480Beastie Boys, 'Sabotage'
Writers:Beastie BoysProducers:Beastie Boys, Mario Caldato
Jr.Released:May '94, Grand RoyalDid Not ChartAdam "MCA" Yauch came
up with the killer fuzz-bass riff at Manhattan's Tin Pan Alley
studio, but it wasn't until a year later that the song was finished
in L.A. With two weeks to go beforeIll Communicationwas completed,
Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz got all hot and bothered about paparazzi on
the mike and came out of the song's breakdown with a scream for the
ages.Appears on:Ill Communication(Capitol)RELATED:100 Greatest
Artists of All Time: Beastie Boys 479Foreigner, 'I Want to Know
What Love Is'
Writer:Mick JonesProducers:Jones, Alex SadkinReleased:Nov. '84,
Atlantic21 weeks; No. 1This gospel-rock hymn featuredDreamgirlsstar
Jennifer Holliday, one of the Thompson Twins and, most notably, the
New Jersey Mass Choir. Said Jones, "I'll always remember them
getting in a circle before we did it and everyone saying the Lord's
Prayer." That probably didn't happen for "Hot Blooded" but this
soaring ballad became Foreigner's biggest hit.Appears on:Agent
Provocateur(Atlantic) 478The Strokes, 'Last Nite'
Writer:Julian CasablancasProducer:Gordon RaphaelReleased:Aug.
'01, RCADid Not ChartYouthful angst on the Lower East Side:Lou
Reedvocals and cool confusion, driven by the surging, garage-band
sound that would go on to define early-2000s rock.The
Strokessupposedly nicked the opening riff fromTom Petty's "American
Girl." "I saw an interview with them where they admitted it," Petty
toldRolling Stone. "I was like, 'OK, good for you.' It doesn't
bother me."Appears on:Is This It(RCA)RELATED:500 Greatest Albums of
All Time: The Strokes'sIs This It 477The Smiths, 'How Soon Is
Now?'
Writers:Johnny Marr, MorrisseyProducer:John PorterReleased:Feb.
'85, SireDid Not ChartMorrisseycribbed lyrics from George Eliot,
but guitarist Marr cited another reference: Derek and the Dominos.
"I wanted an intro that was almost as potent as 'Layla,'" he said.
"When [it] plays in a club or a pub, everyone knows what it
is."Appears on:Meat Is Murder(Warner Bros.)RELATED:100 Greatest
Singers of All Time: Morrissey500 Greatest Albums of All Time: The
Smiths'sMeat Is Murder 476Aretha Franklin, 'Do Right Woman Do Right
Man'
Writers:Chips Moman, Dan PennProducer:Jerry WexlerReleased:March
'67, Atlantic11 weeks; No. 9Franklindisappeared after a 1967
session in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, leaving this simmering ballad
unfinished. A few weeks later, she resurfaced in New York. The
resulting vocal, said producer Wexler, was "perfection."Appears
on:I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You(Rhino)RELATED:100
Greatest Singers of All Time: Aretha Franklin100 Greatest Artists
of All Time: Aretha Franklin500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Aretha
Franklin'sI Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You 475The Supremes,
'Where Did Our Love Go'
Writers:Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie
HollandProducers:Brian Holland, DozierReleased:June '64, Motown14
weeks; No. 1After eight flop singles, the trio were known as the
"No-HitSupremes." The Marvelettes Motown's top girl group at that
point passed on this song, and the Supremes didn't like their own
recording. Until it hit Number One, that is. That foot-stomping
beat is actually two boards banged together.Appears on:The Ultimate
Collection(Motown)RELATED:100 Greatest Artists of All Time: Diana
Ross and the Supremes 474Van Morrison, 'Into the Mystic'
Writer:MorrisonProducer:MorrisonReleased:March '70, Warner
Bros.Non-Single"Into the Mystic" is one ofMorrison's warmest
ballads, anOtis Redding-style reverie with acoustic guitar and
horns. The lyrics are truly mysterious: "People say, 'What does
this mean?'" said Morrison. "A lot of times I have no idea what I
mean. That's what I like about rock & roll the concept.
LikeLittle Richard what does he mean? You can't take him apart;
that's rock & roll to me."Appears on:Moondance(Warner
Bros.)RELATED:100 Greatest Artists of All Time: Van Morrison100
Greatest Singers of All Time: Van Morrison500 Greatest Albums of
All Time: Van Morrison'sMoondance 473Guns N' Roses, 'Welcome to the
Jungle'
Writers:Guns n' RosesProducer:Mike ClinkReleased:Aug. '87,
Geffen17 weeks; No. 7Slash's Seventies-metal crunch andAxl's
hell-bound shriek brought brutal realism to the L.A. glam-metal
scene. "They're real-life stories, these fuckin' songs," bassist
Duff McKagan said. "Jungle" beckoned listeners into theGunners'
sordid Hollywood milieu, but Rose's inspiration came from getting
lost during his first trip to New York.Appears on:Appetite for
Destruction(Geffen)RELATED:100 Greatest Artists of All Time: Guns
n' Roses500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Guns n' Roses'sAppetite
for Destruction100 Best Albums of the Eighties: Guns n'
Roses'sAppetite for Destruction 472Del Shannon, 'Runaway'
Writers:Shannon, Max CrookProducers:Harry Balk, Irving
MicahnikReleased:March '61, Big Top17 weeks; No. 1As a kid, Shannon
got his first guitar for $5. His truck-driver dad wasn't too happy
about it. "'You get that goddamn guitar outta here' that's the
exact words my father used," Shannon recalled. "However, my ma
said, 'It's OK, son. You can sing for me.'" He sang this hit with
raw emotion; co-writer Crook played the solo on an early electronic
keyboard called the Musitron.Appears on:Greatest Hits(Rhino)
471Cheap Trick, 'Surrender'
Writer:Rick NielsenProducer:Tom WermanReleased:May '78, Epic8
weeks; No. 62Cheap Trickprovided the ultimate Seventies teen anthem
in "Surrender," with a verse about a kid who catches his parents
making out and gets stoned to hisKissrecords. Guitarist- songwriter
Nielsen's secret? "I [had] to go back and put myself in the head of
a 14-year-old."Appears on:Heaven Tonight(Epic)
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