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“Shooting Star” by Bad Company

From the album Straight Shooter (1975)

“Shooting Star” by Bad Company appears on 89 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 1990 and 2026. It was first released in 1975 on the album Straight Shooter. Its best result is #46 on the River 500 (2020). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #179 classic rock song of all time.

89countdowns
27stations
#46best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1990–2026years charted

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Shooting Star (2009 Remaster)

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"Shooting Star" sits on Bad Company's Straight Shooter from 1975, a Paul Rodgers song that never came out as a single and never needed to: radio adopted it anyway, and it has turned up on live album after compilation ever since. It's a cautionary tale with a singalong chorus, following a kid named Johnny from the day he hears "Love Me Do" to rock stardom and an early death from whiskey and sleeping pills.

Rodgers wrote it with the overdoses of Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, and possibly Jimi Hendrix, weighing on him, and he meant it as something close to a warning. He sings lead and plays guitar and piano, Mick Ralphs adds guitar and keyboards, Boz Burrell and Simon Kirke roll along easy, and Ron Nevison recorded and mixed it for the band's own production.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 424 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1991 414 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 280 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 357 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 495 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 107 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 398 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 272 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 547 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 567 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 164 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 461 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 496 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 272 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 304 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 347 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 306 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 416 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 221 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 329 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 197 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 158 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2014 238 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 262 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 197 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 179 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 282 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 161 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 289 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 254 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 337 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 238 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2017 113 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 345 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 176 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 306 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2018 349 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 200 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 465 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 357 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 299 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 297 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 46 97.1 The River River 500 (2020) 47
2020 219 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 772 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 362 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 283 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 277 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2021 429 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 360 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 238 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 99 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 187 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 272 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 391 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 120 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 302 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 86 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 479 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 548 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 256 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 369 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 378 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 284 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 218 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 409 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 99 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 369 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 250 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 49 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 202 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 92 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 105 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 289 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 265 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 411 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 404 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 65 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 344 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 697 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 292 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 282 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 267 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 420 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 65 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2026 127 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 484 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 409 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 88 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500

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