# 2 Minutes to Midnight guitar solo > Adrian Smith, Dave Murray's guitar solo on 2 Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden (1984) starts at about 2:41. From the album Powerslave. Canonical URL: Iron Maiden, 1984, from *Powerslave*. Solo by *Adrian Smith, Dave Murray*. A riff-driven single with a mid-section full of trading leads, from Smith's bluesy bends to Murray's legato runs. 2 Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden is #11 in our ranking of the best Iron Maiden guitar solos. The solo is played by Adrian Smith, Dave Murray and the song was released in 1984. ## In our lists - [The Best Iron Maiden Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/iron-maiden-guitar-solos/) — #11 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on 2 Minutes to Midnight? Adrian Smith, Dave Murray played the solo on Iron Maiden's 2 Minutes to Midnight (1984). --- 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/)