# Cradle of Love guitar solo

> Mark Younger-Smith's guitar solo on Cradle of Love by Billy Idol (1990) starts at about 2:55. From the album Charmed Life. A hard rock classic from the 1990s.

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Billy Idol, 1990, from *Charmed Life*. Solo by *Mark Younger-Smith*.

With Stevens absent, Mark Younger-Smith delivers a snappy, bluesy rock-and-roll solo with rockabilly-flavoured bends. It gave Idol one of his biggest hits of the decade.

Cradle of Love by Billy Idol is #13 in our ranking of the best Billy Idol guitar solos. The solo is played by Mark Younger-Smith and the song was released in 1990.

## In our lists

- [The Best Billy Idol Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/billy-idol-guitar-solos/) — #13

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Cradle of Love?

Mark Younger-Smith played the solo on Billy Idol's Cradle of Love (1990).

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