Top Rock Opera Songs
Rank
All Time
Artist
Song
Subgenre(s)
Other Genre(s)
Year
1
41
Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
Art Rock
1975
2
997
The Who
Pinball Wizard
Hard Rock
1969
3
1895
My Chemical Romance
Welcome to the Black Parade
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Punk
2006
4
1949
The Who
We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me, Feel Me
Art Rock
1969
5
2113
Genesis
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Progressive Rock
1974
6
2141
David Bowie
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
Art Rock
,
Glam Rock
1972
7
2259
Meat Loaf
Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Pop Rock
1977
8
2773
Meat Loaf
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
AOR
,
Pop Rock
1993
9
3553
Meat Loaf
Bat Out of Hell
Hard Rock
,
Pop Rock
1977
10
4570
The Who
I'm Free
1969
11
5405
The Pretty Things
S.F. Sorrow is Born
Psychedelic Rock
1968
12
7965
Rush
2112
Hard Rock
,
Progressive Rock
1976
13
9000
Yvonne Elliman
I Don't Know How to Love Him
1970
14
9611
Murray Head
Superstar
Pop Rock
1969
Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000:
The Who
A Quick One, While He's Away
Freakbeat
,
Mod
1966
The Who
The Acid Queen
Art Rock
1969
The Who
Amazing Journey
Art Rock
1969
The Who
Go to the Mirror Boy
Art Rock
1969
Meat Loaf
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
AOR
,
Piano Rock
1977
Queen
Innuendo
Hard Rock
,
Progressive Rock
1991
Meat Loaf
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
Piano Rock
1977