Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love has been voted the greatest guitar riff of all time in a poll of BBC Radio 2 listeners.
Lead guitarist Jimmy Page’s iconic riff came top of 100 riffs drawn up by a panel of BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music DJs, critics and producers.
Sweet Child O’Mine by Guns’N’Roses and AC/DC’s Back in Black were second and third respectively in the poll.
Commenting, Jimmy Page said: ‘I'm knocked out by this, because I didn't expect that to happen. I wanted a riff that really moved, that people would really get, and would bring a smile to their faces.
‘But when I played it with the band, it really went into overdrive. There was this intent to have this riff and the movement of it, so it was menacing as well as quite sort of caressing.’
The vote took place as part of a special BBC Radio 2 season celebrating the guitar.
The top ten is below;
Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love
Guns’N’Roses – Sweet Child O’Mine
AC/DC – Back in Black
Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water
Derek and the Dominoes – Layla
The Smiths – How Soon is Now?
Status Quo – Down Down
Dire Straits – Money for Nothing
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Pink Floyd – Money
Lead guitarist Jimmy Page’s iconic riff came top of 100 riffs drawn up by a panel of BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music DJs, critics and producers.
Sweet Child O’Mine by Guns’N’Roses and AC/DC’s Back in Black were second and third respectively in the poll.
Commenting, Jimmy Page said: ‘I'm knocked out by this, because I didn't expect that to happen. I wanted a riff that really moved, that people would really get, and would bring a smile to their faces.
‘But when I played it with the band, it really went into overdrive. There was this intent to have this riff and the movement of it, so it was menacing as well as quite sort of caressing.’
The vote took place as part of a special BBC Radio 2 season celebrating the guitar.
The top ten is below;
Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love
Guns’N’Roses – Sweet Child O’Mine
AC/DC – Back in Black
Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water
Derek and the Dominoes – Layla
The Smiths – How Soon is Now?
Status Quo – Down Down
Dire Straits – Money for Nothing
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Pink Floyd – Money
