# Livin' on a Prayer guitar solo > Richie Sambora's guitar solo on Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi (1986) starts at 2:22. From the album Slippery When Wet. A glam metal classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Bon Jovi, 1986, from *Slippery When Wet*. Solo by *Richie Sambora*. The talk-box riff is instantly recognizable, and the compact solo delivers a burst of melodic shred before the key-change finale. Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi is #2 in our ranking of the best Bon Jovi guitar solos. The solo is played by Richie Sambora and the song was released in 1986. ## In our lists - [The Best Bon Jovi Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/bon-jovi-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [The Greatest Talk Box Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/talk-box-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Livin' on a Prayer? Richie Sambora played the solo on Bon Jovi's Livin' on a Prayer (1986). --- 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/)