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American Stars ’n Bars by Neil Young
American Stars ’n Bars is an album by Neil Young, released in 1977. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 79 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Like a Hurricane”, on 79 lists with a best position of #8.
American Stars 'n Bars, Neil Young's eighth studio album, rolled out on Reprise in 1977, and it plays less like one grand statement than a shoebox full of snapshots. Young produced it himself, piecing it together from sessions scattered across 29 months, and the seams show in the best way: country rock with a whiskey slur, dusty folk, blues rock grit and a ragged heartland stomp all jostling for elbow room.
The prize is "Like a Hurricane", one of the best-known songs he ever wrote, a howling electric gale that sounds fit to blow the barn door clean off its hinges. Everything else on the record orbits around it.
It reached number 21 on the Billboard 200 and earned a gold record, and the next thing on the shelf was Decade.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from American Stars ’n Bars on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like a Hurricane#377 of all time | 79 | #8 | – | 1977–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.