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

The top 3 according to 9 votes from people: Strawberry Fields Forever — The Beatles · Fight the Power — Public Enemy · A Change Is Gonna Come — Sam Cooke. (Updated Nov 3, 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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Top 10

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    Strawberry Fields Forever — The Beatles

    No. 7. 1967. Studio psychedelia.

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    Fight the Power — Public Enemy

    No. 2. 1989. Written for Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing.

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    A Change Is Gonna Come — Sam Cooke

    No. 3. 1964. Bound up with the civil rights movement.

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    Smells Like Teen Spirit — Nirvana

    No. 5. 1991. The song that took grunge to the mainstream.

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    Dreams — Fleetwood Mac

    No. 9. 1977. From Rumours.

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    Hey Ya! — OutKast

    No. 10. 2003. André 3000's big hit.

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    Like a Rolling Stone — Bob Dylan

    No. 4. 1965. Six minutes that broke the single format.

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    Respect — Aretha Franklin

    No. 1. 1967. Her take on the Otis Redding song became an anthem.

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    What's Going On — Marvin Gaye

    No. 6. 1971. Socially conscious soul.

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    Get Ur Freak On — Missy Elliott

    No. 8. 2001. Produced by Timbaland.

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