The Rolling Stones' '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' topped the list of the 100 greatest rock songs in a VH1 poll of 700 people in the music industry.
``It kind of sticks up as an anthem for the time it was released and for every generation that came since,' Todd Schwartz, VH1 programming director, said after the list was released Thursday.
The Beatles had nine songs on the list, easily the most. But their best, ``Hey Jude,' came in at only No. 9. ``The Beatles had so many songs that the vote got divided,' Schwartz said.
Madonna, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, U2 and R.E.M. were shut out of the Top 100 for the same reason: Voters couldn't decide on one song.
Aretha Franklin's ``Respect' came in second and Led Zeppelin's ``Stairway to Heaven,' a staple of FM radio in the 1970s, was third.
Rounding out the top 10 are ``Like a Rolling Stone' by Bob Dylan; ``Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen; ``Hotel California' by the Eagles; ``Light My Fire' by the Doors; ``Good Vibrations' by the Beach Boys; ``Hey Jude'; and ``Imagine' by John Lennon.
Five Stones cuts made it, with four each by Elvis Presley and Led Zeppelin. Bob Dylan had three plus his composition ``All Along the Watchtower,' but voters liked Jimi Hendrix's version better.
The list's oldest song was ``Rock Around the Clock' by Bill Haley & His Comets, released in 1955. The newest was Nirvana's ``Smells Like Teen Spirit,' from 1991.
Nirvana's hit was the only one from the 1990s to make it. Schwartz said it may be because VH1's voters were even older than the network's usual audience. VH1 aims at age 30 and up.
Among the musicians to vote on VH1's panel were U2's Bono, Johnny Cash, Art
Garfunkel, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed and the late Curtis Mayfield.
Rolling Stones Highest Grossing Concert The Rolling Stones got plenty of satisfaction during their 1999 concert swing--nearly
$90 million worth, to be precise.
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