# Breaking Into Heaven guitar solo > John Squire's guitar solo on Breaking Into Heaven by The Stone Roses (1994) starts at about 9:00. From the album Second Coming. Canonical URL: The Stone Roses, 1994, from *Second Coming*. Solo by *John Squire*. Squire's long, wah-heavy lines dominate the eleven-minute Second Coming opener. Breaking Into Heaven opens Second Coming with a long, slowly assembled introduction, and once the band kicks in John Squire dominates the eleven minutes that follow. His lead guitar is soaked in wah and distortion, spinning out long, bluesy lines over a heavy, rolling groove. Squire had moved from the chiming sound of the debut to something closer to 1970s hard rock, and this track is the fullest statement of that shift. It divided fans at the time, but guitarists found plenty to study in its extended playing. Listen for how Squire sweeps the wah slowly rather than rhythmically, which gives his lines a vocal, almost talking quality. Breaking Into Heaven by The Stone Roses is ranked #537 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by John Squire and the song was released in 1994. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #171 (Digital Dream Door). ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Britpop Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/britpop/) — #13 - [Wah & Talk Box Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/wah/) — #14 - [The Best The Stone Roses Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-stone-roses-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1994](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1994/) — #8 ## Sources - [Digital Dream Door: 250 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitarsolo.html) — #171 ### Who played the guitar solo on Breaking Into Heaven? John Squire played the solo on The Stone Roses's Breaking Into Heaven (1994). ### Where does Breaking Into Heaven rank among the greatest guitar solos? #537 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)