# I Am One guitar solo > Billy Corgan's guitar solo on I Am One by The Smashing Pumpkins (1991) starts at about 3:16. From the album Gish. A alternative classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: The Smashing Pumpkins, 1991, from *Gish*. Solo by *Billy Corgan*. A fiery early solo full of wah and psychedelic flair that announced Corgan as a real lead player. I Am One by The Smashing Pumpkins is #8 in our ranking of the best The Smashing Pumpkins guitar solos. The solo is played by Billy Corgan and the song was released in 1991. ## In our lists - [The Best The Smashing Pumpkins Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-smashing-pumpkins-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on I Am One? Billy Corgan played the solo on The Smashing Pumpkins's I Am One (1991). --- 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/)