# Where the Streets Have No Name guitar solo

> The Edge's guitar solo on Where the Streets Have No Name by U2 (1987) starts at about 2:30. From the album The Joshua Tree.

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U2, 1987, from *The Joshua Tree*. Solo by *The Edge*.

Edge's shimmering dotted-eighth delay arpeggio builds one of rock's great intros, pure guitar as atmosphere.

Where the Streets Have No Name by U2 is ranked #522 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by The Edge and the song was released in 1987.

## In our lists

- [The Best U2 Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/u2-guitar-solos/) — #12
- [The Best The Edge Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-edge-guitar-solos/) — #5
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1987](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1987/) — #13

## Sources

- [Megarock.se: Rockens bästa gitarrsolon genom tiderna](https://megarock.se/rockens-basta-gitarrsolon-genom-tiderna/)

### Who played the guitar solo on Where the Streets Have No Name?

The Edge played the solo on U2's Where the Streets Have No Name (1987).

### What guitar was used on the Where the Streets Have No Name solo?

A fender stratocaster through a Vox AC30 amp, according to widely reported accounts.

### Where does Where the Streets Have No Name rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#522 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.

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