My friend Ashley is watching "That 70's Show" for the first time, and her, myself, and my other friend were sitting around one night trying to figure out who from our group was which character from the show. I thought it was glaringly obvious that I would be Jackie, the selfish rich girl who loves herself (even if my self-confidence is fake). Instead, my friend says to me “You’re Hyde!” the guy who is high all the time and loves classic rock. She then proceeds to show me a .gif of Hyde surrounded by weed smoke and says “Tell me this isn’t you!” (Which let me assure you, it isn’t).

I’m hoping she just meant the music. I grew up listening to classic rock. My dad is a pilot, and when it was just my mom and I in the house while my dad was away, she would always, always, always have the radio on. Then in eighth grade, I got obsessed with The Ramones that led me down a path of re-discovering all the old songs my mom used to play me. I spent two years being an embarrassing music elitist, listening to strictly rock music, wanting to go thrifting (but never going), and talking about how, “Today's music sucks!” You never realize the pretentiousness that is still there until something like this happens: after the conversation with my friends, I changed my name on Twitter to “Steven Hyde” and tweeted my friend my favorite Led Zeppelin song, which is the characters favorite band; she didn’t reply to me. The next day she texts me about how she got my tweet but didn’t understand it so I explained the joke. She then says she saw the Hyde thing but “isn’t educated on old rock bands,” so whenever the characters say things she’s “like ‘oh, there’s that name again.’”

That comment inspired me, because you don’t realize how many classic rock songs and artists you actually know. So here is a list of the top 18 classic rock songs people know the words to but think they don’t. (Picked by my darling friend Ashley).

1. "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel

Year released: 1967

Probably heard it: “Mrs. Robinson” was written specifically for the movie "The Graduate," and was the first rock song to win a Grammy. If you’re a teen romance movie lover like me, you’ve probably heard The Lemonhead’s cover in the opening of "10 Things I Hate About You."

2. "Happy Together" by The Turtles

Year released: 1967

Probably heard it: “Happy Together” is The Turtles only chart topping song and their most popular hit. For anyone that’s seen "Freaky Friday," this song plays in the opening credits.

3. "My Generation" by The Who

Year released: 1965

Probably heard it: As a song popular with every generation, this song launched The Who’s fame in 1965.

4. "I Want to Break Free" by Queen

Year released: 1984

Probably heard it: Apparently band member John Deacon wrote this song in response to the women’s movement of the 1980's, however it has been used in a lot of commercials.

5. "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2" by Pink Floyd

Year released: 1979

Probably heard it: This is one of Pink Floyd's most famous and most covered songs.

6. "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin

Year released: 1971

Probably heard it: “The best rock song of all time.” -Any music elitist, probably.

7. "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Year released: 1973

Probably heard it: “Free Bird” is really popular to play on 4th of July, but most recently, the ending guitar riff was in the movie "Kingsman."

8. "Barracuda" by Heart

Year released: 1977

Probably heard it: The iconic guitar in “Barracuda” already makes this song instantly recognizable, but if you need another idea where you might have heard it, it was also in "Charlie’s Angels."

9. "(Don’t Fear) the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult

Year released: 1976

Probably heard it: Two words. More cowbell.

10. "American Pie" by Don McLean

Year released: 1971

Probably heard it: Another song that might be considered the best rock song of all time, most people might actually know Madonna’s 2000 cover instead of McLean’s 1971 original, but nothing can beat the best.

11. "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond

Year released: 1969

Probably heard it: “Sweet Caroline” has been used in countless movies, and if you’re a baseball fan, the Red Sox adopted this song to play as an 8th inning ritual at home games. It’s also a karaoke staple.

12. "(Don’t You) Forget About Me" by Simple Minds

Year released: 1985

Probably heard it: If you’ve seen "The Breakfast Club," you know this song.

13. "Blitzkrieg Bop" by The Ramones

Year released: 1976

Probably heard it: The Ramones never quite reached the level of fame they deserved, but this song is iconic. It’s been used in commercials and movies, and the “Hey, ho, let’s go!” is instantly recognizable. This song is also on Rock Band.

14. "All Day and All of the Night" by The Kinks

Year released: 1964

Probably heard it: To be perfectly honest, before I played this song to Ashley I told her “If you’ve never heard this song, you really live under a rock.”

15. "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane

Year released: 1967

Probably heard it: This song was a defining one for the Summer of Love and also inspired the book "Go Ask Alice," the title coming directly from the lyrics. This is also a heavily covered song, and in recent years, has been in the movie "Sucker Punch."

16. "Just What I Needed" by The Cars

Year released: 1978

Probably heard it: This was in all Circuit City's commercials until their demise in 2008. More recently, Chris Evans covered this song in "What's Your Number?"

17. "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac

Year released: 1975

Probably heard it: “Landslide” is a classic, go-to song for sad moments in movies and on TV. (I can think of a moment from "Friday Night Lights" right off the top of my head). However, it is also a classic cover song for singing competitions.

And finally...

18. "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed

Year released: 1972

Probably heard it: Lou Reed never made it big, and this was his only, and most popular song.

Also, just for laughs, here is the offender and I in eighth grade right when I was just re-discovering classic rock again.