# Goin' Crazy! guitar solo > Steve Vai's guitar solo on Goin' Crazy! by David Lee Roth (1986) starts at about 2:34. Ranked #427 of all time across 80 lists. A glam classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: David Lee Roth, 1986. Solo by *Steve Vai*. Vai's playful, horn-backed solo mixes precise legato with the comic sound effects he became known for. Goin' Crazy! is one of the brightest, most playful tracks on Eat 'Em and Smile, complete with horns, and Steve Vai's solo matches that spirit. He mixes precise legato runs with the comic sound effects he became known for, making the guitar seem to laugh, squeal and talk back. Beneath the humour, the solo is carefully built, with each gag set up by a clear, melodic phrase. It showed how Vai could bring personality and wit to virtuoso playing, a quality that set him apart from many shredders of the era. Listen for the moments where the guitar mimics a voice, then slides straight back into a clean, fluid run. Goin' Crazy! by David Lee Roth is ranked #427 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Steve Vai and the song was released in 1986. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #65 (Magazyn Gitarzysta). ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Glam Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/glam/) — #20 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1986](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1986/) — #9 ## Sources - [Magazyn Gitarzysta: 100 solówek wszech czasów \[100 solos of all time\]](https://magazyngitarzysta.pl/muzyka/wywiady/1928-100-solowek-wszech-czasow) — #65 ### Who played the guitar solo on Goin' Crazy!? Steve Vai played the solo on David Lee Roth's Goin' Crazy! (1986). ### Where does Goin' Crazy! rank among the greatest guitar solos? #427 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/)