Timeless: 60 Classic Rock Songs with 1 Billion Streams on Spotify - Page 3

In the era of streaming music, many classic rock songs have proven to be timeless tunes, with over 1 billion streams on Spotify. Several of the hits come from powerhouse groups that are pillars of the rock genre to this day, while other songs come from bands that happened to catch lightning in a bottle at the right time. RELATED: 20 Live Rock Songs That are Better Than the Studio Version RELATED: 20 Rock Covers That are Better Than the Original This list includes 60 of the most-stream songs that typically fall into the “classic rock” category, ranging from 1960s singles from bands like the Animals and The Rolling Stones, to the early 1990s with hair metal hits from bands like Guns N’ Roses. Here’s 60 timeless classic rock songs with over 1 billion streams on Spotify: Data on Spotify streams collected on May 5, 2025.

1. Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" – 2.78 Billion Streams

2. The Police – "Every Breath You Take" – 2.63 Billion Streams

3. Journey – "Don't Stop Believin'" – 2.40 Billion Streams

4. Queen – "Don't Stop Me Now" – 2.31 Billion Streams

5. Guns N' Roses – "Sweet Child O' Mine" – 2.24 Billion Streams

6. Queen – "Another One Bites the Dust" – 2.15 Billion Streams

7. TOTO – "Africa" – 2.14 Billion Streams

8. Fleetwood Mac – "Dreams" – 2.07 Billion Streams

9. Tears for Fears – "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" – 2.06 Billion Streams

10. Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" – 1.98 Billion Streams

11. AC/DC – "Highway to Hell" – 1.93 Billion Streams

12. Bon Jovi – "Livin' on a Prayer" – 1.91 Billion Streams

13. Eagles – "Hotel California" – 1.87 Billion Streams

14. Queen & David Bowie – "Under Pressure" – 1.87 Billion Streams

15. AC/DC – "Back in Black" – 1.85 Billion Streams

16. AC/DC – "Thunderstruck" – 1.82 Billion Streams

17. Metallica – "Enter Sandman" – 1.68 Billion Streams

18. Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Fortunate Son" – 1.66 Billion Streams

19. The Beatles – "Here Comes the Sun" – 1.58 Billion Streams

20. Survivor – "Eye of the Tiger" – 1.54 Billion Streams

21. Queen – "We Will Rock You" – 1.50 Billion Streams

22. Lynyrd Skynyrd – "Sweet Home Alabama" – 1.47 Billion Streams

23. The Rolling Stones – "Paint It, Black" – 1.45 Billion Streams

24. Dire Straits – "Sultans of Swing" – 1.44 Billion Streams

25. Bryan Adams – "Summer of '69" – 1.42 Billion Streams

26. Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle" – 1.39 Billion Streams

27. Metallica – "Nothing Else Matters" – 1.37 Billion Streams

28. Aerosmith – "Dream On" – 1.35 Billion Streams

29. Elton John – "I'm Still Standing" – 1.35 Billion Streams

30. Bon Jovi – "You Give Love a Bad Name" – 1.33 Billion Streams

31. Fleetwood Mac – "The Chain" – 1.33 Billion Streams

32. Black Sabbath – "Paranoid" – 1.32 Billion Streams

33. Van Morrison – "Brown Eyed Girl" – 1.31 Billion Streams

34. Elton John – "Rocket Man" – 1.29 Billion Streams

35. The Clash – "Should I Stay or Should I Go" – 1.25 Billion Streams

36. KISS – "I Was Made for Lovin' You" – 1.24 Billion Streams

37. Guns N' Roses – "Paradise City" – 1.23 Billion Streams

38. U2 – "With or Without You " – 1.22 Billion Streams

39. Daryl Hall & John Oates – "You Make My Dreams (Come True)" – 1.21 Billion Streams

40. The Outfield – "Your Love" – 1.20 Billion Streams

41. Aerosmith – "Don't Want to Miss a Thing" – 1.16 Billion Streams

42. Billy Joel – "Uptown Girl" – 1.16 Billion Streams

43. Fleetwood Mac – "Go Your Own Way" – 1.15 Billion Streams

44. The Animals – "House of the Rising Sun" – 1.12 Billion Streams

45. Fleetwood Mac – "Everywhere" – 1.12 Billion Streams

46. Led Zeppelin – "Stairway to Heaven" – 1.12 Billion Streams

47. TOTO – "Hold the Line" – 1.11 Billion Streams

48. Elvis Presley – "I can't Help Falling in Love" – 1.09 Billion Streams

49. Guns N' Roses – "November Rain" – 1.09 Billion Streams

50. Queen – "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" – 1.09 Billion Streams

51. Electric Light Orchestra – "Mr. Blue Sky" 1.08 Billion Streams

52. Foreigner – "I Want to Know What Love Is" – 1.08 Billion Streams

53. The Mamas & The Papas – "California Dreamin'" – 1.08 Billion Streams

54. Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Bad Moon Rising" – 1.06 Billion Streams

55. Bon Jovi – "It's My Life" – 1.05 Billion Streams

56. Elton John – "Your Song" – 1.04 Billion Streams

57. Pink Floyd – "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" – 1.04 Billion Streams

58. Metallica – "Master of Puppets" – 1.02 Billion Streams

59. Van Halen – "Jump" – 1.01 Billion Streams

60. Billy Joel – "Piano Man" – 1 Billion Streams