A Gibson fez uma pesquisa sobre os 50 melhores riffs de todos os tempos.

O primeiro lugar ficou com “I Can’t Get No (Satifaction)”, do Rolling Stones, seguido por “Smoke on the Water”, do Deep Purple e “Whole Lotta Love”, do Led Zeppelin.

1- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones

2- Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple

3- Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin

4- Iron Man – Black Sabbath

5- Back in Black – AC/DC

6- Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana

7- You Really Got Me – The Kinks

8- Day Tripper – The Beatles

9- Walk This Way – Aerosmith

10- Sunshine of Your Love – Cream

11- Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne

12- Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses

13- Layla – Derek and the Dominos

14- Purple Haze – The Jimi Hendrix Experience

15- Enter Sandman – Metallica

16- Heartbreaker – Led Zeppelin

17- Black Dog – Led Zeppelin

18- Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

19- Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry

20- Foxy Lady – Jimi Hendrix

21- I Feel Fine – The Beatles

22- Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love – Van Halen

23- Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes

24- Ticket to Ride – The Beatles

25- Highway to Hell – AC/DC

26- Shakin’ All Over – Johnny Kidd and the Pirates

27- Rebel Rebel – David Bowie

28- Mannish Boy – Muddy Waters

29- Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley

30- Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses

31- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – The Jimi Hendrix Experience

32- Wild Thing – The Troggs

33- T.V. Eye – The Stooges

34- Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions

35- Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin

36- Panama – Van Halen

37- Rumble – Link Wray & His Ray Men

38- Teenage Kicks – The Undertones

39- Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits

40- I Can’t Explain – The Who

41- I Fought the Law – Bobby Fuller Four

42- Susie Q – Dale Hawkins

43- Somethin’ Else – Eddie Cochran

44- Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly

45- Cat Scratch Fever – Ted Nugent

46- Revolution – The Beatles

47- Born on the Bayou – Creedence Clearwater Revival

48- Louie Louie – The Kingsmen

49- School’s Out – Alice Cooper

50- Guerilla Radio – Rage Against the Machine