VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs
 

Get out the flamethrowers, boys...

100 Sammy Hagar - "I Can't Drive 55"
99 Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Bandv
98 Buckcherry - "Lit Up"
97 The Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein"
96 Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son"
95 Creed - "Higher"
94 The Darkness - "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"
93 Autograph - "Turn Up The Radio"
92 Night Ranger - "Don't Tell Me You Love Me"
91 Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
90 Jethro Tull - "Aqualung"
89 Andrew W.K. - "Party Hard"
88 Alice In Chains - "Would?"
87 Winger - "Seventeen"
86 Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"
85 Velvet Revolver - "Slither"
84 W.A.S.P. - "I Wanna Be Somebody"
83 Evanescence - "Bring Me To Life"
82 Rainbow - "Since You Been Gone"
81 Black Sabbath - "Heaven And Hell"
80 Journey - "Any Way You Want It"
79 Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell"
78 Bad Company - "Feel Like Making Love"
77 Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"
76 Lita Ford - "Kiss Me Deadly"
75 The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
74 The Cult - "Love Removal Machine"
73 Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
72 Pat Benetar - "Heartbreaker"
71 Jane's Addiction - "Mountain Song"
70 Foreigner - "Hot Blooded"
69 Living Colour - "Cult Of Personality"
68 White Zombie - "More Human Than Human"
67 ZZ Top - "Tush"
66 Europe - "The Final Countdown"
65 MC5 - "Kick Out the Jams"
64 Rollins Band - "Liar"
63 Survivor - "Eye Of The Tiger"
62 Dokken - "Breaking The Chains"
61 Ratt - "Round And Round"
60 Skid Row - "18 And Life"
59 Billy Squier - "The Stroke"
58 Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song"
57 The Kinks - "You Really Got Me"
56 Warrant - "Cherry Pie"
55 Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear The Reaper"
54 Faith No More - "Epic"
53 Steppenwolf - "Born To Be Wild"
52 The Runaways - "Cherry Bomb"
51 Megadeth - "Peace Sells"
50 Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give It Away"
49 The Stooges - "Search And Destroy"
48 Korn - "Freak On A Leash"
47 Kid Rock - "Bawitdaba"
46 Anthrax - "Madhouse"
45 Foghat - "Slow Ride"
44 Cream - "Sunshine Of Your Love"
43 Dio - "Holy Diver"
42 The Clash - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
41 Quiet Riot - "Cum On Feel The Noize"
40 Poison - "Talk Dirty To Me"
39 Boston - "More Than A Feeling"
38 Queen - "Stone Cold Crazy"
37 The Who - "My Generation"
36 Van Halen - "Hot For Teacher"
33 Alice Cooper - "School's Out"
34 Heart - "Barracuda"
33 Green Day - "Basket Case"
32 Ted Nugent - "Cat Scratch Fever"
31 AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
30 Pearl Jam - "Even Flow"
29 Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation"
28 Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
27 Whitesnake - "Still Of The Night"
26 Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"
25 The Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
24 Iron Butterfly - "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
23 Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
22 Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Hey Joe"
21 Led Zeppelin - "Kashmir"
20 Bon Jovi - "You Give Love A Bad Name"
19 Rush - "Tom Sawyer"
18 Scorpions - "Rock You Like A Hurricane"
17 Twisted Sister - "I Wanna Rock"
16 Kiss - "Rock And Roll All Nite"
15 Motley Crue - "Dr. Feelgood"
14 Iron Maiden - "Run To The Hills"
13 Def Leppard - "Photograph"
12 Judas Priest - "Breaking The Law"
11 Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"
10 Motorhead - "Ace Of Spades"
09 Van Halen - "Runnin With The Devil"
08 Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
07 Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
06 The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
05 Metallica - "Enter Sandman"
04 Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
03 Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"
02 AC/DC - "Back In Black"
01 Guns N' Roses - "Welcome To The Jungle"

Well, they got number 1 and 2 right.

Guns N Roses number one? Really?

Anything from the 80's should be automatically be excluded.

skimming it quickly because i don't give a fuck about it, i saw "everlong" and that's good enough for me. although i'm not sure i would class that as a Hard Rock Song.

Back in Black - 1980

When an Evanesence song ranks higher than an Alice in Chains song, and the list doesn't contain Journey's "Don't stop believin'," all credibility goes out of the window.

Is it like a policy of VH1 to put Smells Like Teen Spirit in the top 10 of every list they make?

I stand by my statement.

Most over rated song, ever.

Also Hard Rock is a very vague definition. I wouldn't consider a song like "More Than a Feeling" to be Hard Rock.

Nor Foghat's "slowride," but its got a bad-ass funky bass line.

Freebird at 26? WRONG

These lists are stupid. They always only place one song per band when in reality a band like say Nirvana or Pearl Jam or Led Zeppelin have an entire catalogue worth of songs better than most of the tripe they included on there, such as Evanescence or Ted fucking Nugent.

Yeah, it's a fucking terrible genre to rate.

Slayer is metal

-edit-

cancel that, I just saw Anthrax on the list.

Your comment stands

Kid Rock, what the fuck.

Hey, don't hate on the Motor City Madman. Admittedly, Stranglehold is a way fucking better choice, but come on.

You were saying what now?

I'm actually surprised that the song jobbed at this countdown.

But as mentioned as well, there are better songs by a band than the song they pick for the countdown. I would pick "slave to the grind" as a better choice for Skid Row than "18 and life".

98. Fuck this entry.

97. Can't recall this song.

96. Epic song. If anything, it's too low.

95. I'm not gonna jump on the Fuck Creed Bandwagon. Scott Stapp is a douchebag bar none. But the actual music is good. That being said, "My Own Prison" is better, as is "Torn."

94. see #98

92. see #97

91. "Zero" and "Tonight Tonight" are both better, and they're on the same album.

89. see #94

88. "Would?" is an unusual choice, considering how "Man in the Box" is right there, as well. No complaints, though. Even though I would prefer "We Die Young."

87. see #89.

85. should be pissed, but I'm not.

84. "Like an Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)"(sp?) is better. If for no other reason, the line "I FUCK LIKE A BEAST!"

83. see #87 Lacuna Coil is better.

82. I need to hear this.

81. HOLY FUCK! They actually acknowledge the Dio era?

77. "Outshined," "Rusty Cage," "My Wave," and "Blow up the Outside World" are all better.

75. see #83 (before the "Lacuna Coil is better" part.)

66. This song is too fucking low!

64. No complaints outside of the glaring omission of any Black Flag songs.

62. "Dream Warriors" is better.

48. "Blind" was better, but not much. Korn was basically overrated.

47. see *75

46. FUCK TO THE YES!

43. I hope they didn't pick this song over "Rainbow in the Dark" due to Killswitch Engage's butchery of it. If not, good choice.

39. This song should be top 5. One of the World's Greatest Songs.

38. Odd choice, but the right one.

37. see #47. Fuck the Who.

36. Also had two songs, but both were Diamond Dave era. Haggar era almost never gets its due, though it was solid. (Heard Valen Halen's I and II)

32. "Stranglehold" is better. Fuck Nugent.

31. replace with "Highway to Hell" and put it in #2's spot.

28. "Best of You" is their best song. "Monkey Wrench" is also better.

27. "Slide it In" is better. :naughty:

26. Another band that had 1,000 great songs. You could have put this one, "Sweet Home Alabama," "Simple Man," "Tuesday's Gone," "That Smell," and/or "What's Your Name" on this list. And this one and/or "Sweet Home Alabama" should be top 10.

22. "Purple Haze."

21. This song lost all credibility when Diddy sampled it for a song. "When the Levee Breaks" is better, anyway.

20. Bon Jovi... If they HAD to have just one song, I would have went with "Living on a Prayer" or "Wanted Dead or Alive."

16. Almost surprised they didn't go with "Detroit Rock City." "Strutter" is better. "War Machine" is much better, but a forgotten classic.

15. I preferred "Too Young to Fall in Love," mainly because of the riff and how funny the video is (especially Tommy Lee, though martial arts masters with swords being taken out by bar room brawling is sweet). No complaints, though.

12. Me likey. I would have went with "Pain Killer," but this is a good, too.

10. Unexpected to see one this high, but no complaints. I personally prefer "Eat the Rich," and "Iron Fist," but this IS Motorhead to many people (this and the Triple H theme.), and I'm actually surprised that Motorhead is even mentioned.

9. "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" is better.

8. OVERRATED *CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP*

7. See #8. "Rape Me" is better.

6. See #47. All of it this time.

5. See #7. replace "Rape Me" with "Creeping Death," "Battery,"... shit, the first three albums. (though I am in the minority that likes Load and Reload for what they are. They're good albums, just not good Metallica albums)

4. see #5, just the seeing part. People do realize that Ozzy-era Sabbath had better songs than just what was on Paranoid, right? "Snowblind," "N.I.B.," "Symptom of the Universe," "Black Sabbath"

3. No complaints. Kind of overrated, but not clap worthy.

2. I would put "Highway to Hell" here, and "Back in Black" at like, 20.
Jacoby Shaddix: But it's Brian Fuckin' Johnson. You better Recognize!
Me: Fuck you, Coby Dick.
Jacoby Shaddix: MY NAME IS JACOBY FUCKIN' SHADDIX! IT IS MY REAL FUCKIN' NAME.
Me: *pauses* Fuck you, Coby Dick. Don't make me pull out the lyric sheet of Infest.
*Jacoby storms off. I just realized that I admitted to having owned Papa Roach's Infest at one point.

1. "Mr. Brownstone" never gets its due.

Can I do better with replacement songs? Let's see.

Replacements for all that fell under the "Fuck this Entry" tag.
#1. "Rise Above" by Black Flag
Why: One of the most potent anti-authority songs ever written. Gotta give Old-School Hardcore its due.

#2. "Kalifornia Uber Alles" by Dead Kennedys
Why: Political Punk at it's finest. I was torn between this one and "Nazi Punks," which Napalm Death covered on the spot after seeing some Skinheads attack the one black kid at the Death Metal Show.

#3. "Clean My Wounds" by Corrosion of Conformity
Why: Perhaps the best known song of the Pepper Keenan era. It has a great riff, and the smoothest lyrics for something as heavy as it is.

#4. "Cemetary Gates" by Pantera
Why: Because this is around the time Phil Anselmo could actually sing, and it's hard to believe he can hit high notes.

#5. "Straightedge" by Minor Threat
Why: Say what you will about the lifestyle, and the people who live it, this was an important song that gave a name to it.

#6. "Stinkfist" by Tool
Why: Maynard's vocals against the chaotic background of what's being played. Also, the lyrical content against the delivery is a trip in and of itself.

#7. "Elephant Riders" by Clutch
Why: Clutch has the best rhythm section in all of Hard Rock. Bar none. And I'd love to hear snarky commentary of a song about the Civil War being fought with a regiment including people who rode elephants.

#8. "Stone the Crow" by Down
Why: Alot of good Down songs, most are even better than Pantera, IMO. And, even though Phil is the third best singer in the band (behind Pepper and Kirk Windstein), this song shows Phil pull all the power he has in his voice behind an impressive performance. Also, the Deuling Riffs show just how underrated both axemen are.

#9. "Where Eagles Dare" by Misfits
Why: In part just to hear everyone sing "I ain't no God Damned Son of a Bitch!" on the show, and it's a fun song to listen to.

Honorable Mentions: "Mother" by Danzig, "All I Had (I Gave)" by Crowbar, "Territory" by Sepultura, "Spirit Crusher" by Death, and "At the Stake" by the Melvins.

Bon Jovi doesn't rock hard and neither does Creed


I'm sure I have other issues with this list, but I can barely look at it without totally blacking out and waking up to dead cats

I also repped the above poster for Stinkfist

You do realize the Who were "punk" before any punk band you like were ever born right?

Red shoudnt be on List
Blue Higher
Green Lower
Otherwise Meh.

100 Sammy Hagar - "I Can't Drive 55"
99 Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Bandv
98 Buckcherry - "Lit Up"
97 The Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein"
96 Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son"
95 Creed - "Higher"
94 The Darkness - "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"
93 Autograph - "Turn Up The Radio"
92 Night Ranger - "Don't Tell Me You Love Me"
91 Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
90 Jethro Tull - "Aqualung"
89 Andrew W.K. - "Party Hard"
88 Alice In Chains - "Would?"
87 Winger - "Seventeen"
86 Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"
85 Velvet Revolver - "Slither"
84 W.A.S.P. - "I Wanna Be Somebody"
83 Evanescence - "Bring Me To Life"
82 Rainbow - "Since You Been Gone"
81 Black Sabbath - "Heaven And Hell"
80 Journey - "Any Way You Want It"
79 Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell"
78 Bad Company - "Feel Like Making Love"
77 Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"
76 Lita Ford - "Kiss Me Deadly"
75 The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
74 The Cult - "Love Removal Machine"
73 Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
72 Pat Benetar - "Heartbreaker"
71 Jane's Addiction - "Mountain Song"
70 Foreigner - "Hot Blooded"
69 Living Colour - "Cult Of Personality"
68 White Zombie - "More Human Than Human"
67 ZZ Top - "Tush"
66 Europe - "The Final Countdown"
65 MC5 - "Kick Out the Jams"
64 Rollins Band - "Liar"
63 Survivor - "Eye Of The Tiger"
62 Dokken - "Breaking The Chains"
61 Ratt - "Round And Round"
60 Skid Row - "18 And Life"
59 Billy Squier - "The Stroke"
58 Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song"
57 The Kinks - "You Really Got Me"
56 Warrant - "Cherry Pie"
55 Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear The Reaper"
54 Faith No More - "Epic"
53 Steppenwolf - "Born To Be Wild"
52 The Runaways - "Cherry Bomb"
51 Megadeth - "Peace Sells"
50 Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give It Away"
49 The Stooges - "Search And Destroy"
48 Korn - "Freak On A Leash"
47 Kid Rock - "Bawitdaba"
46 Anthrax - "Madhouse"
45 Foghat - "Slow Ride"
44 Cream - "Sunshine Of Your Love"
43 Dio - "Holy Diver"
42 The Clash - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
41 Quiet Riot - "Cum On Feel The Noize"
40 Poison - "Talk Dirty To Me"
39 Boston - "More Than A Feeling"
38 Queen - "Stone Cold Crazy"
37 The Who - "My Generation"
36 Van Halen - "Hot For Teacher"
33 Alice Cooper - "School's Out"
34 Heart - "Barracuda"
33 Green Day - "Basket Case"
32 Ted Nugent - "Cat Scratch Fever"
31 AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
30 Pearl Jam - "Even Flow"
29 Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation"
28 Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
27 Whitesnake - "Still Of The Night"
26 Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"
25 The Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
24 Iron Butterfly - "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
23 Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
22 Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Hey Joe"
21 Led Zeppelin - "Kashmir"
20 Bon Jovi - "You Give Love A Bad Name"
19 Rush - "Tom Sawyer"
18 Scorpions - "Rock You Like A Hurricane"
17 Twisted Sister - "I Wanna Rock"
16 Kiss - "Rock And Roll All Nite"
15 Motley Crue - "Dr. Feelgood"
14 Iron Maiden - "Run To The Hills"
13 Def Leppard - "Photograph"
12 Judas Priest - "Breaking The Law"
11 Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"
10 Motorhead - "Ace Of Spades"
09 Van Halen - "Runnin With The Devil"
08 Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
07 Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
06 The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
05 Metallica - "Enter Sandman"
04 Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
03 Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"
02 AC/DC - "Back In Black"
01 Guns N' Roses - "Welcome To The Jungle"

Metallica not number 1? WRONG

Fixed. :)

Haha dave

I can't wait to see it in "Top 100 Doo Wop hits"

Boston is more or less the quintessential definition of "hard rock." MTaF is not the best example, but if they didn't use it, people would bitch about their song selection. Though the ballad is a staple of almost every subgenre to have come since, including many metal genres, so maybe "Amanda" would have worked.

but they can play instruments!!

I was going to just idly mock Vas, but good God, between some of his reasons and his replacements...I want to stab him with a spork many times.

Also, LOL @ Straightedge. Considering my Grandfather used the term to almost the exact same definition (minus loving shitty bands and being complete hypocrites), it's kind of hard for me to not mock people who say stuff about the song....

So what you're saying is your shitty undeserving act placed higher than Wadding's shitty undeserving act.

My God, it's like the special Olympics. Wadding's physically handicapped and you're mentally.

No, I actually admit that my shitty undeserving act shouldnt be within spitting distance of a list like this.