World Guitar Day 2017: Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water tops greatest riffs poll

Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water has been voted the Greatest Guitar Riff Ever.

Ritchie Blackmore’s iconic riff on the 1972 track has long been hailed as a classic – and with more than 30,000 votes cast by music fans from across the world to mark World Guitar Day 2017, it has fended off competition from some of the biggest names in rock’n’roll to claim the top spot.

The top 10 also features Iron Maiden’s The Trooper, AC/DC’s Back In Black, Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine, Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love and Kashmir, Metallica’s Master Of Puppets and Enter Sandman, Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train and Black Sabbath’s Paranoid.

TeamRock’s breakdown of the top 20 is now available, while a full list of the top 100 can be found below.

MusicRadar’s World Guitar Day 2017 celebrates all things electric and acoustic and salutes the musicians who have made an impact on rock’n’roll.

Throughout the course of today (October 6) music fans have access to exclusive interviews, blogs, live Q&A sessions and a ‘who’s who’ of guitar gods who are on hand to share their stories and techniques.

There’s free guitar lessons for newcomers to the instrument, while veterans can hone their style and songwriting via expert tips and tutorials.

World Guitar Day 2017 is hosted on MusicRadar and TeamRock, in association with Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Prog, Guitarist, Total Guitar and Guitar Techniques.

Get involved now by spreading the word through your websites and social channels, using the official hashtag #WGD17.

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World Guitar Day 2017: Greatest Guitar Riff Ever final results

1. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
2. Iron Maiden - The Trooper
3. AC/DC - Back In Black
4. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
5. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
6. Guns N’ Roses - Sweet Child O’ Mine
7. Metallica - Enter Sandman
8. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
9. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
10. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
11. Black Sabbath - Iron Man
12. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
13. AC/DC - Thunderstruck
14. Metallica - Creeping Death
15. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze
16. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
17. Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
18. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile
19. Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
20. ZZ Top - La Grange
21. Metallica - One
22. Metallica - Seek And Destroy
23. Pantera - Walk
24. Slayer - Raining Blood
25. Dio - Holy Diver
26. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
27. The Rolling Stones - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
28. Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
29. Megadeth - Holy Wars… The Punishment Due
30. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
31. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
32. Queen - Tie Your Mother Down
33. Guns N’ Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
34. Derek and the Dominos - Layla
35. Eagles - Hotel California
36. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
37. AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie
38. Pink Floyd - Money
39. Van Halen - Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
40. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
41. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
42. Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
43. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
44. Megadeth - Symphony Of Destruction
45. Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
46. Rush - Tom Sawyer
47. Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
48. Metallica - Blackened
49. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
50. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
51. Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera
52. Metallica - The Four Horsemen
53. Rush - The Spirit of Radio
54. Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
55. Michael Jackson - Beat It
56. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
57. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxy Lady
58. ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
59. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 2
60. Slayer - Angel Of Death
61. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
62. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
63. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
64. The Beatles - Day Tripper
65. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
66. AC/DC - Riff Raff
67. Deep Purple - Burn
68. UFO - Doctor Doctor
69. Queen - One Vision
70. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
71. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
72. Pantera - Cemetery Gates
73. Rush - YYZ
74. Black Sabbath - Symptom Of The Universe
75. Yes - Roundabout
76. Free - All Right Now
77. Heart - Barracuda
78. Van Halen - Unchained
79. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman
80. Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
81. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
82. Tool - Schism
83. Pearl Jam - Alive
84. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
85. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock N Roll
86. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
87. UFO - Rock Bottom
88. The Knack - My Sharona
89. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
90. Rainbow - Since You Been Gone
91. Rainbow - Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll
92. Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
93. Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
94. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
95. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
96. Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane
97. Focus - Hocus Pocus
98. Black Sabbath - Supernaut
99. Soundgarden - Spoonman
100. Mastodon - Blood And Thunder

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