
The result is a more expansive, inclusive vision of pop, music that keeps rewriting its history with every beat. More than half the songs here - 254 in all - weren’t present on the old list, including a third of the Top 100. Where the 2004 version of the list was dominated by early rock and soul, the new edition contains more hip-hop, modern country, indie rock, Latin pop, reggae, and R&B. They each sent in a ranked list of their top 50 songs, and we tabulated the results. Ward to Bill Ward - as well as figures from the music industry and leading critics and journalists. To create the new version of the RS 500 we convened a poll of more than 250 artists, musicians, and producers - from Angelique Kidjo to Zedd, Sam Smith to Megan Thee Stallion, M. Soundtrack(Sittin Here Thinkin, Boom Boom). Boom Boom was one of only two John Lee Hooker songs. John Lee Hooker was born on 22 August 1917 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. 'Boom Boom' was both an American R&B and pop chart success in 1962 and a UK top-twenty hit in 1992. Bluesman John Lee Hooker (19172001) was best known for an iconic song that perfectly embodied his trademark talking blues style. Although a blues song, music critic Charles Shaar Murray calls it 'the greatest pop song he ever wrote'. So we’ve decided to give the list a total reboot. 'Boom Boom' is a song written by American blues singer/guitarist John Lee Hooker and recorded in 1961.

But a lot has changed since 2004 back then the iPod was relatively new, and Billie Eilish was three years old. It was covered by Roger Hurricane Wilson. It’s one of the most widely read stories in our history, viewed hundreds of millions of times on this site. The song Boom Boom was written by John Lee Hooker and was first recorded and released by John Lee Hooker in 1962.

In 2004, Rolling Stone published its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
