Over the Mountain guitar solo
Ozzy Osbourne, 1981, from Diary of a Madman. Solo by Randy Rhoads.
A lightning-fast solo that stays melodic even at full speed. Rhoads' rhythm riff is just as iconic.
Over the Mountain by Ozzy Osbourne is ranked #136 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Randy Rhoads and the song was released in 1981. It appears on 4 lists, placing as high as #8 (Seymour Duncan).
In our lists
- The Best Randy Rhoads Guitar Solos — #3
- The Best Ozzy Osbourne Guitar Solos — #3
- Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1981 — #3
Sources
- Seymour Duncan: Reader's Choice Top 10 Guitar Solos — #8
- Radio Beat: 88 kytarových sól na Beatu — #49
- Digital Dream Door: 250 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos — #54
- Magazyn Gitarzysta: 100 solówek wszech czasów [100 solos of all time] — #80
Who played the guitar solo on Over the Mountain?
Randy Rhoads played the solo on Ozzy Osbourne's Over the Mountain (1981).
Where does Over the Mountain rank among the greatest guitar solos?
#136 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 4 of them.