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“Rock n Roll Fantasy” by Bad Company

From the album Desolation Angels (1979)

“Rock n Roll Fantasy” by Bad Company appears on 58 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1979 on the album Desolation Angels. Its best result is #48 on the KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #278 classic rock song of all time.

58countdowns
20stations
#48best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" led the charge for Desolation Angels in 1979 as the first single from Bad Company's new record, and it grew out of a riff Paul Rodgers worked up on a guitar synthesizer, a gadget that gave the band a fresh gleam. Rodgers wrote it alone, the band produced it themselves for Swan Song, and Tony Patrick handled the recording.

The trade papers heard a winner straight away: Cash Box praised its sturdy beat, fuzzed-up guitar and fine singing, and Record World reckoned Rodgers' vocal was inspired. It wasn't their highest-charting single in America, but it became their best seller, going Gold, and it has been a fixture on classic rock radio ever since.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 48 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1990 84 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1997 270 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
2002 313 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2011 155 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 156 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 103 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 138 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 87 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 271 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 124 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 137 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 262 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 93 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 184 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 195 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 307 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 212 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 271 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 218 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 238 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2020 117 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 224 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 147 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 443 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 241 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 362 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 498 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2022 340 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 166 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 329 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 74 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 360 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 80 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 470 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2023 185 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 393 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 305 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 207 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 469 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 118 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 166 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 185 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 194 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 309 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 249 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 154 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 110 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2025 112 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 305 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 333 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 289 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 126 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 384 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 357 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 180 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 342 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499
2026 252 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy; Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy; Rock N Roll Fantasy; Rock n' Roll Fantasy; Rock'n'roll Fantasy.

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