# The Best David Bowie Guitar Solos

> The 18 best David Bowie guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Moonage Daydream (1972), then Let's Dance and Heroes. Every video starts at the solo.

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Bowie never played the lead himself but had an unerring instinct for guitarists, from Mick Ronson's glam fireworks to Robert Fripp's alien sustain and Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas blues. The result is a catalogue where nearly every era has a defining, distinct guitar voice.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Mick Ronson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Ronson), [Wikipedia - David Bowie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie)

1. [Moonage Daydream](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-moonage-daydream/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1972
2. [Let's Dance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-lets-dance/) — David Bowie · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983
3. [Heroes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-heroes/) — David Bowie · solo by Robert Fripp · 1977
4. [The Width of a Circle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-the-width-of-a-circle/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1970
5. [Ziggy Stardust](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1972
6. [The Jean Genie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-the-jean-genie/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1973
7. [Fashion](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-fashion/) — David Bowie · solo by Robert Fripp · 1980
8. [Station to Station](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-station-to-station/) — David Bowie · solo by Earl Slick · 1976
9. [Suffragette City](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-suffragette-city/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1972
10. [Boys Keep Swinging](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-boys-keep-swinging/) — David Bowie · solo by Adrian Belew · 1979
11. [China Girl](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-china-girl/) — David Bowie · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983
12. [Panic in Detroit](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-panic-in-detroit/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1973
13. [Stay](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-stay/) — David Bowie · solo by Earl Slick · 1976
14. [It's No Game (Part 1)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-it-s-no-game-part-1/) — David Bowie · solo by Robert Fripp · 1980
15. [Looking for Satellites](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-looking-for-satellites/) — David Bowie · solo by Reeves Gabrels · 1997
16. [Queen Bitch](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-queen-bitch/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1971
17. [Cracked Actor](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-cracked-actor/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1973
18. [Beauty and the Beast](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-beauty-and-the-beast/) — David Bowie · solo by Robert Fripp · 1977

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