The Most-Taught Solos

Ranked by how many people have watched the top YouTube lesson for each solo: the parts guitarists most want to learn.

1. 1
   Nothing Else Matters

   Metallica · solo by James Hetfield · 1991
2. 2
   Hotel California

   Eagles · solo by Don Felder & Joe Walsh · 1976
3. 3
   Smells Like Teen Spirit

   Nirvana · solo by Kurt Cobain · 1991
4. 4
   Stairway to Heaven

   Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1971
5. 5
   Sweet Child O' Mine

   Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987
6. 6
   Back in Black

   AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1980
7. 7
   Sweet Home Alabama

   Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Ed King · 1974
8. 8
   Johnny B. Goode

   Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1958
9. 9
   Enter Sandman

   Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1991
10. 10
    Seven Nation Army

    The White Stripes · solo by Jack White · 2003
11. 11
    Bat Country

    Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2005
12. 12
    Crazy Train

    Ozzy Osbourne · solo by Randy Rhoads · 1980
13. 13
    Sultans of Swing

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1978
14. 14
    One

    Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1988
15. 15
    Fade to Black

    Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1984
16. 16
    Master of Puppets

    Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1986
17. 17
    Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

    John Mayer · solo by John Mayer · 2006
18. 18
    Heart-Shaped Box

    Nirvana · solo by Kurt Cobain · 1993
19. 19
    Thunderstruck

    AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1990
20. 20
    Simple Man

    Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Gary Rossington · 1973
21. 21
    Comfortably Numb

    Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1979
22. 22
    Purple Haze

    Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967
23. 23
    Little Wing

    Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967
24. 24
    Purple Rain

    Prince · solo by Prince · 1984
25. 25
    Wanted Dead or Alive

    Bon Jovi · solo by Richie Sambora · 1987
26. 26
    Never Going Back Again

    Fleetwood Mac · solo by Lindsey Buckingham · 1977
27. 27
    Beat It

    Michael Jackson · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1982
28. 28
    Roundabout

    Yes · solo by Steve Howe · 1971
29. 29
    More Than a Feeling

    Boston · solo by Tom Scholz · 1976
30. 30
    Paranoid

    Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
31. 31
    Nutshell

    Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1994
32. 32
    Pride and Joy

    Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983
33. 33
    All Along the Watchtower

    Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968
34. 34
    Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

    Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968
35. 35
    November Rain

    Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991
36. 36
    Scar Tissue

    Red Hot Chili Peppers · solo by John Frusciante · 1999
37. 37
    Californication

    Red Hot Chili Peppers · solo by John Frusciante · 1999
38. 38
    Bohemian Rhapsody

    Queen · solo by Brian May · 1975
39. 39
    Plush

    Stone Temple Pilots · solo by Dean DeLeo · 1992
40. 40
    Whole Lotta Love

    Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1969
41. 41
    I Ran (So Far Away)

    A Flock of Seagulls · solo by Paul Reynolds · 1982
42. 42
    Eruption

    Van Halen · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1978
43. 43
    La Grange

    ZZ Top · solo by Billy Gibbons · 1973
44. 44
    Sunshine of Your Love

    Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1967
45. 45
    Paradise City

    Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987
46. 46
    Limelight

    Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1981
47. 47
    Playing God

    Polyphia · solo by Tim Henson & Scott LePage · 2022
48. 48
    Free Bird

    Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins & Gary Rossington · 1973
49. 49
    The Unforgiven

    Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1991
50. 50
    You Shook Me All Night Long

    AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1980