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“Good Lovin Gone Bad” by Bad Company

From the album Straight Shooter (1975)

“Good Lovin Gone Bad” by Bad Company appears on 22 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1990 and 2023. It was first released in 1975 on the album Straight Shooter. Its best result is #84 on The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,116 classic rock song of all time.

22countdowns
9stations
#84best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1990–2023years charted

Mick Ralphs wrote "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" by himself, and Bad Company cut it for Straight Shooter, their second album, out on Swan Song in 1975. It's the band stripped down to the chassis: Ralphs on guitar and keyboards, Paul Rodgers singing lead and adding guitar and piano, Boz Burrell on electric bass, Simon Kirke on drums, the band producing themselves and Ron Nevison recording and mixing. No frills, no fuss, just a hard rock engine running hot.

The trade papers heard it straight away. Billboard called it a "raucous, smashing assault" and tipped its hat to Rodgers' voice and the guitar playing, Cash Box pegged it as a "solid, quality rocker", and it made the Top 40 in both America and Britain. Classic Rock's Malcolm Dome later rated it the band's fifth-best song.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 678 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1994 198 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 254 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 201 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 444 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 259 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 244 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 703 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 752 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 301 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 717 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 84 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 738 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 643 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 720 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 677 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 646 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 945 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 349 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2020 928 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2022 987 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 578 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015

Also listed as: Good Lovin' Gone Bad.

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