# We Will Rock You guitar solo > Brian May's guitar solo on We Will Rock You by Queen (1977) starts at about 1:26. From the album News of the World. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Queen, 1977, from *News of the World*. Solo by *Brian May*. After stomp-clap verses, May's solo bursts in with a raw, triumphant outro. We Will Rock You by Queen is #4 in our ranking of the best Brian May guitar solos. The solo is played by Brian May and the song was released in 1977. ## In our lists - [The Best Brian May Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/brian-may-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [The Best Queen Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/queen-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on We Will Rock You? Brian May played the solo on Queen's We Will Rock You (1977). ### What guitar was used on the We Will Rock You solo? A red special through a Vox AC30 amp, 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/)