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"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" was the cover story of a special issue of ''Rolling Stone'', issue number 963, published 9 December 2004, a year after the magazine published its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". ==Statistics== * "Like a Rolling Stone" by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was chosen as number one. The single was released on 20 July 1965. * The list is mostly composed of male North American and British artists and is largely post-mid-20th century. Of the 500 songs, 352 are from the United States and 119 from the United Kingdom; they are followed by Ireland with 12 entries (of which 8 were composed by U2), Canada with 10 (a majority of them by Neil Young of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), Jamaica with 7 (most of them by Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, and Toots & The Maytals), Australia with two (AC/DC) and a lone song from Sweden (ABBA). * The list includes just one song entirely not in English: "La Bamba" by American singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens (345). * Few songs written prior to the 1950s are featured; examples of those that are include Robert Johnson's 1936 "Crossroads", here cited in its Cream version, and Hank Williams' 1949 "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". "The House of the Rising Sun", here cited in the version by English rock band The Animals, was recorded at least as early as 1934. Muddy Waters' 1950 "Rollin' Stone" is based on an earlier song dating to the 1920s.〔 〕 * There is one instrumental featured on this list: "Green Onions" by American band Booker T and the MG's (181). * The number of songs from each of the decades represented in the 2004 version is as follows: * With 23 songs on the list, The Beatles are the most-represented musical act, plus listed as solo artists with songs by George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. However, John Lennon is the only artist to appear twice in the top 10, as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist. The Beatles are followed by The Rolling Stones (14); Bob Dylan (13); Elvis Presley (11); U2 (8); The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix (7); Led Zeppelin, Prince, Sly & The Family Stone, James Brown, Chuck Berry (6); Elton John, Ray Charles, The Clash, The Drifters, Buddy Holly, The Who (5). * The artists who do not appear on the top 100 artists list with the most songs featured in the list are The Animals, Blondie and The Isley Brothers, each landing three of their songs on the list. * Three songs appear on the list twice, being performed by different artists: "Mr. Tambourine Man" performed by Bob Dylan and The Byrds (Dylan's version at #107, Byrds' at #79); "Blue Suede Shoes" by Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins (Perkins' version at #95, Presley's at #430); and "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith and Run-DMC (Aerosmith's version at #346, Run-DMC's at #293). * The shortest tracks are "Great Balls of Fire" (#96) by Jerry Lee Lewis and "Rave On" (#154) by Buddy Holly, both with a duration of 1:50. Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" is 1:53. * The longest tracks are "Whipping Post (Live)" by The Allman Brothers Band at 22:40, "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang at 14:35, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" by The Temptations at 12:02, "The End" by The Doors at 11:41, "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan at 11:21, "Marquee Moon" by Television at 10:47, and "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd at 10:08. * "Love" is the most frequent word used in the songs' lyrics, with 1057 occurrences, followed by "I'm" (1,000 uses), "oh" (847 uses), "know" (779 uses), "baby" (746 uses), "got" (702 uses), and "yeah" (656 uses). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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