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Some of the songs with the best electric bass lines
Any instrument can have unforgettable melodies or riffs that can generate a memorable song.
Usually, in fact, the most famous riffs are those of electric guitar, particularly those regarding rock music. Often, however, people underestimate the electric bass, which instead plays a key role in successful songs.
Here are some of the best bass lines ever, which are part of songs that have become symbols of some of the most famous bands around the world. Do you agree with this list?
Some of the songs with the best electric bass lines
Any instrument can have unforgettable melodies or riffs that can generate a memorable song. Usually, in fact, the most famous riffs are those of electric guitar, particularly those regarding rock music. Often, however, people underestimate the electric bass, which instead plays a key role in successful songs. Here are some of the best bass lines ever, which are part of songs that have become the symbols of some of the most famous band around the world. Do you agree with this list?
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen. Bassist: John Deacon
Another One Bites the Dust was released on August 22, 1980 as the fourth extract from the eighth studio album The Game. The song was written by John Deacon himself and reached the top of Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Can't Stop - RHCP. Bassist: Flea.
Can't Stop was released on January 24, 2003 as the third extract from the eighth studio album By the Way. From 2004 to 2007, this was the song that opened all the concerts of Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed. Bassist: Herbie Flowers
Walk on the Wild Side is a piece of music written by Lou Reed and released as a 45 rpm on November 24, 1972. This song represents the first real success of Lou Reed after leaving Velvet Underground.
Come As You Are - Nirvana. Bassist: Krist Novoselic.
Come as You Are was the group's second best-selling single, surpassed only by Smells Like Teen Spirit. The song was included in 2004 in the list of 500 immortal songs according to the magazine Rolling Stone, at position number 445.
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I Want you Back - The Jackson Five. Bassist: Wilton Felder
I Want You Back is a 1969 song, one of the group's most popular and their first with the record label Motown. The song went platinum twice in the UK.
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Psycho Killer - Talking Heads. Bassist: Tina Weymouth
The debut single from Talking Heads is unique of its kind and features lyrics in two languages, English and French. AllMusic praised this song saying it has one of the most memorable bass lines in all of rock & roll.
My Generation - The Who. Bassist: John Entwistle
My Generation occupies the 11th position on the magazine's list of the 500 best songs Rolling Stone. The song is one of the most highly regarded in the discography of The Who: it seems that Pete Townshend wrote the lyrics inspired by a train ride.
Money/Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd. Bassist: Roger Waters.
Money was released on May 7, 1973 as the first extract from the eighth studio album The Dark Side of the Moon. The lyrics of the song were written by the bassist himself Roger Waters. The song is an ironic critique of the excessive attachment to money, one of the dark sides of human nature and a cause of discomfort and suffering.
Five Minutes Alone - Pantera. Bassist: Rex Brown.
5 Minutes Alone is an extract from the 1994 album Far Beyond Driven. It is one of the most famous songs of the Texas group, written after a complaint received by the band.
Hysteria - Muse. Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme.
Hysteria" was released on December 1, 2003 as the third track taken from the third studio album Absolution. The song was used as a soundtrack for a perfume commercial, Insolence, and was also featured in an episode of the television series Entourage.
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Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Bassist: Leon Wilkeson
This song is about a mother giving some moral advice to her only son. The song was written by Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington shortly after the death of Van Zant 's grandmother and Rossington's mother, with the idea of remembering the teachings of both of them.
Come Together - The Beatles. Bassist: Paul McCartney
Come Together is the musical track that opens the album Abbey Road, released in September 1969. The refrain was inspired Lennon by the campaign of Timothy Leary, a promoter of psychedelic use, to become Governor of California.
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica. Bassista: Cliff Burton
Composed by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Cliff Burton, For Whom the Bell Tolls is based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway, in which five Republican soldiers from the Spanish Civil War try to escape from the fascists with their horses and are then killed by an enemy plane on a hillside. The intro of the song features a bass riff performed by Burton through various effects.
Zombie - The Cranberries. Bassist: Mike Hogan.
Considered the Irish group's biggest hit, Zombie reached the top 10 in 25 states and won a MTV Europe Music Awards in 1995 in the Song of the Year category. The song was written by Dolores O'Riordan in 1993 in memory of two boys, Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry, who were killed in an IRA bombing in England on March 20, 1993.