Can anyone help?

I've been asked to do an 'Air Guitar' competition during a party but what are the best tunes to air guitar to. Should they be all guitar or can the singer come in.
The best I've come up with is Sweet Child of Mine - Guns and Roses and Bohemien Rapsody - Queen.
Are there better ones and is there particular ones for this type of competition.

Looking forward to your replies
Anne.

PS the comp is to night (Saturday) I was given loads of warning yes 12 hours

Bohemien Rapsody doesn't have much guitar on it for the first third of the song,
you could try:

Thin Lizzy - The boys are back in town
Lenny Kravitz - Are you gonna go my way
Deep Purple - Smoke on the water

Deep Purple AGHHHH It's the only guitar riff my daughter can play and she plays it and plays it and plays it. She has now got into listening to Deep Purple - Daddy's proud

Anne

Derek & The Dominos - Layla

It has to be FREE-"Alright now"!!

Others include;

Status Quo-anything!!
Bon Jovi -Livin on a prayer
Black Sabbath-Paranoid
Rolling Stones-Satisfaction or Brown Sugar

Hope these help, Enjoy!

I reckon you need stuff with a good riff and/or solo in it so the crowd can all see one hand moving up and down the fret board and the other strumming, plucking or power-chording!!!

G'n'R sounds good, Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go, Jimi Hendrix, Shadows(!), anything with a guitar!!!!

Ben's idea of the Shadows is a good one.
Maybe "Ghostriders"??

As we're obviously going downhill here, how about Duane Eddy then??

Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69.

George Thorogood - It Wasn't Me. (Play THAT one as loud as you can!)

I some times chuck out blow up guitars and have an air guitar competition, Summer of 69 good, Sweet child o mine as well and Caroline (The Quo) work brill for me. I give the winner the blow up Guitar as their prize - best of luck - mick

If it's not too late, here's the tracklist for "The best of the Best Air Guitar Albums in the world ... eeeever!"

Disc 1

1. Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
2. Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
3. Van Halen - Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love
4. Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights
5. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
6. Run DMC feat. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
7. Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
8. Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
9. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
10. Shadows - Apache
11. Kinks - You Really Got Me
12. Bad Company - Feel Like Makin' Love
13. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
14. Free - Wishing Well
15. Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone
16. Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
17. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

Disc 2

1. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
2. Police - Message In A Bottle
3. Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
4. Pink Floyd - Money
5. Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
6. Bryan Adams - The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
7. Fleetwood Mac - Shake Your Moneymaker
8. ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
9. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
10. Boston - More Than A Feeling
11. Spin Doctors - Two Princes
12. The Rasmus - In The Shadows
13. Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
14. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
15. EMF - Unbelievable
16. Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
17. Stiltskin - Inside

Disc 3

1. Blur - Song 2
2. The Knack - My Sharona
3. Free - All Right Now
4. David Bowie - The Jean Genie
5. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
6. Status Quo - Whatever You Want
7. Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
8. Surfaris - Wipe Out
9. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
10. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
11. George Thorogood And The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone
12. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
13. Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
14. Troggs - Wild Thing
15. Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day
16. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?
17. Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance
18. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

The best one has got to be

Frans Ferdinand - Take Me Out.

ACDC - Shook Me All Night Long or Thunderstruck

guns n rose's - paradise city

amazing contrast, with heavey n slow...

Try ACDC's "For Those About To Rock"

In the end I went for Sweet Child Of Mine Guns n Roses. One of the lads was brill he was up on the table giving it a great Slash impersonation

Thanks for all the suggestions

Anne

Too late for your event, but may favourite guitar solo of all time has to be the guitar instrumental in the middle of The Carpenters - Goodby to Love.