User:Gekritzl/List of riff driven songs


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List of riff-driven songs
This alphabetical list contains examples of recordings of riff-driven songs.

AC/DC

 * Back in Black
 * Sin City
 * You Shook Me All Night Long
 * Whole Lotta Rosie

Aerosmith

 * Dream On
 * Jaded
 * Last Child
 * Same Old Song and Dance
 * Sweet Emotion
 * Walk This Way

Joan Armatrading

 * Me Myself I

Tal Bachman

 * She's So High

Badfinger

 * No Matter What

David Bowie

 * Rebel Rebel

Beastie Boys

 * Girls
 * (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)

The Beatles

 * And Your Bird Can Sing (1966)
 * Day Tripper (1965)
 * Hey Bulldog (1968)
 * I Feel Fine (1964)
 * If I Needed Someone (1965)
 * Lady Madonna (1968)
 * Taxman (1966)
 * Ticket to Ride (1965)

Black Sabbath

 * Iron Man

Buffalo Springfield

 * Rock & Roll Woman

Cake

 * Let Me Go

The Cars

 * My Best Friend's Girl

Johnny Cash

 * Ring of Fire (June Carter/Merle Kilgore) (1963)

Commander Cody

 * Hot Rod Lincoln, written by Charlie Ryan, 1955 (also recorded by Bill Kirchen and others)

Alice Cooper

 * I'm Eighteen (1970)
 * School's Out (1972)

Crack the Sky

 * Lighten Up McGraw (1978)

Cream

 * Sunshine of Your Love (1967)

Deep Purple

 * Smoke on the Water

Depeche Mode

 * Just Can't Get Enough
 * Personal Jesus
 * Shame

Derek and the Dominos

 * Layla

Devo

 * Girl U Want
 * Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
 * Jocko Homo
 * Mongoloid
 * Through Being Cool
 * Uncontrollable Urge
 * Whip It

Erasure

 * Who Needs Love Like That (Vince Clarke) (1985)

Eagles

 * Life In The Fast Lane

Free

 * All Right Now
 * The Stealer

Genesis

 * The Return of the Giant Hogweed

Benny Goodman

 * Flying Home (Lionel Hampton) (1939) (p. 13)

Guns N' Roses

 * Sweet Child o' Mine

George Harrison

 * Wah-Wah
 * What Is Life

John Hiatt

 * Paper Thin

Buddy Holly

 * Heartbeat (1959)

Iron Butterfly

 * In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)

Jethro Tull

 * A New Day Yesterday
 * Aqualung
 * Cross-Eyed Mary
 * To Cry You A Song

Joe Jackson

 * Sunday Papers

The Kinks

 * All Day and All of the Night
 * You Really Got Me

The Knack

 * My Sharona

Led Zeppelin

 * Dancing Days
 * Heartbreaker
 * Whole Lotta Love
 * Immigrant Song
 * Black Dog

Living Colour

 * Cult of Personality

Lynyrd Skynyrd

 * Sweet Home Alabama

Lostprophets

 * Burn, Burn

Manic Street Preachers

 * Motorcycle Emptiness

Marilyn Manson

 * The Beautiful People

Monkees

 * Last Train to Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, 1966)
 * Satuday's Child (David Gates, 1966)

Motörhead

 * Ace of Spades

The Nazz

 * Open My Eyes

New Found Glory

 * This Disaster

Roy Orbison

 * Oh, Pretty Woman (1964)

Pennywise

 * Bro Hymn

Pink Floyd

 * Money (1973)
 * In The Flesh (1979)

Prince

 * Controversy
 * 1999

Queen

 * Another One Bites the Dust

R.E.M.

 * Begin the Begin (1986)

Paul Revere & the Raiders

 * Hungry (1966)

The Rolling Stones

 * Brown Sugar (1970)
 * Satisfaction (1965)
 * Jumpin' Jack Flash (1968)
 * Under My Thumb (1966)
 * The Last Time (1965)

Santana

 * Oye Como Va (Tito Puente)

The Smithereens

 * A Girl Like You

Squeeze

 * Black Coffee In Bed

Styx

 * You Need Love

Sugarloaf

 * Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

Third Eye Blind

 * Never Let You Go

Tool

 * Schism (bass guitar riff-driven)

The Tubes

 * White Punks On Dope

Vapors

 * Turning Japanese

The White Stripes

 * Hardest Button to Button
 * Icky Thump
 * Seven Nation Army
 * Blue Orchid

The Who

 * The Seeker
 * Naked Eye

Wishbone Ash

 * Blowin' Free
 * The King Will Come

XTC

 * Life Begins at the Hop (Colin Moulding) (1979)

Yaz

 * Situation (1982)

Yes

 * Owner of a Lonely Heart
 * South Side of the Sky

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Zappa, Frank

 * Muffin Man