# Heaven's on Fire guitar solo > Mark St. John's guitar solo on Heaven's on Fire by Kiss (1984) starts at about 1:58. From the album Animalize. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Kiss, 1984, from *Animalize*. Solo by *Mark St. John*. Mark St. John's short tenure yielded this slick, whammy-laden burst of technique on one of the band's biggest 1980s hits. Heaven's on Fire by Kiss is #15 in our ranking of the best Kiss guitar solos. The solo is played by Mark St. John and the song was released in 1984. ## In our lists - [The Best Kiss Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/kiss-guitar-solos/) — #15 - [Who Really Played That Solo? Solos Not Played by the Guitarist You'd Expect](https://greatestsolos.com/list/who-really-played-that-solo/) — #19 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Heaven's on Fire? Mark St. John played the solo on Kiss's Heaven's on Fire (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/)