# The Cross guitar solo > The guitar solo on The Cross by Prince (1987) starts at about 3:25. From the album Sign o' the Times. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Prince, 1987, from *Sign o' the Times*. Solo by *Prince*. A spiritual song that builds from a drone into a crushing, distorted climax of guitar. The Cross by Prince is #5 in our ranking of the best Prince guitar solos. The solo is played by Prince and the song was released in 1987. ## In our lists - [The Best Prince Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/prince-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Cross? Prince played the solo on Prince's The Cross (1987). --- 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/)