Song · Aerosmith
“Kings And Queens” by Aerosmith
From the album Draw the Line (1977)
“Kings And Queens” by Aerosmith appears on 10 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2011 and 2023. It was first released in 1977 on the album Draw the Line. Its best result is #254 on the 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,255 classic rock song of all time.
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"Kings and Queens" rolled out on Draw the Line in December 1977 and followed as a single in February 1978, and it's Aerosmith going medieval. Steven Tyler said it was about how many people have died in holy wars over what they did or didn't believe, with his head somewhere back among the knights of the round table. He wrote it with Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and producer Jack Douglas, who helped write a lot of that album and plays the mandolin here.
Tyler sings lead and adds piano and harmonica, Joe Perry and Whitford play electric guitar, Hamilton plays bass, Kramer handles drums and percussion, and Paul Prestopino chips in on banjo. Douglas produced it with the band, and Record World took Tyler's history lesson as a fine hard-rock single.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 999 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 1052 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2013 | 474 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) | 500 |
| 2013 | 346 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) | 1000 |
| 2014 | 254 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) | 400 |
| 2014 | 695 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2015 | 307 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) | 499 |
| 2015 | 345 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) | 1007 |
| 2016 | 539 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 | 1007 |
| 2023 | 395 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) | 1043 |
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