#120 - "20th Century Boy" - T. Rex - Greatest Hits - #2/2 - One of glam rock's finest moments, "20th" is a fun song with a chorus so catchy that it's been featured in advertisements, even though it was never a hit in the United States.
#119 - "Blow Up The Outside World" - Soundgarden - Down On The Upside - #10/11 - The best Soundgarden song that didn't become a hit, "Blow Up" was a style and career culmination that combined elements of some of the band's best songs to create one of their career pinnacles.
#118 - "Would" - Alice In Chains - Dirt - #7/8 - One of the key songs on Alice's best album, "Would" builds slowly to a ballistic chorus and an incredibly intense ending.
#117 - "Come Together" - The Beatles - Abbey Road - #19/22 - The Beatles didn't last very much longer after this song came out, but it was one of their best with great verses and an excellent chorus, even if the band ignored the message of said chorus.
#116 - "Gimme Shelter" - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed - #13/20 - If you're wondering, I believe this song is featured in 75% of Martin Scorcese's movies and if not, it should be going forward. The Stones will forever be in the Beatles' shadow, but songs like this one indicate that the band was at least the Fab Four's equals and in some ways their superior as they were willing to go down the darker paths that the Beatles veered away from most of the time.
#115 - "Whippin' Post" - The Allman Brothers Band - Beginnings - #4/4 - A highlight of blues rock as a genre, "Whippin'" is a blistering "she done me wrong" story with great guitar licks and an intense chorus.
#114 - "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - #6/6 - The indie dance rock movement officially went mainstream with the success of this breakthrough hit from Franz Ferdinand. The peppy beat that drives the song through it's many verses is a highlight of the song that made Franz one of the biggest bands in indie rock to this day.
#113 - "Kashmir" - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - #21/24 - Zeppelin went prog with this all-time classic from Physical Graffiti. The riff is legendary, the crunchy sound is unstoppable and the crescendoes are a high point in the career of a band filled with such points.
#112 - "You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC - Back In Black - #8/9 - AC/DC's signature song, though not their best, "You Shook" is one of classic rock's best and most important songs, bringing blues rock into a new era where it melded with metal and punk to create one of rock's most easily recognized songs.
#111 - "Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd - What's Your Name - #3/4 - Speaking of easily recognized, "Sweet Home" is one of the most famous and beloved songs of the classic rock era, even if it's politics don't usually line up with the people who enjoy it. The opening is perhaps the most famous guitar riff in all of Southern Rock.
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