# We Are Family guitar solo > Nile Rodgers's guitar solo on We Are Family by Sister Sledge (1979) starts at about 1:40. From the album We Are Family. A funk/soul classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Sister Sledge, 1979, from *We Are Family*. Solo by *Nile Rodgers*. An uplifting anthem built on shimmering, perfectly placed guitar chops. We Are Family by Sister Sledge is #4 in our ranking of the best Nile Rodgers guitar solos. The solo is played by Nile Rodgers and the song was released in 1979. ## In our lists - [The Best Nile Rodgers Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/nile-rodgers-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Guitar Solos on Disco, Funk and R&B Hits](https://greatestsolos.com/list/guitar-solos-disco-rnb-hits/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on We Are Family? Nile Rodgers played the solo on Sister Sledge's We Are Family (1979). --- 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/)