# The Best Radiohead Guitar Solos

> The 16 best Radiohead guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Paranoid Android (1997), then Just and Creep. Every video starts at the solo.

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Radiohead rethought what rock guitar could do, with Jonny Greenwood's jagged bursts of noise and textures often replacing traditional solos. Their three-guitar interplay made the instrument a tool for atmosphere as much as virtuosity.

Informed by: [Guitar.com](https://guitar.com/features/radioheads-10-greatest-guitar-moments-ranked/), [MusicRadar](https://www.musicradar.com/news/jonny-greenwood-reveals-his-favourite-radiohead-guitar-part-im-more-proud-of-what-weve-written-than-how-i-play)

1. [Paranoid Android](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-paranoid-android/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1997
2. [Just](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-just/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1995
3. [Creep](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-creep/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1992
4. [My Iron Lung](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-my-iron-lung/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1995
5. [Airbag](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-airbag/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1997
6. [Bodysnatchers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-bodysnatchers/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 2007
7. [Weird Fishes/Arpeggi](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-weird-fishes-arpeggi/) — Radiohead · solo by Ed O'Brien · 2007
8. [2 + 2 = 5](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-2-2-5/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 2003
9. [Anyone Can Play Guitar](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-anyone-can-play-guitar/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1993
10. [Electioneering](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-electioneering/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1997
11. [Street Spirit (Fade Out)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-street-spirit-fade-out/) — Radiohead · solo by Ed O'Brien · 1995
12. [Lucky](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-lucky/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1997
13. [Knives Out](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-knives-out/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 2001
14. [Planet Telex](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-planet-telex/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1995
15. [Blow Out](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-blow-out/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 1993
16. [Jigsaw Falling into Place](https://greatestsolos.com/song/radiohead-jigsaw-falling-into-place/) — Radiohead · solo by Jonny Greenwood · 2007

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