http://gawker.com/5402172/the-shake-rattle-decline-and-fall-of-american-empire In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
So do the Alberta oil sands explain the annoying persistence of Rush?
30% British.
The list is peppered with European and Australian rock bands such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Clash, U2, Sinead O'Connor, ABBA, Elton John, The Bee Gees, and so on...
Add to that non-rock songs such as:
Plus this RS list overlooks any song that comes out before the dawn of rock-n-roll, so the best popular songs of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and so forth are overlooked.