Song · April Wine
“I Like to Rock” by April Wine
Released 1980
“I Like to Rock” by April Wine appears on 8 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1990 and 2011. It was first released in 1980. Its best result is #363 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,209 classic rock song of all time.
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Myles Goodwyn, April Wine's lead singer and songwriter, wrote "I Like to Rock," and the Canadian band put it on Harder ... Faster, their eighth studio album, in 1979, then sent it out as the record's second single in 1980. The title doubles as a mission statement, Goodwyn's voice riding a wave of hard rock muscle, and it did modest business: it stalled at 75 at home, reached 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 and made 41 in the UK, where no April Wine single climbed higher.
Time has been kinder than the charts. Its reach has spread well beyond Canada since the '80s, it became a fixture of the band's live sets, and it has a fair claim to being their signature song; classic rock and AOR stations on both sides of the border still lean on it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 363 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 454 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 487 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 444 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 464 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 409 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 952 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2011 | 364 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) | 500 |
Also listed as: I Like To Rock.
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