# The Best Outro Guitar Solos: Songs That End With a Solo > The Best Outro Guitar Solos: Songs That End With a Solo: #1 is Hotel California by Eagles, then Free Bird and Comfortably Numb. 20 solos, ranked. Canonical URL: Some songs save the best for last. These are the great outro solos, where the vocals are done and the guitar takes the song home: the twin-guitar coda of Hotel California, Gilmour's closing solo on Comfortably Numb, the Free Bird run-out and Prince closing Purple Rain. Normally you have to wait until the last minutes of the track. Every video here starts right at the solo. 1. [Hotel California](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eagles-hotel-california/) — Eagles · solo by Don Felder & Joe Walsh · 1976 2. [Free Bird](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-free-bird/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins & Gary Rossington · 1973 3. [Comfortably Numb](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-comfortably-numb/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1979 4. [Layla](https://greatestsolos.com/song/derek-and-the-dominos-layla/) — Derek and the Dominos · solo by Eric Clapton & Duane Allman · 1970 5. [Sultans of Swing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dire-straits-sultans-of-swing/) — Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1978 6. [November Rain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-november-rain/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991 7. [Purple Rain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-purple-rain/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1984 8. [Starship Trooper](https://greatestsolos.com/song/yes-starship-trooper/) — Yes · solo by Steve Howe · 1971 9. [Moonage Daydream](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-moonage-daydream/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1972 10. [Rosanna](https://greatestsolos.com/song/toto-rosanna/) — Toto · solo by Steve Lukather · 1982 11. [Let's Go Crazy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-and-the-revolution-lets-go-crazy/) — Prince and the Revolution · solo by Prince · 1984 12. [Alive](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-alive/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991 13. [Brothers in Arms](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dire-straits-brothers-in-arms/) — Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1985 14. [Tunnel of Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dire-straits-tunnel-of-love/) — Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1980 15. [Telegraph Road](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dire-straits-telegraph-road/) — Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1982 16. [Can't You Hear Me Knocking](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-rolling-stones-can-t-you-hear-me-knocking/) — The Rolling Stones · solo by Mick Taylor · 1971 17. [I Am The Resurrection](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stone-roses-i-am-the-resurrection/) — The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989 18. [White Room](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cream-white-room/) — Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1968 19. [Kid Charlemagne](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-kid-charlemagne/) — Steely Dan · solo by Larry Carlton · 1976 20. [Life in the Fast Lane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eagles-life-in-the-fast-lane/) — Eagles · solo by Joe Walsh · 1976 ## Quick answers ### What song has the best guitar solo at the end? Hotel California and Free Bird are the most common answers. Both are in the top five of our Consensus 100, which combines 79 published rankings, and Comfortably Numb sits at number two. All three end with their biggest solo. ### What is an outro solo? An outro solo is a guitar solo that plays over the ending of a song, usually after the last verse or chorus. It often runs until the song ends or fades out. Unlike a mid-song solo, it doesn't have to hand back to the vocals, so it can build for longer. ### Who plays the outro solo on Hotel California? Don Felder and Joe Walsh trade lines and then play harmonized twin-guitar parts over the song's closing chord progression. --- 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/)