# Given to Fly guitar solo > Mike McCready's guitar solo on Given to Fly by Pearl Jam (1997) starts at about 3:05. From the album Yield. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: Pearl Jam, 1997, from *Yield*. Solo by *Mike McCready*. McCready wrote the music in an open D variation, and the song rises to a soaring guitar climax that captures its sense of lift-off. Given to Fly by Pearl Jam is #4 in our ranking of the best Pearl Jam guitar solos. The solo is played by Mike McCready and the song was released in 1997. ## In our lists - [The Best Pearl Jam Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/pearl-jam-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1997](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1997/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Given to Fly? Mike McCready played the solo on Pearl Jam's Given to Fly (1997). ### What guitar was used on the Given to Fly solo? A gibson les paul, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)