & Tina Turner (1966)—

Hurdy Gurdy Man — Donovan (1968)—

Mellow Yellow — Donovan (1966)—

Itchycoo Park — Small Faces (1967)—

Time of the Season — The Zombies (1968)—

She's Not There — The Zombies (1964)—

I'm a Believer — The Monkees (1966)—

Happy Together — The Turtles (1967)—

Keep On Running — The Spencer Davis Group (1965)—

Gimme Some Lovin' — The Spencer Davis Group (1966)—

Shapes of Things — The Yardbirds (1966)—

Heart Full of Soul — The Yardbirds (1965)—

For Your Love — The Yardbirds (1965)—

The Letter — The Box Tops (1967)—

I Fought the Law — The Bobby Fuller Four (1965)—

Do You Believe in Magic — The Lovin' Spoonful (1965)—

Summer in the City — The Lovin' Spoonful (1966)—

Surfin' U.S.A. — The Beach Boys (1963)—

Wouldn't It Be Nice — The Beach Boys (1966)—

Evil Ways — Santana (1969)—

Soul Sacrifice — Santana (1969)—

Susie Q — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)—

Green Onions — Booker T. & the M.G.'s (1962)—

Cinnamon Girl — Neil Young with Crazy Horse (1969)—

Down by the River — Neil Young with Crazy Horse (1969)—

I Wanna Be Your Dog — The Stooges (1969)—