Top 100 Classic Rock Songs

Peter Frampton’s ‘Show Me The Way’ was originally featured on the guitarist's 1975 ‘Frampton’ album, but the version that has entered our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs -- and our hearts -- is the live take from ‘Frampton Comes Alive!,' released the following year.

‘Roxanne’ almost wasn’t a hit for the Police. In fact, the song wasn’t even a blip on the U.K. charts after its April 1978 release. And when ‘Roxanne’ did finally resonate with listeners after its 1979 re-release, it barely cracked the Top 40 in the U.S. (it hit No. 32) and only hit No. 12 in the U.K.

What on earth are five guys from Manitoba, Canada doing singing about an 'American Woman'? Regardless of their original motives, this classic tune from these Canucks has landed the Guess Who on our list of the Top 100 Classic Rock Songs.

Released in 1976, Blue Oyster Cult's classic 'Don't Fear The Reaper' could be considered the summation of all they had done up to that point in their career condensed into a five minute song.

Prior to their time in Bad Company, Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke had already realized a few rock and roll fantasies of their own with Free.

It’s often said that a photograph is worth a thousand words, and the same is true about Def Leppard’s entry into our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list.

When George Harrison wrote 'My Sweet Lord' in late 1969, the Beatles were still officially together, so Harrison gave the future Top 100 Classic Rock Songs inductee to their friend and Apple Records label mate, Billy Preston.

We've already seen Joe Walsh on our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list as a member of the James Gang, and it's a pretty safe bet we'll be checking in on him later as part of the Eagles, but right now how about we take a trip down 'Rocky Mountain Way?'

No in-depth discussion of the Steve Miller Band's entry on our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list, 'The Joker,' can avoid the tune's central question: What, exactly, is "the pompatus of love"? A web search reveals that pompatus is a "neologism," or "a newly coined term, word, or phrase, that may be in the process of entering common use, but has not yet been accepted into main

If you are searching for the definitive riff in all of rock and roll, we may have just the thing for you. With their 1964 gate crasher, 'You Really Got Me,' the Kinks rocked the boat right out of the water and rolled up onto our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list.