<P> The song is rated number 216 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is included on Young's Greatest Hits (2004) release . </P> <Ul> <Li> German singer - songwriter Gerhard Gundermann, who lived in communist East Germany at the time Young released the song, recorded "Alle oder keiner" ("Everyone or no - one") a version of the song with new lyrics, on his 1991 album Einsame Spitze . </Li> <Li> Progressive metal legends Queensrÿche performed an acoustic version of the song on 27 April 1992 in LA, part of the MTV Unplugged series . </Li> <Li> Finnish rock singer - songwriter Hector has covered the song in Finnish language as Vapaa maailma kun bailaa ("As the Free World Is Partying"). The lyrics follow almost verbatim the original . He hasn't recorded the song, but performs it on concerts . </Li> <Li> Pearl Jam regularly covers this song in concert, playing it along with "Yellow Ledbetter" as the closer on election years . The band played the song as part of the 1992 MTV Unplugged performance and also alongside Young at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards . The band played the song at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto as part of their 20th anniversary tour . Neil Young joined them onstage to play with the band . </Li> <Li> Van Halen performed a version of the song as an encore on their 1993 Right Here Right Now Tour . </Li> <Li> The Alarm recorded a version of the song on their album Raw and a Welsh Language version on their album Tân . </Li> <Li> The Leningrad Cowboys performed a version of the song on the album Global Balalaika Show . </Li> <Li> Hayseed Dixie included a version on the 2005 album A Hot Piece of Grass . </Li> <Li> Simple Minds recorded it for the 2009 studio album Graffiti Soul . </Li> <Li> In the G3 Live in Denver tour, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Yngwie Malmsteen played it to close out the tour, in a similar style to a 3 - way guitar battle . </Li> <Li> Jeff Walker, the singer and bass guitarist of the grindcore band Carcass recorded a version of the song on his 2006 solo album Welcome to Carcass Cuntry . </Li> <Li> Bon Jovi performed this song live in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 1, 1995 . The performance was recorded in their live album One Wild Night Live 1985--2001 . </Li> <Li> Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Barry Goldberg (aka The Rides) included a version on the 2013 album Can't Get Enough . </Li> <Li> Pidżama Porno included a version on the 2004 album Bulgarskie Centrum </Li> <Li> The song was used in Donald Trump's announcement that he will run as a Republican candidate for the 2016 presidency . Young, a longtime supporter of Bernie Sanders, said that Trump's use of "Rockin' in the Free World" was not authorized . Sanders has since used the song at his own political rallies . </Li> </Ul> <Li> German singer - songwriter Gerhard Gundermann, who lived in communist East Germany at the time Young released the song, recorded "Alle oder keiner" ("Everyone or no - one") a version of the song with new lyrics, on his 1991 album Einsame Spitze . </Li> <Li> Progressive metal legends Queensrÿche performed an acoustic version of the song on 27 April 1992 in LA, part of the MTV Unplugged series . </Li>

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