# The Best 38 Special Guitar Solos > The 13 best 38 Special guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Hold On Loosely (1981), then Caught Up in You and Rockin' into the Night. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: 38 Special took the twin-guitar tradition of Southern rock and polished it for 80s arena radio. Don Barnes and Jeff Carlisi traded and harmonized leads on a run of hits that balanced grit with melody. Informed by: [Wikipedia - 38 Special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38_Special_(band)), [Wikipedia - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild-Eyed_Southern_Boys), [Wikipedia - Special Forces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Forces_(38_Special_album)), [Wikipedia - Rockin' into the Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27_into_the_Night) 1. [Hold On Loosely](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-hold-on-loosely/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1981 2. [Caught Up in You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-caught-up-in-you/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1982 3. [Rockin' into the Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-rockin-into-the-night/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1979 4. [Wild-Eyed Southern Boys](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-wild-eyed-southern-boys/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1981 5. [Fantasy Girl](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-fantasy-girl/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1981 6. [Chain Lightnin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-chain-lightnin/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1982 7. [Back Where You Belong](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-back-where-you-belong/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1983 8. [If I'd Been the One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-if-i-d-been-the-one/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1983 9. [You Keep Runnin' Away](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-you-keep-runnin-away/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1982 10. [Rough-Housin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-rough-housin/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1982 11. [Teacher, Teacher](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-teacher-teacher/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1984 12. [Like No Other Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-like-no-other-night/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1986 13. [Second Chance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-second-chance/) — 38 Special · solo by Danny Chauncey · 1988 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)