Here are just 137 of my favourite rock songs and (rock) ballads. Apart from the first one, the rest are in no particular order.

Please feel free to debate/disagree, discuss and add to the list etc. To be honest, I could have added hundreds more.

Are these good choices? Could they be better? Do they inspire you? Do you have instances, images in your head when you think of, or sing them? Are these the types of songs which can entertain a nation, compared to what the current music scene offers today?

Perhaps you can find out more about the chosen artists and would they inspire people to write music and sing today in your opinion?

Enjoy…I hope:

 

JUST SOME OF THE TOP ROCK SONGS/BALLADS

1. Van Halen – Jump

2. Foreigner – That Was Yesterday

3. Genesis – Invisible Touch

4. Eric Clapton (Derek & The Dominos) – Layla

5. Starship – Sarah

6. Van Halen – Dreams

7. Whitesnake – Is This Love

8. Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere

9. Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World

10. Huey Lewis & The News – The Power Of Love

11. Bryan Adams – Summer of 69

12. Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer

13. Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is

14. Genesis – Tonight, Tonight, Tonight

15. David Bowie – Let’s Dance

16. Def Leppard – Animal

17. Marillion – Kayleigh

18. Ultravox – Vienna

19. Belinda Carlisle – Leave A Light On

20. Heart – These Dreams

21. Roxette – It Must Have Been Love

22. The Cars – Drive

23. David Bowie – China Girl

24. AC DC – You Shook Me All Night Long

25. Whitesnake – Here I Go Again ’82 and ’87

26. Starship – We Built This City

27. Fleetwood Mac – Little Lies

28. Genesis – Hold On My Heart

29. Bryan Adams – Everything I Do (I Do It For You)

30. ELO – Mr Blue Sky

31. Supertramp – Cannonball

32. Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes – Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong

33. Chicago – If You Leave Me Now

34. Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now

35. Heart – All I Wanna Do (Is Make Love To You)

36. Prince – Purple Rain

37. Aerosmith – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

38. Eric Clapton – You Look Wonderful Tonight

39. Phil Collins & Eric Clapton – I Wish It Would Rain Down

40. Guns N Roses – November Rain

41. REM – Everybody Hurts

42. Bryan Adams – Thought I’d Died & Gone To Heaven

43. Bon Jovi – You Give Love A Bad Name

44. Def Leppard – Photograph

45. Van Halen – Panama

46. Whitesnake – Guilty Of Love

47. Guns N Roses – Estranged

48. Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop (Bill Clinton’s favourite song. A Mac fan AND he supports Chelsea)

49. Pink Floyd – Take It Back

50. Guns N Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine

51. Foreigner – Waiting For A Girl Like You

52. Chicago – Hard To Say I’m Sorry

53. Aerosmith – Love In An Elevator

54. Heart – Alone

55. Jefferson Starship – Jane

56. Bon Jovi – It’s My Life

57. REM – Shining Happy People

58. David Bowie – Life On Mars

59. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight

60. Queen – We Are The Champions

61. Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb

62. Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me

63. Whitesnake – Still Of The Night

64. Eric Clapton – It’s In The Way That You Use It

65. Foreigner – I Don’t Wanna Live Without You

66. U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

67. Roxette – Listen To Your Heart

68. Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart

69. Asia – Heat Of The Moment

70. Aerosmith – Crying

71. Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything For Love

72. Genesis – I Can’t Dance

73. Queen – Somebody To Love

74. Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender

75. Pink Floyd – Money

76. Yes – I Would Have Waited Forever

77. The Cars – Magic

78. David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes

79. Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell

80. Foreigner – Feels Like The First Time

81. Supertramp – The Logical Song

82. Asia – Only Time Will Tell

83. Europe – The Final Countdown (Ex-Chelsea winger Arjen Robben’s favourite song – albeit him being a bit of a diver)

84. Chicago – You’re The Inspiration

85. Rolling Stones – I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

86. U2 – Beautiful Day

87. Meat Loaf – Dead Ringer For Love

88. Bon Jovi – Bad Medicine

89. Whitesnake – Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City

90. Phil Collins – Another Day In Paradise

91. Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way

92. Asia – Don’t Cry

93. Starship – Wild Again

94. Van Halen – Love Walks In

95. Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin

96. Procul Harum – Whiter Shade Of Pale

97. Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven

98. Phil Collins – Do You Remember

99. Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out For A Hero

100. Simple Minds – Don’t You Forget About Me

101. Genesis – In Too Deep

102. Fleetwood Mac – The Chain

103. Huey Lewis & The News – Happy To Be Stuck With You

104. Meat Loaf – No Matter What

105. Simple Minds – Alive & Kicking

106. Asia – Never In A Million Years

107. Genesis – Abacab

108. Michael Jackson & Eddie Van Halen – Beat It

109  Celine Dion – It’s All Coming Back To Me Now (sorry I couldn’t resist) 

110. Chicago – Will You Still Love Me?

111. Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark

112. Sinead O’ Connor – Nothing Compares To You (again, I couldn’t resist)

113. Meat Loaf – I’d Lie For You

114. Lionel Richie – Say You, Say Me

115. Fleetwood Mac – Tango In The Night

116. Eric Clapton – Hung Up On Your Love

117. Extreme – More Than Words

118. Boston – More Than A Feeling

119. Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To Do With It

120. Alannah Myles – Black Velvet

121. 4 Non Blondes – What’s Up

122. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run

123. Chicago – I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love

124. Phil Collins – Sussudio

125. Supertramp – Take The Long Way Home

126. Yes – Big Generator

127. Rush – Roll The Bones

128. Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms

129. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – I’ve Had The Time Of My Life (again, I couldn’t resist)

130. Dire Straits – Money For Nothing

131. The Police – Every Breath You Take

132. Genesis – Jesus He Knows Me

133. Dire Straits – Love Over Gold

134. U2 – Stuck In A Moment

135. Chicago – Along Comes A Woman

136. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon

137. Sparks - This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us