I Want You (She's So Heavy) guitar solo
The Beatles, 1969, from Abbey Road. Solo by John Lennon.
Heavy, bluesy guitar lines trade with the vocal and swell into the relentless, layered riff that ends abruptly on tape.
I Want You (She's So Heavy) by The Beatles is ranked #552 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by John Lennon and the song was released in 1969. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #141 (Digital Dream Door).
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Who played the guitar solo on I Want You (She's So Heavy)?
John Lennon played the solo on The Beatles's I Want You (She's So Heavy) (1969).
Where does I Want You (She's So Heavy) rank among the greatest guitar solos?
#552 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.