# I'll Be You guitar solo

> Slim Dunlap's guitar solo on I'll Be You by The Replacements (1989) starts at about 2:05. From the album Don't Tell a Soul.

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The Replacements, 1989, from *Don't Tell a Soul*. Solo by *Slim Dunlap*.

Their biggest radio hit gets a clean, well-crafted lead that suits the band's slicker late-'80s sound.

I'll Be You by The Replacements is #16 in our ranking of the best The Replacements guitar solos. The solo is played by Slim Dunlap and the song was released in 1989.

## In our lists

- [The Best The Replacements Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-replacements-guitar-solos/) — #16

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on I'll Be You?

Slim Dunlap played the solo on The Replacements's I'll Be You (1989).

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