MTV turned singles into monoliths of culture. These classic rock songs from 1987 ended up getting overshadowed by their ...

These iconic classic rock jams from the 1980s were all the rage before they seemingly vanished from the radio.

But Gen Z’s list is more of a random shuffle, where a proto-punk track, a disco anthem and a heavy metal dirge exist side by ...

Few songs capture the feeling of escape quite like Christopher Cross' "Sailing." The 1980 soft rock classic became the defining sound of yacht rock, transforming a timeless song about freedom into one ...

Some songs are made for the radio. Others are made to test how far a band can go before it hits its limit. One song from the popular progressive rock group Yes, "Machine Messiah," is firmly in the ...

Though pop culture often depicts the '70s as the most rambunctious decade, the '80s were right on par. High schoolers, in particular, knew how to throw a party.

In 1980, the term yacht rock had yet to be coined, but from Boz Scaggs to Hall & Oates, that year gave us some of the best ...

People of a certain age will tell you that everything peaked in the 1980s. To them, in an era before the internet and social media separated everyone, this decade was when America was about joy and ...

Some songs announce themselves quietly before taking over the world. That's exactly what happened with Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses — the song that Ranker users have voted the best rock song ...

The best classic rock one-hit wonders ever include "Layla" by Derek and the Dominoes, Patti Smith's "Because the Night," and ...