Album · Great White
Shot in the Dark by Great White
Shot in the Dark is an album by Great White, released in 1986. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Face the Day”, on 1 list with a best position of #754.
Shot in the Dark, Great White's second album, came out in 1986 on Telegraph Records, with Greenworld Entertainment distributing, before Capitol picked it up and reissued it later that year. The Capitol version wasn't quite the same record: the original had a different intro to "She Shakes Me" (then called "Shake Me"), a completely different recording of "Run Away" and different mixes of several tracks.
Either way, this is where the Los Angeles band turned from straight heavy metal toward a bluesier kind of heavy rock, tipping its hat to Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. Jack Russell yowls, Mark Kendall's guitar struts, and Audie Desbrow, drumming on a Great White album for the first time, keeps it all swinging. Their cover of the Angels' "Face the Day" gave them one of their earliest hits, and they tear into the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'" too.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Shot in the Dark on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Face the Day | 1 | #754 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.