# Seven Doors Hotel guitar solo > John Norum's guitar solo on Seven Doors Hotel by Europe (1983) starts at about 2:40. From the album Europe. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Europe, 1983, from *Europe*. Solo by *John Norum*. A teenage Norum rips through a fiery, NWOBHM-flavoured solo full of fast pentatonic flurries and wailing bends. It announced him as one of Scandinavia's great young players. Seven Doors Hotel by Europe is #3 in our ranking of the best Europe guitar solos. The solo is played by John Norum and the song was released in 1983. ## In our lists - [The Best Europe Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/europe-guitar-solos/) — #3 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Seven Doors Hotel? John Norum played the solo on Europe's Seven Doors Hotel (1983). --- 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/)