Top Ten Guitar Riffs Of All Time | 2009 Poll

List: Top Ten Guitar Riffs of all time

Date: November 2009

Base: More than 5,000 MusicRadar users took part in the poll.

Notes: The link above will take you to a run-down of the top 25 riffs. Jimi's Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) came top. We also have a list from a 2004 poll by Total Guitar magazine where readers also voted for their favourite guitar riff of all time. In that poll Jimi came 9th and Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns n Roses came top.

Editor-in-chief Mike Goldsmith said: "Nearly 40 years after his untimely death, Jimi Hendrix is still the undisputed heavyweight champion of rock guitar. Of the current generation of six-string stars, only Jack White of The White Stripes and Muse frontman Matt Bellamy feature in the higher echelons of our list. No surprise given both Bellamy and White share - or have inherited - Hendrix's unique blend of experimental instincts and white-knuckle showmanship."

Rank / Riff	Artist
1. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)	Jimi Hendrix
2. Sweet Child O' Mine	Guns N' Roses
3. Whole Lotta Love	Led Zeppelin
4. Smoke On The Water	Deep Purple
5. Layla	Derek & The Dominoes/Eric Clapton
6. Back In Black	AC/DC
7. Enter Sandman	Metallica
8. The Beatles	Day Tripper
9. Smells Like Teen Spirit	Nirvana
10. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones