Best rock song of all times


Only one answer please.
Not the best written or the best musical complexity but the one that represents the rock.

My choice: Satisfaction - Rolling Stones

Reasons:
- first notes are like the 5th of Beethoven (when you hear those notes, everybody pumps up the volume)
- still very up to date
- a mix of rock and blues rock and Motown sound
- lyrics talks about disatisfaction of young people vs life, politics, money and women (even B Dylan like that song)
- music is very basic as a good rock song should be
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Showing 7 responses by mapman

Highway Star?

Enter Sandman?

Bad Boy (Beatles version)?

Satisfaction is the easy answer.

Hotel California - way overranked and boring. I will not miss this song if I never hear it again.

I'm a fan of "All the Young Girls Love Alice".

"Birthday" by The Beatles ranks also.
I'll go with "Highway Star". I can really feel the energy singing that on "Rock Band"!

"Girls Got Rhythm" is another possible AC/DC tune.
My favorite for the last few months since discovering it is "One Time" by King Crimson, especially the live version on "Elecktrik" which improves on the nuances delivered during the performance on guitar and fretless bass in particular although the original studio version on THRAK is quite similar.
For me currently, "One Time", especially the live version is the perfect tune and recording in most every way.