Who played it? Tony Thompson
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100 greatest drum beats of all time
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Rhythm Magazine, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 12:00 pm UTC
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Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
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Fireball - Deep Purple
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Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis
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Wonderwall - Oasis
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God Save The Queen - The Sex Pistols
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Beat It - Michael Jackson
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Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
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Dr Feelgood - Motley Crue
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Fell In Love With A Girl - The White Stripes
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You Really Got Me - The Kinks
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Candy's Room - Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band
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Englishman in New York - Sting
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Word Up! - Cameo
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Like Eating Glass - Bloc Party
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Bland Street Bloom - Sikth
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Chuck E's In Love - Rickie Lee Jones
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Shh… Peaceful - Miles Davis
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Highway To Hell - AC/DC
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Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police
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Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
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A Love Supreme - John Coltrane Quartet
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Ain't Nobody - Rufus And Chaka Khan
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Sour Times - Portishead
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Highway Star - Deep Purple
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Fucking Hostile - Pantera
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What'd I Say - Ray Charles
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Seven Days - Sting
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Sad But True - Metallica
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Like I Love You - Justin Timberlake
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Been Caught Stealng - Jane's Addiction
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Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour
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Overkill - Motorhead
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Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly And The Family Stone
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Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
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In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins
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Jambi - Tool
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Baba O'Riley - The Who
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Lapdance - NERD
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Tom Sawyer - Rush
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The Rotten Kid - Buddy Rich Big Band
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Stratus - Billy Cobham
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Pick Up The Pieces - The Average White Band
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You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
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All Right Now - Free
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Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin
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Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello
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Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix Experience
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No One knows - Queens Of The Stone Age
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Green Onions - Booker T And The MGs
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Soul Man (1967) - Sam And Dave
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Longview - Green Day
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Go - Pearl Jam
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Davidian - Machine Head
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Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown
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Scentless Apprentice - Nirvana
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Babylon Sisters - Steely Dan
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50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
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The Wolf Is Loose - Mastodon
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Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
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Dance With the Devil - Cozy Powell
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Chameleon - Herbie
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Fools Gold - The Stone Roses
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Walking On The Moon - The Police
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Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
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Fire - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
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Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
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Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
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Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
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War Pigs - Black Sabbath
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Chop Suey! - System Of A Down
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Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
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Oakland Stroke - Tower Of Power
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Sexy MF - Prince
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Midlife Crisis - Faith No More
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Come Together - The Beatles
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Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
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Superstition - Stevie Wonder
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Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
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Quadrant 4 - Billy Cobham
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Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
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We Will Rock You - Queen
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Blue Monday - New Order
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Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
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One - Metallica
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Roxanne - The Police
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Rosanna - Toto
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Raining Blood - Slayer
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Cold Sweat - James Brown
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Ballroom Blitz – The Sweet
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Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
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Sing, Sing, Sing - The Benny Goodman Orchestra
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Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
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Back In Black - AC/DC
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Take Five - Dave Brubeck
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Cissy Strut - The Meters
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When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
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The Funky Drummer Parts 1 & 2 - James Brown
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Why it's great:
Thompson lays down his pure pop-powered kick drum on beat one, followed by an emphatic open hi-hat on beat three, majestically underpinning the keyboard riff.
Where to find it: Riptide, 1985
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