Album · Los Lobos
How Will the Wolf Survive? by Los Lobos
How Will the Wolf Survive? is an album by Los Lobos, released in 1984. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 27 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Will The Wolf Survive?”, on 21 lists with a best position of #238.
How Will the Wolf Survive?, released in October 1984 on Slash and Warner Bros., was the major-label debut of Los Lobos, the East Los Angeles band whose name is Spanish for "the Wolves". T Bone Burnett produced, and the record wears its sprawl of influences lightly, moving from rock and roll to Tex-Mex, blues, R&B, country and norteño without breaking a sweat.
The title track is a rootsy, big-hearted anthem that plays like the band's own mission statement, while "I Got Loaded" is pure good-time roadhouse R&B. Three years later "La Bamba" would make them international stars, but critics were already on board, and the album has kept turning up on lists of the greatest records ever made.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from How Will the Wolf Survive? on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will The Wolf Survive? | 21 | #238 | – | 1989–2026 | |
| 2 | I Got Loaded | 6 | #375 | – | 1994–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.