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Classic Rock: A Journey Through Timeless Music

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River [1969]. It peaked at number two for one week, behind "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies, and was ranked by Billboard as the No. 31 song of 1969.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising [1969]. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 28, 1969, and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in September

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Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band [1967]. It is a 1967 song that was a No. 1 hit for the Louisiana-based John Fred & His Playboy Band in early 1968.

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For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield [1966]. it peaked at no. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1967.

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A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum [1967]. Without much promotion, it reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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AC/DC - Back In Black [1980]. The song was written as a tribute to the band's former singer Bon Scott, who died suddenly in February 1980. In 1981, it reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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AC/DC - Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution [1980]. The song reached number 15 on the UK singles charts, the highest placing of any song on the album Back in Black.

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AC/DC - Hells Bells [1980]. "Hells Bells" is widely regarded as one of the band's best songs. In 2020, The Guardian ranked the song number six on their list of the 40 greatest AC/DC songs.

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AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long [1980] It reached number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in 1980.

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And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles [1966]. The song was directed at Frank Sinatra. An Esquire article lauded Sinatra as "the fully emancipated male ... the man who can have anything he wants".

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Doctor Robert - The Beatles [1966]. Its lyrics celebrate a New York physician known for dispensing amphetamine injections to his patients.

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Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles [1966]. Lyrics adapted from Leary's book The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, about LSD + meditation for an enlightened state.

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Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles [1966]. Music critic Tim Riley called this the album's "most derivative cut". The horn players on the track include Georgie Fame's group, the Blue Flames.

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She Said She Said - The Beatles [1966]. The song is about a LSD-fueled conversation that Lennon and Harrison had with actor Peter Fonda because as a child he had technically died during an operation.

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The Beatles - Taxman [1966]. Harrison wrote "Taxman" as a protest against the high marginal tax rates paid by top earners like the Beatles, which, under Harold Wilson's government was 95%

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Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple [1972]. Total Guitar magazine ranked the song's riff #4 on its "Greatest Guitar Riffs Ever" list. In 2017, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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Highway Star - Deep Purple [1972]. Record World said, "This mover has a Led Zeppelin tint to it, and that could bring the group back to the top of the pops."

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YES - Owner of a Lonely Heart [released 24 October 1983]. The song became the band's only single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.

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It Can Happen - Yes [1984]. It was released as the third single from their 1983 album 90125, reaching #51 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

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Leave It - Yes [released 1984]. The song peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the Top Album Rock Tracks chart.

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Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young [1970]. This is also a cover of a Joni Mitchell song. It peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1970 and #3 in Canada.

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Nazareth - This Flight Tonight [1973]. A rework of a Joni Mitchell song. Nancy Wilson revealed that the guitar riff for this song inspired the riff for the Heart song "Barracuda".

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Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers - ZZ Top [1973]. The song "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" was released as a UK only single in 1974 from their album Tres Hombres.

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ZZ Top- La Grange [1973]. It was released as a single in January 1974 and received extensive radio play, rising to No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1974.

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Rock of Ages - Def Leppard [1983]. The song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #19 on the Cash Box Top 100. It also hit #1 on the Top Tracks Rock chart.

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Photograph - Def Leppard [1983]. The lead single from the band's third studio album, 1983's Pyromania. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart

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Too Late for Love - Def Leppard [1983]. it peaked at number 9 on the Mainstream Rock charts.

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Foolin' - Def Leppard [1983]. It reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #28 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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"Rockin' into the Night" - 38 Special [1980]. It is the title song of 38 Special's third album, Rockin' into the Night (1979). The song reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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"Money Honey" - 38 Special [1980]. It was written by Jesse Stone. It was released by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters ('53), Elvis ('56), Little Richard ('64), Gary Glitter ('73), and many more.

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"Rainbow in the Dark" - Dio. [1983] Released from the band's double platinum-selling debut album, Holy Diver. Assisted by a popular MTV music video, it reached #12 on US Billboard Album Rock Tracks

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"Holy Diver"- Dio [1983]. it only reached number 40 on the Mainstream Rock chart at that time, it is one of Dio's most popular songs today.

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It's All Over Now - Molly Hatchet [1979]. "It's All Over Now" is a song written by Bobby Womack in 1964.

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Flirtin' with Disaster - Molly Hatchet [1979]. The cover is a painting by Frank Frazetta titled "Dark Kingdom." The song peaked at number 42 in March 1980.

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Any Way You Want It - Journey [1980]. It peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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The Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide [1980]. The double-A side single spent 23 weeks on the U.S. charts, peaking at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100. On WLS-AM in Chicago, it peaked at #9.

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Black Blade- Blue Oyster Cult [1980]. Features lyrics by fantasy and sci-fi writer Michael Moorcock and is about Stormbringer, a black sword wielded by Elric of Melniboné.

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Nobody Told Me - John Lennon [6 January 1984]. The single was Lennon's last new single to reach the UK top 10 (#6) and US top 10 hit (#5). It was his third single to enter the US top 10 posthumously.

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John Cougar (Mellencamp) - I need a lover (1979). First released in 1978 under the stage name "Johnny Cougar". No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1979.

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Hot Girls in Love - Loverboy [1983]. The song was a hit, peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at No. 2 on the Mainstream Rock chart in June 1983.

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Loverboy - Queen Of The Broken Hearts [1983]. The song was released as a single later that year, reaching #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #11 on the Mainstream Rock Chart.

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Roll with the Changes - REO Speedwagon [1978]. was featured in the 2011 movie The Cabin in the Woods. The song was also briefly featured in the 2013 movie Jobs, and the sixth season of Cobra Kai.

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REO Speedwagon - Time For Me To Fly [1978]. The song originally reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, but later reached number 34 on the Digital Songs chart after being used in Netflix's Ozark.

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Ooh La La - Faces [1973]. In 2021, it was listed at No. 246 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

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"Cindy Incidentally" - Faces [1973]. It reached number two on the UK chart in 1973. The song also was a moderate hit in the US on the Hot 100.

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Bachman–Turner Overdrive - "Takin' Care of Business". [1973]. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, #6 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #3 on the Canadian RPM charts.

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Bachman–Turner Overdrive -"Let It Ride" [1973]. The single peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 (making it BTO's first Top 40 song in the US), #14 on the Cash Box Top 100. #3 in Canada.

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Bachman–Turner Overdrive - "Give It Time". [1973] This is a remaster of the original song from Bachman–Turner Overdrive II

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The Cars - Just What I Needed [1978]. Released June 6, 1978. It was the band's first single in 1978, reaching number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl [1978]. Released: October 10, 1978. It peaked at number 35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and reached number three in the UK.

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The Cars - Good Times Roll [1978]. Released: February 20, 1979 as a single. It was the third single from the album The Cars in 1979, charting at number 41 in the United States.

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Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders [1971]. Rock/Country Rock. The single spent four weeks as a number 1 hit in Canada, and reached number 8 in the US.

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Signs - The Five Man Electrical Band [1970]. Rereleased in 1971, "Signs" reached No. 4 in Canada and No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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Dave Edmunds - "I Hear You Knocking" [1970]. Blues Rock. In November 1970, it reached number one in the UK, where it remained for six weeks, and became a Christmas number one. #4 Billboard Hot 100

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Rush - Freewill [1979]. Despite never being released as a single, "Freewill" has been included in several of the band's compilation albums.

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Rush - "The Spirit of Radio" [1979]. The song's name was inspired by Brampton, Ontario based CFNY-FM's slogan. It was their first top 30 single in Canada and reached #51 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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Entre Nous - Rush [1979]. Rolling Stone magazine called the song a "straight-ahead rocker with an artfully segued acoustic chorus." Record World called it a "melodic rocker that spotlights Lee's vocal

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Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers [1976]. It was their first UK hit, peaking at #36 the week ending July 2, 1977. It was not released as a single in the United States.

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American Girl-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers [1976]. It was released as a single in February 1977 by Shelter Records and did not chart in the United States, but peaked at No. 40 in the UK

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Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers [1976]. It is the first single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' self-titled debut album. It became a top 40 hit in the United States and Canada.

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The Guess Who - American Woman [1970]. It reached number one for three weeks commencing May 9 on both the United States' Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian RPM magazine singles chart.

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"No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" - The Guess Who [1970]. The single peaked at #1 on the RPM magazine charts and #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, for three weeks on both charts.

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No Time - The Guess Who [1970]. The single peaked at No. 5 in the U.S. and was the third in a string of million-selling singles that all hit No. 1 in Canada for The Guess Who.

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The Who - Behind Blue Eyes [1971]. The single entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on 6 November 1971, reaching No. 34

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The Who - Baba O'Riley [1971] appears in Time's "All-Time 100 Songs" list, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.

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Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who [1971]. In the US, the single entered Billboard on 17 July, reaching No. 15.

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Billy Thorpe, "Goddess of the Night" [1979]. The album Children of the Sun was Thorpe's debut album in the United States of America.

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Children of the Sun - Billy Thorpe [1979]. The album peaked at number 44 on the Kent Music Report.

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Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger [1978]. It was released as a single in 1979. Ranked number two on the Amusement & Music Operators Association's survey of the Top 40 Jukebox Singles of All Time '96

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We've Got Tonite - Bob Seger [1978]. "We've Got Tonite" served as the album's third single, reaching No. 13 on the US pop chart in 1978.

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Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger [1978]. It was released in 1978 as the second single from his album, Stranger in Town.

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Still The Same - Bob Seger [1978]. It hit No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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C'mon and Love Me - Kiss [1975]. "C'mon and Love Me" did not chart upon release. Nevertheless, it became a favorite in concert and a regular part of Kiss' 1970s performances.

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Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite [1975]. The studio version peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard singles chart. A subsequent live version, released as a single in October 1975, reached No. 12.

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Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner [1977]. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Cold as Ice - Foreigner [1977]. It became one of the best-known songs of the band in the US, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Long, Long Way from Home - Foreigner [1977]. It reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978.

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The Lovin' Spoonful - Rain On the Roof [1966]. Soft Rock. It reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the Lovin' Spoonful's sixth-consecutive single to reach the top ten in the US

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The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City [1966]. It was released on July 4. One month later, it overtook the Troggs' "Wild Thing" and became the band's first and only number one hit.

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"Crackerbox Palace" - George Harrison [1976]. Rock, pop. The song was released as the second single from the album and reached number 19 on the American pop charts.

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"This Song"- George Harrison [1976]. Pop rock. In response to the copyright infringement suit of "My Sweet Lord", the lyrics use court case terms as a satirical comment on the situation

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"You Really Got Me" - Van Halen [1978]. written by the Kinks' Ray Davies in 1964. As Van Halen's first single, it helped jump-start the band's career, as it had done for the Kinks in the sixties.

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"Runnin' with the Devil" - Van Halen [1978]. In 2009, "Runnin' with the Devil" was named the 9th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.

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"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" - Van Halen [1978]. It was released in September 1978 as the fourth US single from their 1978 debut album, Van Halen.

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"Jamie's Cryin'" - Van Halen [1978]. Hard rock. It was subsequently released as the third single from the album (Van Halen) but did not chart.

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"Spaceship Superstar" - Prism [1977]. It reached No. 63 on the Canadian Singles Chart and No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States

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"Take Me to the Kaptin" - Prism [1977]. Rock. It reached No. 52 on the Canadian singles chart and no. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States.

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What's on My Mind - Kansas [1976]. Progressive rock/pop rock. It did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It did reach No. 87 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart. It also reached No. 89 in Canada.

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"Carry On Wayward Son"- Kansas [1976]. Progressive rock/hard rock. The song became the band's first top 40 hit, reaching No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977.

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Donnie Iris - Ah! Leah! [1980].It was released as a single in late 1980 and reached number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100, 22 on the Cash Box Top 100 and 19 on the US Billboard Top Tracks chart.

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I Can't Hear You - Donnie Iris [1980], Rock. The song was released as a single one year later and reached #47 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

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Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers [1982]. Blues rock. The song peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

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George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Nobody But Me [1982]. Written by O'Kelly, Rudolph, and Ronald Isley of The Isley Brothers It reached number 29 in Canada.

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Tie Your Mother Down - Queen [1976]. Hard Rock. On its original release as a single in 1977 the song peaked at 31 in the UK Singles Chart.

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Somebody to Love - Queen [1976]. Glam Rock. It reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Queen [1976]. Glam Rock. It was also released as a single in 1977 on 7-inch vinyl. It reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart.

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My Kinda Lover - Billy Squier [1981]. It peaked at number 45 on the United States Billboard Hot 100.

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In The Dark - Billy Squier [1981]. It reached #35 in Billboard. It was the second of Squier's Top 40 hits in the 1980s.

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The Stroke - Billy Squier [1981]. Peaked at No. 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was named the 59th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.

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