# Paranoid guitar solo > Mark Farner's guitar solo on Paranoid by Grand Funk Railroad (1969) starts at about 3:00. From the album Grand Funk. A hard rock classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: Grand Funk Railroad, 1969, from *Grand Funk*. Solo by *Mark Farner*. Their own Paranoid, predating Sabbath's, is a long, heavy jam with some of Farner's most ferocious playing. Paranoid by Grand Funk Railroad is #4 in our ranking of the best Grand Funk Railroad guitar solos. The solo is played by Mark Farner and the song was released in 1969. ## In our lists - [The Best Grand Funk Railroad Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/grand-funk-railroad-guitar-solos/) — #4 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Paranoid? Mark Farner played the solo on Grand Funk Railroad's Paranoid (1969). --- 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/)