Album · Sammy Hagar
Street Machine by Sammy Hagar
Street Machine is an album by Sammy Hagar, released in 1979. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Plain Jane”, on 6 lists with a best position of #433.
Street Machine, Sammy Hagar's fourth studio album, came out on Capitol in 1979, a few years after the Red Rocker left Montrose to go it alone, and it runs on high-octane hard rock with the pedal to the floor. The title isn't kidding: this is music for cruising with the windows down, big crunchy guitars and Hagar's leather-lunged wail out front, a pop hook never far behind.
"Plain Jane" is a fist-pumping stomp. The album peaked at 71 on the Billboard 200 in October 1979, and bigger things lay ahead: "I Can't Drive 55" in 1984 and, from 1985, the lead vocalist's job in Van Halen.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Street Machine on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Jane | 6 | #433 | – | 1990–1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.