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Headhunter by Krokus
Headhunter is an album by Krokus, released in 1983. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 15 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Screaming in the Night”, on 8 lists with a best position of #104.
Headhunter, the seventh album from Switzerland's Krokus, came out on Arista on April 25, 1983, with Tom Allom producing. Marc Storace, the former TEA singer who had fronted the band since Metal Rendez-vous, is out front, founder Chris von Rohr is still aboard, and this is the only Krokus record with Steve Pace behind the kit.
It's the band at full throttle: chrome-plated hard rock aimed squarely at arenas, riffs that stomp and a singer who sounds like he gargles gravel. "Screaming in the Night" became their biggest hit and still turns up on classic rock radio, "Eat the Rich" is pure fist-pumping swagger, and they tip their hat to Bachman–Turner Overdrive with a cover of "Stayed Awake All Night". North America was listening: the album went gold in the United States.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Headhunter on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Screaming in the Night | 8 | #104 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 2 | Stayed Awake All Night | 6 | #589 | – | 1990–1999 | |
| 3 | Eat the Rich | 1 | #502 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.