# Over the Mountain guitar solo > Randy Rhoads's guitar solo on Over the Mountain by Ozzy Osbourne (1981) starts at 2:26. From the album Diary of a Madman. Canonical URL: 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](https://greatestsolos.com/list/randy-rhoads-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [The Best Ozzy Osbourne Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/ozzy-osbourne-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1981](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1981/) — #3 ## Sources - [Seymour Duncan: Reader's Choice Top 10 Guitar Solos](https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/the-players-room/readers-choice-top-10-guitar-solos) — #8 - [Radio Beat: 88 kytarových sól na Beatu](https://www.radiobeat.cz/cs/1/17168/88-kytarovych-sol-na-beatu/) — #49 - [Digital Dream Door: 250 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitarsolo.html) — #54 - [Magazyn Gitarzysta: 100 solówek wszech czasów \[100 solos of all time\]](https://magazyngitarzysta.pl/muzyka/wywiady/1928-100-solowek-wszech-czasow) — #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. --- 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/)