# Burnin' for You guitar solo > Buck Dharma's guitar solo on Burnin' for You by Blue Öyster Cult (1981) starts at about 2:30. From the album Fire of Unknown Origin. Canonical URL: Blue Öyster Cult, 1981, from *Fire of Unknown Origin*. Solo by *Buck Dharma*. A radio staple with a compact, hooky solo that shows Dharma's gift for melodic economy and smooth, polished tone. Burnin' for You by Blue Öyster Cult is ranked #510 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Buck Dharma and the song was released in 1981. ## In our lists - [The Best Blue Öyster Cult Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/blue-oyster-cult-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1981](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1981/) — #12 ## Sources - [Musician Tuts: The 51 Best Guitar Solos Of All Time](https://musiciantuts.com/best-guitar-solos/) ### Who played the guitar solo on Burnin' for You? Buck Dharma played the solo on Blue Öyster Cult's Burnin' for You (1981). ### Where does Burnin' for You rank among the greatest guitar solos? #510 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)