Top Ten Best Classic Rock Guitar Riffs

The Top Ten

1 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

The rolling stones' first American #1 billboard song

2 You Really Got Me - The Kinks

This riff inspired a lot of musicians to play hard rock.

3 Layla - Derek & The Dominos

4 Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

5 Sweet Home Alabama - Alabama

6 Day Tripper - The Beatles

7 Urgent - Foreigner

8 Out In the Fields - Gary Moore & Phil Lynott

9 La Grange - ZZ Top

This is not a riff by ZZ-Top! It's Jerry Lee Hooker ar what he was called this Riff belongs to!

10 The Cut Runs Deep - Deep Purple

The Contenders

11 Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy

12 Crying in the Rain - Whitesnake

13 Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

14 Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

15 Back in Black - AC/DC

16 All Night Long - Rainbow

17 Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

Number 20? This should be number 1! Who doesn't know this riff? The answer is no one because it is the greatest riff of all time!

18 Fool for Your Loving - Whitesnake

19 Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

One of the most underrated guitar riffs

20 Aqualung - Jethro Tull

21 Black Betty - Ram Jam

Crazy to play!

22 Limelight - Rush

Living on a lighted stage… I think you know the rest

23 More Than A Feeling - Boston

24 Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin

25 Do It Again - Steely Dan

Slinky, memorable and way beyond its time

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