# The Best Guitar Solos of 1999 > The best guitar solos of 1999, ranked. #1 is Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers, then Coffee And TV and Smooth. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1999, 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 Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coffee And TV by Blur and Smooth by Santana feat. Rob Thomas. 1. [Scar Tissue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/red-hot-chili-peppers-scar-tissue/) — Red Hot Chili Peppers · solo by John Frusciante · 1999 2. [Coffee And TV](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blur-coffee-and-tv/) — Blur · solo by Graham Coxon · 1999 3. [Smooth](https://greatestsolos.com/song/santana-feat-rob-thomas-smooth/) — Santana feat. Rob Thomas · solo by Carlos Santana · 1999 4. [Californication](https://greatestsolos.com/song/red-hot-chili-peppers-californication/) — Red Hot Chili Peppers · solo by John Frusciante · 1999 5. [Brush with the Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-brush-with-the-blues/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1999 6. [Sleep Now in the Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-sleep-now-in-the-fire/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1999 7. [Guerrilla Radio](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-guerrilla-radio/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1999 8. [Corazón Espinado](https://greatestsolos.com/song/santana-feat-mana-corazon-espinado/) — Santana feat. Maná · solo by Carlos Santana · 1999 9. [The Spirit Carries On](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dream-theater-the-spirit-carries-on/) — Dream Theater · solo by John Petrucci · 1999 10. [The Dance of Eternity](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dream-theater-the-dance-of-eternity/) — Dream Theater · solo by John Petrucci · 1999 11. [Home](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dream-theater-home/) — Dream Theater · solo by John Petrucci · 1999 12. [Maria Maria](https://greatestsolos.com/song/santana-feat-the-product-gandb-maria-maria/) — Santana feat. The Product G&B · solo by Carlos Santana · 1999 13. [Carry the Zero](https://greatestsolos.com/song/built-to-spill-carry-the-zero/) — Built to Spill · solo by Doug Martsch · 1999 14. [Lit Up](https://greatestsolos.com/song/buckcherry-lit-up/) — Buckcherry · solo by Keith Nelson · 1999 15. [Downfall](https://greatestsolos.com/song/children-of-bodom-downfall/) — Children of Bodom · solo by Alexi Laiho · 1999 16. [Stacked Actors](https://greatestsolos.com/song/foo-fighters-stacked-actors/) — Foo Fighters · solo by Dave Grohl · 1999 17. [Broken Chairs](https://greatestsolos.com/song/built-to-spill-broken-chairs/) — Built to Spill · solo by Doug Martsch · 1999 18. [Colony](https://greatestsolos.com/song/in-flames-colony/) — In Flames · solo by Björn Gelotte · 1999 19. [The Day the World Went Away](https://greatestsolos.com/song/nine-inch-nails-the-day-the-world-went-away/) — Nine Inch Nails · solo by Trent Reznor · 1999 20. [Technical Difficulties](https://greatestsolos.com/song/racer-x-technical-difficulties/) — Racer X · solo by Paul Gilbert · 1999 --- 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/)