The 30 Greatest “God-Tier” Songs from the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s

We all have our favorite tracks from every decade, but what are the truly important, indelible songs?

Loudwire.com put together list of the 10 “God-Tier” songs from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.  Here they are, in alphabetical order by band:

The ’70s:

1.  “Highway to Hell”,  AC/DC

2.  “Dream On”,  Aerosmith

3.  “Hotel California”,  Eagles

4.  “Rock and Roll All Nite”,  KISS

5.  “Stairway to Heaven”,  Led Zeppelin

6.  “Sweet Home Alabama”,  Lynyrd Skynyrd

7.  “Live and Let Die”,  Paul McCartney and Wings

8.  “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)”,  Pink Floyd

9.  “Bohemian Rhapsody”,  Queen

10.  “Won’t Get Fooled Again”,  The Who

The ’80s:

1.  “You Shook Me All Night Long”,  AC/DC

2.  “Livin’ on a Prayer”,  Bon Jovi

3.  “Pour Some Sugar on Me”,  Def Leppard

4.  “Sweet Child O’ Mine”,  Guns N’ Roses

5.  “Don’t Stop Believin'”,  Journey

6.  “Home Sweet Home”,  Motley Crue

7.  “Let’s Go Crazy”,  Prince and the Revolution

8.  “We’re Not Gonna Take It”,  Twisted Sister

9.  “Jump”,  Van Halen

10.  “Here I Go Again”,  Whitesnake

The ’90s:

1.  “Thunderstruck”,  AC/DC  (Somebody at Loudwire REALLY loves AC/DC.)

2.  “Higher”,  Creed

3.  “Everlong”,  Foo Fighters

4.  “Basket Case”,  Green Day

5.  “November Rain”,  Guns N’ Roses

6.  “Closer”,  Nine Inch Nails

7.  “Smells Like Teen Spirit”,  Nirvana

8.  “Killing in the Name”,  Rage Against the Machine

9.  “Under the Bridge”,  Red Hot Chili Peppers

10.  “Black Hole Sun”,  Soundgarden

Agree or disagree, you can read Loudwire’s write-up on each song here.  And if you scroll down far enough, there’s also a list of God-Tier songs from the 2000s.