A great song has all the key elements — melody; emotion; a strong statement that becomes part of the lexicon; and great production. 1 hit in the U.S. and stayed in the U.K. top 50 for a total of 21 weeks.“I remember when we got the chord that made the song,” he recalled. 33 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and it was For Tina Turner, putting the song together was a memorable experience — Spector made her sing it over and over for several hours until he got the “perfect” vocal. Robinson.”One of the last true Lennon-McCartney collaborations and widely considered to be one of In 2011, Rolling Stone ranked it first on its list of Rolling Stone’s 11th best song of all time is The Who’s “My Generation,” one of the band’s most recognizable hits. Released in 1954, it hit the top spot in the U.S. and U.K. charts — partly due to being played during the opening credits of the 1955 crime movie “The Blackboard Jungle.”The first track on The Door’s eponymous debut album, “Break on Through (To the Other Side)” was the band’s first single release. 15 on the Ranker list of the best songs is “What a Wonderful World,” which was written by Bob Thiele (as “George Douglas”) and George David Weiss and first recorded by Louis Armstrong. 32 spot in the U.S., though it was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.Other artists who’ve covered the song include Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua, The Flaming Lips, Tony Bennett (who was reportedly Sam Cooke’s 1964 hit “A Change is Gonna Come” was released as the B-side to his posthumous hit single “Shake” just In 2007, “A Change is Gonna Come” was chosen by the National Recording Registry for preservation in the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important.”Ranking 10th in the Ranker community, Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” was recorded in 1964 for inclusion on the duo’s debut album, “Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.” The song hit No. “And I think, ‘Have you listened to the lyrics? Presley included the song in his set list in 1956 after hearing Freddie Bell and the Bellboys perform it in Las Vegas. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” deemed by Rolling Stone to be the second-best song of all time, gave The Rolling Stones their first U.S. No. Its highest U.S. chart position was No. Other accolades include 13th place on VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll and 37th place on VH1’s Greatest Hard Rock Songs.NME includes it in their 100 Best Songs of the 1960s, Claiming the 16th spot on the Ranker community’s list of the best songs, The Doors’ “Light My Fire” was released in 1967 on the band’s eponymous album. It ranks at No. It was originally written for the rock opera “Lifehouse,” the intended follow-up to the hugely successful “Tommy” musical of 1969, but “Lifehouse” was abandoned before it got on its feet.“Be My Baby” is included in “best song” rankings by Rolling Stone, NME, Time and Pitchfork, among many others. Famously, Presley serenaded a basset hound (wearing a top hat) on TV’s “Steve Allen Show” later that year.The best-known (and most successful) version of the rock ‘n’ roll classic “Rock Around the Clock” is by Bill Haley and The Comets. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 for its influence as a rock-and-roll single and is No. In fact, all re-issues of the track had the word “high” deleted until the 1990s.“Here Comes the Sun” features on The Beatles’ 1969 album “Abbey Road.” Most Beatles songs were written by Paul McCartney and/or John Lennon, but this one was all down to Reportedly, Harrison wrote “Here Comes the Sun” at the home of his friend Eric Clapton, where he had gone in order to avoid attending a meeting at the band’s Apple Corps organization.