# Hot Love guitar solo > The guitar solo on Hot Love by Cheap Trick (1977) starts at about 1:25. From the album Cheap Trick. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Cheap Trick, 1977, from *Cheap Trick*. Solo by *Rick Nielsen*. The debut's opener bursts with frantic energy and a speedy, trebly lead break that set the band's live-wire template. Hot Love by Cheap Trick is #9 in our ranking of the best Cheap Trick guitar solos. The solo is played by Rick Nielsen and the song was released in 1977. ## In our lists - [The Best Cheap Trick Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/cheap-trick-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Hot Love? Rick Nielsen played the solo on Cheap Trick's Hot Love (1977). --- 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/)