# The Best Guitar Solos of 1989

> The best guitar solos of 1989, ranked. #1 is I Am The Resurrection by The Stone Roses, then Easter and Play With Me. Every video starts at the solo.

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The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1989, 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 I Am The Resurrection by The Stone Roses, Easter by Marillion and Play With Me by Extreme.

1. [I Am The Resurrection](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stone-roses-i-am-the-resurrection/) — The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989
2. [Easter](https://greatestsolos.com/song/marillion-easter/) — Marillion · solo by Steve Rothery · 1989
3. [Play With Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-play-with-me/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1989
4. [Flying in a Blue Dream](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-flying-in-a-blue-dream/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1989
5. [Valley of the Kings](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blue-murder-valley-of-the-kings/) — Blue Murder · solo by John Sykes · 1989
6. [Thing Called Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bonnie-raitt-thing-called-love/) — Bonnie Raitt · solo by Bonnie Raitt · 1989
7. [I Want It All](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queen-i-want-it-all/) — Queen · solo by Brian May · 1989
8. [A Girl Like You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smithereens-a-girl-like-you/) — The Smithereens · solo by Jim Babjak · 1989
9. [I Remember You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/skid-row-i-remember-you/) — Skid Row · solo by Scotti Hill · 1989
10. [About a Girl](https://greatestsolos.com/song/nirvana-about-a-girl/) — Nirvana · solo by Kurt Cobain · 1989
11. [You Enjoy Myself](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-you-enjoy-myself/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1989
12. [Kickstart My Heart](https://greatestsolos.com/song/motley-crue-kickstart-my-heart/) — Mötley Crüe · solo by Mick Mars · 1989
13. [Fools Gold](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stone-roses-fools-gold/) — The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989
14. [The Divided Sky](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phish-the-divided-sky/) — Phish · solo by Trey Anastasio · 1989
15. [Practice What You Preach](https://greatestsolos.com/song/testament-practice-what-you-preach/) — Testament · solo by Alex Skolnick · 1989
16. [Waterfall](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stone-roses-waterfall/) — The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989
17. [Epic](https://greatestsolos.com/song/faith-no-more-epic/) — Faith No More · solo by Jim Martin · 1989
18. [Over My Head](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-s-x-over-my-head/) — King's X · solo by Ty Tabor · 1989
19. [The Ballad of Jayne](https://greatestsolos.com/song/l-a-guns-the-ballad-of-jayne/) — L.A. Guns · solo by Tracii Guns · 1989
20. [Addicted to That Rush](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mr-big-addicted-to-that-rush/) — Mr. Big · solo by Paul Gilbert · 1989

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