# 2 + 2 = 5 guitar solo > Jonny Greenwood's guitar solo on 2 + 2 = 5 by Radiohead (2003) starts at about 1:43. From the album Hail to the Thief. A alternative classic from the 2000s. Canonical URL: Radiohead, 2003, from *Hail to the Thief*. Solo by *Jonny Greenwood*. After a tense, delicate opening, the song detonates into a noisy, pummelling finale with Greenwood's fuzz-drenched guitar front and centre. The shift is one of the band's great dynamic jolts. 2 + 2 = 5 by Radiohead is #8 in our ranking of the best Radiohead guitar solos. The solo is played by Jonny Greenwood and the song was released in 2003. ## In our lists - [The Best Radiohead Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/radiohead-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on 2 + 2 = 5? Jonny Greenwood played the solo on Radiohead's 2 + 2 = 5 (2003). --- 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/)