The Best Guitar Solo Songs for a Road Trip

Big choruses and bigger solos: hit singles and radio favorites, in consensus order, built for turning the volume up.

1. 1
   Sweet Child O' Mine

   Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987
2. 2
   Bohemian Rhapsody

   Queen · solo by Brian May · 1975
3. 3
   Sultans of Swing

   Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1978
4. 4
   Beat It

   Michael Jackson · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1982
5. 5
   Johnny B. Goode

   Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1958
6. 6
   Whole Lotta Love

   Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1969
7. 7
   Alive

   Pearl Jam · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
8. 8
   Pride and Joy

   Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1983
9. 9
   The Thrill Is Gone

   B.B. King · solo by B.B. King · 1969
10. 10
    Reelin' in the Years

    Steely Dan · solo by Elliott Randall · 1972
11. 11
    Purple Haze

    Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967
12. 12
    Killing In The Name

    Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1992
13. 13
    You Really Got Me

    The Kinks · solo by Dave Davies · 1964
14. 14
    Back in Black

    AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1980
15. 15
    Walk This Way

    Aerosmith · solo by Joe Perry · 1975
16. 16
    Smells Like Teen Spirit

    Nirvana · solo by Kurt Cobain · 1991
17. 17
    Smoke on the Water

    Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1972
18. 18
    Killer Queen

    Queen · solo by Brian May · 1974
19. 19
    Sharp Dressed Man

    ZZ Top · solo by Billy Gibbons · 1983
20. 20
    Money

    Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1973
21. 21
    Paranoid

    Black Sabbath · solo by Tony Iommi · 1970
22. 22
    All Right Now

    Free · solo by Paul Kossoff · 1970
23. 23
    You Shook Me All Night Long

    AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1980
24. 24
    I Believe In A Thing Called Love

    The Darkness · solo by Dan Hawkins & Justin Hawkins · 2003
25. 25
    Jump

    Van Halen · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1984
26. 26
    Paradise City

    Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987
27. 27
    Sunshine of Your Love

    Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1967
28. 28
    Scar Tissue

    Red Hot Chili Peppers · solo by John Frusciante · 1999
29. 29
    More Than a Feeling

    Boston · solo by Tom Scholz · 1976
30. 30
    My Sharona

    The Knack · solo by Berton Averre · 1979
31. 31
    That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2

    The Isley Brothers · solo by Ernie Isley · 1973
32. 32
    Rosanna

    Toto · solo by Steve Lukather · 1982
33. 33
    (Don't Fear) The Reaper

    Blue Öyster Cult · solo by Buck Dharma · 1976
34. 34
    Thunderstruck

    AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1990
35. 35
    Enter Sandman

    Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1991
36. 36
    Rock Around the Clock

    Bill Haley & His Comets · solo by Danny Cedrone · 1954
37. 37
    Rebel Yell

    Billy Idol · solo by Steve Stevens · 1983
38. 38
    Apache

    The Shadows · solo by Hank Marvin · 1960
39. 39
    Little Red Corvette

    Prince · solo by Dez Dickerson · 1983
40. 40
    Whiskey in the Jar

    Thin Lizzy · solo by Eric Bell · 1972
41. 41
    The Boys Are Back In Town

    Thin Lizzy · solo by Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson · 1976
42. 42
    Let's Go Crazy

    Prince and the Revolution · solo by Prince · 1984
43. 43
    Black Hole Sun

    Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994
44. 44
    Dani California

    Red Hot Chili Peppers · solo by John Frusciante · 2006
45. 45
    The Final Countdown

    Europe · solo by John Norum · 1986
46. 46
    Honky Tonk Women

    The Rolling Stones · solo by Keith Richards · 1969
47. 47
    Cult of Personality

    Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1988
48. 48
    School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)

    Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1957
49. 49
    Love Spreads

    The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1994
50. 50
    Roundabout

    Yes · solo by Steve Howe · 1971