Genre Champions

The #1 solo from each of our 34 genre lists, from bluegrass to thrash. A song that tops more than one genre appears once.

1. 1
   Paranoid Android

   Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1997
2. 2
   Black Mountain Rag

   Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1964
3. 3
   Layla

   Derek and the Dominos · solo by Eric Clapton & Duane Allman · 1970
4. 4
   The Thrill Is Gone

   B.B. King · solo by B.B. King · 1969
5. 5
   I Am The Resurrection

   The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989
6. 6
   Stairway to Heaven

   Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1971
7. 7
   Cler Achel

   Tinariwen · solo by Tinariwen · 2007
8. 8
   Entre dos aguas

   Paco de Lucía · solo by Paco de Lucía · 1973
9. 9
   The Calvary Cross

   Richard & Linda Thompson · solo by Richard Thompson · 1975
10. 10
    Maggot Brain

    Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1971
11. 11
    Cause We've Ended As Lovers

    Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1975
12. 12
    Moonage Daydream

    David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1972
13. 13
    Alive

    Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
14. 14
    Eruption

    Van Halen · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1978
15. 15
    Marquee Moon

    Television · solo by Tom Verlaine · 1977
16. 16
    Whipping Post

    The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Duane Allman & Dickey Betts · 1971
17. 17
    Four on Six

    Wes Montgomery · solo by Wes Montgomery · 1960
18. 18
    Samba Pa Ti

    Santana · solo by Carlos Santana · 1970
19. 19
    Crazy Train

    Ozzy Osbourne · solo by Randy Rhoads · 1980
20. 20
    Pyramids

    Frank Ocean · solo by John Mayer · 2012
21. 21
    How Soon Is Now?

    The Smiths · solo by Johnny Marr · 1984
22. 22
    Beat It

    Michael Jackson · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1982
23. 23
    My Sharona

    The Knack · solo by Berton Averre · 1979
24. 24
    Comfortably Numb

    Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1979
25. 25
    Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

    Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968
26. 26
    Johnny B. Goode

    Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1958
27. 27
    Ball and Biscuit

    The White Stripes · solo by Jack White · 2003
28. 28
    The Train Kept A-Rollin'

    Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio · solo by Paul Burlison · 1956
29. 29
    Free Bird

    Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins & Gary Rossington · 1973
30. 30
    Misirlou

    Dick Dale & the Del-Tones · solo by Dick Dale · 1962
31. 31
    One

    Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1988