# The 25 Best Power Pop Guitar Solos of All Time > The 25 best power pop guitar solos of all time, ranked. #1 is My Sharona by The Knack, then September Gurls and Baby Blue. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Power pop is built on hooks, and its best guitar solos work the same way: short, melodic and often catchy enough to hum. Few rankings focus on the genre's solos, so this list combines mentions in general solo polls with the songs that define the style, from Badfinger and Big Star to Cheap Trick and Weezer. Informed by: [Rolling Stone – The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitar-solos-1235519961/), [Classic Rock (Louder) – The 100 greatest guitar solos in rock](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-100-greatest-guitar-solos-in-rock), [Wikipedia – Power pop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_pop), [NME – 50 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.nme.com/lists/50-greatest-guitar-solos-1255), [Magazyn Gitarzysta – 100 solos of all time](https://magazyngitarzysta.pl/muzyka/wywiady/1928-100-solowek-wszech-czasow), [Guitar Tricks – 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/200-Best-Guitar-Solos-of-All-Time), [uDiscover Music – The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/) 1. [My Sharona](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-knack-my-sharona/) — The Knack · solo by Berton Averre · 1979 2. [September Gurls](https://greatestsolos.com/song/big-star-september-gurls/) — Big Star · solo by Alex Chilton · 1974 3. [Baby Blue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/badfinger-baby-blue/) — Badfinger · solo by Pete Ham · 1971 4. [Say It Ain't So](https://greatestsolos.com/song/weezer-say-it-aint-so/) — Weezer · solo by Rivers Cuomo · 1994 5. [Go All the Way](https://greatestsolos.com/song/raspberries-go-all-the-way/) — Raspberries · solo by Wally Bryson · 1972 6. [Day After Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/badfinger-day-after-day/) — Badfinger · solo by Pete Ham, George Harrison · 1971 7. [Surrender](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-surrender/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1978 8. [Just What I Needed](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-cars-just-what-i-needed/) — The Cars · solo by Elliot Easton · 1978 9. [Buddy Holly](https://greatestsolos.com/song/weezer-buddy-holly/) — Weezer · solo by Rivers Cuomo · 1994 10. [And Your Bird Can Sing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beatles-and-your-bird-can-sing/) — The Beatles · solo by George Harrison & Paul McCartney · 1966 11. [American Girl](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-american-girl/) — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers · solo by Mike Campbell · 1976 12. [No Matter What](https://greatestsolos.com/song/badfinger-no-matter-what/) — Badfinger · solo by Pete Ham · 1970 13. [Only in Dreams](https://greatestsolos.com/song/weezer-only-in-dreams/) — Weezer · solo by Rivers Cuomo · 1994 14. [Need Your Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-need-your-love/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1978 15. [Girlfriend](https://greatestsolos.com/song/matthew-sweet-girlfriend/) — Matthew Sweet · solo by Robert Quine · 1991 16. [Couldn't I Just Tell You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/todd-rundgren-couldnt-i-just-tell-you/) — Todd Rundgren · solo by Todd Rundgren · 1972 17. [Dream Police](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cheap-trick-dream-police/) — Cheap Trick · solo by Rick Nielsen · 1979 18. [Stacy's Mom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/fountains-of-wayne-stacys-mom/) — Fountains of Wayne · solo by Jody Porter · 2003 19. [The Concept](https://greatestsolos.com/song/teenage-fanclub-the-concept/) — Teenage Fanclub · solo by Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley · 1991 20. [Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/raspberries-overnight-sensation-hit-record/) — Raspberries · solo by Wally Bryson · 1974 21. [In the Street](https://greatestsolos.com/song/big-star-in-the-street/) — Big Star · solo by Chris Bell, Alex Chilton · 1972 22. [867-5309/Jenny](https://greatestsolos.com/song/tommy-tutone-867-5309-jenny/) — Tommy Tutone · solo by Jim Keller · 1981 23. [Cruel to Be Kind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/nick-lowe-cruel-to-be-kind/) — Nick Lowe · solo by Billy Bremner · 1979 24. [A Girl Like You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smithereens-a-girl-like-you/) — The Smithereens · solo by Jim Babjak · 1989 25. [Someday, Someway](https://greatestsolos.com/song/marshall-crenshaw-someday-someway/) — Marshall Crenshaw · solo by Marshall Crenshaw · 1982 --- 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/)