Top 100 Guitar Songs of All Time

I thought this was pretty cool, according to Rolling Stone Magazine here are the top 100 Guitar Songs of all time. Personally, I think this list is okay in general, but misses some key artists, such as Chris Rea, Megadeth, Eric Clapton, Ted Nugent, Steve Vai etc. Frankly, as great as Nirvana are, it is somewhat annoying to see Smells Like Teen Spirit in the top 10. Furthermore, tracks like ‘Under the Bridge’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers should rank far higher. Perhaps a public voting list should exist somewhere, where a more precise list of the top 100 guitar songs of all time may come into existence.

The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time

1. “Johnny B. Goode,” Chuck Berry
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 Zepplin (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 Of” Rage Against The Machine (1992)
25. “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” The Rolling Stones (1971)
26. “How Blue Can you Get” B.B. King (1965)
27. “Look Over Yonders Wall” The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
28. “Where the Streets Have No Name” U2 (1987)
29. “Back in Black” AC/DC (1980)
30. “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley and His Comets (1954)
31. “Keep Yourself Alive” Queen (1973)
32. “Sultans of Swing” Dire Straits (1978)
33. “Master of Puppets” Metallica (1986)
34. “Walk This Way” Aerosmith (1975)
35. “1969″ The Stooges (1969)
36. “Interstellar Overdrive” Pink Floyd (1967)
37. “That’s All Right” Elvis Presley (1954)
38. “Stay With Me” The Faces (1971)
39. “Black Magic Woman” Santana (1970)
40. “I Can See for Miles” The Who (1967)
41. “Marquee Moon” Television (1977)
42. “Hideaway” John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers (1966)
43. “Holidays in the Sun” The Sex Pistols (1977)
44. “Dig Me Out” Sleater-Kinne (1997)
45. “I Saw Her Standing There” The Beatles (1963)
46. “Miserlou” Dick Dale and the Del-Tones (1962)
47. “Panama” Van Halen (1984)
48. “London Calling” The Clash (1980)
49. “Machine Gun” Jimi Hendrix (1970)
50. “Debaser” Pixies (1989)

51. “Crazy Train” Ozzy Osbourne (1981)
52. “My Iron Lung” Radiohead (1995)
53. “Born on the Bayou” Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
54. “Little Wing” Stevie Ray Vaughan (1991)
55. “White Room” Cream (1968)
56. “Eight Miles High” The Byrds (1966)
57. “Dark Star” Grateful Dead (1969)
58. “Rumble” Link Wray (1958)
59. “Freeway Jam” Jeff Beck (1975)
60. “Maggot Brain” Funkadelic (1971)
61. “Soul Man” Sam and Dave (1967)
62. “Born Under a Bad Sign” Albert King (1967)
63. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” Guns n’ Roses (1987)
64. “Freebird” Lyrnyrd Skynyrd (1973)
65. “Message in a Bottle” The Police (1979)
66. “Texas Flood” Stevie Ray Vaughan (1983)
67. “Adam Raised a Cain” Bruce Springsteen (1978)
68. “The Thrill is Gone” B.B. King (1969)
69. “Money” Pink Floyd (1973)
70. “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” Smashing Pumpkins (1995)
71. “Take It or Leave It” The Strokes (2001)
72. “Say It Ain’t So” Weezer (1994)
73. “Summertime Blues” Blue Cheer (1968)
74. “La Grange” ZZ Top (1973)
75. “Willie the Pimp” Frank Zappa (1969)
76. “American Girl” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
77. “Even Flow” Pearl Jam (1991)
78. “Stone Crazy” Buddy Guy (1970)
79. “Silver Rocket” Sonic Youth (1988)
80. “Kid Charlemagne” Steely Dan (1976)
81. “Beat It” Michael Jackson (1982)
82. “Walk — Don’t Run” The Ventures (1960)
83. “What I Got” Sublime (1996)
84. “Gravity” John Mayer (2006)
85. “You Enjoy Myself” Phish (1988)
86. “I Ain’t Superstitious” Jeff Beck (1968)
87. “Red” King Crimson (1974)
88. “Mona” Quicksilver Messenger Service (1969)
89. “I Love Rock N Roll” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (1981)
90. “How Soon Is Now?” The Smiths (1985)
91. “Drunkship of Lanterns” The Mars Volta (2003)
92. “Memo from Turner” Mick Jagger (1970)
93. “Only Shallow” My Bloody Valentine (1991)
94. “Money for Nothing” Dire Straits (1984)
95. “Omaha” Moby Grape (1967)
96. “New Day Rising” Husker Du (1985)
97. “No One Knows” Queens of the Stone Age (2002)
98. “Under the Bridge” Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)
99. “Run Thru” My Morning Jacket (2003)
100. “Vicarious” Tool (2006)