# The Best Tapping Guitar Solos

> The Best Tapping Guitar Solos: #1 is Eruption by Van Halen, then Beat It and One. Every video starts at the solo. 16 solos, ranked.

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Two-handed technique after Eruption.

1. [Eruption](https://greatestsolos.com/song/van-halen-eruption/) — Van Halen · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1978
2. [Beat It](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-jackson-beat-it/) — Michael Jackson · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1982
3. [One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-one/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1988
4. [Surfing with the Alien](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-surfing-with-the-alien/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987
5. [Hot for Teacher](https://greatestsolos.com/song/van-halen-hot-for-teacher/) — Van Halen · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1984
6. [Satch Boogie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-satch-boogie/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987
7. [Jump](https://greatestsolos.com/song/van-halen-jump/) — Van Halen · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1984
8. [Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mr-big-daddy-brother-lover-little-boy/) — Mr. Big · solo by Paul Gilbert · 1991
9. [Mean Street](https://greatestsolos.com/song/van-halen-mean-street/) — Van Halen · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 1981
10. [Reapers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/muse-reapers/) — Muse · solo by Matt Bellamy · 2015
11. [Turn Up the Radio](https://greatestsolos.com/song/autograph-turn-up-the-radio/) — Autograph · solo by Steve Lynch · 1984
12. [Dancing with the Moonlit Knight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/genesis-dancing-with-the-moonlit-knight/) — Genesis · solo by Steve Hackett · 1973
13. [Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-flight-of-the-wounded-bumblebee/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1990
14. [Seventeen](https://greatestsolos.com/song/winger-seventeen/) — Winger · solo by Reb Beach · 1988
15. [China Town](https://greatestsolos.com/song/van-halen-china-town/) — Van Halen · solo by Eddie Van Halen · 2012
16. [Mr Ed](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mammoth-wvh-mr-ed/) — Mammoth WVH · solo by Wolfgang Van Halen · 2021

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