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Puzzle: Name that Classic Rock Song

19 November 2023

These are pictures drawn by kids of a band member and given to him as a Christmas present in 2018. Each one is meant to depict a famous classic rock song. At the time they were drawn, the various artists ranged from three to fifteen years-old, so some of the drawings are a little harder to figure out than the others. But, they are all well-known songs – how many can you get?

Match the number on each image to the list at the bottom of the page to check your answers.

OK, so this isn’t promoting TrackOne, but that’s cool right? :)

Top 100+ Classic Rock Songs

Most of the songs come from this list of Top 100 Classic Rock Songs. Here’s the full list plus three (of the hundreds) that shouldn’t have been left off.

  1. Aerosmith, “Sweet Emotion”
  2. Led Zeppelin, “Kashmir”
  3. The Rolling Stones, “Gimme Shelter”
  4. AC/DC, “Back in Black”
  5. The Beatles, “A Day in the Life”
  6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, “All Along the Watchtower”
  7. Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  8. Van Halen, “Everybody Wants Some!!”
  9. Pink Floyd, “Comfortably Numb”
  10. Black Sabbath, “Paranoid”
  11. The Who, “Baba O’Riley”
  12. Guns N’ Roses, “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
  13. Journey, “Don’t Stop Believin’”
  14. Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Sweet Home Alabama”
  15. Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Fortunate Son”
  16. Bruce Springsteen, “Born to Run”
  17. Ozzy Osbourne, “Crazy Train”
  18. The Doors, “L.A. Woman”
  19. ZZ Top, “La Grange”
  20. Eagles, “Hotel California”
  21. Bob Dylan, “Like a Rolling Stone”
  22. Bob Seger, “Turn the Page”
  23. John Lennon, “Imagine”
  24. Ted Nugent, “Stranglehold”
  25. Tom Petty, “Free Fallin’”
  26. Kiss, “Rock and Roll All Nite”
  27. Derek and the Dominos, “Layla”
  28. Boston, “More Than a Feeling”
  29. David Bowie, “Space Oddity”
  30. Crosby, Stills & Nash, “Suite. Judy Blue Eyes”
  31. Metallica, “Enter Sandman”
  32. Deep Purple, “Smoke on the Water”
  33. Cream, “Sunshine of Your Love”
  34. Neil Young, “Rockin’ in the Free World”
  35. The Cars, “Just What I Needed”
  36. The Allman Brothers Band, “Ramblin’ Man”
  37. Elton John, “Rocket Man”
  38. Paul McCartney, “Live and Let Die”
  39. Dire Straits, “Sultans of Swing”
  40. Fleetwood Mac, “Go Your Own Way”
  41. Heart, “Barracuda”
  42. Bad Company, “Feel Like Makin’ Love”
  43. Eric Clapton, “Cocaine”
  44. Cheap Trick, “I Want You to Want Me”
  45. Alice Cooper, “School’s Out”
  46. Judas Priest, “Living After Midnight”
  47. Thin Lizzy, “The Boys Are Back in Town”
  48. Rush, “Tom Sawyer”
  49. The Doobie Brothers, “Black Water”
  50. Peter Frampton, “Show Me the Way”
  51. The Police, “Roxanne”
  52. The Guess Who, “American Woman”
  53. Blue Oyster Cult, “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”
  54. Free, “All Right Now”
  55. Def Leppard, “Photograph”
  56. George Harrison, “My Sweet Lord”
  57. Joe Walsh, “Rocky Mountain Way”
  58. Steve Miller Band, “The Joker”
  59. The Kinks, “You Really Got Me”
  60. Foghat, “Slow Ride”
  61. Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Pride and Joy”
  62. Golden Earring, “Radar Love”
  63. Billy Joel, “Piano Man”
  64. Stevie Nicks, “Edge of Seventeen”
  65. Bachman-Turner Overdrive, “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”
  66. Phil Collins, “In the Air Tonight”
  67. Motley Crue, “Home Sweet Home”
  68. Don Henley, “The Boys of Summer”
  69. Rod Stewart, “Maggie May”
  70. Talking Heads, “Burning Down the House”
  71. Janis Joplin, “Piece of My Heart”
  72. Foreigner, “Juke Box Hero”
  73. Lou Reed, “Walk on the Wild Side”
  74. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, “Blinded By the Light”
  75. Buffalo Springfield, “For What It’s Worth”
  76. Nazareth, “Hair of the Dog”
  77. Mountain, “Mississippi Queen”
  78. America, “A Horse With No Name”
  79. Pete Townshend, “Let My Love Open the Door”
  80. Jefferson Airplane, “Somebody to Love”
  81. T. Rex, “Bang a Gong (Get It On)”
  82. The Animals, “House of the Rising Sun”
  83. The Pretenders, “Brass in Pocket”
  84. The James Gang, “Funk #49”
  85. Marshall Tucker Band, “Can’t You See”
  86. Steppenwolf, “Born to Be Wild”
  87. War, “Low Rider”
  88. Yes, “Roundabout”
  89. John Cougar, “Jack & Diane”
  90. Ram Jam, “Black Betty”
  91. .38 Special, “Hold On Loosely”
  92. Grand Funk Railroad, “We’re an American Band”
  93. George Thorogood, “Bad to the Bone”
  94. Blind Faith, “Can’t Find My Way Home”
  95. Styx, “Renegade”
  96. Molly Hatchet, “Flirtin’ With Disaster”
  97. Electric Light Orchestra, “Don’t Bring Me Down”
  98. Scorpions, “Rock You Like a Hurricane”
  99. Kansas, “Carry On Wayward Son”
  100. Sammy Hagar, “I Can’t Drive 55”
  101. The Rolling Stones, “Paint it Black”
  102. Aerosmith, “Dream On”
  103. Led Zeppelin, “Stairway to Heaven”
Next show Saturday, August 24!