# Moonlight Shadow guitar solo > The guitar solo on Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield (1983) starts at about 1:58. From the album Crises. Ranked #569 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Mike Oldfield, 1983, from *Crises*. Solo by *Mike Oldfield*. A worldwide hit whose sparkling, melodic solo is one of the most recognizable guitar breaks in eighties pop. Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield is ranked #569 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Mike Oldfield and the song was released in 1983. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #243 (Digital Dream Door). ## In our lists - [The Best Mike Oldfield Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mike-oldfield-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1983](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1983/) — #11 ## Sources - [Digital Dream Door: 250 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitarsolo.html) — #243 ### Who played the guitar solo on Moonlight Shadow? Mike Oldfield played the solo on Mike Oldfield's Moonlight Shadow (1983). ### Where does Moonlight Shadow rank among the greatest guitar solos? #569 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/)