# Home Sweet Home guitar solo > Mick Mars's guitar solo on Home Sweet Home by Mötley Crüe (1985) starts at about 2:14. From the album Theatre of Pain. A glam metal classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Mötley Crüe, 1985, from *Theatre of Pain*. Solo by *Mick Mars*. The power ballad's solo is short but soaring, a melodic climb that became a template for countless '80s ballads. Home Sweet Home by Mötley Crüe is #3 in our ranking of the best Mötley Crüe guitar solos. The solo is played by Mick Mars and the song was released in 1985. ## In our lists - [The Best Mötley Crüe Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/motley-crue-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1985](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1985/) — #15 ## Sources - [Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/hair-metal-guitar-solos/) — #15 ### Who played the guitar solo on Home Sweet Home? Mick Mars played the solo on Mötley Crüe's Home Sweet Home (1985). --- 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/)