# Top of the World guitar solo

> The guitar solo on Top of the World by Van Halen (1991) starts at about 2:08. From the album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/van-halen-top-of-the-world/>

Van Halen, 1991, from *For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge*. Solo by *Eddie Van Halen*.

Built on a riff from the outro of Jump, the song features a joyful, fluid solo. Classic Eddie energy.

Top of the World by Van Halen is #12 in our ranking of the best Sammy Hagar guitar solos. The solo is played by Eddie Van Halen and the song was released in 1991.

## In our lists

- [The Best Sammy Hagar Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/sammy-hagar-guitar-solos/) — #12

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Top of the World?

Eddie Van Halen played the solo on Van Halen's Top of the World (1991).

---

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/)