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Rounding out the top 10 on Rolling Stone's ® Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time is Ray Charles' What I'd Say. Quite an accomplishment (by Ray, *not* me!). Here is the list of the top ten, with links provided by "The Stone" itself that include fabulously fabulous articles regarding each song:

1. Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan

2. Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones

3. Imagine, John Lennon

4. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye

5. Respect, Aretha Franklin

6. Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys

7. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry

8. Hey Jude, The Beatles

9. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana

TODAY:

10. What'd I Say, Ray Charles

On the Ray song, we measured:

meanspeed=178.2 beats per minute,
meanspace=337 milliseconds per beat.