# Sunrise guitar solo > Mick Box's guitar solo on Sunrise by Uriah Heep (1972) starts at about 2:28. From the album The Magician's Birthday. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Uriah Heep, 1972, from *The Magician's Birthday*. Solo by *Mick Box*. A soaring, anthemic song with a dramatic, melodic solo that adds to its grandeur. Sunrise by Uriah Heep is #7 in our ranking of the best Uriah Heep guitar solos. The solo is played by Mick Box and the song was released in 1972. ## In our lists - [The Best Uriah Heep Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/uriah-heep-guitar-solos/) — #7 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Sunrise? Mick Box played the solo on Uriah Heep's Sunrise (1972). --- 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/)