# The Best Guitar Solos of 1979 > The best guitar solos of 1979, ranked. #1 is Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd, then My Sharona and Watermelon in Easter Hay. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1979, ranked: solos our consensus of published lists rates highest come first, then our genre and artist rankings, with no more than three per artist. Led by Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd, My Sharona by The Knack and Watermelon in Easter Hay by Frank Zappa. 1. [Comfortably Numb](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-comfortably-numb/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1979 2. [My Sharona](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-knack-my-sharona/) — The Knack · solo by Berton Averre · 1979 3. [Watermelon in Easter Hay](https://greatestsolos.com/song/frank-zappa-watermelon-in-easter-hay/) — Frank Zappa · solo by Frank Zappa · 1979 4. [Powderfinger](https://greatestsolos.com/song/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-powderfinger/) — Neil Young & Crazy Horse · solo by Neil Young · 1979 5. [Roisin Dubh (Black Rose)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/thin-lizzy-roisin-dubh-black-rose/) — Thin Lizzy · solo by Gary Moore & Scott Gorham · 1979 6. [Hey Hey My My](https://greatestsolos.com/song/neil-young-hey-hey-my-my/) — Neil Young · solo by Neil Young · 1979 7. [Since You Been Gone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-since-you-been-gone/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1979 8. [Country Boy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/albert-lee-country-boy/) — Albert Lee · solo by Albert Lee · 1979 9. [Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-another-brick-in-the-wall-part-2/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1979 10. [Hey You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-hey-you/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1979 11. [Love Song](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-damned-love-song/) — The Damned · solo by Captain Sensible · 1979 12. [Life Begins at the Hop](https://greatestsolos.com/song/xtc-life-begins-at-the-hop/) — XTC · solo by Andy Partridge · 1979 13. [Highway to Hell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ac-dc-highway-to-hell/) — AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1979 14. [Waiting for an Alibi](https://greatestsolos.com/song/thin-lizzy-waiting-for-an-alibi/) — Thin Lizzy · solo by Gary Moore & Scott Gorham · 1979 15. [Strange Town](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-jam-strange-town/) — The Jam · solo by Paul Weller · 1979 16. [Crazy Little Thing Called Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queen-crazy-little-thing-called-love/) — Queen · solo by Brian May · 1979 17. [Candy-O](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-cars-candy-o/) — The Cars · solo by Elliot Easton · 1979 18. [Punk Sandwich](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dixie-dregs-punk-sandwich/) — Dixie Dregs · solo by Steve Morse · 1979 19. [Manzanita](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tony-rice-manzanita/) — Tony Rice · solo by Tony Rice · 1979 20. [Kid](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pretenders-kid/) — Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1979 --- 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/)