Rock on the Net has ranked the top pop songs that charted over the past 50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100. They continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top 40. Check Rock on the Net for additional lists and ranking. They also list a variety or "top" lists compiled by VH1. The list shown below is was compiled by VH1 in 2000. Dave Topmkins Music Database is another good source to find a varietly of top song categories.
| Rank | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | Rolling Stones |
| 2 | Respect | Aretha Franklin |
| 3 | Stairway To Heaven | Led Zeppelin |
| 4 | Like A Rolling Stone | Bob Dylan |
| 5 | Born To Run | Bruce Springsteen |
| 6 | Hotel California | Eagles |
| 7 | Light My Fire | The Doors |
| 8 | Good Vibrations | Beach Boys |
| 9 | Hey Jude | The Beatles |
| 10 | Imagine | John Lennon |
| 11 | Louie Louie | The Kingsmen |
| 12 | Yesterday | The Beatles |
| 13 | My Generation | The Who |
| 14 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| 15 | Johnny B.Goode | Chuck Berry |
| 16 | Layla | Derek & The Dominos |
| 17 | Won't Get Fooled Again | The Who |
| 18 | Jailhouse Rock | Elvis Presley |
| 19 | American Pie | Don McLean |
| 20 | A Day In The Life | The Beatles |
| 21 | I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown |
| 22 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder |
| 23 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | The Beatles |
| 24 | Brown Sugar | Rolling Stones |
| 25 | Purple Haze | Jimi Hendrix |
| 26 | Sympathy For The Devil | Rolling Stones |
| 27 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen |
| 28 | You Really Got Me | The Kinks |
| 29 | Oh, Pretty Woman | Roy Orbison |
| 30 | Bridge Over Troubled Waters | Simon &Garfunkel |
| 31 | Hound Dog | Elvis Presley |
| 32 | Let It Be | The Beatles |
| 33 | (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay | Otis Redding |
| 34 | All Along The Watchtower | Jimi Hendrix |
| 35 | Walk This Way | Aerosmith |
| 36 | My Girl | The Temptations |
| 37 | (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock | Bill Haley & His Comets |
| 38 | I Heard It Through The Grapevine | Marvin Gaye |
| 39 | Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 40 | Born To Be Wild | Steppenwolf |
| 41 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana |
| 42 | Every Breath You Take | The Police |
| 43 | What'd I Say | Ray Charles |
| 44 | Free Bird | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 45 | That'll Be The Day | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 46 | Whole Lotta Love | Led Zeppelin |
| 47 | Dream On | Aerosmith |
| 48 | California Dreamin' | Mamas & The Papas |
| 49 | Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrisson |
| 50 | Wild Thing | The Troggs |
| 51 | Suite: Judy Blue Eyes | Crosby, Stills & Nash |
| 52 | Beat It | Michael Jackson |
| 53 | Great Balls Of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 54 | Stayin' Alive | Bee Gees |
| 55 | For What It's Worth | Buffalo Springfield |
| 56 | Blowin' In The Wind | Bob Dylan |
| 57 | Twist And Shout | The Beatles |
| 58 | Piano Man | Billy Joel |
| 59 | She Loves You | The Beatles |
| 60 | Space Oddity | David Bowie |
| 61 | Strawberry Fields Forever | The Beatles |
| 62 | Kashmir | Led Zeppelin |
| 63 | Crazy | Patsy Cline |
| 64 | London Calling | The Clash |
| 65 | "Jumpin' Jack Flash" | Rolling Stones |
| 66 | Rock & Roll | Led Zeppelin |
| 67 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| 68 | All Shook Up | Elvis Presley |
| 69 | Maggie May | Rod Stewart |
| 70 | Your Song | Elton John |
| 71 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley |
| 72 | God Only Knows | Beach Boys |
| 73 | The Twist | Chubby Checker |
| 74 | Good Golly, Miss Molly | Little Richard |
| 75 | Sunshine Of Your Love | Cream |
| 76 | California Girls | Beach Boys |
| 77 | Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran |
| 78 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins |
| 79 | A Hard Day's Night | The Beatles |
| 80 | Fire And Rain | James Taylor |
| 81 | Gloria | Them |
| 82 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye |
| 83 | Start Me Up | Rolling Stones |
| 84 | More Than A Feeling | Boston |
| 85 | Roxanne | The Police |
| 86 | We Are The Champions | Queen |
| 87 | Tangled Up In Blue | Bob Dylan |
| 88 | Somebody To Love | Jefferson Airplane |
| 89 | Stand By Me | Ben E. King |
| 90 | Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 91 | You Shook Me All Night Long | AC/DC |
| 92 | When Doves Cry | Prince & The Revolution |
| 93 | In The Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett |
| 94 | Gimme Some Lovin' | Spencer Davis Group |
| 95 | Jump | Van Halen |
| 96 | Thunder Road | Bruce Springsteen |
| 97 | No Woman No Cry | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| 98 | La Bamba | Ritchie Valens |
| 99 | We've Only Just Begun | The Carpenters |
| 100 | Papa Was A Rolling Stone | The Temptations |