Top 25 special

Voting for the TOP 25 Rock Songs of all time has ended. The verdict of our listeners is listed below.

• Most songs in the TOP 25 were released in the 1970s
• One band has 3 songs in the TOP 25, 2 of those are in the TOP 5
• 2 bands have both got 2 songs in the TOP 25
• The most "recent" song in the TOP 25 was released 12 years ago

#	Band/Artist	Song Title	Released
1	Led Zeppelin	Stairway To Heaven	1970
2	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	1975
3	Guns N' Roses	November Rain	1992
4	Guns N' Roses	Sweet Child O' Mine	1988
5	Eagles	Hotel California	1977
6	Aerosmith	Dream On	1973
7	AC/DC	Highway To Hell	1979
8	Bob Dylan	Like A Rolling Stone	1965
9	John Lennon	Imagine	1971
10	The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	1965
11	Guns N' Roses	Paradise City	1989
12	Kansas	Dust In The Wind	1978
13	Metallica	Nothing Else Matters	1991
14	Derek & The Dominos	Layla	1970
15	U2	One	1991
16	Led Zeppelin	Immigrant Song	1970
17	U2	Sunday Bloody Sunday	1983
18	Dire Straits	Brothers In Arms	1985
19	Iron Maiden	Run To The Hills	1982
20	Deep Purple	Child In Time	1970
21	Pink Floyd	Another Brick In The Wall	1979
22	Scorpions	Still Loving You	1984
23	Def Leppard	Rock Of Ages	1983
24	Bon Jovi	Livin' On A Prayer	1986
25	Nirvana	Smells Like Teen Spirit	1991

The following songs received a significant number of votes but just missed a place in the TOP 25: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd), Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen), Welcome To The Jungle (Guns N' Roses), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Slither (Velvet Revolver), Magic Bus (The Who), I Was Made For Loving You (Kiss), The Show Must Go On (Queen), Roundabout (Yes), Paranoid (Black Sabbath), Wanted Dead Or Alive (Bon Jovi), Spirit Of Radio (Rush).

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On December 19, 2004, at 17:00-19:00 GMT (12:00-14:00 EST) The Rock Radio will be featuring a special 2-hour countdown show with your all time favorite rock songs as voted by you - our listeners. The show will be repeated 19 hours later for our listeners in the Far East and Australia (Monday, December 20, 21:00-23:00 Tokyo time, 22:00-00:00 Sydney time).

Between now and December 19, each listener can send us his/her 3 all time favorite rock songs. Each song gets 1 vote. The top 25 songs will be presented during the special 2-hour show.

To vote for your 3 all time favorite songs send us an email at top25@therockradio.com with your choices.

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