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The Best Ever Acoustic Rock Song: The Top 40

Author: Lee KennedyPublished 11th Nov 2019
Last updated 11th Nov 2019

We've counted the votes, taken controversial choices to independent adjudicators and finally put together the Top 40 Best Acoustic Rock Songs EVER.

The winner of the poll is one that isn't exactly known for their love of basic song composition

PINK FLOYD's WISH YOU WERE HERE beat very, very stiff competition from Extreme's More Than Words which pushed this poll absolutely all the way.

The 1975 title track from one of Pink Floyd's greatest albums was written after David Gilmour came to Roger Waters with an acoustic guitar refrain while the band were recording at Abbey Road studios. Waters came up with the lyrics and one of the greatest songs of all time was born.

While Pink Floyd won the poll, it must be noted that Led Zeppelin managed to get a massive SEVEN songs into the top 40, with the Page & Plant rendition of Gallows Pole (from their No Quarter album) also in the mix.

Here's the top 40

  1. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
  1. More Than Words - Extreme
  1. Hotel Califonia (Hell Freezes Over) - Eagles
  1. Patience - Guns N' Roses
  1. Layla (Unplugged) - Eric Clapton
  1. Everlong (acoustic version) - Foo Fighters
  1. Going To California - Led Zeppelin
  1. Seagull - Bad Company
  1. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
  1. Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
  1. Wanted (Dead Or Alive) - Bon Jovi
  1. Gallows Pole (Unledded) - Page and Plant
  1. Polly (Unplugged) - Nirvana
  1. The Wizard - Uriah Heep
  1. I Remember You - Skid Row
  1. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
  1. Dust In The Wind - Kansas
  1. Hurt - Johnny Cash
  1. Battle Of Evermore - Led Zeppelin
  1. Love Of My Life - Queen
  1. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Led Zeppelin
  1. Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young
  1. Life's A Long Song - Jethro Tull
  1. That's The Way - Led Zeppelin
  1. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
  1. Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
  1. Angie - Rolling Stones
  1. Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
  1. Lady In Black - Uriah Heep
  1. The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana
  1. Babe, Im Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
  1. Cannonball - Damien Rice
  1. Journeyman (Acoustic Version) - Iron Maiden
  1. Soldier of Fortune - Deep Purple
  1. From The Beginning - Emerson Lake and Palmer
  1. Something In The Way - Nirvana
  1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby Stills and Nash
  1. Two Steps Behind (Acoustic Version) - Def Leppard
  1. She Talks To Angels – Black Crowes
  1. Albatross – Fleetwood Ma