Top Ten Songs with the Best Basslines

Extremely catchy and funky bassline of one of Queen's best. Perfectly demonstrates why John Deacon was both the secret weapon member and the most underrated member of Queen.

The bass parts are simply incredible. Suddenly, John Deacon emerges from the shadows and presents Queen with this bad boy.

John Deacon, one of the most underrated bassists ever. This deserves to be number 1. Nothing less than number 1.

Manages to create something incredibly catchy, memorable, and unique, all the while with the odd time signature of 7/4. Whatever I may think about Roger Waters as a person, he was undeniably a great bass player, and this song is the most obvious proof of that.

This entire song is just so funky you can't help but move along to it, and the bassline, along with the 7/4 time signature, is one of the main reasons why it is so good.

Easily one of the catchiest bass licks of all time, a timeless classic that should top the list!

Most definitely the best bassline I've ever heard! Got to love how Muse isn't afraid to use the bass as not just a background instrument!

Chili Peppers and Muse have the best basslines, but this song has more bass notes than guitar notes and in a great pattern.

Way more difficult than any of these other bass lines. Sounds like Jesus learned how to play.

This was the inspiring bassline for Queen's Another One Bites the Dust (No. 1 on this list). Bernard Edwards, thank you and R.I.P.!

How is this - one of the most recognizable basslines ever - not on the list already?

John Paul Jones is so underappreciated.

Come Together at 15? Did you guys just forget this is literally among the most recognizable basslines of all time? This should absolutely be within the Top 10, possibly even the Top 5!

What can I say? Flea is a fantastic bassist.

Anyone that genuinely believes that this is not the greatest bassline of all time is kidding themselves.

One of the best basslines ever. So are others by Green Day, such as "She" or "Stuart and the Ave.," that should also make it to the top 10.

Mike can write better basslines on LSD than anyone else can while sober! Seriously though, this should be No. 1.

Distortion, time signature changes, and utterly heavy? What more could you ask for? Not to mention how the way it is made to sound like a bell ringing at points is a nice touch. R.I.P. Cliff Burton.

For Whom the Bell Tolls and Schism are on another level. Another One Bites the Dust, Money, and YYZ are amazing too.

It's very annoying to see David Bowie's name first in these credits. Everyone knows that the bassline was already finished before Bowie even got involved with this kick-ass song. John Deacon and the great Freddie Mercury had already worked out the framework, so it should be Queen and then Bowie, not the other way around. Bowie readily admits that the bassline and most of the song were almost done when he came to the studio to actually do another song with Queen.

Anyway, fantastic song! The best versions are, of course, Freddie at Montreal and Wembley, without Bowie's input.

Queen rocks!

Great song. Deserves a higher spot.

One of the few songs with a lead bass, and almost definitely the best example of a lead bass. Justin Chancellor really knows how to turn something as simple as a bass guitar into dynamic and engaging sounds.

Come on guys. This song has one of the most recognizable basslines ever. The time signatures are so unique, and the growling 12/8 bass intro is awesome.

This bass is godly. I seriously don't know how they conceived it.

Probably the best bassline of the noughties, besides Schism perhaps.

Move over YYZ. Orion was and continues to be the greatest instrumental I've ever heard. With two guitar solos, a bass solo, and the coolest riffs ever all shoved into an eight-and-a-half-minute song, it's incredible. R.I.P. Cliff Burton.

Especially in the middle at the interlude, Cliff is the guy that made me want to play bass guitar. This is the song they played at Cliff's funeral on my 14th birthday. R.I.P. Cliff.

This should be in the top five. It has an awesome bassline and epic bass fills.

It's so epic! It should be in the top 10.

Yeah, a really tense bass intro.

No way, you can't beat Primus, dude!

Most of you haven't heard this song, but this bass kicks butt.

I've played bass for many years, and this has been one of my favorite songs to play since the beginning.

Where is Aeroplane?! This is still a great song and bassline. It's very prominent and distinct.