User:Gekritzl/List of riff driven songs
- Main article: riff-driven
List of riff-driven songs[edit]
This alphabetical list contains examples of recordings of riff-driven songs.
A[edit]
AC/DC[edit]
Aerosmith[edit]
Joan Armatrading[edit]
- Me Myself I
B[edit]
Tal Bachman[edit]
Badfinger[edit]
David Bowie[edit]
Beastie Boys[edit]
The Beatles[edit]
- 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[edit]
Buffalo Springfield[edit]
C[edit]
Cake[edit]
The Cars[edit]
- My Best Friend's Girl
Johnny Cash[edit]
- Ring of Fire (June Carter/Merle Kilgore) (1963)[1]
Commander Cody[edit]
- Hot Rod Lincoln, written by Charlie Ryan, 1955 (also recorded by Bill Kirchen and others)
Alice Cooper[edit]
- I'm Eighteen (1970)
- School's Out (1972)
Crack the Sky[edit]
- Lighten Up McGraw (1978)
Cream[edit]
- Sunshine of Your Love (1967)
D[edit]
Deep Purple[edit]
Depeche Mode[edit]
Derek and the Dominos[edit]
Devo[edit]
- Girl U Want
- Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
- Jocko Homo
- Mongoloid
- Through Being Cool
- Uncontrollable Urge
- Whip It
E[edit]
Erasure[edit]
- Who Needs Love Like That (Vince Clarke) (1985)
Eagles[edit]
F[edit]
Free[edit]
- All Right Now
- The Stealer
G[edit]
Genesis[edit]
Benny Goodman[edit]
- Flying Home (Lionel Hampton) (1939)[2] (p. 13)
Guns N' Roses[edit]
H[edit]
George Harrison[edit]
John Hiatt[edit]
- Paper Thin
Buddy Holly[edit]
- Heartbeat (1959)
I[edit]
Iron Butterfly[edit]
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
J[edit]
Jethro Tull[edit]
- A New Day Yesterday
- Aqualung
- Cross-Eyed Mary
- To Cry You A Song
Joe Jackson[edit]
- Sunday Papers
K[edit]
The Kinks[edit]
The Knack[edit]
L[edit]
Led Zeppelin[edit]
Living Colour[edit]
Lynyrd Skynyrd[edit]
Lostprophets[edit]
M[edit]
Manic Street Preachers[edit]
Marilyn Manson[edit]
Monkees[edit]
Motörhead[edit]
N[edit]
The Nazz[edit]
- Open My Eyes
New Found Glory[edit]
- This Disaster
O[edit]
Roy Orbison[edit]
- Oh, Pretty Woman (1964)
P[edit]
Pennywise[edit]
Pink Floyd[edit]
- Money (1973)
- In The Flesh (1979)
Prince[edit]
Q[edit]
Queen[edit]
R[edit]
R.E.M.[edit]
- Begin the Begin (1986)
Paul Revere & the Raiders[edit]
- Hungry (1966)
The Rolling Stones[edit]
- Brown Sugar (1970)
- Satisfaction (1965)
- Jumpin' Jack Flash (1968)
- Under My Thumb (1966)
- The Last Time (1965)
S[edit]
Santana[edit]
The Smithereens[edit]
- A Girl Like You
Squeeze[edit]
Styx[edit]
- You Need Love
Sugarloaf[edit]
- Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
T[edit]
Third Eye Blind[edit]
Tool[edit]
- Schism (bass guitar riff-driven)
The Tubes[edit]
U[edit]
V[edit]
Vapors[edit]
W[edit]
The White Stripes[edit]
The Who[edit]
Wishbone Ash[edit]
X[edit]
XTC[edit]
- Life Begins at the Hop (Colin Moulding) (1979)
Y[edit]
Yaz[edit]
- Situation (1982)
Yes[edit]
Z[edit]
Zappa, Frank[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Horns play the riff in Cash's original recording; other versions (such as Wall of Voodoo) often use guitar for the riff.
- ^ Rolling Stone (1992). The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll (3 Sub edition ed.). Random House. pp. p. 13. ISBN 978-0679737285.
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