# The Edge: The Best Guitar Solos

> The 17 best The Edge guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Bullet the Blue Sky (1987), then Love Is Blindness and The Fly. Every video starts at the solo.

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The Edge turned delay pedals and ringing harmonics into a sound as recognizable as any voice in rock, building U2's anthems from minimal notes. When he does step out for a solo, it tends to be a textural, emotional statement rather than a display of speed.

Informed by: [CultureSonar](https://www.culturesonar.com/the-top-5-solos-by-the-edge/), [U2 Interference](https://www.u2interference.com/threads/edges-top-ten-guitar-solos.94727/), [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edge)

1. [Bullet the Blue Sky](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-bullet-the-blue-sky/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1987
2. [Love Is Blindness](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-love-is-blindness/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1991
3. [The Fly](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-the-fly/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1991
4. [Until the End of the World](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-until-the-end-of-the-world/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1991
5. [Where the Streets Have No Name](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-where-the-streets-have-no-name/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1987
6. [Mysterious Ways](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-mysterious-ways/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1991
7. [I Will Follow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-i-will-follow/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1980
8. [Sunday Bloody Sunday](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-sunday-bloody-sunday/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1983
9. [Pride (In the Name of Love)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-pride-in-the-name-of-love/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1984
10. [Bad](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-bad/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1984
11. [Exit](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-exit/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1987
12. [Elevation](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-elevation/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 2000
13. [Gone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-gone/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1997
14. [Vertigo](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-vertigo/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 2004
15. [Beautiful Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-beautiful-day/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 2000
16. [Silver and Gold](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-silver-and-gold/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1988
17. [One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-one/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1991

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