Bohemian Rhapsody, Stairway to Heaven, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Imagine, or Hey Jude — some songs become so embedded in collective memory that they feel less like recordings and more like shared cultural experiences. This ranking is built from real votes by music lovers worldwide who have genuine and often fierce opinions about which single song deserves to stand above all others in the history of recorded music. The results update live as the global music community debates which combination of melody, lyric, production, and cultural moment has produced the definitive song of all time. Vote for the song you believe is the greatest ever written and recorded and join one of music's most passionate ongoing conversations.