# Boys Keep Swinging guitar solo > Adrian Belew's guitar solo on Boys Keep Swinging by David Bowie (1979) starts at about 2:30. From the album Lodger. A art rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: David Bowie, 1979, from *Lodger*. Solo by *Adrian Belew*. The chaotic, deliberately unhinged guitar solo was played with the band swapping instruments, giving it a thrilling amateur abandon. Boys Keep Swinging by David Bowie is #10 in our ranking of the best David Bowie guitar solos. The solo is played by Adrian Belew and the song was released in 1979. ## In our lists - [The Best David Bowie Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/david-bowie-guitar-solos/) — #10 - [The Best Adrian Belew Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/adrian-belew-guitar-solos/) — #3 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Boys Keep Swinging? Adrian Belew played the solo on David Bowie's Boys Keep Swinging (1979). --- 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/)