# Famous Guest Guitar Solos: Legends on Someone Else's Record > Famous Guest Guitar Solos: Legends on Someone Else's Record: #1 is While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles, then Beat It and Give In to Me. Canonical URL: Some of the most famous guitar solos were played by someone whose name is not on the record sleeve. Eddie Van Halen on Michael Jackson's Beat It, Eric Clapton on The Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Slash on Give In to Me, Stevie Ray Vaughan on David Bowie's Let's Dance: here are the guest spots where a guitar legend walked into someone else's session and left the most memorable part of the song. Every video starts right at the solo. 1. [While My Guitar Gently Weeps](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beatles-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/) — The Beatles · solo by Eric Clapton · 1968 2. [Beat It](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-jackson-beat-it/) — Michael Jackson · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1982 3. [Give In to Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-jackson-give-in-to-me/) — Michael Jackson · solo by Slash · 1991 4. [Dirty Diana](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-jackson-dirty-diana/) — Michael Jackson · solo by Steve Stevens · 1987 5. [Let's Dance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-lets-dance/) — David Bowie · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983 6. [China Girl](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-china-girl/) — David Bowie · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983 7. [Private Dancer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tina-turner-private-dancer/) — Tina Turner · solo by Jeff Beck · 1984 8. [You and I](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lady-gaga-you-and-i/) — Lady Gaga · solo by Brian May · 2011 9. [No More Lonely Nights](https://greatestsolos.com/song/paul-mccartney-no-more-lonely-nights/) — Paul McCartney · solo by David Gilmour · 1984 10. [Always on the Run](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lenny-kravitz-always-on-the-run/) — Lenny Kravitz · solo by Slash · 1991 11. [Fields of Joy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lenny-kravitz-fields-of-joy/) — Lenny Kravitz · solo by Slash · 1991 12. [Lookin' for Another Pure Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stevie-wonder-lookin-for-another-pure-love/) — Stevie Wonder · solo by Jeff Beck · 1972 13. [To Zion](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lauryn-hill-to-zion/) — Lauryn Hill · solo by Carlos Santana · 1998 14. [When Love Comes to Town](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-when-love-comes-to-town/) — U2 · solo by B.B. King · 1988 15. [The Ghost of Tom Joad](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bruce-springsteen-the-ghost-of-tom-joad/) — Bruce Springsteen · solo by Tom Morello · 2014 16. [(Nothing But) Flowers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-nothing-but-flowers/) — Talking Heads · solo by Johnny Marr · 1988 17. [Time Out of Mind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steely-dan-time-out-of-mind/) — Steely Dan · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1980 18. [Pyramids](https://greatestsolos.com/song/frank-ocean-pyramids/) — Frank Ocean · solo by John Mayer · 2012 19. [Mustang Sally](https://greatestsolos.com/song/buddy-guy-mustang-sally/) — Buddy Guy · solo by Jeff Beck · 1991 20. [The Healer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-the-healer/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by Carlos Santana · 1989 21. [Outside](https://greatestsolos.com/song/foo-fighters-outside/) — Foo Fighters · solo by Joe Walsh · 2014 22. [Paraguay](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-pop-paraguay/) — Iggy Pop · solo by Josh Homme · 2016 ## Quick answers ### Who played the guitar solo on Beat It? Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo on Michael Jackson's Beat It (1982). It is #15 in our Consensus Top 100 and features his tapping technique. ### Who played the guitar solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps? Eric Clapton played the lead guitar on The Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968), as a guest on George Harrison's song. It ranks #12 in our Consensus Top 100. ### Did Slash play on Michael Jackson songs? Yes. Slash plays the guitar solo on Give In to Me (1991). He also guests on Lenny Kravitz's Always on the Run and Fields of Joy (1991). --- 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/)