The Best Rock Songs

Rock songs ranked by how few beers they need to sound good. Rock is the largest part of the catalogue, so this is also the most crowded chart: stadium anthems, grunge, punk and the occasional power ballad all fighting for the same places.

Top 25 of 108 songs with at least 10 ratings. Ranked by average beer score on a 0 to 11 scale.

1
Come as You Are
Nirvana
That guitar tone is worth two beers on its own.
1.3beers28 ratings
2
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
You either get it sober or never.
1.6beers43 ratings
3
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Eight minutes that every guitar shop on earth has banned.
1.7beers45 ratings
4
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Sober masterpiece. Drunk masterpiece. There is no wrong beer count here.
1.7beers56 ratings
5
Hey Jude
The Beatles
The na-na-nas run four minutes. Pace your beers accordingly.
1.8beers51 ratings
6
About a Girl
Nirvana
Proof Cobain could write a pop song and rather resented it.
1.9beers31 ratings
7
Another Brick in the Wall
Pink Floyd
A children's choir telling teachers off. Still undefeated.
1.9beers37 ratings
8
Even Flow
Pearl Jam
That solo is McCready showing off, and he earned the right.
2.0beers27 ratings
9
Heart-Shaped Box
Nirvana
The weirdest thing to ever get daytime radio play. Beautiful.
2.1beers30 ratings
10
Something
The Beatles
Harrison's best song, and the other three knew it.
2.1beers29 ratings
11
Come Together
The Beatles
The bassline does all the work and knows it.
2.1beers40 ratings
12
Lithium
Nirvana
The quiet-loud-quiet blueprint, executed perfectly.
2.1beers41 ratings
13
Light My Fire
The Doors
The organ solo goes on forever and should go on longer.
2.1beers20 ratings
14
In Bloom
Nirvana
A song mocking the people who love it. They love it anyway.
2.2beers35 ratings
15
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry
The riff that started all of it. Zero beers required, ever.
2.2beers25 ratings
16
Yesterday
The Beatles
The most covered song ever written. There is a reason.
2.5beers33 ratings
17
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica
The song that made metalheads admit they had feelings.
2.5beers42 ratings
18
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
Two solos. The second one is why beers exist.
2.5beers28 ratings
19
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Off to never-never land. Bring the whole six-pack.
2.5beers46 ratings
20
A Day in the Life
The Beatles
That orchestral build is worth the entire six-pack.
2.5beers33 ratings
21
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden
The chorus is gorgeous and the video was terrifying.
2.6beers44 ratings
22
Basket Case
Green Day
Anxiety, three chords and one hell of a hook.
2.7beers39 ratings
23
Wishlist
Pearl Jam
The most gentle Vedder has ever allowed himself to be.
2.7beers20 ratings
24
Black
Pearl Jam
Too heavy for beer three. Save it for beer seven.
2.7beers32 ratings
25
I Want to Break Free
Queen
Freddie in a dress with a vacuum cleaner. Pure cinema.
2.8beers51 ratings