‘What’d I Say’ — Ray Charles
Rolling Stone chose “What’d I Say” by Ray Charles as the 10th best song in history. He composed it one night in 1958 as the band was performing in Pittsburgh. They had time to kill, so he wrote one of the greatest songs ever written. “I said to the guys, ‘Hey, whatever I do, just follow me,’” he shared with David Letterman. He added, “And I said the same thing to the girls, I said, ‘Whatever I say, just repeat it, I don’t care what it is.’” The audience obeyed with great enthusiasm. The song became his first top ten pop single. He always closed his gigs with this song. In 2002, it was added to the National Recording Registry, which was made to archive tracks that “are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.”
‘What’d I Say’ — Ray Charles
‘Paint It Black’ — The Rolling Stones
On Ranker, you will find “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones on the fifth spot. 1966 single was released to great success. It climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the U.K. Singles Chart. The third No.1 hit single of the band in the United States and the sixth one across the pond. Fans of Rolling Stone ranked it the third-best single of the band, lagging only after “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Gimme Shelter.” In 2004, Keith Richards said that the key to the song was Bill Wyman on the organ. He said, “It didn’t sound anything like the finished record until Bill said, ‘You go like this.’”
‘Paint It Black’ — The Rolling Stones
