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The 20 Greatest Jock Jams of All Time!

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.

 

 

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