# Love Is Only a Feeling guitar solo > Justin Hawkins's guitar solo on Love Is Only a Feeling by The Darkness (2003) starts at about 2:30. From the album Permission to Land. Canonical URL: The Darkness, 2003, from *Permission to Land*. Solo by *Justin Hawkins*. A power ballad with a lyrical, carefully built solo that climbs to a big, emotional peak. Love Is Only a Feeling by The Darkness is #2 in our ranking of the best The Darkness guitar solos. The solo is played by Justin Hawkins and the song was released in 2003. ## In our lists - [The Best The Darkness Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-darkness-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Love Is Only a Feeling? Justin Hawkins played the solo on The Darkness's Love Is Only a Feeling (2003). ### What guitar was used on the Love Is Only a Feeling solo? A gibson les paul through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)