# Believer guitar solo > Randy Rhoads's guitar solo on Believer by Ozzy Osbourne (1981) starts at about 2:56. From the album Diary of a Madman. A heavy metal classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Ozzy Osbourne, 1981, from *Diary of a Madman*. Solo by *Randy Rhoads*. A heavy, ominous riff and a solo full of dramatic flourishes. Shows his darker side. Believer by Ozzy Osbourne is #12 in our ranking of the best Randy Rhoads guitar solos. The solo is played by Randy Rhoads and the song was released in 1981. ## In our lists - [The Best Randy Rhoads Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/randy-rhoads-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Believer? Randy Rhoads played the solo on Ozzy Osbourne's Believer (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/)