Booker T. & The MG's
Green Onions
Release Year:
1962
Rankings:
All-Time
#134 /
1960s
#50 /
1962
#1
Genres:
Rhythm & Blues
Parent Genres:
R&B
Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
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Blender (USA) - Standout Tracks from the 500 CDs You Must Own (2003)
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Blues and Soul (UK) - 40 Essential Soul Singles (2007)
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Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
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Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
12
Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
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Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA)
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Lou Reed (USA) - 100 Favorite Tracks (2005)
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National Recording Preservation Board (USA) - The National Recording Registry
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Paste Magazine (USA) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1960s (2016)
75
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995)
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Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
181
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
183
Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
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The Blues Foundation (USA) - Hall of Fame Inductees for Single
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2FM (Ireland) - Top 100 Singles of All Time (2003)
61
Charlie Gillett (UK) - Sound Of The City: Playlist 1946-1971 (1983)
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Colin Larkin (UK) - The All-Time Top 100 Singles (2000)
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Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
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Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1997)
41
Mojo (UK) - The Ultimate Jukebox: 100 Singles You Must Own (2003)
9
NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1960s (2012)
79
NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
169
NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (1976)
31
NME (UK) - The Top 150 Singles of All Time (1987)
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Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003)
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Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
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Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005)
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Sean Egan (USA) - 500 Songs You Need to Hear (2006)
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Sean Egan (USA) - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Songs (2007)
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The Wire (UK) - The 100 Most Important Records Ever Made (1992)
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Vox (UK) - 100 Records That Shook the World (1991)
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Zig Zag (UK) - Gillett & Frith's Hot 100 Singles (1975)
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Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
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3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013)
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Martijn Stoffer and Roel Bentz van de Berg (The Netherlands) - Atoomjukebox (2009)
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Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997)
225
Musikexpress (Germany) - The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)
381
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
253
Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
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Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005)
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Gerard Herzaft (France) - Encyclopedia of the Blues: The Blues Standards (1997)
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Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
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Hervé Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012
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Hipersonica (Spain) - Las 101 mejores canciones de rock de los años 50 y 60 [The 101 Best Rock Songs of the '50s and '60s] (2014)
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Record Collectors (Japan) - 100 Best US Songs 1954-1966 (2009)
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Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
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Massimo Cotto (Italy) - We Will Rock You: 709 Canzoni [709 Songs] (2009)
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Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003)
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