https://www.skygroup.sky/en-gb/article/sky-arts-discovers-the-nation-s-greatest-guitar-riff-of-all-timeSky polls UK music aficionados to reveal the nation’s favourite 6-string riff of all time to celebrate launch of Greatest Guitar Riff’s on Sky Arts
Sweet Child o’ Mine by Guns n’ Roses is the best guitar riff of all time – more than 35 years after it was released.A poll of 2,000 music fans saw Prince’s Purple Rain voted in second place, with Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits taking third.
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GREATEST GUITAR RIFFS OF ALL TIME
1. "Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
2. “Purple Rain” - Prince
3. "Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits
4. "Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple
5. "Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits
6. "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks
7. "Beat It" - Michael Jackson (Eddie Van Halen)
8. "Every Breath You Take" - The Police
9. "Walk This Way" - Aerosmith
10. "Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
11. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – Rolling Stones
12. "Born to Be Wild" - Steppenwolf
13. "Whole Lotta Love" - Led Zeppelin
14. "Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix
15. "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry
16. "Rebel Rebel" - David Bowie
17. "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
18. "Day Tripper" - The Beatles
19. "Back in Black" - AC/DC
20. "Thunderstruck" – AC/DC
21. "Paranoid" - Black Sabbath
22. "Enter Sandman" – Metallica
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