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Once again, local greater New York metropolitan area classic rock station Q104.3 continued their Thanksgiving tradition of listing the 1,043 greatest rock songs of all time. The big question every year is whether or not somebody, or rather some song, will finally knock off "Stairway To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin as the number one song.
Spoiler alert: it was ranked number one yet again, and remains undefeated on this particular list, which is determined by votes.
I believe that the position of other songs have changed over time. For example, "Hey Jude" by the Beatles has been ranked number two at times. Yet, it dropped to as low as number four. This year, it climbed back to number two. No major arguments with any of the other songs on the top ten, although I think that some songs in the top 100 probably should not have ranked quite so high.
Yet another song that seems strange simply because of it's absence was the beautiful "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" by the Primitive Radio Gods. For that matter, where is "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails? And I still always felt that "Imagine" by John Lennon should rank higher than it always seems to. It was ranked number 12 this year, which was lower than in other recent years. "Baba O'Riley" by the Who was number 11. Yet another Beatles song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was number 13, and "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Stones was number 14.
At number 15, Don McLean's "American Pie, followed by "Piano Man" by Billy Joel at number 16, "Wish You Were Here" by Floyd at 17, Aerosmith's "Dream On" at number 18, "In My Life" by the Beatles at 19, and "Satisfaction" by the Stones at number 20.
After that, it was "Jungleland" by Bruce Springsteen at 21, Funeral For a Friend" by Elton John at 22, Ozzy's "Crazy Train" at 23, the beautiful "Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues at 24 and, rounding out at 25, Black Sabbath with "War Pigs."
Maybe you agree with this list, or maybe you don't. There are always some which feel like they are slighted. To me, for example, Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" should likely be in the top ten. And as mentioned earlier, "Telegraph Road" by Dire Straights should generally get more respect than it ever seems to. That, however, is just my opinion.
In any case, lists like this are made for debate. That's what it's there for. So here is the link below, if you are interested in looking at it. And please feel free to debate the merit (or again, the possible lack there) here, if you are so inclined.
Here are the top ten songs (by votes) by Q104.3 for 2025:
Below is the Top Ten list of Q-104.3's "1043" best rock songs of all time (see link below):
https://q1043.iheart.com/featured/top-1043-songs-of-all-time/
10.. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
9. . Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
8.. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
7.. Hotel California - Eagles
6. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Beatles - Hey Jude
4. Layla - Derek And The Dominos
3. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
2. Hey Jude - Beatles
1. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
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