'Stairway to heaven' wins best guitar solo

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Led Zeppelin's song "Stairway to Heaven" has won a poll of the ultimate guitar solo of all time.

According to contactmusic.com, the song featuring Jimmy Page's solo beat out the likes of Van Halen's "Eruption" and Guns 'N Roses' "Paradise City". More than 2,000 readers of the British magazine, Total Guitar, took part in the poll.

The top 10 guitar solos are:

1 Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to heaven" (1971)
2. Van Halen - "Eruption" (1978)
3. Guns N' Roses - "Paradise city" (1987)
4. The Eagles - "Hotel California" (1976)
5. Metallica - "Enter sandman" (1991)
6. Cream - "Crossroads" (1968)
7. Jimi Hendrix - "Voodoo child" (1968)
8. Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy train" (1980)
9. Free - "All right now" (1971)
10. Queen - "Bohemian rhapsody" (1975).