# Physical guitar solo > Steve Lukather's guitar solo on Physical by Olivia Newton-John (1981) starts at about 2:42. From the album Physical. A pop classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Olivia Newton-John, 1981, from *Physical*. Solo by *Steve Lukather*. Lukather's rocking solos lead into the final chorus and close out one of the biggest pop hits of the decade. Session playing at its most effective. Physical by Olivia Newton-John is #9 in our ranking of the best Steve Lukather guitar solos. The solo is played by Steve Lukather and the song was released in 1981. ## In our lists - [The Best Steve Lukather Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/steve-lukather-guitar-solos/) — #9 - [Pop Songs You Didn't Know Had a Guitar Solo](https://greatestsolos.com/list/pop-songs-with-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Session Players' Greatest Solos: The Hired Guns Behind the Hits](https://greatestsolos.com/list/session-guitarists-greatest-solos/) — #20 ## Sources - [MusicRadar / Total Guitar: 30 killer pop guitar solos (2011)](https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/30-killer-pop-guitar-solos-457827) ### Who played the guitar solo on Physical? Steve Lukather played the solo on Olivia Newton-John's Physical (1981). --- 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/)