# Who Wants to Live Forever guitar solo > Brian May's guitar solo on Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen (1986) starts at about 2:30. From the album A Kind of Magic. Canonical URL: Queen, 1986, from *A Kind of Magic*. Solo by *Brian May*. May's lyrical, sustaining solo over orchestra is one of his most moving. Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen is #7 in our ranking of the best Brian May guitar solos. The solo is played by Brian May and the song was released in 1986. ## In our lists - [The Best Brian May Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/brian-may-guitar-solos/) — #7 - [The Best Queen Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/queen-guitar-solos/) — #16 - [Guitar Solos for a Funeral or Memorial](https://greatestsolos.com/list/guitar-solos-for-a-funeral/) — #11 - [19 Iconic Guitar Solos Every Guitarist Should Learn (A Learning Path)](https://greatestsolos.com/list/iconic-solos-to-learn/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Who Wants to Live Forever? Brian May played the solo on Queen's Who Wants to Live Forever (1986). ### What guitar was used on the Who Wants to Live Forever 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/)