# The Best Prince Guitar Solos > The 17 best Prince guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Purple Rain (1984), then While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Let's Go Crazy. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Prince was a multi-instrumentalist whose guitar playing combined Hendrix fire, funk precision and pop flair. His solos, from Purple Rain to his tribute to George Harrison, rank among the most celebrated ever recorded. Informed by: [Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/princes-15-best-guitar-tracks), [Guitar.com](https://guitar.com/features/princes-greatest-guitar-moments-ranked/), [Far Out Magazine](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/princes-five-greatest-guitar-solos/) 1. [Purple Rain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-purple-rain/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1984 2. [While My Guitar Gently Weeps](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 2004 3. [Let's Go Crazy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-and-the-revolution-lets-go-crazy/) — Prince and the Revolution · solo by Prince · 1984 4. [Computer Blue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-and-the-revolution-computer-blue/) — Prince and the Revolution · solo by Prince · 1984 5. [The Cross](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-the-cross/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1987 6. [I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-i-could-never-take-the-place-of-your-man/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1987 7. [Bambi](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-bambi/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1979 8. [Guitar](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-guitar/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 2007 9. [Joy in Repetition](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-joy-in-repetition/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1990 10. [Shhh](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-shhh/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1995 11. [Endorphinmachine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-endorphinmachine/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1995 12. [Dreamer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-dreamer/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 2009 13. [The Ride](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-the-ride/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1996 14. [When Doves Cry](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-and-the-revolution-when-doves-cry/) — Prince and the Revolution · solo by Prince · 1984 15. [Little Red Corvette](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-little-red-corvette/) — Prince · solo by Dez Dickerson · 1983 16. [Peach](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-peach/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1993 17. [Plectrumelectrum](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-and-3rdeyegirl-plectrumelectrum/) — Prince and 3rdEyeGirl · solo by Prince · 2014 --- 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/)