Rock music certainly doesn’t have the impact it once did on the Billboard Hot 100. In fact, you’d have to go back more than 25 years for the last time a classic rock act had a No. 1 hit on the U.S.

Updated for 2026: Discover 10 iconic classic rock songs that overshadowed the bands that wrote them, from 'Bohemian Rhapsody' to 'Stairway to Heaven'.

Remember these classic rock songs from 1978? Even if you weren't alive that year, I bet they still ring a bell.

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Let's look at the times a great movie has been elevated by the appearance of a killer tune on the soundtrack: everyone from The Doors and The Who to Queen and David Bowie.

Van Halen fans must be miffed right now, if they’ve seen an opinionated list recently published by Ultimate Classic Rock.

To mark St David's Day, here's a selection of big rock tunes from the Land Of Song: everyone from Bonnie Tyler to Jones The ...