2000年11月17日，流行音乐杂志《滚石》与MTV音乐电视联合评选出了自1963年以来世界最伟大的一百首流行歌曲。“甲壳虫”乐队的经典老歌“Yesterday”（昨日）被传唱三十七年，经久不衰，高居百佳之首。
《滚石》自去年六月便开始与MTV策划本次评选活动。之所以把评选的时间范围定在1963年至今是因为1963年“甲壳虫”乐队首次登陆美国演出标志着现代流行音乐时代的开始。仅仅选出代表这个时代的100首经典歌曲并非易事，五位《滚石》杂志的编辑和来自MTV的节目制作人、研究人员经过反复斟酌、仔细推敲才最终确定了这100首具有代表性的歌曲。
流行的东西似乎注定短暂。流行歌曲也是鱼龙混杂，既有微不足道的作品也有令人百听不厌，历久弥深的经典精品；既有能改变世界的宏篇巨作，又有令人避之不及的粗制滥造。流行歌曲在不断制定规则也在不断突破束缚。它能打开我们记忆的闸门，引起我们心灵的共鸣。可当你确信这些歌曲将永驻心间时，它们却好象又离你远去了。对这些流行歌曲，无论你喜爱与否，它们一夜成名，获得了人们的认可。这或许正是鲍伯·迪伦的“Tangled Up in Blue”与Culture Club的“Do You Really Want to Hurt Me？”的相似之处吧。（转）作者: Poseidonyan 时间: 2004-5-6 11:44
1 Yesterday - The Beatles
2 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
3 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
4 Like A Virgin - Madonna
5 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
6 I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
7 Respect - Aretha Franklin8 With Or Without You - U2
9 I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
10 I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
11 Hotel California - The Eagles
12 Where Did Our Love Go - Supremes
13 Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
14 Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
15 Imagine - John Lennon
16 Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'connor
17 Superstition - Stevie Wonder
18 Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
19 Vogue - Madonna
20 Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
21 Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
22 Beat It - Michael Jackson
23 Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
24 What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
25 Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
26 Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
27 When Doves Cry - Prince
28 MMMBop - Hanson
29 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
30 Your Song - Elton John
31 Smooth - Santana
32 (Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
33 My Generation - The Who
34 Ironic - Alanis Morissette
35 Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
36 Waterfalls - TLC
37 O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature
38 Changes - David Bowie
39 Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
40 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
41 Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
42 Every Breath You Take - The Police
43 Miss You - The Rolling Stones
44 Dancing Queen - ABBA
45 Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
46 The Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
47 Jump - Van Halen
48 Jeremy - Pearl Jam
49 Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
50 Little Red Corvette - Prince
51 Just My Imagination - The Temptations
52 Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul Mccartney/wings
53 Faith - George Michael
54 Under The Bridge - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
55 Bye Bye Bye - N'sync
56 I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
57 Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go Go's
58 One Headlight - The Wallflowers
59 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
60 Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
61 The One I Love - R.E.M.
62 Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
63 In my Life - The Beatles
64 Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
65 Just What I Needed - The Cars
66 Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
67 My Name Is - Eminem
68 Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
69 Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
70 Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
71 I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
72 Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
73 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - The Culture Club
74 Tiny Dancer - Elton John
75 Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly And The Family Stone
76 Creep - Radiohead
77 Let's Stay Together - Al Green
78 Longview - Green Day
79 Nasty - Janet Jackson
80 I Need Love - LL Cool J
81 Don't Speak - No Doubt
82 Rock With You - Michael Jackson
83 I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
84 Wonderwall - Oasis
85 Surrender - Cheap Trick
86 Don't You Want Me - Human League
87 Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) - The Pretenders
88 Gone Till November - Wyclef Jean
89 Careless Whisper - Wham!
90 The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica
91 No Diggity - Black Street & Dr. Dre
92 You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
93 Stayin' Alive - The BeeGees
94 All The Small Things - Blink
95 Good Times - Chic
96 Photograph - Def Leppard
97 Love Shack - B-52
98 She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals99 Just A Friend - Biz Markie
99 Just A Friend - Biz Markie
100 Tainted Love - Soft Cell
