In the 963rd issue of Rolling Stone magazine on December 9, 2004, an interesting rating was published. The staff of the publication interviewed 172 musicians and critics and found out which songs they consider the best. In 2010 and 2011, some of Rolling Stone magazine's Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time changed their ranks, but overall the list remained unchanged.
Instructions
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Bob Dylan's song Like a Rolling Stone is in first place in the rating of Rolling Stone magazine. This composition was released as a single on July 20, 1965, and a little later entered the album Highway 61 Revisited. For three months of being in the US charts, the song reached number two. The composition was first performed live at the Newport Folk Festival.
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The second line is occupied by the composition I can’t get no satisfaction, written by Mick Jager and Keith Richards and performed by The Rolling Stones. Fans of this musical group first heard this single in May 1965. A month later, the song was included in the album Out of our heads (American version). It was with this song that the "Rollings" first appeared on the top line of the main charts of the USA.
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On the third line is John Lennon's song Imagine. The single appeared in 1971. The author outlined his vision of the world order in the text, and later jokingly called the composition the true manifesto of communism. The song became a kind of the artist's business card, although, even during the peak period, it never took a position above 3 lines in the charts. It was only in 1980 that it took first place in connection with the death of Lennon and the re-release of the single. This song is played in Times Square in New York in the last moments of the outgoing year.
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The song What’s going on became the main song in the self-titled album by Marvin Gaye, which was released on May 21, 1971. The album itself is iconic. Firstly, it was the first one produced by this artist personally, and secondly, it is an expression of new trends in soul music.
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The fifth place in the Rolling Stone rating is the song Respect by Aretha Franklin. The composition appeared in 1967. The song has won two Grammy awards. Respect is a cover version of a song by Otis Redding. As the author himself recalled, he composed the song in a day, created the arrangement in 20 minutes and recorded the single on the first try. But if Redding asked for respect, then in her interpretation Aretha Franklin demanded this respect. The performer was not afraid to make changes to the music and lyrics, which allowed the composition to reach the first positions of most of the world's charts.
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In 1966, the American group The Beach Boys released the single Good Vibrations, which the compilers of the Rolling Stone rating would put on the sixth line a few decades later. Good Vibrations is a collection of several themes that were recorded in different studios. This approach has never been used by anyone before in editing a composition. As a result, Brian Wilson, founder, producer and frontman of The Beach Boys, spent about $ 50,000 on the recording of this song alone. The song was used in the TV series "Lost" as a code to disable the blocking at the Zerkalo substation.
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On the seventh line of the rating is the composition of Jonny B. Good by Chuck Berry. He wrote the song in 1955, but the single was released only in the spring of 1958. Jonny B. Good is a rock and roll classic. The song has been covered by dozens of artists, including Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Green Day, and the Sex Pistols. One of the most striking performances of the song is presented in the film "Back to the Future".
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The eighth line of the Rolling Stone rating is occupied by Hey Jude from The Beatles. When Lennon divorced his wife, Paul McCartney went to Weybridge to visit and cheer up Julian, the son of John and Cynthia, who was very upset about the breakup. McCartney spent about an hour on the road, composing a song along the way. Subsequently, the name Jul, he changed to Jude. The Beatles have never performed the song Hey Jude at their concerts, but Paul McCartney made it a highlight of his personal shows. In 2012, McCartney performed with her at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.
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On the ninth line is the song Smells like teen spirit by the group Nirvana. This song became the most successful of the Nevermind album and contributed to an unprecedented increase in sales. The song did not leave the first lines of the charts in 1991-1992.
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The song What’d I say by Ray Charles closes the top ten. The single was released in 1959. At one of the concerts, there were a few minutes left before the end, which needed to be filled with something. And then Ray Charles did the improvisation, and his orchestra played along. The audience reacted so violently to the final performance that Charles decided to turn the improvisation into an independent composition.
