A great rock song begins with an unbelievable riff. These 33 songs are elite examples of exactly that, with some that might ...

In just a few words, the opening lines of a song can be the difference between a listener sinking into an artist’s soundscape and a tap of the finger or twist of the dial to the next song or station.

Inspired by a Rolling Stones performance, the song went on to become one of blues-rock's most recognizable anthems.

The beloved song combined a memorable piano hook and one of classic rock’s most celebrated guitar solos.

The chorus is usually the part of a song that listeners latch onto. In return, it’s the section that songwriters tend to focus on the most. But an underratedly memorable part of a song is the intro.

The 1980s was a Golden Age of one-hit wonders, but if you had an aversion to MTV-pretty artists and their synthesizer – or (shiver) keytar – heavy, boppy pop tunes, the pickings were slim. Thankfully, ...