Bob Dylan tops Rolling Stone's Greatest-Song list

The six-minute opening track from his landmark 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited broke the barrier of the three-minute hit single and established Dylan as a mainstream pop artist, marking his transformation from folk troubadour to rock sensation.

The list, published in a special edition, was compiled by a panel of recording artists, producers, label executives, critics and songwriters. Among them were singer Art Garfunkel, Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, vocalist Joni Mitchell and even Dylan's rock star son, Jakob.

Ranked No. 2 on the magazine's roster was the Rolling Stones' 1965 hit (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, followed by John Lennon's utopian ballad Imagine, Marvin Gaye's languid soul classic What's Going On and Aretha Franklin's empowerment anthem Respect.

Rounding out the top 10 were Good Vibrations from the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode, the Beatles' Hey Jude and Ray Charles' seminal soul record What'd I Say.

The lion's share of songs from the list hail from the 1960s, and only a handful were released after 1990, including Nirvana's 1991 hit Smells Like Teen Spirit at No. 9. The most recent single to make the list was Hey Ya! (2003) from the hip-hop duo OutKast, at No. 180. Rapper Eminem's Lose Yourself (2002) ranked No. 166.

The highest-charting song on the list from the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, was his 1956 hit Hound Dog at No. 19. The Beatles notched the most songs on the list, with 22 entries. They were trailed by arch-rivals the Rolling Stones, who tallied 13 in all.