The 25 Greatest Guitar Songs
1 “Johnny B. Goode”
Chuck Berry (1958)
2 “Purple Haze”
The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
3 “Crossroads”
Cream (1968)
4 “You Really Got Me”
The Kinks (1964)
5 “Brown Sugar”
The Rolling Stones (1971)
6 “Eruption”
Van Halen (1978)
7 “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
The Beatles (1968)
8 “Stairway to Heaven”
Led Zeppelin (1971)
9 “Statesboro Blues”
The Allman Brothers Band (1971)
10 “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Nirvana (1991)
11 “Whole Lotta Love”
Led Zeppelin (1969)
12 “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”
The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)
13 “Layla”
Derek and the Dominos (1970)
14 “Born to Run”
Bruce Springsteen (1975)
15 “My Generation”
The Who (1965)
16 “Cowgirl in the Sand”
Neil Young with Crazy Horse (1969)
17 “Black Sabbath”
Black Sabbath (1970)
18 “Blitzkrieg Bop”
Ramones (1976)
19 “Purple Rain”
Prince and the Revolution (1984)
20 “People Get Ready”
The Impressions (1965)
21 “Seven Nation Army”
The White Stripes (2003)
22 “A Hard Day’s Night”
The Beatles (1964)
23 “Over Under Sideways Down”
The Yardbirds (1966)
24 “Killing in the Name”
Rage Against the Machine (1992)
25 “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”
The Rolling Stones (1971)
