Defiance, desire and devastation: Patti Smith’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As the punk poet prepares to tour and reissue Horses for its 50th anniversary, we count down the best of her rich, rabble-rousing work

Not all the politicking on Gung Ho landed right – Stange Messengers is unbearably clumsy – but Glitter in Their Eyes’ plea for a younger generation not to get hooked on materialism is impressively punchy and potent, abetted by the presence on guitar of her old sparring partner, Television’s Tom Verlaine.