Top 10 Best Drumming Performances in a Song

The Top Ten
1 Alex Van Halen in Van Halen’s Outta Love Again

This is the best drummer in the world but no one recognises it! He is so underrated and is a lot better than Neil peart. This song is really fast and has some seriously skilled drumming in it

2 Alex Van Halen in Van Halen’s Loss of Control

Really fast awesome drumming

3 Alex Van Halen in Van Halen's Hot for Teacher

Hmm, one of the greatest double bass drumming.

Probably the best drum intro ever.

4 Alex Van Halen in Van Halen’s Girl Gone Bad

This song is almost as good as outta love again and I used to think this song had the best drumming in it before I heard the other one and even then it was hard to decide that outta love was better but this song is definitely 2nd.

5 Rick Allen in Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar On Me

He rocked it with one arm

6 Neil Peart in Rush's Tom Sawyer

Alex Van Halen is the best drummer in the world. House of pain by Van Halen has the same sort of drumming as this song but it’s way better than this song. Alex is way better than Neil peart and outta love again has the best drumming in a song thank you very much!

There are some great drum riffs in this song.

7 Vinny Appice in Dio's We Rock
8 Nicko McBrain in Iron Maiden’s Where Eagles Dare

Only Scott Travis had a better introduction as the new drummer

9 Lars Ulrich in Metallica's Enter Sandman

This song is awesome but the drumming isn’t really that good but it still sounds good

10 Peter Criss in Kiss' Detroit Rock City
The Contenders
11 Alex Van Halen in Van Halen’s Sinner’s Swing!

Awesome drumming. Only problem is there’s no big end just a fade out which is always not as good

12 Alex Van Halen in Van Halen’s in a Simple Rhyme

It’s sooo hard to decide if it is 5th or 6th because the drumming in where eagles dare is insane as well but it’s mainly just the one rhythm but simple rhyme has loads of awesome fills on the toms. I think it is just slightly 5th because it is more diverse than where eagles dare.

13 Tommy Lee in Motley Crue's Wild Side
14 Clive Burr in Iron Maiden's Run to the Hills
15 Joey Kramer in Aerosmith's Walk This Way
16 John Bonham in Led Zeppelin's Achilles Last Stand

This should be way higher up. Bonzo is like the 3rd best drummer in the world.
Of course you know whose 1st (not Neil Peart)!

17 Neil Peart in Rush’s Yyz
18 Neil Peart in Rush's Spirit of Radio
19 Bill Ward in Black Sabbath's Iron Man
20 Neil Peart in Rush's Limelight

Especially at the ending.

21 Ginger Baker In Cream's "Toad"
22 Alan White in John Lennon's Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
23 Ian Paice In Deep Purple's Space Truckin'
24 Chris Vrenna In Nine Inch Nails' March of the Pigs
25 John Bonham on Led Zeppelin's Moby Dick
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