# The Best Guitar Solo in Every Genre > The Best Guitar Solo in Every Genre: #1 is Paranoid Android by Radiohead, then Black Mountain Rag and Layla. Every video starts at the solo. 31 solos, ranked. Canonical URL: 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. [Paranoid Android](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-paranoid-android/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1997 2. [Black Mountain Rag](https://greatestsolos.com/song/doc-watson-black-mountain-rag/) — Doc Watson · solo by Doc Watson · 1964 3. [Layla](https://greatestsolos.com/song/derek-and-the-dominos-layla/) — Derek and the Dominos · solo by Eric Clapton & Duane Allman · 1970 4. [The Thrill Is Gone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/b-b-king-the-thrill-is-gone/) — B.B. King · solo by B.B. King · 1969 5. [I Am The Resurrection](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stone-roses-i-am-the-resurrection/) — The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989 6. [Stairway to Heaven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven/) — Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1971 7. [Cler Achel](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tinariwen-cler-achel/) — Tinariwen · solo by Tinariwen · 2007 8. [Entre dos aguas](https://greatestsolos.com/song/paco-de-lucia-entre-dos-aguas/) — Paco de Lucía · solo by Paco de Lucía · 1973 9. [The Calvary Cross](https://greatestsolos.com/song/richard-linda-thompson-the-calvary-cross/) — Richard & Linda Thompson · solo by Richard Thompson · 1975 10. [Maggot Brain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/funkadelic-maggot-brain/) — Funkadelic · solo by Eddie Hazel · 1971 11. [Cause We've Ended As Lovers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jeff-beck-cause-we-ve-ended-as-lovers/) — Jeff Beck · solo by Jeff Beck · 1975 12. [Moonage Daydream](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-moonage-daydream/) — David Bowie · solo by Mick Ronson · 1972 13. [Alive](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pearl-jam-alive/) — Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991 14. [Eruption](https://greatestsolos.com/song/van-halen-eruption/) — Van Halen · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1978 15. [Marquee Moon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/television-marquee-moon/) — Television · solo by Tom Verlaine · 1977 16. [Whipping Post](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allman-brothers-band-whipping-post/) — The Allman Brothers Band · solo by Duane Allman & Dickey Betts · 1971 17. [Four on Six](https://greatestsolos.com/song/wes-montgomery-four-on-six/) — Wes Montgomery · solo by Wes Montgomery · 1960 18. [Samba Pa Ti](https://greatestsolos.com/song/santana-samba-pa-ti/) — Santana · solo by Carlos Santana · 1970 19. [Crazy Train](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ozzy-osbourne-crazy-train/) — Ozzy Osbourne · solo by Randy Rhoads · 1980 20. [Pyramids](https://greatestsolos.com/song/frank-ocean-pyramids/) — Frank Ocean · solo by John Mayer · 2012 21. [How Soon Is Now?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smiths-how-soon-is-now/) — The Smiths · solo by Johnny Marr · 1984 22. [Beat It](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-jackson-beat-it/) — Michael Jackson · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1982 23. [My Sharona](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-knack-my-sharona/) — The Knack · solo by Berton Averre · 1979 24. [Comfortably Numb](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-comfortably-numb/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1979 25. [Voodoo Child (Slight Return)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-voodoo-child-slight-return/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968 26. [Johnny B. Goode](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-johnny-b-goode/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1958 27. [Ball and Biscuit](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-white-stripes-ball-and-biscuit/) — The White Stripes · solo by Jack White · 2003 28. [The Train Kept A-Rollin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/johnny-burnette-and-the-rock-n-roll-trio-the-train-kept-a-rollin/) — Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio · solo by Paul Burlison · 1956 29. [Free Bird](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-free-bird/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins & Gary Rossington · 1973 30. [Misirlou](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dick-dale-the-del-tones-misirlou/) — Dick Dale & the Del-Tones · solo by Dick Dale · 1962 31. [One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-one/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1988 --- 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/)