Billboard.com has put out a list of ‘The Top 100 Jock Jams of All Time, and the top three are: “We Will Rock You” by Queen, “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns N’ Roses, and Naughty By Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray”.
There were five official volumes of the “Jock Jams” series with a total of 107 songs. This list isn’t limited to those. There are even some recent ‘jock jams’ on the list.
Here’s the Top 20:
1. “We Will Rock You”, Queen, 1977
2. “Welcome to the Jungle”, Guns N’ Roses, 1987
3. “Hip Hop Hooray”, Naughty By Nature, 1993
4. “Kernkraft 400”, Zombie Nation, 1999
5. “Seven Nation Army”, The White Stripes, 2003
6. “Eye of the Tiger”, Survivor, 1982
7. “Rock and Roll Part 2”, A-Hole Pedophile Gary Glitter, 1972
8. “Jump Around”, House of Pain, 1992
9. “Crazy Train”, Ozzy Osbourne, 1981
10. “Get Ready for This”, 2 Unlimited, 1991
11. “Lose Yourself”, Eminem, 2002
12. “Turn Down for What”, DJ Snake and Lil Jon, 2013
13. “Sirius”, The Alan Parsons Project, 1982
14. “Whoomp! (There It Is)”, Tag Team, 1992
15. “Thunderstruck”, AC/DC, 1990
16. “Shout”, The Isley Brothers, 1959
17. “The Final Countdown”, Europe, 1986
18. “Sandstorm”, Darude, 1999
19. “Song 2”, Blur, 1997
20. “Sweet Caroline”, Neil Diamond, 1969
And since you’re probably wondering, C&C Music Factory’s “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” is at #25
