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This guy has more guitars than I have plates.

For all companies or producers that are blocking Rick, you’ve lost your way. This is a celebration of great music. Not a rip.

I wish "Cult of Personality" by Living Color made the list. What a killer riff.

Fun fact: Eric Clapton didn’t write the riff from sunshine of your love, it was cream’s bassist Jack Bruce that wrote it after attending a jimi Hendrix experience concert

This video is a Guitar Center employees living nightmare.

Wow thanks for including my rendition of Sweet Child O' Mine at 13:50! I'm flattered!

Considering the impact and weight of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" (one of rhe most important riffs in rock history), it really needs to be mentioned

I really feel like Billy Squier's "Lonely is the night" is one of the most unique intros and deserves a spot on this list.

20. Limelight - Rush 0:38 19. Day Tripper - The Beatles 1:12 18. Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas 1:46 17. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream 2:26 16. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 2:52 15. Aqualung - Jethro Tull 3:22 14. Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton 3:53 13. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen 4:42 12. Iron Man - Black Sabbath 5:20 11. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden 5:39 10. Enter Sandman - Metallica 6:15 9. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd 6:40 8. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple 7:18 7. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 7:46 6. Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones 8:20 5. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix 8:55 4. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin 9:47 3. Back In Black - AC/DC 10:16 2. Layla - Eric Clapton 10:48 1. Hard Days Night - The Beatles 14:17 [Honorable Mentions] Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones 11:29 Long Cool Woman - The Hollies 11:37 Hells Bells - AC/DC 11:53 Josie - Steely Dan 12:05 Message In A Bottle - The Police 12:21 Walk This Way - Aerosmith 12:37 Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix 12:48 Spoonman - Soundgarden 12:56 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 13:05 Everlong - Foo Fighters 13:17 Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses 13:49

I love that we can all recognize Sweet Child O Mine even when it’s intentionally played wrong. Iconic.

What I love about these videos is that Rick the guitarist is not alone and Rick the producer is here too making the sound on every intro a near perfect reproduction of the original!

I’m learning Money for Nothing at the moment, knew it would be in here! Truly one of the greatest electric guitar intros of all time.

"Crazy Train" deserves a spot on the list.

The "one" chord intro gives goosebumps.. Awesome work Rick.

This guy is amazing, the way he breaks down songs and sounds is very clever, he also plays multiple instruments, I was a musician back in the day and it's impressive what Rick does on his channel. Thank you.

This guy looks like a rock n roll Anthony Bourdain

Crazy Train is one of the most recognized electric guitar riffs of all time and should be high on this list.

Just like your acoustic Top 20, these are all spot-on. Every one of BOTH these lists is a work of art WITHOUT the song that follows, but they instantly lock your mind into "playback mode" of the whole song in your head. I personally had to personally pause every time to let my full playback roll, so I wouldnt cut it off in my head. Art just cant be ignored, even in remembrance.

I love this! Great way to way up this morning to Rick’s top 20 guitar intros. I’m inspired to pick one and work on it.

The intro to Under the Bridge is what sold that entire band.

Intro to Johnny B Goode should definitely be number one. It set the stage for everything. Cannot believe its not even on the list.

The Birds , Turn , Turn , Turn!! It's the most classic intro ever!!!! I know Pete Seger wrote it but, the intro that The Birds did is so iconic. It's timeless!!! I can't believe it was not on the list 🤯

Thank you as always, Rick. All great songs. I’m kinda surprised The Spirit of Radio didn’t make the list.

The fact that “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” is not on here is a crime

I'm honestly a little shocked that Chuck Berry's Johhny B. Goode didn't make the list. That intro is beyond iconic. Also, Dick Dales Misirlou is shockingly absent. Another one of the most iconic guitar intros of all time.

Hello, super format ! Ayant été à ce même concert, je ne peux que valider absolument toute ton analyse. Bravo et merci pour tes vidéos au top ! 😎

Rick I don’t know how you can’t put No One Like You on this list. Scorpions. Incredible intro to a phenomenal song. Doesn’t get much better!

I would've mentioned "Misirlou" by Dick Dale and I'm really surprised not to see the intro riff that TRULY defined rock and roll guitar, "Johnny B. Goode."

0:37 limelight rush 1:13 day tripper the Beatles 1:46 carry on my wayward son kansas 2:26 sunshine of your love cream 2:52 money for nothing dire straits 3:23 aqualung jethro Tull 3:54 do you feel like we do Peter frampton 4:42 ain’t talkin bout love van halen (RIP) 5:21 ejshyshtshsgyBdhahdyabhznah 5:40 black hole sun soundgarden 6:16 enter sandman metallica 6:40 sweet home Alabama lynyrd Skynrd 7:19 smoke on the water deep purple 7:45 don’t fear the reaper blue oyster cult

Rick, just watching and hearing you play, I can truthfully say, is the highlight of my day.

I really enjoyed the top 20....also, so very much enjoyed watching you play, you play beautifully!

Rick: I named my daughter after a song... Me:cool Rick:Hammer Smashed Face come here!

Rock ‘n Roll demands a Top 100 Electric Guitar Intros at the very least. My #1 Electric Guitar intro will forever be Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode. That intro changed my life when I first heard it at 11 years old.

What happened to Spirit of Radio?!?! 🤯 To be in an audience when Živojinović transmits the static charge of the opening riff, is beyond exhilarating. The riff now leaves permanent sonic waves in my brain! However, I can't argue with A Hard Days Night at number one! 👌

So satisfying to still see this video up after 4yrs. ❤❤❤

"You Really Got Me" by The Kinks, from 1964, should be here because it was one of the first time deliberately distorted guitar was allowed on a record. In fact, because the song pre-dates the fuzz box, its sound was created by deliberately slicing the speaker of a guitar amp. The song went straight to the U.K. #1, and changed rock forever. It is even the basis of a great sequence in "Pirate Radio" (U.S. title) that dramatizes the impact of song across all classes in Britain.

I can't help but feel like The Animals' House of the Rising Sun should be on one of these lists.

Kinda missing Muse's "Plug in Baby" here. Its such an awesome opening guitar riff. Incredibly iconic for that era of alternative rock music. It can make a whole crowd instantly freak out.

Love listening to your videos. You always play my favorite songs especially the Beatles! Thank you! 💪mrwtby

Voodoo Child sittin' over here like "Am I a joke to you?" Great list.

Voodoo Chile with the wah. That would have been my Hendrix pick. The opening is just so iconic. Thought that was where he was going when he pulled out the wah.

Rick, you lived in my time and luxuriated in the same music. I taught myself guitar at age 15, the ultimate wannabe, but I just don't have the talent. I've gigged enough to know something about the life, just a taste. Bonus: you provide the education that I used to dream of. To you, my utmost gratitude!!!

rick , its fun just watching you play all these riffs ans it goes by fast !!!

As soon as we clicked on this video we knew layla was gonna be here

I still say “Thunderstruck” AC/DC is one of the best guitar intro’s out there!

I expected to see Voodoo Child at least in the honorable mentions part of the video. It would be surely in a memorable top 20 wah-wah guitar intros of all time.

To me the most perfect guitar intro is either slow dancing in a burning room or gravity by John Mayer. The tone is just immaculate

Can't believe johnny b goode by Chuck Berry isn't on here, I mean it's one of the first iconic electric guitar intros and solos for that matter.

"House of the Rising Sun" is the most recognized electric guitar intro of all time. Growing up in the Vietnam War in Vietnam as a youngster, I already came across the song & never will forget it. It still is the most recognizable song around the world this day. You actually can sing "Amazing Grace" to the tune of the song.

Great list. Here's my list of favourites: "That Song" by Big Wreck "Green River" and "Suzy Q" by CCR "Shine" by Collective Soul "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks "Mercury Blues" by David Lindley "Listen to the Music" and "Long Train Running" by Doobie Brothers "Two Tickets to Paradise" by Eddie Money "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood & the Destroyers "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" by the Hollies "Four Day Creep" and "I Don't Need No Doctor" by Humble Pie "Who Knows" by Band of Gypsies (Jimi Hendrix) and "Voodoo Child" (Jimi Hendrix) "Double Dealing" by Lucky Peterson "Band on the Run" by Paul McCartney & Wings "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum "Bridge of Sighs" by Robin Trower "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" by the Rolling Stones "Brother Down" by the Sam Roberts Band "The Wrong Time" by Spooky Tooth "Reelin' in the Years" by Steely Dan "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf

Sweet home Alabama. Listen to it when I head out on my motorcycle in the Florida sun. It’s pure Gold.

Way too focused on Classic Rock, that he forgot the mother of guitar intros, and the only possible #1: Johnny B Goode

"Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2 "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks or Van Halen would suffice) "Revolution" by the Beatles

I like this video very much. As I see it, the guitar intro n. 1 is simply brilliant!

Great list Rick. Always been a fan of the intro on Oasis' Slide Away, fairly simple chords but affective.

I just want to have a beer with this dude and talk about Pink Floyd... And the Doors... And Led Zeppelin...

Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" deserves at least an honorable mention. Iconic riff.

Radar love by Golden Earring is one of my favourites because it's so simple it's fabulous! but probably my all time favourite is Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin. Can't believe you haven't got Oh Well Part One by Fleetwood Mac on your list.

Great list. Long Cool Woman was the first riff I learned. China Grove merits a mention.

One song that could also be on the list is Heart's "Barracuda", the intro is amazing

The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?" Johnny Marr's signature tremolo/delay intro is hypnotic.

Totally agree with number one… with the entire list. Just subscribed to your channel

Glad intro to Hells Bells was played, best on back in black for me! Fun video and I love and get addicted to all your videos. Oh, and Snowblind also.

I've always loved the guitar intro for Rush's "Spirit of Radio". It's incredibly iconic.

The first 4 seconds of "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks would be my addition.

All of them bring a smile, another one for me is when a random air play on the radio is "Wiskey in the Jar" - Thin Lizzy, what an intro, can't help but get the air guitar out.

I'd definitely have The Byrds -- Mr Tambourine Man on my list. Roger McGuinn's Rickenbacker 12 string is very distinctive.

Honestly, you could do a top 20 for each decade.

I'd like to add Ram Jam's "Black Betty" to this list. That opening riff is just INSANELY GOOD!

For those of you who don't know, "A Hard Day's Night"'s intro has finally been deciphered. An amateur enthusiast found out that the missing link is piano chord that's played along with the guitar riff. After he published his conclusion, it was officially recgonized (I'm not sure by whom exactly) that indeed, it was a piano chord and that George Martin played it! :^D

When you said the #1 intro was just one chord I knew right away! Great list.

The intro lick of Siberian Khatru by Yes is also brilliant. Such a great opening.

You could almost do 20 best intros from every decade starting at the 50's

REO Speedwagon "Keep Pushin' " Simple, straight and in your face! Love it!

Love your channel man!!

Boy: Why is my sister called Layla? Mum: Because your father likes Eric Clapton. Boy: Oh that's cool, thanks mum. Mum: No problem Sweet Child of Mine

5:20 Iron Man: Black Sabbath I can't believe they are notorious blockers. I really wanted Mr. Rick to do videos about Black Sabbath. Geezer Butler, the bassist, made me start playing my first instrument I've played, the bass.

ALWAYS quality playing and information

Cool vid. My own favourite guitar intro is Deuce by Kiss. I really like the content you provide us with on UKposts. Great stuffz. 🤟😎

Heartbreaker is the song that made me want to play guitar. Right on.

Starting with Rush ensures the quality of this video.

Liked the list. Great job Rick.

There are so many candidates.... your choices were great. I have to say that I laughed out loud at some moments, especially the single-chord #1. Well done!

I thought "The Spirit of Radio" would make it for Rush. Iconic for sure. Listening to this stirs my memory of so many more!

On every single one of these, I began to add basslines, tambourines, keyboards, drums, vocals, cowbells, etc. in my mind.

Great list of intro's! Funny, my mind thought of BÕC (#6 on list with DFTR), but it was I Love The Night!

I'm only 35. Born in 1988, but raised between a mother born in 62 and a father born in 42... I was raised o. The classic rock and this video makes my heart so happy. Not at all what I was looking for. I was looking for a specific notable rift from an 80s classic rock ballad that's featured in a Ghost song. But I'm glad I made it here.

I was expecting Voodo Child by Jimi when he showed the wah lol!

Steely Dan’s ‘Reeling in the Years’ is a personal fav of mine.

The Gino Vannelli´s one is the best. What a combination of melodic line and jazzy harmony. That´s amazing!

I love that Hard Days Night (the most recognizable single chord in rock history) is number one, but I must admit that Layla was the first song I thot of. 🙂

I was rooting for Funk #49 to make the list. Such a great riff. Actually, Joe has a bunch of great opening riffs.

When you said One Chord for number one I knew right away what it was.Great video as usual.

Super hard to narrow down a list from all the amazing guitar riffs but I’m surprised there’s not even a mention of RHCP. Can’t stop is craaaaazyyyyy

'Money' - Pink Floyd 'Barracuda' - Heart 'Hotel California' - Eagles 'China Grove' - Doobie Brothers Some of my favorites that I think could be in the top 10.

“Can’t you hear me knocking” by the stones has such an amazing opening riff

Limelight is what came to mind when I saw the UKposts notification for this video. Fitting it would be the first song on the vid.

I was a little nervous because Day Tripper was so high on the list, but felt sweet, sweet satisfaction with your #1 pick. Great video!

Yes. I've seen a few people discussing that chord over the years. Perhaps it's a signature of their oevre. Ground breaking and influential.