Michigan singer has ‘best song of all time’ on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs list

A Michigan singer has the best song in the history of music, according to Rolling Stone. The publication just released its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, remaking it for the first time since 2004.

To come up with this list, Rolling Stone said it polled more than 250 artists, musicians and producers, as well as figures from the music industry, critics and journalists. Each sent the publication a ranked list of their top 50 songs. The results are now in.

Coming in at number 1 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list is the “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin, with her version of “Respect.”

Arguably Franklin’s signature song, “Respect” was written and originally recorded by Otis Redding. He released it as a single in 1965. Franklin covered it in 1967 and the rest is history as the song became her first number one hit.

The last time Rolling Stone released its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time List 17 years ago, “Respect” came in at number 5 with Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” topping the list.

Also in the top 10 on the new list released today with Michigan ties, coming in at number 6, Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” from Motown Records. This song was number 4 on the 2004 list.

Here is rest of the top 10 from the new list:

• 10. Outkast, “Hey Ya!”
• 9. Fleetwood Mac, “Dreams”
• 8. Missy Elliott, “ Get Ur Freak On”
• 7. The Beatles, “Strawberry Fields Forever”
• 5. Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
• 4. Bob Dylan, “Like A Rolling Stone”
• 3. Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come”
• 2. Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”

Other notable songs with Michigan ties: (Ironically, number 313 is from a Detroiter)

• 499. The Supremes, “Baby Love”
• 497. Lizzo, “Truth Hurts”
• 483. The Four Tops, “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)”
• 385. Diana Ross, “I’m Coming Out”
• 333. The Temptations, “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
• 331. The Marvelettes, “Please Mr. Postman”
• 328. Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Under the Bridge”
• 325. Iggy Pop, “Lust for Life”
• 314. The Stooges, “I Wanna Be Your Dog”
• 313. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, “The Tears of a Clown”
• 306. Aretha Franklin, “Chain of Fools”
• 301. Bob Seger, “Night Moves”
• 293. Alice Cooper, “School’s Out”
• 264. Marvin Gaye, “Let’s Get It On”
• 257. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, “Heat Wave”
• 254. The Supremes, “Stop! In the Name of Love”
• 234. The Supremes, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
• 223. Eminem feat. Dido, “Stan”
• 203. Stevie Wonder, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours”
• 198. Marvin Gaye, “Sexual Healing”
• 183. Stevie Wonder, “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”
• 167. Eminem, “Lose Yoursel”
• 161. Madonna, “Into The Groove”
• 153. Rick James, “Super Freak”
• 139. Madonna, “Vogue”
• 130. Martha and the Vandellas, “Dancing in the Street”
• 119. Marvin Gaye, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
• 117. Aretha Franklin, “I Say a Little Prayer”
• 113. Stevie Wonder, “Higher Ground”
• 104. The Jackson 5, “I Want You Back”
• 90. Aretha Franklin, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”
• 78. The Four Tops, “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)”
• 55. Madonna, “Like A Prayer”
• 54. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, “The Tracks of My Tears”
• 43. The Temptations, “My Girl”
• 36. The White Stripes, “Seven Nation Army”
• 12. Stevie Wonder, “Superstition”

You can see the entire 500 Greatest Songs of All Time List here.

Here is the full list from 2004.

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