Timeless: Classic Rock Songs with 1 Billion Streams on Spotify - Page 61

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.

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This list includes 84 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 84 timeless classic rock songs with over 1 billion streams on Spotify:

Data on Spotify streams collected on July 20, 2026.

1. The Police – ‘Every Breath You Take’ – 3.32 Billion Streams

2. Queen – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ – 3.22 Billion Streams

3. Journey – ‘Don’t Stop Believin” – 2.90 Billion Streams

4. Fleetwood Mac – ‘Dreams’ – 2.84 Billion Streams

5. Guns N’ Roses – ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ – 2.80 Billion Streams

6. Queen – ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ – 2.72 Billion Streams

7. TOTO – ‘Africa’ – 2.68 Billion Streams

8. Tears for Fears – ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ – 2.62 Billion Streams

9. Creedence Clearwater Revival – ‘Have You Ever Seen the Rain’ – 2.49 Billion Streams

10. Queen – ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ – 2.48 Billion Streams

11. AC/DC – ‘Highway to Hell’ – 2.37 Billion Streams

12. Bon Jovi – ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ – 2.31 Billion Streams

13. AC/DC – ‘Thunderstruck’ – 2.31 Billion Streams

14. Eagles – ‘Hotel California’ – 2.27 Billion Streams

15. Queen & David Bowie – ‘Under Pressure’ – 2.22 Billion Streams

16. AC/DC – ‘Back in Black’ – 2.22 Billion Streams

17. Metallica – ‘Enter Sandman’ – 2.17 Billion Streams

18. Creedence Clearwater Revival – ‘Fortunate Son’ – 1.95 Billion Streams

19. The Beatles – ‘Here Comes the Sun’ – 1.87 Billion Streams

20. Dire Straits – ‘Sultans of Swing’ – 1.86 Billion Streams

21. Survivor – ‘Eye of the Tiger’ – 1.85 Billion Streams

22. Fleetwood Mac – ‘The Chain’ – 1.83 Billion Streams

23. The Rolling Stones – ‘Paint It, Black’ – 1.74 Billion Streams

24. AC/DC – ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ – 1.73 Billion Streams

25. Lynyrd Skynyrd – ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ – 1.72 Billion Streams

26. Bryan Adams – ‘Summer of ’69’ – 1.72 Billion Streams

27. Guns N’ Roses – ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ – 1.72 Billion Streams

28. Metallica – ‘Nothing Else Matters’ – 1.69 Billion Streams

29. Black Sabbath – ‘Paranoid’ – 1.69 Billion Streams

30. Elton John – ‘I’m Still Standing’ – 1.67 Billion Streams

31. Aerosmith – ‘Dream On’ – 1.64 Billion Streams

32. Queen – ‘We Will Rock You’ – 1.63 Billion Streams

33. KISS – ‘I Was Made for Lovin’ You’ – 1.63 Billion Streams

34. Bon Jovi – ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’ – 1.61 Billion Streams

36. Elton John – ‘Rocket Man’ – 1.55 Billion Streams

37. The Outfield – ‘Your Love’ – 1.55 Billion Streams

38. The Clash – ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’ – 1.54 Billion Streams

39. Fleetwood Mac – ‘Everywhere’ – 1.51 Billion Streams

40. Van Morrison – ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ – 1.49 Billion Streams

41. Guns N’ Roses – ‘Paradise City’ – 1.48 Billion Streams

42. U2 – ‘With or Without You’ – 1.48 Billion Streams

43. Billy Joel – ‘Uptown Girl’ – 1.45 Billion Streams

44. Foreigner – ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ – 1.45 Billion Streams

45. Daryl Hall & John Oates – ‘You Make My Dreams (Come True)’ – 1.43 Billion Streams

46. Fleetwood Mac – ‘Go Your Own Way’ – 1.43 Billion Streams

47. The Animals – ‘House of the Rising Sun’ – 1.42 Billion Streams

48. Aerosmith – ‘Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ – 1.40 Billion Streams

49. Billy Joel – ‘Piano Man’ – 1.39 Billion Streams

50. TOTO – ‘Hold the Line’ – 1.38 Billion Streams

51. Guns N’ Roses – ‘November Rain’ – 1.37 Billion Streams

52. Elvis Presley – ‘I Can’t Help Falling in Love’ – 1.36 Billion Streams

53. The Mamas & The Papas – ‘California Dreamin” – 1.34 Billion Streams

54. Led Zeppelin – ‘Stairway to Heaven’ – 1.33 Billion Streams

55. Bon Jovi – ‘It’s My Life’ – 1.30 Billion Streams

56. Pink Floyd – ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2’ – 1.29 Billion Streams

57. Electric Light Orchestra – ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ 1.28 Billion Streams

58. Metallica – ‘Master of Puppets’ – 1.28 Billion Streams

59. Bruce Springsteen – ‘Dancing in the Dark’ – 1.26 Billion Streams

60. Queen – ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ – 1.25 Billion Streams

61. Creedence Clearwater Revival – ‘Bad Moon Rising’ – 1.22 Billion Streams

62. Elton John – ‘Your Song’ – 1.21 Billion Streams

63. Boston – ‘More Than a Feeling’ – 1.18 Billion Streams

64. Van Halen – ‘Jump’ – 1.17 Billion Streams

65. Daryl Hall & John Oates – ‘Maneater’ – 1.17 Billion Streams

66. Queen – ‘Somebody to Love’ – 1.16 Billion Streams

67. Fleetwood Mac – ‘Landslide’ – 1.16 Billion Streams

68. Scorpions – ‘Wind of Change’ – 1.13 Billion Streams

69. Queen – ‘Killer Queen’ – 1.12 Billion Streams

70. Bryan Adams – ‘Heaven’ – 1.12 Billion Streams

71. Elton John – ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ – 1.12 Billion Streams

72. Pink Floyd – ‘Wish You Were Here’ – 1.12 Billion Streams

73. Billy Joel – ‘Vienna’ – 1.10 Billion Streams

74. Guns N’ Roses – ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’ – 1.09 Billion Streams

75. America – ‘ A Horse with No Name’ – 1.09 Billion Streams

76. Kenny Loggins – ‘Footloose’ – 1.09 Billion Streams

77. Daryl Hall & John Oates – ‘Rich Girl’ – 1.07 Billion Streams

78. Dire Straits – ‘Walk of Life’ – 1.05 Billion Streams

79. The Police – ‘Roxanne’ – 1.04 Billion Streams

80. Kansas – ‘Dust in the Wind’ – 1.04 Billion Streams

81. AC/DC – ‘T.N.T.’ – 1.02 Billion Streams

82. Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song – 1.01 Billion Streams

83. U2 – ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’ – 1 Billion Streams

84. Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Crazy Train’ – 1 Billion Streams