The guitar riffs to make the top ten (in order from number two to ten) are Chuck Berry's "Johnny B Goode" (1958), The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965), Deep Purple's "Smoke On Water" (1972), Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" (1988), Link Wray's "Rumble" (1958), Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" (1969), The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Purple Haze" (1967), ZZ Top's "La Grange" (1973), and The Kinks' "You Really Got Me" (1964).

Other notable guitar riffs that made the list beyond the top ten include Metallica's "Enter Sandman" (1991), Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" (1980), AC/DC's "Back In Black" (1980), Queen's "Killer Queen" (1974), Heart's "Barracuda" (1977), Bonnie Raitt's "Something To Talk About" (1991) and more.