# The Best Cheap Trick Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Cheap Trick guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Surrender (1978), then Gonna Raise Hell and Ain't That a Shame. Every video starts at the solo.

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Rick Nielsen proved that a guitar solo could be as hooky as the chorus, fusing Beatles melody with Who-style crunch. From the raw debut to the roaring Budokan shows, his short, punchy breaks shaped power pop's guitar vocabulary.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Cheap Trick discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheap_Trick_discography), [Wikipedia – Heaven Tonight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_Tonight), [Wikipedia – Cheap Trick (1977 album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheap_Trick_(1977_album))

1. [Surrender](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-surrender/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1978
2. [Gonna Raise Hell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-gonna-raise-hell/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1979
3. [Ain't That a Shame](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-ain-t-that-a-shame/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1978
4. [Need Your Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-need-your-love/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1978
5. [Dream Police](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-dream-police/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1979
6. [I Want You to Want Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-i-want-you-to-want-me/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1978
7. [Southern Girls](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-southern-girls/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1977
8. [He's a Whore](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-he-s-a-whore/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1977
9. [Hot Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-hot-love/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1977
10. [Clock Strikes Ten](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-clock-strikes-ten/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1977
11. [Auf Wiedersehen](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-auf-wiedersehen/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1978
12. [Stiff Competition](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-stiff-competition/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1978
13. [Heaven Tonight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-heaven-tonight/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1978
14. [Voices](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-voices/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1979
15. [Stop This Game](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-stop-this-game/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1980
16. [The Ballad of TV Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-the-ballad-of-tv-violence-i-m-not-the-only-boy/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1977
17. [The Flame](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-the-flame/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1988
18. [Big Eyes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-big-eyes/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1977

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