Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (2026-05-04)

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#	Name	Artist	ISRCs	Rating	Length
1	Purple Rain (live, 1983‐08‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA, with overdubs; album version)	Prince and The Revolution	`USWB10001880` `USWB10600305` `USWB11700198` `USWB11700470`	4.3	8:41
2	Machine Gun (live, 1970-01-01, first set: Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA)	Jimi Hendrix	`USQX90900802`	5	12:39
4	Comfortably Numb (6:24 album version)	Pink Floyd	`GBDJQ7900022` `GBDJQ9200044` (show 2 more) `USSM17900251`	4.3	6:22
5	Eruption	Van Halen	`USWB10401729` `USWB10904525` (show 4 more) `USWB17700030`	3.6	1:43
6	Johnny B. Goode (original release, take 3, without overdub)	Chuck Berry	`FRX281906397` `GBAWA0228993` (show 5 more) `USWWW0131134`	4.25	2:40
7	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin	`USAT20703875` `USAT21207031` (show 3 more) `USRH11505631`	4.15	8:02
8	Kid Charlemagne	Steely Dan	`USMC17547218`	4	4:39
9	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	`US25X0588947`	4.1	10:20
10	While My Guitar Gently Weeps (original stereo studio mix)	The Beatles	`GBAYE0601650`	4.55	4:45
11	All Along the Watchtower	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	`USMC16856774` `USMC19340588` `USQX90900749` `USQX90900890`	4.5	4:01
12	Beat It	Michael Jackson	`USSM18200003` `USSM18200197` `USSM19902990`	4.3	4:18
13	Statesboro Blues (live, 1971-03-12 & 13: Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA)	The Allman Brothers Band		3	4:08
14	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	`GBCEE0100112` `GBCEE0500364` (show 4 more) `GBUM71029604`	4.45	5:55
17	Crazy Train (original mix)	Ozzy Osbourne	`USSM11002845` `USSM18000004`	4	4:52
18	Little Wing (original stereo studio mix)	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	`USMC19340603` `USQX90900757`	4.35	2:26
19	Free Bird	Lynyrd Skynyrd	`USMC17301722` `USMC17347091`	4.7	9:08
22	Powderfinger (Rust Never Sleeps version)	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	`USRE11600822` `USRE19901382`	4.5	5:31
23	Layla (original studio mix)	Derek and the Dominos	`GBA077000020` `GBUM71028890` `NLF050490057` `NLF057090038`	4.45	7:07
25	Sweet Child o’ Mine	Guns N’ Roses	`USGF18714809`	4.45	5:56
26	Crossroads (live, 1968-03-10: Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA)	Cream	`GBA076800010` `GBUM71502783` `NLF056890056` `NLFO56890056`	4	4:16
27	One	Metallica	`GBAMC9400003` `QMKHM1700138`	4.4	7:26
28	Black Magic Woman (single version)	Santana	`USSM17000294` `USSM17000590` (show 3 more) `USSM19907677`	3.8	3:16
31	War Pigs / Luke’s Wall (original stereo studio mix)	Black Sabbath	`AUXN22142435` `GB5KW1601272` (show 3 more) `USWB19900212`	4.6	7:56
32	Something (original studio mix)	The Beatles	`GBAYE0000943` `GBAYE0601691`	4.1	3:03
33	Sultans of Swing	Dire Straits	`GBF087800070` `GBF087890006` (show 2 more) `USRH12200548`	4.2	5:49
36	You Really Got Me (original mono studio mix)	The Kinks	`AUV401446573` `DEA610100348` (show 10 more) `USRHD0532005`	4.25	2:14
37	Limelight	Rush	`CAA310600423` `USMR18180106`	4.4	4:20
41	That’s All Right	Elvis Presley	`USA820400067` `USRC10301057` (show 2 more) `USRC19703012`	2.9	1:58
42	It Makes No Difference (live, 1976-11-25: "The Last Waltz", Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)	The Band	`USWB10301819` `USWB19903706`	3	6:50
43	Impossible Germany	Wilco	`USNO10750505` `USNO11400349`	4	5:57
44	Killing in the Name	Rage Against the Machine	`USSM11205433` `USSM19200317` `USSM19200613`	4.25	5:14
46	Sympathy for the Devil (original studio mix)	The Rolling Stones	`USA171810010` `USA176810010`	4.2	6:19
48	Surfing With the Alien	Joe Satriani	`USSM18700084`	4.75	4:25
51	Eight Miles High	The Byrds	`USSM16600032` `USSM16600405` `USSM19800375`	4.2	3:36
52	Albatross	Fleetwood Mac	`GBBBN6800001` `GBBBN6800041` `USSM16801086`	4	3:09
58	Highway Star (original version)	Deep Purple	`GBDXG0600146` `GBDXG1200002` (show 2 more) `USWB19901165`	4.3	6:07
60	(Don’t Fear) The Reaper	Blue Öyster Cult	`USSM10028169` `USSM17600005` (show 2 more) `USSM17600640`	4.55	5:08
63	More Than a Feeling	Boston	`USSM17600047` `USSM17600444` (show 2 more) `USSM19907680`	3.9	4:45
64	Paranoid Android	Radiohead	`GBAYE9701376` `GBBKS1700108`	4.35	6:24
68	The Trooper	Iron Maiden	`GBAYE9801390` `GBCHB1500031` `GBCHB1800032`	4.2	4:12
70	Heart‐Shaped Box (Scott Litt mix on In Utero)	Nirvana	`USGF19960703`	4.3	4:41
71	Maps	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	`GBAKW0300040` `USIR10300259`	4.6	3:40
72	My Sharona	The Knack	`USBMG0700642` `USCA20200254` `USCA28900153` `USCA29200808`	4.15	4:54
73	Susie Q	Dale Hawkins	`USMC15720000`	3	2:18
75	Just What I Needed	The Cars	`USEE10900478` `USEE11200073` (show 5 more) `USW980403251`	4.3	3:45
76	The Middle	Jimmy Eat World	`USDW10110256`	4.1	2:46
78	Painkiller	Judas Priest	`GBBBN0009378` `GBBBN0102557` `GBBBN9000011`	4.15	6:06
79	Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm	Yes	`USEE10251878` `USEE11500481` `USEW19900101`	5	9:28
84	Alive	Pearl Jam	`USSM19100003`	4.25	5:41
86	Cemetery Gates	Pantera	`USAT21001395` `USEE10170410` `USEE10301250`	4.3	7:03
89	Baker Street	Gerry Rafferty	`GBAYE1100924` `GBAYE7800619` `USEM38900134`	3.7	6:06
91	Walk This Way	Aerosmith	`USSM10024249` `USSM10207883` `USSM19906481`	4	3:41
93	Easy (album version)	Commodores	`DESK99291207` `USMO10300002` `USMO17700543`	3.75	4:16
94	Mayonaise	Smashing Pumpkins	`USVI21100154`	3.9	5:49
95	How High the Moon	Les Paul and Mary Ford	`USCA25300110`		2:07
96	Scar Tissue	Red Hot Chili Peppers	`USWB11402754` `USWB11403544` `USWB19900674`	3.8	3:37
99	Stone Crazy (Chess single 1812)	Buddy Guy	`USMC10111298` `USMC16145369`	2	7:12
100	You Shook Me All Night Long	AC/DC	`AUAP08000047`	4.4	3:30

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