# Panama guitar solo > The guitar solo on Panama by Van Halen (1984) starts at about 1:58. From the album 1984. Ranked #384 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Van Halen, 1984, from *1984*. Solo by *Eddie Van Halen*. A strutting solo with tapped runs and bar tricks that fits perfectly inside a party anthem. Panama by Van Halen is ranked #384 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Eddie Van Halen and the song was released in 1984. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #46 (SiriusXM (countdown transcribed on PRS Guitars forum)). ## In our lists - [The Best Van Halen Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/van-halen-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1984](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1984/) — #14 ## Sources - [SiriusXM (countdown transcribed on PRS Guitars forum): 50 Baddest Guitar Solos](https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/siriusxm-50-baddest-guitar-solos.58286/) — #46 ### Who played the guitar solo on Panama? Eddie Van Halen played the solo on Van Halen's Panama (1984). ### Where does Panama rank among the greatest guitar solos? #384 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/)