# The Attitude Song guitar solo > The guitar solo on The Attitude Song by Steve Vai (1984). From the album Flex-Able. Ranked #238 of all time across 80 lists. Played on an Ibanez. Canonical URL: Steve Vai, 1984, from *Flex-Able*. Solo by *Steve Vai*. The Attitude Song is Steve Vai at his most playful and outrageous, a short instrumental packed with tricks and jokes. Over a bouncy, almost cartoonish groove, he fires off rapid legato runs, sudden whammy dives and odd, speech-like phrases that seem to comment on the music around them. The tone is bright and aggressive, with a slightly nasal midrange that makes every note jump out. It became a study piece for aspiring shred players in the 1980s, a demonstration of how much personality could be packed into technical playing. Vai never lets a phrase go by without some twist. Listen for the passages where he bends or bars notes to imitate a voice, as though the guitar were talking back. The Attitude Song by Steve Vai is ranked #238 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Steve Vai and the song was released in 1984. It appears on 2 lists, placing as high as #7 (Rick Beato (YouTube)). ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Shred Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/shred/) — #13 - [Hidden Gems](https://greatestsolos.com/list/hidden-gems/) — #12 - [The Best Steve Vai Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/steve-vai-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1984](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1984/) — #11 ## Sources - [Rick Beato (YouTube): Top 20 Strangest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EzehYUhtT4) — #7 - [Guitar Tricks: 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/200-Best-Guitar-Solos-of-All-Time) — #23 - [Guitar Solo Legends: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time — Ranked (2026)](https://guitarsololegends.com/) — #47 ### Who played the guitar solo on The Attitude Song? Steve Vai played the solo on Steve Vai's The Attitude Song (1984). ### What guitar was used on the The Attitude Song solo? An ibanez, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does The Attitude Song rank among the greatest guitar solos? #238 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 2 of them. --- 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/)