Radio 2's Top 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs
Zoe Ball counts down the top thirty greatest guitar riffs as voted for by Radio 2 listeners.
As part of the Guitar Season of programmes on Radio 2, we've been asking you to vote for what you consider to be the Greatest Guitar Riff Ever. Now in a special programme Zoe Ball will count down the top thirty and exclusively reveal what's been voted your greatest guitar riff of all time.
A panel of guitar music experts, made up of Radio 2 presenters, music critics and record producers were selected to pick the 100 guitar riffs. They are: Janice Long - Radio 2 Presenter, Bob Harris - Radio 2 Presenter, Richard Allison - Radio 2 Presenter, Gideon Coe - 6 Music Presenter, Steve Levine - Music Producer, Paul Sexton - Music journalist and broadcaster, Sunday Times, Radio 2, Sian Llewellyn - Editor, Classic Rock Magazine.
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Clips
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Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love
Duration: 04:57
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Guns N' Roses: Sweet Child O' Mine
Duration: 01:37
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Deep Purple: Smoke On The Water
Duration: 00:57
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The Smiths: How Soon Is Now?
Duration: 01:32
Music Played
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Pearl Jam
Alive
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Ocean Colour Scene
The Riverboat Song
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The Beatles
Day Tripper
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The Rolling Stones
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
- Abkco.
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Black Sabbath
Paranoid
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The White Stripes
Seven Nation Army
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Cream
Sunshine Of Your Love
- The Greatest Hits Of 1968.
- Premier.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Alabama
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Fleetwood Mac
Oh Well (Parts 1 & 2)
- 50 Years - Don't Stop.
- Warner Bros.
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Free
All Right Now
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Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Bon Jovi
Livin' On A Prayer
- Music Of The Millennium (Various).
- Universal Music Tv.
- 1.
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Rush
Spirit Of Radio
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Chuck Berry
Johnny B. Goode
- That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Metallica
Enter Sandman
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Arctic Monkeys
Do I Wanna Know
- DOMINO RECORDING.
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T. Rex
20th Century Boy
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Manic Street Preachers
Motorcycle Emptiness
- Ultimate... Drive (Various Artists).
- Legacy Recordings.
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Purple Haze
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David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust
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Pink Floyd
Money
- (CD Single).
- EMI.
- 1.
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The Kinks
You Really Got Me
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Dire Straits
Money For Nothing
- Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
- Vertigo.
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Status Quo
Down Down
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The Smiths
How Soon Is Now?
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Derek and the Dominos
Layla
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Deep Purple
Smoke On The Water
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AC/DC
Back In Black
- Back In Black.
- Epic.
- 6.
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Guns N’ Roses
Sweet Child O' Mine
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Led Zeppelin
Whole Lotta Love
Broadcast
- Mon 25 Aug 2014 14:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2
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