# The Best Pretenders Guitar Solos > The 15 best Pretenders guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Kid (1979), then Back on the Chain Gang and Talk of the Town. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: The Pretenders fused punk energy with pop craft, and James Honeyman-Scott's melodic, chiming leads were central to their early sound. After his death in 1982, Robbie McIntosh and guest Billy Bremner carried on his tradition of short, song-serving solos that are as hooky as the vocals. Informed by: [Guitar Player - James Honeyman-Scott on Chrissie Hynde's rhythm](https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/pretenders-guitarist-james-honeyman-scott-on-chrissie-hynde-s-weird-rhythm), [Wikipedia - James Honeyman-Scott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Honeyman-Scott), [Wikipedia - Back on the Chain Gang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_on_the_Chain_Gang), [Anyone Can Play Guitar - Kid](https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk/kid/) 1. [Kid](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pretenders-kid/) — Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1979 2. [Back on the Chain Gang](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-back-on-the-chain-gang/) — The Pretenders · solo by Billy Bremner · 1982 3. [Talk of the Town](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-talk-of-the-town/) — The Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1980 4. [Brass in Pocket](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-brass-in-pocket/) — The Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1979 5. [Tattooed Love Boys](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pretenders-tattooed-love-boys/) — Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1980 6. [Middle of the Road](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-middle-of-the-road/) — The Pretenders · solo by Robbie McIntosh · 1983 7. [Message of Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-message-of-love/) — The Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1981 8. [Precious](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-precious/) — The Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1980 9. [Up the Neck](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-up-the-neck/) — The Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1980 10. [Mystery Achievement](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-mystery-achievement/) — The Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1980 11. [My City Was Gone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-my-city-was-gone/) — The Pretenders · solo by Robbie McIntosh · 1982 12. [Don't Get Me Wrong](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-don-t-get-me-wrong/) — The Pretenders · solo by Robbie McIntosh · 1986 13. [The Wait](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-the-wait/) — The Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1980 14. [Day After Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-day-after-day/) — The Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1981 15. [I'll Stand by You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-pretenders-i-ll-stand-by-you/) — The Pretenders · solo by Adam Seymour · 1994 --- 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/)