Best Rock Songs

Rock music is a genre of popular music that came in the mainstream during the 1950s. Rock music has its origins in 1940s and 1950s and it emerged as a result of combinations of rock and roll, Country music, Jazz and classical music. The basic sound of rock music revolves around electric guitar, bass guitar (that gives it an electric back beat), keyboard instruments like piano, organ (in the earlier days) and synthesizers since 1970s. During the 1960s and 1970s, the rock world saw a drastic revolution taking place, as many sub-genres like soft rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, punk rock, glam rock. In 1980s, rock sub genres like alternative rock, hard rock punk and new wave became popular. Grunge was a sub-genre of rock music that created a rage of madness in the 1990s, along with indie rock, Britpop and nu metal.

List of Best Modern Rock Songs
The number of rock songs existing in this world is more than enough to burn an entire hard disk as huge as this planet! And shortlisting best rock songs from a universe full of rock is probably the toughest task to do especially for a rock lover like me who is doing the shortlisting without access to her own personal hard disk! I have tried to shortlist few best rock songs in this list of best modern rock songs. I couldn't stop including my personal favorites too, although I've kept the list unbiased. You may have your own list of best rock songs too, although I'm sure I have covered most of the global favorites in this list.
Note: This list does not follow any order or ranking for the best rock songs. Besides, the term "modern" implies relatively modern rock songs, although I have tried including the latest releases. Some of these tracks are the best rock songs of the 2000's.

• Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Yeah, that's an old grunge number, but still amongst the most played tracks in Hard Rock Cafés all over the world. Long live, Kurt Cobain.)
• Linkin Park-What I've Done
• Poets Of The Fall - Carnival of Rust
• System of a Down - Chopsuey
• Papa Roach - To Be Loved
• Audioslave - Like A Stone
• Creed - Higher
• Rage Against the Machine - Killing In The Name Of
• Rammstein - Du hast
• Papa Roach - Between Angels and Insects
• Nirvana - Come As You Are
• Staind - Outside
• Coldplay - Yellow
• Hinder - Lips of an Angel
• 3 Doors Down - Landing In London
• Godsmack - Shine Down
• Stone Sour - Through Glass
• Nickelback - Rockstar
• Greenday - Holiday
• Evanescence - Fallen
• Bon Jovi - My Guitar lies Bleeding In My Arms
• 3 Doors Down - Here Without You
• Iron Maiden - Blood Brothers
• Lamb Of God - Redneck
• Megadeth - Rust in Peace
• Black Sabbath - Iron Man
• Oasis - Wonderwall
• LimpBizkit - Faith
• Metallica - The Unforgiven
• Poets Of The Fall - Late Goodbye
• Disturbed - Land Of Confusion
• Greenday - Wake me up Wen September Ends
• Linkin Park - One Step Closer
• Metallica - Turn the Page
• Audioslave - Be Yourself
• Creed - My Sacrifice
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
• Nickelback - Hero
• LimpBizkit - Take A Look Around
• The Smashing Pumpkins - Today
• Audioslave - Original Fire
• Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane
• Radiohead - Creep
• Red Hot Chili Peppers Tell Me Baby
• Greenday - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
• Creed - My Own prison
• Nirvana - All Apologies

Best Rock Songs Ever
If you believe in classics, here's a list of all-time best rock songs that never go out of my playlist!

• The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana
• Riders on the Storm - Doors
• It's A Long Way to the Top - AC/DC
• Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
• Highway To Hell - AC/DC
• Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
• Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• A Day in the Life - The Beatles
• Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
• Riders on the Storm - Doors
• Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
• Wild Horses Rolling stones
• Pearl Jam - Better Man
• Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zepplin
• Sweet Child of Mine - Guns n' Roses
• Why Can`t This be Love - Van Halen
• Fade To Black - Metallica
• Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns n Roses
• Walk This Way - Aerosmith
• Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
• Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
• In the End - Linkin Park
• A Place For My Head - Linkin Park
• Lithium - Nirvana
• Time of Your Life - Greenday
• Desperado - Eagles
• Hotel California - Eagles
• Dream On - Aerosmith
• Photograph - Def Leppard
• Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
• Revolution - The Beatles
• Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
• Baba O'Riley - The Who
• All I Want Is You - U2

These are one of the best rock songs ever.

While the question of which is the best rock song still remains unanswered, the point is, everyone has their own. Rock has become like a religion, so popular that it is said in the rock world, "We don't know what will die first, Rock n' Roll or Christianity!". So, with these lists of best rock songs, sort your own favorite and save the zillion-dollar playlist to rock on! Peace, folks!