Song · Billy Idol
“Blue Highway” by Billy Idol
From the album Rebel Yell (1983)
“Blue Highway” by Billy Idol appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1984 and 2003. It was first released in 1983 on the album Rebel Yell. Its best result is #99 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #182 alternative song of 1984 and #4,859 alternative song of all time.
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"Blue Highway" rides along on Rebel Yell, Billy Idol's second album, which Chrysalis put out in America in November 1983, with Britain waiting until January 1984. Idol wrote and arranged it with Steve Stevens, his guitar-slinging, multi-instrumental right-hand man, and Keith Forsey stayed on as producer, keeping the team from the debut together.
The album was cut at Electric Lady Studios in New York. Stevens plays guitar here, Steve Webster bass, and Thommy Price, whom Forsey and Stevens brought in to drum on part of the record, sits behind the kit; Michael Frondelli engineered and Dave Wittman mixed. As for the album's name, Idol got it from a bottle of Rebel Yell bourbon at a party with the Rolling Stones.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 99 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 414 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1259 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1814 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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