British hard-rockers Deep Purple headlined the list of bands who have made the best guitar riff in the history of rock music. This is “Smoke on the Water” from 1972 album “Machine Head”. Current survey was carried out by The Telegraph among London’s music school students.
The second place in this chart was taken by the infamous composition “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana (“Nevermind” 1991). The ‘bronze’ belongs to Aerosmith with their song “Walk This Way” of 1975.
First ten places are also include three Guns N’ Roses’ songs: “Sweet Child O Mine”, “Paradise City” and “Welcome to the Jungle” (5th, 6th, and 10th). Also there is Jimi Hendrix (“Purple Haze” number 4), Motorhead (“Ace of Spades” seventh place), Metallica (“Enter Sandman” number eight) and Red Hot Chilli Peppers (“Under the Bridge”, 9th).
Full list of songs looks like this:
1. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (1973)
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (1991)
3. Walk This Way - Aerosmith (1975)
4. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (1967)
5. Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses (1987)
6. Paradise City - Guns N Roses (1987)
7. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead (1980)
8. Enter Sandman - Metallica (1991)
9. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1992)
10. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N Roses (1987)
11. Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (1982)
12. Walk - Pantera (1992)
13. Johnny Be Goode - Chuck Berry (1958)
14. Back In Black - AC/DC (1980)
15. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (1970)
16. Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine (1992)
17. Highway to Hell - AC/DC (1979)
18. My Generation - The Who (1965)
19. 7 Nation Army - The White Stripes (2003)
20. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (1968)
21. Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)
22. Paranoid - Black Sabbath (1970)
23. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix (1967)
24. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor (1982)
25. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits (1984)
A Source: ThatsJustMusic.com
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