Neil Young
Rockin' in the Free World
Release Year:
1989
Rankings:
All-Time
#632 /
1980s
#83 /
1989
#8
Genres:
Hard Rock
Parent Genres:
Rock
Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005)
89
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
No Order
Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001)
51
Paul Williams (USA) - Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1993)
No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Neil Young Songs (2014)
16
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
214
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010)
216
Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017)
301-400
Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Classic Rock Songs (2013)
34
WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
13
Classic Rock (UK) - The '80s Finest, Weirdest & Most Treasured 7-inches (2006)
No Order
Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011)
260
Mojo (UK) - Top 50 Neil Young Songs (2011)
31
Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004)
No Order
Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006)
33
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009)
No Order
XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
No Order
Bob Mersereau (Canada) - The Top 100 Canadian Singles of All Time (2010)
57
CBC Music (Canada) - The 50 Best Canadian Songs of the '80s (2014)
No Order
Chartattack (Canada) - The 100 Best Canadian Singles of All Time (1996)
13
Chartattack (Canada) - Top 50 Canadian Songs of All Time (2000)
19
Eclipsed (Germany) - Top 30 Neil Young Songs (2013)
8
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1980s (2010)
No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004)
282
Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999)
No Order
Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
No Order
Hervé Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012
No Order
Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008)
No Order
El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009)
92
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 100 Songs from 1984-1993 (1993)
76
Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009)
No Order
Jam (Italy) - 100 Songs to Understand Rock (2004)
No Order
End of Year Lists
Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year
4
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year
11
Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year
2
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year
32