NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (2012-10-25)

~ Recording series

Recordings

#NameArtistISRCsRatingLength
1Back in BlackAC/DC
4.54:16
2Brianstorm (album version)Arctic Monkeys
3.92:50
3Johnny B. Goode (original release, take 3, without overdub)Chuck Berry
4.252:40
4Lonely BoyThe Black Keys
3.853:13
5Spread Your LoveBlack Rebel Motorcycle Club
4.353:45
6Paranoid (original stereo studio mix)Black Sabbath
4.552:48
7BanquetBloc Party
3.953:20
8Song 2Blur
4.22:01
9Rebel RebelDavid Bowie
3.94:31
10Le Freak (album version)Chic
3.255:30
11Sunshine of Your Love (original stereo studio mix)Cream
4.354:12
12Men’s NeedsThe Cribs
33:18
13Smoke on the Water (5:40ish album version)Deep Purple
4.155:40
14Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
4.13:58
15Voodoo Child (slight return)The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4.355:13
16Celebrity SkinHole
4.452:43
17That Lady, Parts 1 & 2The Isley Brothers
4.355:36
18Beat ItMichael Jackson
4.44:18
19The BucketKings of Leon
42:56
20You Really Got Me (original mono studio mix)The Kinks
4.252:14
21Motorcycle EmptinessManic Street Preachers
4.356:08
22Let's All Go TogetherMarion
43:09
23Supermassive Black HoleMuse
3.83:29
24Ceremony (re-recording)New Order
2.54:23
25Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
4.355:01
26AlivePearl Jam
4.255:41
27Free Fallin’Tom Petty
44:16
28JailbirdPrimal Scream
43:47
29Alphabet St.Prince
3.755:40
30FirestarterThe Prodigy
4.14:41
31No One Knows (album version)Queens of the Stone Age
4.44:39
32Killing in the NameRage Against the Machine
4.255:14
33(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (mono version)The Rolling Stones
4.13:45
34Pretty VacantSex Pistols
3.73:16
35TodaySmashing Pumpkins
4.053:21
36Love SpreadsThe Stone Roses
4.155:47
37I Wanna Be Your DogThe Stooges
3.553:10
38Paranoid AndroidRadiohead
4.46:24
39You Only Live OnceThe Strokes
3.453:09
40Animal NitrateSuede
4.253:27
41Get It On (retitled “Bang a Gong” in the USA)T. Rex
4.754:26
42Marquee MoonTelevision
9:58
43Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
3.953:52
44I Can’t Explain (mono)The Who
4.52:05
45Three Girl RhumbaWire
51:23
46BangYeah Yeah Yeahs
43:09
47Cinnamon Girl (original studio mix)Neil Young with Crazy Horse
4.653:00

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