VH1 Greatest Hard Rock Songs

VH1 Greatest Hard Rock Songs was a program on VH1 Classic provided by VH1. Hosted by Bret Michaels, it was a five-part program that first aired from December 29, 2008, to January 2, 2009. Unlike most countdowns on VH1 Classic, it consisted of songs by modern bands, including Creed, Foo Fighters, Buckcherry, and The Darkness. Commentary over the songs was provided by the likes of David Coverdale, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, Ronnie James Dio, Slash, Lemmy, Sebastian Bach, Dee Snider, Rob Halford, Ted Nugent, and more.

It was voted on by the general public at the VH1 website in 2008. In total, VH1 received over 600,000 votes.

Statistics
Five bands have two songs each on the list: AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and The Who. No band has three or more.

Slash appears twice with Slither and Welcome to the Jungle. Dave Grohl appears twice with Everlong and Smells Like Teen Spirit.

The oldest song on the list is "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks, going back all the way to 1964. Meanwhile, the newest songs are "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness and "Slither" by Velvet Revolver, both from 2004.

The only instrumental is Frankenstein, by The Edgar Winter Group.

The longest is Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," at over 17 minutes in length.