# Leave That Thing Alone guitar solo > Alex Lifeson's guitar solo on Leave That Thing Alone by Rush (1993). From the album Counterparts. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Rush, 1993, from *Counterparts*. Solo by *Alex Lifeson*. A Grammy-nominated instrumental where his singing, Middle-Eastern-flavoured lead lines steal the show. Leave That Thing Alone by Rush is #15 in our ranking of the best Alex Lifeson guitar solos. The solo is played by Alex Lifeson and the song was released in 1993. ## In our lists - [The Best Alex Lifeson Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/alex-lifeson-guitar-solos/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Leave That Thing Alone? Alex Lifeson played the solo on Rush's Leave That Thing Alone (1993). --- 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/)