# Thing Called Love guitar solo > The guitar solo on Thing Called Love by Bonnie Raitt (1989) starts at about 2:02. From the album Nick of Time. Ranked #411 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Bonnie Raitt, 1989, from *Nick of Time*. Solo by *Bonnie Raitt*. Her comeback-era take on John Hiatt's song rides a greasy slide riff, and the solo shows how much bite a compressed, clean Strat slide can have. Thing Called Love by Bonnie Raitt is ranked #411 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Bonnie Raitt and the song was released in 1989. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #7 (Guitar World (Joe Bonamassa)). ## In our lists - [The Best Bonnie Raitt Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/bonnie-raitt-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1989](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1989/) — #6 ## Sources - [Guitar World (Joe Bonamassa): Joe Bonamassa's guide to 10 of the best blues-rock guitar solos of all time](https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/joe-bonamassas-guide-to-10-of-the-best-blues-rock-guitar-solos-of-all-time) — #7 - [uDiscover Music: The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time: 108 Amazing Moments](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/) — #68 ### Who played the guitar solo on Thing Called Love? Bonnie Raitt played the solo on Bonnie Raitt's Thing Called Love (1989). ### What guitar was used on the Thing Called Love solo? A fender stratocaster "brownie", according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Thing Called Love rank among the greatest guitar solos? #411 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/)