Rock Day: 10 classic rock songs that have surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube: ‘November Rain,’ ‘In The End’ and more [LISTA]

One of the most famous bands in the heavy metalO Metallica surpassed, for the first time, one billion views on a music video on YouTube in October 2021. Among so many successes, the video for “Nothing Else Matters” was responsible for reaching the milestone.

However, this is far from the only single to achieve this mark. In commemoration of the rock daywhich takes place this Wednesday, the 13th, check out six other classic rock clips that reached over a billion views on YouTube:

“Numb” – Linkin Park (1.6 billion)

Filmed in the city of Prague, Czech Republic, in June 2003, the video for “numb” is a huge success of the Linkin Parkreaching 1.6 billion views on YouTube. The video directed by DJ Joe Hahn also won the award for Best international music videothere MTV Video Music Brazil in 2004 and garnered critical and public acclaim.

“November Rain” – Guns N’ Roses (1.6 billion)

“November Rain,” From Armas e Rosashas a music video inspired by the tale without youin del james. With a budget of US$ 1.5 million, in 2018, the clip became the first video of the beginnings of the YouTube surpassing one billion views. Currently, it has 1.6 billion views.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen (1.3 billion)

Considered extremely innovative for the time, the video for “Bohemian Rhapsody” was released in 1975, directed by Bruce Gowers and had a budget of approximately R$ 32 thousand. It was the first music video from the 1990s to surpass one billion views at the Youtube and currently has 1.3 billion views.

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” – Nirvana (1.3 billion)

Responsible for rendering to Nirvana the prize of Best Alternative Video at the MTV Video Music Awards from 1992, the video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was well received by critics and audiences alike. David Frickegives Rolling Stone USAsaid the video is like “the biggest show I could ever imagine,” which has 1.3 billion views.

“Sweet Child O’Mine” – Guns N’ Roses (1.2 billion)

a classic of Armas e Rosas, the music video for “Sweet Child O’Mine” was the first in the 1980s to reach the milestone of more than one billion plays in the YouTube. The video for the third single from the group’s debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987), has two versions – the mostly black and white version being the most watched.

“In the End” – Linkin Park (1.2 billion)

Recorded for their debut album Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory (2000), “In The End” has a clip directed by DJ Joe Hahn and for Nathan Cox, which reached the mark of 1.2 billion reproductions. The video was released in 2002, but only reached the YouTube in 2009.

“It’s My Life” – Bon Jovi (1.1 billion)

Directed by Wayne Isham, “It’s My Life” it presents Will Estes as Tommy and Shiri Appleby as Ginny, protagonists of the video. The clip shows Tommy running through the streets of Los Angeles after receiving a call from Ginny. The video was inspired by the movie Run Lola Run (1998) and is the most viewed of the Bon Jovi on Youtube.

“Nothing Else Matters” – Metallica (1.1 billion)

according to Blabbermouththe clip of “Nothing Else Matters” was directed by Adam Dubin and released in October 2009. It consists of footage from the documentary A year and a half in the life of Metallica (1992), of which one stands out in which Lars Ulrich shoots darts at a poster of Kip Wingerlead singer of Winger.

“Thunderstruck” – AC/DC – (1.1 billion)

“Thunderstruck” was directed by David Mallet and filmed at Brixton Academy, London, England, in 1990. Fans appearing in the audience in the video received free T-shirts written “AC/DC – I was Thunderstruck” and with the date on the back.

“Chop Suey!” – System Of A Down – (1.1 billion)

Collaboration with director Marcos Siega, clip was filmed in the parking lot of the Oak Tree Inn motel in Los Angeles, the band’s hometown. One of the scenes even briefly shows Serj Tankian eating chop suey with some fans, the only reference to the title dish in the song or video. This was the first metal clip to reach 1 billion views on YouTube.