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“Movin' On” by Bad Company

From the album Bad Company (1974)

“Movin' On” by Bad Company appears on 31 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1982 and 2023. It was first released in 1974 on the album Bad Company. Its best result is #300 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #817 classic rock song of all time.

31countdowns
15stations
#300best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2023years charted

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"Movin' On" is Mick Ralphs' road song from Bad Company's 1974 debut album, a blues boogie that barrels along with its foot on the floor. Ralphs wrote it and plays the guitar, Paul Rodgers sings, Boz Burrell holds down the bass and Simon Kirke drums, and the band produced it themselves, with Ron Nevison recording and mixing.

It followed "Can't Get Enough" as the album's second single and climbed to number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 30 in Canada. The reviews ran hot: Billboard tagged it a perfect driving song and cheered Rodgers' vocal, Ralphs' staccato guitar and the pounding rhythm section, while a Detroit Free Press critic heard "a harder, lunging number" with a beat made for dancing. The words sketch a roadie's life, forever on the move.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 460 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1990 924 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1994 428 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 401 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 462 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 414 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 343 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 497 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 519 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 628 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 315 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 397 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2010 300 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 403 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 340 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 407 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 440 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 360 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 841 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 341 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 360 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 338 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 481 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 777 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 317 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 496 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2019 910 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 515 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2022 527 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 333 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 333 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015

Also listed as: Moving On.

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