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]- Me Myself I
B
[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)
C
[edit]- My Best Friend's Girl
- Ring of Fire (June Carter/Merle Kilgore) (1963)[1]
- Hot Rod Lincoln, written by Charlie Ryan, 1955 (also recorded by Bill Kirchen and others)
- I'm Eighteen (1970)
- School's Out (1972)
- Lighten Up McGraw (1978)
- Sunshine of Your Love (1967)
D
[edit]- Girl U Want
- Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
- Jocko Homo
- Mongoloid
- Through Being Cool
- Uncontrollable Urge
- Whip It
E
[edit]- Who Needs Love Like That (Vince Clarke) (1985)
F
[edit]- All Right Now
- The Stealer
G
[edit]- Flying Home (Lionel Hampton) (1939)[2] (p. 13)
H
[edit]- Paper Thin
- Heartbeat (1959)
I
[edit]- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
J
[edit]- A New Day Yesterday
- Aqualung
- Cross-Eyed Mary
- To Cry You A Song
- Sunday Papers
K
[edit]L
[edit]M
[edit]N
[edit]- Open My Eyes
- This Disaster
O
[edit]- Oh, Pretty Woman (1964)
P
[edit]- Money (1973)
- In The Flesh (1979)
Q
[edit]R
[edit]- Begin the Begin (1986)
- Hungry (1966)
- Brown Sugar (1970)
- Satisfaction (1965)
- Jumpin' Jack Flash (1968)
- Under My Thumb (1966)
- The Last Time (1965)
S
[edit]- A Girl Like You
- You Need Love
- Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
T
[edit]- Schism (bass guitar riff-driven)
U
[edit]V
[edit]W
[edit]X
[edit]- Life Begins at the Hop (Colin Moulding) (1979)
Y
[edit]- Situation (1982)
Z
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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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