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I Want You to Want Me

Cheap Trick · 1978 · solo by Rick Nielsen
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I Want You to Want Me

Cheap Trick, 1978, from Cheap Trick at Budokan. Solo by Rick Nielsen.

The live version turned a jaunty studio track into a smash, and Nielsen's punchy break rides on the roar of the Tokyo crowd.

I Want You to Want Me by Cheap Trick is #6 in our ranking of the best Cheap Trick guitar solos. The solo is played by Rick Nielsen and the song was released in 1978.

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    Who played the guitar solo on I Want You to Want Me?

    Rick Nielsen played the solo on Cheap Trick's I Want You to Want Me (1978).