The 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs in Rock n’ Roll
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1. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction ~ Rolling Stones {1965}
2. Voodoo Child ~ Jimi Hendrix {1968}
3. Iron Man ~ Black Sabbath {1970}
4. Heartbreaker ~ Led Zeppelin {1969}
5. Johnny B. Goode ~ Chuck Berry {1958}
6. You Really Got Me ~ The Kinks {1964}
7. Sweet Child O’ Mine ~ Guns N’ Roses {1987}
8. Back In Black ~ AC/DC {1981}
9. Money For Nothing ~ Dire Straits {1985}
10. Enter Sandman ~ Metallica {1991}
11. Day Tripper ~ The Beatles {1965}
12. Sunshine Of Your Love ~ Cream {1968}
13. Rebel Rebel ~ David Bowie {1974}
14. Hit It and Quit It ~ Funkadelic {1971}
15. The Charming Man ~ The Smiths {1983}
16. 20th Century Boy ~ T. Rex {1973}
17. Smoke on the Water ~ Deep Purple {1972}
18. Layla ~ Derek & The Dominoes {1970}
19. Look-ka Py Py ~ The Meters {1969}
20. Funk 49 ~ James Gang {1970}
21. I Wanna Be Your Dog ~ The Stooges {1969}
22. Boom Boom ~ John Lee Hooker {1961}
23. Jessica ~ The Allman Brothers {1973}
24. Walk This Way ~ Aerosmith {1975}
25. Sing a Simple Song ~ Sly and the Family Stone {1968}
26. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love ~ Van Halen {1978}
27. Crazy Train ~ Ozzy Osbourne {1980}
28. Seven Nation Army ~ The White Stripes {2003}
29. House of the Rising Sun ~ The Animals {1964}
30. Killing in the Name ~ Rage Against the Machine {1992}
31. Le Freak ~ Chic {1978}
32. Raining Blood ~ Slayer {1986}
33. Smells Like Teen Spirit ~ Nirvana {1991}
34. Mr. Tambourine Man ~ The Byrds {1965}
35. Sharp Dressed Man ~ ZZ Top {1982}
36. Ace of Spades ~ Motorhead {1980}
37. Oh, Pretty Woman ~ Roy Orbison {1964}
38. Life in the Fast Lane ~ Eagles {1976}
39. Teenage Riot ~ Sonic Youth {1988}
40. Sweet Home Alabama ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd {1974}
41. Cinnamon Girl ~ Neil Young {1969}
42. Beat It ~ Michael Jackson {1983}
43. In-a-Gadda-da-Vida ~ Iron Butterfly {1968}
44. The Trooper ~ Iron Maiden {1983}
45. Feel the Pain ~Dinosaur Jr {1994}
46. Plug in Baby ~ Muse {2001}
47. My Girl ~ The Temptations {1965}
48. Dig Me Out ~ Sleater Kinney {1997}
49. Girl U Want ~ Devo {1980}
50. Alive ~ Pearl Jam {1991}
