# Bigmouth Strikes Again guitar solo

> Johnny Marr's guitar solo on Bigmouth Strikes Again by The Smiths (1986). From the album The Queen Is Dead. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smiths-bigmouth-strikes-again/>

The Smiths, 1986, from *The Queen Is Dead*. Solo by *Johnny Marr*.

Marr drives the song with rapid strummed acoustics and electric flourishes, creating a breathless urgency.

Bigmouth Strikes Again by The Smiths is #6 in our ranking of the best The Smiths guitar solos. The solo is played by Johnny Marr and the song was released in 1986.

## In our lists

- [The Best The Smiths Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-smiths-guitar-solos/) — #6
- [The Best Johnny Marr Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/johnny-marr-guitar-solos/) — #7

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Bigmouth Strikes Again?

Johnny Marr played the solo on The Smiths's Bigmouth Strikes Again (1986).

---

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/)