What song best represents each decade of the rock era?

Question

This needs to be a song that captures the "feel" and essence of each decade of the rock era. This does not necessarily have to be the "best" song.

Here's a list I think could work:

1940's: My Gal’s a Jockey - Big Joe Turner
1950's: Love is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia
1960's: A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy
1970's: The Hustle - Van McCoy
1980's: Walking in L.A. - Missing Persons
1990's: Push It - Garbage
2000's: Love Like Winter - A.F.I.

OK, I included the 1940's but you can start with the 1950's if you like. Now I'd like to see what you come up with.

Answer 1

1950's Hounddog - Elvis
1960's Turn, Turn, Turn - Byrds
1970's Hotel California - Eagles
1980's Avalon - Roxy Music
1990's Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
2000's Lets Impeach the President - Neil Young

Answer 2

'40s Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy performed by the Andrew Sisters
'50s Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets
'60s Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
'70s Dancing Queen-ABBA
'80s Alone by Heart
'90s Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
00's Lose Yourself by Eminem

Answer 3

1940s Swing Into Spring - Benny Goodman
1950s Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & the Comets
1960s Ballad of the Green Berets - Barry Sandler
1970s Goodbye Girl - David Gates & Bread
1980s Pat Benatar - Hell is for Children
1990s (a sad decade for music :-() Unbreak My Heart - Toni Braxton
2000s I'm A Believer - Smash Mouth

Answer 4

I couldn't possibly go back further than the 70s.

1970's:Ram Jam - Black Betty
1980's:Kiss - Crazy Nights
1990's:Prodigy - Firestarter
2000's: Green Day - American Idiot

I may be a bit political with my choices here & I may have my decades mixed up completely but my memory is giving up on me :-)

Answer 5

Honestly for the 80s it would hav to be Duran Duran - Rio or Madonna - get into the groove