# Rolling Stone's 10 greatest songs of all time (2021)

The top ten of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time as revised in September 2021, led by Aretha Franklin's Respect.

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- Nov 3, 2021 · indie_canalla
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## Top 10

1. **Strawberry Fields Forever — The Beatles** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 7. 1967. Studio psychedelia.
2. **Fight the Power — Public Enemy** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 2. 1989. Written for Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing.
3. **A Change Is Gonna Come — Sam Cooke** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 3. 1964. Bound up with the civil rights movement.
4. **Smells Like Teen Spirit — Nirvana** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 5. 1991. The song that took grunge to the mainstream.
5. **Dreams — Fleetwood Mac** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 9. 1977. From Rumours.
6. **Hey Ya! — OutKast** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 10. 2003. André 3000's big hit.
7. **Like a Rolling Stone — Bob Dylan** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — No. 4. 1965. Six minutes that broke the single format.
8. **Respect — Aretha Franklin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 1. 1967. Her take on the Otis Redding song became an anthem.
9. **What's Going On — Marvin Gaye** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 6. 1971. Socially conscious soul.
10. **Get Ur Freak On — Missy Elliott** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 8. 2001. Produced by Timbaland.

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