# The Best Guitar Solos of 1982 > The best guitar solos of 1982, ranked. #1 is Beat It by Michael Jackson, then Rosanna and Telegraph Road. Every video starts at the solo. 20 solos from 1982. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1982, 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 Beat It by Michael Jackson, Rosanna by Toto and Telegraph Road by Dire Straits. 1. [Beat It](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-jackson-beat-it/) — Michael Jackson · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1982 2. [Rosanna](https://greatestsolos.com/song/toto-rosanna/) — Toto · solo by Steve Lukather · 1982 3. [Telegraph Road](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dire-straits-telegraph-road/) — Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1982 4. [Banned In DC](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bad-brains-banned-in-dc/) — Bad Brains · solo by Dr. Know · 1982 5. [The Number of the Beast](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iron-maiden-the-number-of-the-beast/) — Iron Maiden · solo by Adrian Smith, Dave Murray · 1982 6. [Are You Going with Me?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-metheny-group-are-you-going-with-me/) — Pat Metheny Group · solo by Pat Metheny · 1982 7. [Hallowed Be Thy Name](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iron-maiden-hallowed-be-thy-name/) — Iron Maiden · solo by Dave Murray, Adrian Smith · 1982 8. [Big Electric Cat](https://greatestsolos.com/song/adrian-belew-big-electric-cat/) — Adrian Belew · solo by Adrian Belew · 1982 9. [Caught Up in You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/38-special-caught-up-in-you/) — 38 Special · solo by Don Barnes & Jeff Carlisi · 1982 10. [Shoot Out the Lights](https://greatestsolos.com/song/richard-and-linda-thompson-shoot-out-the-lights/) — Richard & Linda Thompson · solo by Richard Thompson · 1982 11. [White Wedding](https://greatestsolos.com/song/billy-idol-white-wedding/) — Billy Idol · solo by Steve Stevens · 1982 12. [I Ran (So Far Away)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/a-flock-of-seagulls-i-ran-so-far-away/) — A Flock of Seagulls · solo by Paul Reynolds · 1982 13. [Backwaters](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tony-rice-unit-backwaters/) — Tony Rice Unit · solo by Tony Rice · 1982 14. [Gypsy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/fleetwood-mac-gypsy/) — Fleetwood Mac · solo by Lindsey Buckingham · 1982 15. [Someday, Someway](https://greatestsolos.com/song/marshall-crenshaw-someday-someway/) — Marshall Crenshaw · solo by Marshall Crenshaw · 1982 16. [Heat of the Moment](https://greatestsolos.com/song/asia-heat-of-the-moment/) — Asia · solo by Steve Howe · 1982 17. [Don't Tell Me You Love Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/night-ranger-don-t-tell-me-you-love-me/) — Night Ranger · solo by Brad Gillis & Jeff Watson · 1982 18. [Letters of Marque](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-letters-of-marque/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1982 19. [Sole Survivor](https://greatestsolos.com/song/asia-sole-survivor/) — Asia · solo by Steve Howe · 1982 20. [Back on the Chain Gang](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-back-on-the-chain-gang/) — The Pretenders · solo by Billy Bremner · 1982 --- 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/)