# Help me find all the rock songs with that Bo Diddley riff

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 27, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-all-the-rock-songs-with-that-bo-diddley-riff/271401 "2004-10-27T06:40:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-all-the-rock-songs-with-that-bo-diddley-riff/271401/21 "2004-10-27T19:38:45Z")

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[QUOTE=JohnBckWLD]  
From [42fish (aka Fish 42)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5368406&postcount=8) 10/14/04.  
I’ll see those **6** and raise…[ul]  
[li]George Michael’s **Faith** [/li][li]U2’s **Desire** [/li][li]The Who’s **Magic Bus** [/li][li]The Boss’s **She’s the One** [/li][li]John Kay’s **Magic Carpet Ride** [/li][li]Iggy’s **1969** [/ul][/li][/QUOTE]

Just to raise the raise (but only by one more):

“Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)” Donovan (also Eric Burdon & The Animals)

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**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-all-the-rock-songs-with-that-bo-diddley-riff/271401/22 "2004-10-28T07:04:40Z")

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Since your doing a mash-up and the music can be amorphous, might I also suggest _Wildflower_ by The Cult (Electric). I believe the whole song is this riff. I only notice similarities and have zero technical knowledge of music, so this is just a guess.

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-all-the-rock-songs-with-that-bo-diddley-riff/271401/23 "2004-10-28T18:37:01Z")

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I always theought that the “Bo Diddley riff” was to use a single chord percussively, and that George Thoroughgood used it in pretty much everything.

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